[Wikimania-l] Re: Arrival and travel to hotel

Jludlow, your message below is unnecessary and unkind. I am putting your address on moderation. There will be many more messages on this list than normal during the conference, this week and next; if anyone doesn't wish to get them, you can unsubscribe or mute the list temporarily! And thanks

[Wikimania-l] Re: Arrival and travel to hotel

Dear all, A general note -- please remember that our peers and colleagues are working hard to organize this conference on behalf of the Wikimedia movement, and many volunteers and staff have been working on the event for a very long time. Please be kind to one another both here and at the event.

[Wikimania-l] Re: Planning your trip to Singapore for Wikimania 2023

Hi folks, Stepping in as a list moderator to 1) offer apologies to everyone that this off-topic discussion has gone on so long and 2) to note that I have put Mina's address on moderation. Recognizing that this is a heated and upsetting topic for many, and these discussions have a tendency to

[Wikimania-l] Re: Wikimania 2024 will be hosted in …

On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 12:42 AM Gnangarra wrote: > > Evelin raises an interesting perspective about " the only good place to > ever do it is Europe" , historically Wikimania has spent a lot of time in > Europe because it had large individual communities > Just a quick note, because I know we

[Wikimania-l] Re: Wikimania 2024 will be hosted in …

is… but at the same time I have noticed that we > are all trying to adjust to a changing world…and it would seem that a > movement as unique as ours should be able to come up with a better > alternative? > > I hope that people take this mail in the spirit that it is intended and if >

[Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2024 will be hosted in …

Hello everyone, I am very excited to share that Wikimania 2024 will be hosted in the city of Kraków in Poland ! [1] Kraków had a strong submission

[Wikimania-l] Re: expressions of interest for 2024 and beyond

deally somewhere well > connected and with an enthusiastic Wikimedia community and I'd love to be > involved with hosting another one but experience suggests it's not something > I could fit around a full-time job and a family. > > Best, > Harry > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at

[Wikimania-l] expressions of interest for 2024 and beyond

Dear all, If you would like to host Wikimania in your locale in 2024 or beyond, the process to express interest in hosting is open: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Expressions_of_Interest We have decided to keep the process open for a couple more weeks to give some extra time to put in

[Wikimania-l] Re: volunteers needed for Wikimania 2022!

Hi Wikimaniacs! Just a quick reminder that our deadline to volunteer for organizing Wikimania 2022 is January 9th! See the page below and let us know if you have any questions. Phoebe On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 2:15 PM phoebe ayers wrote: > Dear all, > > The Wikimania Foundation ev

[Wikimania-l] volunteers needed for Wikimania 2022!

look forward to building an amazing conference team! best, Phoebe Ayers vice-chair Wikimania Steering Committee -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers gmail.com * ___ Wikimania-l mailing list -- wikimania-l

[Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2021: Call for volunteers and core team

Hello everyone, Following the recent news that 2021 Wikimania will be virtual [1], the Wikimania Steering Committee [2] wanted to follow up with some updates and

[Wikimania-l] This Sunday, 19UTC: Wikimania 2005 Wikipedia Weekly episode

Dearest Wikimaniacs, I've found myself this week catching myself at various times feeling melancholy. Yes, there's a lot (a lot) of stuff going on the world and it's been a very, very hard year. But there's one particular thing that I've been thinking about this week, which is - this was supposed

[Wikimania-l] Fwd: Documentary film crew at Wikimania

forwarding for Samantha & Greg. -- Forwarded message -- From: Samantha Lien To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Gregory Varnum Bcc: Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:32:22 +0200 Subject: Documentary film crew at Wikimania Hello everyone, The Wikimedia Foundation Communications

[Wikimania-l] thank you for Wikimania

All, A huge thanks to the Wikimedia South Africa team + the WMF logistics & travel team + all the volunteers from around the world on the program committee and assisting in other capacities + all of the enthusiastic attendees - for making this a wonderful Wikimania. We got to experience the

[Wikimania-l] let's edit about plants!

