Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 12:06 AM, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: Thank you, Claudia and everyone else that has volunteered for the jury. :-) Following up on one of the points you mentioned: Since so many members of the jury this time around are also employees of a Wikimedia organisation, I’d like to ask whether all jury members are serving as volunteers, or if any are serving on the jury in their roles as Wikimedia employees? I'm volunteering. Finne ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding
On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Joseph Fox josephfoxw...@gmail.com wrote: It looks like at least two are London organisers, and two are Mexico organisers (correct me if I’m wrong on that one). One is (of course) Ellie, Daniel is an Australian Wikipedian of more than eight years, and a cursory Google reveals Finne Boonen is a Dutch attendee of three previous Wikimanias and open-source advocate. Hi, I've actually attended 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (co-organiser), 2011 and 2014. I'm a long-time wikimedian with a focus that's a bit all over the place, I've been a admin on nl.wp, I've worked on a few anti-vandalism tools, I've done some data-analysis and organized a few events (2014 Amsterdam Hackathon, local Dutch/Belgian meetups and last minute Wikimania Gdansk). I'm a Belgian transplant in the Netherlands living there with my husband and our cat. I previously lived in Iceland. I studied computer science and am currently wrapping up my masters degree (IT management) while working full time. My professional background is in data and information analysis. Finne (aka [[nl:user:henna]]) ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] CD
I came accross a luggage claims form case anybody wants to try to get redress from El-Al for confiscated items: http://www.elal.co.il/ELAL/English/AllAboutYourFlight/PostFlight/BaggageTracingClaims henna On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 18:53, Mathias Schindler mathias.schind...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 21:59, Иванов Вячеслав v.iva...@amikeco.ru wrote: Every one of us has received a book „Facts about Israel“. It is a not very neutral one, but that makes it so very interesting. I love the wording of some parts of the History section that make it impossible to accuse them of not at least indirectly mentioning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_Hotel_bombing. Brilliant rhetoric. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- Maybe you knew early on that your track went from point A to B, but unlike you I wasn't given a map at birth! Alyssa, Chasing Amy ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Thanks for all the fish... and lessons learned
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 11:26, Nemo nemow...@gmail.com wrote: On 15 August 2011 11:04, Ray Saintonge sainto...@telus.net wrote: I would have preferred to not have the @wikiwhatever extension. Since SUL that has become less important. Being longer, it also makes it harder to focus on reading the name. I do remember seeing a few where it made the name so long that it overflowed the edges of the label. Not all accounts are unified and I need this to find the few sisterprojects editors. :-D I'm very proud of my @it.wikiquote :-p and @meta.wikimedia always deserved some praise. @mediawiki.wikimedia was indeed a bit tricky, though (and we could also use the usual abbreviations like it.quote). There's no need to take of the project part itself, but it doesn't need the seem visual importance as the name/nick. Finne ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
[Wikimania-l] slides Benkler
Hi, would anybody from the (local) team have the slides prof Benkler used by any chance? thx henna ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Bahai Garden
Some of the other wikimaniacs we encountered there today did the temple first, and then the tour afterwards. henna 2011/8/7 KIZU Naoko aph...@gmail.com: Hi, hoping your tour went well. I'm planning to stay in Haifa for days and wondered how one can get the Bahai Temple. The public tour in English seems only available from the noon, and then it is said the Temple is already closed. All the information I gathered say one should make an appointment in advance but none gives how-to. Any info and hindsight will be welcome, Cheers, On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 2:36 AM, Florence Devouard anth...@anthere.org wrote: Hello I see on the Wikimania website that the visit begins at 9h. But where should we plan being at 9H ? Thanks flo ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- KIZU Naoko / 木津尚子 member of Wikimedians in Kansai / 関西ウィキメディアユーザ会 http://kansai.wikimedia.jp ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- Maybe you knew early on that your track went from point A to B, but unlike you I wasn't given a map at birth! Alyssa, Chasing Amy ___ 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 12:44, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: To me, the lack of strong bids is an indicator that holding a big, expensive and complex international conference in a changing location year after year is not very realistic in the long term - and Wikimania is just becoming ever more big, expensive and complex (for example, WM2011 will see at least three side events preceding/co-locating with it). Maybe the problem is that every conference tries to do better/bigger then the previous ones? Which can quickly lead to 'too big/complicated' Few international organizations do that. In fact, many international conferences such as the International Congress of Mathematicians are held every 4 years! I don't think it will be a bad sign for the Wikimedia movement / foundation to decide to hold Wikimania every two years, just a realistic understanding on its part that the tradition of annual Wikimanias However, most other fields have several conferences a year where people meet each other. I'm not sure we have enough events that allow real international 'mingling' to take place. In my experience most conferences we have are very local events, and there is real benefit from interacting in person with a wider community then the local one. Finne ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Power outlets
There's also about 10 power strips swerving around the venue for attendee usage. They're marked 'WM 2010'. Finne On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 14:21, Asaf Bartov asaf.bar...@gmail.com wrote: There are some sockets along the walls in the cloakroom (cloakspace, really) area, with benches to rest on while your appliance recharges. :) Asaf On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgwrote: does this mean that the jazz hall will become the most popular room, irrespective from the sessions? 2010/7/9 Daniel Kinzler dan...@brightbyte.de jazz hall has quite a few along the walls there are some upstairs in the reception area too, along the walls to the sides -- daniel Brianna Laugher schrieb: Hi, Can anyone advise which rooms have power outlets? It doesn't seem like the main concert hall has any outlets. thanks Brianna ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- Asaf Bartov asaf.bar...@gmail.com ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- Maybe you knew early on that your track went from point A to B, but unlike you I wasn't given a map at birth! Alyssa, Chasing Amy ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
