[Wikimania-l] Re: Link

. For example, see here for the Wikipedia Help Desk. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk> Best, Lodewijk On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 9:07 AM Samuel Essien Udo < samuelessienudo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Please I need your help

Re: [Wikimania-l] Friendly Space Policy (was: Sad news)

, but because I don't like how it plays out - at the very least in the perception. But in this, I'm starting to repeat myself. Best, Lodewijk On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 11:03 PM DaB. wrote: > Hello. > Am 29.07.2018 um 19:27 schrieb Chris Keating: > > to make sure everyone is welcome > >

Re: [Wikimania-l] Friendly Space Policy (was: Sad news)

Hi Mina, I intentionally started a new thread to be able to have a more abstract discussion about the general policy. I would highly appreciate it if you won't bring it back to the single case. Thank you. Lodewijk On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 11:48 AM Mina Theofilatou wrote: > People:

[Wikimania-l] Friendly Space Policy (was: Sad news)

aybe the phrasing was never to the standards that they held, maybe it is a recent development. But it's high time to review things together with the wider community. If a policy like this is not supported broadly, I doubt it will ever be a success. Lodewijk On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 5:29 PM De

Re: [Wikimania-l] Sad news

as part of that. Otherwise, it is probably more appropriate to have this online discussion after the conference has concluded, based on the policy and practices as a whole, and not an individual case. Just my two cents... Lodewijk On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 10:15 AM Andy Mabbett wrote: > On 19 July 2018 at 20:

Re: [Wikimania-l] Lack of clarity around the arrangements for "Decolonizing the Internet conference"

ce as pre-conference has a summary that suggests to me that it is not endorsed/organized by the Wikimania organizing team (and I would based on that not expect them to offer registration for it), but that is something the local organizers can perhaps clarify. Best, Lodewijk On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 5:01

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 146, Issue 1

, the timeline of Wikimania is a fragile one with many timelines that need to be coordinated. It will never be perfect - because every time you improve something on the right, something on the left will suffer. Best, Lodewijk On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 7:43 PM, cs wrote: > So in other word’s, The WMF ‘d

Re: [Wikimania-l] Update on Wikimania '18

unnecessarily) and it seems only viable at a level that can be easily extracted from the process (high level). Perhaps someone who knows the scholarship committee's work intimately could comment. Best, Lodewijk On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 10:21 AM, praveenp wrote: > Hi, > > Congratulati

Re: [Wikimania-l] Mini edit-a-thon and Wikidata matching at Wikimania

t; > Siebrand > > Op 11 aug. 2017 om 08:02 heeft Kerry Raymond <kerry.raym...@gmail.com> > het volgende geschreven: > > I am at the hostess station at level B. They will not let me go any > further. Can you come to me please. > > Thanks > > Kerry >

Re: [Wikimania-l] Mini edit-a-thon and Wikidata matching at Wikimania

Hey Kerry, would be great! I'm headed down for 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? > > Sent from my iPad > > On 10 Aug 2017, at 10:52 am,

Re: [Wikimania-l] meetups and evening programmes

Sounds great, be there too :) Just as reminder: it's 1900h in East Drummond - which is right after the WikiWomen Camp discussions or the Community Village reception :) Looking forward to meeting you all! Lodewijk On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 10:07 AM, Leila Zia <le...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Re: [Wikimania-l] Speaker advice thread

Are you volunteering? :) On Aug 7, 2017 5:26 AM, "Samuel Klein" <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would welcome a pool for those who want 1-on-1s to match w someone like > Lodewijk for a run through :) > > --Sam > > On Aug 5, 2017 3:29 PM, "Lodewijk"

Re: [Wikimania-l] Speaker advice thread

(PS: if anyone wants a dry-run of their presentation one-on-one, I'm more than happy to volunteer with 2-3 presenters, either on hangout (monday) or in real life (Wednesday). Reach out to me off-list. If there's more interest, I imagine we could do a pool somewhere on-wiki :) -- Lodewijk ) On Sat

Re: [Wikimania-l] Speaker advice thread

slides before your presentation. That way, you can add the link in your last (or first!) slide, so that people can download it, and read along at their own speed - or jot it down/photograph it for later reviewing. ESPECIALLY if you have lots of data/beautiful graphs! Best, Lodewijk PS: if you like