Hi all, Like many attendees I expect, I am looking forward to visiting Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden and other gardens in Cape Town! Laura (cc'd) and I were wondering if there would be interest in an informal edit-a-thon about South African plants during the conference? We could take pictures,

[Wikimania-l] Fwd: Re: Asia meetup at Wikimania

Forwarding for Roman -- Forwarded message -- From: "Roman Bustria Jr." To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" < wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Bcc: Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 09:39:21 +0800 Subject: Re: Asia meetup at Wikimania Asian Wikimania

[Wikimania-l] info on the wikimania programme

Hi all! For those attending Wikimania, I can't wait to see you! Here's a couple things to keep in mind about the program. All info is also here: https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme All activities, except the Saturday group photo, the Sunday closing party, and Wednesday

Re: [Wikimania-l] Speaker advice thread

gt;> >>> (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 cou

Re: [Wikimania-l] Speaker advice thread

bingo/>. > > On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 9:08 PM, Leila Zia <le...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Hi Phoebe, >> >> On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 11:01 AM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.ay...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Dear all, >> > >> > We h

[Wikimania-l] Speaker advice thread

Dear all, We had planned to have a presentation clinic for speakers at Wikimania, but unfortunately the leader had to cancel at the last moment. So instead...since I imagine lots of people are finishing their talks this weekend, let's share our best advice for giving a presentation with each

Re: [Wikimania-l] Montreal airbnb for a group

Hi all, A couple of these rooms are still open. Price entirely negotiable. Let me know if you'd like to stay with some awesome people! Phoebe On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 10:50 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.ay...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > I have a 5-bedroom airbnb rented during Wi

[Wikimania-l] Wikimania presenters: double-check the program

Dear Wikimania presenters and attendees! Over the last couple of days I have resolved several schedule conflicts, swapped some sessions between rooms for size/setup reasons, and scheduled some birds-of-a-feather sessions. These changes are all visible here:

Re: [Wikimania-l] Lightning talk and poster submission status?

Hi Mihn, Can you / your colleague write me at wikimania-prog...@wikimedia.org? The poster acceptances did go out and your colleague should have heard back from us. I want to make sure it didn't fall through the cracks. Lightning talks -- the emails for those have not all gone out, my sincere

Re: [Wikimania-l] Montreal airbnb for a group

All, This is still available - Luca's group may not take it. I can also offer a lower price if that's a problem, as I'll lose money if I cancel anyway. Please let me know if you or your group are still looking for a place to stay. Phoebe On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 10:50 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe

Re: [Wikimania-l] Montreal airbnb for a group

e somebody else needs it? I can find out > if I can transfer the reservation. > > If nobody need a room, I can cancel the reservation, but I need to do it > soon... > > Best regards > Gabe > > On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 4:50 AM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.ay...@gmail.com>

[Wikimania-l] Montreal airbnb for a group

Dear all, I have a 5-bedroom airbnb rented during Wikimania (August 8-14) that I am no longer housing a group in (we booked another place) but I messed up and can't get a refund on it. Do you still need a place to stay? Does your group need a place to stay? Have you been looking for a nearby

[Wikimania-l] Fwd: FW: Register now for PKP 2017

Hi all, Librarians and open access advocates in our community might be interested in the Public Knowledge Project conference, which is happening right before Wikimania in Montreal! (along with Debconf, Digital Humanities 2017, and many more). (For those unfamiliar, the PKP is a project to build

[Wikimania-l] Wikimania registration & hotel: register today!

Hi all, Reminder! Register today for Wikimania and for the conference hotel, if you plan to stay there. The early registration deadline is July 10 and the deadline for booking accommodation in the conference hotel (where the sessions will be located) is June 30th: next week! details:

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania ‘17 Draft Program is UP! Early Bird Registration Discounts

been various issues with getting emails for waitlisted talks in particular, plus some of you have questions that are waiting; we're working on a better system for contacting everyone. THANK YOU for your patience, as I juggle many moving parts (and a day job)! cheers, Phoebe Ayers ... Wikimania '17

Re: [Wikimania-l] Granting Scholarship to same persons every year

funds, but it takes a lot of work.). -- phoebe On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 2:08 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > Over the years, people have gotten funded to go to Wikimania in the > following ways: > - by the WMF, as staff or board > - by the WMF, as scho

Re: [Wikimania-l] Granting Scholarship to same persons every year

Over the years, people have gotten funded to go to Wikimania in the following ways: - by the WMF, as staff or board - by the WMF, as scholarship recipients - by various chapter grant programs - by various private special grant programs for scholarships, often administered by chapters or the WMF -

[Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2017 program update!

