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Re: [Wikimania-l] Reminder of Deadline to Participate in Future of Wikimania Consultation

2016-01-15 Thread Richard Symonds

Will try to over the weekend but the 15th  birthday is generating a bit of
extra work :-(
On 14 Jan 2016 15:32, "Ellie Young"  wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I’m writing to seek your feedback on the consultation to improve
> Wikimania, open until 18 January 2016. If you have already contributed, we
> are most grateful.
>
>
> The goals are to (1) build a shared understanding of the value of
> Wikimania to help guide conference planning and evaluation, and (2) gather
> broad community input on what new form(s) Wikimania could take (starting in
> 2018).
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Towards_a_New_Wikimania
>
>
> Feedback on both of these goals is welcome on a survey provided on the
> project page, and can also be given on the project discussion page.  In
> addition, I also invite you to share any personal experiences you have had
> at at a Wikimedia movement conference, including Wikimania.  We plan to
> compile and share back outcomes from this consultation in February.
>
> I look forward to working with you to develop a Wikimania that better
> serves the needs of your communities.
>
> With thanks,
>
> Ellie Young
>
> WMF Events Manager
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikiradio

2016-01-06 Thread Richard Symonds

I am quite impressed, it must be said.

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On 6 January 2016 at 17:17, Lane Rasberry <l...@bluerasberry.com> wrote:

> Wow!
>
> So far as I know, this is the first time an online music service has
> premiered with an offering of classical music, bird songs, and national
> anthems. That is a great representation of Wikimedia Commons!
>
> This is really cool!
>
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Wilfredor <wilfre...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> *Wikiradio* is a real-time audio service transmitted via the Internet.
>> This service offers various stations, covering all genres of music and even
>> including recordings of Wikipedia articles on different languages, all of
>> which are available on Wikimedia Commons. Each sound is chosen by the
>> community to be highlighted as some of the finest work on Wikipedia and the
>> Wikimedia Commons.
>>
>> What is Wikiradio?
>>
>> Rather than listening to several audio files in Wikimedia Commons, which
>> require clicking "play" one after another on each one, the wikiradio
>> <https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiradio> tools works not as a radio
>> streaming service, but instead as a synchronized (with UTC time) set of
>> tracks so that everybody can hear at the same time, simulating a radio.
>> How I can add my station?[edit
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiradio_(tool)=edit=2>
>> ]
>>
>>1. Create a page in meta with your dayparting
>><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayparting> with your music list like 
>> *[[Wikiradio
>>(tool)/playlist/]]*ej: for clasic music station we have 
>> Wikiradio
>>(tool)/playlist/classic
>><https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiradio_(tool)/playlist/classic>
>>2. Edit the Template:Wikiradio (tool)/stations
>><https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Wikiradio_(tool)/stations> and
>>add your station like *{{RadioUrl||}}*,ej,
>>for classic music we have {{RadioUrl|classic|Classic}}
>>3. Ready, now you can listen your music in wikiradio
>><https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiradio> !!
>>
>> *Note:* Alternatively, you can archive your dayparting and ask for an
>> administrator to protect those pages.How work Wikiradio software?
>>
>> Wikiradio load javascript pages dynamically from meta pages to make the
>> dayparting. This is thus in order that the community can choose the music
>> to be placed in these pages. Please edit the page of the station when you
>> want hear your music.
>>
>> Some ideas for stations include the spoken Wikipedia
>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/spoken_Wikipedia> audios, music by
>> genre <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_files_of_music> and
>> topics like ambient audio
>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sounds_of_nature>. But we
>> can do it better. Hourly, a signal is heard
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Busy_tone_(France).ogg> to warn
>> about o'clock hours, like a real radio :p. Even better we could add a "You
>> are listening wikiradio, the free radio" spoken message every half hour,
>> and other stuff.
>>
>> Each radio station load a dayparting from a wikipage in meta like
>> "Wikiradio (tool)/playlist/" (ej: Wikiradio
>> (tool)/playlist/classic
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiradio_(tool)/playlist/classic>) and
>> it could be archived.
>>
>> Finally, the main station could use music to fill the gaps of a daily
>> radio programming based on Wikimania conferences, wiki podcasts, etc. So,
>> what do you think? Your help is welcome, picking new tracks for any station
>> or suggesting your ideas. Thanks. (Soure here
>> <https://github.com/emijrp/wikiradio>)
>> See also
>>
>>- WikiRadio stations
>><https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiRadio_stations>
>>
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Monday trip to Teotihuacan

2015-07-18 Thread Richard Symonds

Take water with you.  There's none there to buy!
On 18 Jul 2015 09:48, Ravan Jaafar engineer_ra...@yahoo.com wrote:

 You can join us in below link :)
 https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Pyramids_Meetup

 Regards,
 Ravan


 On Jul 18, 2015, at 9:46 AM, Takashi OTA supertakot+wikima...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Hi all,

 I'm planning one-day trip to Teotihuacan on Monday.
 As this is my first visit to Mexico, I would like to have
 one day travel buddy(s). Does anybody have interest
 to go there?

 According to my guidebook,
 the bus to Teotihuacan departs every 15 minutes from
 Autobuses del Norte. To get to the terminal, ride the Metro
 Linea 3 from Hidalgo station and change at La Raza to
 Linea 5, to Politecnico direction, and get off at Autobuses
 del Norte.

 According to Subha from India (he already went there),
 roundtrip bus between Teotihuacan costs 70 pesos.
 My guidebook says it will take 1 hour from the bus terminal,
 while Subha says 2 hours or so. The truth lies somewhere
 inbetween :-)
 Entrance fee is 57 pesos.
 My guidebook suggests to have 3 to 4 hours for sightseeing,
 as it is so large and air is thin.

 If anybody wants to join me, please let me know.

 P.S. I'd like to visit Biblioteca Vasconcelos if I have a chance.

 --Takashi [[User:Takot]]

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Mexican Visa issues

2015-05-20 Thread Richard Symonds

+1. This is what WMUK did for some of our recipients for the US.
On 20 May 2015 22:21, Schneider, Manuel manuel.schnei...@wikimedia.ch
wrote:

 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:
 
  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,
 
 
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  http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek
  http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Mexican Visa issues

2015-05-20 Thread Richard Symonds

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 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:

 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:
 
  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,
 
 
  --
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  http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek
  http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/
  http://www.cbmm.lodz.pl/work.php?id=29title=tomasz-ganicz
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania Documentary Done

2015-02-06 Thread Richard Symonds

This really is lovely! Well done!

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United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
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On 6 February 2015 at 14:57, Subhashish Panigrahi psubhash...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Great work Nkansh!

 On 6 February 2015 at 16:46, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Good morning,

 With this email, I say I am done with editing the wikimania videos I took
 last year in London.

 In all, I did one documentary of Wikimania and give interviews parts,
 involving about 6 different languages from all parts of world.

 All the videos are currently on YouTube. Commons will see all the videos
 soon. I'm waiting to get full consent from all the individuals involved in
 all the 5 separate interviews, then I'll batch upload them all onto Commons
 in likely webm format.

 All the videos, when ready will be in this one Playlist on Youtube:
 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWEYPtH04KyJFW6J7IatCww1H5wZ9xWGM
 On Dec 16, 2014 3:32 PM, Allan Aguilar ral...@vmail.me wrote:

 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
 Hash: SHA512

 El 15/12/2014 17:06, Nkansah Rexford escribió:
  Hello everyone,
 
  The final version of the Wikimania Documentary can be found on
  YouTube. Will push to Commons by end of this week as it requires a
  bit of alteration to make it fully Wikimedia Commons License
  compliant.
 
  Wikimania 2014 Documentary: http://
  http://youtu.be/1444m7vhhFoyoutu.be
  http://youtu.be/1444m7vhhFo/1444m7vhhFo
  http://youtu.be/1444m7vhhFo
 
  Interviews taken at the conference will be released to public
  soon. Currently awaiting the video's public-going approval from the
  interviewees.
 
