Dear all,
in Italy we are discussing about how to define the jury for the
nantional competition. Since we are new to the process, we were
wondering if more experienced chapters could share with us their
experience, suggestions and maybe working together on tools to
facilitate the juror's work.
Thanks a lot
Marco (Cruccone)
Dear all,
I get a lot of questions about press coverage of 2011. Could you please all
check on
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011/Press and
see if there is anything you can add for your country? If you have an
external overview, could you please copy it over? Mentions after the
contest about the 2011 contest are welcome too.
Thanks a lot for your help, this will be appreciated by everyone working on
sponsorships and partnerships.
Lodewijk
Dear List,
as we all are well aware, mass upload for Wiki Loves Monuments has so
far been a tough thing to do, especially for the new and inexperienced
participants of the contest.
Wikimedia Foundation developers have done a great job on preparing &
fixing UploadWizard and enabling UploadCampaigns that we used in
September. Unfortunately, UploadWizard has a small but important flaw,
which is, of course, its limitation to only 10 files that can be
uploaded simultaneously, and the lack of an at least semi-automated
upload method (preparing descriptions is a true pain).
Following a discussion I've recently had, I would like to ask someone
of you to create a simplified version of Commonist or another
easy-to-use, preferably Java-based (or at least Windows-friendly) mass
upload tool for use by the participants of the national contests. Here
are some proposed requirements and ideas for such a programme (hint: I
am not a programmer, so feel free to suggest your own ideas!):
* Would need to be as similar to the UploadCampaign as possible:
** No need to choose the wiki (Wikimedia Commons set by default);
** No need to choose the licence/permission (Creative Commons
Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 by default);
** No need to insert the source (should be set as {{own}} by default);
** No need to choose categories (will be dealt with by templates);
** No need to insert coordinates (could be taken from EXIF data);
Instead:
* The programme should allow to insert the ID of the monument;
* It should have the WLM logo somewhere;
* It should be as much localisable as possible;
* More?
Possible features:
* It should have some hard-coded (but localisable) information on the
rules of contest or the licence;
* An "info" tab (with a basic FAQ or some links) would be a plus.
* Sexiness (i.e. easy-to-use and shiny) would be a plus.
* More?
If there is a volunteer somewhere willing to work on this, please
don't hesitate to raise your hand! And if you know some friendly Java
programmers out there, please share the news. Or if you have any
ideas, suggestions or features for such a programme - please share
them with us, and I'll move them to the wiki so they do not get lost
in the meantime.
Regards,
--
Tomasz W. Kozłowski
in case someone here is interested and will be at the meeting too.
Lodewijk
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De: Lodewijk <lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org>
Data: 5 de Março de 2012 16:53
Assunto: WLM will be at the Chapters Meeting!
Para: "Local Chapters, board and officers coordination (closed
subscription)" <internal-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi all,
as you may have heard, Wiki Loves Monuments goes global in 2012. If you
want to know more about what Wiki Loves Monuments is and how it's being
organized, I'd a) recommand you to read
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Documen…
this
page, and b) join the session on WLM at the chapters meeting. I will
definitely be there (as a chapcom member) and would like to give a workshop
on this topic for the interested chapters - you're definitely welcome to
attend if your country is interested in joining WLM 2012, or if you simply
have questions. There *might* be stroopwafels available for people
attending the Wiki Loves Monuments session <wink wink>. I'm sure we can
easily fill a whole day with this topic alone, but I'm afraid Harel would
kill me if I'd suggest that.
However, I can also imagine that you have very specific questions/problems
in your country and you would love to organize a Wiki Loves Monuments. In
that case I suggest we try to make an appointment somewhere during the
Chapters Meeting and sit together for half an hour or more and just discuss
the situation/ideas/problems/opportunities and exchange some experiences.
Just add your name then here, and we'll make an appointment when the
program is known:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2012/WLM
Anyway, looking forward to meeting you in Berlin,
Lodewijk
Hi everyone,
We've talked about translating lists from one language to another. To
see how difficult this is I translated the Dutch Rijksmonuments to the
English Wikipedia. My notes are at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Multichill/Translating_rijksmonuments
(including some code). You map one language onto another and have the
bot do it for you. It's possible to automate a lot, but you still need a
lot of time to the actual translations.
Maarten
came across this by accident. We should perhaps also move some of our
stuff. Too bad they are doing this without announcing a bit wider, but lets
just move it away and find a more permanent solution. Using a wiki for this
kinda sucks but I guess we won't be able to get around it. Don't forget to
add a __NOINDEX__ everywhere. Anyone who wants to move everything linked
from http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/WLM ?
Lodewijk
---------- Mensagem encaminhada ----------
De: Lori Phillips <lori.byrd.phillips(a)gmail.com>
Data: 28 de Fevereiro de 2012 22:23
Assunto: [cultural-partners] Help moving content off of Etherpads
Para: Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination <
cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch>
Hello all,
WMF staff are currently discussing making some changes to the Wikimedia
Etherpad system. We in the GLAM sphere are very guilty of being overly
dependent on Etherpad for basic documentation of our events, and not
following up with moving that content on-wiki. At this point we really
should get all of our content off of Etherpad. And in the future when we
use Etherpad (which is a fine thing to use, btw, just not for storing) --
we need to be better about moving it on-wiki as we go.
I just don't have the time to tackle this right now, so I'd be much
appreciative if someone would be bold and help move our documentation onto
Outreach talk pages or anywhere else that it may make sense for it to live.
(I'll say again, be bold!)
As a gift, I have for you my listing of Amsterdam Etherpads (which is where
we were most prolific), for your convenience:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:LoriLee/Bookmarks#Etherpads
There are also links to Etherpads on the various event pages, particularly
the New York GLAMcamp and the DC GLAMcamp. Are there any others you can
think that are out there? Please help me fill in the gaps.
NYC: etherpad.wikimedia.org/GLAMcampNYC
(And associated links therein)
DC:
*http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/GLAMcampDC*
*http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/GLAMcampDC-Saturday*
*http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/GLAMcampDC-Sunday*
*http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/GLAMcampDC-Outcomes*
I know there are some documentation-loving rock stars out there who'll take
this on. Right? : )
Lori
--
Lori Phillips
Web Content Specialist | Wikipedian in Residence
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
US Cultural Partnerships Coordinator
Wikimedia Foundation
703.489.6036 | http://loribyrdphillips.com/
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