Topic on Talk:Groups/Proposals/Ciudad de México

Hi, congratulations for this initiative! But you need to clarify one detail: which city of Mexico are you referring to? See Groups#Local_groups: "Local groups must tend to be really local. Starting points like e.g. Recife, Munich or Saint Petersburg are better than Brazil, Germany or Russia."

We had this situation with "MediaWiki Group India", which ended up being "MediaWiki Group Ahmedabad" + a request for a mediawiki-india@ mailing list to the Wikimedia India chapter and some other potential groups that are being cooked up.

Let's discuss. Where are you based?

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Thanks!

We are from different cities, but we are from México. I am based in two cities one is México City.

You have to start with one city... MediaWiki Group Mexico DF?

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We can consider the creation of mediawiki-mexico@lists.wikimedia.org not as a MediaWiki group but as a channel of coordination between Mexican individuals and groups interested in MediaWiki. For that it is better to show the various activities happening in the country. Having a well backed group at least in one city with other people from other cites being members or endorsing will make a strong argument for that list.

But first things first, ok? Please define a city for this group and continue doing the great work to reach critical mass and get it officially approved.

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Within the group of enthusiasts will participate cities across the country, including some of our chapter enthusiasts. Having the name of "Mexico DF" may not seem very inclusive for other members of the proposed group. Regards.

The main focus of MediaWiki groups is to organize activities. Most of those activities happen in some place. This is why we want to have groups that are really local. The coordination at country level can happen through the mailing list and/or Wikimedia México.

We are only requiring 3 people to create a group, which is probably the minimum that can be mathematically called "group".  :) Please define a city for this first one and encourage other members either to create their their own groups or to join you while they get ready for their own spin-off.

Thank you for your understanding.

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