  Subtitles will be added soon to the documentary video on YouTube.
  Editing the videos wasn't as difficult to me as adding the
  subtitles. Dang!
 
  Thanks for all your support and assistance.
 
  [...]
 

 I was waiting for this!  Thank you.

 I hope you can also announce to this list when the interviews are
 released :-)

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Re: [Wikimania-l] [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-10-07 Thread Richard Symonds

With the greatest of respect, everyone, can we please remember that I'm
volunteering for this. I'm not paid to do it. It's out of my own time, the
sametime in which I edit Wikipedia. Who my employer is doesn't (and
shouldn't, in my opinion) enter into it. I don't have to volunteer for the
jury - I volunteer for another non-Wikimedia organisation who would love me
to spend 40+ hours with them instead. I volunteer for Wikimedia because I
have done so consistently for ten years - and I've only been employed by
them for three of those.

If you're worried that I will unfairly support the point of view of my
employer, I can assure you that that's not the case. The various jury
meetings are in camera, so my employer doesn't get to find out what my
opinion on these things are, and they can't censure me for it. And I do
disagree with my employer on certain things - and my employer respects my
right to disagree with them. They're a pretty decent employer like that.

It feels a little bit like I'm being referred to as a second class
volunteer. I know that isn't the case - but it feels that way, It feels a
little bit like my volunteer hours are worth less than everyone else's just
because of who pays my salary.

I do understand where you're coming from - but we don't judge other
people's ability to volunteer based on who pays their salaries. Nor do we
assume that I am a 'paid Wikipedia editor'... because I'm not! I'm a
volunteer...

Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
0207 065 0992

Wikimedia 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.*
Ellie,

I don't think We have a system that works for jury selection is
appropriate answer. I just asked how and by who, not but it strange for me
that this simple question is been unanswered.

Adding to my first email, now that I familiar more with the jury members -
from one hand I'm happy to see know we have a great and talented jury, but
from second hand, a little bit strange feeling that the jury members of the
major and the biggest community event within our movement are paid staff
from wmf/chapters. I see our staff as an integral part of the movement, but
still - we don't have any committee, especially when we are talking about
Wikimania, that staff are such a major part of the committee.

So yes, this just reinforces the fact that requires a bit more detailed
answer to the question - how they are selected.

Thank you, and thanks for all the people that volunteered for this year
jury.


Itzik



*Regards,Itzik Edri*
Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel
+972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment!


On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Ellie Young eyo...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 We have a system that works for jury selection.   What I would STRONGLY
 like to encourage people in the community to do is seek out prospective
 people who would be good hosts and work with me on preparing a bid.   That
 is is our biggest need!  The CFP was posted earlier this month.

 Thank you all.

 Ellie


 On Sep 29, 2014, at 7:18 AM, Béria Lima berial...@gmail.com wrote:

 It also makes me wonder how hard whoever elected the jury worked to find
 interested unpaid volunteers as opposed to employees who are part of the
 normal professional networks.


 I might be wrong, but I didnt saw a mail with a call for volunteers to
 compose the jury like they do every year. (I do might had missed though so
 is better if Manuel or Ellie answers.)

 _
 *Béria L. de Rodríguez*

 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
 livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a
 construir esse sonho.*

 2014-09-29 11:13 GMT-03:00 Fæ fae...@gmail.com:

 On 29 September 2014 14:45, Béria Lima berial...@gmail.com wrote:
  I also would like to know the answer to Itzik question:
 
   Can you elaborate more on how the current jury was elected and by
 who?
   Richard Symonds
   Stuart Prior
   Claudia Garad
   Esteban Zarate
   Daniel Bryant
   Finne Boonen
   Ellie Young

 Could someone point to a profile of the jury members? It is incredibly
 hard to see who has been an employee of the WMF or Chapters unless you
 happen to know people personally. However, I believe I am correct in
 saying that only the minority of the jury has never been a paid
 employee, which may not be the best thing for a conference aimed at
 unpaid volunteers.

 It also makes me wonder how hard whoever elected the jury

Re: [Wikimania-l] [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-10-07 Thread Richard Symonds

Of course - my apologies! I'm replying from the lift at work and forgot I
was logged into my staff account on my phone, rather than my work one! For
the avoidance of doubt, it's chasemew...@gmail.com and I should have sent
from that :-)

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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.*

On 7 October 2014 11:56, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:

 On 07/10/14 09:22, Richard Symonds wrote:
  I do understand where you're coming from - but we don't judge other
  people's ability to volunteer based on who pays their salaries. Nor do
  we assume that I am a 'paid Wikipedia editor'... because I'm not! I'm a
  volunteer...
 
  Richard Symonds
  Wikimedia UK
  0207 065 0992
 
  Wikimedia 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.*
 



 Can I suggest a non WMUK email address (and signature) for your posts as
 a volunteer?

 Gordo


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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-29 Thread Richard Symonds

I'll be volunteering!
On 29 Sep 2014 23:06, 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:

 On 29 Sep 2014, at 16:49, Claudia Garád claudia.ga...@wikimedia.at
 wrote:

  My name is Claudia Garád, I am the Executive Director of Wikimedia
 Austria (WMAT) and attended the Wikimanias in Hong Kong and London in this
 context. However, I will volunteer for this commitee in my personal
 capacity (not WMAT representative) and free time.

 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?

 Thanks,
 Mike
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Re: [Wikimania-l] New member signups at Wikimania

2014-08-18 Thread Richard Symonds

Andres,

These are questions we get asked a fair bit. The answers are on our FAQ
page, at
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Volunteers_-_Frequently_Asked_Questions -
it's a little complicated, but essentially members can vote to elect the
board of Wikimedia UK, and they act to hold trustees to account. There are
a few hundred members of Wikimedia UK at the moment. Membership is open to
all; you do not have to live in the UK, be over a certain age or be editors
of any of the Wikimedia Foundation projects. All we ask is that members
agree to support our Objects (https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Objects#Objects)
and not to bring Wikimedia UK into disrepute. In terms of time, membership
takes up maybe an hour or two per year - although it can take up more if
you want to be more active.

You can join at
https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1id=4 -
let katie.c...@wikimedia.org.uk know if you have any private questions!

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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
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On 14 August 2014 17:26, Andy Cruz y Corro andyc...@gmail.com wrote:

 I should've sent this on my last email, but I apparently forgot:

 1. What kind of responsibilities and obligations does one have as a WMUK
 member?
 2. Can I sign up? What are the requirements? Who should I contact about it?


 On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 3:38 AM, Naureen msn...@gmail.com wrote:

 I signed up because I love the wmuk team and it was my way to say thanks
 and also I feel
 After everything we can say we really get along!


 On Thursday, August 14, 2014, Andy Cruz y Corro andyc...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 I didn't know you were recruiting!
 —
 Sent from Mailbox https://www.dropbox.com/mailbox. Say hello!


 On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 6:23 PM, Naureen msn...@gmail.com wrote:

 I think the additional wmuk members will continue. I signed up and
 those who came to the lunch signed up too.

 I think we have heard a few people mention they shall sign up soon too.

 Cheers!

 Nn

 On Thursday, August 14, 2014, WereSpielChequers 
 werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi Andy,

 I don't know the total, and we may not have finalised things yet as we
 are still recruiting from people who got involved at Wikimania and are now
 working out how to stay involved. The two I have personally signed up were
 both immediately after Wikimania. I assume you are interested in the whole
 Wikimania related spike, not just those we collared in the barbican?

 I can see that this is going to be of interest to both this list,
 especially the Mexico bid team, and of course the Wikimedia UK list. It
 would also be interesting to get feedback from earlier wikimania teams as
 to what worked for them.

