Thank you so much for organising this event! I am able to attend (yeah!) and ready to act as the fallback guy if there is no other volunteer to do technical talks.
Are some people interested to organise a small Wikisource hackathon before the conference (I'll be on holidays the week before the conference)? Cheers, Thomas > Le 9 août 2015 à 16:32, Raphael Berchie <rberc...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > I think this is a good initiative and it will offer GLAM enthusiasts > like me the chance to learn more about WS so I can start editing WS > and also incorporate that into our GLAM project with the Libraries. > > On 8/9/15, Alex Brollo <alex.bro...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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 <zanni.andre...@gmail.com>: >> >>> 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 <flix...@gmail.com> 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" <zanni.andre...@gmail.com> 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 >>>>> Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikisource-l mailing list >>>> Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikisource-l mailing list >>> Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >>> >>> >> > > > -- > *Raphael Berchie* > Marketing Manager Farm Fresh Dairies <http://www.bioplasticsghana.com> > Wikimedian <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana>,Open > Advocate, Climate > Change Activist,Blogger <http://rberchie.blogspot.com/> > P.O Box CT 10469 > Cantoments Accra > Ghana > > _______________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing list > Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l _______________________________________________ Wikisource-l mailing list Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l