Re: [Wikimania-l] Personal stories about Wikimedia / free portrait photos

For what its worth (apparently very little), I fully agree with Luca. Please start a different thread about this (and probably on a more suitable list), and I'll happily join in. Lodewijk On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 11:19 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > For what it's worth

Re: [Wikimania-l] Personal stories about Wikimedia / free portrait photos

Hey Kudpong, Those people are still volunteers from the perspective of Wikipedia - they are not being paid by the Wikimedia Foundation. If true, it is a worrying development, but perhaps not a reason for Victor to change his videos. Best, Lodewijk On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 7:45 PM, cs &l

Re: [Wikimania-l] Travel and accommodation questions

Hi Andy, in previous years, the roomshares were only told on arrival - anything before that should probably be considered a bonus :). That being said, in my confirmation email from Sheraton (mid July), my roommate was mentioned. Best, Lodewijk On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 6:12 PM, Andy Mabbett

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections

to start, I suggest you branch off the discussion, into something like 'visa in my country are super easy'. (and this is equally valid for all other people from other countries that like to share about their visa policies) Best, Lodewijk On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 2:09 AM, Gnangarra <gnanga...@gmail.

Re: [Wikimania-l] Preconference - WikiCon North America

not want to impose themselves, but do have expertise they could share, if wanted. Best, Lodewijk On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 1:55 PM, Pharos <pharosofalexand...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Wikimaniacs, > > We'd like to invite folks to submit presentation for WikiConference North > Amer

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections

Please don't. This is privacy sensitive information that might actually hurt people in future visa applications (for example, in another country). If you want to collect such info, I suggest you get someone with the proper privacy clearance with the WMF to collect it, and analyze it. Lodewijk

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections

Hi Jayanta, please be careful to make judgement calls without knowing all the facts. Lodewijk On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 7:07 PM, Jayanta Nath <jayanta...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I don't understand that how WMCA directed by WMF about the VISA > invitation? In visa applicatio

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections

Hi Jean-Philippe, just to be clear: I'm not trying to blame WMCA for anything. 'being able to accomplish that' includes having the expertise and manpower. It would be great if you could help with visa issues, but given the situation, that is just not always possible. Lodewijk On Fri, Jun 23

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 1:24 PM, Stuart Prior <stuart.pr...@wikimedia.org.uk > wrote: > Lodewijk, AFAIK we've never kept track of rejections, but I could find > out. My gut feeling is that there hasn't been a massive variation over the > past 4 years, I think Mexico City wa

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections

. (if memory serves me well, WMIL did a great job in this respect in 2011, for example) Lodewijk On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 12:48 PM, Felix Nartey <flix...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a big issue and I think should be looked into more seriously. > Similar challenges were faced by parti

Re: [Wikimania-l] WMF Scholarships to attend Wikimania

one of the main attention points of organizers :) Even though it may be healthy for some of us, to be for a few hours without wifi. Best Lodewijk On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote: > On 13 May 2017 at 13:06, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonth

Re: [Wikimania-l] WMF Scholarships to attend Wikimania

(responding inline) 2017-04-22 7:41 GMT+02:00 Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com>: > > On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 5:08 AM, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> > wrote: > >> (not responding to a person in particular) >> I'm a little bit at a loss here. The proposal

Re: [Wikimania-l] WMF Scholarships to attend Wikimania

committee to report back with an analysis of the problem and how they went about it - or asking an independent person/persons to sign an NDA, and go into the data, investigate and report back. They could actually go in depth - but it requires a good definition of the problem. Best, Lodewijk 2017-04-21

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wiki (not) Mania?

- which worked fine. People actually appreciated a more unique brand/name) - finally, are there any benefits to keeping Wikimania as a name I see how one can make a case - but without addressing all these questions, such case is imho not complete. Lodewijk 2016-11-07 15:08 GMT+01:00 Luca Martinelli

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wiki (not) Mania?

together in a constructive fashion like this, and then after that, seeing whether there's a widely shared sentiment to change, based on that. Lodewijk 2016-11-03 16:13 GMT+01:00 Luca Martinelli <martinellil...@gmail.com>: > Sorry for my bluntness, but... are we REALLY having this conversation

Re: [Wikimania-l] A Wikimania journal

! Best, Lodewijk 2016-10-22 12:27 GMT+02:00 Gnangarra <gnanga...@gmail.com>: > Its not something that a volunteer could be expected to manage as it would > need a dedicated person with resources to follow up with those involved and > collate all the information > > I woul

