[Wikimediaau-l] Survey of women contributors to Wikipedia

Forwarded in the hope you can help by personally participating in the survey (if you are a woman!) and/or share it with your networks. Thanks, Kerry Greetings, My name is Leigh Gruwell, and I am a doctoral student at Miami University in Oxford, OH. I am also a Wikipedia contributor and I value W

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] [wmau:members] WMAU new committee and FDC statement

ement Hi everyone, Wikimedia Australia today held their 2012 AGM and has elected a new management committee. President - John Vandenberg Vice President - Graham Pearce Secretary - Charles Gregory Treasurer - Craig Franklin Ordinary members - Steven Zhang, Kerry Raymond We would also li

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: [OKFN-AU] Australian Government told to make open access research mandatory

Not sure about Europe, but in Australia, many universities have been supporting open access for years with institutional policies etc. Here is mandatory policy at QUT (where I work): http://www.mopp.qut.edu.au/F/F_01_03.jsp which has been in place for a number of years. At QUT, our meta-

[Wikimediaau-l] Getting public engagement [Was: Transcript of today's public IRC meeting]

Thanks to you and Gnangarra for your efforts. It is a pity that the event didn't attract others, but, I think, this highlights our need to think hard about how to get more public engagement. At the public meeting (as you will see from the IRC log) we did have some talk about the need for a member

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] A couple of proposals on the WMAU wiki

As per http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal_policy 1. get a seconder 2. get support of a committee member 3. two people (well, I guess one sender and one cc-ed) request the committee c...@wikimedia.org.au to make a decision within 28 days (I do that quickly given the timing)

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] A couple of proposals on the WMAU wiki

es as people are more likely to find it and comment if it's hanging off Proposals. Kerry _ From: Kerry Raymond [mailto:kerry.raym...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, 17 December 2012 4:11 PM To: 'Wikimedia-au' Subject: RE: [Wikimediaau-l] A couple of proposals on the

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Images of contemporary life for IndigenousAustralians

The short answer is start here: http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/laws/indigenous/protection-laws.html But, based on a talk I heard at a museums conference, any digitisation of indigenous artefacts is a culturally sensitive matter that appears to require considerable engagement with th

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: [Wiki-research-l] Dumps on AARNet

I just added this to the talk page I can certainly gather the names of some Australian researchers who would be interested in this. But the size would make it a better target for an RDSI node rather than AARNET. Researchers probably want more than just a mirrored dump; they would want it extra

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: [Wiki-research-l] Dumps on AARNet

ortunity > to take data and process it now, we should. > > Then again, is there a good reason to act now? Isn't the data well managed > and preserved where it is now? If some day Australian researchers do > gravitate to that data, won't that be the time to develop proce

[Wikimediaau-l] Free registrations for the New Librarians Symposium, Brisbane, 9-11 February 2013

Folks WMAU will be sponsoring the New Librarians Symposiums (NLS) to be held in Brisbane 9-11 February 2013, http://newlibrarianssymposium.com/ where Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, is a keynote speaker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Gardner As part of the

[Wikimediaau-l] large collection of historic Australian photos found by UK archives

Read the story here: http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/in-flickrs-page-let-every-stage-adv ance-australia-fair/ See the images here: http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/in-flickrs-page-let-every-stage-adv ance-australia-fair/ I notice that all the ones I have looked at a

[Wikimediaau-l] free knowledge takes a step backwards in Ireland

An Irish Newspaper collective is trying to impose a fee on websites that link to them. Yep, a fee of 100 Euros to include one of their URLs in your website, tweets etc. http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/01/02/irish-newspaper-collective-want s-to-charge-license-fees-for-links No, it's

[Wikimediaau-l] Training in Toowoomba - help needed

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ANewPages&namespace=2&tagfilter=&username= Please help our trainees creating their first article. Users Jrg from oz Slanderqueens Southwaleslady Wallyedwards33 Twinkle Toowoomba Lhsunshine Yokohanan BreandaC Pegasus1965 REDscottdowns Sent

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Training in Toowoomba - help needed

The complete list of articles is available here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/SLQ#February Thanks to K. Peachey for helping to flesh out the list. Kerry ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wik

