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Re: [Wikisource-l] [Wmcon15] Re: Wikisource UG report on the WMCON15
by David Cuenca Tudela 30 May '15

30 May '15

Dear Asaf and Juan Bautista, Thanks a lot for your comments, I am glad to have some feedback on these ideas that were discussed during the WMCON. They are not entirely mine, they just popped up while discussing the topic and I think they might be interesting to explore them. TBH, I think they need more discussion in person and see if there are any takers. It is a big responsibility to start leading projects, specially now that the (human) interfaces are not that clear. If the Wikisource conference does happen in the end, it will be the perfect to advance on these discussions and start experimenting with organizational structures. Better to experiment at little scale first and learn from it than to expect global change without testing it first on the local level first. Cheers, Micru On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 7:30 AM Juan Bautista H. Alegre < johnny.alegre(a)wikimedia.org.ph> wrote: > I'm all for this. > > Juan Bautista Alegre > Wikimedia Philippines > > > — > Sent from Mailbox <https://www.dropbox.com/mailbox> > > On Saturday May 30, 2015 at 1:08 PM, Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org>, > wrote: > > Thank you for sharing this. I could not attend that session, and this > was an interesting read. I would be happy to advise on some of the > proposed ideas if there are people interested in leading them. > > A. > > On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 2:04 AM, David Cuenca Tudela <dacuetu(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Dear all, >> >> I have written a short piece on the WMCON and some interesting aspects >> about the organizational future of User Groups. >> >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ew8cVJhqqenGUAVVaTQqkisyPyd1tSX-zbVfi-U… >> >> Cheers, >> Micru >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikisource-l mailing list >> Wikisource-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >> >> > > > -- > Asaf Bartov > Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share > in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > https://donate.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wmcon15_wikimedia.de mailing list > wmcon15(a)wikimedia.de > https://ml06.ispgateway.de/mailman/listinfo/wmcon15_wikimedia.de >

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Wikisource UG report on the WMCON15
by David Cuenca Tudela 30 May '15

30 May '15

Dear all, I have written a short piece on the WMCON and some interesting aspects about the organizational future of User Groups. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ew8cVJhqqenGUAVVaTQqkisyPyd1tSX-zbVfi-U… Cheers, Micru

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Bibliohack Day in Italy
by Andrea Zanni 29 May '15

29 May '15

Hello everyone, I just wanted to signal the in Italy there'll be a HackDay dedicated to libraries, in Milan, on June 26th. Hackers will be computer science students from the local University, and there will be a prize. I will participate both as Wikimedia and as MLOL (the digital library system I work for), but I wanted to propose a challenge for the day for the hackers to tackle. My idea is fairly simple: improve our (already amazing) EPUB generator. [1] In Italy we use it a lot (look at the stats [2]) but often our books are not valid EPUBs, and my idea is that if we manage to generate validate EPUBs all the time, that would be very useful for everyone. For example, at MLOL we have a brand-new app that reads EPUB on mobile. We have more than 3000 Wikisource books directly indexed in MLOL, so the user just needs a click for importing the EPUB in the app (it will be generated on the fly, if we do not produce cache files [4]). An amazing thing is that the app, for example, has a feature for people whohave low vision or are dyslexic. In the end, the challenge I want to propose is to solve some issues [4] of the tool, and make the EPUBs valid. Do you have other issues? Another proposed challenge? Preferred issues? If you help me, this is free software development for all Wikisources :-D Aubrey [1] http://wsexport.wmflabs.org/tool/book.php [2] http://wsexport.wmflabs.org/tool/stat.php [3] https://github.com/wsexport/tool [4] https://github.com/wsexport/tool/issues/38

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WMCON insights, WS user group renewal, and international Wikisource conference
by David Cuenca Tudela 26 May '15

26 May '15

One week ago there was the Wikimedia conference in Berlin: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015 Representing Wikisource there was me, Aubrey, and other users from different Wikisource language versions. There was a small meeting to discuss Wikisource and possible future activities. (group picture: [1]) One of the possible activities for this year could be to organize an international meeting just for wikisourcers. Would be anybody interested in participating/organizing? Additionally I contacted WM Austria and they said that they would discuss providing operational support. The focus could be in mentoring interested users in how to kickstart their wikisource and how to use advanced tools. There is interest in growing the localized versions of wikisource but not enough people capable to mentor interested users. So there should be workshops to train new users how to use our basic tools, and how to admin a language instance. And also AffCom asked us to submit last year report, so here it is: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_Community_User_Group/2014_Report Hopefully you are excited about all what has done so far and all the great things that can be done this year! Cheers, Micru [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikisource_user_group_meet-up.JPG

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Voting open for Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections 2015
by Gregory Varnum 17 May '15

17 May '15

Greetings, Voting has begun for eligible voters in the 2015 elections for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Questions and discussion with the candidates for the Board will continue during the voting. The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is the ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered in the United States. The Wikimedia Foundation manages many diverse projects such as Wikipedia and Commons. If you would like a translated ballot, you can change your language for Meta-Wiki on the Universal Language Selector or in your Preferences before clicking the 'jump to next wiki' button on SecurePoll. You may also click the vote banner from your home wiki or select your preferred language from the language box above the ballot. The voting phase lasts from 00:00 UTC May 17 to 23:59 UTC May 31. To vote: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/vote/339 More information on the candidates and the elections can be found on the 2015 Board election page on Meta-Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/Board_electi… On behalf of the Elections Committee, -Gregory Varnum (User:Varnent) Volunteer Coordinator, 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee Translations of this message: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/MassMes…

