Wikimania-l July 2018

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Wikimania - Social media workshop Wednesday at 1900
by Andrew Lih 17 Jul '18

17 Jul '18

Will you be at Wikimania on Wednesday evening? Then join us for the first ever Social Media “One-Night Stand” workshop session with Andrew Lih and Sree Sreenivasan from 1900 to 2030. All are invited, even if you’re not signed up for pre-conference, and this will be especially useful for chapters and user group leaders, or anyone interested in outreach. How might we more effectively use social media to further Wikimedia’s mission globally and locally? Join this hands-on workshop with social media guru Sree Sreenivasan (former chief digital officer of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Columbia University) and veteran Wikimedian Andrew Lih (User:Fuzheado) as they march through social and mobile strategies via Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and other platforms for community engagement. Come share your own strategies and success/failure stories for using social media with your own communities. More details here: https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_Media_One-Night_Stand We will also plan to showcase these tools at the Water Scarcity edit-a-thon the next day at the Cape Town Tourism offices, by using Facebook Live, Twitter and Instagram. We encourage folks to not only help edit Wikimedia content, but come and practice using social media to cover our community for the world to see. https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_edit-a-thon -- -Andrew Lih Author of The Wikipedia Revolution US National Archives Citizen Archivist of the Year (2016) Knight Foundation grant recipient - Wiki Art Depiction Explorer (2018), Wikipedia Space (2015) Wikimedia DC - Outreach and GLAM Previously: professor of journalism and communications, American University, Columbia University, USC --- Email: andrew(a)andrewlih.com WEB: https://muckrack.com/fuzheado PROJECT: Wikipedia Space: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WPSPACE

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Interpreting Wikimedia broadcasts
by Pine W 16 Jul '18

16 Jul '18

Hi, I am forwarding this email to others who may be interested. It would be nice if interpretation could be available in many languages. Thank you for your initiative. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -------- Original message --------From: Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad Fatkullin <frhd(a)yandex.com> Date: 7/15/18 2:51 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Interpreting Wikimedia broadcasts Greetings from Russia! This is to let you know that beginning with this Wikimania broadcasts https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program#Remote_attendance we'll try to volunteer-interpret all Wikimedia live events (or recordings thereof) into Russian. Last night we tested with a smartphone & tablet using Wikimedia Research Showcase - July 2018 as a source & it seems to be working well enough. We observed 5-7 sec. delay, speaker speed above 120 words per minute & audio quality affecting my delivery results, but that's quite bearable for the economy class ticket. As a qualified conference interpreter with some experience of helping international groups over the web, I can pull this through in my free time. The idea came about seeing the leaked version of the video-address by our middle-aged & older Wikimedians from Wikipedias in the languages of Russia community recorded for Wikimania-2018 participants (I understand total collection is on the way to Cape Town with Oleg Abarnikov of Wikimedia Russia from Moscow). It seemed to hint our elders from among participants of our 33 Active Wikipedias & other projects https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Languages_of_Russia_Community_Use… would actually also like to be exposed to whatever the English-speaking youngsters are learning via YouTube broadcasts. These local & Russian bilinguals are core contributors into local language Wikis, so respecting the request of our language guardians seemed important. Regards, farhad -- Farkhad Fatkullin - Фархад Фаткуллин http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 / skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania '18 Update - no follow up received.
by Massive Eartha 16 Jul '18

16 Jul '18

Hi Ellie I'm partial scholar attending both the pre-conference and Wikimania. I arrive in Cape Town on Monday night. I didn't receive a follow-up to the email you sent on July 9th. Should I have been expecting something? Many thanks Kelly On 9 Jul 2018 01:53, "Ellie Young" <eyoung(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: For those of you who will be attending: We are just about ready for all of you (projecting 650+ Wikimaniacs, but it could be larger depending on local attendance.) Attention WMF-sponsored attendees (e.g., scholarships, organizers): You will be getting an email in the next 24 hours with information to help you in your travels (e.g., insurance and tips on what to bring/expect/fight delays, etc), your stay in Cape Town, and accommodations. WMF Staff/board and others have been given information directly from the WMF in the past week. Another communication to everyone who is registered via Eventbrite will go out early this week with updates. You can register online until July 13th and there are discounts for residents of South Africa on that page <https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration>. After that date you can come to the registration desk at the conference. If you want to schedule a Meet Up or participate in the lightening talks, please sign up soon at https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetups We are also pleased to report that the water crises in Cape Town has somewhat abated due to heavy rains recently and conservation. There will be a water sustainability edit-a-thon <https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_edit-a-thon>held as part of the pre-conference program next week. Another update about what sessions will be recorded and streamed will be posted before the conference. And finally, remember that it is winter in Cape Town and check the weather forecast before you go. It's been very cold and wet lately! We are providing attendees with 'wool beanies' with the conference logo, but for anything warmer than that, you are on your own :-) On behalf of the Organizing Team of Wikimania '18, we are looking forward to seeing all of you next week. Ellie P.S. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with me directly if you have any questions. Ellie Young Events Manager Wikimedia Foundation eyoung(a)wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

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Meetup tonight
by Andy Mabbett 15 Jul '18

15 Jul '18

Is there a meetup at the hotel, or elsewhere, this evening? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Plugs in South Africa
by Joe Sutherland 15 Jul '18

15 Jul '18

Hey all - asking this here since I imagine others may have the same question :) There are apparently three types of plug used in South Africa. Which of them is most widely used in Cape Town? thanks! Joe -- *Joe Sutherland* (he/him or they/them) Trust and Safety Specialist Wikimedia Foundation

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Raining in Cape Town
by Romaine Wiki 15 Jul '18

15 Jul '18

Hi all, An hour ago I arrived in Cape Town, in the rain! People with happy faces in the rain. Even while it is dark here, the Table Mountain in full dark is extremely beautiful thanks to the clouds behind it. The staff of the hotel is exited for all you to come next week! Welcome all to South Africa! Greetings, Romaine

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Kids to SA - birth certificates
by Andrew Lih 15 Jul '18

15 Jul '18

FYI, For those traveling with kids to Wikimania in Cape Town – best to bring a copy of their birth certificates with you. Lots of airlines are checking and making it a requirement before flying into S.A. I flew from Nairobi to Jo’burg and they did indeed check. Twice. It seems to be airline dependent, as the carrier is the one fined if they transport kids who don’t have a birth certificate. http://www.dha.gov.za/index.php/statements-speeches/621-advisory-new-requir… We were warned by a friend who lives in South Africa about this requirement. We brought copies of the certificate just in case. They were needed. -Andrew

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Wikimania 2018: one week to go - general update
by Douglas Scott 11 Jul '18

