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Year: 2005 Week:46 Special edition
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An internal news bulletin for the
members of the Wikimedia community.
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== Announcement of Wikizine ==
I am pleased to announce the creation of Wikizine. A new internal news
bulletin for the members of the Wikimedia community.
Wikizine is an weekly publication that will list the news of the Wikimedia
projects of the previous week. It will not be like Quatro that has full
articles. That is not the concept. The ideal Wikizine is short. Every news
listing contains of an one line summary and an url to some place where you
can find more information.
To subscribe go to;
http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/announce-l
== Why ==
I, [[w:nl:gebruiker:Walter]], have found for many years that Wikipedia,
now Wikimedia, has a very serious internall communication problem. There
is to much information and it is highly fragmented between many wiki
pages, mailing lists and other places. Even if you try to read everything
you do not know all wikimedia news.
I have done proposals in the past to attempt to counter this problem but
nothing came from that. Also other attempts like "going-ons" and "Quatro"
do not seem to be a great success.
So I have decided to try to do it myself. Wikizine is an attempt in that
direction. Of it will be an success will be depend for an large part of
the readers and the feedback. I will try to discover all the news that
there is about Wikimedia and report the most relevant news of in Wikizine.
But I will fail to discover all the news. Wikizine needs to receive
reports of things that are going on somewhere in a strange, far away wiki.
Especially from the projects and languages from who you never hear.
== Who should read Wikizine? ==
Everybody who likes to do so may read it off course. But the target
audience is definitely; stewards, ambassadors, bureaucrats and sysops,
members of the board of one of the wikimedia foundations.
It is for the people who are doing the Wiki-management. The focus will be
on the technical aspect. News about changes in the way the wikisotware
works, new functions. Things that are broken. Other Wikimedia news will
also be included but the focus is technical news that has an impact for
the users and readers of the wiki.
The idea and hope is that some of those readers will report back
interesting news from there project and translate/communicate the news in
Wikizine to there own community.
Wikizine is distributed by the mailinglist Announce-l. This list is only
for the postings of Wikizine, not for discussion. So it is very low
traffic. Normally once a week.
http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/announce-l
Please inform your local community about Wikizine and report news to
Wikizine.
wikizine(a)wikipedia.be
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Editor: [[w:nl:gebruiker:Walter]]
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Disclaimer: this message is not an
official publication of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Wikizine makes no guarantee of validity.
On 11/11/05, Jean-Baptiste Soufron <jbsoufron(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Giving out press credentials has nothing to do with trademark law,
> copyright or policy. Most countries regulate the right for organization
> to act as press organizations. For example, the french status of press
> journalists is regulated by a law of 1935, and its conditions are very
> strict.
Yes, I was going to say something along those lines, but I wanted to
find more information about other countries and their specific
legislations. I failed to find any relevant information concerning the
issuing of press credentials in North America for one. Maybe someone
could help out here? Michel Neige perhaps? Others for other countries?
Or is France a stand alone in that situation?
> First, I don't think that wikinews would like to engage its liability by
> issuing false press credentials when they don't have the right to do so.
>
> Second, I don't think that wikinews would like to enrage journalist
> unions that control the issuing of these credentials.
>
> If you want to issue press credentials there are strict steps to follow,
> and they have nothing to do with trademark law or whatever : they depend
> on national press legislations. Press organizations have special
> privileges related to press, but they also have special obligations to
> fulfill, and special liabilities !
>
> As of today, Wikinews is not such a press organization and cannot
> benefit of their privileges !
No, but maybe it could could become one? However, that would probably
require a completely different way of doing it, which would probably
entail the Wikinews community and the Foundation to engage in the
proper recognition process. And where? In the US? Worldwide? There are
millions of questions tied to such a process.
> I can provide more help on this if you are interested.
>
> The French law related to this is pretty much a good example of what is
> needed :
>
> http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/texteconsolide/PCEAA.htm
> http://mapage.noos.fr/odalage/monde/statut.html
>
> for policy-related and historical explanations of the status of
> journalists.
Just to point out, the French law for example explicitely mentions
that to hold "carte de presse", you must derive at least 50% of your
income from writing for the press. Which would make it very hard for
fr wikinewsies to ever have one, I suppose... Hopefully other
legislations are not as compelling.
