If my scholarship is granted , I shall be their.
Jayanta Nath
Bengali Wikisource
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Aleksey Chalabyan <xelgen.am(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Hi David,
If I'll make it to Wikimania I'll definetly join the meetup.
Also, I've submitted proposal for Tutorial-style presentation, mainly
targeted for those relatively new to Wikisource.
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/From_paper_book_to_a_d…
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 2:42 PM, David Cuenca <dacuetu(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
> Hi,
>
> this year the Wikimania will be in* London* and it will be a great
> opportunity to have a *Wikisource community meet-up* there. I
> requested a room for* Aug 9th* (Saturday), who would be coming?
>
> During the wmcon I learnt that it is possible to apply for funds to
> the GAC to bring selected members from strategically-targeted language
> communities (Diversity), or someone who wants to learn about how to
> revitalize their wikisource (Community building) or learn how to start
> projects (Outreach). It could also be someone from an external organization
> we want to partner with. As always there must be a very strong motivation
> to do things and it has to yield results, since travels are expensive. Are
> there suggestions about who should we try to bring?
>
> Additionally this year there are several Wikisource-related
> submissions, so we could also "package" the ones that get accepted into a
> brouchure to promote Wikisource and the related talks. Some that have been
> identified:
>
*DIY-Scanner<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Open_hardware_and_Open_Source_for_Open_Content:_GLAM,_the_DIY_Book_Scanner_community_and_Wikimedia_digitalize_public_domain_books._Case_study_from_Argentina>:
> to learn how it was done and evaluate if we can replicate the project
> internationally
> *Wikisource technical
infrastructure<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wiki…do>:
> to see what has been done and the discussion about the technical
> developments
> *Wikisource
panel<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Panel:_Wikiso…ta>:
> general discussion, workflow and metadata handling
> *Gujarati
Wikisource<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Gujarati…ce>:
> to learn about how a small community overcame the initial challenges
> *Malayalam Digitization
Contest<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Malayalam_W…st>:
> the Wikisource
contest<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/11/21/wikisource-proofreading-co…
becoming global, good time to discuss lessons learnt and how to make it
> grow further.
>
> Feel free to vote them if you find them interesting!
>
> Cheers,
> Micru
>
>
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