[Wikimania-l] Help test new software at Wikimania

2014-07-26 Thread Steven Walling
Hi everyone, With Wikimania coming up soon, I wanted to invite Wikimedians who are going to help with something new we're trying at the conference. Like most Wikimanias, there are many sessions in the program that attempt explain software changes that have happened or will happen in the future

Re: [Wikimania-l] 300-word abstracts@: too much

2014-03-29 Thread Steven Walling
On Saturday, March 29, 2014, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: I'm drafting a couple of submissions for sessions at Wikimania, and (having successfully made submissions for Wikimania 2012, for Wikimedia UK AGMs, and for other conferences) have come to the conclusion that 300 words

Re: [Wikimania-l] Directions to OPening Reception - Sky 100

2013-08-08 Thread Steven Walling
On Thursday, August 8, 2013, Ellie Young wrote: For those of you who are not taking the shuttle buses: International Commerce Centre-SKY 100 環球貿易廣場-天際100 香港九龍柯士甸道西1號環球貿易廣場 International Commerce Centre, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong Related: do we need to bring our badges to get

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2013 keynote - suggestions

2012-10-04 Thread Steven Walling
Thanks for starting this thread. It's cool to hear thinking about Wikimania 2013 speaker options early on. I really like the categories Andrew proposed, and I think it will help clarify the thinking around what different speakers can bring to the table. On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Andrew Lih

Re: [Wikimania-l] DO NOT FORGET UPLOAD MORE PHOTOS OF WIKIMANIA TAKES MANHATTAN!

2012-07-21 Thread Steven Walling
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Shujen Chang i...@blue.cat wrote: There're still few photos about Wikimania Takes Manhattan on Commons. Please upload more photos! And also expect for our group photos on WTM. -- Sincerely, Shujen Chang Please don't use all caps like that. Steven

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012 Google Opening Reception at the Library of Congress

2012-06-23 Thread Steven Walling
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 6:21 AM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote: Yes, I expect it was an honest mistake from the first person to reply, and then everyone else was just replying to each other. I didn't realise I was sending emails to internal-l, I thought we were on Wikimania-l

Re: [Wikimania-l] What to do about 2012, and the future

2011-01-19 Thread Steven Walling
Just throwing my two cents in as someone relatively new to Wikimania but not unexperienced in conferences, I would make three points. Forgive me if someone said these before in a better way. 1. Wikimania isn't actually that big. I agree with Harel when he points out that the level of overhead

Re: [Wikimania-l] thank you

2010-07-13 Thread Steven Walling
it possible for myself and many others to attend who wouldn't have been able to otherwise. See you in Haifa, Steven Walling http://enwp.org/User:Steven_Walling On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote: I also had a delightful time in Gdansk, and found this one of the most

Re: [Wikimania-l] wifi connections

2010-07-05 Thread Steven Walling
Per that helpful suggestion, the https everywhere extensionhttps://www.eff.org/https-everywherefor Firefox (courtesy the EFF) will automatically redirect you to the secure server. Steven Walling On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.orgwrote: On Mon, 2010-07-05

Re: [Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup

2010-07-02 Thread Steven Walling
Since we all seem to be piling on about logistics here... There seem to be several dorms. For those of use staying in them, how/when are we going to be notified of where exactly we are booked? This wasn't part of the registration confirmation. Steven Walling On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 10:17 AM

Re: [Wikimania-l] Confirmations complete?

2010-07-02 Thread Steven Walling
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Kurt Bollacker k...@longnow.org wrote: I love to know when all of the registration confirmation emails have been sent. I've not yet received one, and am wondering how long I should wait. Perhaps I should register a second time just to make sure? Some process

Re: [Wikimania-l] Technical resources?

2010-07-01 Thread Steven Walling
Not on the organizing committee, but the Wikimania site says there will be wifi and I'm guessing the #wikimania channel will be helpful on freenode. Steven Walling On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Kurt Bollacker k...@longnow.org wrote: I thought I'd ask about the technical resources available