Re: Open Wikimania 2008 website?
Hi there,
On 9/12/07, THD <theodoranian@...> wrote:
> Hi, Mike,
>
> Please clarify that to open a website of the Conference is a request from
> you, or Atlanta Bid, or Atlanta Bid's sponsor (which needs to be convinced).
Good point, THD.
I would like to add Wikimania official website have been always a wiki
- even the Foundation official website is. So you bring up two
different request - opening the 2008 website and opening not-a-wiki
website. The matter may bring difficulty for further organizations
regarding content management.
Cheers,
> Thank you.
>
>
> Regards,
> Theodoranian
>
>
> 2007/9/12, Mike Halterman <haltermannews@...>:
> >
> >
> >
> > I understand that, however, my main concern is utmost professionalism in
> presentation to people we have to convince to help us. To me, linking to a
> wiki doesn't exactly have that quality, not 100%. And there's only so much
> you can say before they want to see something, and I'm afraid a wiki page
> does not have the best statement that it can.
> >
> > -Mike Halterman
> > Atlanta Bid
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: THD < theodoranian@...>
> > To: Wikimania general list (open subscription)
> <wikimania-l@... >
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 11:08:42 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Open Wikimania 2008 website?
> >
> > I think it is better to open the Wikimania 2008 website after the host
> city get chosen.
> > Meta is a place to coordinate biddings, but Wikimania website is for the
> official use of the event.
> > Since there will be only one city get chosen as the host, I am afraid that
> other bidders' proposals on the same website would confuse people.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Theodoranian
> >
> >
> > 2007/9/12, Mike Halterman < haltermannews@...>:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > We were discussing in our IRC meeting a more professional and easier to
> navigate place to present our bid to prospective press and sponsors. Can the
> Wikimania 2008 website on Wikimedia be opened for all of us to present our
> big aims there instead of having to direct people to different pages on
> Meta, which they may not be 100% aware of navigating?
> > >
> > > -Mike Halterman
> > > Atlanta Bid
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