[Wikimania-l] missing: swiss army knife
Hi, Anybody pick up my swiss army knife by any chance? If so, please drop it off at the registration desk/office or find me somewhere :) Finne -- Maybe you knew early on that your track went from point A to B, but unlike you I wasn't given a map at birth! Alyssa, Chasing Amy ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup
On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 14:16, Takashi OTA supertakot+wikima...@gmail.comsupertakot%2bwikima...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Guillaume Paumier guillom@gmail.com wrote: Speaking generally, it is usually cheaper to withdraw local money from an ATM using a credit / debit card (if it's possible for you), than to change money. ATMs are very easy to find in the old town. Finne -- Maybe you knew early on that your track went from point A to B, but unlike you I wasn't given a map at birth! Alyssa, Chasing Amy ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] My Registration
*pretending to be Austin* mails are still being sent out over the next few hours. Lodewijk, you didn't get less emails, don't worry henna On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 09:59, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: original confirmation email? I didn't have any email at all. Does that mean I got less emails than others (ie, I should start worrying)? lodewijk 2010/7/2 Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com I seem to have lost the original confirmation e-mail, so receiving the one with the payment details would convince me that I did not only dream about having registered :-) Best regards, Bence On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Tomasz Ganicz polime...@gmail.comwrote: 2010/7/1 Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org: 2010/6/29 Austin Hair adh...@gmail.com: Meanwhile, *everyone* registered will get an e-mail today, one way or another. Did this happen? I don't think I received an e-mail. I guess no-one received an e-mail, including me :-( -- Tomek Polimerek Ganicz http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/ http://www.ptchem.lodz.pl/en/TomaszGanicz.html ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- Maybe you knew early on that your track went from point A to B, but unlike you I wasn't given a map at birth! Alyssa, Chasing Amy ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 17:50, James Owen jo...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Jul 2, 2010, at 8:37 AM, Marc A. Pelletier wrote: On 02/07/2010 11:09 AM, phoebe ayers wrote: Hi guys, I am not on the official logistics team so I cannot tell you exactly where to go when you arrive. But I can give you a little bit of general gdansk travel information: Thanks, Phoebe, that's appreciated. It's the first time I travel to a location where I do not speak any of the local languages so basic expectations are useful to have (how much to expect paying for a cab amongst them). How likely is it that people involved in trourism (cabbies, hotel staff, restaurants) speak basic English or French? I'm generally fairly good at improvising enough of a pidgin to get by if I have a fair expectation that I have at least some vocabulary in common. -- Coren / Marc Marc, I visited Gdansk briefly in April before the Chapters Conference and found it an easy city to navigate. For most everyone once you are in the city center walking will be your primary mode of transportation. For some of the dorms it might be a slightly longer walk (25 min or so) but the small and beautiful nature of Gdansk makes the walk feel much shorter. While visiting Gdansk I met with 9 hotels and went into several restaurants. English is not as fluent in Gdansk as it would be in urban and western European cities, but I had no major problems communicating or getting the appropriate message across. Hotel staff were mostly fluent in english and always willing to help. In restaurants I found a lower percentage of English speakers, likely around 50%, higher in the more tourist traveled areas and lower in more local restaurants. The same was true for taxis so it might be useful to write down the address for the driver in advance of getting in a cab. An additional suggestion for anyone who might need to go to a pharmacy is to speak with a staff person in your hotel before going into the pharmacy, have them write down the polish words for your symptoms or the medication you desire, over the counter drugs are sold through the pharmacist so you will need to clearly communicate your ailments. I look forward to seeing everyone next week, safe travels. Regards, James T. Owen ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l * James Owen Executive Assistant Wikimedia Foundation Office +1.415.839.6885 x 604 Mobile +1.415.509.5444 Fax +1.415.882.0495 Email- jo...@wikimedia.org Website- www.wikimediafoundation.org * ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l Airwolfme have updated the wiki with a bit of how-to-get-to-Gdansk info :) http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Getting_to_Gda%C5%84sk#By_air -- Maybe you knew early on that your track went from point A to B, but unlike you I wasn't given a map at birth! Alyssa, Chasing Amy ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 19:33, Maysara Omar maysara.o...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Pheobe, and thank you for all the information. Just one question; is there a cheaper way than a taxi to get to where the check in will be taking place? you mention that the bus overshoots our destination, but is the railway station too far/close from that destination, is it doable by walk? The bus is about 2.50 zloty. it'll be about 20min walk I'm estimating to the venue from the train station. We're working on getting accomodation finalised currently. We'll also update the google map at that point. Finne -- Maybe you knew early on that your track went from point A to B, but unlike you I wasn't given a map at birth! Alyssa, Chasing Amy ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] online registration.....2010
you should get that information together with the confirmation email. Finne On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 19:45, Joe Corneli holtzerman...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there -- I think this is a good question for the wikimania-l list: where can we obtain the bank details to effect a bank transfer? Thanks, Joe Corneli Knowledge Media Institute The Open University, UK On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 2:43 PM, M.J.Horne m.j.ho...@open.ac.uk wrote: I have (hopefully) registered our Josephy Corneli to attend your 2010 Conference 6th – 11th July, 2010 (Poland) However after completing the registration and receiving the acknowledgement to say our delegate would be emailed in a couple of days. Because I I was making the booking on behalf of the delegate and raising our official purchase order PO992720 I did expect to go forward on your site to obtain all the necessary information to make payment of 160 euro by Bank Transfer – please can you send me all the necessary payment details regards Mairi Senior Purchasing Assistant Purchasing Department OPEN UNIVERSITY 01908 652096 (phone) 01908 652990 (fax) -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302). ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- Maybe you knew early on that your track went from point A to B, but unlike you I wasn't given a map at birth! Alyssa, Chasing Amy ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
