Wikimania-l August 2011

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Videos!
by Kim Bruning 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Hello! Once again, thanks for the cool conference. Right now I'd like to show some friends and colleagues what we've been up to.:-) I'm curious if the videos are online yet? I can't find them on the WikimediaIL channel so far. Am I looking in the wrong place? Sincerely, Kim Bruning -- [Non-pgp mail clients may show pgp-signature as attachment] gpg (www.gnupg.org) Fingerprint for key FEF9DD72 5ED6 E215 73EE AD84 E03A 01C5 94AC 7B0E FEF9 DD72

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Re: [Wikimania-l] holidays around Wikimania (Amir E. Aharoni)
by Deror Avi 24 Aug '11

24 Aug '11

Having Wikimania during [[Tisha B'Av]] [1], the last day of [[The Three Weeks]] is a no go for all religious jews - not only Orthodox Jews. It is a long fast (26 hours long) which starts the day before, very much like Yom Kipur. Even I will not be able to attend Wikimania on that day (and the day before). Deror [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tisha_B%27Av

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CD
by Deryck Chan 24 Aug '11

24 Aug '11

Who told the security staff at Ben Gurion that CDs have been distributed as part of the welcoming pack of Wikimania? Jeromy and I were requested to show the "CD you received from Wikimania" and we haven't got any. PS. For those of you who have yet to fly out of Israel: it's a good idea to have a password / Android lock etc. on each of your electronic devices, so that they can't check their content except in front of you.

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OSM mapping party report
by aude 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Here's a write-up, photos, and the map (before/after) for the mapping party held during Wikimania: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/aude/diary/14605 In sum, we gave a workshop, followed by taking ~25 participants out on the streets of Haifa to collect map data, broke into 4 smaller groups. Big thanks to Eugene (seav), MADe, Zvika, Yarl, and Polimerek, all experienced mappers, who helped lead the groups, as well as the Hebrew speakers who accompanied us. The map (http://osm.org/go/xtTsF0inF-) is drastically improved, with excellent follow-up by the mappers to get the information entered into the map. We've also uncovered a bunch of RTL bugs in OSM, and could use help to address them. Cheers, Katie -- President, Wiki Society of Washington, DC Inc. http://wikidc.org @wikidc / @wikimania2012

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Partial scholarship system
by maarten deneckere 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Hey, On the Wikimania wiki<http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Feedback#Scholarships>we have some discussions on the best way to organize the "partial scholarships". We want to prevent that people from countries far away from the venue (Australia, Canada, thirld world countries, ...) stay home because the partial scholarship does not help them enough. We don't want them all to request a full scholarship, either. Please help us for the next conference, and fill in the questionnaire on https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG1BaUJHZkpJS2… Everybody can fill in this form (even if you didn't attend, or didn't find funding), so send this to everybody that wanted to come! Grtz, Maarten

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Ramadan etc.
by Federico Leva (Nemo) 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

WereSpielChequers, 21/08/2011 23:10: > but clearly holding our annual conference in Israel > during Ramadan was not the best way to encourage people from Islamic > countries to attend. I hope that in future we can make sure that > Wikimania is more inclusive than that. It was also during Shabbat, by the way (which is a traditional problem even for Wikimedia Italia general assembly...). I don't know how big an impact Ramadan has had. I think that Meir Sheetrit has done more to explain us why the participation of arab israelis and palestinians in Wikimedia is so low, than the associations protesting against Israel[1]; I mean, when he said how expensive Internet connections are in Israel, and why this must change. Nemo [1] That might be because I'd normally agree with them so I knew the things they said.

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old mails
by phoebe ayers 19 Aug '11

19 Aug '11

A bunch of old mails that had gotten stuck in moderation due to having attachments got released early this morning; sorry about the confusion. And enjoy the press clipping :) phoebe

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A trip to Petra after Wikimania
by dror1975＠icqmail.com 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

Hi, Here are two useful links from Jordan Tourism Board: http://www.visitjordan.com/visitjordan_cms/GeneralInformation/GettingAround… - List of border crossing. My advice: Either go eastwards across the Lower Galilee from Haifa to Beit Shean, cross the border at Sheikh Hossein Bridge and continue southward in Jordan, or go southward along the Israeli coast, then go to Beersheba, then on the road to Eilat cross the border at the Wadi Araba Crossing (Petra is quite near). Don't use the Allenby/King Hossein Bridge because it is the main gate from and into the West Bank, which means three kinds of authorities (Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian), more people waiting in line, more forms to fill in and more potential headaches. According to this site, Jordanian visas are issued on the spot at the crossing. Note - unlike the Israeli authorities, the Jordanian authorities insist on stamping the passport itself. http://www.visitjordan.com/default.aspx?tabid=63 - Views of Petra on that site. It is considered one of the most remarkable sites in the region, and the most prominent tourist attraction in Jordan. Jordan is tourist-friendly and quite cheap. Most people can communicate in English. Please note that August falls on Ramadan, so most people you are going to meet in Jordan will be fasting during daylight hours. Be considerate. One more warning - this is August and Petra is in the middle of the desert. Temperature might rise as high as 40 centigrade. Cars, buses and most rooms are air-conditioned, but when you walk outside, cover yourself well with light clothes and drink a lot (but not in front of those who fast). Dror K

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Thanks for all the fish... and lessons learned
by Delphine Ménard 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

I'll add my thanks to the chorus. It was an amazing Wikimania. Having participated in the organisation of quite a few Wikimanias, and since Itzik asked somewhere for "critics" so that they can do better next time, here are a few things that come to mind. I'd urge everyone to answer this thread to keep things in one place so that the team from next year can benefit from those. * Badges: badges should be recognizable at a glance. Especially for press. But also for organizers, speakers etc.. By the time I arrived, everyone had a different lanyard, some had written badges, other printed... complicated. Make more badges than you will ever need (a safe assumption is to print about at least twice the number of badges you think you'll need). Choose colors that people can recognize at a glance. Especially for the press (I'll never stress that enough). * Food: the food was so excellent it's not even funny (wow the hummus). But I've seen _lots_ of people looking for the vegetarian food without ever knowing which it was. So: Label food. Name of the food, principal ingredients (some are allergic to say... bell pepper, can't have milk etc.), vegetarian, kosher, whatever is of importance, make it clear. * Moderation in the sessions: Have a _seasoned_ moderator in each room. Someone whose only job it is to cut short presentations that are too long, who can moderate discussions/questions if there is a need. Someone nasty ;). That's about it for the main things I've seen, the rest was just great. :) Cheers, Delphine -- @notafish NB. This gmail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails will get lost. Intercultural musings: Ceci n'est pas une endive - http://blog.notanendive.org Photos with simple eyes: notaphoto - http://photo.notafish.org

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Thank you Wikimedia Israel!
by Erik Moeller 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

Huge, huge thanks to WM Israel for Wikimania 2011--a beautiful gift to the community. You've been wonderful hosts, patient organizers, great friends. The conference has been a true pleasure, and having gone to all of them, you've really set an incredibly high bar for the teams to come. Thank you, thank you, thank you: you've given us all so much energy, so much fun, so much enlightenment. And a really kick-ass party. :-) Love, Erik

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