Wikimania-l January 2013

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No updates on Google+?
by Nkansah Rexford 27 Jan '13

27 Jan '13

http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_page [image: Noia 64 filesystems folder important.png]<http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_page/Notice> Notice - This wiki is still under construction as the wiki is being setup. - *Please follow us onTwitter <http://twitter.com/wikimania2013> for the latest updates from the local team.* - *You may also RSVP on our Facebook event page<http://www.facebook.com/events/425224324154778/> * - ... I wish to find out why no updates are given on Google+ too. Any special reasons? Someone like me has no facebook nor twitter account. That means I can't follow the event? -- +Rexford <https://plus.google.com/107174506890941499078> | +Blender Academy<https://plus.google.com/b/103109918657638322478/103109918657638322478/posts>

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Wikiamania Facebook group: Looking for organisers that want to admin
by Siebrand Mazeland (WMF) 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

Hi, Earlier this week I got admin rights to the Wikimania Facebook group[1] from Grzegorz Plichta, who has been admin since Wikimania Gdansk. The group hasn't have much activity in the past years, but still it has 175 members. I think we can get many more members, and I'd like to offer the Hong Kong organisers to take one (and by that as many as they'd like) administrator positions in that group, and use it to their advantage. If you guys think this is a good idea, please join the Wikimania group, and send me a mail requesting adminship for a particular group member, with a reference that can prove that person is part of the organising committee. I'll take care of the rest from there on, and you can feel free to make more users admin if you like. [1] https://www.facebook.com/groups/2400108526 Cheers! -- Siebrand Mazeland Product Manager Language Engineering Wikimedia Foundation M: +31 6 50 69 1239 Skype: siebrand Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

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[DIY] Wikimania 2012 videos
by Federico Leva (Nemo) 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

For those who got tired of waiting, I've added here some docs on how to cut a WebM video (like those of Wikimania 2012 on YouTube) in a few seconds for Commons upload: <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Converting_video#WebM_with_mkvtooln…> (Other video editors all have peculiar idiosyncrasies which were impossible to overcome for a newbie like me.) Of course you first have to download: http://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/ Nemo

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Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application
by Simon Shek 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

Hi all, Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2013 in Hong Kong are being accept. The application window is one month (through 22 February). Wikimania 2013 scholarship is an award given to an individual to enable them to attend Wikimania in Hong Kong from 7-11 August, 2013. Two type of scholarships will be available this year. Partial scholarships will cover travel expenses to Wikimania, capped at 50% of the estimated air fare from your nearest international airport according to [[wm2013:Getting to Hong Kong]]. Full scholarships will cover round-trip travel, dorms accommodations as arranged by the Wikimania Team, and registration for Wikimania 2013. Applicants will be rated on the following four dimensions: 1. Activity within Wikimedia (on-wiki and off-wiki) - 50% 2. Activity outside of Wikimedia and other free knowledge/software projects - 15% 3. Interest in Wikimania and the Wikimedia movement - 25% 4. Fluency of English language - 10% To learn more about Wikimania 2013 scholarships, please visit https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships To apply for a scholarship, you can fill out the application form here: https://scholarship.wikimedia.hk If you have any question, email us at wikimania-shcolarship(a)wikimedia.org . Good luck! Simon Shek Community coordinator - Wikimania 2013 / Wikimedia Hong Kong wikimedia.hk

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikitrain to Wikimania HK
by Alan C Y Lai 21 Jan '13

21 Jan '13

Dear All, I'm afraid that Deryck Chan is overtly optimistic about the construction of High Speed Rail in Hong Kong. As the line is still under construction until 2015, the Beijing-Hong Kong through train will still be on conventional lines during Wikimania 2013. And I strongly urge for convenience and comfortability sake you'd better take the through train to Hung Hom. Best regards, Alan Deryck Chan <deryckchan(a)gmail.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >Wikimania-l mailing list >Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

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Fwd: wikimania 2013
by Deryck Chan 19 Jan '13

19 Jan '13

The local team got this email. Can someone who knows the language respond to the sender? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Шухрат Саъдиев" <shuhrat1954(a)gmail.com> Date: Jan 19, 2013 7:47 AM Subject: wikimania 2013 To: <wikimania-p(a)wikimedia.hk> Cc: Привет! Я из Таджикистана. В Википедии с 2011 года. Хочу участвовать в работе конференции. Тема моего доклада "Организация общественных организаций "любителей Википедия" среди молодёжи Таджикистана". Однако я плохо знаю английский язык, буду выступать на русском языке. Как мне оформить заявку на участие, я ещё не имею опыта в этом деле?

