Dear Wikimania 2012 Team,
I am sure you are busy enough, but I just wanted to ask you if you
could give us all a little status update on where you are in regards
to the Wikimania venue? Its seems to me that the initial option
('Georgetown University Conference Center") is off the table
(http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Venue&diff=next&oldid=…);
so when can you share with us the new venue?
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Pavel Richter
Vorstand
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tel.: +49-151-19645755
Twitter: @pavel
Dear all,
I want to remind everyone to officially start a bid for the locale of
Wikimania 2013. All bids made so far are *unofficial* and cannot be
considered, as long as they are not in the list of official bids on
this page:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_bids
The possibility to make an official bid closes at ***January 28, 23:59
UTC***, this is in less than five days! So hurry up if you want
Wikimania to happen at your place. :)
Note that you then have two more months to make your actual bid (and
one more month to refine it). You don't need to have everything
completely ready by now, so don't worry. :) For now, just create the
bid page and list it under "Official bids". Please don't forget to
list your organizing team members on the bid page. (All of them should
enable their email function on the Meta wiki, so that we can reach all
of you easily.)
On behalf of the jury
Thomas.
(User:Thogo)
Hello everyone!
After much delay, I am pleased to announce that Wikimania 2012, the
eighth annual Wikimedia conference, has opened registration! Wikimania
2012 will be held in Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United
States. We will announce the specific venue shortly.
To register, please read
<http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration> and then
proceed to the linked registration form. Until April 23, the
registration fee is $55; Wikimedia students and volunteers can
register at the discounted $35 rate. This does not cover
accommodations, which will be handled by a separate process. If you
need financial aid to attend, consider applying for a scholarship:
<http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships>.
Wikimania is made possible by the excellent presentations delivered by
enthusiastic Wikimedia volunteers. If you are interested in presenting
at Wikimania, please read our Call for Participation:
<http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions>.
If you have any issues during the registration process, do not
hesitate to email wikimania-registration(a)wikimedia.org. For other
inquiries, see our Contact page:
<http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Contact>.
Thank you for your patience, and we hope to see you in Washington!
Sincerely,
James Hare
Wikimania 2012 Coordinator
Dear all,
we know, the Wikipedia Academy will be held two weeks before
Wikimania. But we happily invite you to hand in your research papers
and come to Berlin on your way to Washington D.C. ;)
Thanks,
Nicole
CALL FOR PAPERS - Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge.
June 29 - July 1, 2012 | Berlin, Germany
Conference Website: http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Main_Page
Submit your papers here: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wpac2012
The “Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge” provides a
platform for the research community and the Wikipedia community to
connect, present, discuss and advance research on Wikipedia in
particular and on free knowledge in general.
The Wikipedia Academy 2012 is organized by Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
in collaboration with the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for
Internet and Society and Freie Universität Berlin. The conference will
take place in Berlin, June 29 to July 1, 2012. The event will be open
to all interested parties and features a variety of session formats,
ranging from panel discussions and tracks with traditional paper
presentations to break-out sessions, lightning talks, poster
presentations and a science fair. We particularly invite young
doctoral and postdoctoral researcher to participate and to submit
extended abstracts.
For research paper and poster sessions, we encourage the submission of
extended abstracts addressing issues in the overall nexus of Wikipedia
and free knowledge.
