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Outcomes from the Consultation on Wikimedia movement conferences/Wikimania
by Ellie Young 24 Feb '16

24 Feb '16

The Community Resources team at the WMF recently held a consultation <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Towards_a_New_Wikimania> on articulating the value of Wikimedia movement conferences overall, the unique value of Wikimania, and what new form Wikimania could take to better serve the movement going forward. We have completed analysis of these results and have prepared this report: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Towards_a_New_Wikimania/Outc… I will be working with the community, organizers, committees, and WMF in 2017 to begin set up and planning for an experimental model for Wikimedia movement conferences, including Wikimania, starting in 2018. Feedback and comments are welcome at the discussion page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:IdeaLab/Towards_a_New_Wikimania…> Thanks to all who participated! Ellie -- Ellie Young Events Manager Wikimedia Foundation eyoung(a)wikimedia.org

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Wikimania "critical issues" submissions published
by Federico Leva (Nemo) 14 Feb '16

14 Feb '16

See https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Submissions The committee decided not to publish the detailed reviews. It's still a wiki and the talk pages are open as usual! I also added categories for the keywords proposed by the submitters, so you'll soon be able to create a wonderful category tree with the help of https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:WantedCategories (once the cache is updated). Nemo P.s.: As you noticed, I addressed the doubts about the time required for copy-and-pasting and did the import by bot. This means that if you want to augment/change the imported data and practise http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath/ you can do so with a patch: https://github.com/nemobis/bots/blob/master/easychair-submissions-scraper.py

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future of WIkimania
by Lodewijk 09 Feb '16

09 Feb '16

OK, it seems the WMF is decided - based on a (imho biased and pushing) survey of 119 people, without waiting for the experiments that Esino Lario is executing right now, the WMF has decided the future of WIkimania. You can find the info here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Towards_a_New_Wikimania/Outc… Given the three options offered, all suboptimal, it is unsurprising that people choose something like this. But if you want a fair survey, the 'outcome' should still be compared with the status quo (which may be preferable to people): semi-rotational scheme, every year with some level of bidding possibility. Because even when you take this survey as your basis, the differences were not that big (61 vs 52% in favour for biannual vs fixed rotation every year). Anyway, check out the page, there are some interesting thoughts out there, and I'm looking forward to step two after Esino Lario, when we know the outcomes of the experiments there. Lodewijk (not connected to this survey)

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Wikiradio
by Wilfredor 01 Feb '16

01 Feb '16

*Wikiradio* is a real-time audio service transmitted via the Internet. This service offers various stations, covering all genres of music and even including recordings of Wikipedia articles on different languages, all of which are available on Wikimedia Commons. Each sound is chosen by the community to be highlighted as some of the finest work on Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Commons. What is Wikiradio? Rather than listening to several audio files in Wikimedia Commons, which require clicking "play" one after another on each one, the wikiradio <https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiradio> tools works not as a radio streaming service, but instead as a synchronized (with UTC time) set of tracks so that everybody can hear at the same time, simulating a radio. How I can add my station?[edit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiradio_(tool)&action=edit&s…> ] 1. Create a page in meta with your dayparting <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayparting> with your music list like *[[Wikiradio (tool)/playlist/<my_Station>]]*ej: for clasic music station we have Wikiradio (tool)/playlist/classic <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiradio_(tool)/playlist/classic> 2. Edit the Template:Wikiradio (tool)/stations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Wikiradio_(tool)/stations> and add your station like *{{RadioUrl|<my_station>|<My_station>}}*,ej, for classic music we have {{RadioUrl|classic|Classic}} 3. Ready, now you can listen your music in wikiradio <https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiradio> !! *Note:* Alternatively, you can archive your dayparting and ask for an administrator to protect those pages.How work Wikiradio software? Wikiradio load javascript pages dynamically from meta pages to make the dayparting. This is thus in order that the community can choose the music to be placed in these pages. Please edit the page of the station when you want hear your music. Some ideas for stations include the spoken Wikipedia <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/spoken_Wikipedia> audios, music by genre <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_files_of_music> and topics like ambient audio <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sounds_of_nature>. But we can do it better. Hourly, a signal is heard <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Busy_tone_(France).ogg> to warn about o'clock hours, like a real radio :p. Even better we could add a "You are listening wikiradio, the free radio" spoken message every half hour, and other stuff. Each radio station load a dayparting from a wikipage in meta like "Wikiradio (tool)/playlist/<my_radio_station>" (ej: Wikiradio (tool)/playlist/classic <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiradio_(tool)/playlist/classic>) and it could be archived. Finally, the main station could use music to fill the gaps of a daily radio programming based on Wikimania conferences, wiki podcasts, etc. So, what do you think? Your help is welcome, picking new tracks for any station or suggesting your ideas. Thanks. (Soure here <https://github.com/emijrp/wikiradio>) See also - WikiRadio stations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiRadio_stations>

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Wikimania 2016 - Notification of acceptance for "Critical Issues" submssions
by Michele Lavazza 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