Re: [Wikimania-l] Unified Wikimania wiki

The discussion has now been moved to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Forum#Wikimania_wikis apparently, where it will probably also get archived not too distant in the future. I hope someone will post a link here to that archive page. Lodewijk 2016-10-22 11:07 GMT+02:00 Rehman Abubakr

Re: [Wikimania-l] Future Wikimanias

putting together packages of information that are actually of no help to you at this phase of consideration? Best, Lodewijk ps: in your email, it seems part of the last paragraph was removed by accident while editing, maybe you could check whether critical information was supposed to be put

Re: [Wikimania-l] Discussion Room 2017

Hi all, unfortunately I have not spotted a response to this email. Could someone from the 2017 team confirm what is the situation at this point? Or who I should be talking with? Best, Lodewijk 2016-07-07 15:53 GMT+02:00 Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org>: > Hey Marc, all,

Re: [Wikimania-l] warning: T-shirt bleeds color

that goes without saying. In the warm, fuzzy meaning of the word! 2016-07-15 22:24 GMT+02:00 Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org>: > I feel special. > >A. > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> > wrote: > >> M

Re: [Wikimania-l] warning: T-shirt bleeds color

Maybe they only provided no-stain shirts to certain people! 2016-07-15 22:07 GMT+02:00 Reem Al-Kashif : > Hand-washed mine and the water turned blue. > > On 15 July 2016 at 23:00, Joseph Fox wrote: > >> Likewise, I've had no issue with this.

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania - annually, with South Africa in 2018?

Hey Pine, you're diving way into detail here :) Maybe good to have the discussion about scholarship policies separately? Maybe after we agreed on what the goals for a Wikimania should be exactly? Best, Lodewijk 2016-07-11 14:06 GMT+02:00 Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com>: > A few oth

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania - annually, with South Africa in 2018?

Thanks Harry, Ed, Of course London was a bit of an exceptionally big Wikimania - but did you evaluate your effort somewhere, and note what you spent your time on somewhere? Just to get an impression which components take most effort (as Dariusz suggested)? Best, Lodewijk 2016-07-10 20:25 GMT+02

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania - annually, with South Africa in 2018?

conclude that from your emails (the opposite is suggested actually), and also at the discussion in Esino I didn't get the impression everyone was aware of what those flaws exactly were. So hopefully superfluously - pointing it out again. Sorry if I get boring or obnoxious! Best, Lodewijk 2016-07-09 23

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania - annually, with South Africa in 2018?

an international, constructive, interactive and exchanging community. Best, Lodewijk 2016-07-09 21:50 GMT+02:00 Deryck Chan <deryckc...@gmail.com>: > I find it a bit over the top too to have such a letter, so strongly > worded, and signed by so many board chairs. > > It reveals a di

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania - annually, with South Africa in 2018?

Thanks for the clarification, Florence. If I may ask another: the 'interest' expressed, does that refer to interest expressed by South-African Wikimedians, or by the Committee? Best, Lodewijk 2016-07-08 21:38 GMT+02:00 Florence Devouard <fdevou...@gmail.com>: > Le 08/07/16 à 16:

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania - annually, with South Africa in 2018?

to popular belief, july/august 2018 is still quite far from now, so lets see how things develop in the coming months. Thanks for sharing these minutes! Best, Lodewijk 2016-07-08 16:26 GMT+02:00 Chris Keating <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com>: > Thanks Marc. > > So - has the WMF committed

[Wikimania-l] Discussion Room 2017

= the small committee that organised the discussions this year). Feedback seemed rather positive initially (with some suggestions for improvement), but we'll be collecting some more in the upcoming weeks. Best, Lodewijk 2016-07-07 15:23 GMT+02:00 Marc-Andre <m...@uberbox.org>: > Hey, >

Re: [Wikimania-l] Planning for North America track at Wikimania 2017

with that again, it's probably good to dig a bit into that, and gather lessons from the previous years for an optimal experience. Best, Lodewijk 2016-07-07 14:27 GMT+02:00 Lane Rasberry <l...@bluerasberry.com>: > Hello, > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Marc-Andre <m...@uberbox.org>

Re: [Wikimania-l] Planning for North America track at Wikimania 2017

). Also in an Asian context I'd have a hard time imagining why you would make that so specific to that region - except if it is really tied to language. Best, Lodewijk 2016-07-06 19:33 GMT+02:00 Nathan <nawr...@gmail.com>: > > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Lodewijk <lodew...@

