Hello Wikimedia-Cascadians,
I just joined the group and want to introduce myself.
I am a native Seattleite (Garfield High School, 1984) but majored in German
and have lived/worked 12 years of my adult life in Europe (Germany, France,
UK, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Slovakia).
Professionally I am an international product manager specialized in
localization. I recently left my last position and am looking for a new job
based in Seattle with international travel or be based abroad.
There are two reasons I joined the Wikimedia-Cascadia group:
1/ Wikimedia is for me the ultimate internet organization: my internet
career is a extension of my interest in languages and inspiration of the
internet as a communications medium to make information available across
languages regardless of time + geography -- exactly what Wikimedia does! I
want to be involved with Wikimedia.
2/ I have a social-entrepreneurial idea around digitizing old print
periodicals for which I would like to use some of Wikimedia's open-source
tools or potentially even partner with Wikimedia itself. I have talked to
Jonathan Morgan about it and he suggested I join this group and see if there
are some people who would be interested in working on the idea with me.
So if anyone in this group (or has friends outside this group) has a passion
for digitizing print materials from the past (ex. DIY music/culture
magazines, neighborhood newsletters, school newsletters), send me an email.
In any case, I hope to meet you in person at an upcoming Wikimedia-Cascadia
gathering.
Kind regards,
Steve Zitkovich
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"steve(a)zitkovich.com"
Hi all,
Someone nicely suggested to me that we could have a Wikipedia presentation,
workshop, and/or editathon at LFNW and SeaGL.
The LFNW schedule has already been published, but SeaGL appears to be some
distance from finalizing their schedule, so I've reached out to them.
Pine
*This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/>
*One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of
our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we
must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in
which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad
fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not
know.*
*—Catherine Munro*
Hi Cascadians,
I've started a page on our wiki about what I think we've learned about
editathon best practices, both from our own experience and from other
reports that I've read:
http://cascadia.wiki/Workroom/Editathon_planning_checklist
I've been busy with work so tomorrow's event will happen with less prep
done than I would have liked, and I am still a ways from having my
hoped-for VisualEditor tutorial complete, but at least with this checklist
on our wiki, this will make preparation easier going forward. Please
contribute your ideas and feedback. You can adapt this general guide for a
specific focus or editathon by copying it to a new page and adapting there.
Thanks!
Pine
*This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/>
*One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of
our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we
must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in
which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad
fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not
know.*
*—Catherine Munro*
More info at https://www.facebook.com/events/818097884946354/
Pine
*This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/>
*One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of
our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we
must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in
which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad
fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not
know.*
*—Catherine Munro*
Hi,
I was going to print out some 1/4 sheet flyers for this group, and put them on one of the community tables at LinuxFestNorthWest.org this weekend.
Below is what I am proposing. Can anyone improve the text.
Thanks.
----snip----
Cascadia Wikimedians User Group:
Cascadia Wikimedians User Group, an independent group of Wikimedians,
is the user group which serves as the regional affiliate for the
Cascadia region of North America, including the Northwestern United
States (Oregon and Washington, also known as the Pacific Northwest)
and British Columbia. Its mission is to support Cascadian Wikimedians
in their Wikimedia-related endeavors and to partner with local
organizations in their use of Wikimedia projects.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cascadia_Wikimedians
----snip----
Hi all,
Reminders:
Editing workshop with TA3M on Sunday April 19, starting at 1 PM, at the
Montlake Library. There should be plenty of room for attendees but parking
is limited, so consider using public transit. The themes will be data
privacy and security.
Editing workshop at the UW Libraries Research Commons on Saturday April 25,
starting at 10:30 AM, focuing on the labor movement and the Labor Archives
of Washington (http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/laws/).
I hope to see you at one or both events.
Pine
Hi all,
I've started this list in preparation for Sunday's privacy and security
editathon. Please add resources and topics to your hearts' delight.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Program_talk:Cascadia_Wikimedians_U…
Pine
*This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/>
*One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of
our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we
must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in
which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad
fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not
know.*
*—Catherine Munro*
Hi all,
Many schools in the United States encourage or require students to perform
community service hours, such as by cleaning up parks, caring for the
disabled, or tutoring younger students. Sometimes more specialized
requirements apply, such as university schools of education or health which
may require experience that is applicable to a student's desired
coursework. Contributing to Wikimedia is one form of accepted community
service in a multi-campus Mexican university, and the practice seems to be
gaining momentum (see
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/13/wiki-learning-edit-a-thon-mexico/).
These community service programs are different from in-class assignments
that require Wikipedia editing. Wikipedia can benefit from both kinds of
activities.
I am wondering, have other Wikimedia affiliates had success with
encouraging students to complete community service requirements by
contributing to Wikimedia? I am thinking that here in Cascadia, we might
encourage schools to allow this option, and other affiliates also might
want to explore this possibility.
Thanks,
Pine
Hello,
I have mentioned to some supporters of this Cascadia Wikimedia group that a
local nonprofit organization called Cascadia Now! might be a good partner
organization in outreach. Among the reasons I have suggested this is that
they share common mission, outreach scope, like-minded participants,
similar size, and some goals with the Wikimedia community.
<http://www.cascadianow.org/>
In past conversations they have been friendly about discussing
partnerships.
Currently they are doing a fundraising campaign and I thought it might be
interesting for anyone here to watch how that goes.
<https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cascadianow-founding-membership>
I would like the kind of community engagement which they attract for the
local Wikimedia community, and I wish that there could be some way for
their supporters who are interested in Wikipedia to be able to join any
Cascadia Wikimedia projects.
yours,
--
Lane Rasberry
user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia
206.801.0814
lane(a)bluerasberry.com