Wikimania-l February 2008

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by simonpedia 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

Hi Guys, Sorry to wake yu up. Cary wrote, “.I am copying Mr. Berners-Lee to ask him to kindly please disregard your Email”. Sorry, if I’d known you didn’t want him to talk, I wouldn’t have asked him. Pheobe wrote, “There's a page to brainstorm ideas here: HYPERLINK "http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_ideas"http://wikimania2008. wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_ideas” Sorry. The only ideas for sessions I see here are mine, from December. Samuel wrote, “ps - Please note : he may show up incognito even when he declines to speak”. Sorry, He might, Now he knows there’s something going on. You’ll really have to forgive me. If yu are having conversations, which I (or anyone else can’t see) I won’t know about them of course. So you’ll understand that activity needs to be seen to be understood. I’m just used to a culture where conversations happen above the radar. If you understand that I’m used to producing (primarily the AV stuff for) conferences for 8,000 min this is so very late in the day. And I’d really like to see the WMF’s communities understand what, globally, is going on. Sorry, simon. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.20/1260 - Release Date: 5/02/2008 9:44 AM

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http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
by simonpedia 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

Dear Tim (Berners-Lee), I’m writing to you on behalf of the organising committee for Wikimania. This is the annual conference for the Wikimedia Foundation. Don’t think I need to tell yo what they do.No.8 on Alexa’s top 500. Yes, please; a talk. Just half an hour at most. We’d (all right, I) would really like some insight into what you where thinking when you did the first prop to CERN’s management about your “Information Management” idea in . And what prop you would offer them today. The audience is WMF’s universe, which is just starting to grow now as their Head Office have, literally, just moved to San Fran and employed a whole bunch of new recruits. So they are really looking for some ideas about what should be their next steps. Alexandria’s a long way, but please don’t let that stop you. I’m sure we could organise a link between your present (Uni) home and Egypt’s new National Library’s auditorium. In fact I’d like to encourage it as it might help to get the information centric to reconsider their communication’s networking. I’m trying to see of we could strap together a mini-megaconference. HYPERLINK "http://digitalunion.osu.edu/megaconference/"http://digitalunion.osu.edu/meg aconference/ And to be quite blunt, we need a headline act. (no guitar required) If you are interested, these are some other ideas floating around the WMF traps. HYPERLINK "http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_ideas"http://wikimania2008. wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_ideas We could see about a global workshop if you wanted to suggest something interesting. Appreciate your interest, and your time. If you’d like to say yea or nay, just a reply on this list would encourage people who don’t believe God’s talk. Obsequiously yours, Simon Fenton- Jones No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.19/1258 - Release Date: 4/02/2008 10:10 AM

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Wikimania Jury meeting Number 1
by Cary Bass 02 Feb '08

02 Feb '08

The Wikimania Jury meeting number 1 will be beginning place within the next half hour, at 0300 UTC. This meeting is taking place on irc channel #wikimania, and will be moderated. We expect the Brisbane team will be making its presentation, although we're not certain if any of the other teams will be there. If you don't have an IRC client, you can utilize the web based client at <http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC> and choose channel #wikimania. If this page does not load properly for you, then go to <http://chatwikizine.memebot.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi> and pick #wikimania from the drop-down list of channels. If you cannot make this one, and would still like to attend, meeting number 2 will be held at 1500 UTC, in just over 12 hours. Thanks. Cary Bass For the moderators Your continued donations keep Wikipedia running! Support the Wikimedia Foundation today: http://donate.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. E-Mail: cbass(a)wikimedia.org

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Wikimania meetings this weekend
by Mark (Markie) 02 Feb '08

02 Feb '08

Okay there seems to be some confusion about wikimania meetings this weekend so i hope this will clear it up. Wikimania *2008* Program committee meeting is at *7UTC*, on 3 Feb in * #wikimania2008* Wikimania *2009* Bid/general planning and Q&A sessions will be at* 3UTC *and *15UTC* on 3 Feb in *#wikimania* (this may change but the topic in wikimania will tell you of any changes) Many thanks and apologies for any confusion caused. Best wishes Mark

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Wikimania 2008: Call for Participation
by Casey Brown 02 Feb '08

