WikimediaBR-l April 2013

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[Wikimedia Brasil] Crescimento Wikibooks
by Oona Castro 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Salve, salve! Parabéns a todos os envolvidos por essas bandas. O Wikibooks teve um crescimento significativo! http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikibooks/EN/TablesWikipediaPT.htm A média de usuários ativos vinha sendo de entre 9 e 13 mais ou menos - e em fevereiro foi pra 23. Será que divulgamos ou fizemos algo específico para isso acontecer? Raylton, Helder, Argenton, Abdo, Everton, lembram-se de algo específico para isso ter ocorrido? Raylton, como explica? Lições a compartilhar? Vamos ver se mantemos? (as estatísticas são bem atrasadas, sabe dizer se a sensação é de retenção?) Abração Oona

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[Wikimedia Brasil] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Question: How much does administration in Chapters cost the Wikimedia movement?
by Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Hhehehehehe, ai ai, :D ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fae <faewik(a)gmail.com> Date: 19 April 2013 07:14 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Question: How much does administration in Chapters cost the Wikimedia movement? To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> After seeing a few recent facts and figures about Wikimedia Chapters (at the Milan conference), I think that "administration" versus "project" activities is highly varied and may be something like 15% to 40% out of the overall budget. Unfortunately this figure can be a bit hard to work out and (I think) almost impossible to ensure we would be comparing like for like based on current reports. It would make a great top level key performance indicator for our organizations if this could be reported using an agreed standard definition as to what administration means, with such a definition we could even make this an expectation for the public annual financial reports. Hopefully reporting such a ratio could then be a target for improvement and any strategic plans for growth could be accountable against this and other top level performance measures. My rule of thumb would be that "administration" is composed of: * Staff salaries, contractor payments and professional advice fees * Offices and fixed or hired assets used for non-project activity (such as financial reporting, accounts, board meetings) * Expenses for non-project activity I have yet to have a confirmed figure for WMUK, but I would be interested any any current figures for other chapters for comparison/benchmarking and any explanation of the 'norms' we might expect to calculate these. Cheers, Fae -- faewik(a)gmail.com http://j.mp/faewm Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/mfae _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton rodrigo.argenton(a)gmail.com +55 11 979 718 884

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[Wikimedia Brasil] FDE nos próximos dias WikiDay
by Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Opa, o Felipe havia falado do WikiDay no fora do Eixo e a Ana Carolina que é tipo a responsável técnica disto veio falar comigo *quinta e sexta agora vamos fazer um programa na postv sobre a wiki* ** *ensinando o pessoal do Fora do Eixo a mexer pra gente fazer um mutirão de atualização lá nesse fim de semana* ** *aí queria ver com vc duas coisas * ** *eu tenho ainda algumas dúvidas sobre a wiki, e queria saber se tem algum tutorial/manual que eu posso ir seguindo* ** *e tbm se algm da Wiki pode participar do programa.* ** *eu e o Ricardo, da Casa FdE Amz que vamos apresentar* ** *eu vou falar da parte técnica, ensinando a upar conteudo, editar, etc* ** *e o Ricardo vai mediar, puxando alguns convidados para falar na transmissão e lendo os comentários do IRC* A transmissão começa as 20h e a participação pode ser por skype, então quem puder participar, dá um alo pra falar com eles. Abraço. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton rodrigo.argenton(a)gmail.com +55 11 979 718 884

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[Wikimedia Brasil] Fwd: Pad of the education meeting in Milano
by Everton Zanella Alvarenga 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Agora que você estão acordando. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Everton Zanella Alvarenga <tom(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 9:13 AM Subject: Pad of the education meeting in Milano To: Wikimedia Education <education(a)lists.wikimedia.org> http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/eduleadersworkshop It is happening now. 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." -- 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 Brasil] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] FDC Letter of Intent process and schedule for 2013-14
by Everton Zanella Alvarenga 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

