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>>! In T155038#3476381, @greg wrote: >>>! In T155038#3442203, @eyoung wrote: >> I think it would be terrific to to combine/have one but is this extra work? Usually we just create a single one each year.... Whatever you think would work best. We need to get this done asap so the folks can announce/put up the conference wiki in the next couple of weeks for 2018.... Thanks, ellie > > Given this, and no clear ownership for making the decision for a combined wiki, let's simply create wikimania2018.wm.o for now and *immediately* file a task about a combined wiki moving forward that we can bike-shed on for at most 11 months (before the call for wikimania2019.wm.o is filed).

>>! In T155038#3476381, @greg wrote: >>>! In T155038#3442203, @eyoung wrote: >> I think it would be terrific to to combine/have one but is this extra work? Usually we just create a single one each year.... Whatever you think would work best. We need to get this done asap so the folks can announce/put up the conference wiki in the next couple of weeks for 2018.... Thanks, ellie > > Given this, and no clear ownership for making the decision for a combined wiki, let's simply create wikimania2018.wm.o for now and *immediately* file a task about a combined wiki moving forward that we can bike-shed on for at most 11 months (before the call for wikimania2019.wm.o is filed). >>! In T155038#2931734, @Dereckson wrote: > **Discussion for one consolidated wiki** > > There are ongoing concerns to consolidate all Wikimania wikis into one, with a suggestion given by @Addshore to use namespace per year. > > @faidon expressed concerns about search, addressed with the suggestion to configure search to be tied to the current edition by default. > > That would have benefits for contributors: templates would be there and available, everything would already be configured. > > **Proposal to move forward** > > It could be interesting to create this wiki as `wikimaniawiki`, and experiment this unique wiki for the 2018 and 2019 editions, with the "one year, one namespace" pattern and see if it works well. > > After the 2019, we'll be able to see if it works well. If so, we'll use this wiki for 2020+ editions too, if not we'll create `wikimania2020wiki`.

>>! In T155038#3476381, @greg wrote: >>>! In T155038#3442203, @eyoung wrote: >> I think it would be terrific to to combine/have one but is this extra work? Usually we just create a single one each year.... Whatever you think would work best. We need to get this done asap so the folks can announce/put up the conference wiki in the next couple of weeks for 2018.... Thanks, ellie > > Given this, and no clear ownership for making the decision for a combined wiki, let's simply create wikimania2018.wm.o for now and *immediately* file a task about a combined wiki moving forward that we can bike-shed on for at most 11 months (before the call for wikimania2019.wm.o is filed). >>! In T155038#2931734, @Dereckson wrote: > **Discussion for one consolidated wiki** > > There are ongoing concerns to consolidate all Wikimania wikis into one, with a suggestion given by @Addshore to use namespace per year. > > @faidon expressed concerns about search, addressed with the suggestion to configure search to be tied to the current edition by default. > > That would have benefits for contributors: templates would be there and available, everything would already be configured. > > **Proposal to move forward** > > It could be interesting to create this wiki as `wikimaniawiki`, and experiment this unique wiki for the 2018 and 2019 editions, with the "one year, one namespace" pattern and see if it works well. > > After the 2019, we'll be able to see if it works well. If so, we'll use this wiki for 2020+ editions too, if not we'll create `wikimania2020wiki`.