Wikimediauk-l December 2007

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A personal apology, and some planning information
by Magnus Manske 12 Dec '07

12 Dec '07

On Dec 9, 2007 7:34 PM, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote: > At 09:39 +0000 9/12/07, David Gerard wrote: > > > >(Magnus Manske came down from Cambridge and I found out why > >MediaWiki's written in PHP. See, Nupedia was written in PHP, Magnus > >learnt PHP to patch the code, UseMod was getting limiting so Magnus > >wrote a new wiki script to learn PHP in ... *shudder* Like building a > >skyscraper from Lego and gaffer tape. And now we live in it.) Aahhhh... good ol' times... > And then somebody said - we can use this for Wikimedia Commons! Well, now you're just pulling my leg. Oh wait... Magnus

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Progress on Wikimania 2009 bid
by Gary Kirk 12 Dec '07

12 Dec '07

This morning I spoke to people in Jim Knight, Schools Minister's office about our bid and after a bit of explanation and so on was asked to email them. I would suggest some people take a look at www.governmentfunding.org.uk [1], please post if you are. There may be something we can use there. Cheers, -- Gary Kirk [1] This means I am not doing it and it will not get done unless someone else does it. Kthxbye :)

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Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wikimania 2009 bidding dates
by Gary Kirk 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

Ahem :) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Cary Bass <cbass(a)wikimedia.org> Date: 10 Dec 2007 18:46 Subject: [Foundation-l] Wikimania 2009 bidding dates To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hello all. We have finally formalized the dates for bidding for Wikimania 2009. Bidding officially runs from December 15 to February 3, allowing the prospective bidders a much longer period of time in which to present and polish their bids for Wikimania 2009. The jury will be announced on January 12. Information about Wikimania 2009 can be found at <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2009>. -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator Your continued donations keep Wikipedia running! Support the Wikimedia Foundation today: http://donate.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Phone: 727.231.0101 Fax: 727.258.0207 E-Mail: cbass(a)wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- Gary Kirk

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Quick London meet with Sue Gardner - Wed 5th Dec
by David Gerard 09 Dec '07

09 Dec '07

Sue's in town next week. Wednesday 5th, anyone? What was the pub we went to (near Holborn I think) that didn't suck? (After going to the one that did suck.) Wed 5th afternoon is my works' Christmas party, so expect me to be mostly trashed and sipping Coke and Red Bull. - d. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sue Gardner <sgardner(a)wikimedia.org> Date: 29 Nov 2007 00:22 Subject: Re: I'm coming to London :-) To: David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> Cc: James Forrester <jdforrester(a)gmail.com>, Alison Wheeler <wikimedia(a)alisonwheeler.com>, Arkady Rose <arkady.rose(a)gmail.com> David Gerard wrote: > > > I think a London wikimeet would be quite feasible! Shall I suggest it > to wikimediauk-l? Do we know any pubs that definitely don't suck and > will be open Wednesday evening? We've had a bad record at picking > these so far ... > > (I have my works Christmas party that afternoon. I expect to be half > trashed and sipping Coke.) > > > - d. > Lovely - fun! I am in, just tell me where to be & when :-)

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Fwd: [Icommons] Open Knowledge (OKCon) 2008: LSE, London, 15th March 2008
by David Gerard 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock(a)okfn.org> Date: 7 Dec 2007 23:08 Subject: [Icommons] Open Knowledge (OKCon) 2008: LSE, London, 15th March 2008 To: "icommons(a)lists.ibiblio.org" <icommons(a)lists.ibiblio.org> * OKCon 2008 - 'Open Knowledge: Applications, Tools and Services' * where: London School of Economics, London, UK * when: 15th March 2008 (1030-1830) * www: <http://www.okfn.org/okcon/> * register: <http://www.okfn.org/okcon/register/> * last year: <http://www.okfn.org/okcon/2007/> * wiki: <http://www.okfn.org/wiki/okcon2008/> Following on from the success of our inaugural conference last year, we're pleased to announce that the second Open Knowledge conference (OKCon) will take place on Saturday 15th March 2008. The event will bring together individuals and groups from across the open knowledge spectrum for a day of seminars and workshops around the theme of 'Applications, Tools and Services'. Three main sessions will focus on 'Transport and Environment', 'Visualization and Analysis' and 'Education and Academia'. In addition there will be an 'Open Space' suitable for presentations and demos of general open knowledge related work. The event is open to all but we encourage you to register because space is limited. A small entrance fee is planned to help pay for costs but concessions are available. ### More Information ### 'Open Knowledge' is material that others are free to access, reuse or re-distribute and may be anything from sonnets to statistics, genes to geodata. In recent years we've seen the growth of successful open knowledge projects - from peer reviewed journals to community edited encyclopaedias - but what impact can open licensing have in education, research and commerce? Is sharing the key to scaling? What kinds of business models are available to open knowledge distributors and how is open knowledge applied in different institutional and professional contexts? There now exists a vast amount of open content and data but what kinds of tools are available to analyse and represent this wealth of material? How can we sort, search, store it to maximise its visibility and reusability? We've also witnessed the rise of web-based services -- from social networking sites to online spreadsheet packages. While we have definitions for open software and open knowledge, what is an open service and what kinds of new services can be built using open knowledge? ### Want to give a presentation or demo? Want to help out? ### If you have a presentation, demo or workshop you'd like to give, or would like to help out with OKCon 2008 please either post on the wiki (link above) or let us know by email on info [at] okfn [dot] org. _______________________________________________ Icommons mailing list Icommons(a)lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/icommons -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Wiki Wednesday, 5th December 2007, at NYK Line, Moorgate.
by Andrew Gray 05 Dec '07