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Italian Wikisource in the (digital) library
by Andrea Zanni 05 May '15

05 May '15

Hello everyone. I'm happy to tell you that, right now, the Italian Wikisource has been indexed by MediaLibrary Online, a digital library platform used by over 4000 libraries in Italy: http://www.medialibrary.it/media/ricerca.aspx?seltip=310&selarg=-1&keywords… As an employee of MediaLibrary Online, I worked in these months to get all the metadata and index the texts. A bit of perspective * All the texts have been either proofread or validated. They are not all whole books: we indexed the texts directly in namespace 0 (and not in the Index: namespace), in order to provide the user a better search experience and findability. This, in our opinion, is very important: we used the MediaWiki API to retrieve all the data, and some HTML scraping for the rest :-) * We link directly the EPUB generated by the awesome tool from Tpt, but also to the page in Wikisource. * We automatically generated the EPUB covers for every text which didn't have one. Ex: http://www.medialibrary.it/media/scheda.aspx?id=850275912 MediaLibraryOnline is a digital platform that provide Italian libraries with the possibility of lend digital resource, as ebook or audiobooks. It's not just "a portal on the Internet", but a service used and managed by single libraries for their uses. It also has an "Open" collection, freely accessible and downloadable for everyone (and not only the patrons of the libraries which have access to MediaLibrary). I've been hired few months ago to develop such collection, and this is a major milestone for us (and for me :-). I'm expecially excited by the fact that now Wikisource ebooks "enter" in the collection of libraries, and often in their very catalog. I think it is a very good step forward for our project, and I'm eager to replicate this project with other Wikisources as well :-) If needed, I can explain some details. Cheers, Aubrey

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Voting has begun in 2015 FDC elections
by Gregory Varnum 04 May '15

04 May '15

Greetings, Voting has begun <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/vote/336> for eligible voters <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015#Require…> in the 2015 elections for the *Funds Dissemination Committee <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>* (FDC) and *FDC Ombudsperson <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>*. Questions and discussion with the candidates for the *Funds Dissemination Committee <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>* (FDC) and *FDC Ombudsperson <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>* will continue during the voting. Nominations for the *Board of Trustees <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>* will be accepted until 23:59 UTC May 5. The *Funds Dissemination Committee <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemi…>* (FDC) makes recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia movement funds to eligible entities. There are five positions on the committee being filled. The *FDC Ombudsperson <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemi…>* receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process, investigates complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Boa…>, and summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on an annual basis. One position is being filled. The voting phase lasts from 00:00 UTC May 3 to 23:59 UTC May 10. *Click here to vote <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/vote/336>.* Questions and discussion with the candidates will continue during that time. *Click here to ask the FDC candidates a question <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>. Click here to ask the FDC Ombudsperson candidates a question <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>.* More information on the candidates and the elections can be found on the 2015 FDC election page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>, the 2015 FDC Ombudsperson election page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>, and the 2015 Board election page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…> on Meta-Wiki. On behalf of the Elections Committee, -Gregory Varnum (User:Varnent <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Varnent> ) Volunteer Coordinator, 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…> *Translations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…> of this email are available.*

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Nominations being accepted for 2015 Wikimedia Foundation elections
by Gregory Varnum 21 Apr '15

21 Apr '15

Greetings, I am pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections. This year the Board and the FDC Staff are looking for a diverse set of candidates from regions and projects that are traditionally under-represented on the board and in the movement as well as candidates with experience in technology, product or finance. To this end they have published letters <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Call_fo…> describing what they think is needed and, recognizing that those who know the community the best are the community themselves, the election committee is accepting nominations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015#Informa…> for community members you think should run and will reach out to those nominated to provide them with information about the job and the election process. This year, elections are being held for the following roles: *Board of Trustees* The Board of Trustees is the decision-making body that is ultimately responsible for the long term sustainability of the Foundation, so we value wide input into its selection. There are three positions being filled. More information about this role can be found at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Board_e…. *Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC)* The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) makes recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia movement funds to eligible entities. There are five positions being filled. More information about this role can be found at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/FDC_ele… . *Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) Ombud* The FDC Ombud receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process, investigates complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees, and summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on an annual basis. One position is being filled. More information about this role can be found at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/FDC_Omb… . The candidacy submission phase lasts from 00:00 UTC April 20 to 23:59 UTC May 5 for the Board and from 00:00 UTCApril 20 to 23:59 UTC April 30 for the FDC and FDC Ombudsperson. This year, we are accepting both self-nominations and nominations of others. More information on this election and the nomination process can be found at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015. Please feel free to post a note about the election on your project's village pump. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the talk page on Meta, or sent to the election committee's mailing list, board-elections(a)wikimedia.org On behalf of the Elections Committee, -Gregory Varnum (User:Varnent) Coordinator, 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee

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Wsexport
by Andrea Zanni 14 Apr '15

14 Apr '15

Hello everyone. I'm having trouble using the WSexport tool: it is very slow, and some longer books are not even converted. Is it working for you? BTW, I was wondering if it is possible to use a sort of cache in the tool, that generate a new book only if a page has been modified since the last last download... Not sure how difficult it is. Aubrey

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Do you still need scripts to extract djvu?
by Amir Ladsgroup 07 Apr '15

07 Apr '15

Hey, we are working on porting old scripts of pywikibot (formerly pywikipedia) to the new framework of pywikibot (pywikibot-core). One of the scripts is djvutext.py but we are told that since Proofread extension exists. Wikisource bot operators doesn't need something like this anymore. A disunion in phabricator <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T66853> is going on. I appreciate if you participate. Best

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