Wikimediaus-l August 2013

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Your city's events for WP Takes America and WP Loves Libraries?
by Pharos 19 Aug '13

19 Aug '13

Hi Wiki-Americans, You are invited to add your city's events for Wikipedia Takes America in September and Wikipedia Loves Libraries in October/November (or for libraries, really anytime in the Fall is good). With the current publicity period, now is the time to get some attention and gather communities together! Please don't hesitate to add preliminary event planning, it's always better to share a local sense of what is brewing :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_America http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)

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Wiki Takes Creator Wizard on Commons (for Wikipedia Takes America)
by Pharos 16 Aug '13

16 Aug '13

Hi Wiki-Americans, I have been working on a WLM-friendly 'Wiki Takes' creator wizard on Commons, that allows a simple alphanumeric to designate both official WLM goals and other goals to be selected for a real-life photo scavenger hunt event. This kind of tool is potentially useful, in that many cities have only a small number of official monuments (which may already have good photos), and because it simplifies marking even of official monuments for the newbies on a one-day photo hunt. Here is a rough prototype version, currently parked at the rather messy photo hunt project page: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Photo_scavenger_hunts#Event_wizard Perhaps it would make more sense in future to associate the tool with the more specific and developed WLM 'Wiki Takes' project page: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments/Organizing_a… It works through this template, which converts an alphanumeric goal code from a particular 'Wiki Takes' into the official monument id and template (if applicable): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Hunt And this is the default table arrangement of the goal codes, with the goal name before the comma and the monument id (if applicable) after it: http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Photo_scavenger_hunt… I hope to promote the use of this tool for several local United States WLM photo hunts in the 'Wikipedia Takes America' campaign this September: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_America Any thoughts on how to improve this system would be most appreciated! Certainly my tech skills leave much to be desired ;) Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)

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Wiki-Americans August 14 IRC Meeting, & Wiki Loves Monuments / Wikipedia Takes America
by Pharos 14 Aug '13

14 Aug '13

Hi Wiki-Americans, Our next monthly Wikimedia US / WALRUS meeting will be this Wednesday August 14, at 9pm Eastern Time / 6pm Pacific Time. One agenda item of note is the Wiki Loves Monuments / Wikipedia Takes America photography contest(s), set to take place in September. The venue will be the #wikimedia-us channel on IRC, and if you're not familiar with IRC, please just use this easy web client: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=wikimedia-us This is a venue for all Wiki-Americans to share our many diverse experiences in local outreach and coordination, so please add your ideas to the agenda: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS/August_2013 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_America Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)

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Re: [Wikimediaus-l] Naming of pan-US Wikimedia group
by Dominic McDevitt-Parks 14 Aug '13

