Wikimania-l July 2014

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by C C 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Dear Wikimania, Are we allowed to bring guests along with us to the Conference? Thanks,Cornelieus Chen

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UK Sim Cards for Wikimania
by Sam Reed 07 Aug '14

07 Aug '14

Ive just ordered a stack (30) of UK sim cards for Wikimania. This is a mix of dual normal/micro sims, and also some nano sims.. Theyre with giffgaff [1], and come with 5 GBP credit. If you get a £10 goodybag [2], it comes with 1GB mobile data and uk minutes/texts. Can get 4G on it too. International rates are at [3] Oh, and you can contact anyone else with a giffgaff sim for free too. Ill be down in London from the 5th, so if anyone wants one, come find me. Sam [1] http://giffgaff.com/ [2] http://giffgaff.com/goodybags [3] http://giffgaff.com/index/international

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Aaron Swartz Panel
by Edward Saperia 31 Jul '14

31 Jul '14

Hello all, On the Friday evening of Wikimania, we're doing a showing of The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet%27s_Own_Boy:_The_Story_of_Aaron_…> It was suggested that afterwards we could do a panel composed of people who knew or were close to him. Is there anyone coming who fits this description and would like to do it? If so, please add yourself: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz_Q%26A *Edward Saperia* Conference Director Wikimania London <http://www.wikimanialondon.org> email <ed(a)wikimanialondon.org> • facebook <http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> • twitter <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG

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OSM party [was Re: Tours of the Barbican on Wednesday and Thursday]
by Luis Villa 31 Jul '14

31 Jul '14

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote: > ending at the OpenStreetMap 10th Anniversary pub party. > For those who had missed this earlier (I had!) details appear to be still TBD: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap_10th_Birthday_Party -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 *This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.*

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sneak preview
by WereSpielChequers 31 Jul '14

31 Jul '14

Dear Wikimanians, A sneak preview of Jon Davies and Ed Saperia modelling some of the things in the dozens of boxes that have arrived at the Wikimedia UK offices in the last 48 hours. Yes we have bags and T shirts, and a category for your photos. See you soon. Jonathan Cardy

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Least expensive way to travel from Heathrow Airport
by Allan Aguilar 31 Jul '14

31 Jul '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello all. I will arrive in London on August 6. However, I am wondering: what would be the less expensive travel option reach the venue or the hotel? I am traveling alone and will carry no more than a couple of bags. Thank you in advance. - -- Allan Aguilar (Ralgis) Mail → ralgis(a)vmail.me PGP → 4096/F5AA4DC7 3739 CEC7 E400 EBF1 593B 8CBF B3E1 CE78 F5AA 4DC7 Blog → https://editandowikimedia.wordpress.com/ Twitter → https://twitter.com/userralgis -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iJwEAQECAAYFAlPXI78ACgkQDJL8z7dPVmBFFgQA1wFC/xoFaqb6wlrx44NmLPKF 4HZbIyOzs9gwyqfSZzw5umtANyBSiKWMVWuNwqbPr4IoHIK/gaZGWhXMnFOKbAtu 2rylZ25kI2R+LFFbYGiieid338VaqmAU5kXbgdQxIe+6/myuRWAb0VwdVRFrN+eg JPNYeZuoOTtz/W8+Wec= =z+cV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Bring your old broken laptops to Wikimania!
by HJ Mitchell 31 Jul '14

31 Jul '14

Hi all, One of our volunteers asked me to put out a call for broken laptops. If you have a broken laptop and you want somebody to help you fix it or you just want to see it recycled, please bring it along to Wikimania! I imagine lots of us will have broken laptops knocking around, and this could be a great opportunity to bring them back to life or to recycle them properly. So we have an idea of demand, please email me off-list if you're interested. Thanks, Harry Mitchellhttp://enwp.org/User:HJ Phone: +44 (0) 7507 536971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell

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LDNOpenDrinks Tues Aug 12 @ El Vino
by Dinsmore, Adam 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Hello all, This is an open invitation to anyone interested in open access to knowledge (in the sciences or elsewhere) to come along to a meet-up at El Vino Wine Bar, 125 London Wall, 3 Bastion Highwalk, London EC2Y 5AP on Tues Aug 12. We have the place booked from 18:00-close, and there's £100 behind the bar to start us off. The event is organised by reps of the Open Knowledge Foundation, PLoS, eLife and the Wellcome Trust. It will be the fourth LDNOpenDrinks (a sister of SFOpenDrinks in San Francisco), and going by previous events we usually attract around 30-40 people (and have some great conversations). For information on how to find us please visit our website<http://londonopendrinks.org/>, and follow us on Twitter<https://twitter.com/LDNOpenDrinks> for more details as the night approaches. If you have any questions about the event please direct them to me at a.dinsmore(a)wellcome.ac.uk. Thanks, Adam Dinsmore Evaluation Officer, Strategic Planning & Policy Unit Wellcome Trust Gibbs Building 215 Euston Road London NW1 2BE, UK T: +44 (0) 20 7611 7391 E: a.dinsmore(a)wellcome.ac.uk<mailto:a.dinsmore@wellcome.ac.uk> ORCiD: 0000-0002-3314-7944<http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3314-7944> www.wellcome.ac.uk<http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/> We are a global charitable foundation dedicated to achieving extraordinary improvements in human and animal health. We support the brightest minds in biomedical research and the medical humanities. Our breadth of support includes public engagement, education and the application of research to improve health. We are independent of both political and commercial interests. The Wellcome Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales, no. 210183. Its sole trustee is The Wellcome Trust Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, no. 2711000 (whose registered office is at 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK). This message has been scanned for viruses by Websense Hosted Email Security - www.websense.com

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Anyway with downloaded pagecount-raw dumps?
by Osama Khalid 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Hello Wikimanaias, This is Osama Khalid, from the Arabic Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. I was wondering whether anyone here has a good number of the raw pagecounts downloaded so I can copy them to a hard disk during the conference. They have been very helpful for me in trying to determine which articles need the most attention, but my sample size has always been too small since they are very huge and dumps.wikimedia.org restricts parallel downloads. If you have a bunch of them, and can bring, please let me know. Regards,

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Help test new software at Wikimania
by Steven Walling 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

Hi everyone, With Wikimania coming up soon, I wanted to invite Wikimedians who are going to help with something new we're trying at the conference. Like most Wikimanias, there are many sessions in the program that attempt explain software changes that have happened or will happen in the future on Wikimedia projects. These are great, but they don't give people a chance to try out something for themselves and provide feedback. This year, we're going to have a booth at the conference with several devices set up (including both laptops and mobile devices). There, we'll be inviting whoever is interested and has 5-30 minutes to test out new tools.[*] Whether you're a reader who's never edited, or a longtime Wikimedian with thousands of edits, they'll be something for you to try. Abbey Ripstra, the new lead on user experience research at the Foundation, will be leading this effort. I just wanted to give a notice because I'm not sure she's on the list, and because some of my team's work will be up for testing. ;-) So far, we've got the following projects with things to test: - Updates to VisualEditor, including a new version for tablets - Flow (a new discussion system) - A new system of task recommendations for Wikipedia editors - the new Wikipedia apps for iOS and Android - a prototype of skin and navigation enhancements (codenamed Winter, if you're familiar) As we nail down the exact location of the booth, we'll be sure to send out an update. Steven * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability_testing

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