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presentation clinic
by phoebe ayers 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Hello Wikimaniacs, I hope everyone is getting excited about Wikimania! This year for the first time I'm hosting a "presentation clinic", the day before the conference officially starts. * Thursday, August 8 * 15:30-17:00 * Room N002 * http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Presentation_clinic The idea is to have some time to practice your Wikimania talk and get feedback before you deliver it "live". We will also have a discussion about some general aspects of presenting, including sharing best practices and tips on things like slides, answering questions, etc. Practicing a presentation ahead of time can help anyone, even the most experienced presenters, give a better and more memorable talk. But especially if you are new to presenting, are nervous about it, or just want some additional feedback I hope that the clinic will help you give a better presentation. It will only be successful though if both experienced and new presenters attend! So please sign up if you're interested, and remember to drop by with your presentation on Thursday. best, -- phoebe -- Phoebe Ayers - phoebe.ayers(a)gmail.com support Wikimedia: http://donate.wikimedia.org

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Charger
by Amir Ladsgroup 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Hello All I forgot my laptop charger and I left it in the venue. has anyone see a charger? Best -- Amir

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Eid al-Fitr at Hong Kong
by Belayet Hossain 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Hello, Any one from local team can inform us the date of Eid al-Fitr at Hong Kong and which time the Eid Prayer will be held at Kowloon Moshjid. Since Kowloon Moshjid is near to the conference venue, Muslim attendees may want to attend the prayer at the Moshjid. Please Not: This Eid prayer held once in a year. If there is a opportunity Muslim may never want to miss that prayer. For details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Fitr Belayet -- Belayet Hossain http://www.facebook.com/bellayet http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:bellayet http://twitter.com/bellayet http://bellayet.wordpress.com (Bangla) Knowledge is universal ...so share it.

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Thursday, 10-14:00 – Chapters Dialogue Session
by Nicole Ebber 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Dear Wikimaniacs, we have recently kicked-off the Chapters Dialogue project (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_Dialogue) and are inviting all of you who are interested in Wikimedia chapters goals, needs and stories to our working session: Tomorrow, Thursday from 10:00 - 14:00 in room M104 at PolyU. Chapters Dialogue is a structured assessment of chapters needs, goals and stories combined with a stakeholder survey. It will not only allow us to reflect the status quo of our roles and relationships, but will enable us to actively shape them in the future. First, we will introduce the project and talk about goals, methodology and the process. Then we will present key questions of the questionnaire (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Chapters_Dialogue#Draft_research_quest…) and host an open discussion round where you can provide feedback, add topics and questions to the questionnaire, contribute ideas for the process and exchange with other participants. This session addresses chapters, staff and board of the Wikimedia Foundation, members of the FDC, AffCom and WCA and of course everybody who is interested in the topic. Chapters can get directly in touch with us and arrange appointments for interviews (either during Wikimania or for our interview-tour that will take place from September to December). Come and join us, we are looking forward to meeting you! Cheers, Nicole and Kira -- Nicole Ebber International Affairs Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin Tel. +49 30 219158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.

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WEDNESDAY: Tech shopping meetup
by Andrew Lih 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

To kick off Wikimania Dev Day 1, we're having a tech shopping meetup: Meet at 515pm (1715) in N112 hacking space. We're visiting Sham Shui Po, the electronics marketplace for everything computer, electrical, telecom, audio, video, photo, tablet, cases, cables, etc. This is also a good time to pick up mobile phone SIM cards. (See info below for a recap of earlier recommendation) We'll be taking the MTR subway, so please have Octopus cards ready. -Andrew --- For those interested in a local mobile 3G data service, this one seems best value for Wikipedians: one2Free/CSL Power Prepaid SIM for HKD 88 (US $12) You can get 7 days of unlimited 3G data for HKD 78. The remaining HKD 10 can be used for calls and/or SMS. Find a one2free or CSL store, and ask for the 88 HKD prepaid SIM card. See: http://one2free.hkcsl.com/jsp/prepaid_sim_card/power_prepaid_sim/ card_features/card_features.jsp After you buy the card, and make sure it's active in your GSM/UMTS phone, you can dial: *101*832*4# You should receive an SMS confirmation of having 7.2 Mbps service for 7 days. If you need more credit for your SIM card, stop by any 7-11 shop to get a top-up amount.

