Feature summary (what you would like to be able to do and where):
I want an optional "Location" parameter that you can optionally fill out as part of your user profile. You can be very specific about your location such as your address or just select the city/region you are part of. You can see that GitHub easily allows you to do this:
The difference would be that instead of being a free text field like in GitHub, it would be a link to a coordinate or actual geographic feature like in OpenStreetMap so that the data is usable.
You could then decide how you want your location to be shown. For example, to all users or only to users who are close to your location or other options.
Users could then see a map of all the Wikimedians in their area and send out mass-messages to organize meetups.
Use case(s) (list the steps that you performed to discover that problem, and describe the actual underlying problem which you want to solve. Do not describe only a solution):
- I want to see what other Wikimedians are in my area.
- I want to be able to easily contact these Wikimedians and organize meetups.
Benefits (why should this be implemented?):
A dedicated location parameter will let easily let users give their location without requiring finding, maybe creating, and then adding a user box to their profile. This will especially help beginner Wikimedians who might not know how userboxes work and just eliminates the technical nightmare of organizing location data with userboxes.