[Wikimania-l] Transport to the airport
I don't see any information on how to get to the airport from the hotel/dorms on the wiki, only the other way round. Can somenoe point out where it is, or give some info on how/where to get tickets, what payment methods are accepted, where the stop is etc.? Thanks, Katie -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Sent from my barely functioning tiny netbook while on the road. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
[Wikimania-l] WikiWomen's Lunch during Wikimania 2017
Hi all, For anyone who identify significantly as a woman and will be in Montréal next week for Wikimania, please consider coming along to the annual WikiWomen's Lunch on Saturday August 12. If you are planning on coming, please sign up on the event page: <https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomen%27s_Lunch>. Hope to see many of you there, Katie -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] many thanks
That's not going to help. Those emails are not sent via the email account itself. Anyone can specify whatever FROM address they like and as long as it's a subscriber address, the mailing list software will accept it and pass it on to everyone. Katie On 13/05/2017 12:55, ilario.valdelli wrote: I suggest to use another email to follow the mailing list. This email is hijacked. People know that this email is allowed to send message. The use of an email does not mean necessarily to be able to login in the mailbox. Kind regards Inviato da smartphone Samsung Galaxy. Messaggio originale Da: Katie Chan <k...@ktchan.info> Data: 13/05/17 13:41 (GMT+01:00) A: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Oggetto: Re: [Wikimania-l] many thanks Thanks. :( -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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 -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] many thanks
Thanks. :( -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] ☢crazy day
No I did not send that email. Bloody email spoofing. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T160529 Katie -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Reminder for WMF Scholarship Recipients regarding Reports
On 15/08/2015 17:09, Leon Liesener wrote: ... Also, I do not understand why we are getting forced into deadlines, a report written in big hurry will never be as valuable. Thanks for understanding, Leon Because (from my experience of asking for and being asked for reports), if there's no deadlines or if the deadlines are not enforced, the reporting wouldn't actually happen more often than not. KTC -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Respecting non photography sticker
Thanks for your response and follow up Ivan. Of course I understand mistake happens, and it's generally unavoidable in a large room with random sitting where the shot is a wide panning shot across the room. However, in this particular case, whoever was filming B-roll of the audience chose to zoom in on these 2 or 3 people where the one in most focus is clearly wearing a sticker. Subsequently, the video editor deliberately chose to cut in that shot of the audience in-between continuous footage of the speaker speaking. Like Sydney said, someone along the process should have caught this. Thanks, KTC On 14/08/2015 02:45, Ivan Martínez wrote: Dear Katie, we are working in the last part of upload and edition of the materials. Personally I asked to video crew to respect the stickers and they are people who record frequently hackathons and open related events with similar stickers. But we have a lot of footage during 5 days, some shoots can show people with the sticker accidentally. If you or someone detect this deficiency we can remove people who require it and upload again the videos. Thanks for the comment, 2015-08-13 18:49 GMT-05:00 Ellie Young eyo...@wikimedia.org mailto:eyo...@wikimedia.org: Katie, Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I’ve asked the local team who was in charge of working with the video outfit to look into this. (I know the videos they are working on in production now are sensitive to this, so perhaps one got by them?) Ellie On Aug 13, 2015, at 2:03 PM, Katie Chan k...@ktchan.info mailto:k...@ktchan.info wrote: I am watching one of the few official video talk recording from this year, and find it quite disconcerting when during a cutaway shot on the audience, the video focuses on 2 or 3 people where the closest person and the point of focus of the camera is clearing displaying a no photography sticker. Those stickers exist for a reason, and it need to be respected. It's quite worryingly when even the organisers fail to do so and publish a video containing someone who didn't want to be photographed. KTC -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
[Wikimania-l] Respecting non photography sticker
I am watching one of the few official video talk recording from this year, and find it quite disconcerting when during a cutaway shot on the audience, the video focuses on 2 or 3 people where the closest person and the point of focus of the camera is clearing displaying a no photography sticker. Those stickers exist for a reason, and it need to be respected. It's quite worryingly when even the organisers fail to do so and publish a video containing someone who didn't want to be photographed. KTC -- Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] How to get a pre-paid SIM card for Wikimania in 15 easy steps