Re: [Wikimania-l] Planning for North America track at Wikimania 2017

Still I wonder: what would be the kind of topics you'd like to schedule there that you would /not/ want non-North Americans to participate in? Lodewijk 2016-07-06 19:28 GMT+02:00 Sydney Poore <sydney.po...@gmail.com>: > As Pharos says, my understanding also from discussions was t

Re: [Wikimania-l] Planning for North America track at Wikimania 2017

together. I would find it even more odd to have a whole track dedicated to a region - and it would be without precedent (I think). Best, Lodewijk 2016-07-06 9:06 GMT+02:00 Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com>: > I'm fine with multiple language tracks (most likely including French and

Re: [Wikimania-l] Planning for North America track at Wikimania 2017

. And it gets confusing easily to the participants. Now I *do* see an added value for a French language track... but I guess that'll be of little use to you. Best, Lodewijk 2016-07-06 7:44 GMT+02:00 Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com>: > Hi Wikimania folks (Ellie and the Montreal organizers in p

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania stone plaque ?

on me. The wiki says however: "Esino Lario collaborative space devoted to the associations of the village and named after Wikimania" The artist was there too, I think, but I didn't catch many details. Lodewijk 2016-07-05 23:33 GMT+02:00 phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@gmail.com>: &g

Re: [Wikimania-l] Say MiLLE GRACIE to all Wikimania volunteers

Thanks for clarifying, Manuel. I hope that you'll be able to keep us updated through the process, and not just when it finalizes. (i.e. what steps are planned, etc). I'm confident that notes are being processed though, so I should be patient! Best, Lodewijk 2016-06-28 9:38 GMT+02:00 Manuel

[Wikimania-l] Bus tomorrow from Esino to Varenna or Milan Centrale

Hi, I need to get somewhere tomorrow from Esino to Milan. Do I need to book a shuttle, or is there plenty availability? Where can I book the shuttle? Lodewijk ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimania-l] no laundry service in town...

Hi Lane, several of the appartments have laundry machines. I suggest getting in touch with the desk at piazza italia, maybe one of the owners lets you use theirs. Best, Lodewijk 2016-06-24 10:29 GMT+02:00 Lane Rasberry <l...@bluerasberry.com>: > Hello, > > It seems that ther

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikidata for Absolute Beginners tutorial today at 3:30

is that the museum? 2016-06-23 11:29 GMT+02:00 Ilario Valdelli : > That on Pensa square is full for other two meeting. I think the other. > > Ilario > > > On 23/Giu/2016 11.26.45, Tomasz Ganicz wrote: > > Which collabortaive space? Because there are 2 of them - one

Re: [Wikimania-l] The Weather in Esino Lario

Kong, Mexico). So having a 'cool wikimania' wouldn't be too bad actually! Lodewijk 2016-06-17 20:59 GMT+02:00 Sage Ross <ragesoss+wikipe...@gmail.com>: > The current forecasts say that it might be quite a bit hotter than > usual during Wikimania — as high as 29°C on Thursday, if >

Re: [Wikimania-l] accommodation details

the practical use of a passport anywhere in the EU & some more countries. Best, Lodewijk 2016-06-17 17:27 GMT+02:00 Harry Mitchell <hjmw...@gmail.com>: > I'm pretty sure the airlines won't let you fly without a passport. Don't > know about cross-Channel ferries but I'm pretty sure

[Wikimania-l] accommodation details

ewhere in the village if need be? Thanks for confirming! Best, Lodewijk ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

Re: [Wikimania-l] transport

Hi Martin, are you talking about the airport or the train station? As I understand, the train station is quite small and shouldn't be too hard. Lodewijk 2016-06-15 11:45 GMT+02:00 Martin Rulsch <martin.rul...@wikimedia.de>: > Hi! > > Thanks for answering several question. As f

[Wikimania-l] Round Table Discussions

the session itself). I'm looking forward to a lot (!) of constructive conversations in the 'Primary School' building in Esino Lario. See you there! Best, Lodewijk ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mail

Re: [Wikimania-l] transport booking

to admit, it isn't entirely clear to me either... Lodewijk 2016-06-13 14:24 GMT+02:00 Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk>: > On 13 June 2016 at 12:11, Iolanda Pensa <iola...@pensa.it> wrote: > > to clarify, there are two kind of busses > > > > 1. busses from the

