Hello all,
thanks to many editors, Wikimania 2006 website is steadily being
multilingualized. I'd like to mention to Dutch, Polish and Chinese
teams, who have been recently working vigorously.
Any other languages' translators, specially French, Japanese and
Spanish editors are also invited to join. Though the majority of us
translators for Wiikimania have been working on meta traditionally, as
a conclusion of coordinators' discussion, under the current situation
all editors are strongly invited to work on _Wikimania 2006 Website_.
http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org
The main reasons of recommendation on the above are these:
1) the website has already been launched and many people visit seeking
for information
2) we could avoid work duplication and thus confusion to centralize
our workplace.
3) many pages concerning with our interest on meta are almost done,
even if refinement is always welcome.
Meta is a good place to work though, we needn't keep materials already
translated there for eternity.
A personal information; my net accessibility will be down till April
23 or 24 (UTC). Some other translation coordinators will be available
on the mailinglist or #wikimania, so if you are in need, please don't
hesitate to talk with them.
Love,
--
Aphaea(a)*.wikipedia.org
email: Aphaia @ gmail (dot) com
[ Wikimania translation update Nr.1 / 1st week of April. ]
Hello,
Wikimania, the International Wikimedia conference, is being held in
Boston, MA, USA this August 4-6. This is an update on its translation
and multilingual content.
== General ==
* Translation of the Wikimania website main page CfP has begun on meta.
* The deadlines have changed; so the CfP and short announcement need
to be changed.
* Translation of the CfP is continuing on on meta; some will be
released in this week.
* You are invited to help translate visa info
* Wikimania translations and their status are now listed directly on
the Wikimania website. See
http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania:Translations
Spanish, French, and Chinese translators are especially welcome.
== Main Page translation ==
* Main Page #1 of the Wikimania website is ready to translate. Drafts
are being worked on in: Chinese (zh), Japanese (ja), Dutch (nl), and
Polish (pl).
* Other languages also need attention from their translators,
especially Spanish.
* Wouldn't you like to have Main Page in your own language? Create
your language version on meta or contact User:Aphaia or User:Sj on
meta.
* This main page will be a visitor's portal to
wikimania2006.wikimedia.org and will provide visitors with an overview
of what Wikimania is.
Workplace: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Translation_requests/Wikimania/Main_Page
== CfP translation ==
* Translation of the CfP is now in its last stage. In addition to four
languages (Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Japanese), Polish is now
waiting for proofreading. Native speakers are invited review those
versions; if you find mistakes, please fix them. If you think it is
okay, please leave your comments on talk.
* A German translation is going on. German speakers are invited to help.
* French & Chinese translators will be a great help for us; you can
start your work from which you prefer - either Main Page or CfP.
Workplace: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006_Call_for_Participation
== Visas ==
* Some attendees to the conference will need visas from the US
government, and visa information will be helpful for them. We have
information available in English, but it would be more helpful if
it were multilingual.
* Polish translators are working on this; this also needs for a
proofreader. If you speak Polish, please review it if improvement is
necessary. If it looks good, you are then invited to join Main Page
translation ;-)
* Chinese, French, and Arabic translations would be welcome.
Workplace: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Translation_requests/Wikimania/Visas
== Email distribution ==
* This update is sent not only to Wikimedia mailinglists. If you
receive extra copies, please let us know.
* If you know a translation-related mailinglist and are sure this
newsletter wouldn't violate their policies, you are welcome to post it
there. Or you may want to forward it to a friend. We will appreciate
your help greatly.
== Special note: proper names, cultural details ==
* Sometimes proper names are a headache for translators. Especially so
when one is not sure how to transcribe a name. The difficulties can
increase when your source and target languages have different scripts
- between English and Japanese, or between Chinese and Russian ...
** One example - the letter Z is pronounced as [z] in many languages,
but in German it alone is normally [ts]. The letter S is [z] at the
top of a word in German but in many others [s]. Most German speakers
know this, and can be aware of this when they read out foreign proper
names.
* Another cause of headaches is cultural differences; sometimes
phrases, descriptions, or nicknames have special cultural
significance, and are difficult to translate. These often require
extra explanation by a native speaker.
* If you are dealing with a difficult transcription or a cultural
issue, other translators are probably facing the same difficulty.
Please use translators-l or our noticeboard [[m:Meta:Babylon]] on meta
for discussion.