 As well as many regulars, Wikimania 2014 attracted a large and
 enthusiastic group of additional volunteers who we have an opportunity to
 try and engage with. Apparently most of them were in a particular Facebook
 group and we have already reached out to them there with invitations to
 both an Editathon and a campus ambassador training session. We will be
 doing more plugs there for WLM etc, any experience from previous 
 wikimanias
 or indeed Facebook campaigners gratefully received.


 Regards

 Jonathan Cardy (WMUK)


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  How many new Wikimedia UK members did we sign up, at Wikimania?
 
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Live video

2014-08-13 Thread Richard Symonds

Hi Pine,

They do not have Wikipedia accounts - the majority of volunteers were not
Wikipedians at the start of the conference!

I am told that you can best direct thanks to Chris Leydon at ch...@leydon.tv,
or twitter @Leydon.

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movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).

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over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*


On 13 August 2014 11:49, Joseph Fox josephfoxw...@gmail.com wrote:

 I’m not 100% that they’re all on Wikipedia in fairness…

 Joe

 On 13 August 2014 at 07:37:33 am, Pine W (wiki.p...@gmail.com) wrote:

 I would like to give barnstars to the live video team. Would someone let
 me know their usernames?

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Re: [Wikimania-l] The Wikimania Games Corner and My Takeaways

2014-08-12 Thread Richard Symonds

Adi,

I can say with confidence that the Games Corner was fantastic. The Oculus
Rift, the huge screen, the MarioKart... It's definitely something we should
have at future Wikimanias. Many, many thanks for setting it up.

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operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).

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On 12 August 2014 11:18, Adi Khajuria adiman...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello everone,

 I hope all is well and you have all recovered from Wikimania 2014.

 In thinking about The Wikimania Games Corner. I have a request to ask of
 everyone. I was wondering if we could make this a tradition that continues
 for future Wikimanias to come. I know that it's a tough asked, but here at
 we've proved that anything is possible when people come together to help
 out.

 Also, in thinking about it, I also have some takeaways that also apply not
 just to wikimedia, but to everything in life:

 Takeaway number 1: Be excellent to each other. (Yes, I realise that this
 is a Bill and Ted reference).
 Takeaway number 2: Encourage positivity and kill off negativity.
 Takeaway number 3: If you have an idea, don't just think about it. Plan it
 out and do it.

 I look forward to hearing about your takeaways from Wikimania 2014.

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[Wikimania-l] Flags!

2014-08-11 Thread Richard Symonds

Hi all!

Both the Wikimania flags are missing. The poles have come back, but not the
flag itself! We wanted to get one of these signed by everyone who helped
with Wikimania and display it in the UK office so we are a bit sad that
they're missing. They probably vanished in the final drunken packing last
night.

I'm sure there was no ill intent, but if anyone knows where one of them is,
please drop me an email - or put it in the post to FREEPOST WIKIPEDIA and
we'll pay the postage.

No questions asked!

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Underground delays

2014-08-09 Thread Richard Symonds

It's actually for anyone I think.  No prebooking needed and not a race.
Its just show up and cycle at whatever speed you want!
On 9 Aug 2014 10:27, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote:

 There are also many road closures in the City (south of the venue) because
 of a big charity bike ride.

 This affected my bus journey, but dunno how many Wikimaniacs are using the
 bus much :)
 On 9 Aug 2014 10:07, Joseph Fox josephfoxw...@gmail.com wrote:

 A bike is a sure-fire way to miss the delays, yup. ;)

 Joe

 On 9 August 2014 at 10:02:10 am, Stephan Schulz (
 sch...@informatik.tu-muenchen.de) wrote:

 Hi!

 I’m currently on my bicycle and not able to reply to emails. I’ll
 answer most things that are still important when I come back when I come
 back.

 Yours sincerely,

 Stephan Schulz

 On 9 Aug 2014, at 10:53, Joseph Fox josephfoxw...@gmail.com wrote:

  Hey all,
 
  If you’re not yet at the venue, you might want to know about delays
 affecting the Underground this morning.
 
  Circle and Hammersmith  City are suffering severe delays thanks to a
 signal failure.
 
  Minor delays on some of the District and Metropolitan lines for the
 same reason.
 
  Part closures on Piccadilly and Metropolitan lines (which has been the
 case all week).
 
  And, as is customary … “Good service on all other lines” ;)
 
  best,
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Category for monkey selfie of Wikimedians!

2014-08-08 Thread Richard Symonds

I think if it's commons you have to use the latin name for monkey

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On 8 August 2014 11:40, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote:

 How about:
 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Monkey_selfie
 (although perhaps that name's a bit too general for Commons...)

 Thanks,
 Mike

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  Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0)
 
  Hi all,
 
  Since yesterday, my Facebook wall has been flooded with monkey selfies.
 It i=
  s that media has hyped, there is a need for creating a category. I am
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  ing this and requesting someone to create a campaign that also keeps the
 lic=
  ense as CC0. Feedbacks welcome.
 
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Live video

2014-08-07 Thread Richard Symonds

Hi all,

My understanding is that this is already in hand with professional
equipment.
On 7 Aug 2014 07:36, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote:

 That would be great, thank you Rexford. Please check with the conference
 organizers about setting up live video of at least the keynote
 presentations.

 Pine
 On Aug 6, 2014 11:20 PM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 I think I can help doing that, unless that'll violate any terms and
 conditions of the conference.

 One or two friends of mine back home who couldn't make it would love to
 enjoy some nightlights of the event in real time.

 rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from smartphone
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 Is there a live video feed from Wikimania this year?

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Live video

2014-08-07 Thread Richard Symonds

I believe it's on YouTube.  I'll check when I'm at the venue today :-)
On 7 Aug 2014 09:40, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote:

 Great. Then I hope we get the love feed link when its ready.

 Can't wait to share with friends.

 rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from smartphone
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 richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 Hi all,

 My understanding is that this is already in hand with professional
 equipment.
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 That would be great, thank you Rexford. Please check with the conference
 organizers about setting up live video of at least the keynote
 presentations.

 Pine
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 wrote:

 I think I can help doing that, unless that'll violate any terms and
 conditions of the conference.

 One or two friends of mine back home who couldn't make it would love to
 enjoy some nightlights of the event in real time.

 rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from smartphone
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 Is there a live video feed from Wikimania this year?

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Re: [Wikimania-l] something open for companions?

2014-08-05 Thread Richard Symonds

Under 18.
On 5 Aug 2014 20:23, David Gómez dvd...@gmail.com wrote:

 Thanks Chris for the clarification and information.
 Children is under 18?, 16?, 12?

 Best regards.

 dvd.


 2014-08-05 13:08 GMT+02:00 Chris McKenna chris.mcke...@wikimedia.org.uk:

 Many of the fringe events and meetups will be accessible to anyone with
 an interest, although the ones in pubs may not be suitable for children -
 enquire with the individual organisers for their attitude.

 The community village is public as will be some workshops.

 The Sunday evening party is not accessible to children due to the venue's
 licensing conditions.
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  Hi, there are any activities in Wikimania open to travel-companions
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 (e.g: Sunday afternoon/evening activities)
 Which are?
 There is any limitation for children entrance in these activities? (if
 any)

 Thanks.

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Coming to Wikimania? Help other delegates find you

2014-07-24 Thread Richard Symonds

I rather like the new one, I have to say!
On 24 Jul 2014 12:05, Edward Saperia e...@wikimanialondon.org wrote:

 I know about the Attendees page, but it's been in use for many months and
 people may not have had visas accepted or changed their plans since, plus
 this collects additional information.

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 Yes we do, although they record different things. The duplication is just
 a result of a lack of awareness of the Attendees page by the person who set
 up the Hello World page. I'm not sure what the benefit of not merging is,
 but the suggestion was handwaved away.


