Wikimania-l October 2005

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Broken Links from Wikimania Main Page
by crschmidt＠crschmidt.net 28 Oct '05

28 Oct '05

When browsing the Wikimania main page: http://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page the Boston and Toronto links from that page link to: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania2006/Boston http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania2006/Toronto respectively. These links do not work (for me, at least), although http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/Boston does. I've added a redirect for Boston, but I'm not sure if this was done deliberately or by some mistake. If this is done deliberately, I apologize for the redirect, and it can be removed, but it seemed counterintuitive to link from the main Wikimania page to... something that didn't exist. -- Christopher Schmidt

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Meeting next week?
by SJ 27 Oct '05

27 Oct '05

Dear wikimaniacs, We should set the dates for Wikimania, and send out a 'save the date' notice, as soon as possible. I've suggested a few times on meta for a meeting next week. Please give feedback there on which (if any) of them work for you, and add items to the agenda as you see fit. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006:Planning#Meetings Warmly, SJ

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Quality (was: Welcome to the "Wikimania-l" mailing list)
by Poor, Edmund W 27 Oct '05

27 Oct '05

> Welcome to the Wikimania-l(a)Wikipedia.org mailing list! Thank you. For a robot, you're very polite. No doubt a human being programmeed you to do that. But computers do not create quality; people do. People use computers as tools to reach objectives. A wiki cannot organize knowledge, any more than a hammer and saw can build a house. A carpenter can build a house *using* a hammer and saw. Contributors can build an encyclopedia *using* wiki collaboration tools. I am most interested in how Wikipedians can organize and present knowledge in a way that serves humanity. My special focus has been on resolving conflicts arising from contrary points of view (POV). This is a topic I'd like to speak on, at the Boston conference. Uncle Ed

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List etiquette
by SJ 27 Oct '05

27 Oct '05

If anyone is subscribed to wikimania-planning-l, but not wikimania-l, you may want to add yourself to the latter. Since it is the only list the general public can join, it seems to be a good place to have discussions about Wikimania '06. ++SJ

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Wikimania 2006 - Boston/Toronto, why and why not?
by Delphine Ménard 19 Oct '05

19 Oct '05

Since the jury has been speculating on why or why not people would go to one or the other of the two shortlisted cities for Wikimania, a page was started on meta to actually stop speculating and finding reasons why *you* (not your neighbour, not your dog, not your grand-mother) would go (or not go) to Boston or to Toronto. This is not a vote, this is not even really a poll. Please help us by stating your reasons on this page: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/Why_and_why_not%3F [[m:Wikimania 2006/Why_and_why_not?]] Thank you :-) Delphine -- ~notafish

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Wikimania 2006 - host city, contest part two - change in schedule
by Delphine Ménard 17 Oct '05

17 Oct '05

(warning, cross post to many lists, thank you for not replying to all - thank you for forwarding to the relevant lists) Boston (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/Boston) and Toronto (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/Toronto) have been shortlisted to host the 2006 edition of Wikimania. Wikimania 2006 will be the second international Wikimedia conference and will gather members of the Wikimedia community acorss projects as well as participants and speakers from different horizons to talk about wikis and more. An overview of the 2005 edition can be found at http://wikimania.wikimedia.org. Contrarily to what was announced on the Wikimania page (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006), and due to tight schedules of the jury from 3 corners of the planet, the jury might not be able to meet and give its answer on the 15th october as was planned. This will only be delayed a day or two, please stay tuned for an update. In the meantime, participants and others are free to ask/answer questions on the talk pages of the Boston (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania_2006/Boston) and Toronto (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania_2006/Toronto) bid. Best, Delphine -- ~notafish

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Wikimania 2006 - host city contest, latest update
by Delphine Ménard 06 Oct '05

06 Oct '05

Dear all, The first deadline for Wikimania city is drawing to a close. As of today, I count only 3 cities running officially, which will, I must say, make it easier for the shortlist of 3 ;-), but which is sad because the "unofficial locations sound pretty good. See here at the bottom of the page for more info : http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/Official_requirements_for_pot… Well, if we have only three cities entering the contest, we might decide to shorten the last round to about a week and make a decision sometime next week. I am waiting to hear from the "jury" about a possible time on Sunday 2nd October to have a chat/meeting with everyone involved, so please keep reading this list to know more about what time. It will be on irc on the #wikimania channel. The idea is to gather to ask questions about possible missing information, discuss difficulties and opportunities. Stay tuned for more wikimania adventures. Delphine PS. "Jury" will be composed of the Board of the Foundation, Elian, Akl, JeLuF, Austin, Sj and myself. Cheers, Delphine -- ~notafish

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Wikimania 2006 - shortlist chat - 20.00 UTC Sunday 2 Oct.- #wikimania on freenode
by Delphine Ménard 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

Meeting to decide of the three shortlisted city will take place Sunday 2nd October 2005 in the #wikimania irc channel on freenode at 20.00 UTC. Official bids as of today are: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/Boston http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/London http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/Milano http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/Toronto please note that existing proposals can be edited till the meeting starts. ;-) Please make sure you have as many supporters for your city as possible ;-). The meeting will last no more than half an hour, after which the jury will make their decision. Best, Delphine -- ~notafish

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