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Wikimania 2009: Call for Participation
by Casey Brown 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

Apologies in advanced for the cross-posting. :-) Please circulate this call among Wikimedia communities, researchers and other people that may be interested! This call is also online at http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call_for_Participation == Call for Participation == Wikimania is an annual global event devoted to Wikimedia projects around the globe (including Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wiktionary, Wikiversity, Wikiquote, Wikispecies, and Wikimedia Commons). The conference is a community gathering, giving the editors and users of Wikimedia projects an opportunity to meet each other, exchange ideas, report on research and projects, and collaborate on the future of the projects. The conference is open to the public, and is a chance for educators, researchers, programmers and free culture activists who are interested in the Wikimedia projects to learn more and share ideas about the Wikimedia projects. This year's conference will be held from '''August 26-28''' in Buenos Aires, Argentina at '''San Martín Cultural Center'''. For more information, please visit the official Wikimania 2009 site at http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org. We are accepting submissions for presentations, workshops, panels, posters, open space discussions, and artistic works related to the Wikimedia projects or free content topics in general. Please carefully follow the submission guidelines below. === Important dates === * '''Submissions will open on:''' March 1 * '''Deadline for submitting workshop, panel, and presentation submissions:''' April 15 * '''Deadline for submitting posters, open space discussions, and artistic works:''' April 30 * '''Notification of acceptance of workshops, panels, presentations:''' May 15 * '''Notification of acceptance of posters, discussions, and artistic works:''' May 31 * '''Conference dates:''' August 26-28 === Themes and tracks === There are two tracks for submission: the '''Casual Track''', for members of wiki communities and interested observers to share their own experiences and thoughts and to present new ideas; and the '''Academic Track''', for research based on the methods of scientific studies exploring the social, content or technical aspects of Wikipedia, the other Wikimedia projects, or other massively collaborative works, as well as open and free content creation and community dynamics more generally. Submissions to either track should address one or more of the following themes: * '''"Wikimedia Communities,"''' including the topics of conflict resolution and community dynamics; reputation and identity; multi-lingualism and languages and cultures. * '''"Free Knowledge,"''' including open access to information; ways to gather and distribute free knowledge, use of the Wikimedia projects in education, journalism, research; ways to improve content quality and usability. * '''"Latin American challenges,"''' centering on efforts and limitations for expanding the reach of Wikimedia projects in Latin America; promotion of projects in Native American languages; specific problems of the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking Wikimedia communities. * '''"Technical infrastructure,"''' including issues related to MediaWiki development and extensions; Wikimedia's technical infrastructure; and new ideas for development. Papers should be of interest to members of the Wikimedia communities, and fit within one of the themes above. === Types of Submissions === We are seeking submissions for: * '''Presentations''' (10–30 minute talks with discussion afterwards) :* This type of submission is appropriate for presenting substantial research or community projects * '''Workshops''' (60–120 minute session with a discussion leader and more audience involvement) :* This type of submission is appropriate for sessions designed to teach a specific subject or explore it in depth * '''Panels''' (group of 2-5 speakers to discuss aspects of a topic with audience questions, 45-90 minute sessions) :* This type of submission is appropriate for discussions on a topic of wide interest among community members, with several participants who may be presenting their work. For less formal discussions of limited interest, consider an open space discussion instead. * '''Open space discussions''' (informal discussion on a specific topic; the discussion leader helps moderate the conversation but the session is open to anyone interested to join in) :* This type of submission is good for a topic that several participants want to discuss or brainstorm about in an informal setting * '''Posters''' (printed visual displays that can stand on their own, with no associated presentation) :* This type of submission is good for presenting research in progress, or smaller community projects * '''Artistic works''' (plays, competitions, comedy, visualizations, displays or other representations of some aspect of the projects) :* This type of submission is good for showing creativity or showcasing beautiful work about the projects. In addition there will be the chance to give lightning talks, which are 5-minute short presentations. Lightning talk sessions will be organized on the Wikimania 2009 wiki shortly before the conference begins, without any need to submit them via the submission system. These talks are best for those who want to quickly present an idea or project without giving a formal presentation. These are informal talks that are open to everyone to participate in. === Submission Guidelines === Wikimania is organized by volunteers, so please help us minimize wasted effort by submitting via the submission system and following these guidelines. All submissions MUST include the following: # '''Event title:''' an English or Spanish title. # '''Abstract:''' a short English or Spanish abstract of your event in 50 to 100 words. The abstract will be used for the public schedule. # '''Themes and track:''' list the track you wish to submit to (Casual or Academic) and the single theme you think your submission fits in best (Wikimedia Communities, Free Knowledge, Latin American challenges, Technical infrastructure). Note that posters and artistic works have their own track in the submission system. # '''Information about the speaker:''' full name, email, and a short biography. # '''Submission file:''' A plain text, PDF or OpenDocument file, in English or Spanish, containing: #* '''A long description of the submission''', in English or Spanish that can be used for reviewing, not to exceed 1000 words. Please give an overview of the areas to be covered or taught. State clearly the relevance to the Wikimedia projects and whether submission concerns a specific wiki project. You can also include links, Include graphics an diagrams if they do not exceed one page. #* '''Event type:''' please state if the event is a presentation, workshop, panel, open space discussion, poster, or artistic work; if a presentation or panel, whether the presentation is expected to be a certain length. #* '''For panel submissions only:''' name of a suggested moderator and short biographies of each suggested panelist #* '''Language:''' list the language you plan to present in. The conference will be bilingual in English and Spanish. #* '''Special requirements:''' list any special requirements, including any equipment. In the "Comments for conference director" field you should tell us whether you will attend to Wikimania (a) surely, (b) probably, (c) only if your submission is accepted, or (d) only if we provide travel and/or accommodation. You can also add yourself to the public list of attendees at the Wikimania 2009 wiki: http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Attendees Please note that all submissions must be dual licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License version 1.2 or later ''and'' the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 3.0! By submitting for Wikimania 2009 you agree to this condition. ===Submissions=== Once you are sure you have included all of the required information, please send your submission before the respective deadline through our '''submission system''': http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submission If you have further questions, email wikimania-program(a)wikimedia.org (in English or Spanish).