 On 24 July 2014 11:49, Joseph Fox josephfoxw...@gmail.com wrote:

 Think this is for more personally identifiable things rather than just a
 name (like mobile number, photo etc).

 Joe

 On 24 July 2014 at 11:47:28 am, Deryck Chan (deryckc...@gmail.com)
 wrote:

 Don't we have [[wikimania2014:Attendees]] already?
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  If you're coming to Wikimania and you'd like to make it easy for
 other delegates to be able to contact you, please add yourself to the
 following table:

 http://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hello_world

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Re: [Wikimania-l] [Wikimedia-l] Volunteer Support Workshop - correction

2014-07-18 Thread Richard Symonds

For those interested in such things, the building is Wiki Loves
Monuments-eligible, and has an article at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley's_Chapel.

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2014-07-18 15:58 GMT+01:00 Dirk Franke dirk.fra...@wikimedia.de:

 Dear list readers,

 and hopefully the last Pre-Wikimania Volunteer Support Meetup Correction
 mail. There is a room change. The workshop will happen at

 Wesley's Chapel and Leysian Mission
 49 City Road
 London
 EC1Y 1AU

 https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pre-conference:_Volunteer_Support

 Thanks again for Wikimedia UK being attentive and acting so quickly.

 Best,
 Dirk


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  Dear list readers,
 
  I apologize for the inconvience, but have to make a small correcton.
 
  The Volunteer Support Workshop will happen on
 
  Thursday, August 7(!)
 
 
 https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pre-conference:_Volunteer_Support
 
  not the day before as previously stated.
 
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Happy one year inactive

2014-07-07 Thread Richard Symonds

Does anyone know who has the logins for it?

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On 6 July 2014 08:12, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote:

 As long as pages are not meant for the community alone, but the general
 public as well, I don't see it is o be a waste of time.

 If media wiki and Wikimedia foundation page on google plus aren't a waste
 of time at least yet, thrn having Wikimania active there wouldn't also be.

 The page already exist on google plus not that I'm saying it should be
 created. I'm just calling for the page to be active.

 By the way, this isn't convincing as well.

 rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from smartphone
 On Jul 5, 2014 5:17 PM, Sven Manguard svenmangu...@gmail.com wrote:

 I am not convinced that *any* investment of time or resources into Google
 Plus would not be a waste. Do you have figures for the number of people in
 the community that use Google Plus and are not on any other information
 channel, including the mailing list? I suspect that the number is extremely
 low, possibly zero.

 Spending time on something solely because it is there makes very little
 sense. Instead of trying to cover a large number of platforms, we should be
 covering the ones people actually use and deleting accounts on the ones
 that aren't in use, so that people migrate to the active forums.

 In an effort to be accommodating, we have spread ourselves too thin, and
 information has fallen through the cracks. When it comes to information
 channels, we need to shift from quantity to quality.

 -Sven (not a Wikimania organizer)
 On Jul 5, 2014 12:55 AM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Hi,

 I've been monitoring the Wikimania page on Google plus for some time now
 and its managed to go a year solid without any activity.

 https://plus.google.com/116447448432892218985

 Its likely obvious it needs someone to contribute to. I'm sure the
 current managers of the page are die hard twitter and Facebook users. Thus
 o believe bringing die hard Google plus users to manage the page will also
 help.

 If I can assist in this way, I'll be glad to. I only have my official
 presence on google plus, so you can be assured it won't be inactive.

 [[User:Nkansahrexford]]

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Place to stay with a motorhome in London

2014-06-16 Thread Richard Symonds

I'd recommend here:
http://www.caravanclub.co.uk/caravanclubapps/applications/uk-caravan-sites-and-parks/SiteDetails.aspx?csid=21814arrivalDate=departureDate=

Or here:
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 Hi,

 hi, just a short question: Is there any suggestion where to stay with a
 small motorhome (lenght 6 m) in London during Wikimania?

 Thanks,

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Re: [Wikimania-l] [Spam] Re: Thistle City Barbican fully booked?

2014-06-12 Thread Richard Symonds

Thanks for keeping on top of this, Ellie!

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On 12 June 2014 15:46, Ellie Young eyo...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 Update on the hotel situation:

 Our headquarters hotel, the Thistle City Barbican Hotel, has released some
 more rooms so that there are now more Standard TWIN Rooms for the people
 who need them on nights of August 6 through 10.  There are, however, no
 twins available on August 5th.   There may be someavailable in the next
 week or two, so we have extended the deadline for registering with the
 hotel until the end of the month.  There will be additional hotels listed
 once we have filled the Thistle City Barbican.

 www.thistle.com/wikimedia

 Ellie Young
 WMF Conference Coordinator

 On Jun 11, 2014, at 7:24 AM, Richard Symonds 
 richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 I will endeavour to keep the list up to date :-)

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 On 10 June 2014 17:48, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk wrote:

 Thanks - if you could let us know on the list when the extra hotels
 are up that'd be great :-)

 Andrew.

 On 10 June 2014 13:59, Ellie Young eyo...@wikimedia.org wrote:
  We will be extending the registration deadline with the hotel and the
  conference very soon.
 
  The hotel is right now looking  into getting more twi rooms on Aug 5
 and 10,
  that is the problem.  WE should hear back soon about this.  There will
 also
  be alternate hotels listed very soon.
 
  Waiting on word from hotel...
 
  Ellie Young
  WMF Conference Coordinator
 
  On Jun 10, 2014, at 1:11 AM, Claudia Garád claudia.ga...@wikimedia.at
  wrote:
 
  Hi Wikimania-team!
 
  We tried to book one more room at the Thistle today (according to the
  website today should be the last day for registration).
  However, the hotel website claims that the Wikimania rates are not
 available
  anymore. Is the hotel fully booked? Or might there be some confusion
  concering the deadline? Are there any other recommendations for people
 who
  don't have a room yet?
 
  Thanks
  Claudia
 
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Re: [Wikimania-l] [Spam] Re: Thistle City Barbican fully booked?

2014-06-11 Thread Richard Symonds

I will endeavour to keep the list up to date :-)

Richard Symonds
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On 10 June 2014 17:48, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk wrote:

 Thanks - if you could let us know on the list when the extra hotels
 are up that'd be great :-)

 Andrew.

 On 10 June 2014 13:59, Ellie Young eyo...@wikimedia.org wrote:
  We will be extending the registration deadline with the hotel and the
  conference very soon.
 
  The hotel is right now looking  into getting more twi rooms on Aug 5 and
 10,
  that is the problem.  WE should hear back soon about this.  There will
 also
  be alternate hotels listed very soon.
 
  Waiting on word from hotel...
 
  Ellie Young
  WMF Conference Coordinator
 
  On Jun 10, 2014, at 1:11 AM, Claudia Garád claudia.ga...@wikimedia.at
  wrote:
 
  Hi Wikimania-team!
 
  We tried to book one more room at the Thistle today (according to the
  website today should be the last day for registration).
  However, the hotel website claims that the Wikimania rates are not
 available
  anymore. Is the hotel fully booked? Or might there be some confusion
  concering the deadline? Are there any other recommendations for people
 who
  don't have a room yet?
 
  Thanks
  Claudia
 
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Thistle City Barbican fully booked?

2014-06-10 Thread Richard Symonds

The team are looking into this guys. Will try and get a response for you
soon :-)
On 10 Jun 2014 12:05, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote:

 Andy Mabbett, 10/06/2014 12:53:

 Given that UK scholarships have yet to be awarded...


 WMIT decided yesterday (pending board resolution today).

