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2025-08-13T20:28:47Z

Vrs:

'''What Hackers Yearn''' for is to '''Improve'''. This page is dedicated to collecting user feedback related to the execution of WHY2025 as a whole. Constructive feedback is invaluable to the continuous improvement of the project and is welcomed from all participants. Please share your observations and suggestions in a '''clear and respectful manner'''. Your input will help guide enhancements for future generations of the event.

== IMPORTANT ==

Do '''NOT''' review '''people'''. Any individual interaction you had with a human does not belong here, but should be taken up with [[Team:Cohesion]].

This page is strictly for addressing improvements for the next event. We encourage contributors to maintain a neutral, factual, and calm tone in their feedback.

* <span style="color:#0f0"><b>GOOD EXAMPLES:</b></span> "Excessive mud at showers", "Food vendors often refused to accept WHY-voucher", or "Limited drop-off points for luggage shuttle".

* <span style="color:red"><b>BAD EXAMPLES:</b></span> "Person XXX was insulting me", "Helpdesk XOC was too busy to help", "frickin hot", "So the story begins on Saturday night at 23:04 when..."

== Feedback List ==

=== Badge ===

* Badge handouts were announced right before they happened which didn't allow people to plan their angel shifts and disrupted talks / workshops. A virtual queue would have fixed this and required less total manhours to organize / manage

* There was an expectation that the badge was and I quote from what I have overheard "included in the price". This is not the case and has never been the case but its not clearly communicated. To my understanding there was a surplus at SHA2017 and MCH2022 so there never was a shortage of badges before which may have contributed.

* During the event (AFAIK) there were no badge angel shifts outside of queue angel. This is a chance from prior events and didn't allow people who normally would have helped to help in the same way.

* Due to the badges not being self-powered nor being distributed at the entrance they failed to function as badges. The SHA2017 badge was designed with having no power yet still being a nametag in mind. The WHY2025 badge did not seem to function as a nametag which should have been its intended design goal.

* At MCH and SHA you had people using the badges at the event itself to make games / hack / learn / teach. It was something which brought people together. There was very little being done / to do with the badge during the camp, not just because of the late arrival and limited distribution but rather because there is no way to get apps on the badge outside of the SD card... or if there is a way of doing so then its not documented on the wiki page as of writing. There was no app store app, no way to use the LORA hardware, and outside the event its impossible to use the badge without reflashing a new wifi SSID.

* You could not sit at the badge tent and solder on your antenna onto the badge or work on projects. At SHA and MCH you could just approach the badge people / angels and even get help with projects.

* Badge still has way too limited documentation to even work on it after the event

=== Bar ===

* Menu was much longer/more complex compared to MCH. A lot of items were almost never sold, like nachos and chips.

* Slight differences in the menu between the bars caused customers to ask "Do you have ...?". Also complicates restocking logistics.

=== Sysadmin ===

* Setup "live.why2025.org" as an alias for people to easier find the livestreams next time. Right now you needed to go to "streaming.media.ccc.de/why2025".
* IRC is less popular in new generations of hackers and at least Mastodon+Matrix integrations would have made Signal angel role useful.

=== NUTS ===

* Showers with adjustable heat (showerheads which mix cold and hot water) to avoid burns.
* Wood pallets ouside both showers and toilets to reduce mud.
* (is this a NUTS issue?) Even if not in all bathroom points, more drinking water points other than the one in heaven should have been available from the beginning.

=== Program ===

* the big music stage was the perfect location for the History of Hardcore talk. In fact I now want to see more 'serious' talks on the music stages at these events.

Lost and found

2025-08-07T21:14:04Z

Vrs: /* LOST */

<h1> Lost & found </h1>
'''Have you lost or found something? Please make an entry below, so we can help matching items to owners.

Note: the Infodesk has a more complete list of lost and found items, [https://map.why2025.org/?building=30&building_table=buildings#maphash=19/52.6920984/4.7464124/-20 come visit us]!
'''

=== LOST ===
''Add your item below. Describe the lost item, the location where you lost it and how to contact you.''

* <s>'''Green backpack + tent + sleeping bag''' - probably dropped off at the wrong location - please report this item to Infodesk if you found it!</s>
* Pen light (silver, pen form factor), lost @ silent lounge. Not valuable but it would be neat if it turned up again. DECT 8770 or [[User Talk: Vrs|write on my talk page]]

* ''' Next lost item'''

=== FOUND ===
''Have you found an item? Add the found item below. Keep the description brief and don't add properties that can be used to identify or match the owner. Don't forget to bring the found item to the Infodesk, so we can reunite it with its owner :)''
* '''Bag for tent sticks''' - around the corner from infodesk, cyan area
* '''white baseball cap, with "Mainau" written on it in black letters''' - luggage shuttle
* '''cane''' - luggage shuttle
* '''Next found item''' - approximate location where it was found (like field name or track tent)

===STOLEN===
''If something does get stolen: describe the item, location and your contact information. Be excellent to each other, don't steal!''

* '''Your item''' - contact info

User:Vrs

2025-07-29T23:02:57Z

Vrs:

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2025-07-29T22:59:52Z

Vrs: create user page

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