Wikipedia:Esperanza/Advisory Committee Meeting October 2006

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The ninth meeting of the Esperanza Advisory Council will be held on 28 October 2006. It will be a private meeting, but the log will be publicly viewable after the meeting. This page is for any Esperanza member to suggest topics to be discussed, and will serve as an agenda of sorts.

[edit] Planned discussions

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  • I'd like to see the new Advisory Council discuss and plan potential measures to ensure that Esperanza works towards becoming a program that better realises its primary purpose; to help build the encyclopedia. While helping foster a sense of community is an important task, I feel Esperanza has become more of a social entity than that of an encyclopedia-building project. I'd like to see a bit of time spent during this meeting on a potential gear-shifting, so to speak, in the direction that Esperanza has been, and is currently heading. Thanks for considering this item for discussion! hoopydinkConas tá tú? 01:46, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
    • Per above, I believe that we should all focus more on the encyclopedic part of our purpose. So far, the Esperanzians have succeeded in forming a successful community, which I understand to be the primary purpose of this organization. But a newcomer may visit our page, check out our discussions in the coffee lounge, and think that we are a bunch of lazy people who like to socialize with each other just for fun. (I'm not saying that it's true ;), if that's what you're thinking) What I'm saying is that we need to focus more on the encyclopedia-building aspects in Wikipedia. All of us are here to improve an encyclopedia, is that right? I think that we should add more programs that supports this idea. We should even be doing more than adding projects. We need a total revision on what ideals we emphasize and on what aspects we expect of each other.--EdI'm lonely, talk to me contribs 00:07, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Summary

/log

  • The list of proposed programs has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
  • There is now a new program: the Tutorial Drive! Consider writing a tutorial on something you are good at doing on Wikipedia.
  • The suggestion of adding a cohesive look to all the Esperanza pages is being considered; join the discussion if you are interested!
  • In order to make a useful interlanguage welcome template, those involved in translation projects will be asked what English Wikipedia policies are most important and confusing to editors coming from other language Wikipedias.
  • A discussion of Esperanza's role in Wikipedia is being held, with all thoughts of all Esperanzians wanted!
  • Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello.
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