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Acceptance of proposal for Wikimania

2014-06-04 Thread Richard Symonds

Ed's email earlier in this thread should answer your question. It will take
a couple of rounds of invitations for the schedule to fill out.
On 4 Jun 2014 02:49, Hegger heinz.eg...@gmx.at wrote:

  I haven´t received any information if my submission was accepted or not!


 https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Language_and_Dialect_Database_-_A_GLAM_Project_with_Austrian_Academy_of_Science

 H.
 Am 03.06.2014 13:11, schrieb Edward Saperia:

 The first round of submission acceptances was sent out on Sunday night.
 Acceptees have 3 days to reply with confirmation, or they are considered
 withdrawn, and second choice acceptances go out to replace them. This
 process continues until the entire programme is confirmed.

  If you haven't received an acceptance do not despair just yet, there may
 be quite a few second choices as many submissions were dependent on
 scholarships. It's hard to say at this stage how many will withdraw.

  As confirmations come in, they are added to the programme page on the
 wiki: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme

  If you have any questions about the programme don't hesitate to ask me.
 However, I won't be making any alterations until after the programme is
 confirmed.

  Average first choice score was something like 8.93/10, I think we have
 an excellent programme to look forward to!

  *Edward Saperia*
 Chief Coordinator Wikimania London http://www.wikimanialondon.org
 email e...@wikimanialondon.org • facebook
 http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia • twitter
 http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia • 07796955572
 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG


 On 3 June 2014 09:29, Hay (Husky) hus...@gmail.com wrote:

 Any news on the acceptances?

 -- Hay

 On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 4:23 PM, HaeB haebw...@gmail.com wrote:
  Somebody else has now helpfully updated the April 30 date at
  https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions to read Delayed
  until June.
 
  Regards, HaeB (T. Bayer)
 
  2014-05-27 7:25 GMT-07:00 Edward Saperia e...@wikimanialondon.org:
  Hi all,
 
  A completed proposal for the programme is being reviewed by the
 programme
  committee, and we hope to start sending out acceptances very soon.
 Apologies
  for the delay and poor communication - I'll update the submissions
 page.
 
  Edward Saperia
  Chief Coordinator Wikimania London
  email • facebook • twitter • 07796955572
  133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG
 
 
  On 27 May 2014 15:07, Cristian Consonni kikkocrist...@gmail.com
 wrote:
 
  Hi all,
 
  according to this page[1] acceptance of proposal for Wikimania session
  should have been sent out on April, 30th.
 
  Since I have made a submission[2] I was wondering if I may have missed
  some e-mails (including rejection e-mails, eventually). The
  schedule[3] does not give any additional information at the moment.
 
  Maybe the process of proposal approval is late? Do other people having
  submitted their proposal have some info? Is it just me?
 
  Thanks and ciao,
 
  C
 
  [1] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions
  [2]
 
 https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_encyclopedia_and_the_map:_How_Wikipedia_and_OpenStreetMap_can_collaborate
  [3] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule
 
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Acceptance of proposal for Wikimania

2014-06-04 Thread Richard Symonds

To clarify, If you haven't received an acceptance do not despair just yet,
there may be quite a few second choices as many submissions were dependent
on scholarships. It's hard to say at this stage how many will withdraw.

Richard Symonds
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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.*

On 4 June 2014 08:54, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk
wrote:

Ed's email earlier in this thread should answer your question. It will
take a couple of rounds of invitations for the schedule to fill out.
On 4 Jun 2014 02:49, Hegger heinz.eg...@gmx.at wrote:

I haven´t received any information if my submission was accepted or not!

https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Language_and_Dialect_Database_-_A_GLAM_Project_with_Austrian_Academy_of_Science

H.
Am 03.06.2014 13:11, schrieb Edward Saperia:

The first round of submission acceptances was sent out on Sunday night.
Acceptees have 3 days to reply with confirmation, or they are considered
withdrawn, and second choice acceptances go out to replace them. This
process continues until the entire programme is confirmed.

If you haven't received an acceptance do not despair just yet, there
may be quite a few second choices as many submissions were dependent on
scholarships. It's hard to say at this stage how many will withdraw.

As confirmations come in, they are added to the programme page on the
wiki: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme

If you have any questions about the programme don't hesitate to ask me.
However, I won't be making any alterations until after the programme is
confirmed.

Average first choice score was something like 8.93/10, I think we have
an excellent programme to look forward to!

*Edward Saperia*
Chief Coordinator Wikimania London http://www.wikimanialondon.org
email e...@wikimanialondon.org • facebook
http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia • twitter
http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia • 07796955572
133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG

On 3 June 2014 09:29, Hay (Husky) hus...@gmail.com wrote:

Any news on the acceptances?

-- Hay

On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 4:23 PM, HaeB haebw...@gmail.com wrote:
Somebody else has now helpfully updated the April 30 date at
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions to read Delayed
until June.

Regards, HaeB (T. Bayer)

2014-05-27 7:25 GMT-07:00 Edward Saperia e...@wikimanialondon.org:
Hi all,

A completed proposal for the programme is being reviewed by the
programme
committee, and we hope to start sending out acceptances very soon.
Apologies
for the delay and poor communication - I'll update the submissions
page.

Edward Saperia
Chief Coordinator Wikimania London
email • facebook • twitter • 07796955572
133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG

On 27 May 2014 15:07, Cristian Consonni kikkocrist...@gmail.com
wrote:

Hi all,

according to this page[1] acceptance of proposal for Wikimania
session
should have been sent out on April, 30th.

Since I have made a submission[2] I was wondering if I may have
missed
some e-mails (including rejection e-mails, eventually). The
schedule[3] does not give any additional information at the moment.

Maybe the process of proposal approval is late? Do other people
having
submitted their proposal have some info? Is it just me?

Thanks and ciao,

[1] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions
[2]

https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_encyclopedia_and_the_map:_How_Wikipedia_and_OpenStreetMap_can_collaborate
[3] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Registration payment options

2014-06-04 Thread Richard Symonds

Roan,

I don't mean to sound daft, but Chip  PIN cards are (at least here)
MasterCard/Visa
cards with 16-digit numbers. The two are the same?

The reason people are cautious about giving out bank details is because of
things like this:
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/permalink/clarksons_account_gets_hacked/
...

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operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).

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On 4 June 2014 18:58, Roan Kattouw roan.katt...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Jun 4, 2014 10:37 AM, Michael Snow wikipe...@frontier.com wrote:
 
  On 6/4/2014 10:14 AM, Joseph Fox wrote:
 
  Pretty sure the difference is that in the US, “debit cards” as we Brits
 know them are rare.
 
  Not at all, debit cards are a routine feature for checking accounts in
 the US. But yes, if your debit card has a logo for one of the big payment
 processors, then most merchants displaying that logo should be able to
 accept it, even if their transactions use a credit function rather than the
 debit function.
 
 The problem is that in many continental European countries,
 MasterCard/Visa cards with 16-digit numbers etc are things that most people
 don't have. Payments are made using chipPIN cards or bank transfer.

 I've always been baffled by how hesitant UK-based individuals and
 companies are to give me their bank account information (so I can send them
 money), citing security concerns.

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Two years to plan and implement Wikimania

2014-03-24 Thread Richard Symonds

+1. Ellie's suggestion makes a lot of sense.
On 24 Mar 2014 21:02, Ellie Young eyo...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 For 2016 bids, I was in fact thinking we should open bids right after
 Wikimania in London is over and have a decision by next Fall.   Will
 propose this to the Steering Committee.

 I hope everyone is getting in touch with the hosts to give them input this
 week on their bids.   The jury committee will be delving into its review in
 the coming weeks.   Input from the community now to the individual bidders
 now will help them to refine things a bit more.

 Thanks, Ellie


 On Mar 24, 2014, at 1:54 PM, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote:

  I like this idea.  One of the current bids is already doing this
  (bidding for 2016, not 2015).
 
