Re: [Wikitech-l] Introducing WikiToLearn to developers

On Friday, November 27, 2015 04:15:09 PM Pine W wrote: > This sounds like a wonderful project for the Wikimedia universe. It also > aligns with the interests of the education interests of multiple US > affiliates. Would you be able to set up a Hangout meeting with some of us > (me and whoever else

Re: [Wikitech-l] Introducing WikiToLearn to developers

On Friday, November 27, 2015 08:32:50 PM Brad Jorsch wrote: > If I can trust Google Translate, it.wikibooks.org's equivalent pages say > roughly the same thing. Hi Brad, what I meant is that we create various forms of text, and most content might not be directly unitary textbooks, but simply sta

[Wikitech-l] Peer-to-peer sharing of the content of Wikipedia through WebRTC

Hi, I am Yeongjin Jang, a Ph.D. Student at Georgia Tech. In our lab (SSLab, https://sslab.gtisc.gatech.edu/), we are working on a project called B2BWiki, which enables users to share the contents of Wikipedia through WebRTC (peer-to-peer sharing). Website is at here: http://b2bwiki.cc.gatech.ed

Re: [Wikitech-l] Introducing WikiToLearn to developers

On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 5:40 PM, Riccardo Iaconelli wrote: > On Friday, November 27, 2015 09:07:39 AM Brad Jorsch wrote: > > How does it compare to Wikibooks? From the description it sounds very > > similar. Or Wikiversity? > > Wikibooks is mostly for "generic" books, That's not what https://en

Re: [Wikitech-l] Introducing WikiToLearn to developers

This sounds like a wonderful project for the Wikimedia universe. It also aligns with the interests of the education interests of multiple US affiliates. Would you be able to set up a Hangout meeting with some of us (me and whoever else is interested) during the next few weeks? I wouls like to learn

Re: [Wikitech-l] Introducing WikiToLearn to developers

On Friday, November 27, 2015 08:04:17 PM Federico Leva wrote: > To clarify, Wikimedia Italia doesn't financially sponsor this site nor > contribute content to it. AFAIK our volunteers provided some MediaWiki > training to the site's users. Wikimedia Italia is always happy when > MediaWiki usage spr

Re: [Wikitech-l] Introducing WikiToLearn to developers

On Friday, November 27, 2015 09:07:39 AM Brad Jorsch wrote: > How does it compare to Wikibooks? From the description it sounds very > similar. Or Wikiversity? Wikibooks is mostly for "generic" books, while we aim at content with a didactical value. For this reason we don't want the restrictions o

Re: [Wikitech-l] Introducing WikiToLearn to developers

On Friday, November 27, 2015 04:05:25 PM Ricordisamoa wrote: > What a better proof that itwikiversity has failed. > But it is getting restarted > > recently. We should definitely get in touch and join forces :-) -Riccardo

Re: [Wikitech-l] Developer Relations Weekly Summary

This is a very long list of individual links. Could you quickly summarise in text what the team has been working on and what they will be next? On 27 November 2015 at 11:36, Quim Gil wrote: > Original version: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_Relations/Weekly_summary#2015-11-27 > > > He

[Wikitech-l] Design thinking at IBM

Interesting read: http://www.seattletimes.com/business/ibms-design-centered-strategy-to-set-free-the-squares/ Pine ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Introducing WikiToLearn to developers

To clarify, Wikimedia Italia doesn't financially sponsor this site nor contribute content to it. AFAIK our volunteers provided some MediaWiki training to the site's users. Wikimedia Italia is always happy when MediaWiki usage spreads, but recommends Wikibooks and Wikiversity as primary platform

[Wikitech-l] Developer Relations Weekly Summary

Original version: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_Relations/Weekly_summary#2015-11-27 Help develop the next summary here ! Software - MediaWiki 1.26 now availabl

Re: [Wikitech-l] Introducing WikiToLearn to developers

What a better proof that itwikiversity has failed. But it is getting restarted recently. Il 27/11/2015 14:22, Riccardo Iaconelli ha scritto: Hi all, I would like to introduce to the Wikimedia community WikiToLearn, a FO

Re: [Wikitech-l] Introducing WikiToLearn to developers

On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 8:22 AM, Riccardo Iaconelli wrote: > We aim to provide a platform where learners and teachers can complete, > refine > and re-assemble lecture notes in order to create free, collaborative and > accessible textbooks, tailored precisely to their needs. > [...] > We are diff

Re: [Wikitech-l] Because visualizations are cool

Il 27/11/2015 14:16, Joaquin Oltra Hernandez ha scritto: While we are at it, Mike Bostock's block's page is a wonderful place to wonder around and be amazed. The guy is the creator of d3, works at the NYT interactive news department https://twitter.com/mbostock/status/595252571658260481 and i

[Wikitech-l] Introducing WikiToLearn to developers

Hi all, I would like to introduce to the Wikimedia community WikiToLearn, a FOSS project of which I am a participant and which is lately getting a lot of contributions and momentum. It is a KDE project sponsored (among the others) by Wikimedia Italy and recently joined by institutions such as

Re: [Wikitech-l] Because visualizations are cool

While we are at it, Mike Bostock's block's page is a wonderful place to wonder around and be amazed. The guy is the creator of d3, works at the NYT interactive news department and is just plain genius. http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock (scroll down for more, it has infinite scrolling) On Thu, Nov 26,

Re: [Wikitech-l] git.wikimedia.org down?

On Fri, 2015-11-27 at 11:06 +0100, planetenxin wrote: > Since yesterday we could not reach git.wikimedia.org any more. See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T83702 : The gitblit software powering git.wikimedia.org is in the process of being replaced by Phabricator Diffusion. https://phabricator.wi

Re: [Wikitech-l] git.wikimedia.org down?

On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 12:34 PM, planetenxin wrote: > ... okay, but how to download a specific commit ID as tar.gz from > Phabricator Diffusion like shown in my example? > > I cannot answer that, so I would recommend commenting what you need on T83702 or T111465.

Re: [Wikitech-l] git.wikimedia.org down?

... okay, but how to download a specific commit ID as tar.gz from Phabricator Diffusion like shown in my example? Am 27.11.2015 um 11:59 schrieb Jaime Crespo: > Please see my comments on: < > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119701#1834962> > > And the related ticket:

Re: [Wikitech-l] git.wikimedia.org down?

Please see my comments on: < https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119701#1834962> And the related ticket: On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 11:06 AM, planetenxin wrote: > Since yesterday we could not reach git.wikimedia.org any more. > > A call like: > > > https:/

[Wikitech-l] git.wikimedia.org down?

Since yesterday we could not reach git.wikimedia.org any more. A call like: https://git.wikimedia.org/zip/?r=mediawiki/extensions/AdminLinks.git&h=2619ed9beede0017f50ed08b20f6ea3a5200a838&format=gz fails with a timeout. Ping is working. ___ Wikitech-

Re: [Wikitech-l] Please welcome Joe Matazzoni as Product Manager, Collaboration

My impression is that Lila has taken an interest in Flow, partially influenced by the discussions on her talk page on Meta. I do hope that Joe will have the time for a careful review of the situation with Flow so that we can get some kind of resolution and then move on to other matters for collabor