Re: [Wikimedia-l] Increase participation [WAS: The first three weeks]

"even finding the glaring typo you saw in a reference is nearly impossible after you hit the edit button." -- Marc Yes, it was, as references were getting longer and longer (almost to the point of including the author's likesa and deslikes and what he or she had for breakfast. That was 'solved' by

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The first three weeks.

Hoi Aaron, A point I often make is that both Commons and Wikidata provide activities for new people to get their feet wet in our projects. With Wiki loves monuments we gain an entry in the Guiness book of records. With the latest Wikidata games we gain a LOT of new statements in Wikidata in a real

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The first three weeks.

Hi Aaron This is really a treasure trove of information. I am looking forward to savouring it in detail. Many thanks. One question for now on Point 5: the 3rd graph with values <1 - are those percentages? Is the decimal notation correct? Regards, Rui 2014-05-30 1:52 GMT+02:00 Aaron Halfaker :

[Wikimedia-l] Right to be forgotten

Do you think that the right to be forgotten may change something in the Wikipedia's sources and in the work done by volunteers to write Wikipedia? Google announced that they will apply the right to be forgotten in Europe and some names may disappear in the big search engine. http://www.theguardia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Right to be forgotten

As I understand it, the "right to be forgotten" will only affect the discoverability of content, rather than existence of content. So if we rely on a source which says that person X did Y many years ago, and X succeeds in invoking their "right to be forgotten", then the source will no longer appea

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Right to be forgotten

Yes, I know. But I think that something will change for users writing content (no more references in the main search engine) but also to discover copyright infringements. Regards On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Chris Keating wrote: > As I understand it, the "right to be forgotten" will only

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The first three weeks.

Gerard, I think that the work on Commons and WikiData is freaking awesome. If I could clone myself I'd be digging into it immediately. Right now, I'm working on measurement Wikipedias and large cross-wiki analyses. FWIW, I think that the wikidata games are some of the most exciting things to hap

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Input needed: Cooperation with zoos?

Roger Bamkin has done some QR work with Sofaia zoo I think. Roger Bamkin [image: Roger Bamkin's profile photo] victuall...@gmail.com On 29 May 2014 23:42, Balázs Viczián wro

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Input needed: Cooperation with zoos?

On 30 May 2014 16:29, Jon Davies wrote: > Roger Bamkin has done some QR work with Sofaia zoo I think. No need to speculate, a full report is available at . It was a Bulgarian Wiki

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Bad usage of money in Brazil

Hello Lila, I wanted to answer your question regarding the bubbles in the bubble chart as that chart has been pulled from our *Program Evaluation (beta)* reports, this one from the Wiki Loves Monuments report, available at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Library/WLM The bubbl

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia movement affiliates liaisons

On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Bence Damokos wrote: > Also, somewhat unfortunately in my view, there is a requirement for user > groups is to have a "history of projects", which was not further defined > but in theory makes it impossible to form a user group before there has > been a "history".

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cost of Wikimedia Conference 2014

On 2 April 2014 16:12, Jon Davies wrote: ... > This could help reduce costs and avoid any duplication? I can now confirm that Wikimedia UK is not going to make a public report of the total costs of sending 8 people to the Wikimedia Conference 2014. I doubt that Jon Davies' wish to reduce costs ca

[Wikimedia-l] Applying the Right to Be Forgotten to Wikipedia (Was Re: Right to be forgotten)

Chris writes: > As I understand it, the "right to be forgotten" will only affect the > discoverability of content, rather than existence of content. > > So if we rely on a source which says that person X did Y many years ago, > and X succeeds in invoking their "right to be forgotten", then the sou

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Bad usage of money in Brazil

Hi, To give a little more context: as I indicated on other places as well (and perhaps by other people), competitions across countries are hard to compare because they face very different challenges, and it is even unfair to assume they are the same thing. The goals were not always identical (in s

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Bad usage of money in Brazil

Hi, I have no idea about the prizes for other places to compare, but I must say 10k reais (~5k USD) is a small amount of money for the value generate by this type of competition, in my opinion. At the moment I am running through the organization I coordinate a challenge which will give prizes of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Input needed: Cooperation with zoos?

Thanks :) We spent ~100k HUF on each. That is ~330 EUR or ~$450 per project. Balazs 2014-05-30 2:04 GMT+02:00 Daniel Mietchen : > That looks impressive, Balazs - thanks to the Hungarian community! > > Daniel > -- > > http://www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/en/institution/mitarbeiter/mietchen-dani

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Right to be forgotten

On 30/05/2014 14:11, Chris Keating wrote: As I understand it, the "right to be forgotten" will only affect the discoverability of content, rather than existence of content. So if we rely on a source which says that person X did Y many years ago, and X succeeds in invoking their "right to be forg

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia movement affiliates liaisons

Compare the process of forming a Meetup group. There are basic standards of behavior and usage -- applied via review after the fact, soft-security style -- and measures of activity. But as soon as you finish filling out a form describing your group, it has been created + is visible online + has its

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia movement affiliates liaisons

On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Leigh Thelmadatter wrote: > > Wiki Borregos has been operating in this manner for some time. See > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Borregos_CCM_Student_User_Group > We originally put our info as a student club, but when it became obvious > that the program to s

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia movement affiliates liaisons

Borregos means "rams" the mascot of the Tec de Monterrey. > Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 16:17:49 -0400 > From: nawr...@gmail.com > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia movement affiliates liaisons > > On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Leigh Thelmadatter > wrote: >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Mobile Operator IP Drift Tracking and Remediation

Okay, the code is in place in the alphas of both the Android and iOS apps, and the server-side 2% sampling (extra header in HTTPS request sent once per cellular app session) is working. https://git.wikimedia.org/commitdiff/apps%2Fandroid%2Fwikipedia.git/8b4a0c3b170d6bf1a8f8141d93dfc60416ae4e2b ht

[Wikimedia-l] Call for Wikimedia Hackathon(s) 2014-2015

(CCing wikimedia-l as well, please send any replies to wikitech-l only) The Wikimedia technical community wants to have another hackathon next year in Europe. Who will organize it? Interested parties, check https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hackathons We would like to confirm a host by Wikimania, l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Wikimedia Hackathon(s) 2014-2015

I am glad to hear this time we will have something in Europe. :) 2014-05-30 18:58 GMT-03:00 Quim Gil : > (CCing wikimedia-l as well, please send any replies to wikitech-l only) > > The Wikimedia technical community wants to have another hackathon next year > in Europe. Who will organize it? > > In

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Bad usage of money in Brazil

"way the topic was raised." funny Thank you Jaime Anstee, Lodewijk for the explanation and context. I don't if Mr. Alvarenga can see, but "I don't criticize the organizers, they are newbies in the Wikimedia movement", is one of the main problems here, why they can have the power spend this money

[Wikimedia-l] Free online course on open knowledge

I signed up out of interest, so sharing. It's free and begins 3 Sept. http://online.stanford.edu/course/openknowledge-changing-global-course-learning?utm_source=email%20broadcast&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=may%20mailer%202014 Best Bishakha ___ Wikime