Re: [Wikimediaau-l] ask for WMAU: namespace on meta?

2008-11-12 Thread Pharos
not they're formally connected to a chapter). I could even see this tying in to a kind of new pseudo-social networking namespace attached to userpages (like a user talk page, but another tab), which could be useful to coordinate folks on a geographic basis. Thanks, Pharos On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] ask for WMAU: namespace on meta?

2008-11-12 Thread Pharos
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:53 AM, Pharos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As an emissary of your hoping-to-be-sister chapter in New York City, I > can see the usefulness of a new namespace for all sorts of > chapter-type activities, for all chapters. > > Either a namespace f

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Quiet campaign on freely licensed politicians photos

2008-11-20 Thread Pharos
quot; It should be pointed out that -everything- produced by the US federal government (but not the state governments) is public domain. Thanks, Pharos > - d. > > ___ > Wikimediaau-l maili

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] English Teachers' Association presentation

2008-12-04 Thread Pharos
Liam, This is great stuff! I hope we can copy and adapt this document for Wikimedia New York City in future :) Thanks, Pharos On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 6:19 AM, Liam Wyatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > > Yesterday I gave a presentation to the annual NSW English Teachers

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Poster sales

2008-12-20 Thread Pharos
Yes, but someone would have to make the connection with a printer in Australia. This would be a role for your chapter, I think. Thanks, Pharos On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 3:53 AM, Brianna Laugher wrote: > 2008/12/20 Gnangarra : >> Thats is interesting, >> >> My issue is that t

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikipedia Loves Art! photo contest at the Powerhouse Museum

2009-01-04 Thread Pharos
ybe on the fence now at Powerhouse with WLA, and a simple word from you folks could push them into positive territory. Thanks for your consideration, Pharos 2008/11/9 Liam Wyatt : > Regarding powerhouse museum: > I think they are the best place to start if we try and do this kind of thing >

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Last chance - 'Backstage Pass' in Sydney this Friday

2009-03-16 Thread Pharos
Awesome work, folks! Let me know when the pictures are out :) I hope we can do our own version of this in New York City one day with a "Mollusc-a-thon" in the back shelves of the local natural history museum. Thanks, Pharos On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Nick Jenkins wrote

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] AGM report

2009-12-02 Thread Pharos
ind that you are recruiting some excellent volunteers for real world local Wikimedia activities who you would never find otherwise. It's worked well for us in Wikimedia Neew York City, anyway. Thanks, Pharos > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Andrew wrote: >> >> We get an average o

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikipedi Day: January 15

2011-12-12 Thread Pharos
The nice thing about a coordinated international project is we can put up a centralnotice which reaches the broader public, and bring in many wiki-newbies with these events. There were quite a few events last year where the *majority* of participants were total wiki-newbies, and I think that's gre