Program

This is an unconference timed to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Wikipedia. The theme of this gathering is Wikimedia: The Next 10 Years. We invite participants to come and discuss bright spots from the past ten years and opportunities and challenges for the next ten.

Being an unconference, participants will create the actual agenda on the morning of the event. Feel free to discuss possible sessions below.

Additionally, we have two outstanding keynotes scheduled, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

=Keynotes= We are thrilled to have keynotes from:


 * Ward Cunningham, pioneer in pattern programming, the inventor of wiki software and founder of the first wiki, and current CTO at AboutUs.com. Ward will talk about "Exploratory Parsing of Semi-Structured Text (or, how to read all of Wikipedia in 5 seconds for a useful definition of read.)"

and


 * Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired Magazine, publisher and editor of the Whole Earth Review, board member of the Long Now Foundation and most recently author of the book What Technology Wants. (home page)

=Unconference= We will be using open space, a method whereby a facilitator helps participants break out into productive sessions. However, please feel free to brainstorm about sessions you would like to see or give below.

Proposed sessions
I want to give a session on....


 * 1) The case for a California Chapter: a critique of ten areas where the Foundation can not, has not, or will not act in the interest of its own mission. (outline) [mailto:jim@talknicer.com James Salsman]
 * 2) The next ten years of Wikipedia: what's next? Open brainstorming :) -- Phoebe 09:56, 20 December 2010 (PST)
 * 3) WikiFactcheck -- How can Wikipedians go beyond NOR? Help brainstorm about how it would work, what problems to tackle first -- Fuzheado 01:49, 15 January 2011 (PST)
 * 4) Collaborative video editing, the wiki way -- what would a true collaborative video editing system for Wikipedia look like? -- Fuzheado 01:49, 15 January 2011 (PST)
 * 5) OFFSITE SF Media Intervention for Wikileaks 4:30PM-6PM (Clay St & Montgomery) details (Kimo Crossman)

Requested sessions
I'd like to see a session on ...


 * 1) The case against a California Chapter (I am willing to give my critique talk a week or two in advance to any interested parties including WMF staff so that they have a fair opportunity to respond to all the points raised. --James Salsman)
 * 2) Revised notability guidelines for FOSS, given that verifiability is intrinsic, and major publications are less likely to pick up even FOSS with significant user bases. See RFC:Notability of free open source software and as an example of a Wiki software page being deleted, Articles for deletion: MojoMojo. -- Dandv 02:16, 13 January 2011 (PST)
 * 3) Wikipedia for newcomers -- several people who have registered have told me that they are new to contributing! It would be great to see some sessions focused on higher-level issues for people who are new editors. How to get involved? -- Phoebe 17:12, 13 January 2011 (PST)