Workplace: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Babylon
========
Wikimania translation update
Editors: Aphaia, Sj
Wikimania 2006 Translators' team
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Translation_requests/Wikimania
Dear all,
A quick reminder: our weekly program meetings are now at 2200 UTC,
thanks to the changing season. We have a program meeting today in
just over an hour (1800 EST, 2200 UTC, 2400 CET). You can see the
agenda here :
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/Planning#Thursday_April_6.2C_…
Next weekend there will be a general volunteer meeting; if you are
interested, please note which times you can attend:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/Planning#General_volunteer_me…
There will also be a meeting for translators; the day has not yet been
set. If you know multilingual people who would like to ge involved
with the conference, now is an excellent time to help with
translation. A more detailed translation update follows.
Cheers,
SJ
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Daniel Mayer <maveric149(a)yahoo.com>
Date: Apr 3, 2006 2:17 AM
Subject: [Foundation-l] New CafePress designs
To: foundation-l(a)wikimedia.org, wikipedia-l(a)wikimedia.org
[snip]
Another great thing Tlogmer created was a very unique design for
possible Wikimania logo. You can
see it here:
http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page/mockup
No matter what logo is used, I do think that it would be a bit boring
to use the Wikimedia logo
again for Wikimania. Something unique is needed. However, we need to
choose a logo fast so that we
can promote it for Wikimania and order plenty of shirts and other items with it.
-------
Whatcha think ?
I kind of like it :-)
Not sure about the colors though, and definitely not the Wikipedia font.
Delphine
--
~notafish
Hello,
The deadline for submitting proposals to the Wikimania 2006 conference
has been extended, to April 15 for workshop and tutorial submissions,
and April 30 for presentation submissions. Wikimania, the annual
conference of the Wikimedia Foundation, which supports Wikipedia and
its sister projects, will be held this year in Cambridge,
Massachusetts from August 4-6.
For more information, visit http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org. The
Call for Participation is attached below.
Please distribute this announcement widely!
------
Call for Participation -- Wikimania 2006 -- Aug. 4 - Aug. 6, Cambridge, MA
About Wikimania
Wikimania is an annual global event devoted to Wikipedia and other
Wikimedia projects. It is both a scientific conference and a community
event, open to the public. Wikimania is a place for users and editors
of the projects to gather from around the globe, to meet each other,
to exchange ideas, and to report on research and projects. This year's
conference will be held from 4-6 August, 2006, on the Harvard Law
School campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. See
http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org for more information.
We are accepting submissions for papers, posters, presentations,
workshops, and discussion groups. We are also accepting nominations
for speakers and speaker panels, and suggestions for other activities.
Everyone is welcome to submit abstracts and ideas. Be bold in your
submissions!
-----
Important dates:
* 15 Apr 2006 (extended): Proposal deadline for workshops and tutorials
Notification of acceptance: by April 30
* 30 Apr 2006 (extended): Abstracts due for panels, papers, posters
and presentations
Notification of acceptance: by May 15
* 4-6 Aug 2006: Wikimania
-----
Conference Themes
Submissions should address one or more of the following themes:
* Technical infrastructure -- Issues related to Mediawiki development
and extensions; Wikimedia hardware layout; new ideas for development
(including case studies from other wikis or similar projects).
* Wikimedia projects and content -- Presentation of interesting
projects and results; future aims of the projects and types of
distribution; ways to improve content quality. New uses for project
content: in education, journalism, research, &c.
* Free knowledge and access to information -- Present and future free
knowledge initiatives; related library and archival projects around
the world and input from librarians and archivists; ways to gather and
distribute knowledge.
* Wiki social science -- The contributors and users (who are they?
Where do they come from?); reputation and identity issues; conflict
resolution and community dynamics; scaling digital communities.
Languages and cultures and their interactions online; multilingualism
via wikis. Linguistics studies on wiki communities.
* Law and Policy -- Copyleft, collective copyright, special issues
pertaining to communal editing and distribution; other legal areas for
which Wiki[mp]edia is an interesting case study. Policy creation
within individual projects.
-----
Submissions
Types of Submissions:
* Panels (Suggest a group of 2-5 speakers on a specific subject)
* Workshops (From 30-120 minutes)
* Presentations (10-30 minute presentations/papers)
* Posters (Printed presentations or visual displays that can stand on their own)
* BOFs (Birds-of-a-Feather/discussion sessions - 45-60 minutes of
group discussion)
* We are also accepting artistic submissions, especially visualizations
or other representations of some aspect of the projects.
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Submission format
* All submissions must include a title and an abstract of 100 to 300
words. They should also list the full name (and wiki name if
appropriate) of the submitter, with contact information and
affiliations. Special requirements for the presentation (equipment for
a workshop or panel) should be noted. The abstracts should be provided
as plain text, and not as file attachments.