Re: [Wikimania-l] transport - do you still need a ticket from the airport

indeed with alternative options. Best, Lodewijk 2016-06-10 17:30 GMT+02:00 Ellie Young <eyo...@wikimedia.org>: > I have asked the team to add another bus to the Linate schedule if at all > possible, and some other changes per the WMF travel manifest for > scholarships and staf

Re: [Wikimania-l] transport - do you still need a ticket from the airport

t know exactly which bus I'll be able to get. But I'll try to schedule my trip accordingly.. Lodewijk 2016-06-10 4:49 GMT+02:00 Iolanda Pensa <iola...@pensa.it>: > The busses are meant for people who requested transport (eventbrite, > scholarships and Wikimedia Foundation staff). If you

Re: [Wikimania-l] transport

btw, also for the other buses it would be good to know whether we need to book (guess not?). Lodewijk 2016-06-09 22:08 GMT+02:00 Andrew Lih <and...@andrewlih.com>: > Also, the previous Eventbrite link to book tickets is password protected, > and it asks to “Contact organizer.

Re: [Wikimania-l] transport

Ah, I think I understand the table now. I understood the first table to be a train table somehow - sorry for the confusion! So buses will only be once every 1,5 hour/2 hour, and take 40 minutes from Varenna to Esino Lario? Lets hope not to miss it then! :) Lodewijk 2016-06-09 20:30 GMT+02:00

Re: [Wikimania-l] transport

Thanks indeed. The schedule of the buses from Varenna to Esino Lario (going towards Wikimania) is missing, it seems. Could that be added too? I suspect I will be arriving by ferry to Varenna. Best, Lodewijk 2016-06-09 18:49 GMT+02:00 Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk>: > On 9

Re: [Wikimania-l] Anyone up to split accommodations in/near Esionio Lario?

Hi Richard, if you book your accommodation through the organisers, the rooms will be split already (typically). I'm not sure - givent he size of the village - if any rooms are available besides their bunch. Lodewijk 2016-06-09 3:51 GMT+02:00 Pharos <pharosofalexand...@gmail.com>:

Re: [Wikimania-l] air fare discount credentials

Hi Stuart, as a general rule, who should be approached for the discounts? Lodewijk 2016-05-10 12:53 GMT+02:00 Stuart Prior <stuart.pr...@wikimedia.org.uk>: > Takashi, > > Replied off list. > > S > > On 10 May 2016 at 05:18, Takashi OTA <supertakot+wikima..

Re: [Wikimania-l] Comitato Wikimania Esino Lario 2016

you want to have an association. I can see why you may want people to join it. I don't see why /everyone/ must join it. Lodewijk On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 9:43 AM, Iolanda Pensa <iola...@pensa.it> wrote: > There are no other solutions. > > Just to understand the logic behind

Re: [Wikimania-l] Comitato Wikimania Esino Lario 2016

... Iolanda: are there solutions for people who don't want to become a member, or cannot become a member because of their job etc? Perhaps at a higher fee if necessary (not sure if this construction gives tax benefits etc) Lodewijk Lodewijk On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 9:31 PM, Michael Peel <em...@mikepeel.

Re: [Wikimania-l] Breakdown of attribution for scholarships

north/global south. Maybe the country is less important than what the applicants bring to the conference, and what they expect to learn there. My point is, this is all guesswork - until we have actual data and more information. Lodewijk On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 11:05 PM, <reachout2is...@gmail.

Re: [Wikimania-l] Breakdown of attribution for scholarships

that there is an active office in their country that can run a budget of sufficient size. Some chapters try to compensate for that by also allowing applicants from a selection of other countries (like Poland does). So for a real analysis, one should include all these too. Lodewijk On Fri, Mar 11, 2016

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania "critical issues" submissions published

maybe not a shame, but a matter of import? Or are the line breaks missing? On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 11:24 PM, Mike Peel wrote: > It looks like only the first sentence/paragraph of the submitted abstracts > have been posted onto the wiki too, not the complete ones, which is a

[Wikimania-l] future of WIkimania

two after Esino Lario, when we know the outcomes of the experiments there. Lodewijk (not connected to this survey) ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Notifications of acceptance and rejection for "Critical issues" presentations

?title=Talk:Discussions=edit=1 (Shani's list of points sounds good in general, although proposals with less information are also welcome for roundtable discussions) Best, Lodewijk On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 9:32 PM, Shani <shani.e...@gmail.com> wrote: > Following Andrew's comments, her

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Notifications of acceptance and rejection for "Critical issues" presentations

. Lodewijk On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Michele Lavazza <michele.lava...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > this is just to inform you that the notifications of acceptance and of > rejection for the Wikimania 2016 "Critical issues" talks were issued > yesterda

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Notifications of acceptance and rejection for "Critical issues" presentations

how. Best, Lodewijk On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 7:12 PM, Michele Lavazza <michele.lava...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sure, we will upload the comments and feedback of pc members to the > Wikimania 2016 wiki too. > > We already planned to keep a margin of around 20% considering that som

Re: [Wikimania-l] How to value good contributions?

