Re: [Wikimania-l] How to get a pre-paid SIM card for Wikimania in 15 easy steps

2015-07-16 Thread Takashi OTA
Thanks Siebrand for your detailed instruction. I tried this, and I believed I could be back in 30 minutes or so, but it took 70 min. actually. Because... 1. The clerk let me try (already activated) data SIM to confirm it is really unlocked and data connection is available, however, it was not

[Wikimania-l] About stick materials in walls and doors

2015-07-16 Thread Ivan Martínez
Hi folks, unfortunately we can't stick any material to Hilton walls and doors. All the materials sticked in any part of the venue will be retired by hotel staff without any advice. Thanks, -- *Iván Martínez* *Wikimanía 2015 Chief CoordinatorUser:ProtoplasmaKid

[Wikimania-l] Help Required in jQuery

2015-07-16 Thread Dineshkumar Ponnusamy
Hi, Am trying to implement a cool feature of Predictive text for Indic Languages, am planning to start with Tamil. I got some idea from Santosh (Language Engineering Team), if I can find some buddy who can help me with coding in jQuery its awesome. Our aim is to modify the jQuery.ime

Re: [Wikimania-l] WMCON Follow-Up Day TODAY!

2015-07-16 Thread Nicole Ebber
Reminder: This is today. As in: Now. :) Please note: The venue is at the FIESTA INN, right next to the Hilton. Just come to the lobby and ask for rooms C+D. https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMCON_Follow-Up_Day Cheers, Nicole On 15 July 2015 at 21:25, Cornelius Kibelka

Re: [Wikimania-l] Hotel wifi fast generally but very slow on Wikipedia

2015-07-16 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Emmanuel Engelhart, 16/07/2015 06:54: This remembers me similar problems we have had remarked in Hong-Kong (I don't remember the ticket number) where people had (still have?) problems to upload data to Commons even with theoretically good-enough connections. Context: bug 60283.

Re: [Wikimania-l] Hotel wifi fast generally but very slow on Wikipedia

2015-07-16 Thread Manuel Schneider
Am 16.07.2015 um 06:54 schrieb Emmanuel Engelhart: At that time is was IMO pretty obvious that we suffer of a lack of End-2-End approach of the problem (in particular lack of tool to make the correct measurements). that's exactly what we need a looking glass I have asked for. Almost every

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimedia Cuteness Meetup

2015-07-16 Thread Keilana
Unfortunately the mascot of Wikimedia DC, Finnegan the Otter, was unable to make it due to a small suitcase. :( He is with us in spirit. -Emily On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 3:12 AM, Philippe Beaudette phili...@wikimedia.org wrote: I see your cuteness, and raise you all my new puppy, Daphne. Case

Re: [Wikimania-l] How to get a pre-paid SIM card for Wikimania in 15 easy steps

2015-07-16 Thread Željko Filipin
Thanks Siebrand, this was really helpful. I have asked at the reception, they said a nearby oxxo store has sim cards. I was there, but they only had regular sim cards, and I needed micro sim (nexus 4, android 5). I went to Telcel. It was easier than expected (after looking at your instructions)

Re: [Wikimania-l] Hotel wifi fast generally but very slow on Wikipedia

2015-07-16 Thread Brion Vibber
Ok, Faidon poked at it: confirmed that one of the routes coming back from our servers to the hotel network was highly congested and switched priorities to the non-congested route. Much, much improved. :) Details at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T105984#1457294 -- brion On Wed, Jul 15, 2015

Re: [Wikimania-l] WMCON Follow-Up Day TODAY!

2015-07-16 Thread Asaf Bartov
A further clue: the lobby is up the elevator at the back of the mall-building. A. On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 7:53 AM, Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de wrote: Reminder: This is today. As in: Now. :) Please note: The venue is at the FIESTA INN, right next to the Hilton. Just come to the

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimedia Cuteness Meetup

2015-07-16 Thread Trizek
[Speaking on behalf of Rennes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q647's local group] Due to a schedule mess, NCO https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_France/NCO's mascott, Erminig https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Erminig_(NCO), was not able to addend Wikimania this year. So many

[Wikimania-l] This afternoon, join the *2nd VisualEditor Translathon*!

2015-07-16 Thread Trizek
Hello Wikimaniacs! You are welcome to join the sprint the *2nd edition of the *VisualEditor Translathon**. It is a translation rally, focused on interface messages and help pages related to VisualEditor https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor. The sprint is* this afternoon* in *Workplace 1 -

Re: [Wikimania-l] Hotel wifi fast generally but very slow on Wikipedia

2015-07-16 Thread Manuel Schneider
Am 16.07.2015 um 17:42 schrieb Brion Vibber: I don't believe we do; someone has to manually log in and do the measurements so far. :( File a request in Phabricator for now and I'll bug the ops folks about it. :) done: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T106056 /Manuel -- Wikimedia CH -

[Wikimania-l] Wikichallenge: Piñata!

2015-07-16 Thread María Cruz
Hi all, as Wikimanía México is starting, we thought: there is no way we can do this without a wikichallenge! We want to add this gif [1] by user:KittyCarmichael and user:Tnegrin in as many Wikipedias as possible! Are you in? Twit to #WikiPiñata #WikiChallenge Happy editing, María @marianarra_

[Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2015 on Lanyrd

2015-07-16 Thread Sebastian Wallroth
Hi all, can you please help to copy the sessions from Wikimania 2015 Programme page [1] to Lanyrd [2]. The biggest benefit is to have an importable calender [3]. Thank you, Sebastian [1] https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme [2] http://lanyrd.com/2015/wikimania/ [3]

Re: [Wikimania-l] lost umbrella

2015-07-16 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
Believe it or not, a kind person found it for me. It was worth trying :) -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ 2015-07-15 23:26 GMT-05:00 Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il:

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimedia Cuteness Meetup

2015-07-16 Thread Pharos
Will this board meeting of the venerable Association be held in the cutest of the conference rooms, at the cutest point in the schedule? And what about transparency of this nefariously cute cabal? Are all of these warm-blooded cuddly animals in fact hiding their overwhelmingly carnivorous

[Wikimania-l] Where to get a lozenge

2015-07-16 Thread Takashi OTA
Hi all, I have a slight sore throat due to dry air. I visited 7-11 next to One Ciudad de Mexico Alameda, to find a lozenge, but could not find any. Does anybody know the nearest pharmacy or somewhere I can get some lozenges? Thanks in advance, --Takashi [[User:Takot]]

Re: [Wikimania-l] Where to get a lozenge

2015-07-16 Thread Takashi OTA
Thanks Ivan for quick response! I'll try Hilton first. --Takashi 2015年7月16日(木) 21:05 Ivan Martínez gala...@gmail.com: Hilton have the most common, or you can go to Sanborn's in the corner of Avenida Juarez and Luis Moya (three blocks from Hilton to the east), there is a huge drugstore. Que

[Wikimania-l] OpenStreetMap mapping party on Sunday!

2015-07-16 Thread aude
On Sunday afternoon, at lunch time, there will be an OpenStreetMap mapping party. https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap_mapping_party We will do a brief excursion outside, nearby the venue to collect some data, using field papers (pen and paper / notes) and mobile apps (if you