Thread:Project:WikiProject SysAdmins/Ideas/MediaWiki Workshops/reply (3)

Welcome to the two WikiProjects! :) They're both very new - so any ideas are very welcome.  You're already off to a good start with both of these ideas.  I think a regularly held session for sysadmins makes a lot of sense, especially for folks in sectors like nonprofits with similar routine meetings.

Maybe once every two (or whatever works) there is a more in-depth "program" followed by the usual Q&A session, then a documentation sprint. Although maybe that would be cramming too much into one session. Then again, if it wasn't done at every session, the others would probably make up for the lack of Q&A, etc.

I think the "workshop" term can be loosely applied (or changed altogether) to encompass all of these in IRC-centered meet ups. As I was reading your messages I was thinking about how helpful it would be to have a session (both information and documentation building) on building a more social wiki environment. I'm already thinking of ways to borrow the regular "wikicoding" sessions on a rotation of topics once we "officially" launch our next big wiki in February(ish).