I have given you a small amount of money to your site. This will never
happen again if you do not change your article on Keith
Ablow. I am his patient and I am deeply offended on the new added
"professional ethics" part of your page on him. Keith has never ever been
texting anyone he is my doctor, cares deeply about me, listens, helps me
like no one in my life and there is zero reason to say on your website
attacks on him in the "professional contact" section newly added. I am
deeply offended as this is not based on facts but opinion of someone that
may or may have not been treated by him. He is a wonderful physician and
healer. That section about him should be removed immediately as it is
based on opinion not on fact. Your website should be about facts not
opinion. Not a dime from me further until that opinion is removed. That
is opinion (and it is not even true) and not fact. Makes me furious.
Ali Norris
Hi all -
George Mason University just posted a one year position for a remote
Wikipedia Affiliate. It's unpaid, but that's not the point: if selected,
you'll have full access to GMU's library resources, including access (via
proxy) to their electronic journals. There's a huge amount of important
content that currently only exists behind paywalled journals. If you write
frequently in a field where you find your ability to write restricted by
your lack of access to sources, I would highly encourage you to apply for
this. It's worth noting that, besides for improving twenty five articles
of historical significance and giving a brief talk about how you used your
access at the end of the year, there is pretty much no further 'work'
associated with the position.
After I lost my student access to journals, I lucked in to a not dissimilar
arrangement with another major research university, and it's been
absolutely invaluable - there are things I couldn't possibly write about
without access to paywalled journals.
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Kevin Gorman
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Date: Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 10:51 AM
Subject: [GLAM-US] Position: Wikipedia Affiliate, Roy Rosenzweig Center for
History and New Media
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Hi everyone,
This is an exciting announcement for those interested in the Wikipedia
Libraries Project. For those of you working in libraries (or anyone wanting
to attend!) we are having a meeting at the American Libraries Association
midwinter meeting in Philadelphia (Saturday January 25th). We have a number
of academic libraries who are interested in supporting Wikipedians in this
novel way. Hopefully a lot more to report in the new year!
Merrilee
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Amanda French
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 12:21 PM
To: open-glam(a)lists.okfn.org
Subject: [OpenGLAM] Position: Wikipedia Affiliate, Roy Rosenzweig Center
for History and New Media
Position announcement: Wikipedia Affiliate, Roy Rosenzweig Center for
History and New Media
(also posted at
http://chnm.gmu.edu/news/position-announcement-wikipedia-affiliate-roy-rose…
)
In conjunction with The Wikipedia Library
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library> project,
the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
<http://chnm.gmu.edu/> (RRCHNM) at George Mason University is seeking
applicants for a "Wikipedia Affiliate."€ This is an unpaid, year-long,
remote research position beginning March 1, 2014 and ending February 28,
2015 that entitles the affiliate to full library privileges at George
Mason University <http://library.gmu.edu/>, including proxied access to
all online materials to which the GMU Libraries subscribe: more than 400
databases, thousands of scholarly journals and mainstream periodicals,
and hundreds of ebooks. The position is designed to give research
library access to a Wikipedia editor who does not currently have such
access or who has only limited access to scholarly resources: the
purpose of the position is to help improve Wikipedia's reliability and
accuracy by providing Wikipedia editors with access to the best
scholarly information resources while providing a model for other
universities to do likewise.
Qualifications
The affiliate will be an experienced Wikipedia editor with at least one
year of regular activity contributing to Wikipedia on historical topics
in any field, region, or period. The affiliate will also be a thorough
researcher who is committed to improving Wikipedia articles by
consulting and citing reliable, scholarly sources and who is a lucid
writer of text for Wikipedia encyclopedia articles on historical topics.
An undergraduate or graduate degree in History, Art History, or a
related discipline is desirable but not required.
Position Description and Duties
During the affiliate year, the affiliate will conduct scholarly research
using the library resources of George Mason University with the aim of
significantly improving the accuracy and reliability of at least 25
Wikipedia articles on historical topics, preferably articles within a
particular historical scope (for example: modern Russian and Soviet
history, U.S. Civil War history, the history of late imperial China).
Near the end of the affiliate year, the affiliate will write a brief
report listing the Wikipedia articles he or she has contributed to and
improved over the course of the year, describing how his or her access
to GMU library resources has helped increase the reliability of
Wikipedia on this topic and analyzing whether the affiliate program
could serve as a model for other universities. The affiliate will also
be asked to give a brief talk on the same subject to RRCHNM, either in
person or via a remote technology such as Skype.
Application Instructions
To apply, please send the following documents to Dr. Amanda French at
afrench5(a)gmu.edu <mailto:afrench5@gmu.edu> by January 20, 2014:
1. A standard résumé or curriculum vitae that also includes
* a link to your Wikipedia profile and
* at least three links to Wikipedia articles on historical topics that
you have contributed to.
2. A cover letter that includes
* a description of your background, including why you contribute to
Wikipedia and what level of historical expertise and interest you
have in which fields, regions, or periods;
* a summary of what access you currently have (or don't have) to
research materials such as databases and scholarly journals;
* an explanation of why you want to become a Wikipedia Affiliate to
RRCHNM; and
* a brief outline of the historical topic(s) and/or specific Wikipedia
articles you would focus on during your affiliate year.