, but there are some conceptual hurdles to overcome. Lodewijk On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 9:30 AM, WereSpielChequers < werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote: > I suspect that a program of global recognition of newbies at Wikimania is > too fast and too soon. It is a very big jump from making

Re: [Wikimania-l] Thoughts on carrying the Wikimania conversation forward

:) It would be nice to have a good set of input for that real life discussion though! Best, Lodewijk On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 12:11 AM, Siko Bouterse <sboute...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi folks, > > Just letting you know that I’m reading the recent Wikimania-focused > mailing list thr

Re: [Wikimania-l] Coming up with a new process for Wikimania selection

is seeing a second edition! Lodewijk On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 4:35 PM, James Forrester <jdforres...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 6 Oct 2015 at 01:59 Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> wrote: > >> Did anyone do a calculation whether holding it in an expensive city (say,

Re: [Wikimania-l] Coming up with a new process for Wikimania selection

surprised that there was very little difference between India and Berlin for the chapters meeting... Best, Lodewijk On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 3:10 AM, Gnangarra <gnanga...@gmail.com> wrote: > I like the idea of distance as measure to choose the next location, but > that should als

[Wikimania-l] Why Wikimania?

(giving a name to this thread, because I can ;) ) On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 10:03 PM, James Forrester <jdforres...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 4 Oct 2015 at 12:45 Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> wrote: > >> Michal's comments reflect part of what I'm thinking - and I t

Re: [Wikimania-l] Coming up with a new process for Wikimania selection

as a community - what do we expect exactly of Wikimania, what do we want to accomplish with it? What are its goals? All other things (location, venue, structure, rotation) should be following that outcome. Best, Lodewijk On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 9:37 PM, Michał Buczyński <sand...@o2.pl> wrote: &

Re: [Wikimania-l] So how much Wikimania costs to the movement?

. Best, Lodewijk On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for bringing up the subject of financial accounting for major events. I would just like to note that our colleagues at Wikimedia Deutschland who hosted Wikimedia Conference 2015 published an accounting

Re: [Wikimania-l] Video recording of Wikimania sessions

that, and make it happen in an awesome way. It does not guarantee that it happens (because you also need equipment etc), but with a dedicated volunteer to make it happen, who could potentially even rally to get the funding for it (grants anyone?), you significantly increase the odds. Lodewijk On Fri

Re: [Wikimania-l] Fwd: Wikimania Scholarship

agree that we could very well do with a Wikimania that is slightly less 'professional' and has a slightly lower quality. It may be cheaper, but also will have consequences on the other end. Best, Lodewijk On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Lane Rasberry l...@bluerasberry.com wrote: Hello, Leave

Re: [Wikimania-l] Fwd: Re: Wikiwomen discuss Wikipedia's 15th birthday in 2016

looking forward to read what came out of this! Lodewijk On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Naureen msn...@gmail.com wrote: Was a great mini session to brainstorm about the Wikipedia birthday. Let's try to set up an etherpad to share links to things we can create! On Sunday, 19 July 2015

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimedia Cuteness Meetup

Tomorrow's discussion room about pov-pushers sounds excellent for that ;-) /plugging On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Victor Grigas vgri...@wikimedia.org wrote: Can we organize a cuteness gladiator match where the cute ones devour POV-pushers, copyright violators and the NSA? On Sat, Jul

Re: [Wikimania-l] Video recording of Wikimania sessions

money and time in the 'few hundred' people that actually attend the conference. Eventually, it is a matter of finding a balance between value and cost - and I'd love to think a bit more about how we could both increase the value, and decrease the cost. Lodewijk On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 4:59 PM

Re: [Wikimania-l] July 14 (today) Resaurant?- meeting in Hilton lobby 5:30-6?

