I can understand this very well, I would feel the same. I had refrained
from filing a submission this year, because I would give a talk and lead a
discussion with my inadequate English language abilitys, but I would not
have this documented on video, which is absolutely mandatory for all
The Lodewijk’s proposal puts me in mind of the FOSDEM’s organisation with
semi-decentralised programs: there were main tracks organised by the
main organisers, and developer rooms organised by third-party organisers
(whose a wikis room organized by Quim Gil and others). See the schedule
Simultranslation can be a lot of fun.
We looked into simultranslators a number of years; Buenos Aires had a
complete solution with headsets for attendees. Sometimes we've had a
translator sit next to a presenter. This should be a standard option
for organizers to consider any year.
On Tue,
As currently stands, our budget can't cover this. If someone can figure out
a way of doing it for cheap or free, we may be able to?
*Edward Saperia*
Chief Coordinator Wikimania London http://www.wikimanialondon.org
email e...@wikimanialondon.org * facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/edsaperia
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I think organized translations only make sense if there are significant
amounts of speakers/attendees with a certain language background that do
not speak sufficient English. When you organize Wikimania in an
English-speaking country, I don't think it would be very efficient to
organize
Am 04.04.2014 18:36, schrieb Samuel Klein:
We looked into simultranslators a number of years; Buenos Aires had a
complete solution with headsets for attendees. Sometimes we've had a
translator sit next to a presenter. This should be a standard option
for organizers to consider any year.
So, I guess it could depend on the local situation and what attendees you
expect. Edward, how many people do you currently expect from which
countries? (rough estimate)?
I don't think I can predict this at the moment :/
2014-04-04 18:43 GMT+02:00 Edward Saperia e...@wikimanialondon.org:
On 4 April 2014 19:08, Manuel Schneider manuel.schnei...@wikimedia.ch wrote:
Someone from WMDE reading this who could have a look in the files
(October 2011) to check the costs?
Yes! :) I can try and find out. Most probably not before Monday.
Cheerio,
Nicole
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Nicole Ebber
Leiterin
To Steffen's point, perhaps video documentation can be made opt-out?
A.
2014-04-04 15:02 GMT-07:00 Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de:
On 4 April 2014 19:08, Manuel Schneider manuel.schnei...@wikimedia.ch
wrote:
Someone from WMDE reading this who could have a look in the files
