Wikimania-l August 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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African Documentary
by Nkansah Rexford 21 Jan '15

21 Jan '15

Hello, I'm interested in meeting persons who are willing to share their story of their world of Wikimedia. We plan making a video documentary out of it to share with other Africans and raise their interest in the world of wiki. I've talked to a couple of persons already but looking for more. >From wikidata to Wikiversity, I'm willing to talk to all. It shouldn't take more than 10 minutes of your time. Please lemme know your coordinates if interested and I'll teleport myself there asap. Thanks rexford |google.com/+Nkansahrexford| sent from smartphone

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Call for Volunteers: Wikimania Jury to review bids for 2016
by Manuel Schneider 29 Sep '14

29 Sep '14

Dear all, soon we will starting the bidding process for Wikimania 2016. Soon the Wikimania Committee will be kicking off the selection process for deciding who should host Wikimania 2016. * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016 Request for Proposals (RfP) is being published soon and we want to invite volunteers to serve on the selection jury. The jury will evaluate bids and make a recommendation to this committee and the WMF based on published criteria, reviewing the bids from November onwards until the final selection is made in December 2014. This is roughly 30-40 hours' work, and is key to us making Wikimania a strong, healthy community conference that we all can enjoy. The Wikimania Committee will select a jury that is a balanced representation of the community, from a diverse range of backgrounds, sexes, languages, cultures and regions of the world. What we are looking for: * seven members * geographical diversity * experience with events of this kind - either outside or inside the movement, as organiser or long-time Wikimaniac * members are required to read the Wikimania proposals on Meta Wiki * members are required to participate in six conference calls to discuss with each Wikimania proposal team and with the jury, approximate duration two hours, during the review phase (approx. one to two weeks around December) If you would like to serve on the jury, please e-mail Ellie Young (off-list) eyoung @ wikimedia.org August 24. We will announce the jury in two weeks' time. On behalf of the Wikimania Committee with regards, Manuel -- Manuel Schneider - Chief Information Officer Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens Lausanne, +41 (21) 340 66 22 - www.wikimedia.ch

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Wikimania 2014
by Fabian Tompsett 29 Sep '14

29 Sep '14

Hi all, Just a point of clarification, does 2014 simply refer to the date of this Wikimania, or does it also mean the number of people who registered? all the best Fabian Tompsett, Wikimania Support Team, Wikimedia UK, Address: 56-64 Leonard St, Shoreditch, London EC2A 4LT Phone:020 7065 0991 Mobile: 07548 103787

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Live video
by Pine W 21 Sep '14

21 Sep '14

Is there a live video feed from Wikimania this year? Pine

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Blogs
by Chris McKenna 30 Aug '14

30 Aug '14

I have started a page on the Wikimania 2014 wiki to keep track of blog posts about WIkimania 2014. If you have written or read a blog post, please could you add it to the list at https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Blogs. Thanks. Chris -- Chris McKenna Wikimania 2014 Support Wikimedia UK chris.mckenna(a)wikimedia.org.uk tel: +44 (0) 20 7065 0990 Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales. Registered Company No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.

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Wikimania Android app
by Nkansah Rexford 29 Aug '14

29 Aug '14

I used the Wikimania Android app during the conference. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.eventspark.wikimania2014 Obviously, it is not up to par with conference apps, like the Google I/O app. Are there any plans to get an official app for use for subsequent conferences of Wikimania? Or sponsors who happen to be app developers will do us the honor? I think this year's event was the tenth Wikimania. Launching an app to celebrate that wouldn't have been a bad idea. The app link above says "official Wikimania app", but not very official to me as was built by one of the sponsors of the event. Rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from Smartphone

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India & Kazakhstan Wikimania Attendee
by Nkansah Rexford 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

Hi, Is there any attendee of the Wikimania 2014 conference who came from Kazakhstan or India on this list? Please get in touch with me off-list. I would also appreciate if you can assist in helping me get in touch with any attendee from India and or Kazakhstan thanks -- +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center <http://africacenter.net> | WiR <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | WikiAfrica <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford>

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Expenses
by Richard Symonds 23 Aug '14

23 Aug '14

Hi all, If you were a Wikimania volunteer and are awaiting expenses, please be assured that I'm still going through the boxes of claim forms. There are a lot! I'm doing it in order of how much is owed (greatest first), but if someone has a pressing need - I know some of you are students on tight budgets - please email me at richard.symonds(a)wikimedia.org.uk and I'll expedite your claim. I hope to have these all done by Wednesday or Thursday. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*

