[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost – Volume 15, Issue 10 – 31 October 2019

2019-11-04 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
In the media: How to use or abuse Wikipedia for fun or profit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-10-31/In_the_media

Special report: “Catch and Kill” on Wikipedia: Paid editing and the
suppression of material on alleged sexual abuse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-10-31/Special_report

In focus: The BBC looks at Chinese government editing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-10-31/In_focus

Interview: Carl Miller on Wikipedia Wars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-10-31/Interview

Community view: Observations from the mainland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-10-31/Community_view

Arbitration report: October actions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-10-31/Arbitration_report

Traffic report: Wrestling with a couple of teenagers, a Nobelist, and a lot
of jokers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-10-31/Traffic_report

Gallery: Wiki Loves Broadcast
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-10-31/Gallery

Recent research: Research at Wikimania 2019: More communication doesn't
make editors more productive; Tor users doing good work; harmful content
rare on English Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-10-31/Recent_research

Essay: Wikipedia is in the real world
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-10-31/Essay

News from the WMF: Welcome to Wikipedia! Here's what we're doing to help
you stick around
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-10-31/News_from_the_WMF

On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-10-31/On_the_bright_side


Single-page view
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single


https://facebook.com/wikisignpost
https://twitter.com/wikisignpost

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[Wikimedia-l] Language Showcase, November 2019

2019-11-04 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
Hello,

This is an announcement about a new installment of the Language Showcase, a
series of presentations about various aspects of language diversity and its
connection to Wikimedia Projects.

This new installment will deal with the Boost project, the purpose of which
is to improve the Content Translation extension for editions of Wikipedia
of medium size.

This session is going to be broadcast over Zoom, and a recording will be
published for later viewing. You can also participate in the conversation
on IRC or with us on the Zoom meeting.

Please read below for the event details, including local time, joining
links and do let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you!

Amir

== Details ==

# Event: Language Showcase #3

# When: November 6, 2019 (Wednesday) at 13:00 UTC (check local time
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20191106T1300)

# Where:

https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/395329557
Meeting ID: 395 329 557
IRC - #wikimedia-office (on Freenode)

# Agenda:

The Boost project, expanding the use of translation to help more
communities to grow:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation/Boost

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