[Wikimania-l] Video recording of Wikimania sessions
Hello, First of all, I want to congratulate and thank the Wikimania organizing team for putting together one of the best-organized Wikimanias I've attended. It's easy to only notice the problems, so I wanted to call out the great work explicitly. My main disappointment this year is that many sessions seem to go unrecorded. In previous years, I seem to recall that videos for most sessions were recorded, and sometimes even streamed live. It sometimes took months for the videos to be processed and uploaded to Commons or other video hosting sites, but the videos existed. If the session isn't taped at all, then the record is lost forever. We have a lot of talented presenters giving insightful talks and generating great discussions, but only for the benefit of the small subset of our community that's present in the room. If we can't share what happens at Wikimania with our larger community, it seems like a missed opportunity for our movement. Even for Wikimania attendees, when there are up to 8 simultaneous tracks, it's easy to miss sessions you're interested in. I realize it's probably too late to do anything for this year's Wikimania, but I'd like to start a discussion about making video recordings of all sessions (not just a selection of them) a requirement for upcoming Wikimania bids. -- Guillaume Paumier ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
[Wikimania-l] Tool to add yourself to the list of interested attendees on Submissions pages
Hey Wikimaniacs,
If you're like me, you may find it a bit cumbersome to add yourself to
the list of Interested attendees on Submissions pages. It only takes
a few clicks and keystrokes, but multiply that by the number of
sessions you're interested in and *poof* your afternoon is gone.
Because I care about your afternoons (and about mine!), I've written a
user script this morning that lets you do it in one click. If you'd
like to use it, go to
https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyPage/common.js and
add:
importScript('User:Guillom/addme.js');
The script seems to mostly do what it's supposed to do, but I'm still
new to JavaScript so if you notice something wrong, let me know on my
talk page. More experienced JavaScript authors are also welcome to
review and improve the script and/or turn it into a gadget so that all
users can use it.
HTH,
--
Guillaume Paumier
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Tool to add yourself to the list of interested attendees on Submissions pages
On 7 March 2015 at 13:31, Guillaume Paumier guillaume.paum...@gmail.com wrote: The script seems to mostly do what it's supposed to do ... but the regular expressions are hit-and-miss, and I don't want to spend my week-end debugging them, so it's probably safer not to use the script :) -- Guillaume Paumier ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
[Wikimania-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator
Of interest to the wikimania-l crowd. -- Forwarded message -- From: Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 7:24 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator To: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org, Ellie Young eyo...@wikimedia.org Hi all, Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1] As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been spread across a variety of staff members who have other core responsibilities. With this new contract, we're creating a single point of contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team, to ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support where help from WMF is needed. Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open culture communities. She worked as Executive Director of USENIX Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2] She also currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been an activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her life. Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie: Both sets of her grandparents helped build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin America and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack. As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like to hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her anytime! Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and interview candidates. Welcome, Ellie! [1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3c=qSa9VfwQ [2] https://www.usenix.org -- Siko Bouterse Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. sboute...@wikimedia.org Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Donate or click the edit button today, and help us make it a reality! -- Guillaume Paumier ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Feedback
Hi, On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: * Talk to me about... lists on badges. Knowing that someone is interested in a particular thing can give you an excuse to talk to them. I'd like to +1 this. It was done for the hackathon badges in 2011 iirc and it was great. It makes it easier for introverts (of which there is no shortage among Wikimedians) to start conversations. It's probably not enough (meaning it needs to be supplemented with other mechanisms to facilitate interaction, including in smaller groups and/or more quiet venues) but it's a good start. -- Guillaume Paumier ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
[Wikimania-l] Food at the party tonight?