More useful than some silly fights we see here. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Patricio Lorente <patricio.lorente(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 9:01 AM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] FDC Letter of Intent process and schedule for 2013-14 To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear friends and colleagues, We want to share with you information about the Letter of Intent process and the FDC schedule for next year (July 2013 - June 2014). As you may remember, the *Letter of Intent (LoI)* is the first step towards applying for funds from the FDC, as discussed in the FDC framework [1]. This was not part of the first year's process, but is meant to be an integral part of the FDC calendar from this next round (Round 1, 2013-14) onwards. *The Letter of Intent asks all entities who intend to apply for Round 1 (or Round 2) to formally state their intention to do so.* In addition, the LoI now asks applying entities to include a notional dollar figure (or local currency figure) in the Letter of Intent. Applying entities will be able to update this amount in their final FDC proposals. The updated Letter of Intent template will be available on the FDC portal [2] by May 1, but the sample is here for reference [3]. With the Letter of Intent, the FDC staff can support applying entities in their proposal process well before the deadline for proposals. We hope this will remove some of the challenges faced by applicants in the first year of the FDC process. The FDC can also plan better with a clear understanding of who intends to apply, and an estimation of the funds requested. The FDC framework originally stated that the deadlines for the LoI were June 1 for Round 1 and November 1 for Round 2. However, we are pushing back the deadline *by one week*, since the community review period was also extended by two weeks. *The LOI deadline will now be June 8 for Round 1, and November 8 for Round 2. * For your reference, here is the updated 2013-2014 Round 1 proposal process schedule: - *Letter of Intent deadline for Round 1: 8 June 2013* - Deadline for WMF Staff to post eligibility: 15 July 2013 - Deadline for entities to meet eligibility requirements: 15 September 2013 - Proposal submission deadline: 1 October 2013 - Community review period: 1 October - 31 October 2013 - Staff assessment deadline: 8 November 2013 - FDC recommendation due: 1 December 2013 - Board decision due: 1 January 2014 The schedule for the 2013-14 Round 2 proposal process: - *Letter of Intent deadline for Round 1: 8 November 2013* - Deadline for WMF Staff to post eligibility: 15 December 2013 - Deadline for entities to meet eligibility requirements: 15 February 2014 - Proposal submission deadline: 1 March 2014 - Community review period: 1 March - 31 March 2014 - Staff assessment deadline: 8 April 2014 - FDC recommendation due: 1 May 2014 - Board decision due: 1 June 2014 It is our hope that the Letter of Intent process will help in planning for both the entities and the FDC, and ensure that the FDC and FDC staff are supporting the applying entities significantly ahead of the proposal deadlines. As always, do not hesitate to let us or the FDC support staff ( FDCsupport(a)wikimedia.org) know if you have any questions or concerns about this important process. Warm regards, Patricio and Jan-Bart (Board representatives to the FDC) [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_… [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Sample_letter_of_intent -- Patricio Lorente Blog: http://www.patriciolorente.com.ar Identi.ca // Twitter: @patriciolorente _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- 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 Brasil] Por que a Wikipedia funciona afinal?
by Raylton P. Sousa 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Nota: Esse trecho abaixo (traduzido porcamente agorinha) é bastante motivador e me faz lembrar do que o movimento "é", e esquecer um pouco do que ele "não é": Durante Wikimania, eu dei uma pequena palestra propondo algumas novas funcionalidades para a Wikipédia. O público, que era formado principalmente de programadores e outros wikipedistas de alto prestigio, imediatamente começou a propor erros na ideia. "Isso não vai causar o problema X?" "Como vai impedir que Y aconteça?" "Você realmente acha que as pessoas vão fazer Z?" Por um tempo eu tentei responder, explicando as formas técnicas para resolver o problema, no entanto depois de alguns rounds, eu finalmente disse: "Chega! Se eu aparecesse aqui há cinco anos e dissesse que eu estava começando uma enciclopédia online, colocando um monte de páginas que qualquer pessoa pode editar, vocês também levantariam mil objeções: Ela vai ficar cheia de vandalismo! O conteúdo não será confiável! Ninguém vai fazer esse trabalho de graça! E vocês estariam certos. Estas eram expectativas completamente razoáveis na época. Mas tem coisa engraçada: Isso funcionou mesmo assim." Na época, eu estava feliz por ter calado a boca deles. Mas depois eu comecei a pensar mais sobre isso. Por que a Wikipedia funciona afinal? Não foi porque seus programadores eram eficientes e o software resolveu todos os problemas. E não era porque as pessoas corriam para colocar regras claras no lugar para evitar o mau comportamento. Sabemos disso porque quando Wikipedia começou não tinha nenhum programador (costumava usar um software wiki de terceiros) e não tinhas regras claras (inclusive aparentemente uma das primeiras regras foi ignorar todas as regras). A razão para a Wikipedia funcionar é a comunidade, um grupo de pessoas que trata o projeto como seu e cuida para torná-lo bem sucedido. As pessoas estão frequentemente tentando vandalizar a Wikipedia, substituindo artigos com texto aleatório. O que não funciona; porque suas edições são desfeitas em poucos minutos, até mesmo segundos. Mas por quê? Não é mágica - é um grupo de pessoas extremamente dedicadas que se sentam em seus computadores observando cada uma das mudanças. Alguns os chamam de "patrulha das mudanças recentes" e hoje eles tem um software especial que faz com que seja mais fácil desfazer as alterações ruins e bloquear usuários maliciosos com alguns cliques. É difícil imaginar alguém se sentir assim sobre Britannica. Há pessoas que amam a enciclopédia, mas nenhum deles apareceu em seus escritórios oferecendo-se para ajudar. É difícil até de imaginar. A maioria das pessoas simplesmente não se sente responsável pelo Britannica, há profissionais para fazer isso (...) By Aaron H. Swartz Who Runs Wikipedia?(trecho): http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/whorunswikipedia

