Hello everyone,
Something that we've spoken about before is creating a list of suggested jobs for people with varying amounts of time. It's about offering ways for people to help our open knowledge mission in as little as a couple of minutes, right the way through to having a couple of hours or days to spare. With some help, I've added some early suggestions to the volunteer jobs https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Volunteer_jobs page, so you can see what I mean. Any and all suggestions welcome please!
Thanks and regards,
Stevie
PS have a good weekend :)
Like this:
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/help-wikipedia-wikimedia-commons-transcribe-text...
? On Oct 31, 2014 4:51 PM, "Stevie Benton" stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Hello everyone,
Something that we've spoken about before is creating a list of suggested jobs for people with varying amounts of time. It's about offering ways for people to help our open knowledge mission in as little as a couple of minutes, right the way through to having a couple of hours or days to spare. With some help, I've added some early suggestions to the volunteer jobs https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Volunteer_jobs page, so you can see what I mean. Any and all suggestions welcome please!
Thanks and regards,
Stevie
PS have a good weekend :)
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I just added that Andy :-) Along with some other bits (wikidata game, etc.) – hope that’s the intention, certainly like the idea of having bits of easy to step into editing somewhere.
Simon
From: wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Andy Mabbett Sent: 31 October 2014 17:11 To: UK Wikimedia mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Suggesting tasks for people with free time
Like this:
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/help-wikipedia-wikimedia-commons-transcribe-text...
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On Oct 31, 2014 4:51 PM, "Stevie Benton" stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Hello everyone,
Something that we've spoken about before is creating a list of suggested jobs for people with varying amounts of time. It's about offering ways for people to help our open knowledge mission in as little as a couple of minutes, right the way through to having a couple of hours or days to spare. With some help, I've added some early suggestions to the https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Volunteer_jobs volunteer jobs page, so you can see what I mean. Any and all suggestions welcome please!
Thanks and regards,
Stevie
PS have a good weekend :)
Much as I find it difficult to report this, my Windows phone takes images of text and when they arrive at live.com (OneDrive) they have been OCR'ed. The quality is very high (above 90% of the characters are correct).
Gordo
Just to follow up on what I said about Windows Mobile 8 (on phones). The OCR capability is built into the phone, and when the image arrives on live.com, the text is there (for a quick check, copy and paste). So the text of blue plaques, headstones, memorials, foundation stones, etc can be quickly added to such images.
Gordo (plenty of free time on my hands)
On 31/10/14 17:10, Andy Mabbett wrote:
Like this:
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/help-wikipedia-wikimedia-commons-transcribe-text...
?
On Oct 31, 2014 4:51 PM, "Stevie Benton" <stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk mailto:stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Hello everyone, Something that we've spoken about before is creating a list of suggested jobs for people with varying amounts of time. It's about offering ways for people to help our open knowledge mission in as little as a couple of minutes, right the way through to having a couple of hours or days to spare. With some help, I've added some early suggestions to the volunteer jobs <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Volunteer_jobs> page, so you can see what I mean. Any and all suggestions welcome please! Thanks and regards, Stevie PS have a good weekend :) -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 <tel:%2B44%20%280%29%2020%207065%200993> / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 <tel:%2B44%20%280%29%207803%20505%20173> @StevieBenton 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.* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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