Re: [Wikimania-l] Partial scholarship system
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:27 PM, maarten deneckere maartendeneckere+wikima...@gmail.com wrote: Please help us for the next conference, and fill in the questionnaire on https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG1BaUJHZkpJS2puSHJuTGN0Sk9NcHc6MQ Is this being wrong by the scholarship committee or any Wikimania organizers or is this just something you setup yourself? Some of the information that the survey requests could be considered private, so it's best to explicitly say who will have access to it. -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Schedule
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: 3. Some items (mainly those that span multiple columns) do not state a venue. Can the venues of each of those items be specified please? Could you specify which ones you're unable to place? I can't seem to find one that doesn't have a venu venue. It looks like the plenary's are all in Rapaport Hall, and I think those are the only ones that span multiple columns. -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Claims by BDS / Palestinian outreach and moving on
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Manuel Schneider manuel.schnei...@wikimedia.ch wrote: We discussed that last year and someone came up with a sensible remark: If you are travelling during Ramadan, you are excempted from the fast. It should also be noted that Wikimania 2009 also took place during Ramadan, and Wikimania 2012 will miss it by only a few days. There's also already a page on wikimania2011wiki directed at the Muslim Ramadan-observing Wikimaniacs that has been up for almost an entire year (August 2010!). http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ramadan Having Wikimania during Ramadan isn't a showstopper... they can still partake in all of the normal Wikimania activities, and this year's Wikimania has already made plans to support them. -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] What to do about 2012, and the future
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 9:48 AM, theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: Also, about what Dalton said above, about hiring a single event planner/manager in the chapter, I think it's still far from being able to manage a Wikimania style event professionally. Unless they are experienced with International event planning, its still going to be a very large task for any single chapter. It's a large task for a single chapter to plan Wikimania with the help of a paid event professional? Our Wikimanias have been planned by a lot less -- usually just a group of hard-working Wikimedians, some with the help of a chapter, some not. :-) -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Problematic aspects of hosting the next conference in Haifa, Israel
WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote: I did raise some of the issues about access to Israel during the bidding process - see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania_2011/Bids/Haifa#Arab_countries But Haifa was the winning bid and we now need to try and resolve any of the resulting issues that we can. [snip] The event is also going to take place during Ramadan which I assume has implications for any Moslems who do attend. Though I assume that the combination of hosting the event in Israel and during Ramadan will mean that relatively few Moslems attend. However I'd like to suggest to the organisers that they reconsider their commitment in http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/FAQ#Ramadan from Is there a mosque in the vicinity of the venue? Unfortunately not so close to the venue. Most of the mosques are located in the lower (older) neighborhoods, while the venue is at the top of Mt. Carmel. We can arrange a prayer hall for Muslims at the venue. to Is there a mosque in the vicinity of the venue? Unfortunately not so close to the venue. Most of the mosques are located in the lower (older) neighborhoods, while the venue is at the top of Mt. Carmel. If one of the attendees requests it in advance we will arrange a prayer hall for Muslims at the venue It looks the organizers are already making something like this, see http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Community_in_Haifa. -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Regarding the VISA Invitation Letter
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 7:45 AM, Shiju Alex shijualexonl...@gmail.com wrote: We are helpless if we are not getting support from the Polish Wikimedians who are organizing this event. What exactly is the bottleneck here? Can't we just get a Polish Wikimedian to write up an invitation letter form and then we could just have Marcin go through, fill out the names/information and sign them? -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] attending 'mania? add yourself to [[attendees]]...