Or walk around hoping for and failing to find a shop with someone who speak English, and regretting not knowing Spanish. I ended up managing to buy a sim a bit further down the road in the same direction for $130 which comes with a bit of credit. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Original message From: Stuart Prior stuart.pr...@wikimedia.org.uk Date:14/07/2015 12:09 (GMT-06:00) To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] How to get a pre-paid SIM card for Wikimania in 15 easy steps +1Alternatively:Go to an internet cafe in Insurgentes.Buy simcard there.Have to go to another place to get it cut down to nano size for 25 pesos.Momentarily lose your original simcard.Give up on the actual credit thing and spend a load on roaming with your domestic plan.Go to another place a couple of days later but then realise you don't actually have your new Mexican number so you can't get a data plan.Go through a complicated transaction to find out and be immensely grateful for your Hispanophone friend.Eventually get it all sorted out.Or you can try Siebrand's way.SOn 14 July 2015 at 17:00, Siebrand Mazeland siebr...@kitano.nl wrote:Bring ID, and 210 peso cash or a credit cardGo to Telcel store Centro de Atencion a clientes Telcel on Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas. From the Hilton Reforma, right across the busy street, just before the Empire State building.At reception, say that you want to buy a chip Telcel AmigoYou will get a ticket with a desk number to report to. Probably upstairs.Go to that counterAsk for Telcel Amigo 7 dias 200 megaCosts 150 for sim, 59 for the dataComputer stuff is done, forms are filled outYou are taken to the payment area. Pay there. 150 for the simBack to the clerk's deskYou'll get the SIM cardPut it in the phone and wait until the network is discovered. Telcel 3G for meHand the phone to the clerkThey will call a number. Presumable to activate The you have to pay a second sum for the data. 59 pesos. You'll get an activation code. The clerk entered it for me and showed me the text message that confirmed the 200MB of data.All done. Phew. Enjoy your data.This took me about 45 minutes, including the walk to and from the Hilton. Feel free to publish this somewhere on Wikimania wiki, or tell your friends...Cheers!- Siebrand MazelandKitano ICTM: +31 6 50 69 1239Skype: siebrand ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l - Stuart PriorProject CoordinatorWikimedia UK+44 20 7065 0990Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Mexican Visa issues
If the authorities are just looking for confirmation that you have the money, and possibly that your account have existed for so long, could you ask the bank for an official letter confirming such? It would cost money and time though. KTC On 20/05/2015 23:47, Richard Symonds wrote: In our case, they only wanted to see the balance, not the transaction names. It will look odd but they're not interested in who you're paying, only that you have the money to support the person being sent. Blacking out all of the payee names should be quite simple if you print the statement out and use a slip of paper to cover the payer column? On 20 May 2015 23:34, Tomasz Ganicz polime...@gmail.com mailto:polime...@gmail.com wrote: If we will blacken all personal data it would look strange, as vast majority of entries are payments to individuals or by individuals, not mentioning it is terrible work. We had over 1000 individual donations, around 200 membership fees payments, over 500 payments for wikigrants, scholarships, travel reimburesements. To clean it up it is 2 days work for one employee, and the results will be the statement on which 90% of entries will be blackened. 2015-05-20 22:27 GMT+02:00 Schneider, Manuel manuel.schnei...@wikimedia.ch mailto:manuel.schnei...@wikimedia.ch: This is a typical requirement, the applicant should prove she/he is able to pay for any incidents while in the country. Schengen countries typically want to see the person has 10.000 EUR in available. That's why WMCH issued a guarantee of 10.000 CHF and put that into the invitation letter. I would recommend to print the statements, blacken any individual namea and fax it to the consulate. /Manuel Am 20.05.2015 22:14 schrieb Tomasz Ganicz polime...@gmail.com mailto:polime...@gmail.com: Hi, We have a problem with one of our scholar, who needs a Mexican visa. We have sent him a letter of support, but Mexican Consulate in Rome requries from him to provide full 12 month statesments from our accounts (Wikimedia Polska). We can't do this as these statements contain a lot of fragile personal data (names, home addresses and personal accounts numbers of our scholars, members and donors). I have never heard that any other country require such things. Does WMF scholars have similar problems? Cheers, -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Shakespeare WikiGroundlings at The Globe
On 04/08/2014 14:20, Pharos wrote: Sun - Holy Warriors 6:30pm (not Shakespeare, but apparently Shakespeare-esque!) If you go with this option, based on current forcast you may experience some normal British weather and get rather wet! KTC -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania needs you!
