Grants:TPS/iopensa/Wikimania/2018/Report

Participant

iopensa

it.wikipedia

Outcome

Shared Experience: What is one way you shared something from your experience with your community (either locally or globally), after the event?

• Interview to John Cummings for Usmaradio (related to WikiTerritories and his role on the project Monmouthpedia)

Learning Pattern: What is one useful learning pattern you can share with the Wikimedia movement?

• Learning patterns/5 articles game

New Creation: What was one useful outcome that was created at the event for the Wikimedia movement?

• Wikimania Committee and the future of Wikimania
  • Meetings of the Wikimania Committee and discussions about future Wikimania. On a shared google doc internal to the Wikimania Committee and Wikimania Committee/Minutes/2018-07-22 Wikimania Cape Town
  • Draft letter for the Wikimedia Foundation about the tasks of Wikimania and possible management of these tasks
  • Draft submission page for Wikimania.

• WikiAfrica and the association Wiki in Africa
  • Meeting of the association and meeting in person with members of the association
  • Discussions about tasks and management

• Wikimedia Italia
  • Proposal for a policy related to Wikimedia Italia mailing list
  • Meeting about Wikimedia Italia strategy Strategia estate 2018/Incontri/Città del Capo

Connections

• It is always great to meet with people I already know
  • The Italian community. Wikimania is fantastic in truly reinforcing local teams
  • People I would like to work/collaborate with (volunteers and staff of the Wikimedia Foundation)
  • Our team at Wiki in Africa (Isla Haddow-Flood and Florence Devouard - we often exchange online but we rerely meet)
• Meeting people working at the Cape Town libraries was great
• Meeting volunteers from Africa I didn't know before