Textbook-l February 2010

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Office hours this Friday, October 9
by Cary Bass 20 Jul '10

20 Jul '10

Hi everyone, This Friday's office hours will feature Mike Godwin, the Wikimedia Foundation's Legal Counsel. If you don't know Mike Godwin, you can read about him at <http://enwp.org/Mike_Godwin>. Office hours this Friday are from 2230 to 2330 UTC (3:30PM to 4:30PM PDT). Mike will also be taking the following Thursday from 1600 to 1700 UTC (9:00AM to 10:00AM PDT). The IRC channel that will be hosting Mike's conversation will be #wikimedia-office on the Freenode network. If you do not have an IRC client, you can always access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning. Go ahead. -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

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Discussion about proposal for multilingual Wikibooks
by Milos Rancic 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

I am cleaning Requests for new languages [1] at Meta. Some of the requests are clearly out of the Language committee scope, and they need wider discussion for concluding them. One of such requests is for multilingual Wikibooks [2]. Please, discuss here (at foundation-l; I am sending this message to textbook-l to poke those who are not at foundation-l) or on wiki at the page [2]. [1] - http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages [2] - http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikibooks_Multili…

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Re: [Textbook-l] Textbook-l Digest, Vol 64, Issue 6
by sigran awan 26 Feb '10

26 Feb '10

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Simple English Wikibooks Deletion
by Aaron Adrignola 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Was anyone aware, when deciding that Simple English Wikibooks would be closed, that it would outright be deleted? See http://simple.wikibooks.orgto see what I mean. This prevents any import of the content to English Wikibooks at all, regardless of how it would be done. I know the bug filed to close the wiki only asked for closure and not deletion. I am disappointed by this move. I had heard that it wouldn't reopen due to policies but I would have made an effort to import what content there was to at least our transwiki namespace had I known it would be deleted entirely. (Aaron) Adrignola English Wikibooks

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Are you a Wikibookian? Invitation to Online Interview
by Amal Hanna 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

Dear Wikibook Contributor, Thank you for those who participated in the online questionnaire which aims to assess the motivation of Wikibooks' contributors. I am pleased to advise that the analysis of the data from the completed online questionnaires has been finalized. The analysis provides some initial insights into the reasons Wikibookians contribute to Wiki textbook projects. However, some of these results require further investigation to gain a better understanding of the motivation of Wikibooks' contributors. Now, I would like to invite you to participate in the online interview. The interview will take from 30 to 45 minutes. This interview will be in the form of text chat. Please read 'Research Information Sheet' @ http://easstudents.cw.unisa.edu.au/com/survey/Information_Sheet.pdf which provides more detailed information about the research and interview. This research project has been approved by the University of South Australia's Human Research Ethics Committee. Could you please reply to this email with the appropriate local time for you to meet with you online? Date & Time: ----/----/2010 @---- AM or PM? City: -------------------- Your reply will be considered as your consent (agreement) for the interview. When I receive your reply, I will add you to my messenger contact list, and you will then receive an invitation from InterviewonWikibooks I look forward to meeting with you online Thank you Kind regards Amal Maher PhD Candidate School of Communication University of South Australia Email: Amal.Maher(a)UniSA.edu.au

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Are you a Wikibookian? Invitation to Online Interview
by Amal Hanna 15 Feb '10

15 Feb '10

Dear Wikibook Contributor, Thank you for those who participate in the online questionnaire which aims to assess the motivation of Wikibooks' contributors. I am pleased to advise that the analysis of the data from the completed online questionnaires has been finalized. The analysis provides some initial insights into the reasons Wikibookians contribute to Wiki textbook projects. However, some of these results require further investigation to gain a better understanding of the motivation of Wikibooks' contributors. Now, I would like to invite you to participate in the online interview. The interview will take from 30 to 45 minutes. This interview will be in the form of text chat. I have attached a 'Research Information Sheet', which provides more detailed information about the research and interview. This research project has been approved by the University of South Australia's Human Research Ethics Committee. Could you please reply to this email with the appropriate local time for you to meet with you online? Date & Time: ----/----/2010 @---- AM or PM? City: -------------------- Your reply will be considered as your consent (agreement) for the interview. When I receive your reply, I will add you to my messenger contact list, and you will then receive an invitation from InterviewonWikibooks I look forward to meeting with you online Thank you Kind regards Amal Maher PhD Candidate School of Communication University of South Australia Email: Amal.Maher(a)UniSA.edu.au

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Steward elections
by Mike.lifeguard 07 Feb '10

07 Feb '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello again, I forgot to mention that you can check your eligibility to vote in the elections with this tool: http://toolserver.org/~pathoschild/accounteligibility/?event=8 - -Mike -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAktvJTcACgkQst0AR/DaKHvfDACfSUzOwNtheHONoi2YuhCWYdJD RFEAn2aAohFYjPJ76KjwkG6ZGOZv4LpB =wUiJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Steward elections
by Mike.lifeguard 07 Feb '10

07 Feb '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello all, A reminder that the steward elections[1] & reconfirmations[2] are on now, so please come to Meta and let us know who you think should become a steward, and which of our current stewards you're unhappy with (that may include me!). Stewards are users with complete access to the wiki interface on all Wikimedia wikis, including the ability to change any and all user rights and groups. They are tasked with technical implementation of community consensus, dealing with emergencies, and intervening against crosswiki vandalism. Stewards generally do not perform actions on wikis where local users are available to perform them, except in emergency cases. This position was originally created to dissociate rights management from software development. Stewards are elected roughly annually by the global Wikimedia community, and appointed from the elected candidates by the Board of Trustees. Candidates must have a support/oppose ratio of at least 80% with at least 30 supporting users. Current stewards are confirmed during each election. Thanks, - -Mike [1] http://tinyurl.com/SE2010 [2] http://tinyurl.com/SConfirm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAktvJE4ACgkQst0AR/DaKHt6CgCdElyVuq/0oMA0YXFU6yujLA52 h2oAoJuRngs+89QCivnKPWdeMbxR1yXo =7wxc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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