05 Dec '07

On 03/12/2007, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote: > >OK. Shall we can the Shakespeare's Head and just go for this? > > > >(Don't forget prebooking!) > > > The Globe is very close, so I guess if you miss the LWW event, you > can coagulate in the pub anyway? Coagulate... what a good pubbish word! > Pre-booking just means adding you name to the list of names at the > bottom of this page: > > http://tinyurl.com/34kpdk > > http://www.eu.socialtext.net/wikiwed/index.cgi?london_wikiwed_5_december_20… > > Sue Gardner is already on the list. I can safely say that trying to log in to edit that was a fight and a half! still, on the list now... (I recognise quite a sprinking of names there. I wonder if we'll end up outweighing the regulars) -- - Andrew Gray andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Wiki Wednesday, 5th December 2007, at NYK Line, Moorgate.
by David Gerard 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

On 02/12/2007, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote: > At 10:46 +0000 2/12/07, Gordon Joly wrote: > >Jimmy Wales has been invited to speak at this month's event. > >http://www.eu.socialtext.net/wikiwed/index.cgi?london_wikiwed_5_december_20… > >http://www.eu.socialtext.net/wikiwed/index.cgi?london > >The event will be hosted by NYK Shipping (thanks to Alek Lotoczko) > >and SocialText will be footing the bill for - pizzas, beer and wine > >(thanks to Ross Mayfield and Ross Hargreaves). The address is NYK > >Line, 17th Floor, CityPoint, 1 Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9NY. > >Nearest Tube is Moorgate. > >We aim for people to arrive around 18:15 for a 19:00 formal start. > >Please make sure you book your name below so a name badge can be > >prepared, and if you have any difficulties on the night you can call > >David Terrar on 07715 159423. > And I am suggesting the same pub afterwards as last time we met at NYK Line: > The Globe, 83 Moorgate, London, EC2M 6SA > http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/59/594/Globe/Moorgate OK. Shall we can the Shakespeare's Head and just go for this? (Don't forget prebooking!) - d.

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London Wiki Wednesday, 5th December 2007, at NYK Line, Moorgate.
by Gordon Joly 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

Jimmy Wales has been invited to speak at this month's event. http://www.eu.socialtext.net/wikiwed/index.cgi?london_wikiwed_5_december_20… http://www.eu.socialtext.net/wikiwed/index.cgi?london The event will be hosted by NYK Shipping (thanks to Alek Lotoczko) and SocialText will be footing the bill for - pizzas, beer and wine (thanks to Ross Mayfield and Ross Hargreaves). The address is NYK Line, 17th Floor, CityPoint, 1 Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9NY. Nearest Tube is Moorgate. We aim for people to arrive around 18:15 for a 19:00 formal start. Please make sure you book your name below so a name badge can be prepared, and if you have any difficulties on the night you can call David Terrar on 07715 159423.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Quick London meet with Sue Gardner - Wed 5th Dec
by Gordon Joly 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

> > >There doesn't seem to be a defined location or the like yet: > >http://www.eu.socialtext.net/wikiwed/index.cgi?london Venue confirmed: NYK Shipping. Sign up required on the webpage (linked from above URI). Gordon -- "Think Feynman"///////// http://pobox.com/~gordo/ gordon.joly(a)pobox.com///

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Quick London meet with Sue Gardner - Wed 5th Dec
by Gordon Joly 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

> > >There doesn't seem to be a defined location or the like yet: > >http://www.eu.socialtext.net/wikiwed/index.cgi?london > >http://londonwikiwed.ning.com/ Did I mention free beer and free pizza? Gordon -- "Think Feynman"///////// http://pobox.com/~gordo/ gordon.joly(a)pobox.com///

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