Thanks for the suggestions and feedback on the Bendigo workshop: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Leighblackall/Bendigo_Victoria_2013
Assuming my responses are satisfactory, what are the next steps? On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 2:30 PM, G. White <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Having finally found the proposal page, I have just posted an evaluation > of the Winter Sports > Proposal<http://www.wikimedia.org.au//wiki/Proposal_talk:Paralympic_Winter_Sports#Evaluating_the_proposal>that > I hope it is helpful to the committee and the members. > > Whiteghost.ink > > > On 9 December 2012 13:52, Thehelpfulone <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Craig, >> >> Thanks for your prompt response! I've gone ahead and requested an account >> through the interface that you linked to. >> >> I've had a brief skim read of the background info pages and whilst I >> noticed *"**There are many potential issues with non-member >> participation, most of which have not been investigated thoroughly from a >> legal perspective",* I was unable to find actual reasons as to why >> account creation is restricted - did I just miss them in my skim reading? >> >> Best, >> >> Thehelpfulone >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone >> >> On 9 Dec 2012, Craig Franklin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Thehelpfulone, >> >> You can request an account for the chapter wiki here: >> >> http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Special:RequestAccount >> >> Your application will be assessed by one of the three account approvers >> (Angela, Andrew, or Mark) and hopefully approved. They're usually fairly >> quick off the mark in dealing with applications, so you won't have to wait >> long. Obviously, feedback from non-members on member proposals is very >> welcome as well. >> >> For a bit of background on why this is the way that it is, see: >> >> http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Billabong#Non-member_participation >> http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal:Non-member_participation >> and >> >> http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Meeting:Committee_(2011-09-15)#Non-member_participation >> >> Cheers, >> Craig Franklin >> >> On 9 December 2012 12:29, Thehelpfulone <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi Craig, >>> >>> I'd be more than happy to comment on these proposals but presuming that >>> comments would be best on-wiki, I'd need an account! Please can you create >>> one for me (you can use this email address and username Thehelpfulone)? >>> >>> I'm also interested in the reasoning behind the restricting account >>> creation on that wiki, I imagine that the intention is not to stifle >>> discussion from non-members and indeed edits by IPs can also be useful. If >>> its a problem with spamming, there are some anti-spam measures that can be >>> utilised on MediaWiki. >>> >>> Thehelpfulone >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone >>> >>> On 9 Dec 2012, at 02:16, Craig Franklin <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Just a quick note that there are a couple of proposals on the WMAU wiki >>> that are currently in the "public comment and review" phase. Extra eyes >>> are always welcomed on proposals, whether they're from members of the >>> chapter or not. >>> >>> 1. http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal:Paralympic_Winter_Sports - >>> This is a proposal to fund part of a trip to the United States for a group >>> of Australian volunteers to document winter sports. Note that obviously >>> there's been a bit of 'history' around this grant, it would be warmly >>> appreciated if feedback could be limited to the merits of the proposal >>> itself, and further commentary around the circumstances surrounding it >>> could be kept to a minimum. >>> >>> 2. http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal:WLM_2013 - This is a >>> proposal for the chapter to get engaged and take part in the Wiki Loves >>> Monuments programme in 2013. Consensus seems to be fairly firm that we >>> ought to do it, but there is a fair bit of interesting discussion around >>> what the best approach might be. >>> >>> There are also a couple of "proposed proposals" that could benefit from >>> some further exposure: >>> >>> 1. >>> http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:John_Vandenberg/Suspending_the_private_mailing_list >>> - >>> Proposal to suspend the chapter's private members mailing list. An >>> alternate approach being discussed on the talk page is to put in place a >>> code of conduct that all subscribers would be expected to adhere to. >>> >>> 2. >>> http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Tony1/Proposed_membership_table - >>> A proposed (optional) public list of chapter members and other Australian >>> volunteers to keep a track of the geographic spread of members, and to make >>> it easier to find Australian volunteers to collaborate with. >>> >>> 3. >>> http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Leighblackall/Bendigo_Victoria_2013 - >>> Proposal for an editing workshop, focusing on the field of Health Sciences, >>> to take place in Bendigo in 2013. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Craig Franklin >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > > -- -- Leigh Blackall <http://about.me/leighblackall> +61(0)404561009
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