Audiences

This page aims to list the different types of organisations and audiences that WMUK activities should seek to appeal to, and the different types of activities that are appropriate to those organisations and audiences. The organisations and audiences are in no particular order.

GLAM

Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums

• Wikipedian in Residence - e.g. British Museum, Derby, ARKive
• Backstage Passes - e.g. British Museum, Derby
• Content partnerships (images, text, metadata), e.g. Mary Rose Trust
• Editathons - e.g. British Library
• Conferences - e.g. GLAM-WIKI
• Digitization

Education

Split up into three different groups: primary, secondary/college, university

Primary

• ???

Secondary/college

• ???

University

• Campus Ambassadors
• Wikipedia writing assignments
• Student societies
• Wikipedia Workshops
• Editathons

Research/Academia

Including scholarly societies. Some overlap with GLAM.

• Links with journals (rfam etc.)
• Wikipedia Workshops
• Sponsorship to attend relevant conferences, e.g. WikiSym Scholarships

Developers

i.e. MediaWiki and other free software

• Hackathons / bugsquashing sessions
• Contract development

Wikimedia community

• Editing competitions
• OTRS workshops
• Wikimeets (in supporting role), e.g. Wikimedia Girl Geek Dinner
• WikiConferences - e.g. WikiConference UK 2011

within the community

Existing Wikimedia sub-communities e.g. Wikiprojects

(What are the Wikiprojects' priorities and can we help fulfill them?)

vs people getting involved with things that aren't their normal on-wiki interests

(how many Hoxne Hoard editors had done anything Late Roman before?)

Project led vs. cross-project working

"editing a wikipedia article" or "releasing images" vs. working across projects (how many editors do? how many will if there is something special going on?)

Donors

• People who give during the Fundraiser

how can we get them to give more/again, how can we get them involved in other ways

• Potentially - funding bodies

Miscellaneous

• Media - press coverage