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www.wikiquote.org portal update
by Nemo_bis 25 Dec '08

25 Dec '08

See [[m:Talk:Www.wikiquote.org_template#Update|talk]], please. Thanks, Nemo

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Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wikiquote: to be, or not to be
by Aphaia 08 Sep '08

08 Sep '08

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Vandenberg <jayvdb(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:59 PM Subject: [Foundation-l] Wikiquote: to be, or not to be To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> There is a discussion on Meta to disband Wikiquote, or at least consider the problems it faces and how to move forward. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metapub/On_disbanding_Wikiquote So far it is mostly people who have doubts about its utility, so broader participation is desirable. I appreciate that this is not going to be a pleasant discussion for regular contributors to Wikiquote, but I see it as a worthwhile discussion, even if it only to re-affirm the community support for having a quote project now that the encyclopedia and library project are rapidly encroaching on its territory. -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- KIZU Naoko http://d.hatena.ne.jp/Britty (in Japanese) Quote of the Day (English): http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/WQ:QOTD

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Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wikimania 2008 podcasts
by Aphaia 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Just FYI: ---------- Forwarded messages ---------- From: Andrew Lih <andrew.lih(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:49 AM Subject: [Foundation-l] Wikimania 2008 podcasts To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> To the community: Even if you can't make it to Wikimania 2008 in Alexandria, Wikipedia Weekly has two updates from Wikimania. You can listen to the podcasts as MP3 or OGG audio in the browser via links below, or subscribe via iTunes for Mac/Windows: http://ur1.ca/03e There are also video streams at http://webcast.bibalex.org -Andrew (User:Fuzheado) ----- Episode 53: The Day Before Wikimania Liam Wyatt and Andrew Lih, attending Wikimania, finally make it to Alexandria, Egypt. They talk about the environment of the city, the new library, meeting Wikipedians before the hectic conference starts. http://wikipediaweekly.org/2008/07/16/wikipedia-weekly-53-the-day-before-wi… ----- Episode 54: Wikimania 2008, Day 1 Roundup Andrew Lih and Liam Wyatt summarize the day's events, including the morning keynote by the head of the Alexandria Library, the afternoon talk by Jimmy Wales and the Wikimedia Foundation board panel (moderated by Andrew Lih and James Forrester). Sessions about surveys, lightning talks, writing statistics and community collaboration. And thanks to Geoff Burling at http://wikip.blogspot.com for text summarizing our previous episode! http://wikipediaweekly.org/2008/07/18/episode-54-wikimania-2008-day-1-round… ----------------------- On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Andrew Lih <andrew.lih(a)gmail.com> wrote: > And thanks to Geoff Burling at http://wikip.blogspot.com for text > summarizing our previous episode! > > http://wikipediaweekly.org/2008/07/18/episode-54-wikimania-2008-day-1-round… Correction: it was Ben Yates who did the summary. Apologies! -- KIZU Naoko http://d.hatena.ne.jp/Britty (in Japanese) Quote of the Day (English): http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/WQ:QOTD

