Re: [Wikitext-l] filming the hackathon for experts AND newbies: Washington, DC, USA July 10-11

-- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation On 06/25/2012 01:31 AM, Oren Bochman wrote: > Hi > > I have learned from one of the organizers of Wikimania that they are not > planning to film the Hackathon sessions. Furthermore, it was suggested that > the WMF orgenisers take care of this issue if though consider it a high > priority! > > I fear that not putting these materials online will be a major setback for > the developer community. I, and other refer to these lectures throughout the > year. They also contain much information not available online. > > Also some of the recent coverage from Berlin - is of rather dubious quality. > (Not the lecture - the video coverage) I have reviewed the lua lectures many > time while I converting them into a MediaWiki Lua tutorial (currently hosted > on meta within the scope of a larger educational project). I can say that > in this case there is about 5 to 10 times more (MediaWiki) specific > materials in the lecture than there is online elsewhere but that it > difficult to understand due to sound issues. > > I hope this matter can be resolved in time for the sake of the numerous > volunteer developers who will not be able to attend this event. > > Thanks! > > Oren Bochman > Mediawiki Lead of Search > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wikitext-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org > [mailto:wikitext-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Sumana > Harihareswara > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 6:51 AM > To: labs-l@lists.wikimedia.org; analytics@lists.wikimedia.org; > toolserver-l@lists.wikimedia.org; MediaWiki announcements and site admin > list; mediawiki-api@lists.wikimedia.org; Wikitext-l; > wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org; events@lists.openhatch.org; (Public) > People co-organizing OpenHatch+Wikimiedia outreach > Subject: Re: [Wikitext-l] Upcoming hackathon for experts AND newbies: > Washington, DC, USA July 10-11 > > On 06/19/2012 03:41 AM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: >> This is a reminder that you're invited to the pre-Wikimania hackathon, >> 10-11 July in Washington, DC, USA: >> >> https://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon >> >> In order to come, you have to register for the Wikimania conference: >> >> https://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration >> >> (Unfortunately, the period for requesting scholarships is now over.) >> >> At the hackathon, we'll have trainings and projects for novices, and >> we welcome creators of all Wikimedia technologies -- MediaWiki, >> gadgets, bots, mobile apps, you name it -- to hack on stuff together >> and teach each other. >> >> Hope to see you! > > Actually, you don't have to register for Wikimania to come to the hackathon. > The registration fee is only required for the main conference days; everyone > is welcome to come to the hackathon days and unconference for free. So tell > your DC friends to sign up at > https://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon and come! > > -- > Sumana Harihareswara > Engineering Community Manager > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitext-l mailing list > Wikitext-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitext-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitext-l mailing list > Wikitext-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitext-l