[Wikimedia-SF] Join the Wikipedia volunteer response team
Hi all, This email list is full of knowledgeable, helpful Wikipedians/Wikimedians. Would you like to join the volunteer team that responds to incoming email requests about Wikipedia articles, etc.? For instance, the subjects of articles reporting factual errors or defamation, or submitting photos of themselves. It's important and rewarding work. If this sounds interesting, see below! -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] Begin forwarded message: > From: Casey Brown > Date: February 2, 2013 11:00:52 AM PST > To: Wikimedia Mailing List , English > Wikipedia , Wikimedia Commons Discussion List > , Wikipedia mailing list > > Subject: [Wikipedia-l] Call for OTRS volunteers > Reply-To: Wikipedia mailing list > > The Wikimedia OTRS team[1] is receiving an increasing number of > emails, with almost 55,000 general information and permissions tickets > responded to in 2012 alone.[2] We are greatly in need of more > volunteers to catch up and help prevent continued backlog. OTRS > volunteers have the benefit of choosing how much time they'd like to > commit and share a wide variety of tools to help when responding to > inquires. Your private information would not be exposed to the public; > replies are issued from a shared Wikimedia email address. > > We are looking especially for people who are strong in any or all of > the following areas: > > * Familiar with processes on any Wikimedia project and able to answer > routine questions about them (some common responses include reference > desk referrals; explanations of deletion processes or how to edit. The > kind of thing you might run into at the Teahouse or Help desks); > > * Familiar with acceptable licenses for images and text and willing to > handle correspondence related to permissions (many routine, but some > issues include unclear statements of permission or permissions issued > by people who can't be clearly connected to the source); > > * Familiar with policies regarding living people and organizations and > able to assist article subjects with lightweight needs (updating > logos, correcting small information) or serious concerns (allegations > of gross inaccuracy; bias). > > For more information about volunteering, please see the recruiting > page[3] on Meta. Being a member of the OTRS team is a great chance to > be part of the public face of Wikimedia. We can't always help people, > but we do our best to leave them impressed with our professionalism > and responsiveness. If this sounds like something you'd be interested > in, we encourage you to consider applying[4]. > > While the English queues are the busiest, the info queues for all > languages could use help, and we are always looking for new > volunteers. Please translate this message and pass the word along to > those in your local communities who may wish to apply. > > We look forward to seeing your applications on Meta-Wiki. If you have > any questions, please feel free to contact myself or any other > administrator of the system.[5] > > For the OTRS admins, > Casey Brown > > [1]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OTRS > [2]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OTRS/Reports/2012 > [3]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OTRS/Recruiting > [4]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OTRS/Volunteering > [5]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OTRS#OTRS_administrators > > -- > Casey Brown (Cbrown1023) > caseybrown.org > > ___ > Wikipedia-l mailing list > wikipedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] German Wikipedia mini edit-a-thon in San Francisco this Saturday
Hi Leonard, excellent, you are very welcome to join. I have sent you details offlist. 2013/2/1 Leonard G. Barton : > Greetings: > > I would be quite interested in participating, but I am not at all fluent in > German. My work with the German WP was working in submitting images to the > Bilderwerkstatt and in some work on the German pressure gauge article - my > Google translation was not initially well received, but ultimately > successful (I should have posted it on the talk page rather than into the > article, subsquent editors did correct it to an acceptable level._ > > I would be particularly interested in assisting in any German translation > of an article that I for the English WP (Eastern span replacement of the San > Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge). > > Alternatively (or in addition) I would enjoy assisting in helping newbies > with wiki markup, but this would necessarily be in the English language, > given my limited language capabilities. > > If you think that my participation is not suitable for this workshop feel > free to so state, you won't hurt my feelings. Otherwise, I will make it a > point to show up, as I am interested in connecting with German speakers, as > I may in the future be working on extending my language capabilities. > > Thank you, and best wishes, > > Leonard. > > > From: HaeB > To: San Francisco Bay Area Wikimedians > Sent: Friday, February 1, 2013 12:36 AM > Subject: [Wikimedia-SF] German Wikipedia mini edit-a-thon in San Francisco > this Saturday > > Hi all, > > a handful of German Wikipedia editors from the Bay Area are going to > meet this Saturday, February 2, from 9am until about 12am in the WMF > offices at 149 New Montgomery Street in SF, to join a kind of > multi-city edit-a-thon held on the German Wikipedia on that day: > https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Musketiere > (Basically, that event was recently conceived as a collaborative > effort to help other editors in all kinds of wiki tasks, with only two > rules: 1) No work on one's "own" articles 2) Relax and be nice ;) , > and those who initiated it named it somewhat whimsically after the > Three Musketeers - "all for one, one for all".) > > It's envisaged to be a small group in SF (we have four and a half > confirmed participants so far, plus other German Wikipedians living in > the US joining remotely per Google Hangout), but anyone editing the > German Wikipedia - or interested in doing do - is welcome to come by. > Email me offlist for details. > > Regards, HaeB (Tilman) > > ___ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf > > > > ___ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf > ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
