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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 157, Issue 5
by John Andersson 28 Jul '19

28 Jul '19

Dear Liz, I am very sad to hear that you have experienced this kind of problem! It is certainly something unusual and I hope no one else has to deal with it. If you don't mind, I would appreciate if you could share the hotel in question with us organizers in case someone else reports something similar later. You can send the info to me off-list (to john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se) and I will share the info with the a selected few team members. Thanks, and we look forward welcoming you to Stockholm! Best, John Andersson Executive Director Wikimedia Sverige Den sön 28 juli 2019 14:01 <wikimania-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> skrev: > Send Wikimania-l mailing list submissions to > wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimania-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimania-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimania-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. WikiMania registration & fraudulent credit card use (Liz 99) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 09:12:00 -0700 > From: Liz 99 <liz99.wiki(a)gmail.com> > To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" > <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, legal(a)wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimania-l] WikiMania registration & fraudulent credit card > use > Message-ID: > <CAKK411g4uA_F_5xvoQtWRAzmqs8= > Qy9d2s66myVAR2qdH9Qq4Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello, Wiki folks, > > This is an unpleasant message to have to send. But, immediately after > registering for WikiMania and booking a hotel room this week, the credit > card I was using was fraudulently used for about a dozen purchases on > Amazon. Small stuff really, each between $10 and $50. This was a credit > card that had not been used before and that I was only using for purchases > regarding this trip (conference registration, hotel and airplane ticket). I > have never had this happen to me before with a credit card. > > So, either someone associated with the Wikimania registration provider or > with the hotel had access to my credit card data. I am also contacting the > hotel where the registration was made in case the information was taken > from that site. I should say that it isn't the Stockholm hotel associated > with this conference but another one in a different city. > > The credit card company refunded the cost for all of these purchases so I'm > not out any money. And I am really looking forward to this trip! But I just > wanted to alert WMF and encourage other conference goers to check their > credit card statements in case there are any issues with the registration > provider. > > Thanks! And I look forward to seeing you all next month in Stockholm! > > Liz >

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Small Wiki Toolkits at Wikimania 2019
by Srishti Sethi 27 Jul '19

27 Jul '19

Hello everyone, We want to share with you about the *Small Wiki Toolkits*, one of the focus areas planned for Wikimania Hackathon 2019. Some activities in this focus area will also be conducted at the main Wikimania conference. With this focus area, we hope to support wikis & their communities who don’t have many technical contributors and help to connect developers and editors from different wikis. Editors and developers alike are invited to drop by, bring questions, offer & get technical support - for example on wiki configuration settings, bots, gadgets, templates - & meet during Hackathon & Wikimania to exchange on a variety of topics :-) You can contribute to different areas of this focus area: Hacking, Documentation and Technical Support. Read more here for details: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Small_wiki_toolkits. *Between now and until Wikimania*, here are some things that you can do to get started and to connect with fellow participants: - If you are interested in offering technical support or discussing topics related to this focus area during the main conference, sign up here: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Small_wiki_toolkits#Community_boo… (time table) - If you would like to introduce your problem related to this focus area or help provide a solution to a problem, edit the section here: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Small_wiki_toolkits#Problem_&_sol… (problem/solution table) - If you are planning to run a workshop or develop a toolkit at the Hackathon, read the development guidelines here: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Small_wiki_toolkits#Developing_wo… . See you soon at Wikimania! :) Cheers, Srishti *Srishti Sethi* Developer Advocate Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Wikimania 2019 Update
by Eric Luth 12 Jul '19

