If you were thinking of applying for a scholarship from either the
Wikimania Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland, or Wikimedia Österreich,
the deadline is end of the day UTC this coming Monday. Don't miss it!
Katie
On 08/01/2014 17:37, Katie Chan wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2014 in London are now being
> accepted. Applications are open until the end of the day UTC on 17
> February.
>
> Wikimania 2014 scholarships is an award given to an individual to
> enable them to attend Wikimania in London from 6-10 August, 2014.
>
> Only a single type of scholarship will be available from the Wikimedia
> Foundation for Wikimania 2014. A Wikimedia Foundation scholarship will
> cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel costs as arranged
> by the Wikimedia Foundation travel agency, shared accommodation as
> arranged by the Wikimedia Foundation, and registration for Wikimania.
>
> Applicants will be rated using a pre-determined selection process and
> selection criteria by the Scholarship Committee, who will determine
> which are successful. To learn more about Wikimania 2014 scholarships,
> please visit <https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships>.
>
> To apply for a scholarship, fill out the application form on
> <http://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply>. It is highly recommended
> that applicants review all of the material on the Scholarships page
> and the associated FAQ before submitting an application.
>
> If you have any question, please contact
> <wikimania-scholarships(a)wikimedia.org> or leave a message on
> <https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships>.
>
> Katie Chan
> Chair, Scholarship Committee
>
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Experience is a good school but the fees are high.
- Heinrich Heine
I'm meeting with the Boundless team tomorrow.
How could they improve attribution?
What download formats or APIs would we like to see to enable reposting
to Wikibooks, or better cross-platform collaboration?
Is anyone on wikibooks currently working on importing such materials,
in Tamil or English or other languages?
SJ
On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 2:26 AM, James Heilman <jmh649(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Have come across a collection of basic college textbooks that appear to be
> more or less based on text from Wikipedia. There are 21 of them. The
> company claims that they are being used by more than 2 million students.
>
> They are under a CC BY SA license and if you follow the links seen here
> http://books.google.ca/books?id=7avpAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA2058 they do eventually
> attribute Wikipedia.
>
> They are being offered for free on amazon.com
> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywo…
> and
> are being sold for $19.99 on their website. https://www.boundless.com/
>
> So the question is should we have a response? I think this could generate
> position press for our movement. Attribution could be better (I would
> consider theirs to be borderline). Additionally should we be adding this
> textbooks to Wikiversity or Wikibooks to make sure they stay free available?
>
> --
> James Heilman
> MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
>
> The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine
> www.opentextbookofmedicine.com
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