Re: [Wikitech-l] [Toolserver-l] Amsterdam Hackathon 2013
Hello, We would like to know how to obtain a travel scholarship to Amsterdam Hackathon 2013. We are confused as Wikimedia events are out of scope for participation grant http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation_Grants#Wikimedia-organized_events and I read that the GlamCamp Amsterdam 2011 Travel Scholarships was withdrawn *at request of WMF in order that the individual applicants can apply for the new Participation Grants system* * * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:WM_NL/GLAMcamp_Amsterdam_travel_scholarships -- Butch Bustria Philippines -- The information contained in this message is privileged and intended only for the recipients named. If the reader is not a representative of the intended recipient, any review, dissemination or copying of this message or the information it contains is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender, and delete the original message and attachments. Please consider the environment before printing this email. On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:52 AM, Sumana Harihareswara suma...@wikimedia.org wrote: On 12/01/2012 07:43 AM, Maarten Dammers wrote: Hi everyone, Unlike previous years the big European Hackathon won't be in Berlin, but in Amsterdam. We're aiming to do the hackathon in May 2013 with a preference for the weekend of Saturday the 25th. To make sure this is a good weekend I've set up a straw poll at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Hackathon_2013#Straw_Poll . Please fill it out so we can finalize the date! Thank you, Maarten Wikimedia Nederland Ps. Please forward to any relevant lists I might have missed. Maarten -- am I right in inferring that the date is SOLIDLY SET now for May 24-26 2013? :-) -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] MediaWiki Event in the Philippines
Thanks for the suggestion Quim and Harsh. We can organize a hangout at any Saturday of our choice (starting Feb 16). Though we are aware of the bountiful of materials available on the web, we are facing a challenge of making it simpler (like infographics) to persons starting to learn mediawiki. When we provide the tutorial links to our potential students, they are overwhelmed. So making it like a typical workshop module (like Session 1, Session 2.. etc) is a good strategy. -- Roman Butch Bustria Jr. Philippines -- The information contained in this message is privileged and intended only for the recipients named. If the reader is not a representative of the intended recipient, any review, dissemination or copying of this message or the information it contains is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender, and delete the original message and attachments. Please consider the environment before printing this email. On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 2:10 AM, Harsh Kothari harshkothari...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Butch and Quim I think Hangout will be one option for doing such type of activity. any expert can address via Hangout. Thanks Harsh On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Quim Gil q...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hello Butch! On 01/24/2013 01:07 PM, Butch Bustria wrote: Hello, Last January 12, some web technology enthusiasts attend the first MediaWiki meetup / orientation in Makati City, Philippines. Here is the photo from fb: https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.**akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/** 71495_10151206726144397_**1656935086_n.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/71495_10151206726144397_1656935086_n.jpg I saw that picture and was happily surprised. Thank you for sharing! We RT/reshared through https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Social_media https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Social_media Part of the things discussed is having a workshop for aspiring developers. Since our community is in its infancy and there is scarcity of subject matter experts, may we ask your assistance in planning and developing this outreach workshop. Part of the assistance include: 1. Having a resource speaker / guru to train and assist our future local tech trainers This is a good chance for an independent / 3rd party MediaWiki expert. At the Wikimedia Foundation we don't have anybody dedicated to a task like this. Please consider to define a proposal to organize such training in Philippines and get it funded through the appropriate channel at https://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Grants:Start https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start I don't know if there is a way to get participation support for attending http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**Amsterdam_Hackathon_2013 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Hackathon_2013but that could be another option to get one person of your team well connected with the rest of the community. 2. Creation of a workshop module that include exercises and practice tests As far as I know we don't have (and we would wish to have) a Training landing page pointing to all the useful and up to date resources. There is plenty of materials and wiki pages, but it's not trivial to find them, identify the ones that still valid and relevant and use them coherently through a training program. Then again maybe this is a chance for somebody willing to take this task, and there might be opportunities for granting. NOTE: I'm not involved in any of the grants activities but if someone asks me I will definitely express my support for initiatives improving our documentation and training materials. Depending on the outcome of our plan, we are targeting to have this started this April in time on our Summer break. Summer in the Philippines coincides with Spring in other places in the northern hemisphere. If you move fast you might get a fast response. It won't be easy but you are pointing to a need that I'm sure other locations have as well. By the way, please consider the creation of a MediaWiki Group in your city. Proposing a group is easy and it will help connecting your efforts to the rest of the community. https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Groups https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Groups https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Groups/Proposals https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Groups/Proposals -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**User:Qgil http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil __**_ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- Harsh Kothari Engineering Trainee, Physical Research Laboratory. Follow Me