On 20/06/2014 04:47, Nkansah Rexford wrote: If I have filled that form and submitted before this email came in, I'm I required to fill-in again and re-submit? No, that would not be necessary. Regards, KTC -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Child care
On 28/02/2014 17:44, Nathan wrote: Better investigate liability and insurance before deciding on how many kids signed up is enough to make it worth it. Well, that depends on how it is offered. If the conference is offering these facilities, then yes. If it's in the form of there's these services nearby where we've arranged a special deal for attendees, then liability and insurance will be taken on by the 3rd parties. KTC -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Reminder: Wikimania 2014 scholarship deadline 17 February
Deadline's today. On 11/02/2014 10:48, Katie Chan wrote: If you were thinking of applying for a scholarship from either the Wikimania Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland, or Wikimedia Österreich, the deadline is end of the day UTC this coming Monday. Don't miss it! Katie On 08/01/2014 17:37, Katie Chan wrote: Hi all, Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2014 in London are now being accepted. Applications are open until the end of the day UTC on 17 February. Wikimania 2014 scholarships is an award given to an individual to enable them to attend Wikimania in London from 6-10 August, 2014. Only a single type of scholarship will be available from the Wikimedia Foundation for Wikimania 2014. A Wikimedia Foundation scholarship will cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel costs as arranged by the Wikimedia Foundation travel agency, shared accommodation as arranged by the Wikimedia Foundation, and registration for Wikimania. Applicants will be rated using a pre-determined selection process and selection criteria by the Scholarship Committee, who will determine which are successful. To learn more about Wikimania 2014 scholarships, please visit https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships. To apply for a scholarship, fill out the application form on http://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply. It is highly recommended that applicants review all of the material on the Scholarships page and the associated FAQ before submitting an application. If you have any question, please contact wikimania-scholarsh...@wikimedia.org or leave a message on https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships. Katie Chan Chair, Scholarship Committee -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
[Wikimania-l] Reminder: Wikimania 2014 scholarship deadline 17 February
If you were thinking of applying for a scholarship from either the Wikimania Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland, or Wikimedia Österreich, the deadline is end of the day UTC this coming Monday. Don't miss it! Katie On 08/01/2014 17:37, Katie Chan wrote: Hi all, Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2014 in London are now being accepted. Applications are open until the end of the day UTC on 17 February. Wikimania 2014 scholarships is an award given to an individual to enable them to attend Wikimania in London from 6-10 August, 2014. Only a single type of scholarship will be available from the Wikimedia Foundation for Wikimania 2014. A Wikimedia Foundation scholarship will cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel costs as arranged by the Wikimedia Foundation travel agency, shared accommodation as arranged by the Wikimedia Foundation, and registration for Wikimania. Applicants will be rated using a pre-determined selection process and selection criteria by the Scholarship Committee, who will determine which are successful. To learn more about Wikimania 2014 scholarships, please visit https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships. To apply for a scholarship, fill out the application form on http://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply. It is highly recommended that applicants review all of the material on the Scholarships page and the associated FAQ before submitting an application. If you have any question, please contact wikimania-scholarsh...@wikimedia.org or leave a message on https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships. Katie Chan Chair, Scholarship Committee -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2013 videos
On 21/01/2014 04:05, Deryck Chan wrote: We did contemplate, at one point about two weeks ago, that we shouldn't even attempt to upload the videos from Hong Kong, and just mail the 2TB external HDD with the raw footage to WMF or WMUK. Now that Andrew pointed out that downloading and keeping a copy of YouTube videos violates their TOS regardless of licence, I guess we could've just given up back then. I guess the best course of action now is that we continue uploading and editing the videos on YouTube. If someone at WMF or WMUK is willing to render and edit the videos again from scratch, we'll send them the HDD after we're done here. What do you mean by edit? Are we just talking about combining the chunks and then rendering? If so, that's doable. The advantages of sending it to WMF however is that someone there have direct access to the server and can upload quicker / accept bigger file size. Katie -- Katie Chan Volunteer Support Organiser Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0990 +44 (0) 7885 980 534 Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales. Registered Company No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2015 scholarships vision
On 13/01/2014 03:35, Samuel Klein wrote: I don't understand why the current scholarship criteria make no mention of need. Are they meant to be for newcomers, or for the same community members each year? Per my reply on [[wm2014:Talk:Scholarships]], there's simply no way for the reviewers or the WMF to verify someone actual needs. Unless we are comfortable and want to move down the road of asking for and checking each applicants personal financial circumstances before awarding a scholarship, there's no fair and accurate way of taking needs into account. I too am concerned that the current scholarship process tends to polarize the community, and too often simply rewards long-time community members, or those who are connected to large movement entities, with free travel: rather than increasing the diversity of new voices and faces at global events. This is a discussion the community should have. However, I can say now that I know of many people who not only disagree with the above, but think the exact opposite is actually taking place. Namely, that dedicated and long term contributors are missing out in the name of balance and diversity to those who have barely contributed to our projects and unlikely to do much in the future either. Personally, I think a balance need to be struck between the two. KTC -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
[Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2014 scholarship now accepting application
Hi all, Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2014 in London are now being accepted. Applications are open until the end of the day UTC on 17 February. Wikimania 2014 scholarships is an award given to an individual to enable them to attend Wikimania in London from 6-10 August, 2014. Only a single type of scholarship will be available from the Wikimedia Foundation for Wikimania 2014. A Wikimedia Foundation scholarship will cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel costs as arranged by the Wikimedia Foundation travel agency, shared accommodation as arranged by the Wikimedia Foundation, and registration for Wikimania. Applicants will be rated using a pre-determined selection process and selection criteria by the Scholarship Committee, who will determine which are successful. To learn more about Wikimania 2014 scholarships, please visit https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships. To apply for a scholarship, fill out the application form on http://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply. It is highly recommended that applicants review all of the material on the Scholarships page and the associated FAQ before submitting an application. If you have any question, please contact wikimania-scholarsh...@wikimedia.org or leave a message on https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships. Katie Chan Chair, Scholarship Committee -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
[Wikimania-l] Announcing the Scholarship Committee
Dear all, I would like to announce the members of Wikimania 2014 Scholarship Committee, who will be responsible for reviewing applications and then making recommendations to the scholarship-granting bodies. * Katie Chan (UK) * Jean-Frédéric Berthelot (France) * Christopher Cooper (UK) * Roberto Corda (Italy) * Kudpung (Thailand) * Iván Martínez (Mexico) * David Richfield (South Africa) * Cherian Tinu Abraham (India) * Osmar Valdebenito (Argentina) * Muhammed Yahia (Egypt) * Ellie Young (WMF Conference coordinator) * Jessie Wild (WMF Staff) More information on scholarship applications will be made available on the Wikimania 2014 wiki soon. We are looking to open applications early in the new year. For the Scholarship Committee, Katie -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Videos of Wikimania 2013
On 13/12/2013 22:08, Amir Ladsgroup wrote: I think it's just wikimania 2013 that publishing videoes is an issue. I gave you an example in wikimania 2012 that video of the session has been published in youtube less than one month after the wikimania. (see my first e-mail) am I wrong and that video published more than one month after wikimania 2012? I looked for history tab in that link but it's youtube :D No, there were issues with 2012 as well. While videos uploading were began late August, it wasn't until 22 December before (all except three) of the videos were available on YouTube. The closing ceremony were uploaded end of Jan / 1st Feb this year. KTC -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 91, Issue 3
On 04/10/2013 13:40, foeds...@gmail.com wrote: Do i realy have to change my password!why? An explanation was provided on the linked to page on why. If you are forced to change your password when logging in, then you have to change your password, otherwise you're not affected so you don't. Katie -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
[Wikimania-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Notification about Wikimedia user account security issue
FYI, especially since wikimania2013 wikimania2014 are two of the affected wikis. -- Forwarded message -- From: Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org Date: 3 October 2013 06:56 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Notification about Wikimedia user account security issue To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org See also: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/October_2013_private_data_security_issue On October 1, 2013, we learned about an implementation error that made private user information (specifically, user email addresses, password hashes, session tokens, and last login timestamp) for approximately 37,000 Wikimedia project users accessible to volunteers with access to the Wikimedia LabsDB infrastructure. LabsDB, launched in May 2013, is designed to give volunteers the ability to write tools and generate reports that make use of data from our databases in real-time. This supports bottom-up innovation by the Wikimedia community. As part of this process, private data is automatically redacted before volunteers are given access to the data. Unfortunately, for some of Wikimedia’s wikis[1], the database triggers used to redact private data failed to take effect due to a schema incompatibility, and LabsDB users had access to private user