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====Question from Bazonka====
Wikipedia is largely an on-line community, and some editors prefer their activities to remain entirely on-line. However, other Wikipedians engage in off-line, real world Wikipedia activities, such as Wikimeets, outreach work, or training. How much are you currently involved in these off-line activities, and would this be different if you were or were not on the Arbitration Committee? [[User:Bazonka|Bazonka]] ([[User talk:Bazonka|talk]]) 23:35, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
:'''A''': I've mentioned this in a few places already, in my candidate statement, and in answers to some of the questions above. Some of the Wikipedians I've met are listed [[User:Carcharoth/Additional notes|here]]. That ranges from people I have met only briefly at meetups or drinks or dinners when someone is in town, to those I have talked with at length about various matters. As I state there, I've not yet managed to make it to a Wikimania event, but I may do that one year. That page in my userspace also mentions some of the meetups I've attended, which have all been in the UK, in London or Cambridge. Some of the outreach or training work (sometimes little more than an editathon, sometimes something more organised) is also mentioned there. This may sound like a lot, but it is spread out over around 2-3 years and I would estimate I manage to get to such events or meetups around 3-4 times a year on average. I would like to do more of that, but if elected to ArbCom there would probably not be time to do more than attend the occasional event as I do now (some of the early meet-ups I attended were during my time as an arbitrator in the period from 2009 and 2010). If I was not elected, I may well try and do more along these lines. Meeting other Wikipedians gives a different perspective on things, and doing volunteer outreach work can be very rewarding. [[User:Carcharoth|Carcharoth]] ([[User talk:Carcharoth|talk]]) 00:44, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
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