Thank you Felix, it's a great suggestion. The programme for the event is not done yet so it's important to get all the feedbacks now; I agree with you that a beginner walkthrough would be important, especially for GLAM partners (that could be thus interested in participating).
Aubrey On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 2:32 AM, Felix Nartey <[email protected]> wrote: > I am very excited for this conference and happy that we listen a lot to > the request of others who show concern. > > I remember making this suggestion at the WMCON 15 and am glad to finally > see it coming to life. I however wish to say that upon reading the > conference page on Meta, I added a new line to the curriculum for the > beginners section for the program. > > I added Beginners Walkthrough. This is particularly important to me and i > believe that was the main reason behind my suggestion or perhaps part of > the reason for this conference. I thought it will be a perfect opportunity > to train interested individuals who have no or little help finding their > way around Wikisource. > > I have tried several times to contribute to Wikisource but have no idea > where to start from. So i have resorted to proofreading texts. I think > often than not this is the situation people face, and will appreciate a > beginners walkthrough at its very basic level. > > Regards, > Felix > On Aug 7, 2015 2:40 PM, "Andrea Zanni" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> thanks to Wikimedia Österreich we are organizing the first international >> Wikisource Conference, which will be held in Wien, Austria, from November >> 20 till 22, this year. >> >> We are finalizing the application for a WMF grant, and would like to >> receive some feedbacks: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/WCUG/Wikisource_Conference_2015 >> >> Hopefully, everything will go for the better and we will receive the >> money. >> From there, a lot of work have to be done! >> >> Here there is the page for the conference on Meta: >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_Community_User_Group/Wikisource_Conference_2015 >> >> It's up to *you* to come up with a program for the conference :-) >> Seriously: it's important that this will be a community event, and >> community curated too. >> We will have many things to discuss, and we hope it will be great event. >> And yes: if everything goes as expected, there will be scholarships, but >> it's crucial that we involve our Chapters. >> More on this soon. >> >> Spend some time in the weekend to give us some honest feedback! >> I hope you are excited about this as we are. >> >> Thanks >> >> Andrea, David, Claudia >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikisource-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l > >
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