Hi all, The program committee has been working busily to review and sort all of the Wikimania submissions so far, and I thought you might like an update: This year we got: * 208 lecture submissions * 37 panels * 51 roundtables & birds-of-a-feather * 19 lightning talks, 11 posters (submission for

Re: [Wikimania-l] [Wikimedia-l] DEADLINE EXTENDED: Wikimania 2017 call for submissions

tted, there > is now a field in the registration form for "completed" or "in-progress" > submission. When you are ready to have your submission reviewed, please > note that it is "completed". Thank you! > > Please contact us with any questions: wikimania-

[Wikimania-l] DEADLINE EXTENDED: Wikimania 2017 call for submissions

any questions: wikimania-prog...@wikimedia.org best, Phoebe On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 10:10 AM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > All, > I'm very pleased to send out the Wikimania Montréal Call for Submissions, > which can be found in French here: > https:/

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2017 call for submissions

earlier communication I would have thoght that > candidates for the committee would have been notified. Have I missed an > email? > > Regards, > > Chris > > On 14Feb, 2017, at 22:10, phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > All, > I'm very pleased

[Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2017 call for submissions

, Phoebe Ayers - Que vous soyez un membre de la communauté de l’un des projets Wikimédia (tels que Wikipédia, Wikibooks, Wikidata, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionnaire, MediaWiki ou autres), un créateur de contenu libre ou un consommateur, nous recevrons avec plaisir votre

[Wikimania-l] join the Wikimania program committee!

information on the program, including the call for submissions, will be coming soon. Thank you! Marc-Andre Pelletier (Wikimania chair) Phoebe Ayers (program co-chair) Deror Lin (program co-chair) Guillame Paumier (program co-chair) -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages

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

Or -- my favorite solution -- leaving LOTS of time in the schedule for meetups and discussion tracks, so that all kinds of groups -- including those interested specifically in North America-related issues (like building a coalition of NA usergroups, planning future conferences, doing NA-specific

[Wikimania-l] Wikimania stone plaque ?

Hi all, Does anyone have close-up pictures of, and/or more information about (creator, purpose, etc), the stone plaque that has Wikimania 2016 etched into it? This one: https://twitter.com/vahidm/status/747098825551122432 Backstory: as some of you know, the original designer of the Wikimania

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 Opening

Thank you to the team for making these videos available! I've enjoyed watching them :) Phoebe On Jun 24, 2016 4:45 PM, "Michele Lavazza" wrote: > Dear all, > > I just wanted to apologize on behalf of the organizing team for the > inconvenience that affected today's

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

Just to say that I agree with Dariusz's assessment of how academic reviewing is done. That doesn't address the tension of whether Wikimania is an academic conference or not, though - a question that has existed since early days. There's good arguments both ways, and each Wikimania team has

Re: [Wikimania-l] Thank you to our hosts

+1,000,000. This has been a lovely Wikimania. (And more still to come today!) Favorite things so far: great talks, great lunchtime conversations (and food!), constant coffee availability, learning about groups at their booths, and seeing old friends in the elevators :) Phoebe On Jul 19, 2015

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

Forwarding for Heather! -- Forwarded message -- From: Heather Walls hwa...@wikimedia.org To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 16:14:05 -0500 Subject: Wikiwomen discuss Wikipedia's 15th birthday in 2016 Hi everyone! Pardon my sending this again for

[Wikimania-l] Fwd: Wikimania-l post from egal...@wikimedia.org requires approval

forwarding for Edward -- Forwarded message -- From: Edward Galvez egal...@wikimedia.org To: undisclosed-recipients:; Cc: Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 10:56:32 -0500 Subject: Evaluation and metrics consults during Wikimania Hello! Many have asked for more help in working with

Re: [Wikimania-l] Official Wikimania Logo Unused

One of the lovely things about the Wikimania logo -- which was designed by Ben Yates for Wikimania 2006 -- is that it is so adaptable. It's easy to draw with a couple of markers when you need to make a quick sign pointing attendees in the right direction, it's easy to print on a t-shirt, and it's

Re: [Wikimania-l] Is Wikimania for contributors?