Delphine
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~notafish
They're calling themselves Wikinews journalists, which is what they
are. It's no different from anyone who has edited Wikipedia calling
themselves a Wikipedian or a Wikipedia editor, which many people do.
Surely it would be only be a violation of the trademarks if it were
being done by people who were not writing at Wikinews?
The community are the ones who approve people - who else would do it?
It certainly wouldn't be feasible for the Board to credential people,
with whom they are not familiar, and especially who are editing in
languages other than English or French. It's up to the organisations
choosing whether or not to accept these "press credentials" to find
out what they mean - and they will see that, like Wikipedia, this is
something that comes from within the community, not something handed
down from some higher authority.
I see this as a means of formally recognising trust within the
community, not so different from administrator access. Should the
Board also be approving who is allowed to give themselves the official
title of "Wikipedia Administrator" or "Wikimedia Steward"? Obviously
not, so why would Wikinewsies need any approval beyond that from their
own community?
I think the Wikinews mailing list would be a more appropriate place to
continue this so as to get input from the people who have created the
accreditation systems.
Angela
On 11/6/05, Daniel Mayer <maveric149(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> Who gave the Wikinews community persmission to give out press credentials to
> its users? This is a major abuse of the Wikinews trademark and could put the
> foundation in legal jeopardy or at least subject it to bad press if one of the
> credentialed users abuse the Wikinews name to gain access they should not be
> granted.
>
> http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Credential_verification
>
> Nobody on that list has the right to use the Wikinews or Wikimedia trademarks
> in a way that would suggest any official status to the passes. Thus those names
> and logos can not be used on the passes without either Foundation or a local
> chapter approval and oversight.
>
> Either the foundation should officially get involved with handing out
> credentials, or the nonsense going on at Wikinews should stop.
*Please circulate widely and apologies for cross-posting*
I hope this will be of interest to you.If you have questions or comments,
please contact Earl Mardle at earl.mardle(a)stockholmchallenge.se or Ulla
Skid��n at ulla.skiden(a)stockholmchallenge.se.
Best,
Yong Liu
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The Stockholm Challenge Award 2006 is open for entries
<http://www.stockholmchallenge.se/news_right.asp?IdNr=150>THE STOCKHOLM
CHALLENGE AWARD 2006 invites excellent ICT projects from all over the world
to compete for the prestigious Challenge trophies. The Challenge is
searching for the best initiatives that accelerate the use of information
technology for the social and economic benefit of citizens and communities.
The objective is to help local entrepreneurs, who work to close the digital
divide, by bringing in research communities, development organisations and
strong corporate initiatives.
THE AWARDS WILL BE HANDED OUT IN SIX CATEGORIES
<http://www.stockholmchallenge.se/show_facts.asp?IdNr=9>in the City Hall -
on May 11, 2006. Special focus will be on projects in countries and regions
with the greatest needs. There will also be an international Challenge
conference in Stockholm on issues related to the role of ICTs in global
development work.
*THE AWARD IS OPEN FOR ENTRIES until December 31st 2005*. The application
form <http://www.stockholmchallenge.se/omtavling_index.html>is easily
accessible on the home page.
The Stockholm Challenge is headquartered at the IT University
<http://www.it-univ.se/?lang=en>- a joint initiative by
KTH<http://www.kth.se/eng/>(The Royal Institute of Technology) and
Stockholm
University <http://www.su.se/english> . It is managed by a consortium that
also includes the City of Stockholm, Ericsson and Sida, the Swedish
International Development Cooperation Agency.
For more information, please contact:
Project Manager
Ulla Skid��n
ulla.skiden(a)stockholmchallenge.se
Telephone: + 46 8 7904469
Cell: +46 70 678 72 82
www.stockholmchallenge.se <http://www.stockholmchallenge.se/>
*Rules for participation in the Stockholm Challenge Award
2006<http://www.stockholmchallenge.se/show_facts.asp?IdNr=3>
*
These are the basic rules for the participation in the Stockholm Challenge
Award. All competing projects must:
1. Include ICT
Illustrate how ICT is used to create new or better traditional services
and/or products, which are beneficial for human and social development.
2. Be implemented
All competing projects must be up and running. They should be
implemented/piloted since no less than three months. The Stockholm Challenge
Award does not accept drafted concepts and ideas only. The jury will only
evaluate and compare projects that can show measurable outcomes and impact.
