2023:Program/Technology/C89CBB-Big ideas are small ideas

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Title: Big ideas are small ideas

Speakers:

Peter Pelberg

Peter Pelberg works as a product manager on the Wikimedia Foundation’s Editing Team. Source: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Espresso_machine_repair_shop.png

Nicolas Ayoub

Pretalx link

Etherpad link

Room: Room 309

Start time: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:15:00 +0800

End time: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:45:00 +0800

Type: No (pretalx) session type id specified

Track: Technology

Submission state: confirmed

Duration: 30 minutes

Do not record: false

Presentation language: en

Abstract & description

Abstract

“How can a Movement as large and complex as ours develop the capacity to identify and try the ideas we think have the potential to produce the kind of generative change we need?”

In this interactive session, we’ll look back at a range of MediaWiki software features that have been introduced over the past 20 years to identify the properties that are common among those that end up generating new ways for new people to learn from, and contribute to, our projects.

Description

For Wikipedia [and Wikimedia projects more broadly] to sustain and remain relevant, the Movement needs to evolve how it sees itself so that it can relate its projects to people who do not yet know they exist.

The question that remains is, “How? How can a Movement as large and complex as ours develop the capacity to identify and try the ideas we think have the potential to produce the kind of generative change we need?”

In this interactive session, we’ll look back at a range of MediaWiki software features that have been introduced over the past 20 years to identify the properties that are common among those that end up generating new ways for new people to learn from, and contribute to, our projects.

Ideally, participants will walk away with:

1. The beginning of a shared framework/language for identifying generative ideas latent within our existing ecosystem and
2. Connections to people across the Movement who are motivated and equipped to start experimenting with these small, high potential ideas

Further details

Qn. How does your session relate to the event themes: Diversity, Collaboration Future?

This session falls at the intersection of Wikimania 2023’s themes of diversity, collaboration, and future.

This session will invite participants into conversation about how we can collaboratively look to the past to identify how we might move forward into the future in order to expand the range of people who feel motivated and welcome to participate in the Movement with us.

Qn. What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?

Everyone can participate in this session

Qn. What is the most appropriate format for this session?

• Onsite in Singapore
• Remote online participation, livestreamed
• Remote from a satellite event
• Hybrid with some participants in Singapore and others dialing in remotely
• Pre-recorded and available on demand