12 Jul '19

Hi all, After a couple of beautiful, sunny weeks of summer, the weather in Stockholm has changed to cold, grey and rainy. Fingers crossed that that means that weather in August during Wikimania will be beautiful and sunny again! It's not too many weeks left, and I hope the preparations for those of you who are coming are going well! We look forward to having you in Stockholm! A couple of updates at this point: - You can still book hotel rooms at the Comfort Hotel Xpress Stockholm Central to a special discounted rate for another couple of days *- last day 13 July*. If you are interested in this option, don't wait! On the accommodation page <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Accommodation> on the Wikimania wiki we have also listed some other possible alternatives, if you wish to find accommodation on your own. - The program is still under development, and you can follow the development on the wiki. We have however already published information on the welcome reception and the closing party. We are excited for these events, and hope you are so too! More information can be found here <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Social_events>. - On the Thursday before the main conference starts, Wikimedia Sverige is arranging two culture crawls where you will be able to visit some of the best museums in Stockholm for free. If you wish to participate in those, check out the culture crawl site <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Related_activities/Culture_Crawl> on the wiki! Don't wait with signing up if interested: there is a limited amount of places! - There are also a number of other related <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Related_activities> activities happening during the week. Sign up for photo walks, museum tours and edit-a-thons with partners and friends. Best, *Eric Luth* Conference Manager, Wikimedia Sverige eric.luth(a)wikimedia.se +46 (0) 765 55 50 95 Stöd fri kunskap, bli medlem i Wikimedia Sverige. Läs mer på blimedlem.wikimedia.se

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What's happening with the Community Village this year?
by Cornelius Kibelka 08 Jul '19

08 Jul '19

Hey all, some of you might have thought already: What's happening with the Community Village this year? My name is Cornelius, some of you might know me from previous Wikimanias, or the Wikimedia Conference/Wikimedia Summit in Berlin, that I organize annually. This year, I'm volunteer to revamp the Community Village a bit and try out new things. I would like to highlight two opportunities at this year's Wikimania: - *As an individual participant:* Especially for newcomers, Wikimania is an overwhelming event: So many participants, so many talks to choose, how do I get to know people? We would like to introduce an easy, light-way to get to know people. *We will contact everyone who has bought a ticket via Eventbrite*, and will send you a form asking a couple of questions, like your main interest at Wikimania, and a photo. Based on this info, we will print participant cards, cluster them by main interest, and hang them: So at one glance you will see who's there and who's interested in the same topic like you! You can find all details regarding that in the Wikimania wiki. <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Community_Village> - *As a Wikimedia affiliate:* Affiliates are an important part of the Wikimedia movement: We would like to give them the space to present their work via an “organizational gallery” that will connect two main conference buildings. If you are part of a Wikimedia affiliate, you can submit a poster that will be printed for you and hung on the organizational gallery. If you are interested in submitting. You can find all details regarding that in the Wikimania wiki. <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Community_Village> Please note: This is not María Cruz' poster session, that focuses on projects & initiatives. María has a different process, that is already completed. For both, submission deadline is August 9. Of course, both opportunities are completely voluntarily – but let's try out something new and see how it goes! :) I've set up a page in the Wikimania wiki explaining everything that I wrote about: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Community_Village If you have questions on anything regarding that, please drop me a line. Cheers Cornelius -- Cornelius Kibelka Internationale Beziehungen | International Relations Vorstandsteam | Office of the ED Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.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 27/029/42207

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Invitation: Wikimania 2019: Unofficial meetup @ Mon Jun 17, 2019 6pm - 7pm (CEST) (wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org)
by msnora＠gmail.com 16 Jun '19

16 Jun '19

You have been invited to the following event. Title: Wikimania 2019: Unofficial meetup Please join us for our first Unofficial meeting for Wikimania Coordinators and Volunteers. We will at 1830, have a mini info session and casual meet and greet, with anyone attending able to introduce themselves. Location is outside the office for Wikimedia Sweden, in the beautiful area by the water. I (naureen Nayyar @norabean in FB/twitter) will be arriving between 1800-1815. When: Mon Jun 17, 2019 6pm – 7pm Central European Time - Stockholm Where: Wikimedia Sverige, Hammarby kaj 10, 120 32 Stockholm, Sweden Calendar: wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Who: * msnora(a)gmail.com - organizer * Eric Luth * Kardo * Anass Sedrati * Peter Isotalo * Wikimania general list (open subscription) Event details: https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=YzVnbTRvcjJjaGdqYWI5a… Invitation from Google Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this courtesy email at the account wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org because you are an attendee of this event. To stop receiving future updates for this event, decline this event. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google account at https://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to send a response to the organizer and be added to the guest list, or invite others regardless of their own invitation status, or to modify your RSVP. Learn more at https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding

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Wikimania 2019 Early Bird Registration is Now Open!
by Isabel Cueva 14 Jun '19

14 Jun '19

Attention Everyone (and please spread the word): Early Bird Registration is now open for Wikimania 2019 on our Eventbrite <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikimania-2019-registration-60631780287> page. This discount pricing ends on May 24th so don’t delay! Online registration will be open from today to July 30th, 2019. For more information please visit: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration Wikimania 2019 will be held at Stockholm University <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_University>, Sweden <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden>, from 14th to 18th August 2019. The venue will host the majority of the conference, hackathon, meetups, and pre-events. We would like to encourage all speakers and attendees to register early and book their flight and travel as soon as possible. If you have questions about visas, please visit our wiki visa page <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Visas>. If you have any questions with regard to the conference, please contact: wikimania-info(a)wikimedia.org Don’t forget: If you want to make a presentation, run a workshop, or display a poster during Wikimania, the Call for Submissions is NOW OPEN <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania> We hope you can join us in Stockholm this summer! Isabel Cueva, WMF Event Program Manager on behalf of the Wikimania ‘19 Organizing Team -- *Isabel Cueva* Event Program Manager Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Wikimania 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand
by Iolanda Pensa 12 Jun '19

12 Jun '19

Wikimedians! The Wikimania Steering Committee is delighted to announce our recommendation for Wikimania 2020 to take place in Bangkok, Thailand, as a collaboration among chapters in the region. This is a new model we are exploring with a team of chapters and user groups from the East Southeast Asia and Pacific (ESEAP) region. We are looking forward to assist with organising one of the events we use as a platform to bring the sum of all notable and verifiable knowledge to the world and – most importantly – discuss, develop and dedicate ourselves to all things Wikimedia. The Wikimedians in Thailand user group has been around since 2008 and recently applied for chapter status. In addition to this, ESEAP recently held a regional conference where they successfully emerged as a working cooperative. We are grateful for the continued work these combined teams are putting in, making this a genuine coalition in the ESEAP region. We would like to thank the Wikimedians from Perth, Bali and Armenia, who offered to host Wikimania. Organising Wikimania is hard work, and for this we are grateful and appreciate anyone willing to do so. As always, we feel privileged being part of a movement where people competently step up to make this a successful convening. We believe that bringing together an ESEAP coalition to host the event will provide representation the region deserves. We believe they will do a great job. The Wikimania decision process has been changing for some time and we will be taking steps towards more transparent and sustainable processes. Bangkok was not one of the original proposals received, but the committee felt this location represented an excellent opportunity to make Wikimania a regional and collaborative effort. The city was deemed a good location due to a number of factors: visa-friendly, travel-wise accessible, reasonably priced lodgings, plenty of universities and GLAM institutions are some of the characteristics that make this city a strategic location to welcome a large cohort and continue to expand our movement. We are also happy that Joël Letang (event team manager at Wikimedia Foundation) and Isabel Cueva (events program manager at Wikimedia Foundation) will contribute to the organisation of the event. You can meet Joël and Isabel this August in Stockholm at Wikimania 2019. We would like to congratulate and thank the ESEAP coalition team for the time and effort dedicated in making Wikimania 2020 a success! Iolanda Pensa / iopensa on behalf of the Wikimania Committee and the event team at Wikimedia Foundation

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Announcing the Spaces and call for submissions for Wikimania 2019 Stockholm
by Liam Wyatt 29 May '19

