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feature request: add column to Comparison_of_File_Systems
by Blibbet 15 Jun '15

15 Jun '15

Is there a way to request a feature to be added to Wikipedia? Is there an issue tracking system to request new content? Open source projects often have ticketing/issue tracking systems to tack feature requests, in addition to developer-contributed features that include patches. Here's a case where I see a need in the Wikipedia content, but don't currently have time to address it, and am wondering if there's any resources to submit this request to, if they have spare cycles to work on it. This page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems needs a new column that shows if the file system uses UTC or local time or some other time for it's files. Below question is a thread from a firmware development mailing list, UEFI firmware is reporting wrong dates in the UEFI Shell. The Apple firmware guys are asking: "I’m guessing more modern filesystems probably store the time in UTC?" The above Wikipedia Comparison page is very good. If it had this data, it would be better, and useful in this specific case (and probably other software, not just below case), so the UEFI apps would get correct file dates. Unfortunately, I currently don't have time to research all of it at the moment. Apparently, FAT, CDS (ISO9660), DVDs (OSTA UDF) use local, NTFS uses UTC: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724290%28v=vs.85… This column needs data on (ZFS, Ext2-Ext4, FreeBSD's current file systems, BTRFS, Apple HFS+ on-disk formats, and SMB/CIFS and NFS network protocols), at least, to become useful ... of course data for all FSs would be best. The data should be in the specs of these file systems, or the source code of their [cloned] open source implementations, it just takes a bit of time to track down the data from each FS's spec and sources. There maybe a few cases where multiple FS implementations return different TZ values, in which case I'd call that a bug. :-) I'll try to create this if nobody else does, but probably not for a while, and only for a half-dozen file systems. Access to live implementations of these file systems and FS diagnostic tools would also help, but not sure if that kind of data is useful for Wikipedia references. Thanks. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [edk2] [ShellPkg] I think there is an issue in ls. Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 18:38:58 -0700 From: Andrew Fish <afish(a)apple.com> To: edk2-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > On Jun 10, 2015, at 6:33 PM, Carsey, Jaben <jaben.carsey(a)intel.com> wrote: > > Andrew, > > I agree, that looks like an issue. Can you submit a patch with this fixed? Sorry don’t have time right now. > I will put this on the list of issues. > Thanks, I hit this issue in another location and look to see what the shell did. Since the shell seemed to be doing the wrong thing I decided to at least report it to the mailing list. I’m guessing more modern filesystems probably store the time in UTC? Thanks, Andrew Fish > -Jaben > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Andrew Fish [mailto:afish@apple.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 6:26 PM >> To: edk2-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: [edk2] [ShellPkg] I think there is an issue in ls. >> Importance: High >> >> Dear ShellPkg maintainer, >> >> I think there is an issue with the ls command. It does not use the TImeZone, >> so it seems it is hard coded to assume that a filesystem stores time like FAT, in >> local time. The FAT driver always returns EFI_UNSPECIFIED_TIMEZONE, which >> implies the values are local time. But what if a filesystem is storing time in UTC >> (EFI_TIME.TimeZone == 0)? it seems the current path in the shell assumes >> EFI_UNSPECIFIED_TIMEZONE (thus all time is local time). I don’t think this >> follows the UEFI spec. I think the correct algorithm is: >> >> if FileSystemTime.TimeZone == EFI_UNSPECIFIED_TIMEZONE >> // This is the current path in the code >> Assume time is local time, and print it out >> else: >> // This is the missing path. >> Adjust the FileSystemTime.TimeZone for the System.TimeZone (and >> System.Daylight), thus display the time in local time. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Andrew Fish >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> edk2-devel mailing list >> edk2-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/edk2-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > edk2-devel mailing list > edk2-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/edk2-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list edk2-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/edk2-devel

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National Geographic: "How Hosting an Edit-A-Thon Made Me Trust Wikipedia"
by Pine W 12 Jun '15

12 Jun '15

Sharing an inspiring blog post from the National Geographic: http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/12/how-hosting-an-edit-a-thon-… Pine