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[Wikimedia Brasil] A Mozilla acaba de apoiar publicamente o Marco Civil da Internet.
by Luca Toledo 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

A Mozilla acaba de apoiar publicamente o Marco Civil da Internet. \o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/ http://t.co/3fxJd0LLum Oi pessoal, essa vale muito espalhar por todos os cantos do ciberespaço. Boralá :) Beijos para todos (com muita saudades) Luca Luca Toledo Cyborg Anthropologist 5561 8621.0508 luca(a)lucatoledo.com skype: luca.toledo @lucatoledo <https://twitter.com/lucatoledo> [image: Linkedin] <http://br.linkedin.com/in/lucatoledo>[image: Twitter]<http://twitter.com/lucatoledo>[image: Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/lucatoledo>[image: Tumblr]<http://lucatoledo.tumblr.com/>

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[Wikimedia Brasil] Fwd: [Wikimedia Kenya] project proposal - Wikipedia Primary School
by Everton Zanella Alvarenga 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Pessoal, acho que pode interessá-los. Principalmente o Rodrigo, Celio e Nevio, que mais trabalharam com projetos Wikimedia nas escolas. Tom ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Iolanda Pensa* Date: Monday, March 25, 2013 Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] project proposal - Wikipedia Primary School To: "The discussion list for the Wikimedia Kenya chapter." < wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org> dear Wikipedians in Kenya, with Tobias Schönwetter and Kelsey Wiens from the University of Cape Town and CC Africa, Isaac Rutenberg from the Strathmore University Centre for IP and IT Law, and another partner from Germany we are currently identifying, we are planning to apply for a project which it would great to link with you. The project is called Wikipedia Primary School and it aims at providing on Wikipedia the information necessary to complete the cycle of primary education in the languages used by the different education systems. Our idea is to focus on Kenya and South Africa with the ERAfrica New Ideas programme (2014-2016). you find below an overall description of the project. The project actually comes from your experience of distributing offline Wikipedia in Kenya and it would be great if some of you would like to contribute to it. Also the Africa Centre is working to organize trainings and activities for wikipedians in residence in Kenya. We don't need an official letter, but simply a letter for the people interested in the project. you can also contact me directly or you can maybe discuss among you if the project is relevant and write together a letter with the names of the people who would like to participate. for the moment i will keep you updated on the project development and invite you to join the activities or to apply for open positions. I think it would be also very precious to document your experience with offline Wikipedia, maybe with some interviews. this could also be a specific activity directed by your group. Maybe also the link with the Strathmore University Centre for IP and IT Law can be useful for further initiatives linked to GLAMs. I also just wrote to OER Africa - Open Educational Resources Africa which is based in Nairobi. what do think? would it be possible to collaborate on this project? please consider that i would be more than pleased to change the project also according to your ideas and proposals. looking forward to hear your impressions and my very best regards iolanda/iopensa -- Iolanda Pensa - via Rabolini, 10 - 20125 Milano - Italia. Tel. +39 335 655 36 33, io(a)pensa.it <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'io(a)pensa.it');> - http://www.iopensa.it - Skype: iopensa. Researcher at SUPSI University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland -------------------------------------- *Wikipedia **Primary School* *Providing on Wikipedia the information necessary to complete the cycle of primary education in the languages used by the different education systems.* A project allowing students, families and teachers to find on Wikipedia the documentation necessary to obtain the primary school qualification in their country, in their language. Wikipedia is meant to be an educational tool and it is currently available online, via mobile phones and offline. Experiences have shown that, once accessible, Wikipedia does not provide information that responds directly to curriculum-based questions. The project relies on Wikipedia as an existing and growing resource, it solves the need for an encyclopaedia capable of responding to curriculum-based questions, and it fosters Wikipedia content, quality and outreach. More specifically the project aims at: 1. Bridging Wikipedia and primary education. This objective implies to move the Wikipedia community towards a focus on primary education, and at the same time to strengthen the capacity of the education ecosystem to contribute to Wikipedia, and in general to open collaborative knowledge. 2. Enriching Wikipedia with new content relevant to primary education. This objective implies an assessment of the articles produced. 