On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Shiju Alex shijualexonl...@gmail.com wrote: It would have been great if the first column list the name of the country instead of flag. It is very difficult to collect data from it based on country. Remember most people can recognize only the flag of his nation. If you hover over the flag image, it gives you the country code. (The table is supposed to be language independent, so putting the country name would defeat the purpose. :-)) -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
[Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2010: Call for Participation Extended
Due to numerous requests we have extended the submission deadline for Wikimania 2010 as follows: * Abstract Registration: May 24, 11.59 p.m. (Pacific Time) * Notification for workshops: May 29, 11.59 p.m. (Pacific Time) * Notification for panels, tutorials, presentations: June 3, 11.59 p.m. (Pacific Time) See the Call for Participation for more details: http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/CFP Thank you for helping make Wikimania 2010 a successful event. :-) See you in Gdansk, July 9-11! With best regards, Wikimania Team -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] [Foundation-l] On Wikimania locations
*cough* there *is* a Wikimania-l, you know... (please keep it CCed at the very least) That being said, your idea is very interesting. On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 8:32 PM, Gregory Maxwell gmaxw...@gmail.com wrote: Wikimania 2011 has come, yet again another location in the middle-east. It seems to me that every major populated geographic region has a multitude of sites which could create viable wikimania candidacies— and this has certainly been supported by the past applications. A leading application takes an enormous amount of work, expenditure of political energy, etc. on the part of the proposing team— work that could perhaps be applied to advancing the Wikimedia mission in other ways for candidacies which are ultimately fruitless. I believe that if you were to take the best candidate from each region and compare among them you'd find them all to be excellent options and ultimately end up choosing based little details and preferences, often ones mostly outside of the control of the applicants. Accordingly I believe it would be better if we pre-announced a preferred geography for the candidacies each year. Effort could then be conserved for producing really excellent proposals in those years when a candidacy is most likely to be successful. This could also be expected to result in better applications. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania post-morten/wrap up
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Philippe Beaudette pbeaude...@wikimedia.org wrote: Does anyone know if there was a postmortem conducted after Wikimania 2009. I recall a questioner but we cannot find the results. There is a page on a meta for Wikimania 2009 Tech Posmortem which was helpful but not completely what is needed. If you have this or any additional data from Wikimania 2009 can you please forward it to James Owen as soon as possible, he needs it for meetings which occur Thursday. His email address is jo...@wikimedia.org Did this ever get responded to? The post-mortem that the local team was working on can be found at http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Post-mortem. From what they told me a few weeks (months?) ago, it's not completely ready yet. They were going to send an e-mail to the list when it was ready. I'm a day and half late (sorry, I haven't checked list e-mail in two weeks), but I figure someone else might be wondering too. -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania post-morten/wrap up
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Casey Brown li...@caseybrown.org wrote: Did this ever get responded to? Bleh, it was answered a few days ago in another thread. Ignore me. :-) -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Board QA session this afternoon, and IRC
2009/8/28 Delphine Ménard notafi...@gmail.com: Is there a live transcript/audio/video of the board session planned? It's a full-conference event (see bottom of http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule), so I'm pretty sure it will be broadcast through the streaming site: http://stream.wikimedia.org.ar/. -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Just draw lots, already! n/t
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Geoffrey Plourde geo.p...@yahoo.com wrote: I am sure the members of the jury are doing their hardest to come to a verdict. We all know that and accept it -- the thing is that they missed their deadline, that's the only reason people are wondering if they came to a conclusion yet. I think the big reason why people are antsy is that things get more expensive the closer we come to W-Week. Not really. The dates aren't usually finalized when the location is announced (take Wikimania 2009 for example), and I doubt a few days will make a big difference for a flight a year from now. :-) -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Update on 2010 timetable?
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org wrote: I don't believe WMF formally announced the winner of the upcoming year's WMania last year, Kinda. http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimania_2008 However, I think this was more because we were hosting it *with* BA (the Egyptian one ;-)) and they weren't just the conference venue. but it might be a good way for us to help draw attention globally to Wikimania in more general terms... perhaps in the same big press release we could announce the 2010 location and then hopefully we'll have media registration for Buenos Aires ready? That sounds like a good idea. -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Update on 2010 timetable?
