Hey all - wondering if someone can help me prep for a talk I'm doing on Saturday (it's for a panel about new media/pop culture, and impact on the current US campaigns).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_palin
They've asked for some visual evidence of the very rapid evolution of the Palin WP article. I was hoping someone might be able to dive into the page history and pick 5-10 screen shots (adjusted for display on a powerpoint/openoffice presentation ( :) ) size. PNG or jpgs are fine. I was thinking one from the creation of the article, another from t minus 2 weeks, day before the announcement (when alleged insider info was added), one from a few minutes after McCain announced the running mate, then four more that follow us over interest points right up to the current shape of the page. I'd like to show the change of the photo too (someone snapped her recently and updated tht)
Obviously doesn't have to show the whole page, just the top portion with contents box collapsed.
Really appreciate your help if you can! Thanks
What you describe is pretty much exactly what erik zachte has done on his blog a week or two ago. Have a look at his "infodisiac" website. Also, Mathias Schindler did a presentation on this kind of thing at wikimania this year. Hope this helps.
Ps. I am now in possession of 4 lovely copies of my thesis!!! "the academic lineage of wikipedia"
-Liam wyatt
On 16/10/2008, at 10:25, Jay Walsh jwalsh@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hey all - wondering if someone can help me prep for a talk I'm doing on Saturday (it's for a panel about new media/pop culture, and impact on the current US campaigns).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_palin
They've asked for some visual evidence of the very rapid evolution of the Palin WP article. I was hoping someone might be able to dive into the page history and pick 5-10 screen shots (adjusted for display on a powerpoint/openoffice presentation ( :) ) size. PNG or jpgs are fine. I was thinking one from the creation of the article, another from t minus 2 weeks, day before the announcement (when alleged insider info was added), one from a few minutes after McCain announced the running mate, then four more that follow us over interest points right up to the current shape of the page. I'd like to show the change of the photo too (someone snapped her recently and updated tht)
Obviously doesn't have to show the whole page, just the top portion with contents box collapsed.
Really appreciate your help if you can! Thanks
-- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 609
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In Germany there were some reactions in the press, if that might be interesting, please contact me and I'll translate you some quotes. Ziko
2008/10/16 Liam Wyatt liamwyatt@gmail.com:
What you describe is pretty much exactly what erik zachte has done on his blog a week or two ago. Have a look at his "infodisiac" website. Also, Mathias Schindler did a presentation on this kind of thing at wikimania this year. Hope this helps.
Ps. I am now in possession of 4 lovely copies of my thesis!!! "the academic lineage of wikipedia"
-Liam wyatt
On 16/10/2008, at 10:25, Jay Walsh jwalsh@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hey all - wondering if someone can help me prep for a talk I'm doing on Saturday (it's for a panel about new media/pop culture, and impact on the current US campaigns).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_palin
They've asked for some visual evidence of the very rapid evolution of the Palin WP article. I was hoping someone might be able to dive into the page history and pick 5-10 screen shots (adjusted for display on a powerpoint/openoffice presentation ( :) ) size. PNG or jpgs are fine. I was thinking one from the creation of the article, another from t minus 2 weeks, day before the announcement (when alleged insider info was added), one from a few minutes after McCain announced the running mate, then four more that follow us over interest points right up to the current shape of the page. I'd like to show the change of the photo too (someone snapped her recently and updated tht)
Obviously doesn't have to show the whole page, just the top portion with contents box collapsed.
Really appreciate your help if you can! Thanks
-- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 609
ComProj mailing list ComProj@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/comproj
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On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Liam Wyatt liamwyatt@gmail.com wrote:
What you describe is pretty much exactly what erik zachte has done on his blog a week or two ago. Have a look at his "infodisiac" website. Also, Mathias Schindler did a presentation on this kind of thing at wikimania this year. Hope this helps.
Ps. I am now in possession of 4 lovely copies of my thesis!!! "the academic lineage of wikipedia"
-Liam wyatt
He should also be working for the Foundation by now, so would probably be very willing to help out. :-) (Blog is here: http://infodisiac.com/blog/, btw.)
For sure - I plan to use Erik's visuals - he really set the stage :)
But I'm looking for actual screen shots. Just captures of the page itself that show it's evolution in a clear, narrative sort of way.
Hi,
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 1:25 AM, Jay Walsh jwalsh@wikimedia.org wrote:
They've asked for some visual evidence of the very rapid evolution of the Palin WP article. I was hoping someone might be able to dive into the page history and pick 5-10 screen shots (adjusted for display on a powerpoint/openoffice presentation ( :) ) size. PNG or jpgs are fine. I was thinking one from the creation of the article, another from t minus 2 weeks, day before the announcement (when alleged insider info was added), one from a few minutes after McCain announced the running mate, then four more that follow us over interest points right up to the current shape of the page. I'd like to show the change of the photo too (someone snapped her recently and updated tht)
If someone knows how to do it, I guess you'd want something similar to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrCQ9dUsfqU but for the Sarah Palin article. Perhaps in better quality.
this is possible using the greasemonkey history script and using free software such as camstudio to record the output. ive done it before this way, but dont have the software on this laptop.
regards
mark
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Guillaume Paumier guillom.pom@gmail.comwrote:
Hi,
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 1:25 AM, Jay Walsh jwalsh@wikimedia.org wrote:
They've asked for some visual evidence of the very rapid evolution of the Palin WP article. I was hoping someone might be able to dive into the page history and pick 5-10 screen shots (adjusted for display on a powerpoint/openoffice presentation ( :) ) size. PNG or jpgs are fine. I was thinking one from the creation of the article, another from t minus 2 weeks, day before the announcement (when alleged insider info was added), one from a few minutes after McCain announced the running mate, then four more that follow us over interest points right up to the current shape of the page. I'd like to show the change of the photo too (someone snapped her recently and updated tht)
If someone knows how to do it, I guess you'd want something similar to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrCQ9dUsfqU but for the Sarah Palin article. Perhaps in better quality.
-- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]]
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On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Mark (Markie) newsmarkie@googlemail.com wrote:
this is possible using the greasemonkey history script and using free software such as camstudio to record the output. ive done it before this way, but dont have the software on this laptop.
Thanks. If someone is interested, the following links would probably be useful: * http://waxy.org/2005/06/wikipedia_histo/ and * mostly http://phiffer.org/projects/wikipedia-animate/