== Dates ==
* Submission of extended abstracts: March 31, 2012
* Notification of acceptance: May 01, 2012
* Submission of full papers: June 1, 2012
* Event: June 29 - July 1, 2012
== Topics of interest ==
Submissions are invited for the following categories, further details
will be available soon on the conference website:
http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Submission_process
=== Wikipedia Analytics ===
* Wikis and Wikipedia as a research tool
* Analyzing Wikipedia as a source of "Big Data"
* Assessing and measuring the quality of Wikipedia articles
=== Wikipedia Global ===
* Relations and Differences between national Wikipedias
* Differences between and critique of free/open knowledge ideologies
* Regional studies of Wikipedia and free knowledge with global lessons
=== Sharing Cultures and Practices ===
* Sharing culture(s) in Wikipedia and other projects of commons-based
peer production
* Incentives, innovation and community dynamics in open collaborative
peer production
* Wiki theory and wiki practices
=== Research on Users of and Contributors to Wikipedia ===
* Diversity among users of and contributors to Wikipedia (e.g. Gendergap)
* Influencing participation by adapting user interfaces in open
collaborative settings
* Using information visualization as information instrument to users
and contributors
=== Economic and Regulatory Aspects of Free Knowledge ===
* Economic, regulatory and societal implications of (increased) access
to free knowledge
* Different Modes of Governance: Emergence of Order and Coordination
in Wikipedia
* The role of licensing decisions for Wikipedia and other
collaborative forms of knowledge production
== Submission Guidelines ==
Extended Abstracts must be submitted by the given deadline for peer
review. Conference language is English, exceptions can be made on a
case-by-case basis. Submission entails a commitment that at least one
author will attend the event in the case of acceptance and deliver a
full paper version prior to the event. Also, authors grant the
organizers the right to publish accepted papers in the form of online
proceedings or a similar format, to be determined at a later stage. In
addition, accepted submissions will be automatically licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license, unless the authors
explicitly state in their submission that they wish to opt out of this
licensing agreement. We encourage authors to use said license in order
to promote open access to scholarly work, although decisions to opt
out will be respected and will not influence the review process in any
way. In any case, authors of accepted submissions cannot opt out from
the basic condition that they grant the organizers the right to
publish at least the extended abstract online.
Please submit your extended abstract (about 2-3 pages) in PDF, Open
Document Format (ODF) or plain text format at:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wpac2012
Note: You will need an easychair account to submit. You can create one
on the spot if you don't already have one.
--
Nicole Ebber
Projektmanagerin
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Eisenacher Straße 2
10777 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 219158260
http://wikimedia.de
Helfen Sie mit, dass WIKIPEDIA von der UNESCO als erstes digitales
Weltkulturerbe anerkannt wird. Unterzeichnen Sie die Online-Petition:
http://wikipedia.de/wke/.
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.
V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts
Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig
anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin,
Steuernummer 27/681/51985.
Hi all,
We're happy to announce that the Call for Participation for Wikimania
2012 is open! During this time of reflection, please take a few
minutes to consider what topics you've been thinking about most and
how you'd be willing to share what you know with the worldwide Wiki
community.
The two most important dates to keep in mind - outside of July 12-14 -
are as follows:
Deadline for submitting proposals: 18 March 2012
Notification of acceptance: 8 April 2012
To submit a proposal, visit
http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions.
If you'd like to forward this message to other mailing lists or for
broader distribution (please do!), please use the Call for
Participation included below my signature line.
Thanks so much for your consideration, and, on behalf of the Program
Committee, we look forward to reviewing your proposals and seeing you
in Washington.
Best,
Tiffany
Tiffany Smith
Program Committee Chair, Wikimania 2012
tiffany.lmb.smith(a)gmail.com
--
Call for Participation - Wikimania 2012
To submit a proposal, visit: http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions
Important Dates
Deadline for submitting proposals: 18 March 2012
Notification of acceptance: 8 April 2012
Overview
Wikimania conferences provide unique opportunities for the wiki
community and its sister projects (including Wikipedia, Wikibooks,
Wikinews, Wiktionary, Wikispecies, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikimedia)
to come together, share their common goals, and develop better ways to
work together on an international level. The Wikimania 2012 program
structure is designed to create multiple opportunities for conference
participants to actively engage with the subject matter, the
environment, and, most importantly, each other. Washington, D.C, can
play an important role in Wikimania 2012 as a locale that gathers
interest in government, culture, media, and academia around the
general goals of the Wikimania conference series.
In accordance with these goals and themes, the program will include
traditional conference offerings such as paper presentations,
tutorials, panels, and poster sessions; provide lounge space and
breaks throughout for participants to gather; and innovate with an
unconference day for attendees to design their own schedule and
participation around common interests. Submissions will be reviewed
and selected in advance by the program committee. Attendees are
welcome to present in the open space track of the conference,
regardless of whether their submitted presentations were accepted.
The eigth annual Wikimania will be held between 12th and 14th July,
2012 in Washington D.C. For more information, please visit the main
site.