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 4:38 PM, phoebe ayers brassratg...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think telling the community precludes sending a more formal press release later from either the winning chapter and/or the Foundation. Effe is right, that it's a good chance to build excitement locally, but I see one as an 'internal' announcement (even though it's public) and the other as an 'external' announcement (really making sure media sees it). That's what it seems like to me too. Telling wikimania-l may seem like public, but it's not really. I don't think we have any journalists who actually search the archives of this list for stories. :-) -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
[Wikimania-l] Call for Participation extension: April 30
Looks like no one sent a message here yet. :-( The Call for Participation for Wikimania 2009 has been extended: the new date is April 30, 2009. Please submit your papers! http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/CFP Also, remember that scholarship applications are also open until April 30! http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] public wikimania bid meeting -- change in time
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Casey Brown cbrown1023...@gmail.com wrote: Reminder: the meeting is in about 1.5 hours, make sure you guys come. :-) Location: #wikimania (channel will be moderated, idle chat in: #wikimania-lounge) Times: UTC: 19:00; Amsterdam/Gdansk: 21:00; Oxford: 20:00; Philadelphia: 15:00 A log of the meeting is available online: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Public_meeting_log for those who missed it or are interested in reliving it. ;-) -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] public wikimania bid meeting -- change in time
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 1:50 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com wrote: The public Wikimania bid meeting time has been changed to accommodate the majority of bidders and jury members. The new time is: * Sunday, March 29th, 19:00 UTC Reminder: the meeting is in about 1.5 hours, make sure you guys come. :-) Location: #wikimania (channel will be moderated, idle chat in: #wikimania-lounge) Times: UTC: 19:00; Amsterdam/Gdansk: 21:00; Oxford: 20:00; Philadelphia: 15:00 -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
[Wikimania-l] Online team tasks
Some people have expressed in interest in helping out online with the planning for Wikimania. I've created a page here that has a list of tasks we could use help with: http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania:Online_tasks. If you'd like, you can add that page to your watchlist and then check E-mail me when a page on my watchlist is changed in your preferences. Then you'd get an e-mail when we update the page. :-) Also, please make sure to list yourself on our Online volunteers page! http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Online_volunteers If you have any questions, feel free to reply on the list or ask a question on-wiki: http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania:Community_Portal -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
[Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2009: Call for Participation
Apologies in advanced for the cross-posting. :-) Please circulate this call among Wikimedia communities, researchers and other people that may be interested! This call is also online at http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call_for_Participation == Call for Participation == Wikimania is an annual global event devoted to Wikimedia projects around the globe (including Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wiktionary, Wikiversity, Wikiquote, Wikispecies, and Wikimedia Commons). The conference is a community gathering, giving the editors and users of Wikimedia projects an opportunity to meet each other, exchange ideas, report on research and projects, and collaborate on the future of the projects. The conference is open to the public, and is a chance for educators, researchers, programmers and free culture activists who are interested in the Wikimedia projects to learn more and share ideas about the Wikimedia projects. This year's conference will be held from '''August 26-28''' in Buenos Aires, Argentina at '''San Martín Cultural Center'''. For more information, please visit the official Wikimania 2009 site at http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org. We are accepting submissions for presentations, workshops, panels, posters, open space discussions, and artistic works related to the Wikimedia projects or free content topics in general. Please carefully follow the submission guidelines below. === Important dates === * '''Submissions will open on:''' March 1 * '''Deadline for submitting workshop, panel, and presentation submissions:''' April 15 * '''Deadline for submitting posters, open space discussions, and artistic works:''' April 30 * '''Notification of acceptance of workshops, panels, presentations:''' May 15 * '''Notification of acceptance of posters, discussions, and artistic works:''' May 31 * '''Conference dates:''' August 26-28 === Themes and tracks === There are two tracks for submission: the '''Casual Track''', for members of wiki communities and interested observers to share their own experiences and thoughts and to present new ideas; and the '''Academic Track''', for research based on the methods of scientific studies exploring the social, content or technical aspects of Wikipedia, the other Wikimedia projects, or other massively collaborative works, as well as open and free content