  On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo)
  nemow...@gmail.com wrote:
  It's proposed to open up *now* the bidding for Wikimania 2016, in order
 to
  have 2 years' time for planning and implementation.
  See
  
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania#Two_years_to_plan_and_implement_Wikimania
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Child care

2014-02-28 Thread Richard Symonds

I think if there was a minimum level of demand, then it's something that
could be considered. However, this is the first time that it's been raised
regarding Wikimania 2014, so  a decisions would have to be taken based on
the level of demand. It would be terrible for inclusivity if a large number
of parents couldn't attend because of childcare issues. I have cced in
Stuart Prior who is the UK Wikimania Liaison - please let him know if this
is something that you would use.

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On 28 February 2014 17:09, rupert THURNER rupert.thur...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi, do you plan to offer some kind of child care during wikimania?

 Best
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Re: [Wikimania-l] A note for further Wikimanias

2013-08-13 Thread Richard Symonds

Indeed - a lot of HK food is deep-fried. I myself tend to avoid it for that
reason - although my wife thrives on it! All these ideas are ones that we'd
really like put down somewhere, though, I'd urge you to all edit the page
at http://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Brainstorming.

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On 13 August 2013 12:54, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote:


 On 13 Aug 2013 16:14, Maarten Dammers maar...@mdammers.nl wrote:
 
  Hi Raul,
 
  Good points.
 
  Op 12-8-2013 15:11, Raul Veede schreef:
 
  Otherwise, bye and thanks for all the fish.
 
  Adding to that: More food and better management about expectations. If I
 would have known the beach party wouldn't have enough food and the only
 food the have was deep fried junk food, I would have gone out for dinner
 early and join the beach party a bit later. Insisting that more food is
 coming and than coming up with small bowls of deepfried crap wasn't useful
 at all.

 Ouch. (Almost certainly the worst insult to Hong Kong food culture I've
 heard from a Wikimedian.)

 
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Re: [Wikimania-l] UK Visa Bond

2013-06-27 Thread Richard Symonds

Indeed, this hasn't made the news very much in the UK, and I can't find any
mention of it on government websites... My understanding is that, under the
plans, high risk (and first time) entrants from particular countries will
need to pay a bond/surety in order to enter. However, the UK government is
currently a slightly shaky coalition - very unusual for British politics -
and it appears that this policy is being reconsidered, after the minority
party in the coalition raised concerns. See
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/25/nick-clegg-visa-bond-theresa-may for
more - the entire plan may well be scrapped, or the fee dropped to a
sensible level. London is a very diverse city - my local area has Bengali
as a first language (about 80% speak it) - and so understandably this
policy is not very popular in the capital.

The bid team (who are independent from, but friendly with, Wikimedia UK)
are working closely with London Partners, who are the official tourist
agency for London. LP deal in part with fast-tracking visa applicants from
around the world to bring them to major UK events - LP are very, very keen
on bringing Wikipedia to London, and they have the backing of the UK
government to do so. They already have the connections and the experience
needed to make this happen - they did it for the Olympics and other major
events, and I am certain they will do it for Wikimania if they have to.

Sufficed to say that although we can't *promise* anything - I can assure
you that the bid team will do everything they can feasibly do to help bring
people to London. I will bring this up with the bid co-ordinators when next
I meet them.

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On 27 June 2013 20:59, Roan Kattouw roan.katt...@gmail.com wrote:

On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Nkansah Rexford
nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote:
The news item:

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/after-india-protests-uk-says-no-final-decision-on-rs-2-7-lakh-visa-bond-384665

The government intends to run a pilot scheme for such bonds, tightly
targeted at a small number of visa applicants assessed to pose a high
risk of overstaying.

That suggests that they'll only ask for a bond from people that are
from those countries *and* are deemed to be high-risk, not from
everyone from those countries. I would guess that in the current
system (without bonds), these people would be very likely to have
their visa denied anyway.

That said, the news articles I've read about this aren't very clear,
which suggests the government hasn't been very clear about what its
plans are.

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Re: [Wikimania-l] WORKING ON TEMPLATES

2012-09-19 Thread Richard Symonds

Oarabile,

Have a look at  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:A_quick_guide_to_templates
for starters. If you have any other questions, it's best to direct them to
i...@wikimedia.org - they'll be answered better there!

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 Helo Wikimedians kindly requesting for some tutorials or guidelines on how
 to work on templates.I want to create templates for our local page
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Just to clarify

2012-08-26 Thread Richard Symonds

I'd just like to back Chris up on this, as Wikimedia UK's 'Finance Man',
for want of a better word. We're tasked with coming up with an activity
plan to be agreed on September 8 this year. We've been asking the community
to come up with various ideas, for a fully volunteer-driven plan. You can
see these ideas - some of them very crazy - at
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2013_Activity_Plan/Ideas. I for one suggested
a six-month Free Content Canal Barge to travel around the UK. Others have
suggested new skins for Wikipedia, a photo-scanning centre, a 'donate your
content when you die' legally binding will - lots of very exciting ideas!
Sufficed to say, not all of them are sensible, and not all of them are
workable - but they're all very individualistic and represent the very best
of crowdsourcing ideas.

When we came up with the 'basic plan' in the WMUK office, we had to come up
with something that seemed relatively sensible to spark off ideas for the
community to work off. Part of that was myself and the Chief Exec throwing
out 'ballpark figures' for the WMUK membership and the WMUK board to
discuss. One of those ballpark figures was £40k for the UK if it wins a
Wikimania 2014 bid, or alternatively putting £40k towards the 2014
Wikimania wherever it may be - in the form of travel grants, a better
venue, better accommodation or something similar. As Chris says, our
Financial Year is February-January, so we have to plan for what would
happen if the community's (and it is community led - see
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2014_bids/London) London Bid is
successful.

What I'm saying, is that this budget is a *work in progress*, and it's one
that we want the wider community - and the WMUK membership - to lead on. If
you don't think that planning a £40k spend on a confirmed 2014 bid is a
good idea, then say so, but please propose something else! Perhaps there's
an opportunity for a joint UK-Danish project to cover the Faroe and
Shetland Islands - or a joint WMUK-DE-RU project to cover 'Peace and
Reconciliation' - as the cities of Coventry, Dresden and Volgograd
(Stalingrad) were some of the first 'twin cities' in existence.

All the best,


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On 26 August 2012 22:36, Joseph Fox josephfoxw...@gmail.com wrote:

 Yeah, I didn't think it'd be £40,000 budgeted purely for the bid (which
 let's face it is really a tourst's guide to whatever city, and a list of
 stuff you think you might get).

 If you do decide to spend £40,000 on the bid, I'm available for the
 position ;)

 Joe

 On 26 August 2012 22:02, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote:

 Just to clarify Wikimedia UK's position regarding Wikimania 2014.

 So far the Wikimedia UK board has made no decisions and received no
 proposals regarding Wikimania 2014 - spending money on it or otherwise.

 What we do have is a section in the current draft of the 2013 activity
 plan suggesting allocating £40,000 for Wikimania 2014. This draft is
 currently up for community consultation before we discuss it at our
 September board meeting. As a result of the discussion there we will
 develop a proposal to vote on, and whatever is accepted, we will then send
 to the FDC; how the FDC will respond, no-one knows. Then when we know the
 FDC's opinion, we will have another version, and then when the fundraiser
 out-turn is known in January there will be a further iteration before our
 actual 2013 budget is finalised. So there is plenty of work left to do on
 this. What's more, since our financial year runs from February and bid
 selection is in April it's inevitable that most of any budget allocation we
 make for Wikimania would be for *after* a successful bid, rather than
 before it.

 While I can understand why this it a topic of interest, I'm not sure
 there is any need to get worked up about it. We make a conscious effort to
 do our planning as openly as possible, and share early drafts of documents
 with the community for input. We are also unable to reject proposals that
 have not yet been made. Please think carefully about whether shouting at us
 as a result is a good idea ;-)

 Personally I hope that we end up with a very strong, volunteer-led,
 London bid which will be successful and that Wikimedia UK will be able to
 support Wikimania 2014 in every way possible - but there is still a very
 long way to go yet.

