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

[MZMcBride]

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 new recorded events.

MZMcBride



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

[Samantha Lien]

-- 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 updates on plans for Wikipedia’s 15th
birthday.

TL;DR: We’ve designed a mark, Wikipedia 15, to be used, remixed, and built
on by the community as we celebrate Wikipedia’s 15th birthday.

Wikipedia 15 is a design concept offered to help Wikimedians across the
globe celebrate Wikipedia’s 15th birthday. But it’s not just about
celebrating Wikipedia. It’s about celebrating the birth of an idea, an idea
that helped shape the free and open knowledge movement. In the fifteen
years Wikipedia has existed, we've all come together to create something
worth celebrating, something worth protecting, and even something worth
arguing about. Wikipedia is a living, breathing collection of the people’s
knowledge. Every day we build it, every day we protect it, and every day we
enjoy it. We use it in every part of our daily lives. From looking up
something we're curious about, to winning an argument, to settling a bar
bet, to cramming for a test, to planning a trip, to learning a new skill.
Wikipedia is a cherished public trust. It's part of how we live now. 28% of
the planet has never known a world without Wikipedia.

Let's take this year to celebrate not just the fundamental ways Wikipedia
has changed how we learn, but also the small, joyous ways it's enriched our
lives. Knowledge is joy!

This year's mark is meant to be fun. And lighthearted. It can move! Or it
can be still. You can make it what you want to be. You can add objects that
are meaningful to you and where you live and what you do. You can use
objects to tell a story of what Wikipedia means to you.


How to use the Wikipedia 15 mark

The mark consists of two basic elements:

   -

   an image/or animated group of images
   -

   text below

Other than keeping things in that order, you can reuse, remix, and enjoy
the mark in a variety of ways.


How to localize

We've provided a core set of 27 images
, but we hope you
add your own and mix them in. You can use this in any graphics editing
program, including Inkscape , which is free and open
source. You can add multiple images and make an animated GIF
! The words “Wikipedia 15” can be
replaced with any localized example in any language. The typeface we used
is OpenSans, free from Google Fonts and freely licensed under version 2.0
of the Apache License .


Taking the Wikipedia 15 mark further

The Wikipedia 15 mark can be used to produce celebratory merchandise,
identify special web pages or other digital content, make posters or
banners, name tags, birthday cakes, and much more. The designers developed
this sample guide (below) to show some of the possible uses of the marks.
Be creative and share your concepts and ideas in the gallery on the Wikipedia
15 meta page .

Please make them to share! But please do not use the name "Wikipedia" to
sell any items, or for other uses without checking the trademark policy
.

The 27 images and guidelines for using the mark can be found under the material
section  of the
Wikipedia 15 meta page. A huge thank you to our design team, Mule
, who helped design and develop this fun and
inspiring creation. We can’t wait to see how you and your Wikimedia
community use this mark!


Please feel free to direct any questions to Sam Lien (sl...@wikimedia.org)
and Joe Sutherland (jsutherl...@wikimedia.org).

All the best,

Sam and Joe

(of the WMF Communications Team)




On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Katherine Maher 
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> **Wikipedia’s 15th birthday is coming. We want to celebrate with you. Read
> this whole email for more information about resources and plans, and join
> us on the Meta page to participate and coordinate:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_15**
>
> As many of you know, the first Wikipedia was created January 15, 2001.
> That means that the idea of our movement is nearly 15 years old! After the
> celebration of Wikipedia’s 10th birthday  five
> years back, we’re eager to coordinate celebrating this upcoming milestone
> with you on January 15, 2016.
>
> Wikipedia’s 10th birthday 
> resulted in 470 events across 113 countries, providing our global community
> with an opportunity to gather, share stories, and bake many, many cakes
> .
>
> As a way to kickstart planning around the 15th, there is a pa

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

[Pine W]

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 time
that's well beyond what's reasonable for most people to give. Except for
that point, this system makes sense to me and we could design some
adaptations for Wikipedia that are based on this advice.

Pine
On Oct 12, 2015 6:08 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 <
> 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 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 they use open licensing to make a real
> > difference in a non-open-movement group. I've already got some great new
> > ideas from it, and it has ideas that could help all of us, from the WMF
> to
> > WMIE.
> >
> > Key reading, I think, for those who have even a small group of Wikimedia
> > volunteers and no budget!
> >
> > It's at
> >
> >
> https://medium.com/@hera/running-a-fluid-and-democratic-volunteer-run-organisation-3538e12c699e
> >
> >
> > Richard Symonds
> > Wikimedia UK
> > 0207 065 0992
> >
> > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A
> 4LT.
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> > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thoughts on carrying the Wikimania conversation forward

[Gnangarra]

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  wrote:

