That's a great idea! It needn't be too hard: if a bunch of us had a current project to talk about for five minutes apiece, and we sent an invite to wikimedia-l or somewhere big, it could be done don't you think? Or maybe we just advertise our monthly hangouts more widely?
There's certainly a lack of awareness about Wikisource within the WMF, I think. —Sam On Thu, 30 Mar 2017, at 03:09 PM, Andrea Zanni wrote: > Not sure if I can on Wednesday, but I'll think about it. > Also, a whole session about Wikisource would be very informative, > I think, > for a lot of people in WMF and inside our movement. > But it's much more difficult to do it, and get a whole session > for you. > Aubrey > > On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Sam Wilson > <s...@samwilson.id.au> wrote: >> __ >> Good point, hmm. :) But yeah, I think it's worth it even if it's just >> so people can see how much more work needs to be done. Unless it >> fails... although, come to think of it: the demonstration could just >> end with "see, it's in the queue, and it'll be processed later!" ;-) >> Or is that cheating? >> >> It's just meant to be a showcase of whatever's going on, not >> necessarily finished polished things. (I think; I've only ever >> watched one on youtube.) >> >> If you don't feel like it, I think Kaldari will do it. But you'd be >> great! :-) >> >> >> —Sam >> >> >> >> On Thu, 30 Mar 2017, at 02:58 PM, Andrea Zanni wrote: >>> I can think about it, >>> but we should really "check" that IA Upload tool is failproof: >>> last time I used it it failed quite a few times. >>> Not a big deal, but not in a showcase ;-) >>> On the other hand, this is maybe what we should show them: >>> how much the Wikisource community relies on volunteer-developed >>> infrastructure (IA-upload, Proofread extension, Phe graphs)... >>> Or it's a showcase of "the best" things in our community? >>> Aubrey >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 6:20 AM, Sam Wilson <s...@samwilson.id.au> >>> wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Is anyone interested in presenting at the next CREDIT showcase >>>> (next >>>> week) https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/CREDIT_showcase and >>>> demonstrating >>>> the IA Upload tool? It's a good opportunity to get some more >>>> visibility >>>> for Wikisource tools. >>>> >>>> I'd do it, but it happens at 2 am my time. >>>> >>>> If you're keen, put your name down at >>>> https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/CREDIT >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> —Sam >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> > _________________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing list > Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l
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