Wikimedia-l May 2012

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Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong
by James Forrester 03 May '12

03 May '12

On behalf of the Wikimania 2013[0] selection Jury[1], I can announce that we have awarded the conference to Hong Kong. Congratulations to the bidding team, and to the London team who also did a particularly excellent job. There were five official bids: Bristol, Naples and Surakarta, as well as the two finalists of Hong Kong and London[2]. The Jury and the bidding teams discussed them in three public IRC meetings in April. We determined that Hong Kong and London were the strongest contenders, and decided to focus on these two as the finalists. After further e-mail enquiries, and considering evaluation by Wikimedia Foundation staff, a final, private meeting was held to reach a final decision. The Jury was pleased by the high quality in both the final bids, and required over three hours' discussion to reach the final verdict. We considered each bid according to the criteria[3], focussing on following factors: Venue, Program, Geo-location & Logistics, Local Opportunities, Accommodations, Team & Chapter, and Budget & Finances. We found consensus that the Hong Kong bid was the stronger, especially because of their strong advance planning; solid support by the local Wikimedia Chapter, the community, local government, and a partner organisation that is experienced in planning conferences; and their good combination of venue and accommodation. The Jury has confidence that the Hong Kong bidding team will pull off a magnificent Wikimania, and we are pleased for our global community to return to Asia once again. With a motivated group of volunteers who have experience in organizing smaller Wikimedia activities, and a partner with experience in organizing larger-scale events, they have found a good mix to create a successful conference. The Jury did also identify some weaker points in each the bids, and will be happy to share those privately with the teams so that the Hong Kong team can use that to their advantage in organizing Wikimania 2013, and the other teams can use the feedback to improve their bids for a future year. We thank all candidate teams - the process is gruelling and requires a very substantial time investment. They are all to be commended for their submissions. To use this soap-box for a moment, as Moderator I would like to remind the community that we hope that this time was the last that we use this ad-hoc process to decide on the Wikimania venue, and encourage everyone to engage with the discussion on Meta[4] about how we might select Wikimania 2014 and beyond in a more open, community-led way. Please, do join in the discussions. Yours, James Forrester Moderator, Wikimania 2013 Jury For the Wikimania 2013 Jury [0] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013 [1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_jury [2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_bids [3] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_judging_criteria [4] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Advisory_Group -- James D. Forrester jdforrester(a)wikimedia.org | jdforrester(a)gmail.com [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]

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Fundraiser 2011 Report
by Megan Hernandez 03 May '12

03 May '12

Hi all, We've posted a report from the 2011 fundraiser on meta: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011/report Take a look, Megan -- Megan Hernandez Head of Annual Fundraiser Wikimedia Foundation

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IRC office hours with the Wikimedia blog team on May 9
by Tilman Bayer 03 May '12

03 May '12

The team behind https://blog.wikimedia.org/ will hold its first IRC Office hours on Wednesday, May 9th at 18:00 UTC. We invite everyone who wants to discuss ideas for future posts highlighting interesting aspects of the community's work (e.g. some of the recent innovations in the sister projects, or some of the great organizing around events by Chapters and other individuals). We also want to hear your questions about the blog's publishing process or feedback you have for us from the readers' perpective. Office hours are held in #wikimedia-office on the freenode IRC network. More details, time conversions and logs of past office hours can be found at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours -- Tilman Bayer Movement Communications Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB

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article feedback tool, do the links really point where they should to?
by rupert THURNER 03 May '12

03 May '12

when looking at an article, a little "improve this page" popped up at the bottom. can it be that some of the links are misguided? "learn how to edit" does not link to the "learn how to edit" page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_Feedback_Tool/Editing). but it links on a page telling how to navigate around, how to create an account, and how to edit. the "learn how to edit" page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_Feedback_Tool/Editing does not contain a short reason or wizard to create an account. the help icon "?" pops up a little window saying "wikipedia wants to know what you think". on this little pop up there is a link "learn more" (about wikipedia wants to know what you think obviously?) which then links to a help page showing on top an image (png) where one should enter the feedback. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_Feedback_Tool/Version_5/Help) then i tried to type in feedback into that image - which finally made me write this mail :) rupert.

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Wikimedia Deutschland: monthly report April 2012
by Michael Jahn 03 May '12