[Wikimediaau-l] Queensland State Archives images

Queensland State Archives are putting some of their image collection on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/queenslandstatearchives/ The good news for us is that many of the older ones are CC-BY (newer ones are "All rights reserved"). And there is a much larger image (and other digiti

[Wikimediaau-l] Open public sector information: from principles to practice - report on implementation (February 2013); Office of the Australian Information Commissioner - The OAIC

You might be interested to read this report about some of the implementation issues in relation to making public sector information open to the public: http://www.oaic.gov.au/publications/reports/open_psi_principle_to_practice_f ebruary2013.html Kerry

[Wikimediaau-l] Wikipedia in Education - 5 April 2013 at University of Sydney

Reminder: The Wikipedia in Education Symposium is being held on 5 April 2013 at University of Sydney. If you are planning to attend, please register yourself by 27 March by supplying your basic details here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/D7YFD28 For those who live outside of Sydney, if

[Wikimediaau-l] Open Data "scorecard" for the states of the USA

The Sunlight Foundation has issued a report card for the progress of the 50 USA states on open data in relation to their legislation: Read about it here: http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2013/03/11/openstates-report-card/ Admire the 10 open data principles from which the 6 assessment

[Wikimediaau-l] Brisbane event: "Open the Vault: Open Data in Queensland" - 3 April 2013 at The Edge, State Library of Queensland, Southbank

If anyone is in the Brisbane area and keen to be part of discussions about opening up Qld government data, then this free workshop is for you: https://data.qld.gov.au/data-event Kerry ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikim

[Wikimediaau-l] A night in the JOL: Queensland stories of World War One (State Library of Queensland)

Given our plans for Wikimedians-in-Residence for World War 1, this free talk at the John Oxley Library (Qld State Library) on 24 April might be of interest to folks in Brisbane or thereabouts. Info and registration via the URL below http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/whats-on/calevents/general/talks/nigh

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Australian Wikipedian in Residence

This is a fantastic achievement for both you and the library! I wish you all every success in this project! Kerry _ From: wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of G. White Sent: Friday, 22 March 2013 3:22 PM To: Wi

[Wikimediaau-l] Final call for registrations and travel funding for the Wikmedia in Higher Education Symposium 5 April 2013

Reminder: Wikipedia in Higher Education Symposium 5 April 2013 at University of Sydney, Camperdown Campus, Teachers College Building (A22) See the program and register at http://sydney.edu.au/arts/teaching_learning/writing_hub/events.shtml Registration Please email me if you will be

[Wikimediaau-l] Reminder: Sydney session on tomorrow

Hi all, Just a reminder that we will be having a public Wikimedia session in the Customs House library tomorrow, starting at 11am. Come to the meeting room on Level 2, if you get lost ask at the reference desk. Hope to see you there! Cheers, Craig Franklin President - Wikimedia Australia (usin

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Queensland State Archives images

Well done, Toby! Thanks for doing this! Kerry _ From: Toby Hudson [mailto:tob...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, 7 April 2013 2:35 PM To: Kerry Raymond; Wikimedia Australia Chapter Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Queensland State Archives images Hi Kerry and all (esp Queenslanders

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: [---] Australian Census Data Released Under CC License, But Official Site Tries To Make It Hard To Download

Do I trust journalists? Not a lot. Do I believe in the scientific method? Yes, I do, so I decided to try downloading the census data and see what happened. I googled "ABS census" and it took me to a likely looking page. I followed the link and registered an account (requiring the usual name, addre

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: [---] Australian Census Data Released Under CC License, But Official Site Tries To Make It Hard To Download

It might be worth pointing out that the ABS responded to the original criticism: http://www.itnews.com.au/News/339819,abs-hobbles-census-data-downloaders.asp x Their response (attached at the bottom of the URL above) says: ABS responds A spokesperson for the ABS said the $250 charge

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: [---] Australian Census Data Released Under CC License, But Official Site Tries To Make It Hard To Download

Although the census data is CC-BY, I suspect the reason they want you to register and login to access it from their website is so they can track what people are downloading. This is the first time it's been freely available on the web and I am guessing that they are expected to report on what's bei

[Wikimediaau-l] Forensically reconstructing Australia during WW1

With the centenary of WW1 looming, we can expect to see many organisations doing some special projects to commemorate it, but this project is definitely a bit different and indeed I suspect rather technically challenging. www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1304/S00853/new-digital-technology-rebuilds-the

[Wikimediaau-l] Jimmy Wales speaking on boring university lectures

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22160988 I am not sure if the number of boring lectures I have attended is greater or lesser than the number I have delivered :-) Kerry ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org h

[Wikimediaau-l] Paralympian speaking in Brisbane

This might be of interest to those of you involved in the History of the Paralympics project: http://www.alumni.uq.edu.au/power-of-sport Kerry ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mail

[Wikimediaau-l] Most controversial articles on Wikipedia

There has been an Hungarian research project into identifying controversial articles in Wikipedia, based on the history of reversions and edit wars. They have a website: http://wwm.phy.bme.hu/ with their datasets, programs, papers, etc. But the bit you are probably most itching to see "the

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Most controversial articles on Wikipedia

To answer my own question, Segolene Royal is a French politician and there *is* an article on en.WP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9gol%C3%A8ne_Royal _ From: Kerry Raymond [mailto:kerry.raym...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, 9 June 2013 8:06 AM To: 'WMAu members';

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Most controversial articles on Wikipedia

cause reverting is very much part of the normal workflow, especially for defending articles from vandalism." Kerry _ From: Kerry Raymond [mailto:kerry.raym...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, 9 June 2013 8:06 AM To: 'WMAu members'; 'Wikimedia Australia Chapter'

[Wikimediaau-l] Volunteer needed to assist with Wikipedia Edit Training on the Gold Coast on Tuesday 25 June

Hi, folks! I will be presenting a Wikipedia edit training session on the Gold Coast on Tuesday 25 June, as part of our partnership with the State Library of Queensland. 10+ new editors will be editing their first article at the session and past experience has shown it's helpful if there can be

[Wikimediaau-l] time to join Wikimedia Australia?

If you are not currently a member of Wikimedia Australia http://wikimedia.org.au/ we'd like to invite you to join us. Now, I am sure you all get plenty of hyperbolic spam in your inboxes posted by marketing droids, so I won't add to it. The low-key reasons we would like you to join are thes

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] time to join Wikimedia Australia?

une 2013 7:30 PM To: kerry.raym...@gmail.com; Wikimedia Australia Chapter Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] time to join Wikimedia Australia? On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Kerry Raymond wrote: > … > you get to spend more time with people who don’t think you are weird for > editing Wikip

[Wikimediaau-l] renaming templates ...

Wearing my "plain old editor" hat, I need some advice. There is a template http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_CHIMS which is used to cite entries in the Queensland Heritage Register (a subject near and dear to my editing heart, at 3am in my pyjamas). Anyhow this template was br

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] [wmau:members] renaming templates ...

: Kerry Raymond; WMAu members; Wikimedia Australia Chapter Subject: Re: [wmau:members] renaming templates ... Yeah, on reflection keeping it as {{Cite QHR}} is probably the way to go - a quick Google search doesn't show that many potential clashes (a medical journal, a medical outsourcing co

[Wikimediaau-l] Lots of events coming up - particularly for the Sydneysiders!

I hope you are all watching our home page: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Wikimedia_Australia where (for the first time ever, or so I think) we have so many upcoming events that the Events section is longer than the Who We Are section. Thanks particularly to Whiteghost.ink for her eff

[Wikimediaau-l] Events list on the WMAU website - please help us keep them up to date!