All applicants will be notified of the outcome of the search by the end
of February 2014. The affiliate year will begin March 1, 2014.
About the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
Since 1994 under the founding direction of Roy Rosenzweig, the Center
for History and New Media (RRCHNM) at George Mason University has used
digital media and computer technology to democratize history, €”to
incorporate multiple voices, reach diverse audiences, and encourage
popular participation in presenting and preserving the past. The center
itself is a democratic, collaborative space where over fifty scholars,
technologists, and researchers work together to advance the state of the
art.
RRCHNM uses digital media and technology to preserve and present history
online, transform scholarship across the humanities, and advance
historical education and understanding. Each year RRCHNM’s many
project websites receive over 20 million visitors, and over a million
people rely on its digital tools to teach, learn, and conduct research.
George Mason University is a public research university located
approximately 14 miles from Washington, D.C., with over 30,000 students.
Global education and research are a fundamental part of the
university’s mission to serve its diverse and international student
body. RRCHNM is part of the Department of History and Art History.
About The Wikipedia Library
The Wikipedia Library connects Wikipedia editors with libraries, open
access resources, paywalled databases, and research experts. We are
working together towards 5 big goals that create an open hub for
conducting research:
* Connect editors with their local library and freely accessible
resources
* Partner to provide free access to paywalled publications,
databases, universities, and libraries
* Build relationships among our community of editors, libraries, and
librarians
* Facilitate research for Wikipedians, helping editors to find and
use sources
* Promote broader open access in publishing and research
The Wikipedia Affiliate to RRCHNM position is based on the Wikipedia
Visiting Scholar idea suggested by Peter Suber at the Harvard Open
Access Project <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/hoap>.
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http://amandafrench.net
Email: amanda(a)amandafrench.net
Cell: 720-530-7515
Twitter: @amandafrench
Skype: amandafrenchphd
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We're nearing the completion of a project to create a new introductory
brochure for helping newcomers to get started on Wikipedia. It's the
new version of the old "Welcome to Wikipedia" brochure.
There are still some refinements being made, and there's still time to
make changes based on feedback, but it's starting to come into its
final form. Check it out and leave suggestions, please!
I'll keep this page updated with the latest PDF as we get new
revisions from the designer we're working with:
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Welcome_to_Wikipedia_%28Bookshelf%…
Cheers,
Sage Ross
Communications Contractor, Wikipedia Education Program
Wikimedia Foundation
Hoi,
Between 7 and 10% of a population is dyslexic. For them reading takes much
more effort than it does for the rest of us. As it is, the English
Wikipedia has a font available for people who are dyslexic. It is the
OpenDyslexic font.
It is possible to configure en.wp and many other Wikipedias by clicking
somewhere... There are a few questions I would like to ask:
- did you know this many people have a problem reading Wikipedia
- did you know these people can be helped with a different font
- do you know how to configure Wikipedia to read with the OpenDyslexic
font
- do you agree that this should be more obvious and easy
- what can we do to raise awareness for usability in MediaWiki in
general and for dyslexia in specific
Thanks,
GerardM
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2013/12/the-best-sinterklaas-gift-ever.h…
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From: Yuri Astrakhan <yastrakhan(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: 6 December 2013 22:44
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Mobile starting page design for Zero users
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, mobile-l
<mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Zero <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero> team would like
to be more involved with the community, and discuss the functionality of
the Zero starting page.
For Zero users, when visiting m.wikipedia.org, we have to show a custom
start page tailored to the specific mobile provider. A typical startup page
has a custom banner, e.g. "Free Wikipedia provided by [Company]", and a
list of common languages in that country. The language of the page is
always set to the provider's default language.
A partner suggested that we add some additional text on the startup page,
as otherwise the page looks empty and not very inspiring. That text would
be an HTML blob, similar to the WWW page, but significantly smaller due to
most devices having a tiny screen. The text would be different depending on
the default language set by the provider, and could also differ between
various projects - Wikipedia vs Wikinews. The text would be stored on
translatewiki, with the overrides residing in the project's MediaWiki: page.
The text could be a one sentence "welcome to {{SITENAME}}", it could be
some famous quote, a news item, word of the day, link to featured article,
or anything else the community may decide to post. See sample screenshots
for Android<http://media.crossbrowsertesting.com/users/47339/screenshots/full/zf03c69c9…>,
iPhone<http://media.crossbrowsertesting.com/users/47339/screenshots/full/z219b703e…>,
iPad<http://media.crossbrowsertesting.com/users/47339/screenshots/full/zf7c8f049…>
)
What would be the best process to maintain that text? What other possible
customization would be needed to make this beneficial? Please keep in mind
that most of the users coming to this page will be directed there by the
carrier advertising Free Wikipedia, so a lot of new users.
P.S. If you think this discussion should be on
meta<http://meta.wikimedia.org/>,
please let me know of the best location.
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Has anyone used Loomio? (loomio.org)
It is a tool for consensus decision-making that currently focuses on making
decisions about a single question at a time. It looks pretty similar in
spirit to wiki-mediated consensus, but with automated visualization and
layout.
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