3. Be linked to and/or supported by an established private or public
organisation.
4. Be verifiable, i.e. able to present credible references.
5. Be free from religious, political or other personal beliefs.
*To be noted:*
*Projects that have won one of the Challenge categories in previous years
cannot enter the competition again.*
*All applications must be in English*
*Evaluation criteria<http://www.stockholmchallenge.se/show_facts.asp?IdNr=4>
*
Innovation, creativity and the convergence of ICT with many different
disciplines are some of the qualities that are looked for in the competing
projects. The jury, a group of international senior experts, base their
evaluation on the following criteria, most of which all Challenge projects
should meet:
*Innovation*
Competing projects should illustrate new and innovative ways of using ICT to
improve the living and economical conditions especially of those with great
needs.
*Convergence*
The addition of ICT as a tool to traditional development work can improve
and widen the scope of the project impact. Projects should show successful
convergences of different disciplines and sectors.
*Inclusion*
It is favourable for the competing projects to show that they bring
individuals, groups and local organisations into larger communities �C
national and global - such as medical, government, educational and cultural
networks, as well business environments.
*Equal Opportunity*
It is important that the initiatives counteract inequality related to the
likes of gender, origin, age, physical and/or mental disabilities.
*Sustainability*
An important factor is sustainability. Not only economic sustainability, i.e.
how long the project will last and bring benefits to its users.
Sustainability also includes the contribution of the project to a
sustainable society and environment at large.
*Opportunities <http://www.stockholmchallenge.se/show_facts.asp?IdNr=2>*
To enter a project in the Stockholm Challenge Award is not only to
participate in a prestigious international ICT competition - it is also a
way to join networks of some of the best ICT entrepreneurs and pioneers in
the world. Testimonials from many of the projects, which have competed in
their respective categories over the years, say that it is the inspiration,
the new ideas, contacts and partners that are the greatest rewards for a
Challenger.
The Stockholm Challenge represents excellent marketing through the exposure
to media, and to private and public organizations that are involved in ICT
work and implementations. It gives promotional opportunities for
entrepreneurs, universities, cities, cities and regions. The Stockholm
Challenge Final Events include a Best Practice Exhibition and a Conference.
It is a meeting place for some the world's most successful IT entrepreneurs.
Winners and finalists of the Stockholm Challenge are global role models for
cities, companies, organisations, schools and others who are involved in
adapting and spreading the use of ICT.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/How_to_use_or_reuse_our_content
If any of you have a bit of time for this, please help
building that page with all the information currently
available accross all our projects, so that a common
page exist which would could make it available on the
Foundation website.
The idea is to make something quite clear, to which we
could point out for any major reuser of our content.
Thanks in advance
Ant
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"Jean-Baptiste Soufron" wrote:
>
> As far as I can say, if we want to avoid any risk of
> misunderstanding, it would be much better to use CC material to
> explain CCBY2.5
The problem I notice (sorry I have not the licence at hand to cite) is that the licence says
that you should state the author in the way was given by the author.
As well as a link to the licence we need to provide the information of how to give the right credit.
>
> But even so, these licenses were not written for being used on such
> content as Wikinews. There will be problems of interpretation and
> application that will require some material on our own to guide
> content reusers.
If this is really the case (is it?) and problems occur then we will better
consider if changing the licence to a different type of licence is better.
> Still, that's not the case yet and we should stick to CC
> explanation material as much as we can.
AnyFile
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----- Original Message -----
From: Amgine <amgine(a)saewyc.net>
Subject: [Wikinews-l] Re: realizing switch to CC-BY
> SonicR wrote:
>
> > After the switch to Creative Commons BY 2.5 license, there was
[...]
> > are, but I think using the US-Version might be correct.
> >
> > Stefan
>
>
> Using CC-by 2.5 does require attribution to Wikinews, or the original
> authors. It requires a link to the license or the full text of the
> license. I'm not entirely sure it must say it is licensed under CC-by
> 2.5, but it probably does.
>
[...]
To mee to is not clear who should be cited as a author. Nowhere on wikinews it is stated tha tis is enought to cite Wikinews as author.
I belive that a full infomration should be given in every page or a link to an explanation page should be give in every page.
MediaWiki:Copyright should be change to include al the information needed or it shoul be changed to include a link to the explanation.
Cheers
AnyFile
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