Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Warning: Visual Editor - turn it on and it seems you can't turn it off!

2013-07-03 Thread Gnangarra
VIsual editor was rolled out to soon, too many bugs not enough time to test which is a common issue. But all these issues and complaints are wasted if you just turn it off because we need to accept the change and learn to work with it otherwise how can we teach others to use it. you do have the

[Wikimediaau-l] 2030 Strategic Plan for Victorian Public Libraries

2013-07-03 Thread Kerry Raymond
For those of you with a taste for a bit of GLAM in your life, you might enjoy this 50+ page presentation of the 2030 strategic plan for Victorian Public Libraries http://www.plvn.net.au/sites/default/files/20130527%20FINAL%20VPL2030%20Full %20Report_web.pdf or you can settle for my quick

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] 2030 Strategic Plan for Victorian Public Libraries

2013-07-03 Thread Leigh Blackall
Thanks Kerry, I'm keen to respond in any way you thought appropriate if it meant realising this potential. I'm based on Melbourne at the moment, happy to run workshops, especially regional Victoria. On 03/07/2013 5:51 PM, Kerry Raymond kerry.raym...@gmail.com wrote: ** ** For those of you

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] [wmau:members] Visual Editor - your thoughts?

2013-07-03 Thread Craig Franklin
My short opinion is that it's promising, but it clearly needs work. It is not ready for a global go-live yet, but its deployment seems to be driven by considerations other than whether it's ready for Production use. The good: From my work at outreach workshops, this is by a long shot the #1

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] 2030 Strategic Plan for Victorian Public Libraries

2013-07-03 Thread Kerry Raymond
For myself (not a committee position or anything), I would like to see us roll out a general 1-hour presentation about Wikipedia for the public. So, not edit training, just stuff like stats about it, how its funded, how it operates, how vandalism is managed, what WMAU does, etc. I'd probably throw