[Wikimania-l] how to join wikimania, its sudoku!

after spending 10 minutes now trying to join wikimania i was not able to find one remo link which would lead somewhere, i guess i failed your intelligence test. rupert ___ Wikimania-l mailing list -- wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send

Re: [Wikimania-l] Book of Wikimania Esino Lario 2016

that is awesome !! rupert ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

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

Thanks for the numbers Mike! Do you have a statistic how many people were paid to attend by other means? How many people did apply and how many edits did they make? Because Risker seems to underestimate the effect of a wikimania to rather new editors. And overestimate the effect on somebody going

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

On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 8:22 AM, Gnangarra wrote: > ​ >> Is it a community event? > > Is it a knowledge sharing event? > Is it an outreaching event? > >> Is it a way to reward people? >> > > ​The answer to these four are yes > >- ​Yes its a community event, one that

Re: [Wikimania-l] Green week for children (6-10) at Wikimania Esino Lario

hi iolanda, a very nice initiative! what language the kids are expected to understand / speak ? rupert On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 12:12 AM, Iolanda Pensa wrote: > dear all > children between 6 and 10 years old can join the green week at Wikimania > Esino Lario (from the 21st

Re: [Wikimania-l] Did you ever attend Wikimania with your money? Talk to us!

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Chris Keating wrote: >> >> The registration form will definitely include an option to donate >> some money for the scholarships fund. There was a substantial interest in >> this option. > > > Good idea! It might also be a good

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

On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 4:35 PM, James Forrester wrote: > On Tue, 6 Oct 2015 at 01:59 Lodewijk wrote: >> >> Did anyone do a calculation whether holding it in an expensive city (say, >> London) with cheaper flights actually /is/ cheaper than

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2014

I d find a retention rate as well very interesting, I.e. who continues or starts contributing after wikimania. Would this be possible? Rupert On Sep 29, 2014 11:37 AM, Stuart Prior stuart.pr...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Christophe, Apologies for the delay, yes these can be shared publicly.

[Wikimania-l] GLAM track, wikimania 2014: 11 US/UK, 2 DE, 2 cooperation, 2 rest of the world

hi, fyi, a statistical analysis about the GLAM track and where the presentations are from: 4 entries are US: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Open_Authority:_A_New_Way_to_Talk_to_GLAMs https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_Future_of_Libraries_and_Wikipedia

Re: [Wikimania-l] GLAM track, wikimania 2014: 11 US/UK, 2 DE, 2 cooperation, 2 rest of the world

'fringe' meetings on any topic of their choosing, and most welcome to use the Wikimania wiki to organise things like that if they like. On 9 June 2014 10:28, rupert THURNER rupert.thur...@gmail.com wrote: hi, fyi, a statistical analysis about the GLAM track and where the presentations

Re: [Wikimania-l] Translation service for panel discussion

, but it can be done. Lodewijk 2014-03-25 19:42 GMT+01:00 rupert THURNER rupert.thur...@gmail.com: Hi, Would there be any possibility ro have simultaneous translation at the glam podium discussion? The person whom we asked from the swiss national library refused to take part as his English would

[Wikimania-l] Translation service for panel discussion

Hi, Would there be any possibility ro have simultaneous translation at the glam podium discussion? The person whom we asked from the swiss national library refused to take part as his English would not be up to a level allowing him to sufficiently contribute. This would be German - English. Best

Re: [Wikimania-l] Setting ticket prices

hi sam, from time to time you manage to puzzle me. discussions with you are in general path-leading and very inspiring. i appreciate this :) you know why i edit wikipedia? (1) because i want to find that information online afterwards, freely available, no strings attached. and (2) because i love

[Wikimania-l] Child care

Hi, do you plan to offer some kind of child care during wikimania? Best Rupert ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

[Wikimania-l] Visa and money

Hi, on wikimedia-gh there was a discussion about money needs in the bank account of people for getting a visa to attend wikimania. As the interested persons usually are students this might pose a problem. Do you have any plans how to deal with it? Rupert

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2014 updates on a separate mailing list?

you do send all updates here as well, isn't it? tinyletter is just an additional channel? rupert On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 1:16 AM, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: Hi all, When looking for the dates that registration would open for Wikimania 2014, I was surprised to be asked at:

[Wikimania-l] git.wikimedia.org dead due to wikimania ;)

it seems git.wikimedia.org is down due: * no volunteer has access * no paid person works on weekends * everybody else is at wikimania rupert. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org

[Wikimania-l] visa for hong kong ...

hi, could somebody knowledgable add information where to get visas for people from countries needing visas? http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Visas rupert. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimania-l] visa denied ... what to do?

Am 24.06.2012 21:41 schrieb Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com: On 24 June 2012 20:15, rupert THURNER rupert.thur...@gmail.com wrote: i would have expected two things, slightly more proactive: 1. get it to the embassies beforehand e.g. write the invitation letter directly

Re: [Wikimania-l] visa denied ... what to do?

is to apply again, and it may be too late to do that now that we're 18 days from the conference. James On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 8:49 PM, rupert THURNER rupert.thur...@gmail.com wrote: hi, what is the proceeding if somebody from ghana, africa, got the visa for the wikimania denied at the us embassy

[Wikimania-l] visa denied ... what to do?

hi, what is the proceeding if somebody from ghana, africa, got the visa for the wikimania denied at the us embassy in accra? rupert. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

Re: [Wikimania-l] Welcoming OpenHatch to organize the pre-Wikimania hackathon

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 12:08 AM, Sumana Harihareswara suma...@wikimedia.org wrote: On 06/19/2012 11:23 AM, rupert THURNER wrote: Am 18.06.2012 20:40 schrieb Sumana Harihareswara suma...@wikimedia.org: OpenHatch is a non-profit dedicated to matching prospective free software contributors

Re: [Wikimania-l] Welcoming OpenHatch to organize the pre-Wikimania hackathon

Am 18.06.2012 20:40 schrieb Sumana Harihareswara suma...@wikimedia.org: OpenHatch is a non-profit dedicated to matching prospective free software contributors with communities, tools, and education. Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce that we're partnering with OpenHatch

Re: [Wikimania-l] Use your smartphone in a smart way

On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 09:39, maarten deneckere maartendeneckere+wikima...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, I'd like to thank everyone that attended the mapping party yesterday evening. We did a great job, both in mapping the surroundings and engage more people in into the project. You can see a

Re: [Wikimania-l] Cena iberoamericana hoy viernes noche

sólo para su información, miercoles tomamos un taxi desde el mount carmel hotel, pasando por el lugar, en la parte inferior de la Bahai Garden, llamada HaGefen, por 15 shekel por persona. saludos, rupert 2011/8/5 Galileo Vidoni gali...@gmail.com // disclaimer for wikimania-l: this is about

[Wikimania-l] most important info into summary mail

could somebody knowledgeable please put the most important information into one or a couple of emails please, most importantly phone number(s), location / addresses of dorms, venues, hotels and a brief description how to get there, maybe with a distinctive title so these email(s) can be easily