[Wikimedia-l] Campaigns for Growth (new editors)

2016-03-30 Thread Katharina Nocun
Hello everyone, let me briefly introduce myself since I'm new on this list: My name is Katharina Nocun, but I prefer to go by my nickname Katta/kattascha. I just joined WMDE as Project Manager for (Online-) Campaigns. Why am I writing on this list? WMDE is currently exploring ways how to improv

[Wikimedia-l] Commons search display results

2016-03-30 Thread David Cuenca Tudela
I was looking for some lichen images on Commons and I was wondering how can I show a grid of images. I tried several options but nothing, I think that there was some hack to make the search results look more like Google images, or maybe I am wrong? Is this part of the Discovery team work? Thanks

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons search display results

2016-03-30 Thread Dan Garry
Hello Micru! Responses in-line. On 30 March 2016 at 10:33, David Cuenca Tudela wrote: > I was looking for some lichen images on Commons and I was wondering how can > I show a grid of images. I tried several options but nothing, I think that > there was some hack to make the search results look

[Wikimedia-l] "flyover country" app w/ georeferenced articles

2016-03-30 Thread phoebe ayers
Another use for georeferenced Wikipedia articles: this app lets you load up a flight path in the United States between two airports, and get Wikipedia articles about points of interest as well as geological and fossil data along that path, and then view it offline as you fly over. Also available fo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons search display results

2016-03-30 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Hoe does this fit in with the plan to use structured data for Commons? As I understand it, the plan is to use tags for pictures, this will make what pictures depict findable in any language with the appropriate labels. Thanks, GerardM On 30 March 2016 at 20:02, Dan Garry wrote: > Hello

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons search display results

2016-03-30 Thread Dan Garry
On 30 March 2016 at 13:19, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > Hoe does this fit in with the plan to use structured data for Commons? As I > understand it, the plan is to use tags for pictures, this will make what > pictures depict findable in any language with the appropriate labels. > The Search T

[Wikimedia-l] Research findings on “New Readers” in Mexico

2016-03-30 Thread Anne Gomez
Hello all, Please join us tomorrow during the Metrics meeting as we share findings from a recent user research trip to Mexico. Background on this research project can be found on MediaWiki, where we are documenting timelines, methodologies, and interview responses from 15 participants and a number

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons search display results

2016-03-30 Thread Gnangarra
Already possible to get a grid of images in commons Start in Category:Lichens https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lichens then use the FastCCI tool https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:FastCCI It returns https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lichens?fastcci=%7B%22c1%22%3A9839830%

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Research findings on “New Readers” in Mexico

2016-03-30 Thread Samuel Klein
Thanks Anne & all, this looks really interesting. On Mar 30, 2016 16:41, "Anne Gomez" wrote: > Hello all, > > Please join us tomorrow during the Metrics meeting as we share findings > from a recent user research trip to Mexico. Background on this research > project can be found on MediaWiki, wher

[Wikimedia-l] Wikiwand

2016-03-30 Thread Anders Wennersten
What is WMFs position on Wikiwand [1]? is it a complement or a commercial run interface that is better that we can offer? Anders [1] http://www.wikiwand.com/about ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailin