Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikiconference USA 2015

Thanks Pine. Would the 2016 conference be held at roughly the same time of year as the 2015? (We're discussing a possible "Wikimedia and Medicine" conference at the English Wikiproject Medicine, and wouldn't want to clash.) On that point, is there a central events calendar on Meta for planning

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thoughts on carrying the Wikimania conversation forward

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 10:40 PM, Liang-chih Shang Kuan < shangkua...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to kindly ask a follow up on the issue Isabella Apriana has > mentioned - "...it's not official yet for Montreal, but seems like > there's nothing we can do about 2017 now because community

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikiconference USA 2015

Hi Anthony, The WCUSA2016 is likely to be somewhere between the start of June and the end of September. We are trying to work around the dates for WMCON and Wikimania. Also, because we may have a joint or parallel conference with our friends at OpenStreetMap USA, we are trying to collaborate with

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikiconference USA 2015

On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 2:12 AM, Anthony Cole wrote: > > > 2) Greg Kohs was banned from attending. I think that was a mistake. He is a > fierce critic of Jimmy Wales and Wikipedia. I am aware of the lines he has > crossed in the past (and the seemingly sincere apologies).

[Wikimedia-l] Interesting - and helpful - blog post

All, I thought it would be helpful to share with you all this blog post from a key volunteer at Wikimania 2014, who has gone on to launch a domestic violence charity on a shoestring budget. It explains how she went about it, what their workflows are, how they attract and keep volunteers, how

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Interesting - and helpful - blog post

Bookmarked for reading later this evening. Thank you for posting this, Richard :) On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Joseph Fox wrote: > Hera is an awesome person. So happy to see her doing well! > > Joe > > On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 at 22:56 Richard Symonds < >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thoughts on carrying the Wikimania conversation forward

I would be careful but using the Wikimania to forward some phases of the discussion in person because many people dont get the opportunity to attend in person and the last thing this process needs now is another barrier to community participation On 13 October 2015 at 00:55, Siko Bouterse

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Interesting - and helpful - blog post

Hera is an awesome person. So happy to see her doing well! Joe On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 at 22:56 Richard Symonds < richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > All, > > I thought it would be helpful to share with you all this blog post from a > key volunteer at Wikimania 2014, who has gone on to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Interesting - and helpful - blog post

Thanks for forwarding that post, which has passages that are relevant to discussions about volunteer motivation and positive reinforcement. The only significant downside that I see to the system described in the post is that this all-volunteer model relies on a leader to give up a huge chunk of

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] ‘Save the date’ for Wikipedia’s 15th birthday

-- Forwarded message -- From: Samantha Lien Date: Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] ‘Save the date’ for Wikipedia’s 15th birthday To: wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org Hi everyone, We’re excited to share some new

[Wikimedia-l] Histography, a visualization of history powered by Wikipedia

Hi. http://histography.io/ is pretty neat! From : > "Histography" is interactive timeline that spans across 14 billion years >of history, from the Big Bang to 2015. The site draws historical events >from Wikipedia and self-updates daily with