Presentation length
Due to the extensive amount of program submissions received in the
previous years, we request your presentation be a maximum of 25
minutes, including time for questions. You may request more time,
though shorter individual presentations are more likely to be
accepted.
This does not apply for keynote speakers, panels, or workshops. 70
minute presentations must be submitted either as panel presentations
to include at least three presenters or as workshops with a clear
lesson plan.
Tracks
Tracks are used by Wikimania to organize submissions and diversify
audiences so that presentations of competing interest do not have time
conflicts. Five tracks are proposed:
Wikis and the Public Sector
The Washington, DC, location for Wikimania 2012 provides a special
opportunity for those working in the social good, policy, government,
nonprofit, and disaster response arenas to share their experience with
collaboration on a local, national, or international level. Wikis and
complementary technologies are proving to be critical in times of
crisis and in ongoing work with citizen participation in government,
as well as in long-term goals for education, public policy, social
entrepreneurship, and development in the global south and throughout
the world. This track will explore the ways that Wikimedia projects
and related activities can be used to support citizens worldwide.
GLAM: Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums
This track aims to support current outreach to Galleries, Libraries,
Archives, and Museums and build enthusiasm for continued work in this
area. Presentations and panels will demonstrate effective outreach
techniques and results from ongoing activities as well as envision the
future path for these efforts. Topics of particular interest to this
track may include: wiki technology as a tool for cultural
preservation; use of wikis by museums and libraries for information
management for the public good; legal and copyright issues; use of
content in GLAM projects, education, journalism and research;
conflicts between different laws that apply to the same wiki system
simultaneously. This track may also incorporate “field trips” before,
after, or during the evenings of the conference to visit Washington,
D.C., organizations.
WikiCulture and Community
Why do people contribute to Wikimedia projects? How might the
community grow and expand while retaining its inherent cultural ethos?
This track will explore the sociology of wiki culture and community
and provide a forum for practitioners and researchers to share
insights and best practices for community management, engagement,
participation, and conflict resolution. The assessment of different
wiki cultures and demonstration of clashes and effects of those
interactions between wiki communities and chapters is relevant to this
track. A special focus will be a discussion of gaps between different
community groups, most notably related to gender and age; within this
context, submissions related to female and teenage participation,
representative roles within the community, and the use of wikis as a
tool for different gender and age group dialogues, are strongly
encouraged.
Research, Analysis, and Education
The scope of research and analysis on wikis has grown significantly in
recent years, and wikis are rapidly being introduced to educational
institutions in the course of teaching and more formally through the
Campus Ambassador Program. The scholarly atmosphere of the selected
venue creates a special opportunity for researchers working in this
area to present papers and panels to a well-informed audience.
Subjects associated with the research component of this track can
include a diverse range of topics including: technical development,
philosophy and the humanities, communications, community management
and collaboration, information science, and a broad range of other
areas. The practitioner side of this track can include: expert
participation and inviting expert contributions; Wikiversity and other
higher education wikis; wiki sources deployed and implemented in
academia and research practice; approaches to the improvement of
collaboration in research institutions and universities; and
contribution to content quality, among other areas.
Technology and Infrastructure
Technology and infrastructure play essential roles in the success of
Wikimedia projects and other uses of wiki technology. This track will
incorporate research and practice to showcase technology applications
and theories, demonstrate new uses of existing and evolving
technologies, and focus on applying technologies to meet user needs
and improve the overall user experience. Issues and areas particularly
of note in this track include: OTRS, MediaWiki development, semantic
wikis, wiki-based Augmented Reality (AR), the use of QR codes,
Wikipedia on mobile devices, Wikipedia offline, User Interface Design,
WikiLove, Liquid Thread and related technical focus points.
Lounge Space Presentations
All proposals and presentations will be welcome in the Lounge space of
the conference, whether or not they are accepted in this initial
process.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Tiffany Smith
Program Committee Chair, Wikimania 2012
tiffany.lmb.smith(a)gmail.com
Thank you very much for your consideration, and we look forward to
seeing you at Wikimania 2012 in Washington, DC.
http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions
--
Greetings all and sundry!