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de.wikiquote deletions
by Nemo 12 May '08

12 May '08

de.wikiquote has deleted over 1300 articles in past two or three months. Why? Nemo_bis

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Wikimania 2008: Registration opened
by Casey Brown 04 May '08

04 May '08

With less than three months to go until the fourth annual Wikimania conference, registration has finally opened and will remain so until the 15th of June. This year Wikimania starts with the a promise to "Change the Shape of Wisdom" as it is hosted by Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the reincarnation of the ancient Library of Alexandria, one of pillars of this Earth when Philosophy and Wisdom are bought into question. In Alexandria, from the 17th to the 19th of July, ideas will be shared and discussed between people from all over the globe, once again igniting the golden cosmopolitan age of the city. As always, the conference will take place over 4 different tracks, with a variety of speakers: Keynote, invited, and other. The conference tracks this year are: * Wikimedia Communities - Interesting projects and particularities within the communities; policy creation within individual projects; conflict resolution and community dynamics; reputation and identity; multilingualism, languages and cultures; social studies. * Free Knowledge - Open access to information; ways to gather and distribute free knowledge, usage of the Wikimedia projects in education, journalism, research; ways to improve content quality and usability; copyright laws and other legal areas that interfere with Wikimedia projects. Free Content in Middle-East/Africa countries. * Technical infrastructure - Issues related to MediaWiki development and extensions; Wikimedia hardware layout; new ideas for development (including usable case studies from other wikis or similar projects). * Scientific track - Papers submitted to the scientific track were peer reviewed by scientific standards and accepted or rejected based on these reviews. The papers will be published in proceedings afterwards. Based on the number and the quality of the submission, a journal special issue may be pursued This year the conference is taking an interesting direction that hopes to enlighten third world and Middle Eastern countries about the new digital realm that is continuously expanding and evolving; as such, along with many well reputed figures, an emphasis has been put on bringing in Arab speakers. Speakers include Ahmed N. Tantawy, the Technical Director of IBM in the Middle East; Eliane Metni, the founding director of the International Education Association; Tim Spalding, the founder and lead developer of LibraryThing; Eric M. Johnson, the team leader for the Knowledge Management Action Team at the U.S. Department of State; and Usama Fayyad, Yahoo!'s executive vice president of Research & Strategic Data Solutions. Take part on one of the most important IT events of the year. Check the registration prices online. <http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration> While these prices do not include accommodation, the local team has taken the effort to make all sorts of housing opportunities available, starting from dorms up to luxury hotel rooms. Check these when your registering. You will also be pleased to know that transportation is available to and from Cairo International Airport in the 2 days before and after the conference. And what is a gathering without fun? Tours and parties are being planned out for the participants of the event. After all Alexandria is cultural city that brims with hospitality and the main idea of the event is to provide a gathering place. Hope to see you there! The Wikimania Local Team ---- Please forward this message along to whomever you think will be interested! (Sorry if you've already this e-mail more than once!) -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost.