I'll do the same around 1815/1830. Lodewijk On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 11:53 PM, Pharos pharosofalexand...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Wikimaniacs, Would there be any interest in meeting in the Hilton lobby 5:30-6 today, and then walking out to a restaurant together? Thanks, Pharos Wikimedia NYC

[Wikimania-l] Church?

Hi all, I was pondering about going to a Latin mass one of these days in the cathedral - seems nice enough. May go tomorrow, may become the day after. Little warning: it starts at 8 am! If you care to join, feel free to send me a message. Best, Lodewijk

Re: [Wikimania-l] Church?

ok, will be Thursday morning 0800, I'll leave from the lobby around 0735. On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 1:17 AM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Hi all, I was pondering about going to a Latin mass one of these days in the cathedral - seems nice enough. May go tomorrow, may become

Re: [Wikimania-l] Child care

. In these discussions, and this is a slippery slope argument, we tend to look at the organising team to fix things for us, while on many occasions we can do a lot ourselves. This is a great list for such coordination, by the way. Best, Lodewijk On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 12:46 PM, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ

[Wikimania-l] Wikimania Discussion Room: we need your ideas!

to decide on the topics in the coming weeks, so please let us know as soon as possible! Best regards, Lodewijk Gelauff, Iolanda Pensa and Galio Vidoni organising committee of the Discussion Room Estimados: Wikimanía no se trata sólo de presentaciones: también de encontrarte con colegas de

Re: [Wikimania-l] Dietary preferences (bachounda)

There are even people who live years or decades without eating meat ;-) On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Mohammed Bachounda bachou...@gmail.com wrote: Hello I think according Sunnis Muslims can eat kosher food all foods are halal except meats if they are prepared according to Muslim rites.

Re: [Wikimania-l] [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

If you're interested in discussing the future of Wikimania, perhaps it makes sense to do that on the dedicated list? Just a wild thought. Best, Lodewijk 2014-10-10 13:25 GMT+02:00 Fæ fae...@gmail.com: Based on a prompt from Itzik, I checked the archives of wikimania-l (which I

Re: [Wikimania-l] [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

for overviewing the organizing team... Best, lodewijk On Oct 7, 2014 9:43 AM, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel it...@wikimedia.org.il wrote: Hey Manuel, Thank you for the response. Transparency is always good - and this case really shows why. While Ellie didn't respond and answered the question how people been

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

Thanks to the jury members for volunteering! Lodewijk 2014-09-29 22:36 GMT+02:00 Joseph Fox josephfoxw...@gmail.com: My bad! best, Joe On 29 September 2014 at 09:22:16 pm, Ivan Martínez (gala...@gmail.com) wrote: Dear Joseph: nobody from Mexico 2015 team and/or mexican wikimedian

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania Android app

I don't quite get why Wikimania would need an app? If someone builds one and it is useful in that instance, great - but I don't see an incentive to invest time, energy or money into it? So please enlighten me, what would be the upside? Lodewijk 2014-08-28 22:31 GMT+02:00 Nkansah Rexford

Re: [Wikimania-l] Deletion.

it's so sad that impressionism is not appreciated under photographers... 2014-08-19 11:51 GMT+02:00 Katie Chan k...@ktchan.info: Nominating your own photo for deletion doesn't count either! ;-) KTC On 19/08/2014 10:43, Deryck Chan wrote: No. I accidentally uploaded a photograph of Nigel

Re: [Wikimania-l] Official Wikimania Logo Unused

will like it, some will not. Best, Lodewijk 2014-08-17 14:09 GMT+02:00 Joseph Fox josephfoxw...@gmail.com: You clearly haven’t seen the Wikivoyage logo… ;) I think it’s cool that there was an effort to make this conference look a bit different to those before it. It is the tenth one, after all

[Wikimania-l] Some awesome presentations you should watch on video

://new.livestream.com/wikimania/ , for other speakers you will have to look at youtube and be lucky. I hope the organizers will be able to give these most popular sessions some priority while uploading videos, and can add the missing links. Looking forward to watching some of them myself, Best, Lodewijk

Re: [Wikimania-l] Some awesome presentations you should watch on video

I wouldn't know how to add it, but feel free to re-use my writings on this topic under CC BY-SA. I'm confident you can rephrase it more nicely for a general audience :) Best, Lodewijk 2014-08-12 17:58 GMT+02:00 Naureen msn...@gmail.com: This is beautiful. Can you add this to our blog

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