creation and community dynamics more generally. Submissions to either track should address one or more of the following themes: * '''Wikimedia Communities,''' including the topics of conflict resolution and community dynamics; reputation and identity; multi-lingualism and languages and cultures. * '''Free Knowledge,''' including open access to information; ways to gather and distribute free knowledge, use of the Wikimedia projects in education, journalism, research; ways to improve content quality and usability. * '''Latin American challenges,''' centering on efforts and limitations for expanding the reach of Wikimedia projects in Latin America; promotion of projects in Native American languages; specific problems of the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking Wikimedia communities. * '''Technical infrastructure,''' including issues related to MediaWiki development and extensions; Wikimedia's technical infrastructure; and new ideas for development. Papers should be of interest to members of the Wikimedia communities, and fit within one of the themes above. === Types of Submissions === We are seeking submissions for: * '''Presentations''' (10–30 minute talks with discussion afterwards) :* This type of submission is appropriate for presenting substantial research or community projects * '''Workshops''' (60–120 minute session with a discussion leader and more audience involvement) :* This type of submission is appropriate for sessions designed to teach a specific subject or explore it in depth * '''Panels''' (group of 2-5 speakers to discuss aspects of a topic with audience questions, 45-90 minute sessions) :* This type of submission is appropriate for discussions on a topic of wide interest among community members, with several participants who may be presenting their work. For less formal discussions of limited interest, consider an open space discussion instead. * '''Open space discussions''' (informal discussion on a specific topic; the discussion leader helps moderate the conversation but the session is open to anyone interested to join in) :* This type of submission is good for a topic that several participants want to discuss or brainstorm about in an informal setting * '''Posters''' (printed visual displays that can stand on their own, with no associated presentation) :* This type of submission is good for presenting research in progress, or smaller community projects * '''Artistic works''' (plays, competitions, comedy, visualizations, displays or other representations of some aspect of the projects) :* This type of submission is good for showing creativity or showcasing beautiful work about the
[Wikimania-l] slightly OT; Fwd: [Foundation-l] A funny coincidence
Cute story about Wikimania from foundation-l. :-) -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 -- Forwarded message -- From: Michael Snow wikipe...@verizon.net Date: Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:04 AM Subject: [Foundation-l] A funny coincidence To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org On Tuesday, after Kat and I had spent a couple days assisting Sue and Erik with interviews for the CPO position (an intriguing group of candidates, by the way), I was at the BART station on my way to the airport. I bought my ticket from the machine, and when I pulled my receipt out of the dispenser, I also found a 25-cent piece. Once I got a closer look I realized why somebody might not have bothered to take their change - it wasn't a U.S. quarter. Neither was it Canadian, though, which is what you would typically find in that case. Of all things, it happened to be Argentine, so 25 centavos actually. I have no idea how 25 centavos from Argentina ended up in San Francisco, in just the right place for me to pick them up. It was quite amusing to me to think that later this year I'll actually be in Buenos Aires, I suppose I should bring it with me whether I spend it or not. Anyway, I'm looking forward to Wikimania, and seeing any of you that are able to make it. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] wikimania website: to-do list
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Barcex barcexw...@gmail.com wrote: The Spanish version is far from being finished. I would wait a bit before translating it, Roberto Fiadone is working on the Spanish Version. It's okay though, we can merge in the changes that are made (that's what we end up doing when their are changes to the English for all other translations). The Spanish version is *huge*, so it would be good to get that started. ;-) -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] wikimania website: to-do list
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 11:47 PM, Mary Murrell mary_murr...@yahoo.com wrote: This page needs translation (Spanish to English) too. It's long: http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Local_information Yeah, I've been working on it too. Any help is greatly appreciate. ;-) -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] wikimania website: to-do list
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 9:24 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com wrote: * The FAQ could use a lot of work. Many of the questions can be answered from Wikipedia or general travel books: http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/FAQ Not only could we use answers for the listed questions, but also add some more that you guys think are important! Also, answers should try not to be something like No, but should give a bit more information as well. -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Back home; missing Wikimania already! Regards from Boston...