[Wikitech-l] MediaWiki Event in the Philippines
Hello, Last January 12, some web technology enthusiasts attend the first MediaWiki meetup / orientation in Makati City, Philippines. Here is the photo from fb: https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/71495_10151206726144397_1656935086_n.jpg Part of the things discussed is having a workshop for aspiring developers. Since our community is in its infancy and there is scarcity of subject matter experts, may we ask your assistance in planning and developing this outreach workshop. Part of the assistance include: 1. Having a resource speaker / guru to train and assist our future local tech trainers 2. Creation of a workshop module that include exercises and practice tests Depending on the outcome of our plan, we are targeting to have this started this April in time on our Summer break. Summer in the Philippines coincides with Spring in other places in the northern hemisphere. Thank you. -- Butch Bustria Manila, Philippines -- The information contained in this message is privileged and intended only for the recipients named. If the reader is not a representative of the intended recipient, any review, dissemination or copying of this message or the information it contains is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender, and delete the original message and attachments. Please consider the environment before printing this email. ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
[Wikitech-l] Bikol Wikipedia logo issue
Hello, Can you help us fix the Wikipedia Logo on bcl.wikipedia.org ? The local community is asking for assistance. -- Roman Butch Bustria Jr. Vice President (2012-2013) Wikimedia Philippines Inc. -- The information contained in this message is privileged and intended only for the recipients named. If the reader is not a representative of the intended recipient, any review, dissemination or copying of this message or the information it contains is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender, and delete the original message and attachments. Please consider the environment before printing this email. ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Offline Sandbox, IP address limit, etc.
I hope it will be developed for use of an average person who simply just want to create an article offline and on the go and then upload it once it is complete. -- Roman Butch Bustria Jr. Vice President (2012-2013) Wikimedia Philippines Inc. -- The information contained in this message is privileged and intended only for the recipients named. If the reader is not a representative of the intended recipient, any review, dissemination or copying of this message or the information it contains is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender, and delete the original message and attachments. Please consider the environment before printing this email. On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Antoine Musso hashar+...@free.fr wrote: Le 03/07/12 00:41, Platonides a écrit : You can use a local mediawiki install as sandbox. Yeah lets revive the MediaWiki on a stick project :) http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Wiki_on_a_stick -- Antoine hashar Musso ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
[Wikitech-l] Offline Sandbox, IP address limit, etc.
Hello Everyone, Good day! When we had our first official out of town outreach project in Naga City, about 300 km south of Manila, we encountered a problem when 50+ students, librarians and professors attempt to create an account with the Bikol Wikipedia. Apparently it only allows 6 applications per IP in 24 hours. Is there a creative way to have not experience the same issue in our future outreach projects? Say one school has one public IP address but many attempt to register? Another, we would like to ask if we can have a possibility to have an client software that can perform to do sandbox editing for those who wants to learn to edit Wikipedia but offline? There will be places we would visit that has computers with no stable internet connection but willing to contribute to Wikipedia. Say edit and export it as xml and then upload that article in Wikipedia in bulk? Your inputs are valuable to us. -- Roman Butch Bustria Jr. Vice President (2012-2013) Wikimedia Philippines Inc. -- The information contained in this message is privileged and intended only for the recipients named. If the reader is not a representative of the intended recipient, any review, dissemination or copying of this message or the information it contains is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender, and delete the original message and attachments. Please consider the environment before printing this email. ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Re: [Wikitech-l] Offline Sandbox, IP address limit, etc.
Thanks for that info. We will do that thing in the future. Hopefully there could be a development of an offline sandbox for Wikipedia starters. Developing countries need those especially in areas with little, or no stable internet connection. -- Roman Butch Bustria Jr. Vice President (2012-2013) Wikimedia Philippines Inc. -- The information contained in this message is privileged and intended only for the recipients named. If the reader is not a representative of the intended recipient, any review, dissemination or copying of this message or the information it contains is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender, and delete the original message and attachments. Please consider the environment before printing this email. On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 12:22 AM, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: 2012/7/2 Butch Bustria bu...@wikimedia.org.ph: Is there a creative way to have not experience the same issue in our future outreach projects? Say one school has one public IP address but many attempt to register? The best solution that you currently have is this: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/How_to_request_lift_of_an_IP_cap -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
