Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2017/Programme/Submission/IP users in Wikipedia - opportunities or threats?
Title of your proposal edit
IP users in Wikipedia – opportunities or threats?
Name(s) and/or username(s) edit
User:Gdarin, Wikimedia Polska
User:Elfhelm, Wikimedia Polska, Board Member
Topic edit
- Conflict resolution + Community health
Type of submission edit
- Presentation (one-to-many)
+ hopefully
- Open discussion (many-to-many)
Summary edit
We are going to present two different attitudes towards unregistered users (IP users). Some Polish Wikipedians think that they should not be allowed to edit articles, because they are vandals or troublemakers. On the other hand some Wikipedians consider the possibility that without new users (starting usually as IP users) Wikipedia will not have new editors at all.
Expected outcomes edit
We hope to start discussion about the IP users and their place in the Wikipedia society.
Duration (without Q&A) edit
15 minutes (presentation)
Specific requirements edit
Projector