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:33 PM, effe iets anders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you'll find some here: http://news.google.com/news?ned=ar_mepromo=blog_arabichl=arned=ar_meq=wikimaniabtnG=%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%AB+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1 best regards, Lodewijk ...and if they don't use the English word for Wikimania, they'll probably use the Arabic translation that we've been using: http://news.google.com/news?ned=ar_mepromo=blog_arabichl=arned=ar_meq=%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7btnG=%D8%A5%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%AB! -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2010 bidding process
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:44 AM, effe iets anders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, to be honest I think we first should think about the general time schedule. Do we want to hurry or do we first want to reconsider what kind or conference we want in the coming years and build the wikimanias around that idea. It means a lot whether we want a very unofficial conference or whether we want a more serious conference which could for instance mean more possibilities for finding sponsors and having a serious media look during the conference, more results with respect to the main goals we have etc etc... I do know that at least the program committee needs a huge evaluation (as soon as Jakob and me are home, we will do that I guess) and I assume also other teams want to do that, before we would do a wikimania wide evaluation, and draw results from that. So a few big questions ahead, which can very much influence the choice of the city. Personally I'd not want to rush anything until we know that. On the page you created, which is of course a draft, it has been assumed almost that we choose the early schedule, even though it is still a draft (you could also make changes there, and still call it a draft, even though the main window has been set). I sincerely hope we can have an open discussion *first* on whether we need evaluation, together with local team, committees, WMF etc, and then see how long we need for that to draw conclusions etc. Best regards, Lodewijk Discussions about this are being started. See -planning. -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Photos
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Al Tally [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please put photos on Commons preferably - since it was the Wikimedia Conference, it makes sense to host the photos on our own free images site. I would prefer if people put them on both with a link back to Commons or the Wikimania 2008 website. As most Commoners will tell you, things tend to get more visibility on flickr. -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] How to connect slides to schedule entries?
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Brianna Laugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I uploaded the slides from my presentation to Wikimedia Commons. There is no wiki page at wikimania2008: that I can link them to, so I doubt anyone can find them. http://wm08reg.wikimedia.org/schedule/ doesn't seem to be editable. So how can images, video, audio and slides be connected between Commons the actual presentations? I've added it to the presentation on Pentabarf. https://wikimedia.pentabarf.org/pentabarf/event/45 Let's see if that updates to the wm08reg soon. I am a bit concerned that wm08reg might be turned off after the event, and because all the schedule information is only in it, that it would be lost. If I remember correctly, that's just pulled off of all the information that we loaded into Pentabarf, so we'll still have it even if it's turned off. -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Dorm details
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 4:45 AM, Al Tally [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/7/14 Brian McNeil [EMAIL PROTECTED]: For other points to – belatedly – note, this list is not detailed on http://lists.wikimedia.org, I would not have known about it had Majorly not told me. It is on that list (the Meta page, that is). and you should never use that as your sole place to look for the list. https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo is the more complete one (does not include the private ones whose administrators have specifically turned advertising off). It's also noted on the bottom of the (*sigh* still not completed) FAQ. http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/FAQ -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Travel coordination - timeline help?
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 9:44 AM, effe iets anders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, please see the travel coordination page:http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Travel_coordination This includes a timeline, but the scaling is bad. Could someone please take a look at it and fix it? The table worked great last year! Once that is done, please invite everybody to add their data too! I think we got it working. If you need to add more people and it doesn't seem to be working, just fiddle around with PlotArea ;-) http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/?diffonly=yesdiff=8083oldid=8082. -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania promotional materials?
