Wikimania-l November 2016

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wiki (not) Mania?
by Luca Martinelli 18 Dec '16

18 Dec '16

OK, now this is more of an argument I can consider as compelling. Now the 1 million dollar/euro/pound/yen/yuan/rupee/peso/shekel/$you_name_it question (which unsurprisingly Asaf already posed): to whom do we address the task of eventually solving this? L. Il 07 nov 2016 15:05, "Edward Saperia" <edsaperia(a)gmail.com> ha scritto: Agree with Andrew - when I was organising it in 2014 I usually called it "The Global Wikipedia Summit" because Wikimania doesn't sound important. > 2. On first glance, the name isn’t very professional sounding. So it may > be hard to convince one’s boss or academic head to fund travel or time off > to attend the premier conference for the Wikimedia community. > On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 8:28 AM, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Is it proper and correct to use the term "mania"? >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mania >> >> Would we say "WikiMad" or WikiCrazy"? >> >> Gordo >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

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Two internship opportunities in the Community Engagement department!
by Maria Cruz 17 Nov '16

17 Nov '16

Hello all, As some of you may have seen there are two open positions (both paid) in the Community Engagement department for internships on the Learning & Evaluation team: - Communications Intern:. (6 months, up to 30 hours/week) We are looking for a candidate who works and / or studies in the field of communications, has excellent verbal and written English communications skills and the ability to excel in a fast-paced, multitasking environment. Knowledge and/or experience with Wikimedia Projects a plus! The Communications Iintern will primarily support conference communications for the Community Engagement Team (including event planning and materials preparation), help plan workshops and community events for program leaders (as well as document the outcome of those events), and assist with the coordination of technology supports for communications and events. You can find the complete job description here: https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/488571#.WCHxXOErKRs - Technical Intern (3 months up to 20 hours/week) We are looking for a candidate that has experience in Mediawiki mark-up and technical communications experience in designing for web content curation and user flow, has proficiency in at least three of the following programming languages: Javascript, Lua, Python, MySQL, has experience developing or administrating MediaWiki websites. The candidate should have a strong interest in archival systems, searchability and usable portals on wiki, and technical skills for designing Wikimedia templates and pages. The Technical Design Intern will work closely with the Communications and Outreach Coordinator (that would be me!) on the Wikimedia Resource Center, the redesign of the Evaluation Portal on Meta Wikimedia, and migration and archiving of L&E portal pages from existing namespaces to new namespace, among other tasks. You can find the complete job description here: <https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/488570#.WBE6X-ErKRs> https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/488570#.WBE6X-ErKRs If you are interested, please apply. If you know someone who might fit this position, please forward the email to them! Cheers, María

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Wiki (not) Mania?
by Gordon Joly 11 Nov '16

11 Nov '16

Is it proper and correct to use the term "mania"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mania Would we say "WikiMad" or WikiCrazy"? Gordo

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wiki (not) Mania?
by Luca Martinelli 05 Nov '16

05 Nov '16

Il 04 nov 2016 22:20, "Luca Martinelli" <martinelliluca(a)gmail.com> ha scritto: > I'll give you another example: a famous journalist, back in the days, wrote an op-ed to criticize football fans, comparing their "mania" to typhoid fever. Of course it was an ITALIAN journalist, I forgot to mention that, sorry. L.

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