2018/Unconference



WikiConference North America 2018 will include unconference sessions, where anyone can propose or spontaneously organize a mini-presentation, discussion, or workshop on a wiki-related topic.

See 20-second intro video to unconferencing.

Lightning talk topics
The main lightning talks session is Saturday 3:30 - 4:55 PM.
 * 1) Create new pages using AWB and CSVLoader. It can be found using the shortcut WP:CSV on English Wikipedia. - Ganeshk (talk) 02:41, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
 * 2) Use AWB and user namespace templates to add different content to different pages (alternative to CSVLoader). (slides). -- Jarekt (talk) 14:42, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
 * 3) WikiProject Patents -- A preliminary effort to organize the fields of information on Wikidata about (potentially) each of many millions of patents, granted by many governments. -- Econterms (talk) 14:20, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
 * 4) Responses by en.wp users to proposal for banner on net neutrality issue -- Econterms (talk) 01:17, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 5) Community Health Metrics Kit: Introducing this project and rallying community feedback. JSutherland (WMF) (talk) 19:27, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * 6) Cuba: The Last Mile for Wikipedia -- How a free online encyclopedia works among a well educated society in a (mostly) offline environment -- Haroldcardenaslema  (talk) 00:28, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 7) It started with a picnic - Wikimedia New York City and early history of local/global efforts--Pharos (talk) 21:19, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 8) A New Approach to Promotional Editing -- see User talk:DGG and  DGG (talk) 13:56, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 9) First World Problems and "First World Problems": Don't take things for granted. --Techyan (talk) 20:21, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
 * slides--Techyan (talk) 20:32, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 1) Wikimedia Mexico - Wikimedia México "State of the Chapter" Paulina Lordméndez (talk) Omar sansi (talk) 05:00, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 2) Commons:Photo challenge, 5 years of monthly photo competition. Jarekt (talk) 03:51, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 3) Timeless - what is it, how it affects you, updates on the project, and yes this is a new interface available on all projects, and it breaks Twinkle. Isarra (talk) 14:03, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 4) Creating a Mastodon instance for Wikipedia Enterprisey (talk) 14:05, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 5) Enabling 2FA and setting a good password. Legoktm (talk) 15:48, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 6) Homoglyphs—what are they, where do they come from, why do they make information hard to find, and what can we do about them? TJones (WMF) (talk) 17:51, 20 October 2018 (UTC) (slides)
 * 7) Graphs, maps, multilingual templates --Yurik (talk) 19:50, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * 8) "Why RfA is Broken: A Live IRC-Directed Panel. Or: Why Never Give a Talk Live-Directed on IRC. Or: Why Substantive RfA Reform Hasn't Happened." L235 (talk) 20:47, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Directed by/taking input from the #wikipedia-en IRC channel. Isarra (talk) 20:07, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Panel: Isarra, Cyberpower678, L235, KrakatoaKatie. L235 (talk) 20:42, 20 October 2018 (UTC)