On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 7:15 PM, phoebe ayers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone! I am attending / helping organize Recent Changes Camp next weekend (http://rcc2008.blueoxen.net/), which will attract wiki enthusiasts from the San Francisco area and and all over. I am wondering if we have any promotional materials about Wikimania 2008 that I could hand out or at least have on site. Ben did those some lovely butterfly posters for previous years; is there anything like that for this year that I could print up? If not, does anyone want to make something up really quickly that I could print out and bring? Maybe a half-page informational flyer? cheers, Phoebe It might be short notice, but someone from the Marketting Committee might be interested in helping or would know if we already have these types of flyers. (guillom is cc'ed) -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
[Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2008: Call for Participation
Please circulate this call among Wikimedia communities, researchers and other people that may be interested! This call is also online at http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call_for_Participation == Wikimania 2008: Call for Participation == [[w:Wikimania|Wikimania]] is an annual global event devoted to [[foundation:Main Page|Wikimedia]] projects around the globe (including [[w:Main page|Wikipedia]], [[:w:b:en:Main page|Wikibooks]], [[:w:s:en:Main page|Wikisource]], [[:en:n:Main page|Wikinews]], [[:w:wikt:en:Main page|Wiktionary]], [[:w:v:en:Main page|Wikiversity]], [[:m:q:en:Main page|Wikiquote]], [[:species:Main page|Wikispecies]], and [[:commons:Main page|Wikimedia Commons]]) and for its editors and users to gather, meet each other, exchange ideas, and report on research and projects. It is a community event, which is also open to the public and to researchers. This year's conference will be held from '''July 17-19, 2008''' in [[w:Alexandria|Alexandria]], [[w:Egypt|Egypt]] at the new Library of Alexandria ([[w:Bibliotheca Alexandrina|Bibliotheca Alexandrina]]). For more information, please visit the Wikimania 2008 Home page at http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org We are accepting submissions for presentations, workshops, panels, posters, open spaces, and artistic artifacts. Please carefully follow the submission guidelines below. Submissions can be sent via the following link: :https://wikimedia.pentabarf.org/submission/wikimania2008 === Important dates === * 1 February – 16 March : Submission * 17 March – 30 April : Review, feedback and notification of acceptance * 17 – 19 July 2007 : '''Wikimania''' === Conference Tracks === Submissions should address one or more of the following themes: ; Wikimedia Communities : Interesting projects and particularities within the communities; policy creation within individual projects; conflict resolution and community dynamics; reputation and identity; multi-lingualism, languages and cultures; social studies. We explicitly invite you to discuss your local Wikimedia project's community. ; Free Knowledge : Open access to information; ways to gather and distribute free knowledge, usage of the Wikimedia projects in education, journalism, research; ways to improve content quality and usability; copyright laws and other legal areas that interfere with Wikimedia projects. Free Content in the Middle-East/Africa. ; Technical infrastructure : Issues related to MediaWiki development and extensions; Wikimedia's technical infrastructure; new ideas for development (including case studies from other wikis or similar projects). ; Scientific track : Papers about massively collaborative work, open and free content creation, community dynamics, the social or economic aspects of the Wikimedia projects, and other topics related to Wikimedia projects. Papers submitted to the scientific track will be peer reviewed by a reviewing committee regarding their novelty, rigour, and estimated impact, and accepted or rejected based on these reviews. The papers will be published in proceedings afterwards, and depending on the number and the quality of the submissions, a journal special issue may be pursued. Scientific track papers must be in English, and must not exceed 7,500 words (or 15 pages LNCS). Your topic must be related either to the Wikimedia projects and their communities, or to the creation of free content in general. === Types of Submissions === We are seeking submissions for * presentations (10–30 minute talks with discussion afterwards) * workshops (60–120 minute session with more involvement of the audience) * panels (group of 2-5 speakers to discuss on a specific subject) * posters (printed presentations or visual displays that can stand on their own) * artistic artifacts (plays, competitions, comedy, visualizations, or other representations of some aspect of the projects) In addition there will the possibility to give [[lightning talks]] (5 minute short presentations). These will be organized on the Wikimania 2008 wiki without need to submit via the submission system. === Submission Guidelines === Wikimania is organized by volunteers, so please help us minimize wasted effort by submitting via the [[submission]] system and following these guidelines. All submissions MUST explicitly include the following: # an English Event title # a short English Abstract of your event in 50 to 100 words. The abstract will be used for the public schedule. # the Track your submission fits in best (Wikimedia Communities, Free Knowledge, Technical infrastructure, or Scientific) # the Event type (presentation, workshop, panel, poster, artistic...) # information about the speaker (full name, email, a short description of at least 2 sentences...) # for submissions to the scientific track: set Submission of paper for proceedings to yes and upload a paper instead of the Description below as Attachment. Papers must be in English, and must not exceed 7,500 words. In addition you can
Re: [Wikimania-l] More help needed on Wikimania 2008 Program
I would be willing to help as well, but would like more information like effe. :-) On Jan 5, 2008 1:35 PM, effe iets anders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Muhammad, I am interested in helping out with the program, but could you maybe give a little bit more information? What kind of people do you exactly need, what has already been done, what is to be done in the short run, what in the long run? How many people are already working on it? Best regards, Lodewijk 2008/1/5, Muhammad Alsebaey [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Everyone and happy new year, We are in the process of shaping how the Wikimania 2008 program will be, discussions are ongoing on how to shape the CfP, tracks, side-events, etc. And we are in need for more people to get involved in those things, I am hoping we can get the CfP out by the end of January. All interested please reply here, thank you. -- Best Regards, Muhammad Alsebaey ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] More help needed on Wikimania 2008 Program
I would be fine with helping out with that. On Jan 5, 2008 9:22 PM, Muhammad Alsebaey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK basically this links sums up what we will be doing: http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_Committee/Conference Our Major concern for right now is deciding on the format/content of a call for participation and getting that out by the end of January, this way we can also reserve conference rooms at the BA early, there are a few ideas being discussed right now regarding tracks, acceptance of materials, etc. If you guys are still interested I will add you to the mailing list for program. On Jan 5, 2008 12:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to help too. But I need more information. --MReary ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- Best Regards, Muhammad Alsebaey ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
[Wikimania-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wikimania dates--Changed
-- Forwarded message -- From: Moushira Elamrawy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Dec 24, 2007 2:25 PM Subject: [Foundation-l] Wikimania dates--Changed To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear all, This is to inform you that Wikimania dates has been changed to 17-19 July. We hope this fits better with the Euro/American week formats; so as to avoid a conference that would cross two weeks and end on a Monday, as in the previous date. Thank you, Moushira ___ foundation-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2008 date first IRC public meeting
As you can see throughout the thread, there are plans to rotate the timings of meetings. However, I believe this meeting time probably will not be changing. :'( On Dec 10, 2007 5:50 PM, E [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Those changes still makes it 1am for myself here in Brisbane, Australia (AEST - UTC+10). I am part of the online team so I really would like to attend. Although my IRC client will be idling throughout the meeting in both Wikimania channels, I'd still like to be there as events unfold. Is there any more possible changes to times? I'd be able to attend up to 11.30pm (AEST - UTC+10), where I would be forced to sleep (due to work on the same day). - E -- From: phoebe ayers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 7:59 AM To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2008 date first IRC public meeting On Dec 10, 2007 12:53 PM, Cary Bass [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SJ Klein wrote: On Mon, 10 Dec 2007, Cary Bass wrote: Anirudh wrote: IDear all, It is going to be pretty late in the night for most of the Asians. ( 11:30 PM IST ) Wouldn't it be possible to come to a consensus via discussion so that most of us would be able to comfortably attend the meeting? Just a thought. We held the last bidding meeting at 15:00 UTC, which seemed to work for almost everyone in the world. I think it would suck for Alaska, Hawaii and Fiji--but the rest... It's not so hot for Australia; nor even for Japan San Francisco. SJ Not so hot but manageable for all of them. Yes, it's early for San Francisco...we'll have to learn to wake up real early :) -- Cary Yes, this is true -- 15:00UTC might be better than 16:00 UTC: - 11pm Taipei - 5:00 pm Cairo - 7:00 am SF - 10:00 am Boston - 4:00 pm Frankfurt - 3:00 pm London - 8:30 pm Dehli - midnight Tokyo - 6:00 am Anchorage ;) As for getting up early for IRC meetings -- welcome to the west coast! ;) ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2008 date first IRC public meeting