14 Aug '13

[Changing the subject line since the subject of the thread has shifted.] I think all of these naming discussions over the years have been more annoying than useful. WALRUS has its charm, but is a bit silly and no one denies that. I don't think the "Federation" was any less absurd, however, and I'm not sure the "Coalition" is far behind. The newer names are professional, but seem to tend towards projecting a false sense of formal organizational structure/maturity to achieve that. I don't think we should be too quick to change all the names on things yet again before we've hashed these things out. To be honest, I even missed the change from Federation to Coalition earlier this year, and I'm usually attentive to these things. My opinion is that we should just be clear and descriptive, if we are moving away from adorableness. I would favor "Wikimedia United States" (do we actually know AffCom would dislike that, even if we became a user group, which is trivially easy?), and, if not that, "Wikimedians in the United States" or "United States Wikimedians". Dominic On 14 August 2013 00:52, Kevin Rutherford <ktr101(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > I second Jason, as WALRUS has never really sounded professional in my > opinion, and I know there was talk at Wikimania in 2012 about finding a > name to replace it. Right now, competing names don't help us, and I doubt > most active Wikimedians could describe the function of each group mentioned > below. > > > Kevin Rutherford > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 13, 2013, at 11:13 PM, "Jason Moore" <anotherbelieverwp(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > I lean towards dropping the WALRUS name, and sticking with the more > legitimate-sounding Coalition. > > Jason / Another Believer > > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 8:09 PM, Kirill Lokshin <kirill.lokshin(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> I'm not sure we can really separate the branding that way, since our >> en.wiki activity mostly consists of advertising for off-wiki events. If >> someone from en.wiki shows up at a "WALRUS" event and starts talking to >> someone from meta who believes it to be a "Wikimedia US" event, there's >> still going to be some degree of confusion (and resulting brand dilution). >> >> Personally, I think we're at the point where we need to select a single >> brand and stick with it everywhere, rather than trying to maintain multiple >> competing brands. >> >> Cheers, >> Kirill >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 6:39 PM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I was thinking that we could differentiate the two by developing the >>> 'WALRUS' branding more as a wikiproject-type campaign on enwiki, while >>> reserving the "official unofficial" name of 'Wikimedia United States >>> Coalition' for the more bureaucratic niceties of meta (widespread use of >>> the latter name outside of meta without explicit WMF go-ahead might also be >>> problematic). >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Richard >>> (User:Pharos) >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:13 PM, Kirill Lokshin < >>> kirill.lokshin(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> The template looks good, but shouldn't we be using the same "Wikimedia >>>> United States Coalition" terminology that we use in the meta version of the >>>> template, so as to be consistent? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Kirill >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Following up on Bob's idea of regional "sister cities" cooperation, >>>>> I've grouped together some of the more active cities on the new enwiki >>>>> template, by the Northeast, Midwest, South, and West: >>>>> >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:WALRUS >>>>> >>>>> Maybe it could be a good idea in future to have an on-wiki noticeboard >>>>> for each of these four very rough chunks of the country, just to help with >>>>> regional communication and scheduling of events (and especially as a way to >>>>> reach out to some of the smaller / less active cities, and e.g. help the >>>>> Texans settle on a meetup location). >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Richard >>>>> (User:Pharos) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> (yet!) >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Bob the Wikipedian >>>>>> <bobthewikipedian(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> > But none of those cities have a WALRUS chapter. :P >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Bob >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > On 7/13/2013 11:35 AM, Samuel Klein wrote: >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> Boston is engaged in sibling rivalry and virtual event coordination >>>>>> >> would be natural with the cities of >>>>>> >> Boston and New Boston in NH, NY (an enclave of Red Sox Nation), >>>>>> IN, >>>>>> >> IL, OH, MI, KY, MO, AL, GA, and TX. >>>>>> >> Cambridge in PA, ID, IA, KS, ME, MD, MN, NB, VT, and WI... and NY >>>>>> >> again (enclaves 2 and 3) >>>>>> >> Brighton in CO, OR, and TN (and enclaves 4-6 in NY) >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> That covers about half of the country. >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> SJ >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Bob the Wikipedian >>>>>> >> <bobthewikipedian(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> Actually, we're already doing this in Indiana. Evansville, >>>>>> Bloomington, >>>>>> >>> and >>>>>> >>> Indianapolis are sister cities since we're within several hours >>>>>> of one >>>>>> >>> another. We've been taking turns hosting the annual Wiknic. >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> Bob (Evansville) >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> On 7/12/2013 9:40 AM, Pharos wrote: >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> Perhaps it might be a good idea to connect different local >>>>>> Wikimedian >>>>>> >>> efforts through an informal sister cities / regions program... >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> Think of it: >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> Cascadia and New England! >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> Minnesota and Colorado! >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> LA and Atlanta! >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>> Richard >>>>>> >>> (User:Pharos) >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> >>> Wikimediaus-l mailing list >>>>>> >>> Wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>>>> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> >>> Wikimediaus-l mailing list >>>>>> >>> Wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>>>> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>>>> > Wikimediaus-l mailing list >>>>>> > Wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>>>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 >>>>>> 529 4266 >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Wikimediaus-l mailing list >>>>>> Wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikimediaus-l mailing list >>>>> Wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimediaus-l mailing list >>>> Wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaus-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaus-l mailing list >> Wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaus-l mailing list > Wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaus-l mailing list > Wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l > >

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Wikimedia US sister cities / regions
by Pharos 14 Aug '13

14 Aug '13

Perhaps it might be a good idea to connect different local Wikimedian efforts through an informal sister cities / regions program... Think of it: Cascadia and New England! Minnesota and Colorado! LA and Atlanta! Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)

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