Hi, Does anyone know if food will be provided at the party tonight? I couldn't find any information about the party on the Wikimania wiki, apart from a link to where it's happening. Thanks :) -- Guillaume Paumier ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Beach party
There will also be shuttles leaving from the hotels later (more details are in the shuttle schedule in the mini conf guide). Le 6 août 2011 08:41, Florence Devouard anth...@anthere.org a écrit : Is there only one shuttle leaving for the beach party from the venue, or several at different times ? I must say I am not terribly excited with the idea of going to a beach party with all my gear and in particular laptop, but droping it at the hotel would require a little break to do so. And a shuttle leaving at 17h15 does not permit this. Any clarification ? :) Florence ___ 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
Re: [Wikimania-l] What to do about 2012, and the future
Hi, On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Harel Cain harel.c...@gmail.com wrote: As someone who attended Wikimania 2007, 2010 and is now spending countless hours together with other team members on preparing WM 2011, I wanted to raise a somewhat controversial idea, namely that in future years, Wikimania will be held once every two years (biannually) and not annually. A lot of interesting things have been said in this thread already, and I'll admit I haven't read all the long responses. I just wanted to express my agreement with the belief that, as the Wikimedia movement grows worldwide, more and more small conferences and events will be organized all year long, or simultaneously for celebrations like the Wikipedia anniversary. I think Wikimedia local groups will gain in experience with events smaller than Wikimania, and will then be able to provide strong Wikimania bids conferences. Besides, Wikimania doesn't have to grow much larger than it is now, if Wikimedians have regional conferences and events they can attend. In a word, as we grow, I think it'll become easier for the global Wikimedia community to organize both small and large events, Wikimania included. -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] http://www.gpaumier.org ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania slides uploaded and organized at Slideshare - feel free to join!
Hi, On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Roan Kattouw roan.katt...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/7/9 WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@googlemail.com: If your presentation is under a free license, it would be nice if you could upload it to Wikimedia Commons, preferably as a PDF file. OK what category do you want us to use? I am not an expert on Commons by any means, but I think we used [[Category:Wikimania 2009 presentations]] last year, so something along those lines I guess. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2010_presentations -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] http://www.gpaumier.org ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup
Greetings, On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: Exchange rate can be easily found online, but it would be useful to know where we should change our banknotes. For example, in some countries (maybe all...) changing in the airport is much more expensive than changing in the city. 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. -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] http://www.gpaumier.org ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
[Wikimania-l] Arrival on Tuesday afternoon; anyone else?
Hi, I expect quite a few people will be arriving on Tuesday 25. My flight is landing at 1:10 pm. Would anyone be interested in gathering in order to go to the hotel together? (Feel free to answer privately to avoid sending to the list; I can read e-mails a few more hours before leaving). -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] http://www.gpaumier.org ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] copyright in Argentina
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 6:36 PM, WereSpielChequerswerespielchequ...@googlemail.com wrote: Could someone tell us what the rules are for photography of statues, buildings etc in Argentina? I'm sure I'm not the only Wikimania attendee doing a bit of tourism here and it would be nice to know if we could load up photos providing they were taken in a Public place.. Hello. See http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2009-July/001442.html -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] http://www.gpaumier.org ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
[Wikimania-l] Freedom of panorama in Argentina
Hello, I expect a lot of Wikimedians to take pictures in Buenos Aires. Does anyone know the status of freedom of panorama in Argentina? I couldn't find anything on http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_panorama Thanks, -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] http://www.gpaumier.org ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
[Wikimania-l] About sponsorships
Hello, I know the sponsorships committee has got a lot of work, but as the time goes by plane tickets are getting more and more expensive. It is even possible now that the requested sponsorships won't be enough to even purchase the ticket for those who get a sponsorphip... -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. Henry David Thoreau ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Test of Registration system
Hello, On 2/28/07, THD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2007/2/28, Aphaia [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 2/28/07, THD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, http://wikimania.tw/~littlebtc/wikimania/index.php?uselang=en http://wikimania.tw/%7Elittlebtc/wikimania/index.php?uselang=en It looks cool. Thank you for all your helps, involved parties. Indeed, it looks very professional! Thanks. Now the system is still in only English and Traditional Chinese. After finishing the translation, it will be multi-lingual. We still need your effort. I'll try to finish to copyedit the French version in the coming days. Seeing how the form actually works will be helpful. -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] http://www.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
