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Fwd: [opensource] The Legacy of Aaron Swartz - event at Law School, January 28, 2013 12:45pm - 2:00pm
by James Salsman 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

At Stanford Monday afternoon; RSVP required: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/law/forms/AaronSwartz.fb ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:43 PM Subject: [opensource] The Legacy of Aaron Swartz - event at Law School, January 28, 2013 12:45pm - 2:00pm Event next week https://www.law.stanford.edu/event/2013/01/28/the-legacy-of-aaron-swartz The Legacy of Aaron Swartz January 28, 2013 12:45pm - 2:00pm Room 190 Aaron Swartz's tragic death has been covered by the news media in a wide array of contexts, from his contribution to internet technology to the criminal prosecution that ultimately led to his decision to take his own life. What has not been discussed in depth is what Aaron was really trying to do, and why he was trying to do it. Join CodeX, SLS ACS, and SLATA in a discussion about the many implications of Aaron's legacy, work that is being done at Stanford related to his interests, and policy changes that need to be made. Lunch will be served.

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Portuguese Wikipedia village pump and crowdsourcing ideas
by Everton Zanella Alvarenga 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

Hi all, I would like to ask some help to do one thing and brainstorm a little about some tools for crowdsourcing wikimedians ideas. 1) My first question is if someone could help me to create a RSS feed of threads of the Portuguese Wikipedia village pump (= /esplanada/). The feed would contain the title and link to the thread, the thread body and the author. Our /esplanada/ has one subpage per thread, which makes easy to watch what I want. See bellow http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Esplanada/geral But I miss sometimes topics being created only using my watchlist and a RSS feed would facilitate my life to read and follow all threads I am interested in using an aggregator or even making the feed send each thread by e-mail. Once I created a RSS feed using a Web service that found HTML patterns, so I think that could be done in a similar way (I cannot remember the service name now). Would be easy to create a Python script for that? (maybe with beautifulSoup?) Any other method suggestion? 2) Not only for reading purposes, I also would like to add this threads and possible ideas inside the discussion on systems like All our ideas <http://www.allourideas.org/>, OSQA <http://osqa.net> (see this example <http://ideas.okfn.org/>) or possible other softwares to evaluate the best ideas and threads using a crowdsourcing model - other ideas for tools welcome. Any help for 1 and any idea for 2 is welcome. Thanks, Tom -- Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."

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[Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 9, Issue 04 -- 21 January 2013
by Wikipedia Signpost 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

News and notes: Requests for adminship reform moves forward http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-01-21/News_a… WikiProject report: Say What? — WikiProject Linguistics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-01-21/WikiPr… Featured content: Wazzup, G? Delegates and featured topics in review http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-01-21/Featur… Arbitration report: ''Doncram'' case continues http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-01-21/Arbitr… Technology report: Data centre switchover a tentative success http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-01-21/Techno… Single page view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single PDF version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-01-21 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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Licencing question
by Richard Symonds 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

All, I have a question for you which I am sure you will enjoy discussing. It's about licencing. Wikimedia sites do not use a 'byline' on their images - for example, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page requires an image to be clicked on before you can view the licence and the author information. The same applies for Wikipedia, and the WMF (and WMUK) blogs. The CC family of licences, and Commons re-use guidelines, however, say that you need to have attribution using a byline next to the image, in the fashion 'Horation Nelson/CC-BY-SA'. It appears that opinion is divided on whether a hyperlink is acceptable as attribution, therefore I'm asking the experts: - Does anyone have any input on this? - Has this discussion been had before, if so, where? - Should Wikipedia, Commons and the various Wikimedia sites use the full byline, or are we OK just using a hyperlink? Your thoughts much appreciated! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*

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OTRS summaries and statistics report, 2012
by Keegan Peterzell 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

Greetings, The snapshot summary and numbers for statistics of emails sent to Volunteer Response Team for the year 2012 have been posted to Meta[1]. The Volunteer Response Team, also known as OTRS, processes email inquiries, requests, and comments about Wikimedia projects[2]. The data was derived from the OTRS statistics module by Cbrown1023. This is the first of further future documentation of traffic received to the general OTRS queues. In the report you will find data breakdowns for OTRS admin logged action, all info queues, breakdowns of info queues with subqueues, sister projects, and other maintenance details. Since the report contains a large number of datasets, I am not including the text here. If you need, I'll happily provide it by email. 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OTRS/Reports/2012 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OTRS For the team, -- ~Keegan (OTRS Admin hat) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan

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Legal and Community Advocacy Office Hours Tuesday 18:00 UTC
by James Alexander 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

Hi all, It's been on the meta office hours page for a while but I'm not sure it's been announced here yet. Geoff Brigham (WMF General Counsel) and his team will be having an office hour Tuesday January 22nd (Tomorrow or today depending on your location) at 18:00 UTC/10:00 PST to answer questions about the work of the Legal and Community Advocacy Department. The office hours will take place on the Freenode IRC network in the #Wikimedia-office room. For more information including a webchat link and time conversion links go to the Meta office hour page: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Office_Hours#How_to_participate James James Alexander Manager, Merchandise Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur

