[Foundation-l] EXTENDED DEADLINE - Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge

2012-04-02 Thread Nicole Ebber
*** Apologies for cross-postings *** CALL FOR PAPERS - Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge. June 29 - July 1, 2012 | Berlin, Germany *** EXTENDED submission deadline: 15 Apr 2012 *** Conference Website: http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Main_Page Submit your papers here:

Re: [Foundation-l] WikiData and Football, WikiData and OpenGovernmentData, 2.9 Mio Eur from European tax payers

2012-04-02 Thread Denny Vrandečić
Hi Andreas, assuming the original data is in a license that can be used in Wikidata, and assuming the Wikidata community wants this data in Wikidata, yes :) The use cases are technically feasible for sure. Cheers, Denny 2012/4/1 Lydia Pintscher lydia.pintsc...@wikimedia.de Hi Andreas On

[Foundation-l] New Project Process

2012-04-02 Thread Samuel Klein
With the launch of the WikiData effort, I am reminded that we should return to our early willingness to experiment with new project ideas. This means both starting new types of projects (like commons, like wikidata!) and closing / archiving / spinning off projects (like the sep11 wiki). Two

Re: [Foundation-l] A discussion list for Wikimedia (not Foundation) matters

2012-04-02 Thread Erik Moeller
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: I think wikimedia-l would work fine and make sense. We probably don't need an additional list, a lot of the lists we have now are lightly used. Picking this up again .. I'll go ahead and make this change on Saturday 4/7, unless