data for some user accounts in these specific wiki databases. As of October 1, 228 users have access to LabsDB, and the window of availability of this data was May 29, 2013 to October 1, 2013. This issue was discovered and reported by a trusted volunteer, and access to the data in question was revoked within 15 minutes of the report. We have no evidence to suggest that the private data in question was exported in bulk or used for malicious purposes, but we cannot definitively exclude the possibility. As a precautionary measure, we have invalidated all affected user sessions, and are requiring affected users to change their password on their next login. We have also sent an email notification to affected users with a confirmed email address. We regret this mistake. LabsDB is still a new part of our infrastructure, and we will fully audit the redaction process, so as to minimize any risk of a future mistake of this nature. Sincerely, Erik Moeller Vice President of Engineering Product Development Contact information Should you have any questions, please contact us via email to: accountsecur...@wikimedia.org You can also reach the Wikimedia Foundation at: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 149 New Montgomery Street Floor 6 San Francisco, CA 94105 United States Phone: +1-415-839-6885 Fax: +1-415-882-0495 [1] List of affected databases: aswikisource bewikisource dewikivoyage elwikivoyage enwikivoyage eswikivoyage frwikivoyage guwikisource hewikivoyage itwikivoyage kowikiversity lezwiki loginwiki minwiki nlwikivoyage plwikivoyage ptwikivoyage rowikivoyage ruwikivoyage sawikiquote slwikiversity svwikivoyage testwikidatawiki tyvwiki ukwikivoyage vecwiktionary votewiki wikidatawiki wikimania2013wiki wikimania2014wiki -- Erik Möller VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Katie Chan Volunteer Support Organiser Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0990 +44 (0) 7885 980 534 Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales. Registered Company No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] feedback from trans and genderqueer participants
On 29/08/2013 16:40, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: Dear Wikimedia community: I would like to help provide feedback for Wikimania 2013 and 2014 organizers regarding genderqueer and trans* Wikimedians' experience of Wikimania (especially on the topics of registration, accommodations, t-shirts, and other parts of Wikimania where gender comes up). If you have that kind of feedback for the organizers but would prefer to submit it anonymously, I'm happy to help by posting it on the Feedback pages on your behalf and without your name. (Of course, if you would like to post feedback yourself, feel free! This is just an offer to help out those who want to offer suggestions or criticism but don't feel comfortable publicly outing themselves.) A link to the relevant feedback page would probably be helpful? https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Feedback https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Brainstorming -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] People staying on after Wikimania in Hong Kong?
On 11/08/2013 12:17, Yuvi Panda wrote: Hello! I'm staying on for an extra week in Hong Kong after Wikimania (yay vacations!), and wondering if there are more people staying on I could catch up with? Me! :) Planning on visiting places such as Lantau Island (Ngong Ping 360, Buddha), Ocean Park, The Peak Wetland Park. KTC -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] All your visa are belong to us
On 01/08/2013 09:36, Deryck Chan wrote: To the local team's best knowledge, all Wikimedians who requested visa assistance from us have got their visas approved! :) :) Deryck Good job. Thanks to all the local team's hard work. See you all soon! Katie -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] [Wikimedia-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2014: London
Congratulations to everyone who's been involved with the London bid. Looking forward to seeing many of you in London next year! On 1 May 2013 18:10, James Forrester jdforres...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Wikimedians, On behalf of the Wikimania 2014 selection Jury, after review and evaluation of the two final bids, we have awarded the conference to London. Congratulations to the London team, and to the Arusha team who also put forward a solid effort. We were concerned this year to see that both bidding teams put forward proposals which were costly and complicated, in contrast to the Wikimania tradition. The Jury briefly considered re-opening the bid for other teams, and asked both bids to present a simpler core budget and lower-cost options for attendees. The London team took our comments to heart and decreased their core budget to 20% of their initial proposal, and have committed to finding ways to reduce the cost for community attendees. We encourage future bidding teams to not give up their dreams, to keep aiming for the stars, but at the same time, to not forget the spirit of Wikimedia: a volunteer movement that makes creative use of limited resources. We look forward to the proposed Wikimania Committee setting out clearer guidelines on these principles. The process to bid for hosting Wikimania requires a substantial time investment, and we thank both candidate teams for their submissions and hard work. Yours, James Forrester Moderator, Wikimania 2014 Jury For the Wikimania 2014 Jury -- James D. Forrester jdforres...@gmail.com [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal capacity) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Katie Chan Volunteer Support Organiser Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0990 +44 (0) 7885 980 534 Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales. Registered Company No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Maps for attendees Local team's Choice (on food!)
