Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Beta Features

2013-11-04 Thread Samuel Klein
Beautiful. Thank you, Fabrice and all. I'm particularly enjoying the formula editing. Combined with, say, a link to deTeXify, this can be really powerful even for newbies. http://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html SJ On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Fabrice Florin wrote: > Hi all, > > We're

[Wikimedia-l] Introducing Beta Features

2013-11-04 Thread Fabrice Florin
Hi all, We're pleased to announce Beta Features [1], a new program that lets you test new features on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia sites before they are released for everyone. Think of it as a digital laboratory where community members can preview upcoming software and give feedback to help impr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Attention needed for Croatian Wikipedia issue

2013-11-04 Thread Ilario Valdelli
I think that the problem is not present only in hr.wikipedia but it's present in several projects and mainly in en.wikipedia and in fr.wikipedia. I know this problem and I faced it directly several years ago, so it's an old problem, and I have seen several people leaving Wikipedia projects for thi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter (#1)

2013-11-04 Thread JP BĂ©land
Another global project located on the English Wikipedia... JP aka Amqui 2013/11/4 Jake Orlowitz > *Books and Bytes* > > Welcome to the inaugural edition of *Books and Bytes*, The Wikipedia > Library's monthly newsletter. The Wikipedia Library is an open research hub > for connecting libraries t

[Wikimedia-l] Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter (#1)

2013-11-04 Thread Jake Orlowitz
*Books and Bytes* Welcome to the inaugural edition of *Books and Bytes*, The Wikipedia Library's monthly newsletter. The Wikipedia Library is an open research hub for connecting libraries to Wikipedia and encyclopedia editors back to libraries and reliable sources. There's lots of news this month

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Education] Thanks for EduWiki conference

2013-11-04 Thread Toni Sant
Thank you for your kind words about EduWiki 2013, Laura. Best wishes, Toni On Sunday, 3 November 2013, Laura Hale wrote: > I wanted to thank wikimedia UK for organizing EduWiki 2013. I think they did a fantastic job with the conference, managed to get the right people there, opened doors to m

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thanks for EduWiki conference

2013-11-04 Thread Richard Symonds
Thanks Laura! You had the bad luck to be at a conference which happened at the same time as a major storm hit Wales ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-24785318). Mind you, what is a trip to the UK without a bit of rain? Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limite