11 Jul '18

Hello everyone, With the pre-conference kickoff of Wikimania 2018 only seven days to go now things are getting even more busy now than ever. This will likely be my last email update on how preparations are going for Wikimania. Firstly I would like to encourage you to join our Telegram group. You can join the official Telegram group for Wikimania 2018 here: https://t.me/wikimania_2018 It is a good place to ask questions, get general information, and talk about Wikimania related stuff. I am pretty active on it so please feel free to ask me any questions there. We currently have 108 members on the Telegram group. I am happy to say that we have over 550 people registered for Wikimania 2018 so far which is pretty much exactly the number we were aiming for at this stage and is on track to meeting our 650 total registration goal for the conference. ==Meetup locations== There was some confusion caused by my last message on meetup locations for Wikimania. I meant to clarify that people can still get rooms to host your meetup on the Wikimania page here <https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetups>. If there are no more rooms aviable or you are looking for a more open space then you can use any of the surround restaurants. There are over 40 within walking distance of the venue location and I have even drawn up a map of some of them on the Orientation page <https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Orientation> on the Wikimania wiki. ==Volunteers== Raymond and Erin have been working hard on getting everything ready for the volunteers. We will have our volunteer training session next week Monday where we will welcome the volunteers, conduct training exercises and allocate roles. Raymond will send out more details on that to our volunteers soon. As I mentioned in my last email we got an outstanding response from people wishing to be volunteers which has given us a real challenge of choosing from so many very strong volunteer applicants. ==Website== You might have noticed that the website is being continuously expanded and updated. This will continue to happen until the day of the conference. Please continue to check up on the Wikimania Wiki website for updates and changes. I would like to thank Liam for playing a large and important role in tirelessly updating and maintaining the program. I think it is looking very good. ==Plenary speakers== I am currently working finalising the details of the plenary speaking events. Most notably the opening and closing plenaries. Just a few last details to wrap up. I have a few small surprises for the opening plenary which I will not share here (or else it would not be a surprise) but needless to say I am excited about them. ==Water== The water situation <https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Water_shortage> in Cape Town is now looking very good. With good rains so far this year (and some more rain still expected) the water supply situation has improved greatly. People are still encouraged to save water but I can say with 100% confidence that the water situation will in no way impact Wikimania. I have checked the weather report and it looks unlikely we will get much rain during the conference. However I still suggest that you bring a rain jacket, especially if you plan to stay on in Cape Town after the conference. :-) The official Wikimania edit-a-thon <https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_edit-a-thon> has been organised for Thursday the 19th July and will take place at the Cape Town Tourism Offices across the road from the Southern Sun Hotel where Wikimania is happening. On that note I would also like to share with you this message from Cape Town Tourism on the water situation in Cape Town: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfS063Fbflk ==Parties== All welcoming and closing parties have been organised. You can find out more about them here <https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_events>. ==Safety== The Cape Town Central City Improvement Distract <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_City_Improvement_District> (CCID) has been informed of Wikimania and has assured me that they will ensure that extra public safety officers will be deployed in the outside area around the conference venue and along Stand Street that runs between the Southern Sun Hotel (Wikimania venue) and the CapeSun Hotel (where a lot of people are staying) so as to better ensure public safety. The City Centre of Cape Town is a safe place, I have lived here for many years and walk around at night often and never had any problems. There is still a risk of crime just as there is in any major city but we are working to try and minimise that as much as we can. Please use your discretion and common sense when outside of the hotel area at night and do not leave valuables such as laptops unattended to. ==Publicity and outreach== Publicity and local outreach remains a focus of mine. I have more radio interviews to do this week all in preparation for the big event next week. It is important to us that we increase people's awareness of both Wikimania and the fact that Wikipedia is open for anyone to edit so as to encourage more South Africans (and hopefully people in Africa generally) to edit Wikipedia. ==Post-Conference== A number of people are organising post conference tourist trips. You can see more about that here <https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Postconference_activities>. I am thinking of leading either a hiking trip or a trip to see the penguins on Monday the 23rd July but I am not sure. -- I am looking forward to hosting you all in Cape Town this year and making this a fun, interesting and impactful Wikimania. We have been planning on hosting this event ever since our first bid in 2008 so we are enormously excited about next week. Best regards, Douglas. -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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Local Wikipedias of Cape Town/ South Africa
by Andy Mabbett 11 Jul '18

11 Jul '18

I'm writing some slides for a presentation at Wikimania. I'd like to use some local examples - which Wikipedias exist (and are most active), in the local languages of Cape Town/ South Africa? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Wikivoyage page for Wikimania 2018
by Andy Mabbett 09 Jul '18

09 Jul '18

Wikivoyage: https://en.wikivoyge.org/wiki/Wikimania_2018_Cape_Town_Guidebook has a page with advice for Wikimania attendees. It's a good start, but needs more local knowledge. Please help to improve the page if you can For instance, South Africa uses both "Europlug" and "type D" power sockets - but which is most prevalent at the city's hotels, and the conference venue? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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