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Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Blog is live
by Casey Brown 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jay Walsh <jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 8:56 PM Subject: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Blog is live To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi all, We are pleased to notify you that today we flipped the switch on the Wikimedia Foundation's official blog! Wikimedia Blog can be found at http://blog.wikimedia.org Some background info: this will be a space for WMF staff to post news and information about the work we're engaged in. We'll also bring in guest contributors, board members etc to post. Comments are pre-moderated for the time being, and we're hoping for lots of civility. Comments will be moderated by several volunteer moderators and staff as necessary. We have some basic posting guidelines (generally short, fairly simple english, conversational etc) so we can keep it reader friendly and useful. We expect a wide audience - media, public, users, you name it! And we'll work hard to keep it interesting - and regular (hopefully posts every other business day). Always welcome your views, and your understanding about our work-in-progress :) Hope you enjoy! Looking forward to hearing your views. Thanks, -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 609 _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost.

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Dario de Judicibus
by Matthieu André 13 Mar '08

13 Mar '08

Hello, I am writing you this mail to make you aware of a possible usurpation and auto-biography on several Wikiquotes (French, English, Italian and possibly more?) The page in question is [[Dario de Judicibus]], you can see several discussions about it : * http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Pages_%C3%A0_supprimer/Dario_de… AfD page, where the author reacted to the allegations in English) * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Dario_de_Judic… AfD page, similar discussion to the French one) * http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pagine_da_cancellare/Dario_de_Judici… AfD page, vote closed) Currently, the outcome on the French Wikipedia and Wikiquote is strongly leaning towards the deletion of the articles, however, the pages were conserved on the Italian projects. So please consider the question, throw a vote or something if your wikiquote has this page! chtit_draco <http://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/User:Chtit_draco>

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Projet interwikis
by Pierre Beaudouin 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

Je viens de voir sur le site du Ministère des affaires étrangères les trois anniversaires suivants : * Henri Becquerel, physicien, 100e anniversaire de sa mort * Olivier Messiaen, compositeur, 100e anniversaire de sa naissance * Émile Durkheim, sociologue, 150e anniversaire de sa naissance Ces personnes peuvent intéresser Wikipédia, Wikisource (pas pour Olivier Messiaen), Wikimedia Commons et Wikiquote. Il y a matière à faire un projet inter-wikis. Y-a-t-il des gens intéressés ? -- Pierre

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Fwd: Wikimania 2008: Call for Participation
by Casey Brown 03 Feb '08