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Wikitrain to Wikimania HK
by Seb35 18 Jan '13

18 Jan '13

Hello, Добрый день, Three years ago some crazy Wikimedians (whose I was) travelled by train through Europe to join Gdańsk for Wikimania. This year I intend to join Wikimania Hong Kong by train from France, mainly with the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Chinese trains. The travel can take a minimum of about 2 weeks (of intensive train :), but it would be more comfortable to take more time; the price seems to be about 300-400 € (+food, visas, etc…), so probably less or similar than the airtravel of ~800 €. Does anyone is interested to join me? You have time if you want think about. If we are some people interested in Europe, we could join in Deutschland before continuing the 10k km :) ~ Seb35 [^_^]

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Here Comes your Programme Committee & Scholarship Committee
by Jeromy-Yu Maximilian Chan 06 Jan '13

06 Jan '13

Dear Wikimaniacs Happy New Year to all of you! As the lead of the local team, I am thrilled to announce that the arrangements of Programme Committee & Scholarship Committee are already settled. The members of the committees are listed as follows Programme Committee Name Affiliation Simon Shek 2013 local team Deryck Chan 2013 local team Katie Filbert 2012 PC, WMDC Kiril Simeonovski 2012 PC, WMMK Deror Lin 2012 PC, WMIL Gyenes Orsolya Virág WMHU Greg Varnum 2012 PC Sarah Stierch 2012 PC, WMDC James Forrester Perpetual Wikimaniac John Vandenberg WMAU Ota Takashi Japan WG Scholarship Committee Name Affiliation Simon Shek 2013 local team Deryck Chan 2013 local team Martin Rulsch WMDE, steward Christopher Cooper WMUK Osmar Valdebenito WMAR Kudpung Thailand WG Katie Chan WMUK, GAC Nicholas Bashour 2012 local team, WMDC Karthik Nadar WMIN The non-voting members Jessie Wild WMF liaison W.F. Siu 2013 local team technical Manuel Schneider WMCH technical I would like to express a big thank you to all have everyone expressed their will to help us in the conference. and to whom selected to the committees, I would like to wish you good luck, and work happily and smoothly with the local team. And for those who are not selected and rest of Wikimaniacs, volunteers are always important for our conference, and there are still some opportunities that the local team call for your dedication, please stay tuned. Kung Hei Fat Choi! (As Chinese New Year is approaching soon) -- Jeromy-Yu "Jerry" Chan, ARAD User:Yuyu | zh.wikipedia Advisor, Wikimedia Hong Kong ChapCom/ComCom, Wikimedia Foundation Coordinator-in-Chief, Wikimania 2013 also Jeromyu on twitter, plurk and most of places http://plasticnews.wf| http://about.me/jeromyu Tel (Mobile): +852 9279 1601 *Lend us a simple edit, you're a Wikipedian!*

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 82, Issue 1
by Oarabile Mudongo 05 Jan '13

05 Jan '13

Congradulations to all the selected members of both committes.Wish you all the best in bringing the best conference. :) On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 4:00 AM, <wikimania-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org>wrote: > Send Wikimania-l mailing list submissions to > wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimania-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimania-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimania-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Here Comes your Programme Committee & Scholarship Committee > (Jeromy-Yu Maximilian Chan) > 2. Re: Here Comes your Programme Committee & Scholarship > Committee (Risker) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 12:35:15 +0800 > From: Jeromy-Yu Maximilian Chan <yuyu(a)wikimedia.hk> > To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" > <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimania-l] Here Comes your Programme Committee & > Scholarship Committee > Message-ID: > <CAP=C4WW=a+kCgrQzb2vCaVEcC0yzdpLcFFXm97oJuvod= > tRLiA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear Wikimaniacs > > Happy New Year to all of you! > > As the lead of the local team, I am thrilled to announce that the > arrangements of Programme Committee & Scholarship Committee > are already settled. > > The members of the committees are listed as follows > > Programme Committee > > Name Affiliation > Simon Shek 2013 local team > Deryck Chan 2013 local team > Katie Filbert 2012 PC, WMDC > Kiril Simeonovski 2012 PC, WMMK > Deror Lin 2012 PC, WMIL > Gyenes Orsolya Virág WMHU > Greg Varnum 2012 PC > Sarah Stierch 2012 PC, WMDC > James Forrester Perpetual Wikimaniac > John Vandenberg WMAU > Ota Takashi Japan WG > > Scholarship Committee > > Name Affiliation > Simon Shek 2013 local team > Deryck Chan 2013 local team > Martin Rulsch WMDE, steward > Christopher Cooper WMUK > Osmar Valdebenito WMAR > Kudpung Thailand WG > Katie Chan WMUK, GAC > Nicholas Bashour 2012 local team, WMDC > Karthik Nadar WMIN > > The non-voting members > Jessie Wild WMF liaison > W.F. Siu 2013 local team technical > Manuel Schneider WMCH technical > > I would like to express a big thank you to all have everyone expressed > their will to help us in the conference. > > and to whom selected to the committees, I would like to wish you good luck, > and work happily and smoothly with the local team. > > And for those who are not selected and rest of Wikimaniacs, volunteers are > always important for our conference, and there are still some opportunities > that the local team call for your dedication, please stay tuned. > > Kung Hei Fat Choi! (As Chinese New Year is approaching soon) > -- > Jeromy-Yu "Jerry" Chan, ARAD > User:Yuyu | zh.wikipedia > Advisor, Wikimedia Hong Kong > ChapCom/ComCom, Wikimedia Foundation > Coordinator-in-Chief, Wikimania 2013 > also Jeromyu on twitter, plurk and most of places > http://plasticnews.wf| http://about.me/jeromyu > > Tel (Mobile): +852 9279 1601 > *Lend us a simple edit, you're a Wikipedian!* >

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