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Matthias Süßen i...@pixelfehler.de wrote: ... It would imho also be an excellent idea if there were events like -how to take cheap images with a quality camera erm - I mean, how to take quality images with a cheap camera. -How to adopt a foreign country

[Wikimania-l] Thank you for Wikimania!

Thank you so much to the London Wikimania organizers for putting a wonderful Wikimania 2014. I want to recognize everyone who helped out: the core team who proposed the bid and worked for over a year organizing a vision and a team to carry it out; the staff at Wikimedia UK and WMF who worked on

Re: [Wikimania-l] Hackathon tickets

-- Phoebe Ayers Wikimedia Foundation | UC Davis Libraries http://phoebeayers.info On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 7:09 AM, stuart prior stuart.pr...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hi all, Having reviewed capacity, I've released some more tickets for the hackathon. 1. Hackathon only-tickets designed primarily

Re: [Wikimania-l] [Wikimedia-l] Announcement regarding Host for Wikimania 2015

Congratulations Mexico! I can't wait to visit the amazing Mexico City :) And, a big thank you to all the bidders, everyone who commented and participated, and to the selection jury, steering committee, and Ellie. This is the first year in a long time that I haven't been involved in the Wikimania

Re: [Wikimania-l] Poster to present Wikimedia activities/projects/chapters/affiliates/tools...

Thanks Iolanda -- I think this is a great idea. We could have a standing poster exhibit hall and, perhaps, a dedicated poster session like academic conferences -- usually an hour or two where people with posters stand next to them and answer questions, there is nothing else scheduled, and there

Re: [Wikimania-l] tips to organize Wikimania and comparative tables of Wikimanias

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Iolanda Pensa iola...@pensa.it wrote: Hi. please, i have two questions: 1) i see the Wikimania team website is private, but maybe the Veteran tips on team, timeline and keynote speakers can be made public or copied on meta?

Re: [Wikimania-l] tips to organize Wikimania and comparative tables of Wikimanias

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 5:08 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Iolanda Pensa iola...@pensa.it wrote: Hi. please, i have two questions: 1) i see the Wikimania team website is private, but maybe the Veteran tips on team, timeline and keynote

[Wikimania-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Etherpad Lite labs instance going down in two weeks - backup time

Since there were some wikimania session notes posted here -- Phoebe -- Forwarded message -- From: Mark Holmquist mtrac...@member.fsf.org Date: Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 1:02 PM Subject: [Wikitech-l] Etherpad Lite labs instance going down in two weeks - backup time To:

Re: [Wikimania-l] How to unsubscribe from the mailing list?

Hey Teemu, I'm back home now too, and you are unsubscribed. I'm not sure why the link didn't work for you. If anyone else needs help un/subscribing, let me know. Also remember that you can stay subscribed and set the list to nomail. However, I think that the big flurry of Wikimania-l emails is

Re: [Wikimania-l] Deryck Chan, a specific thank you

And Deryck coordinated the program and made it work! He definitely played a big role in the conference :) -- phoebe -- Phoebe Ayers Wikimedia Foundation | UC Davis Libraries http://phoebeayers.info On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Benoit Rochon broc...@wikimedia.cawrote: I'd like to point

Re: [Wikimania-l] a thought: break events

didn't go to any break sessions, but it's largely because I stood around talking to people instead, and spent two of the lunches preparing with my panel groups. You will be happy to know that this year I did actually go to quite a few talks and sessions, however! :) -- phoebe -- Phoebe Ayers

Re: [Wikimania-l] Play WMF Board QA bingo!

Well, did anyone get a bingo? ! :) Phoebe On Aug 11, 2013 9:37 AM, Jean-Frédéric jeanfrederic.w...@gmail.com wrote: Morning Wikmaniacs! Don't fall asleep during the WMF Board of Trustees QA Session - play Bingo!

Re: [Wikimania-l] Thank you!!