3. Fostering the development of translations and new content in different Wikipedia linguistic editions. This objective implies the release of existing educational resources (OER in cc by or cc by-sa), the production of datasets and the involvement of the Wikimedia movement. 4. Verifying and evaluating the use of Wikipedia as a source of information for primary education. This objective implies the involvement of stakeholders and data analysis. *Wikipedia Primary School* contributes to universal primary education and to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG2: Achieve Universal Primary Education). Even if it is scalable and international, the project is conceived primarily to address African countries and languages. Wikipedia is a very peculiar encyclopaedia. It is a living organism made of a wide community with specific policies, clusters and dynamics. Contributing to Wikipedia means to play a fair game, and to respect the way Wikipedia works, its rules and community. To strengthen the capacity of Wikipedia to respond directly to curriculum-based questions, the project does not simply transfer content from national schoolbooks into Wikipedia. The methodology is centred around research and fieldwork activities. Research activities focus on monitoring Wikipedia in different linguistic editions; understanding the different national education systems and identifying which are the content capable of responding to curriculum-based questions; involving a scientific committee in contributing to the project; establishing and managing a Wikipedia Scientific Journal, a peer-reviewed scientific publication in Creative Commons attributions share-alike license, designed to involve scholars and to assess Wikipedia articles, in collaboration with other scientific journals and by fostering synergies between scientific knowledge and Wikipedia and open access; producing datasets to generate stub articles on Wikipedia in all linguistic editions; uploading content, in particular OER Open Educational Resources already available and images and texts provided with an open license compatible with Wikipedia; supporting territorial development with tutors and with upload capacities (in particular for countries with low connectivity); monitoring and evaluating the project. Fieldwork activities focus on testing and enhancing the use of Wikipedia in primary school and it is developed in collaboration with the stakeholders already working in education. They provide training, in particular training for Wikipedians in residence; they organise Wikipedia events, in particular Wiki Loves Monuments; they allow networking with institutions and governments to facilitate the release of content with open licenses; they tutor institutions and people; they develop pilot projects in schools and in collaboration with NGOs working in education; they establish hotspots where needed; and they facilitate the distribution of Wikipedia offline in countries where relevant. *What we do not do* *Wikipedia Primary School* is a scalable and international project with a specific goal: it responds to a real need, it relies on existing networks and resources, and it is structured to allow people and institutions to contribute to it. The very nature of the project is meant to produce a broad impact. If the project *Wikipedia Primary School* is successful, it can be developed in the future by producing content for other cycle of education. 1. We do not break Wikipedia rules. The project respects Wikipedia pillars and the opinions of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia communities. 2. We do not believe the project substitutes in any way the essential role of people and institutions working in education. We want to contribute in a specific way to the work many people and institutions are already implementing and we believe only a collaborative approach can really allow the project to be effective and relevant. 3. We do not produce a selection of Wikipedia articles. We want people to access and benefit from the whole Wikipedia. 4. We do not address students, teachers and families only. Contributing to Wikipedia is meant to provide better knowledge for everyone everywhere. 5. We do not work for governments and ministries of education. The project is meant to be independent. It selects articles to be based on national educational systems, but it does not implement on Wikipedia governments’ strategies or requests. 6. We do not provide offline access to Wikipedia over online access. We consider online access to Wikipedia a priority and the best way to access Wikipedia, because it allows to contribute to it. 7. We do not consider Wikipedia a schoolbook. Wikipedia is not a schoolbook and it can not substitute teachers and educators and other appropriate educational resources. 8. We do not simplify Wikipedia articles. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia and it requires a certain level of literacy in order to access it. We do not want to adapt Wikipedia to primary school level; we want to include topics and content relevant for primary education. 9. We do not make content available for Wikipedia only. Using Creative Commons as part of the project methodology allows contents to be available beyond Wikipedia. 