03 May '12

Dear all, Wikimedia Deutschland's monthly report for April 2012 comes to you with greetings from Germany's most important web conference. There is no en.wp article about the "re:publica" (yet), so I'll link you to the German article[1]. The re:publica 2012 takes place in Berlin, May 2-4. 270 speakers from more than 30 countries will address an audience of 4,000 bloggers, politicians and media people. Wikimedia Deutschland is taking our core goals to this years re:publica. In a dozen sessions at our own event booth we tell people about free knowledge, free licenses, why Wikipedia needs more (female) editors, and many more topics from participation to usability and quality. Among other things, Wikidata is of course one of the most prolific subjects regarding media coverage. A Wikimedia recap of the event will certainly be part our next monthly report. For now rest assured that the April report[2][3] holds its own ;-) Go to Meta and learn about why we're posting a Wikipedian in Residence job description and who was hired recently to support GLAM activities. Find out about Wikidata's first month and what accounts for Wikimedia Deutschland's upcoming surge of chapter members. No more spoilers. [1] http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re:publica [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Deutsch… [3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports Kind regards Michael -- Michael Jahn PR / Öffentlichkeitsarbeit Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstraße 72 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 260 http://wikimedia.de <http://www.wikimedia.de> Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch freien Zugang zu der Gesamtheit des Wissens der Menschheit hat. Helfen Sie uns dabei! *Helfen Sie mit, dass WIKIPEDIA von der UNESCO als erstes digitales Weltkulturerbe anerkannt wird. Unterzeichnen Sie die Online-Petition:* http://wikipedia.de/wke/Main_Page?setlang=de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.

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Office hours reminder
by Philippe Beaudette 03 May '12

03 May '12

Office hours with Gayle Young, the WMF Chief Talent and Culture Officer, will begin in about 90 minutes in #wikimedia-office on the freeness IRC network. Logs will be posted at the conclusion. See you there! ----------------------------------- Philippe Beaudette Director, Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation Inc. philippe(a)wikimedia.org Sent from my iPad.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Release of educational videos under creative commons
by emijrp 02 May '12

02 May '12

2012/4/24 Andrew Cates <andrew.cates(a)soschildren.org> > I am wondering about releasing many hundreds of Africa educational videos > under creative commons. > > They are the videos currently at www.our-africa.org which is a child > generated reference site about Africa. > > There is a lot of material in the videos which could be edited and used to > improve Wikipedia article (a solar kettle in operation, a maize plant > grinding maize, a variety of musical instruments in use, different > religious festivals, cocoa plantations etc etc) > > However at present Wikipedia does not seem to support or want video > material. > Wikipedia supports video with [[Media:]] tag. Also, Wikimedia Commons has a little collection of them https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Video > > Does anyone have a feel whether this is likely to change? > > http://www.videoonwikipedia.com Also, this message is more related to Wikimedia or Commons mailing lists (cc:). If you are the owner of those videos and you want to donate them, some people can help you in the process. > Andrew > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > -- Emilio J. Rodríguez-Posada. E-mail: emijrp AT gmail DOT com Pre-doctoral student at the University of Cádiz (Spain) Projects: AVBOT <http://code.google.com/p/avbot/> | StatMediaWiki<http://statmediawiki.forja.rediris.es> | WikiEvidens <http://code.google.com/p/wikievidens/> | WikiPapers<http://wikipapers.referata.com> | WikiTeam <http://code.google.com/p/wikiteam/> Personal website: https://sites.google.com/site/emijrp/

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[Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 8, Issue 18 -- 30 April 2012
by Wikipedia Signpost 02 May '12

02 May '12

Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Consultant: Pete Forsyth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-04-30/Paid_e… News and notes: Showdown as featured article writer openly solicits commercial opportunities http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-04-30/News_a… Recent research: Barnstars work; Wiktionary assessed; cleanup tags counted; finding expert admins; discussion peaks; Wikipedia citations in academic publications; and more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-04-30/Recent… Discussion report: 'ReferenceTooltips' by default http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-04-30/Discus… WikiProject report: The Cartographers of WikiProject Maps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-04-30/WikiPr… Featured content: Featured content spreads its wings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-04-30/Featur… Arbitration report: R&I Review remains in voting, two open cases http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-04-30/Arbitr… Technology report: What Git means for end users, design controversies and pertinent poll results http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-04-30/Techno… Single page view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single PDF version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-04-30 http://identi.ca/wikisignpost / https://twitter.com/wikisignpost -- Wikipedia Signpost Staff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l

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"Clerk" role description?
by Sue Gardner 02 May '12

02 May '12

Hey folks, I had a 90-second conversation the other day with SJ about whether it would make sense for us to use volunteer "clerks" as support for the FDC (Funds Dissemination Committee), and I'm wondering if anyone can point me towards any documentation of the role -- a description of how it's typically used, either inside Wikimedia or outside. I have the gist, but am curious to learn more, if anyone's got links they could point me towards. Thanks, Sue -- Sue Gardner Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation 415 839 6885 office 415 816 9967 cell Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

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best practices in scheduling a meeting
by phoebe ayers 02 May '12

02 May '12

Hi all, This is a small but common task :) I was writing up some tips for scheduling a meeting in the wiki-verse for someone and thought what the heck, I should put this on meta as well. So here it is: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Best_practices_in_scheduling_a_meeting Please edit -- I know many of you schedule far more meetings than I do! Hopefully it will be a useful resource, especially for people new to Wikimedia who need to schedule such meetings. cheers, phoebe -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers <at> gmail.com *

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