Dear all, This is to inform you that the assessment phase for the submissions we received for our "Critical Issues" talks at Wikimania 2016 is in progress. The reviews are, however, taking more time than initially expected; the members of the Programme Committee needed some effort to get familiar with the EasyChair conference platform we are using, which, as I can testify having configured it and managed it so far, is not entirely intuitive to interact with. Needing more time to complete the reviews, we have to postpone the date of the notification of acceptance to February 1st. If you need further information, please do not hesitate to ask. Sorry for the inconvenience to all who are affected, Best regards, Michele Lavazza (Wikimania 2016 Programme Committe)

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How to value good contributions?
by Romaine Wiki 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

Hello all! Two days ago, around the 15th birthday of Wikipedia, the Dutch Wikipedia community awarded in seven categories the users and projects most valued for their contributions to Wikipedia in the past year. In seven categories a WikiOwl has been awarded, symbolizing the ancient Greek owl for wisdom and knowledge. Free knowledge! The WikiOwls given recognition and appreciation for all the work done by the users and their projects. Recognition and appreciation that stimulates and gives much enthusiasm to enrich the world of free knowledge even more, essential for Wikipedia's continuation. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiUilen https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiUilen/2015 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiUilen_2015_%283%29.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiEule2015-DD1.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiEulen_2.jpg This makes me think again about Wikimania in the past years. The conferences are great and have a nice program. At the same time I sense something important is missing. I miss in the large plenary sessions the attention for specific users and their projects that are of most value for the movement. Wikimania is the conference intended for contributors to share their experiences, learn about best practises, work together to use the synergy to get done more. That is what this community conference is about. Hopefully we will fill this small but important gap of the plenary session(s) with the coming Wikimania, and have more attention for the specific contributions that we as community value most. Let's have many many users inspired by great ideas that they can bring home and into practise. Thank you. Romaine

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Re: [Wikimania-l] PGP signing party
by DaB. 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Hello, > Perhaps it is a little early, but I just want to get some ideas. I want > to perform a PGP signing party [1] at Esino Lario, but I believe it > wasn't done before during a Wikimania. we had one at Frankfurt, at the very first Wikimania. I planed also to do one at the next Wikimania, maybe we should join forces? Sincerely, DaB. -- Benutzerseite: [[:w:de:User:DaB.]] PGP: 0x7CD1E35FD2A3A158 (pka und OpenPGPKey funktionieren)

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Reminder of Deadline to Participate in Future of Wikimania Consultation
by Ellie Young 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Dear Colleagues, I’m writing to seek your feedback on the consultation to improve Wikimania, open until 18 January 2016. If you have already contributed, we are most grateful. The goals are to (1) build a shared understanding of the value of Wikimania to help guide conference planning and evaluation, and (2) gather broad community input on what new form(s) Wikimania could take (starting in 2018). https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Towards_a_New_Wikimania Feedback on both of these goals is welcome on a survey provided on the project page, and can also be given on the project discussion page. In addition, I also invite you to share any personal experiences you have had at at a Wikimedia movement conference, including Wikimania. We plan to compile and share back outcomes from this consultation in February. I look forward to working with you to develop a Wikimania that better serves the needs of your communities. With thanks, Ellie Young WMF Events Manager Wikimedia Foundation

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Wikimania critical issues submissions deadline
by Ginevra Sanvitale 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Hi people, just a friendly reminder that the deadline for submitting critical issues presentation for Wikimania 2016 is approaching. The deadline is *January, 17th* at 23:59 of your own timezone. This is the link you should follow: https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions Please read carefully the "Guidelines" section. If you want to know more about the other presentation formats, you can look at these slides: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1_year_to_get_your_things_done_and_… This deadline is *only for critical issues presentations*. The calls for collecting discussions, posters and meetups are not opened yet, you'll have more info in the following weeks. If you submitted a discussion or a poster using the critical issues form don't worry: we will take care of redirecting all the non-critical issues proposals in the right channels. We are waiting for your ideas! Ginevra Programme Committee General Coordinator Wikimania 2016

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WMF Scholarship Deadline for Wikimania is Today
by Ellie Young 09 Jan '16

09 Jan '16

Reminder: Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2016 which is being held in Esino Lario, Italy on June 22–27, 2016 are now being accepted. Applications are open until Saturday, January 09 2016 23:59 UTC. Applicants will be able to apply for a partial or full scholarship. A full scholarship will cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel, shared accommodation, and conference registration fees as arranged by the Wikimedia Foundation. A partial scholarship will cover conference registration fees and shared accommodation. Applicants will be rated using a pre-determined selection process and selection criteria established by the Scholarship Committee and the Wikimedia Foundation, who will determine which applications are successful. To learn more about Wikimania 2016 scholarships, please visit: https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships To apply for a scholarship, fill out the multi-language application form on: https://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply It is highly recommended that applicants review all the material on the Scholarships page and the associated FAQ ( https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships/FAQ ) before submitting an application. If you have any questions, please contact: wikimania-scholarships at wikimedia.org <wikimania-scholarships(a)wikimedia.org> or leave a message at: https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships -- Ellie Young Events Manager Wikimedia Foundation eyoung(a)wikimedia.org

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