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Reminder: Call for volunteers: Election Committee
by Ting Chen 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

Hi Everyone, 2013 is an election year for the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation. As you may recall the board has three directly elected representatives on it which serve for two years. Currently those are Mindspillage, SJ and Wing. As in the past years we rely on an effective election committee to coordinate the elections for us. They not only guarantee that the election is overseen by an independent body, but they also make sure that the tremendous amount of work that needs to be done is taken care of. My job is to coordinate the formation of this committee. This is a call for volunteers to serve on the election committee. If you feel that you can contribute to this committee, please contact me and give a small summary of why you think you would be able to help out with this process. Just to make sure we all understand: you cannot be part of the election committee if you are planning to be a candidate or are planning to support any candidate publicly. Deadline for any extra volunteers is January 31st 12:00 UTC. The timeline for the next steps in the process will be published somewhere in February by the election committee. So if you are interested in becoming a candidate, time to start preparing! Regards -- Ting Chen Member of the Board of Trustees Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. E-Mail: tchen(a)wikimedia.org

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Global Wikipedia: International and cross-cultural issues in online collaboration
by Everton Zanella Alvarenga 20 Jan '13

20 Jan '13

(Sorry for the cross-posting, but today is Saturday.) *Important dates:* Proposals Submission Due: January 31, 2013 Full Chapters Due: March 15, 2013 Final Submission Due: July 1, 2013 *Editors (to whom chapters should be sent and questions addressed): Pnina Fichman (fichman at indiana.edu <mailto:fichman at indiana.edu>); Noriko Hara (nhara at indiana.edu <mailto:nhara at indiana.edu>) Indiana University, Bloomington. *Introduction:* Wikipedia offers articles in 285 languages and more than 80% of Wikipedia articles are written in languages other than English. In addition, the English Wikipedia itself attracts users from all over the world. This global nature of Wikipedia provides a rich socio-technical environment to examine a wide range of international and cross-cultural issues. Despite the global reach of Wikipedia, most of the published works about Wikipedia are based on the English site. More research should pay attention to the global, multilingual nature of Wikipedia to gain a better understanding of online international cooperation, on one hand, and of cross-cultural variations in mass knowledge production processes and outcomes, on the other. The purpose of this book is to explore a wide range of international and cross-cultural issues as they are manifested on Wikipedia. We are particularly interested in research that takes a socio-technical perspective on the global Wikipedia and integrates social theory to explain online interactions. For example, we invite studies on online global collaboration, coordination, and conflict management in this rich socio-technical environment. We hope that these works will highlight implications for other socio-technical environments or extend the use and development of social theory. This unique publication aims to be a collection of international and cross-cultural research on the Wikipedia.We expect that this edited volume will appeal to academic researchers, graduate, and undergraduate students interested in Wikipedia and, more broadly, in social studies of information and communication technologies, as well as to Wikipedia contributors. *Recommended topics*: We are seeking chapters that include both empirical and conceptual work and soliciting innovative analysis of international and cross-cultural aspects of Wikipedia to be part of this book. Appropriate topics for chapters include (but are not limited to) the following list: ·Case studies of Wikipedia in one of the 285 languages, with special interest in small and medium size Wikipedias; for example, focusing on policies, processes, interactions or information quality ·Conflict and collaboration in editing international entries on any particular language of Wikipedia ·International and cross-cultural collaboration; for example, international cooperation in fighting vandalism ·Intercultural synergy across boundaries on Wikipedia or Wikimedia projects ·Cross-cultural studies that compare more than one Wikipedia, for example, focusing on: ·Cross-cultural comparisons of content, structures, and contributions ·Comparative studies of policies, interactions, and processes ·Efforts to understand similarities and differences across Wikipedia in multiple languages in user motivations, establishment and maintenance of local communities and challenges ·Comparative analysis of editing policies around the globe ·Information quality across two or more Wikipedia languages ·Comparison of scope and representation of topics across Wikipedia in several languages ·Vandalism and trolling behaviors across national and language boundaries Chapters are expected to have between 4000 and 5000 words (excluding references, figures, and tables). Only original work whose copyright is owned (or cleared) by the chapter authors and not considered for publication elsewhere can be considered for inclusion. *Important dates*: *January 31, 2013: submit 2-3 page chapter proposals and authors’ bios (200 words) *Feb 1, 2013: receive acceptance notification *March 15, 2013:*submit first full chapters *May 15, 2013: receive reviewers’ comments *July 1, 2013: submit final versions This book is scheduled to be published by Scarecrow Press. For additional information, please visit https://rowman.com/Scarecrow. Scarecrow Press is the publisher of, among other titles, /Digital Media/: /Technological and Social Challenges of the Interactive World/ (2011). The publication is anticipated to be released in 2014. ****************************************** EASA Media Anthropology Network http://www.media-anthropology.net For further information please contact: Dr. John Postill RMIT University, Melbourne jrpostill(a)gmail.com To manage your subscription to this mailing list, visit: http://lists.easaonline.org/listinfo.cgi/medianthro-easaonline.org -- Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."

