[ComProj] WIKIMEDIA CENSUS

Tue Nov 6 10:19:20 UTC 2007

I have a toolserv account however, it was a bitch (srry bout language) 
uploading it and, I recieved NO help - I attempted to get help for over a 
month and, asked everywhere, my conclusion: people on the toolserv are 
generally douchebags

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From: "Sean Whitton" <sean at silentflame.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 7:22 PM
To: "Discussion list for the Communication Projects Group" 
<comproj at lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [ComProj] WIKIMEDIA CENSUS

> Symode,
>
> Your use of the Wikimedia logo on your pages is questionable as they
> are not official. Have you considered getting a [[m:toolserver]]
> account to run this survey off? That would probably be a more
> appropriate option.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sean
>
> On 11/6/07, symode09 at hotmail.com <symode09 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey everyone! I have begun working on the census and have a section on 
>> most
>> projects where I would like questions to be put up. I am working on the
>> coding/layout of it all so, take a look at the preview at
>> http://loopaustralia.com/survey/index.php?sid=54369&lang=en - it may not
>> work for everyone since it has not been published but, you can have a 
>> very
>> rough idea about how it looks. It will slowly evolve so, keep checking 
>> back.
>> There is a section on each project in the same location on each;
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Census
>> http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Census
>> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Census
>> etc.
>>
>> We need help to work out how we could get users to fill it out, by the 
>> name,
>> a census is meant to be filled out by the entire community but, emailing 
>> out
>> to 5 million+ users would be a world record spamming (c) brianmc
>>
>> Any ideas on how we could do it?
>>
>> thanx
>>
>>
>> symode09 + brown_cat + itunes
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------
>> From: "Sean Whitton" <sean at silentflame.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 6:49 PM
>> To: "ComProj" <comproj at lists.wikimedia.org>
>> Subject: [ComProj] Fwd: [Internal-l] Edit Wikipedia Week: call
>> forparticipation
>>
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > The following was posted to internal-l by Sue regarding a possible
>> > 'Edit Wikipedia Week' to be held in December as part of a way of
>> > keeping the momentum of the fundraiser going. All are invited to
>> > participate in the planning for this event at
>> > <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Edit_Wikipedia_Week>.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Sean
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > From: Sue Gardner <sgardner at wikimedia.org>
>> > Date: Nov 5, 2007 4:09 PM
>> > Subject: [Internal-l] Edit Wikipedia Week: call for participation
>> > To: "Local Chapters, board and officers coordination (closed
>> > subscription)" <internal-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi folks,
>> >
>> > I'm writing to invite you –chapters, individuals, everyone- to help
>> > stage a bunch of "Edit Wikipedia Week" events in December. The idea is
>> > to pick a date, probably the week of December 3, and stage outreach
>> > events around the world designed to encourage people to participate in
>> > the projects.
>> >
>> > The events could be practically anything – big or small. You could
>> > speak about the projects at a local school; get yourself booked on TV;
>> > talk to a local photography club about contributing to Commons;
>> > organize a marathon weekend of translations; recruit new people to
>> > help you launch a WikiProject, or even just teach your mom how to
>> > edit. Anything that you think will improve the projects: the purpose
>> > is to reach out to people who don't edit, and encourage them to make a
>> > contribution.
>> >
>> > This is intended to be an experiment. The premise is that anyone can
>> > organize an event under this umbrella idea, and it can take whatever
>> > form makes sense to them. Nobody needs permission: feel free to just
>> > participate.
>> >
>> > Why now? As you know we're in the middle of the annual fundraiser,
>> > which this year runs from October 22 to December 23. Because it's so
>> > long, we want to stage events at various points, designed to keep the
>> > media and the public paying attention. We've got some Wikipedia
>> > Academies coming up in South Africa
>> > http://internal.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Academies on November 10
>> > and 11, with Jimmy, Frank Schulenburg and Ndesanjo Macha. Edit
>> > Wikipedia Week would be the next big event after that.
>> >
>> > This would be focused on Wikipedia, because it's our biggest and best
>> > known project, and therefore most likely to generate interest among
>> > the media and general public. That doesn't mean we couldn't hold
>> > similar events for Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikisource, or any other WMF
>> > project. Implementation-wise, I'm thinking of having us set up
>> > edit.wikipedia.org, which would redirect to pages in the local
>> > Wikipedias. Each of those pages would also refer back to the ongoing
>> > fundraiser with a little info-box (something along the lines of "There
>> > are different ways to help Wikipedia..").
>> >
>> > I'm also going to ask Cary to make a page for this on meta, where we
>> > can discuss it, and people can post events. I would ask you please to
>> > translate and share this note with whoever you like. I know that not
>> > everyone can afford to make a financial contribution to the
>> > fundraiser: I am hoping some people will choose to support it (us) by
>> > helping with Edit Wikipedia Week instead.
>> >
>> > The first thing we'll need to do is finalize a date. I think December
>> > 3 would probably work best, but please let me know if/why you think
>> > another week would be better.
>> >
>> > And lastly .. I am thinking this could become an annual event. In that
>> > spirit, this year may be a little wonky and haphazard, which would be
>> > okay. If it goes well, we'll learn some good lessons, and next year
>> > will be better :-)
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Sue
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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