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London Wikimania, past and future
by Florence Devouard 23 Aug '14

23 Aug '14

Hello all Before all, congrats to the organizing team and all the volunteers ! I liked that Wikimania a lot ! You did a great job guys. Out of the pieces I will remember fondly (as in "to be continued"), I will probably put - the community village (great move; must be continued absolutely - workshops (to keep and extend) - and comedy (though it was sometimes hard to understand for non native, I still had a lot of fun. May be particular particularly suited for this Wikimania, not for others later). I just finished filling up the Wikimania feedback form and here are my thoughts I was very happy that WMF took the time to actually make a feedback form and send it to all participants. But I was a bit wondering why it was actually sent to participants as if it was a Wikimedia Foundation event. I understand it is sent by the evaluation team and it might make sense to evaluate the impact of an event largely funded/run by Wikimedia Foundation. Still it would rather be expected from the Wikimania organizers themselves. I thought it was a bit odd. Thoughts ? Also, I think it would have been cool if the Wikimania committee somehow had been involved in making that questionnaire. One of the reasons is that each Wikimania comes with its own flavor and I think that beyond the individual satisfaction of the attendee, we need to "measure" the impact of the larger picture. Two links: - the bid: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2014_bids/London - the actual site: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Village One of the big core things pushed forward by the Wikimania 2014 team during the bid was the fact it wanted to be an outreached event. Did you know ? It was a sort of a tagline. What was called "wikifest" in the bid gave birth to the "Community Village" (open to the public and free). My "feeling" is that it was a success. But that stays my "feeling". I think it was useful, joyful, great place to see what groups/chapters/aligned organizations were doing, provided great local food, opportunities to charge laptops or store sweatshirt, easily crossed as we were going around. I saw non-Wikimedians having a look. But did it work as a "non-wikimedian" outreach ? Or did it rather worked as a "wikimedian not involved in groups/chapters" outreach ? I actually do not know exactly. But I have the vague feeling that this should be continued. The evaluation form stayed quite generic in terms (such as asking if we learned stuff from the sessions (yeah, we did)). Or collect the usual feedback (I guess everyone will mention that we would need more electrical plugs right ? Just as every year by the way :)). I kind of regret we had no opportunity to "slip" in the questionnaire some questions related to the specificity of that conference to give more body to the questions. So may I suggest that this post evaluation be an opportunity for collaboration between WMF evaluation team and Wikimania Committee in the future ? :) Third thought... as a current Wikimania committee member as well as Wikimania jury member for 2014 bid process, I also would like to reflect on some of the significant discrepancies I identified between the bid and the actual event. Not in the spirit of confrontation and blind criticism, but in the spirit of transparency, goals and "measures of success". Side benefit: helping jury to better evaluate future bids (I remind you that the call for volunteers is OPEN). So bid link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2014_bids/London The London bid was bold. Big things planned and big budget. The largest we ever saw. Cuts had to be made to the original bid and we ended up with a three tier system, depending on the money collected ultimately. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2014_bids/London/Logistics/Financ… (see the three tier) My understanding is that the venue ended up being way more expensive than it was originally budgeted (I'd love figures on this) and obviously, fundraising did not go as well as hoped. I guess we wont have details before several months, but rough budget figures would be lovely. Some people outlined a few points as not compliant with the bid (oyster cards or drinks and snacks throughout the day, same-day released edited videos of sessions, venue open 24/24) or not in line with what was announced in Wikimania 2013 (I was not there, this is earsay) such as closing party at the Tate. Other points worked quite well (indeed the wifi was good ! and all rooms were video equipped). Some thoughts on this would be welcome. To be fair, Wikimania London team was the first one to be so explicit in what could be expected, so it is easy to criticize afterwards (in comparison, Mexico bid is much more vague so it won't be possible to list "what should have been done". But it tickles me a bit... and in retrospect, I think bidders should provide clear statements on what they will make every effort to provide. Or we should provide clear statements in what is expected no matter what. Again, overall, I am happy of that Wikimania and I think it generally fullfilled the contract to a very large extent (in terms of program, activities and services. Can't say in terms of budget). But I am thinking of the future and in line with the general trend of establishing criterias and measures of success, I think we should work on providing more structured submission guidelines for next Wikimania. Florence

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