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Okay, Francesco Yates enthusiasts, the basic structure of an article has been hung so go fill it in. Many hands make article construction light work. - Dravecky (talk) 07:08, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
We want to show everybody how great Esino is by hosting the best and craziest Wikimania convention possible. Crazy? ResMar 13:09, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- I would guess (or at least hope) they mean crazy as in fun, rather than wacky–manic–messed-up :o) — OwenBlacker (Talk) 16:16, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I'd like to thank the Signpost team for keeping the community updated on developments relating to Esino Lario. I certainly think the town's mayor should be listened to, though my main focus is still on concerns raised before now (particularly accessibility), for which answers have often been off-topic, vague, or unclear. CT Cooper · talk 01:54, 12 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
For anyone who wants to know more about how the Freedom of Panorama votes went in the European Parliament, I've written another piece for Vantage on Medium: "Street photography in Europe: We just won, right?", which goes through the key votes, what they mean and what happens next. — OwenBlacker (Talk) 16:16, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
While I'm sure some great "posts" about West Virginia's "most successful women" will be created, what we actually need is articles on second and third tier people, activists, religious leaders, authors, functionaries and even criminals. Certainly the "gender gap" in editors can be addressed by bringing in new tranches of editors with a more even gender spread, but whether this will produce a change (and in which direction) in the medium term requires research. To tackle the gender gap in content requires more sophistication than "writing more articles about women", since research has already suggested that the number of articles is not an issue, differences lie in presentation and such things as centrality.
A great asset of WVU is the West Virginia and Regional History Center, it would be a great service to the project to employ this to improve local and regional coverage.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 18:10, 11 July 2015 (UTC).[reply]

I'm glad I have a place to vent about this. Esino Lario—where? I get that we want to be global and everything, but I read that same news story. If this little town can't handle 60 migrants, how on earth are they going to host Wikimania? I don't know how this decision was made, but it's worth seriously rethinking. By the mayor's own admission, Esino Lario doesn't seem capable of hosting such an event. --BDD (talk) 16:38, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]