Wikivoyage-l March 2013

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Reflections
by Mattias Sweden 07 Apr '13

07 Apr '13

Hello all, a few reflections from the swedish horizon, after a few days under the WMF umbrella: We have had an influx of serious, logged-in contributors, mainly from Wikipedia in swedish, but also a couple of new stars. That's great! We have also had a number of serious anonymous edits. That's even better! Of course, we have also had our fair share of vandalism, both anonymous as well as logged-in users. That's less nice, but it was expected. So, thanks to all involved, it seems we're all well on our way! Judging by the serious edits we have had on sv:, I have come to realise that two guidelines/policies are crucial to us in this phase of the project, namely "Welcome, Wikipedians" and "How to re-use Wikipedia content". The latter guideline has a correspondence on Wikitravel Shared ( http://wikitravel.org/shared/How_to_re-use_Wikipedia_content), but I do not see any current correspondent on any of the other language versions, except sv:. I checked the language versions (i.e. the ones currently online) and it seems that it:, nl:, pt: and es: lack "Welcome Wikipedians". All language versions except sv: seem to lack "How to re-use Wikipedia content". I'd like to suggest that anyone with lingustical capability, active on the language versions without these two guidelines, translate these guidelines, since it will be of great help to you. On sv:, we also added the aforementioned guidelines to our welcome message, in the hope that it may reduce the amount of explanation needed. It seems to work! All the best from a snowy and cold Sweden, Riggwelter/Mattias

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2 new Wikivoyage language versions
by MF-Warburg 28 Mar '13

28 Mar '13

Dear all, I'm pleased to be able to announce that Wikivoyage Hebrew [1] and Wikivoyage Ukrainian [2] have been opened today and are now open for editing. These are the first Wikivoyage editions that started completely new on Incubator (there were a few pre-existing pages in Wikitravel, which the contributors made use of, but no really developed wikis); and also the first two not in Latin script. [1] https://he.wikivoyage.org [2] https://uk.wikivoyage.org

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Re: [Wikivoyage-l] Wikivoyage-l Digest, Vol 6, Issue 5
by Robert & Catherine McGregor 15 Mar '13

15 Mar '13

Unsubscribe does not work -----Original Message----- From: wikivoyage-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikivoyage-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of wikivoyage-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: March-14-13 10:34 AM To: wikivoyage-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Wikivoyage-l Digest, Vol 6, Issue 5 Send Wikivoyage-l mailing list submissions to wikivoyage-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikivoyage-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to wikivoyage-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at wikivoyage-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Wikivoyage-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Wikivoyage-l Digest, Vol 6, Issue 4 (shroffameen(a)live.com) 2. Re: Wikivoyage-l Digest, Vol 6, Issue 4 (Peter Southwood) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:34:56 +0530 From: shroffameen(a)live.com <shroffameen(a)live.com> To: wikivoyage-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikivoyage-l] Wikivoyage-l Digest, Vol 6, Issue 4 Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP35612612F6AC27218E27593C7EC0(a)phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Thanks a lot to all the people who have replied me ! I would look forward to Learn a lot from me ! Is it possible if you guys can send me the list of your email address so that I can keep in touch ! Thanks & Regards Amin Ud Din Shroff Mail : shroffameen(a)live.com Sent from my HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: wikivoyage-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org To: <wikivoyage-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Wikivoyage-l Digest, Vol 6, Issue 4 Date: Thu, Mar 14, 2013 5:30 pm Send Wikivoyage-l mailing list submissions to wikivoyage-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikivoyage-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to wikivoyage-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at wikivoyage-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Wikivoyage-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Vote of Thanks (Amin Ud Din Shroff) 2. Re: Vote of Thanks (Nkansah Rexford) 3. Re: Vote of Thanks (Sandy Harris) 4. Re: Vote of Thanks (Stefan Fussan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:08:50 +0530 From: Amin Ud Din Shroff <shroffameen(a)live.com> To: <wikivoyage-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [Wikivoyage-l] Vote of Thanks Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP452AB4A2C329DD1424C3343C7E30(a)phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi, All I am so glad for having being added to the mailing list of WikiVoyage. However, I am new to all this stuff, therefore requesting a warm welcome from the other list members. I would also like to request all to guide me and help me on how to use this mailing list and get in touch with the community. Hoping it would be a great start and I am so excited. Expecting a speedy reply from the list members. Thanks & Regards, Amin

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Re: [Wikivoyage-l] Wikivoyage-l Digest, Vol 6, Issue 6
by Robert & Catherine McGregor 15 Mar '13

15 Mar '13

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Re: [Wikivoyage-l] Wikivoyage-l Digest, Vol 6, Issue 4
by Robert & Catherine McGregor 15 Mar '13

15 Mar '13

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Re: [Wikivoyage-l] Wikivoyage-l Digest, Vol 6, