Re: [Wikimedia-l] Agreement Reached Between Wikimedia Israel and Israeli Archives

You can also read more about it on Haaretz: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-after-uploading-28-000-historical-images-wikimedia-signs-deal-with-national-library-1.6976376 *Itzik Edri* Chairperson it...@wikimedia.org.il +972-54-5878078 On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 6:19 PM Michal Leste

[Wikimedia-l] sensory overload/wikimedia events

*There now is a learning pattern with suggestions on how to prevent sensory overload at Wikimedia events.* Last year, there was a short discussion

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Video Wiki

WOW! From: Wikimedia-l on behalf of James Heilman Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 6:55 AM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Video Wiki Hey All We have a new project called Video Wiki which allows: 1. The

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Video Wiki

Brilliant. Long in the making, much needed. And for branding, the website devoted to this should be called Wikipedia Media... On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 12:55 AM James Heilman wrote: > Hey All > > We have a new project called Video Wiki > which > allows: > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Video Wiki

Is it possible to add other languages if we have a free TTS system? From: Wikimedia-l on behalf of Samuel Klein Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 4:10 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Video Wiki Brilliant. Long in the making, much neede

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Video Wiki

That's pretty cool! I'll add some more notes on the wiki page later. -- brion On Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 9:55 PM James Heilman wrote: > Hey All > > We have a new project called Video Wiki > which > allows: > >1. The easy creation of videos from scripts from Wik

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Agreement Reached Between Wikimedia Israel and Israeli Archives

Congratulations Michal and Wikimedia Israel! El mié., 27 feb. 2019 a las 2:33, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel (< it...@wikimedia.org.il>) escribió: > You can also read more about it on Haaretz: > > > https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-after-uploading-28-000-historical-images-wikimedia-signs-d

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia has been accepted as a mentor organization in GSoC 2019!

Yeah, we can! But, we need projects with a clear scope and two mentors who are willing to provide guidance to students throughout the summer (May-August) as they develop their projects. And, this is not necessarily the case with community wishlist projects that are not in the top 10. In the past, w

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2019 scholarship applications open

Hi all, We wanted to inform you that scholarship applications for Wikimania 2019 which is being held in Stockholm, Sweden on August 14–18, 2019 are now being accepted. Applications are open until Friday, 15 March 2019 23:59 UTC. Applicants will be able to apply for a partial or full scholarship.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia has been accepted as a mentor organization in GSoC 2019!

Hi James, I'd like to emphasize the point (so that non-devs are aware) that outreach programs are generally more work for a mentor than "just implement the feature yourself" would be. I.e. The mentors generally have to help onboard the newcomer and get their tools setup properly, and then understa

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Video Wiki

Yes definitely possible for other languages. It currently works in Hindi, Spanish, French, and English. Here is an example of one in Hindi https://videowiki.wmflabs.org/hi/videowiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%