Hi all,
Joe's photos, along with a list of articles that we edited, are at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle/archive#September_Se….
I believe that we created six articles, edited at least one additional
related article, and signed up at least three new users. I think that there
were about 12 people present. Thanks everyone!
If there is interest on the part of the Wing Luke Museum in having these
kinds of events on a monthly or quarterly basis, I'd be happy to
collaborate with them to provide what support we can provide. Our focus in
the fall in Seattle will be the UW series, but we might be able to provide
some occasional and/or remote support to Wing Luke, and we might talk with
them about having another WikiAPA event with them during winter break or
next quarter when we can be present in person. Of course, any Wikipedians
are welcome to collaborate with Wing Luke on their private initiative as
well.
Thanks again for a good turnout and a productive, interesting event.
Pine
I might be interested. No idea what will be the shape of my life a few
months from now.
JM
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interested in a wiki expedition to Advanced LIGO and/or Hanford? See
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34298363 Pine
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From: Tomasz Finc <tfinc(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 12:26 PM
Subject: [Wikitech-l] Announcing the launch of Maps
To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: Max Semenik <msemenik(a)wikimedia.org>
The Discovery Department has launched an experimental tile and static maps
service available at https://maps.wikimedia.org.
Using this service you can browse and embed map tiles into your own tools
using OpenStreetMap data. Currently, we handle traffic from *.wmflabs .org
and *.wikivoyage .org (referrer header must be either missing or set to
these values) but we would like to open it up to Wikipedia traffic if we
see enough use. Our hope is that this service fits the needs of the
numerous maps developers and tool authors who have asked for a WMF hosted
tile service with an initial focus on WikiVoyage.
We'd love for you to try our new service, experiment writing tools using
our tiles, and giving us feedback <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Maps>
.
If you've built a tool using OpenStreetMap-based imagery then using our
service is a simple drop-in replacement.
Getting started is as easy as
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Maps#Getting_Started
How can you help?
* Adapt your labs tool to use this service - for example, use Leaflet js
library and point it to https://maps.wikimedia.org
* File bugs in Phabricator
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/discovery-maps-sprint/>
* Provide us feedback to help guide future features
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Maps>
* Improve our map style <https://github.com/kartotherian/osm-bright.tm2>
* Improve our data extraction
<https://github.com/kartotherian/osm-bright.tm2source>
Based on usage and your feedback, the Discovery team
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Discovery> will decide how to proceed.
We could add more data sources (both vector and raster), work on additional
services such as static maps or geosearch, work on supporting all
languages, switch to client-side WebGL rendering, etc. Please help us
decide what is most important.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Maps has more about the project and related
Maps work.
== In Depth ==
Tiles are served from https://maps.wikimedia.org, but can only be accessed
from any subdomains of *.wmflabs .org and *.wikivoyage.org. Kartotherian
can produce tiles as images (png), and as raw vector data (PBF Mapbox
format or json):
.../{source}/{zoom}/{x}/{y}[(a){scale}x].{format}
Additionally, Kartotherian can produce snapshot (static) images of any
location, scaling, and zoom level with
.../{source},{zoom},{lat},{lon},{width}x{height}[(a){scale}x].{format}.
For example, to get an image centered at 42,-3.14, at zoom level 4, size
800x600, use https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,4,42,-3.14,800x600.png
(copy/paste the link, or else it might not work due to referrer
restriction).
Do note that the static feature is highly experimental right now.
We would like to thank WMF Ops (especially Alex Kosiaris, Brandon Black,
and Jaime Crespo), services team, OSM community and engineers, and the
Mapnik and Mapbox teams. The project would not have completed so fast
without you.
Thank You
--tomasz
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From: Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 6:41 PM
Subject: Upcoming press release to celebrate 5 million articles on English
Wikipedia
Dear colleagues,
Aligned with discussions at the Wikimedia Conference about coordinating
press releases around the world, I would like to invite you to participate
in the drafting and upcoming publication of a community-written press
release that celebrates English Wikipedia's milestone of 5 million
articles. I particularly extend this invitation to affiliates which are
located in areas where English (in any dialect) is a primary, official, or
common language.
Drafting and discussion are happening here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28miscellaneous%29#5_…
Please ask your affiliates to participate in a near-simultaneous press
release from interested affiliates and WMF on the day that English
Wikipedia reaches 5 million articles.
Please make sure that your affiliate's contact information is current on
Meta so that it can be included in the press release. Journalists may wish
to speak with representatives of your organization about the press release
and about Wikipedia in general.
This event offers and opportunity to raise public awareness of Wikipedia in
general and our many accomplishments, as well as the many challenges and
opportunities ahead of us to make English Wikipedia in particular be more
accurate, friendly, inclusive, accessible, reputable, and comprehensive.
Regards,
Pine
We'll have the next regular Seattle meetup on Tuesday, September 8 at Cafe
Allegro.
Brion will be joining us from Porland to talk about multimedia.
We'll also discuss upcoming events at the Wing Luke Museum and UW.
Sign up is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle
See you there!
Pine
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!*
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