I think it would be a good idea if it would be logged publicly, if no one objects. On Dec 9, 2007 11:45 AM, Florence Devouard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mido wrote: Hello all, I'm pleased to announce that Wikimania 2008 happening in Alexandria will be from 19th to 21st of July 2008. The Conference will run for 3 days, side events and sechdule shall be announced before the conference begins. Registration for Wikimania will be opened in early march, call for papers will begin in February and Scholarship application will likely begin early next year. You're all invited to be part of the online team responsible for website maintenance, streaming, etc.. We're holding our first public meeting online on Wikimania 2008 IRC channel on Thursday 13th Dec, at 18:00 UTC. Agenda will include but not limited to: Messaging and slogans for the conference, we didn't yet decide the main theme of the conference and how it will be presented in Egypt or worldwide, your input will be greatly appreciated. See you in Alexandria :) On behalf of the organizing team, Mohamed Ibrahim [[Mido]] Lead coordinator for Wikimania 2008 -- - Arabic Wikipedia: http://ar.wikipedia.org/ Share your knowledge ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l Hello Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend that meeting (I would have loved to), but I will be in a train at that time. Can you save the log of the discussion ? I'll be happy to participate to the program and main theme selection this year :-) Cheers Ant ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Online Team
On Nov 24, 2007 6:40 PM, E [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for your warm welcome Meno. I will try to do some translations on the wiki over the next few weeks and see how that goes. ...not over the next few weeks. :-) Most of the text is not up yet, and the text that *is*, is not finalized and not ready for translation. I am sure that TansCom will put forth instructions as we get closer to the date. Just hang tight for now. :-) In relation to that, is there anything I can do regarding operation of the IRC channels or the wiki? IRC channels do not really need operation... they're just means of discussion. :-) As for the wiki, same as above, not yet. :-) As we get closer to the date, there will be more to talk about and more to manage, right now there is none. :-) Thanks in advance, E English Wikipedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- From: Meno 25 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 9:33 AM To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Online Team You are welcomed as a member of the online team. 1) Yes. If you know any foreign language, you can help translate the wiki. 2) I don't know exactly how much do you know about Wikimania, however if you have any particular question, you can ask any member of the local Wikimania team. Mohammed Farag, member of the Wikimania Alexandria team User:Meno25 On Nov 25, 2007 1:17 AM, E [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, Although I will not be attending Wikimania this year, I have put my name down to be part of the Online Team. I have a few questions as I will be monitoring IRC, maintaining the wiki pages and watching streams from my laptop at home during the event. 1) Is there anything else I can do to help without being at Wikimania? 2) Will I need to know any further information than what I already know to be a part of the Online Team? I am on IRC most of the time as TheLetterE or TheLetterE-WiFi if you need to speak with me. Kind regards, E English Wikipedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] feedback on streams
On 8/25/07, Gerald A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/17/07, Christophe Henner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An other thing, is live streamin that important? I mean as long as sessions are recorded do we really need to have a live streaming? Everybody will be on a different timezone, in my opinion we should plan and prepare a proper file streaming with all the sessions downloadable quickly. And Streaming (file or live) is not a priority in Wikimania organisation I think live streaming is important, and not just for Wikimania. It can be useful outside of the yearly conferences, I'm sure you will agree. As for it's priority to Wikimania and the Wikimania org, it depends on what kind of a conference we are trying to foster. There are many people who can't attend in person, but it would be great if they could interact in the sessions and with the live attendees. I think this was among the ideas brainstormed for Wikimania 2007. Just my 0.02. Gerald ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
