Two quick notes:
- Edit this Wiki: A reminder that the community is invited to help
write the last chapter of The Wikipedia Story, details below
- Final podcasts from Wikimania 2008 are now posted to
WikipediaWeekly.org, descriptions below
-Andrew (User:Fuzheado)
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"The Wikipedia Story" wiki invites Wikimedia community members to
help write the "next chapter" for Wikipedia. The result will appear
in the hardback book "The Wikipedia Story: How a bunch of nobodies
created the world's greatest encyclopedia" a nonfiction work which
will be released in January 2009 by Hyperion in the US.
Many already know I have been writing this book for over a year, after
being a community member for over five years, attending three
Wikimanias and conducting countless interviews with Wikipedians around
the world.
I'm inviting the community to collaboratively write the
last chapter as a demonstration of what the Wikipedians
can do. Details can be found here:
Link:
http://wikipediastory.com/wiki/Main_Page
Recent changes:
http://is.gd/16B2
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Wikipedia Weekly podcasts available:
Episode 58: Wikimania 2008, Jimbo and Reflections
http://wikipediaweekly.org/2008/07/28/episode-58-wikimania-2008-jimbo-refle…
A two part episode:
1. Interview with Jimmy Wales, from the Windsor Palace hotel
2. Final Day-after - Reflections from a van, from Alexandria to Cairo
- Memorable moments
- Wiki-research-L mailing list revival
- Next year in Argentina
- Wikipedia Academy, for newbies
Commentators:
* Phoebe Ayers
* James Forrester
* Austin Hair
* Andrew Lih
* Liam Wyatt
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Podcast episodes coming soon:
- Sue Gardner, WMF
- Egyptian organizers of Wikimania 2008
- Patricio Lorente on Wikimania 2009
- Diplopedia
- Kaltura
- Javanese Wikipedia