Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikimedia-l] Subject for Wikimedia Hackathon(s) 2014-2015: CoSyne

2014-08-06 Thread Rachel Farrand
Yep, if you look at the Hackathon schedule you should see that it has been
scheduled for Thursday afternoon at 2pm. Hope you can make it!


On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 3:03 AM, Emeric Vallespi 
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Does anyone have planned a meeting during Wikimania about next Hackathon's
> organization ?
> I believe it would be useful to know who of us still want to organize,
> after informations which was forwarded by former organizers, and how we
> could collaborate to choose the next (co-)organizer.
>
> I will be around the Wikimania Hackathon this afternoon and tomorrow, let
> me know if you're interested with this discussion.
> (Jean-Frederic & Sylvain are also available)
>
> --
> Emeric Vallespi
> Vice-treasurer
> Wikimedia France
>
> emeric.valle...@wikimedia.fr
> Twitter: @evallespi
>
>
>
> On 16 juil. 2014, at 21:00, Emeric Vallespi 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > WMFr is still thinking about organizing Wikimedia Hackathon in 2015. We
> are currently identifying the technical, financial and especially human
> resources needed to make it a success.
> >
> > Frans, could you provide me/us your documentation or the link (Meta ?) ?
> It would be very useful.
> >
> > Wikimedia France really wants to organize an international event in 2015.
> >
> > Anyway, we believe that if another chapter wants to organize Hackathon
> it could be a waste of time for one of us to position our proposals against
> until the result.
> >
> > So if a sister entity positions herself clearly and seriously to
> organize Wikimedia Hackathon we can discuss it.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > --
> > Emeric Vallespi
> > Vice-Treasurer
> > Wikimedia France
> >
> > emeric.valle...@wikimedia.fr
> > Twitter: @evallespi | Mob. +33 (0)6 61151312
> >
> > On 14 juil. 2014, at 20:38, Frans Grijzenhout 
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Balázs, WMNL hosted the international hackaton in 2013.
> Documentation is
> >> archived and thus still available and we are more than willing to help
> you
> >> in preparing the international hackaton in 2015.
> >> Regards, Frans
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair
> >> fr...@wikimedia.nl
> >> +31 6 5333 9499
> >> http://www.wikimedia.nl/
> >>
> >> *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland*
> >> *Postadres*: *Bezoekadres:*
> >> Postbus 167   Mariaplaats 3
> >> 3500 AD  Utrecht3511 LH Utrecht
> >>
> >> ABNAMRO NL33 ABNA 0497164833 - Kamer van Koophandel 17189036
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 2014-07-14 16:56 GMT+02:00 Balázs Viczián  >:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> WMHU would be interested in *hosting *a Hackathon in Hungary
> (anywhere) but
> >>> we would need a couple of international volunteers to help filling the
> core
> >>> of event (finding topics and speakers or building up the content in
> >>> general). In exchange, the rest (from side events to the smallest
> details)
> >>> can be left with us :)
> >>>
> >>> Balazs
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 2014-07-14 14:53 GMT+02:00 Frans Grijzenhout :
> >>>
>  Hi Romaine, this is to remind you that the CoSyne project was a
> research
>  project, sponsored by the EU and conducted by different partners. The
>  research has been concluded and the results have been reported early
>  2013..The technical infrastructure has sinds then been dismantled, so
> it
>  will not be that easy to restart CoSyne. Regards, Frans
> 
> 
>  *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair
>  fr...@wikimedia.nl
>  +31 6 5333 9499
>  http://www.wikimedia.nl/
> 
>  *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland*
>  *Postadres*: *Bezoekadres:*
>  Postbus 167   Mariaplaats 3
>  3500 AD  Utrecht3511 LH Utrecht
> 
>  ABNAMRO NL33 ABNA 0497164833 - Kamer van Koophandel 17189036
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  2014-07-09 23:44 GMT+02:00 Romaine Wiki :
> 
> > I doubt if these tools are similar. But I do think they can benefit
> >>> from
> > each other.
> >
> > Romaine
> >
> >
> > 2014-07-09 16:03 GMT+02:00 Antoine Musso :
> >
> >> Le 09/07/2014 14:33, Romaine Wiki a écrit :
> >>> As a subject of one/more hackathons I would like to recommend
> >>> CoSyne
> > [1].
> >>> CoSyne is translation and multilingual synchronisation tool. The
> > project
> >>> was set up by Wikimedia Netherlands together with several
>  universities
> >> and
> >>> other partners, including the EU. The tool makes it possible to
> > translate
> >>> much more easier from one Wikipedia (etc) to another with much
> >>> better
> >>> quality translations than existing translating tools. It does not
> > matter
> >> if
> >>> an article is already written, it is possible with this tool to
>  expand
> >>> existing articles and to update articles with a new section when on
>  one
> >>> Wikipedia this was added. It makes it possible to exchange
>  information
> > in
> >>> more languages and helps 

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikimedia-l] Subject for Wikimedia Hackathon(s) 2014-2015: CoSyne

2014-07-09 Thread Runa Bhattacharjee
On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Antoine Musso  wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> Seems it is very similiar to the content translation Wikimedia i18n team
> is working on:
>
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation
>
> Demo video:
>
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/File:CX_Section_Alignment_Preview_and_Basic_Editing.webm
>
>
Thanks for bringing this up. We are also running testing sessions and
people can sign up through this form[1].

regards
Runa

[1]
https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/forms/d/1yCvPS65eWk9S8uXkksAbDbLsbZQd0ISQKBDFfJnSSo0/viewform

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