 Many thanks,

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Why?

2012-07-15 Thread Richard Symonds

Too much rum? (Or too little)?
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On 15 July 2012 02:35, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote:

 Probably you decided to go there at some point. If someone kidnapped you
 and took you there, I suggest to contact the conference hotline. But even
 though you may not remember, the first sounds way more likely.

 2012/7/15 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com

  I have just got back to my hotel from a wannabe goth night club. Can
 anyone explain to me what the hell I was doing in a wannabe goth night club
 in the middle of DC? Anyone?

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Alternative night out?

2012-07-12 Thread Richard Symonds

Some of us walk slower by necessity ;-)

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On 12 July 2012 17:54, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:



 On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Richard Symonds 
 richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 Dupont circle is half an hour away :-(

 Richard Symonds


 It's not - you can walk there in 10-15 minutes from Marvin Center.

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Alternative night out?

2012-07-12 Thread Richard Symonds

Me, and possibly Panyd if it's not too far. I'm trying to track down the
other people in the hotel - there are ten or twenty of us - but we're a bit
scattered!

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On 12 July 2012 18:01, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote:

 It is if your starting point is State Plaza Hotel - 15min south of the
 venue!

 Richard - who else on this side are looking for an alternative party? ;)
 On Jul 12, 2012 5:54 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:



 On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Richard Symonds 
 richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 Dupont circle is half an hour away :-(

 Richard Symonds


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[Wikimania-l] free slurpies!

2012-07-11 Thread Richard Symonds

Just saw on the weather channel that Slurpies are free today between 11 and
7 at the 7-11. Might want to double check before you go, but if it's true,
it's worth dropping by, as it's only a minute from the venue, and slurpies
are great for the heat!

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[Wikimania-l] Hard Disk Failure

2012-07-11 Thread Richard Symonds

Hi all,

My wife's (User:Panyd, who wears the tricorn hat) laptop's hard drive has
failed - it isn't recognised by the laptop when it boots up. We've run
system restore, etc, and tried to ham-fistedly get it working, but nothing
has been successful!

Does anyone have a spare CD which we could boot up the laptop from, or any
suggestions as to what we could do next? Everything else on the laptop is
in working order.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give us!

All the best,

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Official Wikimania Happy Hour – RSVP Today!

2012-07-11 Thread Richard Symonds

James,

Me and Panyd have just registered, but it says we need to print tickets or
use their app - is this the case, or can we just show them the confirmation
email?

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On 11 July 2012 13:57, James Hare james.h...@wikidc.org wrote:

 Wikimania 2012's opening plenary is tomorrow and we’re excited for the
 amazing presentations, panels, and workshops we have in store for
 everyone.

 Zoomph’s powering our social media engagements all conference long by
 displaying tweets on screen throughout the event. Use the hashtag
 #Wikimania to see your Tweets on the Zoomph display screens!

 And don’t forget to RSVP to the Official Wikimania Happy Hour
 sponsored by Zoomph on Thursday, July 12. Space is limited so be sure
 to RSVP to reserve your spot today!

 What: WIKIMANIA OFFICAL HAPPY HOUR sponsored by ZOOMPH
 Free drinks, DJ, prizes, and more!
 Where: Tonic
 2036 G Street NW
 Washington, DC 20052
 When: Thursday, July 12th 5-8PM
 RSVP here: http://wikimaniahappyhour.eventbrite.com

 Follow @Zoomph_Inc to get free drink tickets, Wikimania 2012 giveaways
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 Learn more at Zoomph.com.

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Hard Disk Failure

2012-07-11 Thread Richard Symonds

A slightly chipped HP Pavilion dv6, with Windows 7 and added cracks.

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On 11 July 2012 16:25, Steven Zhang szh...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 What sort of computer is it?

 Steve Zhang

 Sent from my iPhone

 On 11/07/2012, at 3:17 PM, Richard Symonds 
 richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 Hi all,

 My wife's (User:Panyd, who wears the tricorn hat) laptop's hard drive has
 failed - it isn't recognised by the laptop when it boots up. We've run
 system restore, etc, and tried to ham-fistedly get it working, but nothing
 has been successful!

 Does anyone have a spare CD which we could boot up the laptop from, or any
 suggestions as to what we could do next? Everything else on the laptop is
 in working order.

 Thanks in advance for any help you can give us!

 All the best,

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Hard Disk Failure

2012-07-11 Thread Richard Symonds

The issue is that the hard drive may not actually be connected: we've
spotted a crack on the bottom of the laptop, and think that the hard drive
may have disconnected, ie, become unplugged, from the rest of the laptop
as a result of that. Installing anything won't be possible until we can get
something running to find out if the hard drive is broken, or just
unplugged.

I'm running some tools on it at the moment to see if something fixes it.
Who knows! I might just get lucky!

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On 11 July 2012 17:06, Andrew Lih and...@andrewlih.com wrote:

 Highly recommend trying to run SpinRite 6 on it if you can (and assuming
 you have an optical drive on the computer). Track me down at Wikimania if
 you need to try it out, or Twitter: Fuzheado.

 -Andrew


 On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Richard Symonds 
 richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 A slightly chipped HP Pavilion dv6, with Windows 7 and added cracks.

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 On 11 July 2012 16:25, Steven Zhang szh...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 What sort of computer is it?

 Steve Zhang

 Sent from my iPhone

 On 11/07/2012, at 3:17 PM, Richard Symonds 
 richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 Hi all,

 My wife's (User:Panyd, who wears the tricorn hat) laptop's hard drive
 has failed - it isn't recognised by the laptop when it boots up. We've run
 system restore, etc, and tried to ham-fistedly get it working, but nothing
 has been successful!

 Does anyone have a spare CD which we could boot up the laptop from, or
 any suggestions as to what we could do next? Everything else on the laptop
 is in working order.

 Thanks in advance for any help you can give us!

 All the best,

 Richard Symonds
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Unrelenting Heat Wave Bakes All in Its Reach

2012-07-08 Thread Richard Symonds

Hurray! I'm going to Missouri after Wikimania

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On Jul 8, 2012 5:31 PM, Lori Phillips lori.byrd.phill...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Indeed, but note that that is Missouri, not DC and in fact the headline on
 weather.com says... [1]:

 Cooler Days Ahead

 http://www.weather.com/news/weather-forecast/heat-drought-relief-20120704After
 weeks of brutal high temperatures, some areas are finally going to see
 cooler weather.



 It actually looks like it will be beautiful in DC next week! Can't ask for
 better than high 80s in mid July in humid DC! (Note I'm a transplanted
 Northern Virginian, so I'm quite familiar with DC weather.)

 http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/Washington+DC+USDC0001:1:US

 So chin up! and see everyone soon! : )

 Lori

 [1] http://www.weather.com/

 On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Itzik Edri it...@infra.co.il wrote:

 oh, great :)


 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/us/temperatures-soar-as-heat-wave-continues.html

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Re: [Wikimania-l] [WTM] Updated Fri July 6 NYC itinerary

2012-07-06 Thread Richard Symonds

No problem with posting on the UK list from my perspective... rather a lot
of UK members in NY right note!

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On Jul 6, 2012 8:50 PM, Jeremy Baron jer...@tuxmachine.com wrote:

 Hi,

 On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 3:34 PM, HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com wrote:
  My profuse apologies for cross-posting, especially to those of you who
  aren't in New York.

 I wonder why you did then? If you want to make sure other people know
 about the WTM list so they can join it if they like that's fine. But
 some people don't want to join extra new lists and I think also don't
 want to see this on lists where it's not relevant (UK??). (speculation
 but I think I'm right!)

