Talk:Wikimania 2018/Attend

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This discussion page is specifically for planning the website. For more general commentary and questions use Talk:Wikimania 2018/Cape Town

T-shirts[edit]

T-shirt sizes will be specified after the supplier/printer has been selected and we have samples of each size to take actual measurements. · · · Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): 12:52, 22 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Volunteers[edit]

Do we want a link for a page for volunteers like Wikimania 2017?

(Yes - needed for new layout) Done

Sponsors[edit]

Do we want a sponsors page?

(yes done by David) Done

Scholarships[edit]

Where will this go? Register and attend or Participants? both are plausible. Or a separate page?

Goes on /Attend Done

Intro video:[edit]

Link can go on home page

Needs to be ready for Wikmania Montreal.
Wesgrow can help with stock footage.
Douglas can capture video footage, including with drone. Maybe some aerial shots from Jean Tresfon
Can get help from Victor Grigas.

Liaison for non-binary issues[edit]

We need someone to advise. Any suggestions?

Everything must be easy to find[edit]

Some links will take you away from this set of pages, but everything must leave it easy to get back.
Minimum path length vs uncluttered pages. I am trying to achieve this on a main page with 5 main branches by using collapsible boxes and transcluded subpages. It may work. · · · Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): 13:39, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Contacts page[edit]

Core team and theme team and WMF team contact links. (started)
Explanation of who to contact for what.
Put this on home page? - On home page until further notice.

Organogram for Wikimania?[edit]

Point at WMSA: Douglas
- Core team
  - Financial/books/records
  - Website
    - Consultation with past Wikimania organisers
  - P.R.
    - Press liaison
  - Volunteer committee
  - Scholarships?
  - Hackathon comittee?
  - Venue co-ordinator
    - Internet connectivity?
  - Sponsorship (SA)
- Theme team

Point at WMF: Ellie
- Paid organiser in SA
  - Venue
  - Feeding
  - Internet connectivity?
- Other WMF staff
- Scholarships?

Who selects/approves submissions for events?

Collapsible boxes[edit]

Would be good if they can have a collapse (hide) button at the bottom as well as at the top · · · Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): 10:02, 24 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This has been requested at Template talk:Collapse-mobile, with a few other refinements. · · · Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): 13:36, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback[edit]

We want feedback from interested and affected parties about what went well and what could be improved, with suggestions. We are trying to set up a re-usable system, so fixing broken stuff is important.· · · Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): 10:26, 24 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Links[edit]

Presentations/Submissions[edit]

What topics are appropriate for Wikimania presentations? Is there a specific theme for 2018? · · · Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): 13:59, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]