Folks . As you may have noticed, we have two pages on our Wiki, one for upcoming events: http://wikimedia.org.au/w/index.php?title=Template:Events and one for past events: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Past_events If you are organising or involved with any events that are in

[Wikimediaau-l] Full-time Wikipedian-in-Residence at National Library of Scotland

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22264118 This is in collaboration with Wikimedia UK. Kerry ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l

[Wikimediaau-l] training session - Tuesday

If anyone would like to help our newest editors and their nascent articles, please see the list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/State_Library_of_Queensland#Sout hport Unfortunately, these new editors did not have a good experience of Wikipedia in the training session as ma

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] [wmau:members] training session - Tuesday

there is a tab edit source that gives you the normal editing screen gideon. On 27 June 2013 13:41, Kerry Raymond wrote: If anyone would like to help our newest editors and their nascent articles, please see the list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/State_Library_of_Queenslan

[Wikimediaau-l] FW: News release: Bridging the gap between academia and Wikipedia

Thanks to one of our members for passing this on . From: Jisc [mailto:m...@e.jisc.ac.uk] Sent: Thursday, 27 June 2013 11:29 PM Subject: News release: Bridging the gap between academia and Wikipedia

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] [wmau:members] training session - Tuesday

et. If you are doing workshops you really need to switch to the visual editor just start getting a feel for it because they are committed to changing over to it Gideon On 28 June 2013 05:44, Kerry Raymond wrote: Yes, and I believe there is also a preferences setting in relation to the Visual Editor

[Wikimediaau-l] WMAU linkage grant with UQ was successful!

Read it here (page 117 to save you reading the first 116 pages) http://www.arc.gov.au/pdf/LP13/LP13%20Listing%20by%20all%20State%20and%20Org anisation_web%20version.pdf Congratulations to all involved! Kerry ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing li

[Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: for anyone in the Brisbane area: Meet WittyLama - at QUT Library

Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: Kerry Raymond > Date: 28 June 2013 3:55:28 PM AEST > To: WMAu members > Subject: for anyone in the Brisbane area: Meet WittyLama - at QUT Library > > hmm, something I'm afraid to ask about Wikipedia?! There's a

[Wikimediaau-l] Brisbane: "Digital Technologies in Education" workshop

This event may be of interest to folks in the Brisbane vicinity. I have no idea if Wikipedia or wikis more generally will be discussed, but I know some of you are teachers and/or have education connections. Kerry -Original Message- Subject: Reading Room and QUT Invite you to: "Digital Tec

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

You might have seen the banner across Wikipedia saying: VisualEditor is now enabled for all logged-in users. Learn more, help out and give feedback. If you bother to follow the link above, it says in about the 3rd paragraph: That s

[Wikimediaau-l] Visual Editor - your thoughts?

For those of you who have taken the Visual Editor for a test drive, what did you think? We have seen Gnangarra's thoughts already and so I thought I'd share mine. To start, I should say that I sincerely believe that having a visual editor should make editing Wikipedia much more accessible t

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

Yes, you can just limit yourself to just clicking Edit Source. Unfortunately, I find myself magnetically drawn to clicking Edit (I guess muscle memory is taking me to that spot on the screen), hence I wanted to disable the VE. Now that I know a way to turn the VE on AND off, I will probably be

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

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 su

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

imediaau-l] 2030 Strategic Plan for Victorian Public Libraries 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,

[Wikimediaau-l] 2014 Annual Plan

A little while ago there was a call for ideas for our Annual Plan for 2014, which is an essential part of our FDC funding application (can't ask for money unless we have things we intend to do!). To try to get this conversation going, I have thrown together a list of ideas that have come up. Which

[Wikimediaau-l] Great news for the visually impaired!

The World Intellectual Property Organisation has established a treaty which seeks to ensure that copyright is not a barrier to translating books etc into formats suitable for visually impaired people and to allow these to be shared across national boundaries (to avoid having to repeat the translati

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] [wmau:members] Re: 2014 Annual Plan

e Wikimedia projects. This includes, librarian awareness campaigns, how to edit workshops, WMAu partnering in funding applications, a road show of Australian work to date, more active use of Wikiversity as a hub for this sort of project. On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Kerry Raymond wrote: A li

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] [wmau:members] Re: 2014 Annual Plan

ou guys to work out. Happy to participate in discussion trying to order the priorities though. Regards, Leigh On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Kerry Raymond wrote: Thanks, Leigh, for your ideas. I have added them to: http://www.wikimedia.org.au//wiki/Proposal:2014_Annual_

