Gordo; I entirely agree! It was not meant as an exhaustive list, just some examples. Feel free to add more!
On 12 June 2013 13:00, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Conference Committee meeting (all welcome) (Jon Davies) > 2. Re: Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 95, Issue 9 (Gordon Joly) > 3. Re: Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 95, Issue 9 (Gordon Joly) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:37:54 +0100 > From: Jon Davies <[email protected]> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Conference Committee meeting (all > welcome) > Message-ID: > < > cam7s2qoewywecqsgucngxjcdx7oefivzjwwmhqzfkoqwzb9...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I will make sure you have the analysis of the forms and the financial info > in time for the meeting. > > On 11 June 2013 17:34, Harry Mitchell < > [email protected] > > wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > The Conference Committee is planning to meet (remotely - online or by > > phone) hopefully before the end of the month. Of particular interest to > > many of you will be the review of WikiConference UK 2013 and the > discussion > > of the 2014 AGM (this is where those green forms I forced you to fill in > on > > the day will come in handy, so we're very much obliged to everyone who > > filled one in). We'll also be discussing EduWiki and Wikimania, so it's > an > > exciting agenda (or at least as exciting as committee meeting get!). > > > > If you have thoughts on the 2013 AGM, please do add them at > > https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/**WikiConference_UK_2013/Lessons< > https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013/Lessons>or email > them to me if you're not comfortable with wikis and/or want to > > speak in confidence. If you spot something missing from the agenda, add > it > > to https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/**Conference_Committee/Planning_** > > meeting_10#AOB< > https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Conference_Committee/Planning_meeting_10#AOB > > > > . > > > > Everybody is welcome (I will email this list with details when they're > > known); if you'd lie to take part in the Doodle poll to decide the date, > > please email me. Likewise with any other questions or comments. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > Harry Mitchell, Wikimedia UK Conference Committee > > > > Tel: +44 (0) 24 7698 0977 > > Mob: +44 (0) 7585 357 416 > > Skype: harry_j_mitchell > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l< > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l> > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > > > -- > *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. 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The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. > > Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/attachments/20130612/e2797fa8/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:12:45 +0100 > From: Gordon Joly <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 95, Issue 9 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 12/06/13 08:02, Edward Saperia wrote: > > Gordo; > > > > It means designers of online communities; people who design digital > > spaces for group interaction. This is a large and active area of > > study, and Wikipedia is an interesting example because not only is it > > active and well populated but the participants have created something > > of enormous value. Imagine if World of Warcraft did the same. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_participation > > > > Github is a digital space based around Git. Why don't you think it fits? > > > Thanks. Github is one of many. So it fits, but so many other software > suits and frameworks, going back a decade or two. > > For example, Usenet? > > Gordo > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:28:17 +0100 > From: Gordon Joly <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 95, Issue 9 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 12/06/13 09:12, Gordon Joly wrote: > > On 12/06/13 08:02, Edward Saperia wrote: > >> Gordo; > >> > >> It means designers of online communities; people who design digital > >> spaces for group interaction. This is a large and active area of > >> study, and Wikipedia is an interesting example because not only is it > >> active and well populated but the participants have created something > >> of enormous value. Imagine if World of Warcraft did the same. > >> > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_participation > >> > >> Github is a digital space based around Git. Why don't you think it fits? > > > > > > Thanks. Github is one of many. So it fits, but so many other software > > suits and frameworks, going back a decade or two. > > > > For example, Usenet? > > > > Gordo > > > > > And, I must mention FLICKR, if only to gain some exposure, even if a > little off topic:-) > > I have used FLICKR both as an online repository. But like Geocities, > some thing has changed in the past few weeks (Yahoo being a common > factor!!!)... > > I have 28,000 images. I have tags and organised a large proportion, and > used the images in other projects. I have contributed many of my own > images to Wikimedia Commons. Images from FLICKR have been added by bots > as well. > > I "moved" a community to FLICKR that did not do well as a Mediawiki. But > thrived on FLICKR. > > Compare: > > http://deadpubssociety.org.uk/index.php/List > > http://deadpubssociety.org.uk/ > > with > > http://www.flickr.com/groups/deadpubssociety/ (over 7,000 images) > > I am also active in other "online community" groups on FLICKR. But that > has all changed with the past few weeks, with the new FLICKR which > promotes the image and obfuscates the semantics of the data. > > Gordo > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediauk-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > > End of Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 95, Issue 11 > ********************************************* >
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