29 May '19

Dear Wikimaniacs, Wikimedians, and friends of the Wikiverse! On behalf of the Wikimania 2019 Stockholm organising team, I am pleased to announce two things: - The list of accepted "Spaces". - That the Call for Submissions is now OPEN. https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Submissions Please join me in congratulating the Leaders of each of the accepted Wikimania 2019 Spaces! As per the program design[1], Wikimania this year has the format of "Spaces", each with its own group of "Leaders" - all of who made a proposal to host a Space back in March. The core team has been working with the Leaders since then to prepare an interesting, diverse, and coherent conference. Each Space has its own topic area, and in their own way they all of them help address the conference theme: "Stronger together: Wikimedia, Free Knowledge and the Sustainable Development Goals".[2] Each Space will have its own room for a period of time in the conference to curate and coordinate as they see fit.[3] You can read about what each Space is planning to achieve, and who is Leading it, at the link above. In English-alphabetical order they are: - Accessibility (A11y): Components and Standards - Global Advocacy for Free Knowledge: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities - Community Growth - Diversity - Education - Environmental sustainability - GLAM - cultural partnerships and Wikimedia - Growing Wikimedia’s readership worldwide - Health - Languages - Libraries belong in Wikimedia projects - Multimedia knowledge - Partnerships - Quality - Research - Thriving in Safety - Strategy for Wikimedia 2030 – The path towards our future - Transcription - Technology outreach & innovation And of course the Poster session, which will be a plenary event. For 2019, there is no 'central' program committee nor a single submission form. To make a submission, visit the page of the Space which most relates to your proposal, read its instructions for what kinds of submissions the Leaders of that Space wish to receive. Then click the submission button. Each Space is looking for different kinds of content or format. So it is important that people wanting to propose a presentation/workshop/panel/etc at Wikimania read the information that the Leaders of each Space have provided. Once again, the link to the list of all the accepted Spaces, each with its own submission form, is here: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Submissions#Spaces Please feel free to share/forward this email. Sincerely, - Liam Wyatt (Volunteer program chair), and Eric Luth (Conference Manager, Wikimedia Sverige) [1] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Program_design [2] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Theme [3] Note that the Spaces do NOT all have the same room capacity, or duration. Thus the content of the Wikimania program is not intending to be 'evenly spread' across these topic areas.

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Blocked rooms to discounted price
by Eric Luth 09 May '19

09 May '19

Hi all, For your information, there is now a page on the Wikimania Wiki <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Accommodation> about accommodation for Wikimania 2019 in Stockholm, and how to book rooms at a hotel to a discounted price. If you want to use that hotel, book as soon as possible as there is a limited amount of rooms to book. Also note that the rooms are available until 13 July. Best, *Eric Luth* Conference Manager, Wikimedia Sverige eric.luth(a)wikimedia.se +46 (0) 765 55 50 95 Stöd fri kunskap, bli medlem i Wikimedia Sverige. Läs mer på blimedlem.wikimedia.se

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Regarding Wikimania Scholarships
by Houcemeddine A. Turki 09 May '19

09 May '19

Dear all, I thank you for your efforts. Since 2014, I have been applying for the Wikimania Scholarship. Every year, my application is not accepted. It cannot be explained since I am active online and offline for 10 years. I am a member of Wikimedia TN User Group, Wiki Project Med, WikiResearch and Wikimedia and Libraries User Group. I am also a test wiki administrator in Wikimedia Incubator. If I am blacklisted or there is any issue regarding me that do not let me have the scholarship every year, please tell me because there is not an objective reason behind this decision. Yours Sincerely, Houcemeddine Turki (he/him) Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia Undergraduate Researcher, UR12SP36 GLAM and Education Coordinator, Wikimedia TN User Group Member, WikiResearch Tunisia Member, Wiki Project Med Member, WikiIndaba Steering Committee Member, Wikimedia and Library User Group Steering Committee Co-Founder, WikiLingua Maghreb Founder, TunSci ____________________ +21629499418

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