[Wikimediaau-l] Interesting youtube video about WMF's activity

The recent WMF Metrics meeting recorded a 1 hour video. The purpose of the meeting was to ensure that WMF staff and volunteers are all on the "same page" on the "state of the encyclopaedia" and the initiatives being taken to address concerns such as edition attrition. Don't be put off by the first

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Interesting youtube video about WMF's activity

There's an agenda here and some of the slide packs: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings/2013-07-11 but some of the items on the agenda aren't on the video. Kerry _ From: Kerry Raymond [mailto:kerry.raym...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturda

[Wikimediaau-l] another 2014 proposal for the West Australia Wheatbelt

See here for the full proposal: http://www.wikimedia.org.au//wiki/User:SatuSuro/Wheatbelt_Project See here for the 2014 list of possible activities: http://www.wikimedia.org.au//wiki/Proposal:2014_Annual_Plan

[Wikimediaau-l] 2014 Annual Plan: international events ...

Tony1 has made some comments about the 2014 Annual Plan: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal_talk:2014_Annual_Plan and I hope we will be hearing more from others! In regard to his comment about WMAU being represented at international events, it's probably worth a broader discussio

[Wikimediaau-l] Annual Plan 2014: instructional videos and the larger question of SMART-vs-BHAG

In http://www.wikimedia.org.au//wiki/Proposal_talk:2014_Annual_Plan#Proposal Tony1 also suggests instructional videos to reinforce edit training and/or to replace it. He asks is "is it too ambitious"? Because of th

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Annual Plan 2014: instructional videos and the larger question of SMART-vs-BHAG

ut Australia related projects and interest groups? In which case its a good suggestion. I for one would benefit from a video overview of the things going on. I have a few videos on my channel outlining Wikiversity work. And know of others looking at Wikinews. On 21/07/2013 8:44 AM, "Kerry Raymo

[Wikimediaau-l] FW: [Wiki-research-l] Toss around a project idea in IdeaLab, maybe get a grant?

-Original Message- From: wiki-research-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wiki-research-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Sumana Harihareswara Sent: Wednesday, 24 July 2013 11:50 AM To: Wikimedia developers Cc: Siko Bouterse; Research into Wikimedia content and communities Su

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Looking for something a bit different? Try Fréamh an Eolais on Irish Wikipedia

Well, it’s certainly entertaining adding photos. Now what exactly is the batascarfa? A water dragon? a butter sponge? I guess if I get it wrong, my efforts will provide hours of laughter for the Irish reader. I think I might skip adding categories – I think I could be truly dangerous with my non-e

[Wikimediaau-l] Donation banners

We've had a few reports of donation banners by Australian WP readers at this unseasonal time of the year, so I made some enquiries and it appears that WMF is running these banners for anonymous users on a "once off" basis. Many of you will probably not have seen them yourselves as you are probably

[Wikimediaau-l] looking for edit training?

Although I know many of our WMAU members are experienced Wikipedia editors, I am aware that we do have some members who are not and would welcome some opportunity to learn more about it. We aren't in a position to run large group formal training in most cities (for a variety of reasons) but it

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] looking for edit training?

-run with demand) by putting it somewhere highly visible on our website "Want to know more about WP? Want to learn to edit WP? Contact us!" Kerry _ From: Leigh Blackall [mailto:leighblack...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, 29 August 2013 1:18 PM To: Kerry Raymond; Wikimedia

[Wikimediaau-l] Wheelchair Rugby edit-a-thon with free tickets to the Wheelchair Rugby Tri-Nation competition!

To kick off the research project with University of Queensland and the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC), we are going to celebrate the Wheelchair Rugby Tri-Nation competition being held in central Sydney (in St Mary's Cathedral Square) on Wed 18 - Fri 20 September by following it up with an ed

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [WikiEN-l] access tojournals

And it’s not just the National Library. The State Libraries and many council libraries offer similar access. For example, here in sunny Brisbane, I can access: State Library of Queensland http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/search/eresources Brisbane City Council https://elibcat.library.brisbane.qld.gov

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] The Maurice George Delpratt Correspondence(Wikisource!)