> 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 discussion is
> > expected to focus on 2018-2021."
> >
> > Is that true? Should all the bid team except Montreal stop to spend their
> > energy for the 2017 bid anymore, or should they keep contact the local
> > venue and service providers to have a better research on their bid?
> >
> > I personally really want to have another Wikimania in Asia (if so, I
> won't
> > have big jet lag issue, haha), I see WMID is putting some lot of efforts
> of
> > their organization on the bid process (I was having a meeting with them
> for
> > 2 hours to know better about the venue situation in Bali), so I ask this
> > question. Just want to make sure how the follow up should go for the
> > bidders before the community consultation in November to prevent burned
> out
> > and reduce feeling of frustration.
> >
>
> Hi Liang. Confirming here that we've asked anyone who is considering
> hosting Wikimania (for 2017 or any other year) to be in touch with Ellie
> Young directly before putting any more energy into a bid.  Hope this is
> clear now - thanks!
>
>
> >
> > Best,
> >
> >
> > Liang, Wikimedia Taiwan
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Interesting - and helpful - blog post

[Rachel diCerbo]

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 <
> 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 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 they use open licensing to make a real
> > difference in a non-open-movement group. I've already got some great new
> > ideas from it, and it has ideas that could help all of us, from the WMF
> to
> > WMIE.
> >
> > Key reading, I think, for those who have even a small group of Wikimedia
> > volunteers and no budget!
> >
> > It's at
> >
> >
> https://medium.com/@hera/running-a-fluid-and-democratic-volunteer-run-organisation-3538e12c699e
> >
> >
> > Richard Symonds
> > Wikimedia UK
> > 0207 065 0992
> >
> > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A
> 4LT.
> > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
> > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
> >
> > *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
> > over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Interesting - and helpful - blog post

[Joseph Fox]

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 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 they use open licensing to make a real
> difference in a non-open-movement group. I've already got some great new
> ideas from it, and it has ideas that could help all of us, from the WMF to
> WMIE.
>
> Key reading, I think, for those who have even a small group of Wikimedia
> volunteers and no budget!
>
> It's at
>
> https://medium.com/@hera/running-a-fluid-and-democratic-volunteer-run-organisation-3538e12c699e
>
>
> Richard Symonds
> Wikimedia UK
> 0207 065 0992
>
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>
> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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[Wikimedia-l] Interesting - and helpful - blog post

[Richard Symonds]

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 they use open licensing to make a real
difference in a non-open-movement group. I've already got some great new
ideas from it, and it has ideas that could help all of us, from the WMF to
WMIE.

Key reading, I think, for those who have even a small group of Wikimedia
volunteers and no budget!

It's at
https://medium.com/@hera/running-a-fluid-and-democratic-volunteer-run-organisation-3538e12c699e


Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
0207 065 0992

Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).

*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikiconference USA 2015

[Nathan]

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). Notwithstanding
> those past crossed lines, and his propensity to walk very close to the edge
> of propriety today, he has a valid critique and, along with those of more
> temperate critics, his voice has a place in a truly comprehensive
> conversation about this project.
>
>
No one has replied to this, so I'll just say that I support the conference
organizers efforts to make conference events safe and comfortable for all
attendees. To me, safe is not a euphemism for censoring criticism; face to
face encounters inevitably involve the exchange of personal information,
and I can certainly understand why many people may hesitate to meet Greg in
person for that reason.

I don't know if this arrangement was contemplated for this year, but if
Greg or other critics with a difficult project history want to address
future conferences then perhaps the conference committee can consider
broadcasting taped remarks or videoconferencing sessions.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikiconference USA 2015

[Pine W]

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 them as
well. An option that we could all consider is having the possible English
WikiProject Medicine conference also run in parallel to WCONUSA; one of our
possible venues is the University of Washington which takes pride in its
medical school (and we are in the vicinity of the Gates Foundation), so we
may have a venue that would work for you as well if we get enough notice.

A community-wide calendar for events sounds like a great idea. There are
some ancient calendars on Meta. I'm pinging Luis to ask if the upcoming
development of the community portal can include an event calendar!

Pine
On Oct 12, 2015 12:28 PM, "Anthony Cole"  wrote:

> 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 and
> publicising these kinds of events?
>
> On Sunday, October 11, 2015, Pine W  wrote:
>
> > Andrew and I are trying some ad hoc solutions for video. Last night I
> > watched the videos that I took with my camera that's designed more for
> > stills than video, and the video quality is disappointing IMO. Andrew's
> > videos are probably better because he has equipment that is purpose-built
> > for the job. I've sent some suggestions about video internally, and hope
> > that they'll be published on a "lessons learned" list.
> >
> > Next year it seems likely that Cascadia Wikimedians will host the
> > conference. As someone who is heavily invested in that group, I am
> hopeful
> > that we'll get good quality recordings of at least a majority of the
> > sessions in 2016.
> >
> > Pine
> > On Oct 11, 2015 2:35 AM, "Anthony Cole"  > > wrote:
> >
> > > :o) Thanks Keegan.
> > >
> > > This may be far too much to ask - I don't know anything about costs and
> > > technicalities - but will it be possible in the near future to set up a
> > > camera and some microphones at every session in these kinds of
> > conferences
> > > for people whose health, finances or other commitments prevent them
> from
> > > attending in person?
> > >
> > > On Sunday, October 11, 2015, Keegan Peterzell  > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 2:12 AM, Anthony Cole  > 
> > > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I've been following the conference online and I congratulate the
> > > > organisers
> > > > > - some fascinating presentations and the videos are excellent. A
> link
> > > to
> > > > > the videos:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://wikiconferenceusa.org/wiki/2015/Schedule
> > > > >
> > > > > I recommend Stuart Ray's insightful presentation at 4 hours 36
> > minutes
> > > on
> > > > > day two (Saturday 10th), addressing Wikipedia's problematical
> > > > relationship
> > > > > with experts.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > ​Indeed!
> > > > ​
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > A couple of points.
> > > > >
> > > > > 1) I'd love to view or listen to a recording of the 45 minute
> > > > > panel discussion held in the Jefferson Room at 12:15 on Saturday,
> > > > > "Journalism and the Online Information Community: How Wikimedians
> > Cover
> > > > > Wikimedia." Was it recorded and will it eventually be put online?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > ​The only official recordings are for the main hall. I attended the
> > > > session, I'll be more than happy to relate how it went for you
> > (Anthony,
> > > or
> > > > others as needed) off-list​
> > > >
> > > > ​this coming week if you like/time zones line-up.
> > > >
> > > > {{Nutshell|Wikipedia/Wikimedia is really complicated, and journalists
> > > often
> > > > take the "easy way out" for publication because of the complexity.
> > > > Wikimedians can do better in distributing news for external
> > publication,
> > > > and same publications should take care to understand what is being
> > > > reported. The Signpost needs help.}}
> > > > ​
> > > >
> > > > --
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> > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thoughts on carrying the Wikimania conversation forward

[Siko Bouterse]

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 discussion is
> expected to focus on 2018-2021."
>
> Is that true? Should all the bid team except Montreal stop to spend their
> energy for the 2017 bid anymore, or should they keep contact the local
> venue and service providers to have a better research on their bid?
>
> I personally really want to have another Wikimania in Asia (if so, I won't
> have big jet lag issue, haha), I see WMID is putting some lot of efforts of
> their organization on the bid process (I was having a meeting with them for
> 2 hours to know better about the venue situation in Bali), so I ask this
> question. Just want to make sure how the follow up should go for the
> bidders before the community consultation in November to prevent burned out
> and reduce feeling of frustration.
>

Hi Liang. Confirming here that we've asked anyone who is considering
hosting Wikimania (for 2017 or any other year) to be in touch with Ellie
Young directly before putting any more energy into a bid.  Hope this is
clear now - thanks!


>
> Best,
>
>
> Liang, Wikimedia Taiwan
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Thoughts on carrying the Wikimania conversation forward

[Siko Bouterse]

Thanks for these suggestions, Lodewijk. Starting with the main goals and
ideas before moving to detailed process and criteria makes a lot of sense.
We'll need to define a process for 2018 before too long - one of the issues
we're seeing is a need to select hosts earlier, because good venues book up
early - so I'm not sure we can postpone the process discussions entirely
until after Ensino Lario, but I hear your point about vision before
process, and about using the next Wikimania to forward some phases of
discussion in-person. We can look at options for how to accomplish this.

Cheers,
Siko

On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 6:12 AM, Lodewijk 
wrote:

