Submissions/Youth and Wiki Culture

This is a rejected submission for Wikimania 2012.

Submission no.

60

Title of the submission: Youth and Wiki Culture

Type of submission (workshop, tutorial, panel, presentation): Presentation

Author of the submission: Sarah Dopp, Community Manager at Wikia

E-mail address: Send me a message

Username: Sarahdopp

Country of origin: USA

Affiliation, if any (organization, company etc.): Wikia, Inc

Personal homepage or blog: community.wikia.com/User:Dopp

Abstract (at least 300 words to describe your proposal)

With the emergence of pop culture wikis, more and more wiki communities are being managed predominantly by users under the age of 20. In this presentation, we’ll look at some of the emerging patterns in wiki culture for young people today, and discuss questions like:

What community management guidelines and tactics have been most successful with young people?
What are the different “types” of users we’re seeing in these communities?
What are the new latest trends, memes, and obsessions in teen wiki culture?
What can we (as adult wiki editors, community managers, and engineers) learn from these young communities?

Track: WikiCulture and Community; Research, Analysis, and Education

Length of presentation/talk: 25 Minutes

Will you attend Wikimania if your submission is not accepted?: Planning to attend.

Slides or further information (optional): Slides will be included.

Special request as to time of presentations: None.

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Léna (talk) 23:54, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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I left a suggestion on the talk page. SarahStierch (talk) 20:44, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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