Well, his daughter Jan Depratt is a singer. Citations below: http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2012/09/20/delpratt-family-function/ http://www.griffith.edu.au/music/queensland-conservatorium/staff/professor-j anet-delpratt _ From: wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Notification about Wikimedia user account security issue

I was one of them and I have received an email, so hopefully, if you are affected, you already know and have changed your password. Kerry _ From: wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Craig Franklin Sent: Thursday,

[Wikimediaau-l] FW: [Chapters] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Funds Dissemination Committee: Report on first year of operations

_ From: Chapters [mailto:chapters-boun...@wikimedia.ch] On Behalf Of Itzik Edri Sent: Friday, 4 October 2013 5:49 AM To: Chapters mailing list Subject: [Chapters] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Funds Dissemination Committee: Report on first year of operations Hey, I don't know h

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] [Chapters] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Funds Dissemination Committee: Report on first year of operations

Further to this, I happened to be watching to the WMF Metrics Meeting, which also reveals some interesting information on the grants process. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKKD5eGFNkI with the relevant section commencing at 34 mins 20 secs. Kerry _ From: Kerry Raymond

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Funding Query

Before WMAU would need to pay even the first year of money for the linkage grant, we (WMAU, UQ and APC) have to agree a legal contract in relation to project. The UQ-drafted contract we have been given would seek to commit WMAU to all 3 years of funding. Obviously WMAU does not wish to agree to tha

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: Funding Query

I think to get more volunteers involved we need a way to communicate with more volunteers. There appear to be many people in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedians_in_Australia and its various sub-categories, sub-sub-categories etc. Perhaps we should "talk" to them on-wiki

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] WP citations in NLA/Trove

the VE. Kerry -Original Message- From: John Vandenberg [mailto:jay...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, 9 October 2013 4:12 PM To: Kerry Raymond; Wikimedia Australia Chapter Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] WP citations in NLA/Trove On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Kerry Raymond wrote: .. Sorry fo

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Funding Query

Toby You make an excellent point and I doubt anyone will disagree that it would be a Good Thing to do this. Would those volunteering to do it please put their hands up now? [Pauses, cups hand around ear listening ...] Therein lies the problem that most volunteer organisations face. Volunteers d

[Wikimediaau-l] Open Knowledge meetup - Open Knowledge Brisbane Meetup Group (Brisbane) - Meetup

Folks in the Brisbane area might be interested in this Open Knowledge meetup group. Next gathering on Monday. Details below: http://www.meetup.com/Open-Knowledge-Brisbane-Meetup-Group/events/144059092/ Sent from my iPad ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Bushfire Wikipedia interview

One could also comment that the citations added in the climate change section are to major scientific organisations in Australia and internationally. Sent from my iPad On 25/10/2013, at 9:07 AM, Kerry Raymond wrote: > The article has had a lot of edits in the past week and the climate cha

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Bushfire Wikipedia interview

The article has had a lot of edits in the past week and the climate change section looks like it has been added after the Greg Hunt story. I note a few familiar usernames in the edit history as well as IPs. some reverting has occurred. How to phrase it ... Hmm ... I think a key point is that WP

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Bushfire Wikipedia interview

openness in the Wikimedia projects, > something quite unique for large institutions. I guess it's a complicated way > of reinforcing the advice to "check sources". > > On 25/10/2013 9:11 AM, "Kerry Raymond" wrote: > One could also comment that the citations

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Bushfire Wikipedia interview

Younger editors are more likely to be defending against vandalism than adding content (as a gross generalization) Sent from my iPad On 25/10/2013, at 9:49 AM, Kerry Raymond wrote: > I think that's a largely anecdotal depiction of WP editors. The 2011 survey > showed average age

[Wikimediaau-l] Wikipedia API

Is there anyone out there who has used the Wikipedia API or other "mass edit" tools? We have a possible "cultural partner" who is interested in cross-fertilising Wikipedia, but to progress the relationship would probably require some degree of "semi-automation"? Kerry ___

[Wikimediaau-l] FW: [wma-comm] Fwd: [Linux-aus] Free and Open Source Software internships for women

If you know any female IT students, please pass it on . Wikimedia Foundation is one of the organisations offering projects through this scheme. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreach_Program_for_Women Kerry -- Forwarded message -- From: Marina Zhurakhinskaya Date:

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] [Wikisource-l] Fwd: Wikisource 10th aniversary proposal : Proofreading contest

You have to set rewards carefully in this sort of thing. What demographic is the target audience? What prize will appeal to them? I assume here that we want people sufficiently computer-literate to use Wikisources and capable to type, spell, and punctuate accurately (or else Wikisources will be

[Wikimediaau-l] problem with Trove newspaper citations on Commons

Can anyone advise me in relation to Trove newspaper citations on Commons? I use Trove's Wikipedia-formatted citations on Wikipedia all the time and all seems to work OK. However, when I upload a newspaper illustration for use on Commons, I use these same citations as the source field (which see

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] problem with Trove newspaper citations onCommons

ontent from there to "journal" and it seems to work. Cheers, Craig Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 11:32:15 +1000 From: "Kerry Raymond" To: "'Wikimedia Australia Chapter'" Subject: [Wikimediaau-l] problem with Trove newspaper citations on C

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] opportunity

Having been to the Antarctic back in 1996, I would certainly say to anyone "go for it"! How cool it would be to be (pun intended) to be the first Wikimedian in Residence in Antarctica. Kerry _ From: wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wi

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] opportunity

Cold, windy, lonely? Surely not, we went to Antarctica to hang out with friends on the beaches and go swimming :-) http://www.chapelhill.homeip.net/Antarctica/slide_30.htm Seriously, it was actually bright and sunny a lot of the time making the top half of the body quite warm, but your feet

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] QR code proposal

I think it's a good idea. But then I took a quick look at the list of the GA articles for Australia. Yes, 500+ of them, but an awful lot don't seem to have an obvious "place" to put a plaque. http://tools.wmflabs.org/enwp10/cgi-bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] QR code proposal

hall with limited information on each Most people responded happily to a written request. running with less increase the cost, the smaller the batch the higher the costs. On 3 February 2014 07:31, Kerry Raymond wrote: I think it's a good idea. But then I took a quick look at the

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] QR code proposal

article promoted > in the real world" > > We don't need to contrive a plaque place for every existing good article, we > can be selective about which will be most effective with plaques. Having > scanned the list, I think we could find plenty which would have an effecti

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Are the Wikimedia projects social media

While these are all Web 2.0 (or digital engagement platforms as Liam calls them), there are distinct differences. There is a pretty clear goal to WP and other WMF projects (open knowledge) that we work towards. But Facebook, Twitter etc don't really have an overall goal as such (well, apart from ma

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Are the Wikimedia projects social media

articles, minor-edits, photos, bots, code) and more often than not you are required to be social in the creation of that output. But the crucial difference is that being social is not the end-goal. There is a higher purpose. -Liam wittylama.com Peace, love & metadata On 5

[Wikimediaau-l] participants needed for a Wikipedia-related research study

I have recently (as in 5 minutes ago) been a guinea pig in a Wikipedia-related research study. The project has been submitted and approved by the Wikimedia Foundation. The researchers still need more volunteers. It takes about an hour via Google Hangouts. If you can find the time, please contact Wk

[Wikimediaau-l] FW: Copyright and the Digital Economy

(Forwarding) http://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/copyright-report-122 The Australian Law Reform Commission was asked to consider whether the current exceptions and statutory licences in the Copyright Act are adequate and appropriate in the digital era. The Report, tabled on 13 February 20

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] WA Heritage Awards

Congratulations! It's great to see your efforts recognised outside of the WP community! Kerry _ From: wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Gnangarra Sent: Wednesday, 5 March 2014 8:45 PM To: Wikimedia-au Subjec

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Creation of Noongar (Aboriginal) Wikipedia

The tweet which mentions Wikipedia seems to be from someone in St Louis USA: http://borel.slu.edu/ with no obvious sign of any connection to the project in the news article. So I don't think it's to be taken seriously. But, nonetheless, it is an interesting question would be whether the

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Creation of Noongar (Aboriginal) Wikipedia

When in doubt, ask. Emailing Leonard Collard now . watch this space . Kerry _ From: wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of cro0...@gmail.com Sent: Saturday, 8 March 2014 10:32 AM To: Wikimedia Australia Chapter C

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