  However, I have now arrived at HI New York (room 414). Is anybody about?
 If
  so, do come say hi. If not, directions on where to meet eeryone and ow to
  spot them would be greatly appreciated. :)

 See the other mail from 3 mins before your own and also see what you
 quoted in your own message. 5pm, Met Museum lobby (~82nd St and 5th
 Ave, up the big front steps)

 See you in an hour or two!

 -Jeremy

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Ohio or Wisconsin lift

2012-07-03 Thread Richard Symonds

Crossing Missouri by Amtrak is an experience! Staff are wonderful, but the
passenger train stops for freight trains, and most stations don't have
platforms. They do have power outlets though, and it's a bit of an
adventure.

Better than taking the Greyhound :-)

Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK
On Jul 4, 2012 12:30 AM, birgitte...@yahoo.com wrote:

  If you don't find a ride, I would heartily endorse Amtrak.  There are
 few services left these days that are truly customer-oriented and easy to
 deal with; Amtrak is one. You can change travel plans last minute-no
 problem and no fees.  You can usually get a cash refund for 90% as long as
 you haven't begun travel. You can get partial refunds, if you take part of
 the trip and want to cancel the rest.  The people are super-helpful. The
 food in the dining car is good to great. They really match the comfort
 level of the cars for the length of the trip.
 
  There main issues are spotty national coverage and, out west, they get
 poor scheduling on the lines. But heading towards Chicago from the east
 coast is Amtrak at its strongest.  D.C. to Chicago is an 18 hour overnight
 trip which is arranged to end up in Chicago around 9 AM. You could get off
 in Ohio in the wee hours travel through Chicago to WI. Chicago is the Rome
 of Amtrak. I rode NYC to Chicago last year and all overnights in the East
 get the same type of cars. The seats basically become lounge chairs with
 full leg support. There are lots of outlets but probably no wi-fi on that
 trip. Cell service will be spotty as you travel through stretches of
 countryside that are lightly populated.
 
  If you take Amtrak, try asking the conductor if any accommodations are
 available when they collects you ticket.  It is bucket pricing, so it is
 too late to book them at the a good price. But if they don't book them or
 someone who did book misses the train, I have heard that the conductor will
 sell them at the lowest bucket (it is based on miles). Accommodations are
 more than just a private sleeping compartment. They will come with meals
 included, plus the sleeping car has showers.  Quality showers. It is well
 worth the upgrade at the lowest bucket price.
 
  Birgitte SB
 
  On Jul 3, 2012, at 12:39 PM, Richard Farmbrough 
 rich...@farmbrough.co.uk wrote:
 
  I am travelling west after Wikimania, are there any Wikimedians driving
 to Ohio or Wisconsin who can offer a lift?  Contribution to gas money
 offered, of course.
 
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Re: [Wikimania-l] What to do on Heathrow?

2012-07-01 Thread Richard Symonds

I believe there may be a fair few Uk Wikipedians in the office on that day!

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On 1 July 2012 11:29, Orsolya Gyenes gyenes.orso...@wiki.media.hu wrote:

 Hello fellow Wikipedians,

 I need some advise from London folks. I will be flying through London
 Heatrow to D.C this coming Saturday but I am going to have a 6-hours long
 connecting time there to kill.

 Could anyone tell what can I do on Heathrow for that amount of time
 besides eating and shopping? Is there anything that I could visit nearby?

 See you all soon!

 *~Orsolya*
 WM 2012 Deputy Program Chair

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Re: [Wikimania-l] What to do on Heathrow?

2012-07-01 Thread Richard Symonds

Sorry, I mean: In the airport with you...

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On 1 July 2012 12:38, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote:

 I believe there may be a fair few Uk Wikipedians in the office on that day!

 Richard Symonds
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 On 1 July 2012 11:29, Orsolya Gyenes gyenes.orso...@wiki.media.hu wrote:

 Hello fellow Wikipedians,

 I need some advise from London folks. I will be flying through London
 Heatrow to D.C this coming Saturday but I am going to have a 6-hours long
 connecting time there to kill.

 Could anyone tell what can I do on Heathrow for that amount of time
 besides eating and shopping? Is there anything that I could visit nearby?

 See you all soon!

 *~Orsolya*
 WM 2012 Deputy Program Chair

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[Wikimania-l] Washington DC region swelters after storm cuts power

2012-06-30 Thread Richard Symonds

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18656648

Just so you all know: because of the weather, I suspect that the Wikimania
team may be a little busy at present!

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Early Bird Registration Extension

2012-04-24 Thread Richard Symonds

Make sure you update  http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page  :-)
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On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Nicholas Michael Bashour 
nicholasbash...@gmail.com wrote:

 Dear All,

 The deadline for early bird-rate registration for Wikimania 2012 has been
 extended through April 30. Regular registration will begin May 1.

 Sincerely,

 Nicholas Michael Bashour
 President
 Wikimedia District of Columbia
 Washington, DC, USA

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Badges

2012-04-23 Thread Richard Symonds

Ladies and gentlemen,

I fear we may be in danger of falling afoul of Parkinson's Law of
Triviality here

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On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote:

 I would recommend putting square brackets (and maybe User:) around the
 username whenever both real name and username are supplied. It's seldom
 immediately obvious which name is the username and which name is the real
 name if you don't speak the other person's mother language!

 Deryck


 2012/4/23 Delphine Ménard notafi...@gmail.com

 On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com
 wrote:
  Dear organizing team,
 
  Thanks for offering 4 check-boxes for the details on the badge! May I
 ask,
  how will the details be presented? I think it'll be a useful piece of
  information for many of us whose username is the same as our real name.
 If
  it looks like
 
  First Last
  username
  project
 
  it'll be a bit redundant for us to have our name written exactly the
 same
  way twice; but if it looks like

 Well, my username has nothing to do with my real name :) So it won't
 be redundant for all :P
 
  First Last
  [[User:Username]]@project

 This said, I think that having: [[Username]] (ie. the brackets around
 the user name) is a nice way to avoid complete redundancy when the
 Username is the same as the First and Last Name.

 Cheers,

 Delphine

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Re: [Wikimania-l] No pre-booked accomodation ?

2012-04-04 Thread Richard Symonds


Would someone be able to give us a rough idea of when that might be?

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On 03/04/2012 18:37, Nicholas Michael Bashour wrote:

Hello Katherine, and other Wikimania attendees!

We were waiting for contracts to be signed before announcing hotels. 
Once the contracts are signed, the hotels have to make a registration 
page dedicated to Wikimania. My understanding is that it takes 2-3 
days following contract signing for the booking to appear online.


Sincerely,

Nicholas Michael Bashour
President
Wikimedia District of Columbia
Washington, DC, USA

2012/4/3 Katherine Casey fluffernutter.w...@gmail.com 
mailto:fluffernutter.w...@gmail.com


It would be helpful if you could give us a sense of how soon
shortly is. This week? This month?

-Fluffernutter


On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 1:19 PM, James Hare messedroc...@gmail.com
mailto:messedroc...@gmail.com wrote:

We will be announcing our hotels shortly.

Sincerely,
James Hare
Coordinator, Wikimania 2012

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Sylvain Boissel
sylvain.bois...@wikimedia.fr
mailto:sylvain.bois...@wikimedia.fr wrote:
 Hello,

 I am used that the organizing team books hotel rooms for
attendees, so that
 one does not have to look for himself, or find someone to
share a room,
 wonder how to go from the hotel to the venue, etc. You just
choose your
 accomodation when registering.

 But it looks like this time we are on our own, as it is written
 Accommodations will be handled separately from
registration. More details
 are supposed to be available soon (since January in fact)

 What are those details (a list of hotels (and we manage
everything by
 ourselves) or an accomodation form (and the organizing team
manages the
 booking)) and when will they be available? Wikimedia is in
100 days from
 now,


 Regards,
 Sylvain.

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