Wikimedia-Cascadia August 2015

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August 31 scholarship deadline!
by James Hare 24 Aug '15

24 Aug '15

Hello! WikiConference USA is coming up at the National Archives in Washington, DC on October 9–11! More information: http://wikiconferenceusa.org/wiki/2015/Main_Page Register! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikiconference-usa-2015-tickets-17796698404 Need help getting to the conference? We are offering travel scholarships. http://wikiconferenceusa.org/wiki/2015/Scholarships – Apply by August 31! We also invite you to submit a session for the conference: http://wikiconferenceusa.org/wiki/2015/Submissions – Deadline is August 31! Hope to see you there! — James Hare President, Wikimedia DC http://wikimediadc.org @wikimediadc

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Re: [Wikimedia Cascadia] [Wikimedia-l] Reimagining Wikimedia Foundation Grants
by Pine W 19 Aug '15

19 Aug '15

Siko and Alex, I like how you've developed the proposals that I've read so far regarding restructuring the grantmaking processes. My overall impression is that the new structure will align better with Cascadia Wikimedians, and is a better design for small affiliates in general. I may have more detailed comments when some of us meet with Alex and Kacie in September. Gratefully, Pine On Aug 18, 2015 6:14 PM, "Siko Bouterse" <sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > The Wikimedia Foundation would like your feedback about how we can > reimagine grants to better support people and ideas in the Wikimedia > movement. > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants > > We’ve been discussing the idea with the grants committees and are now > running a survey and collecting feedback on Meta-wiki. Office hours will > also be held in Hangouts and IRC starting at the end of August. > > Please share your feedback on the idea here, and help make it better: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants > > You can learn more about this consultation, including dates for office > hours, here: > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Consul… > > Feedback is welcome in any language. > > Warm regards, > Siko and the Community Resources team > > -- > Siko Bouterse > Director of Community Resources > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org > > *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. * > *Donate <https://donate.wikimedia.org> or click the "edit" button today, > and help us make it a reality!* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Re: [Wikimedia Cascadia] Possible meetup on September 8th
by Joe Mabel 18 Aug '15

18 Aug '15

Possible meetup on September 8th (Pine W): I'd almost certainly be able to do that. JM

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Fwd: Re: [Wiki-research-l] Has the recent increase in English wikipedia's core community gone beyond a statistical blip?
by Pine W 15 Aug '15

15 Aug '15

Good news discussion below. Pine ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Pine W" <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> Date: Aug 15, 2015 7:05 AM Subject: Re: [Wiki-research-l] Has the recent increase in English wikipedia's core community gone beyond a statistical blip? To: "Wiki Research-l" <wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: > VisualEditor and Citoid perhaps? It would be interesting to see if there is a correlation between the use of those tools and the editor population statistics. > > Pine > > On Aug 15, 2015 6:12 AM, "WereSpielChequers" <werespielchequers(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> With 8% more editors contributing over 100 edits in June 2015 than in June 2014, we have now had six consecutive months where this particular metric of the core community is looking positive. One or two months could easily be a statistical blip, especially when you compare calender months that may have 5 weekends in one year and four the next. But 6 months in a row does begin to look like a change in pattern. >> >> As far as caveats go I'm aware of several of the reasons why raw edit count is a suspect measure, but I'm not aware of anything that has come in in this year that would have artificially inflated edit counts and brought more of the under 100 editors into the >100 group. >> >> I know there was a recent speedup, which should increase subsequent edit rates, and one of the edit filters got disabled in June, but neither of those should be relevant to the Jan-May period. >> >> Would anyone on this list be aware of something that would have otherwise thrown that statistic? >> >> Otherwise I'm considering submitting something to the Signpost. >> >> Regards >> >> Jonathan >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki-research-l mailing list >> Wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >>

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Possible meetup on September 8th
by Pine W 15 Aug '15

15 Aug '15

Update on Brion's work with video is below. Brion says he can join us next month on the 8th or 17th. Also FYI, Peaceray's second part of his Wikimania series appears in this week's Signpost issue. If there is enough interest we can have a "general meeting" on the 8th (probably including Brion's presentation) and hopefully a 2nd event on the 17th with the Wing Luke Museum. Otherwise we can plan on meeting just with Wing Luke. I'd appreciate hearing if there is interest on having two meetups in September. If you're interested in meeting on the 8th as well as the 17th please email me off list so that I can get a sense of likely attendance on the 8th as well as possible agenda items for the 8th. Thanks! Pine ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Brion Vibber" <bvibber(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Aug 15, 2015 2:44 AM Subject: [Multimedia] Prep work for WebM VP9 support To: "Wikimedia Foundation Multimedia Team" <multimedia(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Opportunities for video in the Wikimedia universe - tech help" < wikivideo-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Just a quick note -- there's been some ongoing work in preparation for supporting WebM with the newer VP9 codec: * fixing up our server configuration with updated ffmpeg & ffmpeg2theora packages * fixing up the player to support VP9 as well as VP8 * adding support for producing WebM transcodes in VP9 in addition to VP8 Big thanks to a bunch of folks over on the ops side who have been helping with the packaging! We had to backport some packages to get VP9 working, and ffmpeg2theora needed some patches to work correctly in newer versions. At some point in the coming weeks, the video transcoding servers will be re-imaged with an updated operating system <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T104747> (Ubuntu Trusty plus our custom packages). Once this is complete, uploaded WebM VP9 files should start producing Ogg Theora and WebM VP8 transcodes (currently you can upload them but they fail to work). With TMH updates going out some time next week, playback of VP9 originals <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T62272> should also start working in Chrome and Firefox. These updates also improve support of Opus audio files <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T42193>, both standalone in Ogg audio and in WebM videos. Once we're satisfied everything works, we'll consider enabling production of VP9 transcodes <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T63805>. These will be about the same quality as VP8, but use only half the bandwidth. Later when we figure out how to rig up adaptive streaming, this'll mean bandwidth-constrained clients can bump up one resolution step in VP9 versus VP8... One big warning -- VP9 encoding is 2-4x slower than VP8 encoding at the same resolution... so we'll have to investigate comparative CPU load and whether 1080p transcodes actually complete reliably before timeouts etc hit. This may be something we have to roll out later after more testing. But even if it takes us time to get VP9 output working, having VP9 input functional will fix some existing files, make it easier to import from YouTube and other sources that are more aggressively using VP9, and generally makes us more future-proof. -- brion _______________________________________________ Multimedia mailing list Multimedia(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/multimedia

