Just a fuzzy idea: it would be great IMHO that Distributed Proofreaders editing interface would be briefly shown and discussed. There's much to learn from it; at least, I personally learned much from it. If there's any Distributed Proofreaders expert in Wien, it would be great to invite him.
Alex 2015-08-09 21:58 GMT+02:00 Andrea Zanni <[email protected]>: > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l > >
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