02 Feb '08

Please circulate this call among Wikimedia communities, researchers and other people that may be interested! This call is also online at http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call_for_Participation == Wikimania 2008: Call for Participation == [[w:Wikimania|Wikimania]] is an annual global event devoted to [[foundation:Main Page|Wikimedia]] projects around the globe (including [[w:Main page|Wikipedia]], [[:w:b:en:Main page|Wikibooks]], [[:w:s:en:Main page|Wikisource]], [[:en:n:Main page|Wikinews]], [[:w:wikt:en:Main page|Wiktionary]], [[:w:v:en:Main page|Wikiversity]], [[:m:q:en:Main page|Wikiquote]], [[:species:Main page|Wikispecies]], and [[:commons:Main page|Wikimedia Commons]]) and for its editors and users to gather, meet each other, exchange ideas, and report on research and projects. It is a community event, which is also open to the public and to researchers. This year's conference will be held from '''July 17-19, 2008''' in [[w:Alexandria|Alexandria]], [[w:Egypt|Egypt]] at the new Library of Alexandria ([[w:Bibliotheca Alexandrina|Bibliotheca Alexandrina]]). For more information, please visit the Wikimania 2008 Home page at http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org We are accepting submissions for presentations, workshops, panels, posters, open spaces, and artistic artifacts. Please carefully follow the submission guidelines below. Submissions can be sent via the following link: :https://wikimedia.pentabarf.org/submission/wikimania2008 === Important dates === * 1 February – 16 March : Submission * 17 March – 30 April : Review, feedback and notification of acceptance * 17 – 19 July 2007 : '''Wikimania''' === Conference Tracks === Submissions should address one or more of the following themes: ; Wikimedia Communities : Interesting projects and particularities within the communities; policy creation within individual projects; conflict resolution and community dynamics; reputation and identity; multi-lingualism, languages and cultures; social studies. We explicitly invite you to discuss your local Wikimedia project's community. ; Free Knowledge : Open access to information; ways to gather and distribute free knowledge, usage of the Wikimedia projects in education, journalism, research; ways to improve content quality and usability; copyright laws and other legal areas that interfere with Wikimedia projects. Free Content in the Middle-East/Africa. ; Technical infrastructure : Issues related to MediaWiki development and extensions; Wikimedia's technical infrastructure; new ideas for development (including case studies from other wikis or similar projects). ; Scientific track : Papers about massively collaborative work, open and free content creation, community dynamics, the social or economic aspects of the Wikimedia projects, and other topics related to Wikimedia projects. Papers submitted to the scientific track will be peer reviewed by a reviewing committee regarding their novelty, rigour, and estimated impact, and accepted or rejected based on these reviews. The papers will be published in proceedings afterwards, and depending on the number and the quality of the submissions, a journal special issue may be pursued. Scientific track papers must be in English, and must not exceed 7,500 words (or 15 pages LNCS). Your topic must be related either to the Wikimedia projects and their communities, or to the creation of free content in general. === Types of Submissions === We are seeking submissions for * presentations (10–30 minute talks with discussion afterwards) * workshops (60–120 minute session with more involvement of the audience) * panels (group of 2-5 speakers to discuss on a specific subject) * posters (printed presentations or visual displays that can stand on their own) * artistic artifacts (plays, competitions, comedy, visualizations, or other representations of some aspect of the projects) In addition there will the possibility to give [[lightning talks]] (5 minute short presentations). These will be organized on the Wikimania 2008 wiki without need to submit via the submission system. === Submission Guidelines === Wikimania is organized by volunteers, so please help us minimize wasted effort by submitting via the [[submission]] system and following these guidelines. All submissions MUST explicitly include the following: # an English "Event title" # a short English "Abstract" of your event in 50 to 100 words. The abstract will be used for the public schedule. # the "Track" your submission fits in best (Wikimedia Communities, Free Knowledge, Technical infrastructure, or Scientific) # the "Event type" (presentation, workshop, panel, poster, artistic...) # information about the speaker (full name, email, a short description of at least 2 sentences...) # for submissions to the scientific track: set "Submission of paper for proceedings" to "yes" and upload a paper instead of the "Description" below as "Attachment". Papers must be in English, and must not exceed 7,500 words. In addition you can add some more information like a a subtitle of the event, an image (will be resized to 128x128px) and private "Submission notes" for reviewers and conference organisation. In particular you should give: * a more detailed "Description" of your event in English or Arabic. The description is essential for review: please give an overview of the areas to be covered or taught. The better you describe your submission, the more likely it will get accepted. State clearly the relevance to the Wikimedia projects and whether submission concerns a specific wiki project. You can also include links. The description will later be used for the public schedule but you can edit it before. * special requirements (such as equipment for a workshop or panel) if needed * the language used for presentation * whether you want to submit a paper for proceedings * whether you want to submit presentation slides * whether the presentation is intended to be a specific length * the target audience you are going to reach and what previous knowledge is needed * images or sketches of the poster or artistic artifact if available * for panel submissions a suggested moderator and short biographies of each suggested panelist In the "Submission notes" you should tell us whether you will attend to Wikimania (a) surely, (b) probably, (c) only if your submission is accepted, or (d) only if we provide travel and/or accommodation. You can also add yourself to the public list of attendees at the Wikimania 2008 wiki: http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Attendees Please note that all submissions must be dual licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License version 1.2 or later ''and'' the Creative Commons Attribution License! By submitting for Wikimania 2008 you agree to this condition. For more information see the submission guidelines at http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submission ===Submissions=== Once you are sure you have included all of the required information, please send your submission before the respective deadline through our '''submission system''': :https://wikimedia.pentabarf.org/submission == See also == * About the venue: http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Venue * Brainstorming page for program ideas: http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_ideas * Editable list of attendees: http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Attendees

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