03 Feb '08

Please spread the word to all those who are interested and on to your local Village pumps. :-) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Casey Brown <cbrown1023.ml(a)gmail.com> Date: Feb 2, 2008 9:15 AM Subject: Wikimania 2008: Call for Participation To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, English Wikipedia <wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Program committee list <wikimania-program(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Please circulate this call among Wikimedia communities, researchers and other people that may be interested! This call is also online at http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call_for_Participation == Wikimania 2008: Call for Participation == [[w:Wikimania|Wikimania]] is an annual global event devoted to [[foundation:Main Page|Wikimedia]] projects around the globe (including [[w:Main page|Wikipedia]], [[:w:b:en:Main page|Wikibooks]], [[:w:s:en:Main page|Wikisource]], [[:en:n:Main page|Wikinews]], [[:w:wikt:en:Main page|Wiktionary]], [[:w:v:en:Main page|Wikiversity]], [[:m:q:en:Main page|Wikiquote]], [[:species:Main page|Wikispecies]], and [[:commons:Main page|Wikimedia Commons]]) and for its editors and users to gather, meet each other, exchange ideas, and report on research and projects. It is a community event, which is also open to the public and to researchers. This year's conference will be held from '''July 17-19, 2008''' in [[w:Alexandria|Alexandria]], [[w:Egypt|Egypt]] at the new Library of Alexandria ([[w:Bibliotheca Alexandrina|Bibliotheca Alexandrina]]). For more information, please visit the Wikimania 2008 Home page at http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org We are accepting submissions for presentations, workshops, panels, posters, open spaces, and artistic artifacts. Please carefully follow the submission guidelines below. Submissions can be sent via the following link: :https://wikimedia.pentabarf.org/submission/wikimania2008 === Important dates === * 1 February – 16 March : Submission * 17 March – 30 April : Review, feedback and notification of acceptance * 17 – 19 July 2007 : '''Wikimania''' === Conference Tracks === Submissions should address one or more of the following themes: ; Wikimedia Communities : Interesting projects and particularities within the communities; policy creation within individual projects; conflict resolution and community dynamics; reputation and identity; multi-lingualism, languages and cultures; social studies. We explicitly invite you to discuss your local Wikimedia project's community. ; Free Knowledge : Open access to information; ways to gather and distribute free knowledge, usage of the Wikimedia projects in education, journalism, research; ways to improve content quality and usability; copyright laws and other legal areas that interfere with Wikimedia projects. Free Content in the Middle-East/Africa. ; Technical infrastructure : Issues related to MediaWiki development and extensions; Wikimedia's technical infrastructure; new ideas for development (including case studies from other wikis or similar projects). ; Scientific track : Papers about massively collaborative work, open and free content creation, community dynamics, the social or economic aspects of the Wikimedia projects, and other topics related to Wikimedia projects. Papers submitted to the scientific track will be peer reviewed by a reviewing committee regarding their novelty, rigour, and estimated impact, and accepted or rejected based on these reviews. The papers will be published in proceedings afterwards, and depending on the number and the quality of the submissions, a journal special issue may be pursued. Scientific track papers must be in English, and must not exceed 7,500 words (or 15 pages LNCS). Your topic must be related either to the Wikimedia projects and their communities, or to the creation of free content in general. === Types of Submissions === We are seeking submissions for * presentations (10–30 minute talks with discussion afterwards) * workshops (60–120 minute session with more involvement of the audience) * panels (group of 2-5 speakers to discuss on a specific subject) * posters (printed presentations or visual displays that can stand on their own) * artistic artifacts (plays, competitions, comedy, visualizations, or other representations of some aspect of the projects) In addition there will the possibility to give [[lightning talks]] (5 minute short presentations). These will be organized on the Wikimania 2008 wiki without need to submit via the submission system. === Submission Guidelines === Wikimania is organized by volunteers, so please help us minimize wasted effort by submitting via the [[submission]] system and following these guidelines. All submissions MUST explicitly include the following: # an English "Event title" # a short English "Abstract" of your event in 50 to 100 words. The abstract will be used for the public schedule. # the "Track" your submission fits in best (Wikimedia Communities, Free Knowledge, Technical infrastructure, or Scientific) # the "Event type" (presentation, workshop, panel, poster, artistic...) # information about the speaker (full name, email, a short description of at least 2 sentences...) # for submissions to the scientific track: set "Submission of paper for proceedings" to "yes" and upload a paper instead of the "Description" below as "Attachment". Papers must be in English, and must not exceed 7,500 words. In addition you can add some more information like a a subtitle of the event, an image (will be resized to 128x128px) and private "Submission notes" for reviewers and conference organisation. In particular you should give: * a more detailed "Description" of your event in English or Arabic. The description is essential for review: please give an overview of the areas to be covered or taught. The better you describe your submission, the more likely it will get accepted. State clearly the relevance to the Wikimedia projects and whether submission concerns a specific wiki project. You can also include links. The description will later be used for the public schedule but you can edit it before. * special requirements (such as equipment for a workshop or panel) if needed * the language used for presentation * whether you want to submit a paper for proceedings * whether you want to submit presentation slides * whether the presentation is intended to be a specific length * the target audience you are going to reach and what previous knowledge is needed * images or sketches of the poster or artistic artifact if available * for panel submissions a suggested moderator and short biographies of each suggested panelist In the "Submission notes" you should tell us whether you will attend to Wikimania (a) surely, (b) probably, (c) only if your submission is accepted, or (d) only if we provide travel and/or accommodation. You can also add yourself to the public list of attendees at the Wikimania 2008 wiki: http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Attendees Please note that all submissions must be dual licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License version 1.2 or later ''and'' the Creative Commons Attribution License! By submitting for Wikimania 2008 you agree to this condition. For more information see the submission guidelines at http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submission ===Submissions=== Once you are sure you have included all of the required information, please send your submission before the respective deadline through our '''submission system''': :https://wikimedia.pentabarf.org/submission == See also == * About the venue: http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Venue * Brainstorming page for program ideas: http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_ideas * Editable list of attendees: http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Attendees -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost.

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