* Workshop submissions should include a 1-2pp overview of the areas to
be covered or taught.
* Speaker panel submissions should include short biographies of each
suggested panelist.
* Paper and Presentation submissions may include a link to a draft of
the paper or slides, if available. State clearly whether the
submission concerns a specific wiki project, and whether the
presentation is intended to be a specific length.
* BOF proposals should describe the significance of and community
interest in the topic, and name the proposed discussion leader(s).
To process your submission, please see the Wikimania website -
http:/cfp.wikimania.wikimedia.org. Send questions or
suggestions to wikimania-cfp <at> wikimedia.org .
-----
Final Submissions
Final submissions must be provided in an open format (OpenOffice,
LaTeX sources, HTML...) and licensed under a free content license (GFDL
or CC-BY-SA).
-----
Stipends
A limited number of stipends will be available to those unable to
obtain funding to attend the conference. Accepted presenters are
encouraged to apply if assistance is needed.
--
- phoebe s. ayers
brassratgirl(a)gmail.com | 530-756-2551
http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org
Hello all,
please accept my gratitude, you fellow translators,
by the way, have you visited [[m:Wikimania]] recently?
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania
We have there our (own?) banner.
Though I love the last year version, I will be happy to have a newer
one. I guess you are too. Even with only some letters' modifications
...
--
Aphaea(a)*.wikipedia.org
email: Aphaia @ gmail (dot) com
Hi everyone,
Do we have a schedule or something posted that lists the IRC meeting dates?
I've been trying to contact various Wikimania volunteers (besides myself :P)
but I haven't been successful. Thanks,
--Alex
Hello all,
Here is Wikimania translation update / 4th week of March
== General ==
* Translation of CfP are being translated on meta
* Translation of CfP announcement was updated, translated and
distributed to local projects and mailinglists.
* Stuffs need to translate and their status are now found at the
website. See http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania:Translations
== CfP translation ==
* Translation of CfP is now in its last stage. Quite few language
versions, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Japanese are waiting for
proofreading. You can help to review it and join in last minute
editing.
* German translation is going on. If you speak German, you may want to
join and work with Martin ;-)
* French translators are being called for. Everyone can start the page
requested.
* Wouldn't you like to have CfP in your own language? Create your lang
version or contact User:Aphaia or User@:Sj on meta.
Workplace: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006_Call_for_Participation
== Main Page translation ==
* Translation coordinators are now trying to make sure if it is
already ready to translate. It will be not afar from now that
Wikimania main page is available in many languages.
== Editorial ==
Have you thought if not only content, but also administrative
documents like CfP could be helpful to recruit new editors?
A Japanese Editor, Mr. Ota has recently confessed it was the CfP in
his own language that had made him to attend last year conference -
Wikimania 2005. Now he is known one of most active contributors on
wikija-l mailinglist, and enjoying Wikimania translation on meta.
Translation is not always remarkable parts of our activities, and
hardly recognized. But it doesn't mean no result come forth from it.
As for recognition, we can remind a Chinese legend; a Chinese king
walked around in one day, and he met an old man who tapped his own
berry, satisfying meals. The old man said to the king he has no
interest at what the king did at all. The king was very pleased - he
thought, if he would have governed the kingdom wrongly, then the merry
old man should have concerned with his king and what he had done and
would do. The better work, the less concious - like air to the living.
Wikimania 2006 Translators' team
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Translation_requests/Wikimania
--
Aphaea(a)*.wikipedia.org
email: Aphaia @ gmail (dot) com
Hello Phoebe,
you might intend to reply to the list?
On 3/28/06, phoebe ayers <brassratgirl(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Aphaia! Will you let us know when translations are ready to be
> linked directly from http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call for
> participation?
Sure. And already our proofreaders has begun their work!
# かずたそさんくす;-)
I expect those materials catch more attention on the Wikimania website
rather than plain links.
Ideally each major langs will have at least two pages - main page and
CfP in my opinion.
How do you think, folks?
> Can we use the language template that's on the contact page, or is there a better one?
Definitely, yes. They should. The better navigation will get the
better reaction.
I am in laity on design, so any suggestion of improvement of language
template is welcome. For discussion, you can use [[Wikimania:Tea
party]].
Okay, it is 4 o'clock for me; a good hour to have a tea break ...
--
Aphaea(a)*.wikipedia.org
email: Aphaia @ gmail (dot) com