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Wikipedia's role in Internet-based education
by Pine W 12 Jun '15

12 Jun '15

I'm interested in hearing experienced educators' and researchers' thoughts about what roles Wikipedia, and Internet-based learning in general, can and can't do well. Articles for consideration: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0608-godsey-altschool-teachers-2… http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/06/04/technology-wont-… What does Wikipedia education do well, and what doesn't it do well? Is Wikipedia-based education amplifying the learning of students who are likely to be from highly resourced schools? Do we have evidence that Wikipedia based education has outcomes for students that are similar to, or better than, other kinds of online learning? How can we offer a service that is widely beneficial for students and teachers with limited technological resources? Or should we not try because of the additional challenges? Thanks, Pine

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Friends of the Ballard Locks meeting on June 18
by Dennis Bratland 05 Jun '15

05 Jun '15

I'm going to the Friends of the Ballard Locks meeting 6:30 to 8:00 pm at Warehouse #1 at the Locks on the third Thursday of the month, June 18. I think Brian is coming too, and maybe we should have one more editor come along? Specifically someone who has experience with recruiting and training new editors. It would be good if the Friends of the Locks gave us research help, but even better if we could get some of them to jump in and help editing. So someone who could speak to the group about how to get started editing and become a Wikipedian? We could bring more people along than this, but we might have some time constraints, depending on how full their agenda is. I said we'd need about 15 minutes to talk, and answer questions. Dennis

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Fwd: [GLAM] Expedition Wikipedia web app
by Pine W 04 Jun '15

04 Jun '15

GLAM folks, you may be interested in the announcement below. (: Pine ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sandra Fauconnier <sandra.fauconnier(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, May 29, 2015 at 2:54 AM Subject: [GLAM] Expedition Wikipedia web app To: Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination - closed list < cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch> Cc: wikimaps(a)lists.wikimedia.org, "Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public]" <glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi everyone, To summarize (some of) the results of my Wikipedian in Residence project of last year <https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Expedities>, a web application was built and launched yesterday: http://www.expeditiewikipedia.nl/ It's a geographic visualization tool for a series of historical events, linked to Wikipedia. My WiR project was about expeditions, and this web tool puts these expeditions, their Wikipedia articles and/or Commons images 'on the map’, as a journey. The best examples of Wikipedia and Commons integration are in the Dutch-language expeditions in the application. It's a pilot, and the source code is open sourced on Github - https://github.com/ndkv/vm ... feel free to download, tweak, investigate, contact me and/or the developer if you have questions :-) Many greetings, Sandra (User:Spinster) _______________________________________________ GLAM mailing list GLAM(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam

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Re: [Wikimedia Cascadia] [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of North Carolina Triangle Wikipedians User Group
by Pine W 28 May '15

28 May '15

Welcome to the US affiliates, North Carolina Triangle. (: If you have not already done so, please join the Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States (affectionately known as WALRUS) mailing list at https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l I would like to talk with you via Hangout sometime about your group's activities so that we can share our experience of effective practices. Please contact me off-list when it's convenient for you. Cheers, Pine Cascadia Wikimedians User Group On May 27, 2015 2:17 PM, "Carlos M. Colina" <maorx(a)wikimedia.org.ve> wrote: > Dear all, > > On behalf of the Affiliations Committee, I am honored to announce the > recognition [1] of a new User Group in the United States - the North > Carolina Triangle Wikipedians. As their name implies, they are mostly > active in the region known as the Research Triangle, or simply "The > Triangle". They have already organized activities in the region, especially > at Duke and UNC related to MediaWiki, edit-a-thons and the Education > Program. We'll see more of that in the near future :-) > > So please, let's welcome the newest member of the family of affiliates! > Congrats! > > Regards, > Carlos > > 1: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/North_Ca… > -- > "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua > junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain." > Carlos M. Colina > Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 | www.wikimedia.org.ve > <http://wikimedia.org.ve> > Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee > Phone: +972-52-4869915 > Twitter: @maor_x > _______________________________________________ > 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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Reminder: meeting starts at 6 PM
by Pine W 26 May '15

26 May '15

We're upstairs in Cafe Allegro. Pain

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“No interviews. Except for Wikipedia!”
by Pine W 26 May '15

26 May '15

Some of us discussed at WMCON that a local Wikimedia affiliate can sometimes get press-level access. This is a blog entry about just such an occurrence at Eurovision 2014. http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/10/no-interviews-except-wikipedia-documen… Pine

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Re: [Wikimedia Cascadia] [Wikitech-l] Welcome Frances Hocutt
by Pine W 25 May '15

25 May '15

Congrats (: We liked your presentation at the Community Data Science Workshop, and it's great to see you join Community Tech. Pine On May 25, 2015 12:39 PM, "Bryan Davis" <bd808(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > I'm excited to announce that Frances Hocutt has been hired as a Software > Engineer on the Community Tech team starting 2015-05-26. > > She has gotten a good start on getting things done by writing a great > introduction blurb for me to forward on: > > Frances is looking forward to starting on a [new team doing cool but > unspecified stuff]. Frances has been with the WMF for most of the last > year, first as an OPW intern and then as a developer for Community > Resources. Frances has primarily worked in the MediaWiki API ecosystem: she > wrote the standard for API client libraries, evaluated a number of them, > and developed wiki bots to support this Inspire campaign and the Co-op > mentorship project on English Wikipedia. She also has contributed patches > and product management to Wikimetrics. Before starting work in F/OSS, > Frances worked as a medicinal chemist, studied organic chemistry and > materials science, and founded a hackerspace. She moved to the Bay Area in > January. She enjoys giving talks, mentoring new programmers, and practicing > various fiber arts. > > Frances can be found as fhocutt on IRC, Fhocutt as a volunteer, and Fhocutt > (WMF) officially. > > > -- > Bryan Davis Wikimedia Foundation <bd808(a)wikimedia.org> > [[m:User:BDavis_(WMF)]] Sr Software Engineer Boise, ID USA > irc: bd808 v:415.839.6885 x6855 > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

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Fwd: [Wmcon15] What happened at pre-conference sessions?
by Pine W 21 May '15

21 May '15

Forwarding the email below with permission. Program leaders might want to look at the "further resources" sections in particular, on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News/Pre-conference_works… . Pine ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Maria Cruz <mcruz(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Thu, May 21, 2015 at 7:16 AM Subject: [Wmcon15] What happened at pre-conference sessions? To: WMCON15 Mailing List <wmcon15(a)wikimedia.de> Hi all, It was really nice to meet so many of you at WMCON last week! =) As facilitators of sessions in the pre conference agenda, we wanted to share with the conference audience at large what happened in the sessions that took place on Wednesday May 13, and Thursday May 14, co-hosted by WMDE and Learning and Evaluation team at WMF. Both days focused on evaluation and program design and the main goal was to give participants tools and resources to better think through Wikimedia programs and what we want to achieve with these awesome activities. One of the most common topics of conversation was how to make better use of volunteer time and avoid burnout, a common concern across communities. We worked together to better understand how to use a Logic Model as an evaluation tool, and work in groups to create some examples. We reviewed data sources and tools best suited to capture program outcomes. On Thursday, sessions focused on how to design an annual proposal and SMART plan, program toolkits and storytelling toolkit, effective question design for surveys, and Wikimetrics training. You can find all participants' input and the presentations shared on the event page on Meta [1]. We want to thank every person who took part. We were excited to hear how many were keen on taking back to local communities the tools and resources shared. And also: don't be a stranger! If you want to receive Learning and Evaluation announcements, subscribe to our email list and follow our profiles [2] =) Remember we are here to help. Don't forget to have fun and be creative in evaluating and telling your program story! Happy editing, *María Cruz * \\ Community Coordinator, PE&D Team \\ Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. mcruz(a)wikimedia.org | : @marianarra_ <https://twitter.com/marianarra_> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News/Pre-conference_works… [2] Email list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-ped Twitter: @WikiEval Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/programevaluation/

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