Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2017/Programme/Submission/IP users in Wikipedia - opportunities or threats?
Title of your proposalEdit
IP users in Wikipedia – opportunities or threats?
Name(s) and/or username(s)Edit
User:Gdarin, Wikimedia Polska
User:Elfhelm, Wikimedia Polska, Board Member
TopicEdit
- Conflict resolution + Community health
Type of submissionEdit
- Presentation (one-to-many)
+ hopefully
- Open discussion (many-to-many)
SummaryEdit
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 outcomesEdit
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 requirementsEdit
Projector