Wikimania-l August 2017

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Traditional costume party during Wikimania
by Subhashish Panigrahi 13 Aug '17

13 Aug '17

Hello everyone, Is there any traditional/ethnic costume party or that kind of gathering that is being planned already or people might be interested to join for? It would be fun to showcase the diversity of the Wikimedia community? To add some fun Wikimedian A can write/print the name of their costume (preferably English Wikipedia entry) about the costume they would come wearing, and find a buddy (B) who speaks a different language than theirs. B can then create an entry on Wikipedia/Wikidata or expand the entry if already existing, or even record how it is pronounced. People can also gift their buddies small keepsakes. This is still an idea_in_brewing_state. Would love to hear more thoughts. Subhashish

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What sections to be included in what articles
by Leila Zia 12 Aug '17

12 Aug '17

Hi all, We need your help! :) We are developing a recommendation system that can help newcomers (or more experienced editors who are interested) receive recommendations about what sections to add to an already existing article in Wikipedia. As part of this research, we need labels from editors on whether a section recommended for an article on English Wikipedia is a good section or not. (The research is not limited to enwiki, this step of the test is.) You can come with your laptop to the Hackathon room (Salon 7) at 17:00 (break time) to chat about this research and do the labeling in person, or you can just do it on your own using the following link (The link will take you to our test and labeling environment, set up quickly to collect some labels. Please know that once you click on the link, a cookie will be set in your browser that will help us count how many different contributors we had): http://40.118.110.204/ As always, questions and comments are welcome, ideally in person, now that we are all in one place. :) Best, Leila -- Leila Zia Senior Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation

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Group photo (in the rain!)
by Victor Grigas 12 Aug '17

12 Aug '17

Thank you to everyone who braved the rain: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2017_Group_Photo_1_(Augus… https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2017_Group_Photo_2_(Augus… https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2017_Group_Photo_3_(Augus… https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2017_Group_Photo_4_(Augus… My understanding is that we are planning to take another shot with the whole group tomorrow at some time. Thanks! -- *Victor Grigas* Video Production Manager and Storyteller Wikimedia Foundation <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpPnuSvCJLY> vgrigas(a)wikimedia.org https://donate.wikimedia.org/

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Tech Ambassadors and Translators meeting
by Benoît Evellin (Trizek) 12 Aug '17

12 Aug '17

Hello Wikimaniacs! Wikimedia Foundation's Community Liaisons invite you to discuss about Tech Ambassadors and Translators roles! What do you think of the draft definition of the future roles of Tech Ambassadors and Tech Translators? https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Technical_Collaboration/Community_collabora… <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Technical_Collaboration/Community_collabora…> What would you like to do to help, but cannot, because of [reasons]? Join the Community Liaisons, *Today* (Saturday 12), *15:00-15:45 in Salon 2, level 2*. Let's chat! On behalf of the CLs, Benoît -- Benoît Evellin (Trizek) Community Liaison Wikimedia Foundation

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[Wikimania] Livestream session links for Saturday 12 August
by Melody Kramer 12 Aug '17

12 Aug '17

Hello, We will be livestreaming one session today at Wikimania via YouTube [1] and Facebook [2]. *9:15 AM ET/ 6:15 AM PT/ 1:15 PM UTC - 10:30 ET / 7:30 AM PT / 2:30 PM UTC* *Wikidemocracy: How We Can Save Free Speech, Privacy, and Democratic Values* *Susan N. Herman <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_N._Herman> [3] *, the President of the American Civil Liberties Union. You can also find a complete schedule for livestreamed [4] and recorded sessions [5], as well as notes from other sessions [5]. If you have notes/slides from yesterday's presentations, please add them. Thank you, Mel [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGmNQVItUXw [2] https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/ [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_N._Herman [4] https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Livestreamed_keynotes [5] https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/All_Session_Notes -- Melody Kramer <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:MKramer_(WMF)> Senior Audience Development Manager Read a random featured article from Wikipedia! <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomInCategory/Featured_articles> mkramer(a)wikimedia.org

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LGBT+ Meetups
by Loren Koenig [[User:BlaueBlüte]] 11 Aug '17

11 Aug '17

Hi all, and LGBT+-interested attendees in particular, Two LGBT+ meetups have been scheduled to take place at/near Wikimania 2017: 1) Meeting at the conference hotel Time: Friday, August 11, 18:00–18:30 Location: Le Centre Sheraton, Drummond East (level 3) 2) Meeting at BAnQ (off-site) Time: Saturday, August 12, 15:00 as long as it takes Location: BAnQ Vieux-Montréal (Gilles-Hocquart Building), Room 2.28 (close to Montreal’s gay village) For details and a proposed (but by no means authoritative) agenda, which you’re welcome to add to, see: https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/LGBT%2B_Meetups See you there, Loren -- [[User:BlaueBlüte]]

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Strategy video that just played at Wikimania
by Victor Grigas 11 Aug '17

11 Aug '17

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knowledge_belongs_to_all_of_us_-_20… :)

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Basselpedia Party Tonight at Société des Arts Technologiques
by niki korth 11 Aug '17

11 Aug '17

Dear Wikimanians, Please join us tonight for a special Basselpedia Party in honor of our late friend Bassel Khartabil <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassel_Khartabil>, with music, art, and Wiki-friendship. Details below and in the attached flyer! 8-11 PM Société des Arts Technologiques 1201 St Laurent Blvd (a 10 minute bus ride or 20 minute walk from the Sheraton) https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Basselpedia_Party

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Donation of Photographic Equipment in Wikimania
by Béria Lima 11 Aug '17

11 Aug '17

(Frist of all I realize that this probably not interesting for most of you, but before it's too late I'd like to share an opportunity) So, Commons has a program called "Equipment Exchange" and a month ago I placed a camera there for donation that I intended to give to someone at Wikimania to avoid shipping and taxes costs. Since is a page who don't get lots of clicks I thought I would link it here. The page is: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Equipment_exchange#Donation:_Nik… Thank you! _____ *Béria L. de Rodríguez* *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho.*

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Scholarships for people whose visa were declined
by Andy Mabbett 11 Aug '17

11 Aug '17

Katherine Maher just announced at Wikimania 2017 that all scholarship recipients who were unable to obtain a visa, will be automatically granted a scholarship for Wikimania 2018. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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