10. We do not promote Wikipedia as a stable and passive resource. We consider essential that people who use Wikipedia understand what Wikipedia is. To understand it, the only appropriate way is to contribute to it and being part of it. 11. We do not provide Wikipedia as it is. The project aims at fostering a joint effort to improve Wikipedia and to assess its quality. 12. We do not centralise all the activities. The project can only reach its goal and produce high quality content and impact, if people and institutions can adapt them to their context, vision and work. *What practically we want to do* 1) Involving governments in releasing dataset about public administrations (to contribute to Wikidata and produce stub articles; at the moment only Botswana is fully documented) 2) Asking OER open educational resources to be released in cc by or cc by-sa (and not cc by-sa-nc-nd). 3) Asking other institutions working in education to contribute to OER. 4) Assessing Wikipedia articles by creating a Wikipedia Scientific Journal. the idea is to assess wikipedia articles with the involvement of academic peer-revierwes. this is specifically necessary for content related to Africa because it needs to acknowledge the last 60 years of postcolonial studies (which at the moment they are not well represented on Wikipedia). the Wikipedia Scientific Journal is established in partnerships with existing scientific journals; the peer-reviewers of those scientific journals review the articles (existing ones and new ones) and we can make calls for papers. those call for papers can address existing Wikipedia authors but also scholars (who can add those publications to their cv since they ae peer-reviewed and made in collaborations with scientific journals). it is not a direct way of working on Wikipedia but i think it is the most relevant on the long run. Once articles are peer-reviewed they can be translated and they can be rewritten in specific ways. At the same time also articles from Vikidia can be a source. 5) Establishing a scientific committee who defines which articles contribute to primary education and they overview and evaluate the project. the scientific committee is also a communication tool which makes sure stakeholders are involved. 6) Fostering communication and community building among the different Wikipedia/Wikimedia clusters (project pages on Wikipedia, different projects, different wikipedia linguistic editions, wikimedia chapters, project such as wiki loves monuments which helps to understand what wikipedia is and to start contributing) 7) Monitoring what happens with data analysis. The project Wikipedia Primary School and all its documentation is under Creative Commons attribution share alike license. Iolanda Pensa drafted the project in 2012. At the moment WikiAfrica Cameroon<http://www.orange.com/en/news/2012/novembre/WikiAfrica-sharing-knowledge-in…> promoted by doual'art <http://www.doualart.org/> with the support of Orange Foundation <http://www.fondationorange.com/?lang=en> is implementing a pilot project around Wikipedia and primary school (2012-2013).The WikiAfrica Primary School Feasibility Study has been developed in 2012 with the support of volunteers and lettera27 Foundation<http://www.lettera27.org/> to evaluate the possible synergies between Wikipedia and primary school with a focus on the linguistic editions of Wikipedia and their use in primary education in Africa, current Wikimedia projects, OER-Open Educational Resources <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Open_educational_resources> and case studies on the primary schools systems and current relevant projects in the field of education in Italy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Education_in_Italy> , Cameroon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Education_in_Cameroon> and South Africa <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Education_in_South_Africa>. The Africa Centre based in Cape Town is currently developing trainings in Africa for Wikipedians in residence. SUPSI University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland and University of Cape Town, in collaboration with Wikimedia Switzerland and the Africa Centre based in Cape Town have applied in March 2013 for a Swiss South African research project related to Wikipedia Primary School within the SSAJRP programme. -- 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 Brasil] STIS Seminários Teóricos Interdisciplinares do Semiotec
by Marco Aureliopc 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

STIS Seminários Teóricos Interdisciplinares do Semiotec Carla Coscarelli (UFMG) e Fátima Conti (UFPA)<http://www.lingtec.org/stis/index.php/15-stis-2013/43-carla-coscarelli-ufmg…> *Conferência dupla STIS ABRIL 2013 * *Dia 19 de abril das 14 às 15:30, na Sala de Conferências do STIS<http://stis.lingtec.org/salaConferencias/> * *Leitura em tempos digitais* (Carla Coscarelli/UFMG)*Software Livre e o ensino de Informática* (Fátima Conti/UFPA) Maiores informações: http://stis.lingtec.org

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[Wikimedia Brasil] Derrubando as paredes de texto: Como criar uma experiência mais rica nas wikis Wikimedia.
by Raylton P. Sousa 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/04/08/breaking-through-walls-of-text-richer…

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