Scholarship applications are now being accepted for Wikimania 2012 in
Washington, D.C. The application window will be one month (through
February 16). To learn more about Wikimania scholarships, see
http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships
To apply for a scholarship, you can fill out the application form
here: https://secure.wikidc.org/wm/schols/
Good luck!
Sage Ross
Wikimedia DC
I have a idea very similar to Wikipedia (but also very different) and was
wondering if you’d be kind enough to review it (attached- 1 page). My
idea involves technology, organizations and non-profit stuff.
I welcome any/all feedback in any medium. Please tear it up alive, you
can’t hurt my feelings.
Thank you so much for considering! This means the world to me. I thank you
advance-- I am forever indebted.
Luke
Dear all,
As promised, for Wikimania 2013[0] I hereby announce the Jury[1] to
select the winning bid, and invite everyone to consider putting a
bid[2] together:
== Jury ==
* [[User:80686|Manuel Schneider]]
* [[User:Beria|Béria Lima]]
* [[User:Deror avi|Deror Avi]]
* [[User:Effeietsanders|Lodewijk Gelauff]]
* [[User:Ilario|Ilario Salvatore Valdelli]]
* [[User:Kiril Simeonovski|Kiril Simeonovski]]
* [[User:Peteforsyth|Pete Forsyth]]
* [[User:Philippe|Philippe Beaudette]]
* [[User:Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington|Anirudh Bhati]]
* [[User:Theo10011|Theo10011]]
* [[User:Thogo|Thomas Goldammer]]
There are a further two individuals who I have asked to confirm that
they are happy to serve on the Jury, and who I will add on-wiki if and
when they confirm.
As in previous Juries, any Wikimania Foundation Board members may act
as (non-voting) advisors to the Jury if they so choose. I know that
Bishakha Datta and Phoebe Ayers have agreed to take on this role, and
other Board members may join if they wish.
I will serve as a moderator (a neutral non-voting aide to the Jury),
along with another individual who will hopefully confirm that this is
OK with them later today.
Thank you for everyone who contacted me to nominate themselves,
others, or give suggestions; the suggestions were very helpful, and I
hope the resulting Jury will be a success.
== Invitation to bid ==
To re-iterate my comment in November, I'm sure the whole Wikimedia
community would love to see as many good bids as possible. There are
already a few bids[2] on Meta, but if you or your local community are
thinking about putting one in, you need to get it started and in a
reasonable state by the end of 28 January 2012 at the very latest[3].
Please also consider passing this message on (and translating it!) for
your wiki's community forum for those that don't read these mailing
lists.
Thank you, and good luck to all Bids.
[0] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013
[1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_jury
[2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_bids
[3] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_bids/Timeline
Yours,
--
James D. Forrester
jdforrester(a)wikimedia.org | jdforrester(a)gmail.com
[[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 12:21 AM,
<wikimania-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org>wrote:
> Sure. I'm totally not going to try to rail-road this discussion (or
> maybe it should be on-wiki?) by announcing a Jury when we're not sure
> how we'll proceed. :-)
>
> J.
> --
> James D. Forrester
> jdforrester(a)wikimedia.org | jdforrester(a)gmail.com
> [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]
There were some useful responses to James' initial message, but I think the
end result (through nobody's intention) was to get us off track from
selecting a jury for 2013. There are a number of groups working on bids
[1]; I think it would be a good thing to get a jury announced so they (we?
[2]) can begin laying out the process and guiding toward a decision.
This is not intended to dismiss the important "meta issue" about how
locations are selected. I agree with what has been said, that it is too
late to impose some sort of rotation system for the 2013 process; but I do
think it's an idea well worth some deeper consideration. I think that
having an active jury would be beneficial to arriving at a well-considered
decision on that, so I really don't see a conflict here.
I'm hoping to hear from some other folks here: should we encourage James F.
to resume his planned course, and select/announce a jury ASAP, without
prejudice toward the question of whether a rotation system is implemented
after 2013?
Jan-Bart? Perhaps a plate of stroopwafels will help move the discussion
forward?
-Pete
[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_bids
[2] I have thrown my name in the ring and would like to have a decision
soon, since it will affect how I spend my next few months.