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Conference schedule on Google Calendar
by Linas Valiukas 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Hi there, I've put the conference schedule into a couple of calendars on Google Calendar, maybe they'll come of use to you too: "Wikimania 2013" HTML: https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=58o9pd4d71f3aa64hrsnr7nn1g%40grou… iCal: https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/58o9pd4d71f3aa64hrsnr7nn1g%40group.cal… "Wikimania 2013: DevCamp" HTML: https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=0k0gi6qhblp90mf679h4ctu3sk%40grou… iCal: https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/0k0gi6qhblp90mf679h4ctu3sk%40group.cal… Wikimania 2013: WCA Wikimedia Organisations Seminar HTML: https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=8im23t7lvkiv4pauqqfa50f7n4%40grou… iCal: https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/8im23t7lvkiv4pauqqfa50f7n4%40group.cal… Wikimania 2013: Chinese Wikimedia meetup HTML: https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=nqqhfi52o2komr018gq5ioc8fk%40grou… iCal: https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/nqqhfi52o2komr018gq5ioc8fk%40group.cal… Please note that while it's of my best interest to keep those calendars up-to-date (because I use them myself!), they're in no way "official" and the actual schedule is due to change. See you at the conference! -- Linas Valiukas +370 687 65870 www.pypt.lt

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Come and see us!
by Deryck Chan 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

The organisers and volunteers are now at Room N003, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. If you're around the area and want to hang out, come to see us :) we have many lovely local volunteers who are keen to meet you. Opening hours of pre-pre-conference: Today until 10pm, N003 Tomorrow (Saturday) 10am-10pm, N003 Sunday 10am-10pm, N001 Monday 10am-10pm, N002 Tuesday 10am-10pm, N003 (Registration open 10am-6pm) Wednesday 10am-6pm, Jockey Club Auditorium foyer, registration open See you soon! Deryck

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[Wikimania] Please tell us your arrival time!
by Deryck Chan 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Hello Wikimaniacs, (You're receiving this email because you've registered for Wikimania 2013, or subscribed to wikimania-l) *Get excited for Wikimania! To help us plan to receive you, would everyone attending Wikimania 2013 please fill in this Google form to tell us when you're arriving: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RSfefkv0EK99q0wbJ28ZFGzGtv97lM4POMdBYg-l5Ro * All responses are strictly confidential and can only be accessed by the Wikimania 2013 local team. Thanks! Also if you're attending Wikimania 2013 but aren't subscribed to wikimania-l, please do so now as it is the primary channel with which we make announcements concerning the conference :) https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l See you in Hong Kong! Deryck Chan Global engagement coordinator, Wikimania 2013

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Re: [Wikimania-l] [Travel] Hangout on Wednesday evening
by Arthur Richards 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

w00t! what time were you thinking of convening? beer o'clock? On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 2:53 AM, Tomasz Finc <tfinc(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > thanks guys. i look forward to stopping by. > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Siebrand Mazeland (WMF) > <smazeland(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > > > Maarten, Yuvi, Jean-Fred and I thought it would be great to arrange a > place for us to meet on Wednesday evening and have a drink. > > > > Maarten spoke to the owner and negotiated a price of HKD 48 for a pint > of beer at the Eastside Tavern, 68 Mody Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui. This is right > across the Regal Kowloon Hotel. > > > > You get this price, and no service charge when you show your Wikimania > badge. > > > > If we pack the place tomorrow, we expect to be able to renegotiate > sweeter deals for Friday and Saturday. > > > > See you there! > > > > -- > > Siebrand > > _______________________________________________ > > Travel mailing list > > Travel(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/travel > > _______________________________________________ > Travel mailing list > Travel(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/travel > -- Arthur Richards Software Engineer, Mobile [[User:Awjrichards]] IRC: awjr +1-415-839-6885 x6687

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Recording the voices of notable people
by Andy Mabbett 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Dear Wikimanians, I'm sorry I shan't be with you this year, Washington was such a blast! Had I been there, I would have given a talk about the Voice Intro Project: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Voice_intro_project which invites the subjects of Wikipedia articles to contribute a short (about ten seconds) recording of their spoken voice, so that we know what they sound like, and how they pronounce their won name. They can do this in any language in which they feel proficient, with a separate file for each. Please inform your fellow Wikimanians. And if there are notable people at Wikimania (keynote speakers or attendees) please try to ask them to contribute. There's a suggested script, and examples, on the Commons page, and you can record them on a mobile phone (just try to find a quiet corner, with no background noise), or they can upload or email a file later. Thank you. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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