[Wikimedia-l] Invitation to Episode 2 of WikiAfrica Hour

2021-05-27 Thread ceslause
Hello everyone! Last month we launched the WikiAfrica Hour with our first ever episode featuring outgoing Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Katherine Maher. Join us on 28th May 2021, at 4pm UTC, for the episode 2 where we will be discussing the role photography plays within a Wikimedia context, with

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2021 Session Submission Forms are Live

2021-05-27 Thread Winnie kabintie
Dear Wikimedia Community Members, We have been so hard at work that we are just now peeking our heads out of our computer screens! However, we have some exciting news to share with you around Wikimania 2021! Here are some updates and important information: 1. Session Submission forms are

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Announcing an academic conference on Wikipedia translation

2021-05-27 Thread Rajeeb
Dear friends and colleagues, Hope my mail finds you all in the best of health and spirit. It is good news that the conference is happening and not put off due to the pandemic, I would like to thank the organizers for taking the conference to 100% online. Though not happy as one needs to pay for

[Wikimedia-l] Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours June 01, 2021

2021-05-27 Thread Martin Gerlach
Hi all, Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly Office hours on 2021-06-01 at 16:00-17:00 UTC (9am PT/6pm CEST). To participate, join the video-call via this link [2]. There is no set agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad [3]

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Announcing an academic conference on Wikipedia translation

2021-05-27 Thread Risker
While I understand that this could be a concern if it was a large fee, it works out to about $13 USD/11 Euros for observer status, and double that for presenter status. This does not sound outrageous; it pays for the equipment, software, staffing, technical support, and bandwidth, as well as the

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Announcing an academic conference on Wikipedia translation

2021-05-27 Thread Željko Blaće
Also interested in contributing, but registration fee is something that puts me off when approaching academic conferences, especially now when online so much of the cost is reduced. Best - Z. Blace On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 9:22 AM Natacha Rault via Wikimedia-l < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Announcing an academic conference on Wikipedia translation

2021-05-27 Thread Natacha Rault via Wikimedia-l
Hi Mark, This is really interesting. I take care of les sans pagEs community on fr-wikii and we translate a lot from English, a little from Spanish and Italian. I would keen to participate, thanks for sharing! Kind regards, Nattes à chat > Le 27 mai 2021 à 07:47, Mark SHUTTLEWORTH a

[Wikimedia-l] Invitation to Episode 2 of WikiAfrica Hour

2021-05-27 Thread ceslause
Hello everyone! Last month we launched the WikiAfrica Hour with our first ever episode featuring outgoing Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Katherine Maher. Join us on 28th May 2021, at 4pm UTC, for the episode 2 where we will be discussing the role photography plays within a Wikimedia context, with