Wikimania-l June 2016

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17:20 Milano Centrale --> Varenna-Esino
by Deryck Chan 23 Jun '16

23 Jun '16

As titled. Who else plans to be on this train?

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Wikidata for Absolute Beginners tutorial today at 3:30
by Asaf Bartov 23 Jun '16

23 Jun '16

Hullo everyone, I am offering a 90-minutes session called "Wikidata for Absolute Beginners: What is it good for, and why is it Really Super Exciting?", *today* (Thursday) at *3:30pm (sharp)* at the *Collaboration Space* (where Learning Day was). If you've never really gotten into Wikidata, or have only been using it for interwiki links, or just want to get inspired about what Wikidata can be used for, do come! Cheers, Asaf -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org

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Meetup, 1700 today: Encyclopedia of World Problems & Human Potential
by Samuel Klein 23 Jun '16

23 Jun '16

In a few hours, I'm giving a short intro to the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential, a collection of world problems and humanitarian initiatives. If you have worked with global census, environmental, scientific or humanitarian datasets, or have synchronized other historical encyclopedias with WP: your input is wanted! http://uia.org/encyclopedia This cool reference was the result of one of Paul Otlet's projects from the 20th century, the Union of International Associations. It has ~60,000 articles at many levels of abstraction, along with links to related data sources and network information about which problems influence which other ones. The EWPHP has just been released under a BY-SA license, and a small team is trying to wikify it, integrate its sources with wikidata, synchronize parts w/ WP where appropriate, and set up a world-editable interface to it. I will show you what the current digitized site looks like. When: 1700 Where: Room 40 of the Primary School https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetups/Encyclopedia_of_World_Prob… The lead developer of the editable version, Tomáš Fülöpp, will also be coming to Wikimania this weekend, to meet with interested people. -- Sj

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MiFi left on shuttle
by Ellie Young 23 Jun '16

23 Jun '16

Someone from the WMF left a MiFi on the shuttle bus from Varenna. Please see Sarah Malik who has it. She is located today at Rosa delli Alpi where board meeting is being held. -- Ellie Young Events Manager Wikimedia Foundation eyoung(a)wikimedia.org c. 510 701 8649

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Re: [Wikimania-l] UEFA Euro 2016
by Cornelius Kibelka 23 Jun '16

23 Jun '16

Pizzeria Oasi seems to be the right place to watch football. They have two huge screens. Maybe, we could ask to show both matches (Italy/Ireland and Belgium/Sweden). Am 22.06.2016 4:44 nachm. schrieb "Szymon Grabarczuk" < tar.locesilion(a)gmail.com>: There's been a strange silence concerning Euro 2016. Are there any football fans? Are the locals going to watch Italy--Ireland today? (Football is like a religion in Italy, reportedly...) How about other matches, especially the knockout phase? Any proposals? *Szymon Grabarczuk* Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU Head of R&D Group, Wikimedia Polska pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tar_Lócesilion <http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tar_L%C3%B3cesilion> _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

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Free spots: Explainer video workshop this afternoon (2pm-5.30pm)
by Claudia Garád 23 Jun '16

23 Jun '16

Hi everyone, are you still looking for some interesting to do this afternoon? Well, perhaps this is for you: like last year, we host a workshop for creating animated explainer videos for Wikimedia projects: https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Explainer_Video_Workshop *Start: 2pm in the museum (53)*** Videos have become a popular format for the dissemination of information - especially short animated explainer videos which provide a quick overview over complex topics. The same principle applies to Wikipedia: videos can enrich exisiting content and provide an entertaining and easily comprehensible access to free knowledge. Together with experts from the simpleshow foundation Wikimedia Österreich offers workshops for Wikimedians which are designed to learn the tricks of the trade of screenwriting for explainer videos. The workshop might also be interested for people who attended last year, as we will also introduce a new freeware, which enables you to produce the videos yourself! Content of the workshop * Interested participants will learn the basic skills for creating plots of explainer videos: how to explain complex topics in a short and comprehensible way, how to work with cut-out animation, storyboard conception and visualization. * The participants can create and refine their scripts and storyboards together with the simpleshow foundation after the workshop. * Depending on the topic & previous research participants can turn their scipts directly into an ilustrated video using “mysimpleshow”-freeware. * The realization and production of the finished storyboard could be done either using the “mysimpleshow”-freeware or by the simpleshow foundation. The result will be published under the CC-BY-SA license on Wikimedia Commons. * The screenwriters can use the videos for Wikipedia articles and other purposes. What do you need? * Interest in storytelling * A topic for an explainer video * No previous knowledge in screenwriting or video production necessary Claudia -- Claudia Garád Executive Director Wikimedia Österreich - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens Siebensterngasse 25/15 1070 Wien 0699 141 28615 www.wikimedia.at <http://www.wikimedia.at/>

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Train from Milano Centrale to Esino Lario on June 22
by J. G. Góngora 23 Jun '16

23 Jun '16

Hi everyone, I will be taking the train from Milano Centrale to Varenna-Esino on June 22, at 16:34. Is there anyone who wants to join me? I would feel much better if I knew someone going that way. I've already bought the train tickets, by the way. I'm looking forward to seeing you all in Esino Lario! 😃 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G%C3%B3ngora (User:Góngora) Lic. J. Gustavo Góngora Goloubintseff

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Anyone else travelling from Milano Centrale at 12.20?
by Tobias Lutzi 23 Jun '16

23 Jun '16

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Thursday volunteers at MXP?
by Leila Zia 23 Jun '16

23 Jun '16

Andrew, this happened to me but it was because I was in the wrong terminal. If you're in Terminal 2, you should go to Terminal 1. L On Jun 23, 2016 09:52, "Andrew Lih" <andrew(a)andrewlih.com> wrote: Sorry to bother the whole list - are there or will there be blue shirt volunteers at MXP today, Thursday? I've been looking around for over an hour with no sign of them and I have a ticket booked via the airport transfers sold by the organizing team via Eventbrite. If not, I'll abandon the ticket and make my way to Esino by other transport but I need to know. Anyone who can let the powers that be know, thanks. Andrew -- -Andrew Lih Associate professor of journalism, American University Email: andrew(a)andrewlih.com WEB: http://www.andrewlih.com BOOK: The Wikipedia Revolution: http://www.wikipediarevolution.com PROJECT: Wiki Makes Video http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wiki_Makes_Video _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

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Thursday volunteers at MXP?
by Andrew Lih 23 Jun '16

23 Jun '16

Sorry to bother the whole list - are there or will there be blue shirt volunteers at MXP today, Thursday? I've been looking around for over an hour with no sign of them and I have a ticket booked via the airport transfers sold by the organizing team via Eventbrite. If not, I'll abandon the ticket and make my way to Esino by other transport but I need to know. Anyone who can let the powers that be know, thanks. Andrew -- -Andrew Lih Associate professor of journalism, American University Email: andrew(a)andrewlih.com WEB: http://www.andrewlih.com BOOK: The Wikipedia Revolution: http://www.wikipediarevolution.com PROJECT: Wiki Makes Video http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wiki_Makes_Video

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