Yes! A BIG thank you to the wonderful Hong Kong team for hosting us in your remarkable city. This was a great Wikimania :) hugs, Phoebe On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 8:42 AM, Joseph Fox josephfoxw...@gmail.com wrote: I just wanted to say, on behalf of all the attendees this year, a massive THANK

Re: [Wikimania-l] Board members available today, 16:30, pq304

understand though that we probably have to start a little later, but don't let that stop you from joining early and listening to the interesting 'transparency report' which is all about transparency of governments! Best, Lodewijk 2013/8/10 phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com Following

[Wikimania-l] Board members available today, 16:30, pq304

Following on the request to have an additional q and a session with the WMF board, a few trustees (including myself and Bishakha) will be available for an open discussion in PQ304 after the transparency report, at approx. 16:30. Hope to see you there! Phoebe

Re: [Wikimania-l] presentation clinic

Reminder that this is happening tomorrow -- don't forget to come if you want to practice your presentation! On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:14 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.comwrote: Hello Wikimaniacs, I hope everyone is getting excited about Wikimania! This year for the first time I'm

Re: [Wikimania-l] Details about welcome party

There will also be shuttles from poly u to the event. Attendees should meet at 6:00pm at the Jockey Club auditorium if you want to take the shuttle. (You can also of course go on your own). I hope one of the organizers can jump in if this isn't correct :) Phoebe Casual attire of course-- it's

[Wikimania-l] Locations

Just a quick note to help you navigate the Hong Kong polytechnic campus (poly u): *the campus is connected to the hung hom mtr station via walkways (but it's a big station, so leave yourself some time) * you can also enter from the other side, from Chatham road * the wikimania buildings, which

Re: [Wikimania-l] [Wikimedia-l] Questions for the WMF Board of Trustees?

/29 phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com Hi all, Every year at Wikimania the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees hosts a panel where they take questions from the audience on the work of the WMF and the Board. In past years the board has also taken questions via IRC. This year we'd

[Wikimania-l] Questions for the WMF Board of Trustees?

Hi all, Every year at Wikimania the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees hosts a panel where they take questions from the audience on the work of the WMF and the Board. In past years the board has also taken questions via IRC. This year we'd also like to provide the opportunity to leave

[Wikimania-l] presentation clinic

be successful though if both experienced and new presenters attend! So please sign up if you're interested, and remember to drop by with your presentation on Thursday. best, -- phoebe -- Phoebe Ayers - phoebe.ay...@gmail.com support Wikimedia: http://donate.wikimedia.org

[Wikimania-l] what are your favorite wikimania proposals?

Submissions for Wikimania are now closed, and there are lots and lots of good ones: http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Submissions Attendees are encouraged to go through and indicate what sessions are of interest to them, to provide feedback to the program committee. Please do so

Re: [Wikimania-l] Creating a Wikimania Committee

On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:17 PM, James Forrester jdforres...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, A small group of long-time Wikimaniacs have been working on the perrenial plan to produce a Wikimania Committee - a community group who would help steer Wikimania from year to year, advising each local

Re: [Wikimania-l] Opinion of the community at large?

On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Sven Manguard svenmangu...@gmail.comwrote: Looking over the plans in the timeline section of that page, it looks like there isn't a general community input section, where people unaffiliated with the bidding or judging process can say things as basic as I would

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarships update

Thanks for the update Deryck. That's a lot of applications -- thanks for your the team's hard work in sorting through them!! -- phoebe On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Wikimaniacs, Hello again from the 2013 local team for a break from the

[Wikimania-l] gathering info on past wikimanias

Dearest Wikimaniacs, (this is mostly for past organizers, but also attendees and information-gatherers...) I am once again (still?) on a drive to organize information about past Wikimanias in a comprehensible, easy-to-find format. Please help! See the bolded pages here:

Re: [Wikimania-l] (no subject)

moderated, sorry folks. -- Phoebe Ayers - phoebe.ay...@gmail.com support Wikimedia: http://donate.wikimedia.org On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.comwrote: Felix. We're sorry but not a list for Weight Loss tips. @Wikimania-L admins - As usual

Re: [Wikimania-l] UK budget plan for 2014 Wikimania bid

Harry and all, This is just a quick reminder to please keep it civil on this list - namecalling isn't necessary. This list is for discussing all aspects of wikimania - both the conference itself and the bid process - and the discussion here is open to all wikimedians, as it's a subject that

Re: [Wikimania-l] Thank you!!!