> Hi Siko,
>
> Thanks for the constructive thoughts.
>
> I agree it is good to focus on the future, and have a good discussion
> about this. I hope that chapters and organised groups (who could have
> higher odds for bidding/hosting) also discuss this topic, and use that as
> input. That way, more people can be included indirectly.
>
> While I do think we should really discuss this, I do also think Esino
> Lario is a very brave experiment, and I would like to separate the
> discussion between general goals, and how we accomplish them. I expect we
> will learn many lessons from Esino Lario based on the very creative
> approach to the conference. Some things will work out great, and should be
> repeated, others probably give a less enthusiast feeling for repetition.
> That is nothing to be ashamed of, because if we never try, we never find
> out.
>
> So I would like to propose that this consultation does /not/ result in a
> very rigid set of criteria and process, but that it focuses on the main
> goals, the main ideas what we want with Wikimania - and that we revisit
> that shortly after Esino Lario to incorporate those lessons. That also
> gives some space to have a real life discussion at Wikimania about this
> plan :) It would be nice to have a good set of input for that real life
> discussion though!
>
> Best,
> Lodewijk
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 12:11 AM, Siko Bouterse 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Just letting you know that I’m reading the recent Wikimania-focused
>> mailing list threads with interest, as the Community Resources team is now
>> on-point for funding and coordinating WMF’s involvement in Wikimania.
>>
>> A couple of first thoughts to share:
>>
>> 1. WMF has learned from past Wikimanias that we need to do our
>> due-diligence on venue etc before the host team and location is announced.
>> One reason for this is that we have a limited budget for Wikimania, and
>> doing a site visit before the host is finalized helps us ensure that we’re
>> able to support the costs of the event in a given location. Ellie Young is
>> headed to Montreal in 2 weeks and based on what she learns from that visit,
>> we’re aiming to give the steering committee what they need to confirm
>> selection before the end of 2015. That said, we recognize that
>> communications around this haven’t gone as planned, and we are looking into
>> improvements…(see thought 2)
>>
>> 2. We, too, would like to see the movement building towards a shared
>> vision of Wikimania! It is great to see so many people, in true
>> Wikimedian-style, thinking about big-picture questions of participation,
>> representation, and content at Wikimania. Knowing that mailing list
>> discussions have their limits, here’s how my team is thinking about
>> collecting feedback more systematically for this going forward:
>>
>> We’ll be launching a community consultation in November to help build
>> towards more shared vision and process improvements for Wikimania 2018 -
>> 2021. Two key inputs we’ve been thinking about using to launch that
>> conversation are 1) responses from the survey of last Wikimania’s attendees
>> and 2) the steering committee’s recommendation for host selection going
>> forward.
>>
>> We’re still regrouping from the latest Resources Consultation, and will
>> begin planning for a Wikimania Consultation next week, so after that we’ll
>> be able to share more information about what this consultation will look
>> like and the exact timeline. Meanwhile, suggestions and open questions that
>> you’d like to see resolved via this consultation are most welcome in this
>> thread. My hope is that a consultation will help broaden participation in
>> these conversations and get us from input to action.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>> Siko
>>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikiconference USA 2015

[Anthony Cole]

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 and
publicising these kinds of events?

On Sunday, October 11, 2015, Pine W  wrote:

> Andrew and I are trying some ad hoc solutions for video. Last night I
> watched the videos that I took with my camera that's designed more for
> stills than video, and the video quality is disappointing IMO. Andrew's
> videos are probably better because he has equipment that is purpose-built
> for the job. I've sent some suggestions about video internally, and hope
> that they'll be published on a "lessons learned" list.
>
> Next year it seems likely that Cascadia Wikimedians will host the
> conference. As someone who is heavily invested in that group, I am hopeful
> that we'll get good quality recordings of at least a majority of the
> sessions in 2016.
>
> Pine
> On Oct 11, 2015 2:35 AM, "Anthony Cole"  > wrote:
>
> > :o) Thanks Keegan.
> >
> > This may be far too much to ask - I don't know anything about costs and
> > technicalities - but will it be possible in the near future to set up a
> > camera and some microphones at every session in these kinds of
> conferences
> > for people whose health, finances or other commitments prevent them from
> > attending in person?
> >
> > On Sunday, October 11, 2015, Keegan Peterzell  >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 2:12 AM, Anthony Cole  
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I've been following the conference online and I congratulate the
> > > organisers
> > > > - some fascinating presentations and the videos are excellent. A link
> > to
> > > > the videos:
> > > >
> > > > http://wikiconferenceusa.org/wiki/2015/Schedule
> > > >
> > > > I recommend Stuart Ray's insightful presentation at 4 hours 36
> minutes
> > on
> > > > day two (Saturday 10th), addressing Wikipedia's problematical
> > > relationship
> > > > with experts.
> > > >
> > >
> > > ​Indeed!
> > > ​
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > A couple of points.
> > > >
> > > > 1) I'd love to view or listen to a recording of the 45 minute
> > > > panel discussion held in the Jefferson Room at 12:15 on Saturday,
> > > > "Journalism and the Online Information Community: How Wikimedians
> Cover
> > > > Wikimedia." Was it recorded and will it eventually be put online?
> > > >
> > >
> > > ​The only official recordings are for the main hall. I attended the
> > > session, I'll be more than happy to relate how it went for you
> (Anthony,
> > or
> > > others as needed) off-list​
> > >
> > > ​this coming week if you like/time zones line-up.
> > >
> > > {{Nutshell|Wikipedia/Wikimedia is really complicated, and journalists
> > often
> > > take the "easy way out" for publication because of the complexity.
> > > Wikimedians can do better in distributing news for external
> publication,
> > > and same publications should take care to understand what is being
> > > reported. The Signpost needs help.}}
> > > ​
> > >
> > > --
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