On 24/04/2013 00:40, Jeromy-Yu Maximilian Chan wrote: [2] in case you had booked a hotel/place to stay for an entity or a group of Wikipedians, please let us know by sending e-mail to wikimania...@wikimeida.hk mailto:wikimania...@wikimeida.hk, so we can pin your place on the map. I assume that should be @wikimedia.hk ? KTC -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarships update
On 08/04/2013 14:10, Andy Mabbett wrote: On Apr 7, 2013 6:19 PM, Simon Shek simon.s...@wikimedia.hk mailto:simon.s...@wikimedia.hk wrote: All Wikimania 2013 scholarships phase two applicants were notified on 7 April 2013 about their applications finial result. I received an email yesterday, saying the final result will come soon. Nothing since. That means you are eligible for scholarship being offered by one or more chapters, and have indicated in your application that you are okay with your application to be considered by said chapters. You will receive a decision when the relevant chapters have made their decision. KTC ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarships update
On 08/04/2013 17:50, Andrew Gray wrote: On 8 April 2013 14:25, Katie Chan k...@ktchan.info wrote: That means you are eligible for scholarship being offered by one or more chapters, and have indicated in your application that you are okay with your application to be considered by said chapters. You will receive a decision when the relevant chapters have made their decision. Thanks Katie. Putting your other hat on, any idea when that might be? ;-) For WMUK, days rather than weeks. :) Katie -- Katie Chan Volunteer Support Organiser Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0990 +44 (0) 7885 980 534 Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales. Registered Company No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2013 call for scholarship review committee
On 24/11/2012 09:45, Simon Shek wrote: There is some points I need to clarify: 1. Committee members are not eligible to apply for a scholarship. Extra: Formation of program Committee are following a similar way mentioned above. [1]: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania/Scholarships http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania/Scholarships While we're here, please confirm whether members of the Program Committee will be eligible to apply for scholarship? KTC -- Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] visa for hong kong ...
On 30/09/2012 16:02, Jeremy Baron wrote: On Sep 30, 2012 10:51 AM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com mailto:nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote: Specifically, I think there is no Hong Kong embassy in Ghana to handle even visa application requests (if in case that should be it) per this website: http://hong-kong.visahq.com/embassy/Ghana/ if you read the linked official site ( http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/hkvisas.htm ) it says pretty clearly to use *Chinese* embassies and missions. So Hong Kong probably doesn't have their own. I haven't clicked your visahq link yet but it doesn't sound like a particularly reliable source. Yeah, try the country and not the city state - http://gh.china-embassy.org/eng/lsyw/t307043.htm. KTC -- Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] INSERTING PICTURES ON WIKIPAGES
Enough with the off-topic posts to this mailing list already, please. KTC -- Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] UK budget plan for 2014 Wikimania bid
On 26/08/2012 05:28, Sven wrote: This has tainted my opinion of WMUK as an organization. Opposed or not, that this even made it into a draft is appalling. Quite simply put, if we get into the habit of expensive, aggressive, Olympics/World Cup style bidding wars, we're going to shut poorer counties and countries without strong fundraising chapters out of the process, and Wikimania and the movement will suffer for it. Tinted your opinion because we do things in a open transparent way where everyone in the world can see, that different people involved have different ideas of what's right and we don't outright reject every idea because it's different? If that's the Wikimedia movement that exist, I'll rather not be part of it. KTC -- Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] UK budget plan for 2014 Wikimania bid
On 26/08/2012 16:54, Thomas Dalton wrote: On 26 August 2012 16:52, HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com wrote: If that's a serious proposal, it isn't one that's been put to the Conference Committee (of which I'm acting chair, and which is overseeing the bid). We just had a two-hour meeting and it wasn't raised once. There there are some procedural issues with your committee structure... Why is there issues when something that's not being proposed not get raised? KTC -- Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Call for Participation: WikiSym 2012
On 25/07/2012 15:51, Shujen Chang wrote: Is there any scholarship? Wikimedia UK is offering two scholarships for UK based researchers - http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiSym_2012_Scholarships. KTC -- Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] [Wikimedia-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong
Congratulation Hong Kong! I'll be there. :) -- Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
