I'd like to invite all WALRUS participants to the new 'Wikimedia Chat'
platform that we premiered during the Wiknic on Sunday.
Here is a shortcut that will give you the token to create an account -
http://chat.wiknic.org
Note that this platform is still in beta, but we already have a #Wiknic
channel, and hopefully its use can grow in future :)
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Join us tomorrow evening, fellow Wiki-Americans -
We'll meet for a pan-USA Wikimedia local activists chat on Wednesday (Aug
19) at 6:00 PM Pacific / 9:00 PM Eastern.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82047314522
This meeting, held on a Wednesday instead of our usual Monday, we will
focus on follow-up for the recent Great American Wiknic and on the
Transition Strategy process for the Wikimedia movement, which is ending its
comment period.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BLy_QfCyQc
Agenda anyone can edit:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS/August_19,_2020
We usually only meet once a month, but we're doubling up in the current
crisis to bring people together, mutually support and strategize during
this time of isolation!
One tap mobile
+16468769923,,82047314522# US (New York)
+13017158592,,82047314522# US (Germantown)
Dial by your location
+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
Meeting ID: 820 4731 4522
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdz5XBkBcc
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Hi Wiki-Americans,
I've added some ideas for the virtual Wiknic here, for Sunday August 16::
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiknic
*Community history of the Great American Wiknic
*A cultural exploration of picnics, knowledge and society
*Food and cooking demonstrations, share your own local specialties
*Introduction to regional Wikimedia chapters and usergroups
*Breakout sessions for different regions and cities
*Call in from from a local park or natural site and share it on the video
stream
*Pub-style quiz
And here is the proposal for the centralnotice banner, if you'd like to
chime in there:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CentralNotice/Request/Virtual_Great_America…
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Join us in just 6 hours, fellow Wiki-Americans -
We'll meet for a pan-USA Wikimedia local activists chat tonight (Aug 3) at
6:00 PM Pacific / 9:00 PM Eastern.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82554759777
This meeting, we will focus on planning a virtual wiki-picnic / Great
American Wiknic livestreamed from everywhere (possible date: Aug 16), as
well as more ambitious ideas for future online conferences!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiknic
We usually only meet once a month, but we're doubling up in the current
crisis to bring people together, mutually support and strategize during
this time of isolation!
One tap mobile
+16468769923,,82554759777# US (New York)
+13126266799,,82554759777# US (Chicago)
Dial by your location
+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)
Meeting ID: 825 5475 9777
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcILnu952f
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
This is starting now..
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 12:50 PM
Subject: Wikimania 2005 Flashback livestream in 2 hours
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
An oral history and discussion of the world of Wikimedia from 2005 to the
present, seen through the lens of the annual Wikimania conference. A
roundtable of panelists engage in a live video discussion (using YouTube,
Facebook, Twitter, Twitch). The audience is invited to share their views
and experiences.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkybZMOLY1E
Wikimania 2020 was scheduled for August 5 to coincide with the 15th
anniversary of the first Wikimania, but it had to be postponed til next
year due to Covid. Since we can't be together in person, we'll spend the
first episode of this series discussing the very first Wikimania, held in
2005 in Frankfurt, Germany, and the entire year of 2005 in Wikimedia and
wikis. This was the first international conference of the Wikimedia
movement and the first time many participants had met another Wikipedian.
It was held in a youth hostel (Haus der Jugend) in Frankfurt, and we spent
much of the week outside in the hostel's beer garden. What else was going
on in the world of Wikipedia and wikis in 2005? Attendees and organizers of
Wikimania 2005 will talk about this momentous early event, how it shaped
Wikimedia going forward, and what Wikipedia and Wikimedia was like in 2005,
in the context of the wider world.
A project of the Wikipedia Weekly Network, part of the countdown to the
20th anniversary of Wikipedia (January 15, 2021):
https://yearbyyear.wiki20.org
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
For anyone feeling Wikimania-stalgia this Sunday...
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: phoebe ayers <phoebe.ayers(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 4:47 PM
Subject: [Wikimania-l] This Sunday, 19UTC: Wikimania 2005 Wikipedia Weekly
episode
To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) <
wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dearest Wikimaniacs,
I've found myself this week catching myself at various times feeling
melancholy. Yes, there's a lot (a lot) of stuff going on the world and it's
been a very, very hard year. But there's one particular thing that I've
been thinking about this week, which is - this was supposed to be Wikimania
week, starting in a few days.
If the pandemic hadn't happened, I (and perhaps you) would be on our way to
Bangkok soon, to celebrate the 16th Wikimania. We'd be connecting in person
about all the things our movement does, online and off. We'd be making new
friends and renewing old friendships and getting rejuvenated once again for
the work we do.
I miss you all terribly, and I also want to celebrate that we've had 15 --
and counting -- amazing, life-changing movement-wide conferences, held all
around the world.
Andrew, Richard and I are starting a new podcast series to celebrate
Wikimania and our history, called "Wikipedia: year by year". We'll be
chatting with invited guests to discuss the world of Wikimedia each year,
seen through the lens of Wikimania. We're starting with Wikimania 2005, of
course -- the very first Wikimania, held this week (well, August 4th) in
2005 in Frankfurt, Germany.
Tune in this Sunday, 19:00 UTC (3PM EST) to listen to us and some special
guests talk about that Wikimania, why it was so cool, and what the world of
Wikimedia was like in 2005. Send us questions and comments on social media,
add your own experiences to the etherpad, and watch live (or watch the
stream afterwards).
Info on tuning in:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Weekly_Network/Year_by_Year
etherpad for comments & story-telling, before or during the episode:
https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Wikipedia_Year_by_Year__2005
And regardless of whether this year would have been your 16th Wikimania,
your first Wikimania, or you weren't going to attend in person: let's
remember and celebrate the strength and the joy of our movement in any way
we can. Let's celebrate the late nights and the dance parties and the
multilingualism and the hacking and... staying up to make just one more
edit.
I miss you!
Phoebe
p.s. our hope is to not stop with 2005, but go through all of the years,
building towards the 20th anniversary of Wikipedia on Jan 15, 2021. Help us
build out the series and ideas for episodes (and guest suggestions) on
meta!
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