What is the purpose of the quote(?) at the start of the 'friendly space' section? Richard Nevell ( talk) 08:56, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
The example of Asaf's talks show that simply counting the number of talks given by Foundation members says nothing about whether it's a community or Foundation conference. Asaf's talks were of very broad interest to the community. Two of them were technical talks about how to get the most out of WikiData (I attended them, and they were excellent), and the other two were about community building. The talks presented at the conference were selected by a team of community members based on their perceived relevance to the theme of the event, without any reference or, as far as I know, knowledge, about whether the presenter is on the WMF staff or not. -- Slashme ( talk) 18:37, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
What is the purpose of the quote(?) at the start of the 'friendly space' section? Richard Nevell ( talk) 08:56, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
The example of Asaf's talks show that simply counting the number of talks given by Foundation members says nothing about whether it's a community or Foundation conference. Asaf's talks were of very broad interest to the community. Two of them were technical talks about how to get the most out of WikiData (I attended them, and they were excellent), and the other two were about community building. The talks presented at the conference were selected by a team of community members based on their perceived relevance to the theme of the event, without any reference or, as far as I know, knowledge, about whether the presenter is on the WMF staff or not. -- Slashme ( talk) 18:37, 5 September 2018 (UTC)