+1! This was a superb conference, and I had a wonderful time seeing friends old and new. Many thanks to all who worked so hard to make it happen. wishing you much-needed rest, Phoebe On Jul 15, 2012 6:55 PM, Claire clairel...@yahoo.com wrote: This is a shout out to all the planners and

Re: [Wikimania-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 4:52 PM, James Forrester jdforres...@gmail.com wrote: On behalf of the Wikimania 2013[0] selection Jury[1], I can announce that we have awarded the conference to Hong Kong. Congratulations to the bidding team, and to the London team who also did a particularly excellent

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2011 videos inquiry

Deror and all, This is awesome. Congratulations on successfully producing *and* uploading *and* linking up all of the Wikimania videos! This may be a first :) best, Phoebe On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 12:51 AM, Deror Avi deror_...@yahoo.com wrote: The videos that have uploaded may be easily

[Wikimania-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wikimania domain proposal

Forwarding from foundation-l as this is likely to be of interest to people on this list. -- Forwarded message -- From: とある白い猫 to.aru.shiroi.n...@gmail.com Date: 2011/9/16 Subject: [Foundation-l] Wikimania domain proposal To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List

[Wikimania-l] old mails

A bunch of old mails that had gotten stuck in moderation due to having attachments got released early this morning; sorry about the confusion. And enjoy the press clipping :) phoebe ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimania-l] CD

Ah, well, I got 45 minutes of questioning -- a good chance to explain Wikimedia governance to the nice young lady at security (so what do you do for wikipedia again?) The board is pretty suspicious! :) Having the conference materials handy as well as reasonable documentation of your other

Re: [Wikimania-l] Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces Wikimania

Yes. I visited israel this spring and had no trouble at all getting in- super fast. But- and this was very surprising to me- all the questioning came when I left :) so do leave extra time when you go back to the airport. Best, Phoebe On Jul 29, 2011 1:32 PM, Osmar Valdebenito

[Wikimania-l] Wikimania Interviews

forwarding on behalf of Megan. Get in touch if you'd like to be interviewed during Wikimania about your Wikimedia story :) -- Forwarded message -- From: Megan Hernandez mhernan...@wikimedia.org To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:14:13 -0700 Subject:

[Wikimania-l] Help build the Wikimania handbook

The Wikimania handbook we've talked about it for years. I finally took advantage of a quiet, rainy Saturday afternoon to draft a comprehensive outline and overview: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Handbook But now it needs content :) Please help fill in details. The handbook is

Re: [Wikimania-l] Gdansk videos .. we were all deceived!

Little known fact: I am one of the moderators of wikimania-l -- a moderation bit which I almost never have occasion to use (except for deleting spam). But I've put Maysara on moderation just now for civility. It's reasonable to ask what happened to the videos, but not to laugh at someone who tries

[Wikimania-l] wikimania bids, criteria and feedback

Ah, August, when people's thoughts turn towards sthe beach/s sschool/s Wikimania bidding! ==bids== This is an informal reminder to those interested in bidding for 2012 to start thinking about putting up your public pages: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012 There isn't a timeline yet

Re: [Wikimania-l] Problematic aspects of hosting the next conference in Haifa, Israel

As for Wikimania and Ramadan (thanks to Phoebe for bringing this up) actually, the presence of the mosque is not as troublesome as the fact of having to fast (no eating or driniking) from sun rise to sunset, and do additional spiritual rituals, while you need to attend sessions, analyze and

Re: [Wikimania-l] Problematic aspects of hosting the next conference in Haifa, Israel

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:54 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.comwrote: As for Wikimania and Ramadan (thanks to Phoebe for bringing this up) actually, the presence of the mosque is not as troublesome as the fact of having to fast (no eating or driniking) from sun rise to sunset, and do

[Wikimania-l] Noam Cohen discusses Wikimania..

