I too would prefer Wikimania to be an in-person event rather an online event,
but I agree that Wikimania 2022 needs to be online. As well as all the good
reasons Risker mentions, there is the simple reality that even
double-vaccinated people can both catch and transmit COVID. To come together
Well, as someone who has worked at a number of universities and organised
events at others, I am well aware that many universities are short of cash and
expect to be paid by others to use their facilities so I would not assume that
being “on campus” is a free or low-cost venue for Wikimania. A
Indeed! It is Euro-centric thinking. If I booked a flight today to come to
Wikimania, it would cost me AUD 2218 (USD 1539). If you look at the
whole-of-event cost (that is, not worrying about who is paying for any
particular component), then for an international event, the flights costs are
Perhaps I am missing something in this conversation. The conference website
clearly states what is funded by a scholarship (round trip travel,
accommodation, registration):
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships#Scholarship_details
The accommodation and registration costs will
Yes, the cable car is closed for annual maintenance from Mon 23 July to 5
August, so do not delay your visit until after Wikimania.
https://www.tablemountain.net/blog/entry/cableway-announces-2018-annual-maintenance-dates
Kerry
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> On 14 Jul 2018, at 9:55 pm, Romaine Wiki
Here are the options
https://www.tablemountain.net/content/page/getting-here
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> On 14 Jul 2018, at 8:21 pm, Andy Mabbett wrote:
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> How did you get to Table Mountain from the city centre?
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> Andy Mabbett
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>> On Sat, 14
On 26 May, information was added to the conference website
https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania
about a pre-event (18-19 July) called "Decolonizing the Internet
conference". The link provided
https://whoseknowledge.org/decolonizing-the-internet-conference/
talks
or breakfast in a few minutes, hopefully we
> can meet there? :)
>
> Lodewijk
>
>> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 8:57 PM, Kerry Raymond <kerry.raym...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> When?
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>>> On 10 Aug 2017, at 10:52 am, And
I am on level 4 now.
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> On 11 Aug 2017, at 7:36 am, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> wrote:
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> Hey Kerry,
>
> would be great! I'm headed down for breakfast in a few minutes, hopefully we
> can meet there? :)
>
> Lodewijk
>
>>
ere? :)
>
> Lodewijk
>
>> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 8:57 PM, Kerry Raymond <kerry.raym...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> When?
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
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>>> On 10 Aug 2017, at 10:52 am, André Costa <andre.co...@wikimedia.se> wrote:
&g
When?
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> On 10 Aug 2017, at 10:52 am, André Costa wrote:
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> For any of you who are attending Wikimania this year and already here on
> Thursday please consider joining us for our mini cultural heritage
> edit-a-thon and Wikidata matching workshop!
FWIW, I used GigSky last year when travelling for about 5 weeks in Canada and
USA. They seemed to offer better deals that some of the traditional telcos did
and I found their speed and coverage quite satisfactory. I am planning to use
GigSky again on this visit. Of course you get a better deal
So an organisation P in country Q writes a letter of support to country R to
grant a visa to person S from country T on the basis that organization P thinks
that person S is actually the pseudonymous user U?
I am not surprised immigration officials don't find this an entirely compelling
reason
This observation has been made by a few people (some of them involved in the
scholarship decision-making process) is that past recipients often continue to
out-perform others in terms of the criteria in subsequent years. What hasn’t
been commented on is why this is so?
If we believe that an
Now that’s a good idea!
The possible problem is that the criteria for awarding scholarships does not
necessarily mean any particular competency in video recording (I’m guessing
journalism students might be a bit more capable in this area) but it’s worth a
try.
And why limit it to
As someone who has never attended a Wikimania but would like to, I don’t think
videos are the solution. As someone who has organised conferences and had this
issue of videoing come up, again I don’t think videos are the solution.
Folks who can’t attend events for whatever reason do ask for
I think you put your finger on a key point here. We have a large community of
“totally deserving people” but mostly get little/no recognition of their
contribution.
Most organisations that rely on volunteers have a range of ways to recognising
their efforts. In the world of WMF, other
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