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video at meetup tomorrow in Seattle...
by Lane Rasberry 11 Aug '15

11 Aug '15

Hello, There has been discussion that Wikipedians want more video. Videos are requested as tutorials, to document events, and to document presentations that individuals give. My friend Nadya will be at the Wikipedia Cascadia meetup scheduled for tomorrow at Cafe Allegro. She is an amateur filmmaker. I like her work <https://vimeo.com/16081451>. I was thinking that perhaps it might be fun for all involved if she did filming at wiki-events. Please multiple people at the meetup tomorrow be kind to be ready to speak on camera for 1-3 minutes about the wiki-topic of your choice. Rehearse a friendly message. Be ready. I am hoping to help her integrate more videos into more places on Wikipedia. Perhaps any of you could explain your favorite Wikipedia policy or, or chose one of the CSD criteria and speak for a minute on why Wikipedia needs to delete that kind of article. A lot of new users wonder about the codes so maybe a video for one of the codes would clarify things. You all are the talent but she will convert the videos and I will help her with upload and posting them. More videos is better. Please, at least a few of you in attendance, be kind to be on camera for something just for a few minutes. No shyness! We do not have enough videographers among us and if she fits then I hope she can find a place as wiki enters the future. yours, -- Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia 206.801.0814 lane(a)bluerasberry.com

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Next regular Seattle meetup
by Pine W 10 Aug '15

10 Aug '15

Would the second Tuesday in August work? Tentative agenda: I am hoping that we can get a Wikimania report from Peaceray. I also hope to be able to report on meetings with WMUK and Wikimedia Community Ireland regarding their experiences with growth strategies. Brian and I have bank paperwork to sign. We are scheduling a meeting with UW about plans for the upcoming academic year. We also need to plan board elections for next year. At this time I'm not aware of any new candidates or anyone who wants to step down. Please indicate if the 2nd Tuesday in August is ok, and if you need to participate remotely. Thanks, Pine

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MOHAI, UW Learning Commons, and Wing Luke Museum
by Pine W 09 Aug '15

09 Aug '15

Hi Cascadians, Peaceray and I have been talking with UW Research Commons staff about some potential editathons with them during fall quarter. One of the themes that I proposed for an editathon series is the history, geography and culture of Seattle. It just ocurred to me that for this particular theme, MOHAI might be a great resource. Do any of you have contacts at MOHAI that you could share with us off-list? I believe that we *will* have some events at UW. We are working out the particulars. Depending on interest, I could see us also working with MOHAI periodically. In other news, we're talking with the Wing Luke museum in very preliminary discussions about GLAM activities, potentially in September before the UW school year starts. Please do let me know if you have MOHAI contacts that you can share. Thanks! Pine

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Fwd: Seeking comments and translations for proposed video project
by Pine W 07 Aug '15

07 Aug '15

(cross-posting) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 1:56 PM Subject: Seeking comments and translations for proposed video project Dear Wikimedia colleagues: I am developing a proposal for a video series that's designed to introduce Wikimedia to new contributors (particularly in GLAM and education programs), and to motivate them to participate in the community in a constructive way. I would appreciate your input. The video is intended for translation into multiple languages; there are already volunteers for Spanish and German translation. The proposal's main draft page is here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Motivational_and_educational_vid… The proposal talk page is here; it includes a draft outline of specific subjects to cover: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants talk:IEG/Motivational_and_educational_video_to_introduce_Wikimedia Please note that the scope and budget of the project are still under consideration. At this point it would be especially helpful to have input on the subjects that the video should cover, and how best to cover them. This information will help as the project scope and budget are refined. Please add your questions and comments to the talk page. If you would like to support the project with your endorsement, please do so here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Motivational_and_educational_vid… If you would like to volunteer to translate the video, please email me or comment on the talk page. Thanks and regards, Pine

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WikiConference USA, 9-11 October in Washington DC...
by Lane Rasberry 06 Aug '15

06 Aug '15

Hello, You are invited to WikiConference USA <http://wikiconferenceusa.org/wiki/2015/Main_Page>, a Wikimedia community gathering to be held in Washington DC at the National Archives and Records Administration on Friday-Sunday October 9-11. Interested persons may apply for a travel scholarship <http://wikiconferenceusa.org/wiki/2015/Scholarships> or enter a program submission <http://wikiconferenceusa.org/wiki/2015/Submissions>. yours, -- Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia 206.801.0814 lane(a)bluerasberry.com

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