... on this weeks NY Times tech talk podcast. Subjects include: flagging enthusiasm for Wikipedia, the differences between the Foundation the contributor base, WMF efforts to increase diversity, Google Translation Toolkit, British Museum collaborations, and a very brief mention of flaggedrefs.

Re: [Wikimania-l] Biography of Lech Wałęsa in 104 languages of the world on Wikimedia Commons

So cool!!! I thought this was just going to include the intro paragraph of each article -- nice to see the full text. What a lovely reuse effort :) Congratulations to all who worked on it. phoebe On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Daniel ~ Leinad danny.lei...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I'm

Re: [Wikimania-l] TRIVIA tonight!

I also made corrections on the talk page of the file, so you can check there :) there are (were) two incorrect answers -- the board (which we prepared before I was seated :) ) and the Polish top contrib's name is off. Also there was some argument about how to phrase the various questions which I

Re: [Wikimania-l] TRIVIA tonight!

the experience missing the last tram! I was really amazed my flesh and blood had preserved still the elements of 80's prodigal Tokyo girl, thrived by the old Gdanska skyline in the dawn. last tram? You mean the first? On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 5:12 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com

[Wikimania-l] TRIVIA tonight!

we are having a trivia night tonight! as advertised. It will be after the movie screening -- around 10:15pm. Location tbd -- it will either be in the concert hall or outside in the ampitheatre space. We will announce the location at the movie. signup:

Re: [Wikimania-l] TRIVIA tonight! update

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE I have been given word that there is a PARTY planned for after the movie screening that we are all invited too! details coming very soon. We will have trivia at the party. -- WikiSym 2010: July 7-9 | http://wikisym.org/ws2010 On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 12:12 PM, phoebe ayers

[Wikimania-l] Future of wikimania session

Hello all, Following up on the conversation about a potential long-term wikimania comittee, I would like to have a future of wikimania discussion (apparently this is now an annual event!) where we can talk about the comittee and other ideas. I propose meeting Sunday over lunch, in the lunch area

Re: [Wikimania-l] Dorm's Address

Hi Takashi and all, It is a little confusing, but... The Dom Sonata is the dorm at the Dom Muzyka complex. It is all the same thing (there is also a hotel, school, and conference venue at the same place). If you tell the cab driver dom muzyka they will get you there, then you want to look for the

Re: [Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup

Hi guys, I am not on the official logistics team so I cannot tell you exactly where to go when you arrive. But I can give you a little bit of general gdansk travel information: 1) the venue is the Baltic Philharmonic, Polska Filharmonia Bałtycka im. Fryderyka Chopina . 2) the various hotels are

Re: [Wikimania-l] My Registration

Harel, let this strike the fear of Registration into you :) It is *always* harder than it seems like it should be /me remembers I have to print some more wikisym badges, sigh -- phoebe On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Harel Cain harel.c...@gmail.com wrote: Still no confirmation letter

Re: [Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup

Guys, it's like this. The old town is very centralized; the venue is in (actually across the canal from) the old town. The main roads run *around* the old town. So as far as I know you cannot get off the bus at the venue. The train station (Gdansk Glowny) is on the far side of central gdansk; the

Re: [Wikimania-l] [Foundation-l] Floating a notion: permanent Wikimania committee?

sainto...@telus.netwrote: phoebe ayers wrote: Yes. Let me be extremely clear: this committee would not organize Wikimania. Full stop. That is, and has always been, the job of the local team that gets appointed to run the bid. What Harel is saying that there isn't a formal point of contact

Re: [Wikimania-l] [Foundation-l] Floating a notion: permanent Wikimania committee?

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Michael Snow wikipe...@verizon.net wrote: On 6/17/2010 5:35 PM, phoebe ayers wrote: OK, so I guess my question is (and we talked about this on IRC too) -- who has the power or the ability -- or who *should*, in a perfect world -- create such a committee? We

Re: [Wikimania-l] [Foundation-l] Floating a notion: permanent Wikimania committee?

June 2010 08:00, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Michael Snow wikipe...@verizon.net wrote: On 6/17/2010 5:35 PM, phoebe ayers wrote: OK, so I guess my question is (and we talked about this on IRC too) -- who has the power or the ability -- or who

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