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2013 Stewards Election - candidate submission closes in a week
by Benjamin Chen 19 Jan '13

19 Jan '13

Dear all, I'd like to inform everyone that Steward Election 2013 [1] has now begun. Self-nominations from eligible candidates is open since 15 January. Interested candidates can check their eligibility and procedure to submit the nomination on the guidelines page [2]. We are open to accept candidate submissions till January 28, 2013, 23:59 (UTC). Questions to the candidates can also be posted. Confirmation of existing stewards [3] is scheduled to run concurrently with the election. Please remember, the voting and confirmation discussion have not yet begun and will be not until February 8, 2013, 00:00 (UTC). Voters eligibility is outlined at the guideline page as well. For those who want to help us out with translation, please see our translation portal [4]. Your contribution is really appreciated. If you have any questions or comments about the election and confirmation, feel free to post on the talk page, or the IRC channel #wikimedia-stewards-elections. Lastly, do feel free to forward this email and inform your local community. There is only slightly more than 1 week before candidate submission closes. [1] Election main page: - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/Elections_2013 [2] Guidelines and information: - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/Elections_2013/Guidelines [3] Confirmation: - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2013 [4] Translation portal: - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/Elections_2013/Translation Regards, Benjamin Chen / [[User:Bencmq]] Regards, Benjamin Chen / [[User:Bencmq]]

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[Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedia Foundation named Knight News Challenge winner
by Matthew Roth 19 Jan '13

19 Jan '13

(This press release is also available online at: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_Kn…) Wikimedia Foundation named winner of Knight News Challenge $600,000 in Knight Foundation funding supports innovation across Wikimedia mobile initiatives SAN FRANCISCO, CA - January 17, 2013 - The Wikimedia Foundation was named a winner in the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge for its efforts to expand and improve Wikimedia's mobile projects. The Wikimedia Foundation is enhancing the Wikipedia mobile experience and making it easier to access Wikipedia, particularly for readers in developing countries. As mobile technology is increasingly the primary opportunity for billions of people around the world to access the Internet, the Wikimedia Foundation is working to remove the two biggest hurdles to access free knowledge: cost and accessibility. The News Challenge grant will be utilized in four areas: *Improving the way that users experience our mobile platform on feature phones; *Expanding Wikipedia Zero, which gives mobile users free access to Wikipedia on their phones; *Developing features to improve the mobile experience regardless of how feature-rich the device is, including new ways to access Wikipedia via texting; *Increasing the number of languages that can access Wikipedia on mobile. The Wikimedia Foundation is one of eight mobile projects to receive a total of $2.4 million today through the Knight News Challenge, which accelerates projects with funding and advice from Knight's network of media innovators. A full list is at knightfoundation.org. "Knight Foundation's funding will support us making the mobile version of Wikipedia easier to use, as well as enabling us to expand Wikipedia Zero, our project with mobile operators that lets their customers access Wikipedia for free," said Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. "I'm very happy Knight has chosen to support us; it's an important affirmation of our mobile work." Knight Foundation, the nation’s leading funder of journalism and media innovation, is committed to promoting democracy by supporting informed and engaged communities. Founded by newsmen John S. and James L. Knight, the foundation launched the Knight News Challenge in 2007 to find the next generation of innovations that help communities get the information they need. "Wikipedia has helped define the way that people collaboratively create content. Making the site available to more people across the world will help foster and spread that culture," said John Bracken, director for journalism and media innovation at Knight Foundation. The $600,000 News Challenge grant is for two years and follows a general support grant of $250,000 that Knight Foundation awarded to the Wikimedia Foundation in December 2012. The Wikimedia Foundation and the other winners of the challenge will present their projects via live Web stream at 12:30 p.m. ET/ 10:30 a.m. MT Friday, January 18 at knightfoundation.org/live, from a gathering on the future of mobile at Arizona State University. (Follow #newschallenge on Twitter.) About the Wikimedia Foundation http://wikimediafoundation.org http://blog.wikimedia.org The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix, Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive more than 483 million unique visitors per month, making them the fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, November 2012). Available in 285 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 24 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of roughly 80,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. Press contact Jay Walsh Senior Director, Communications Wikimedia Foundation Tel. +1 415-860-8166 jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org About the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts. The foundation believes that democracy thrives when people and communities are informed and engaged. For more, visit knightfoundation.org or newschallenge.org Press contact Andrew Sherry VP for Communications, Knight Foundation Tel. 305-908-2677 sherry(a)knightfoundation.org (To unsubscribe from Wikimedia Foundation press releases, reply with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.) _______________________________________________ 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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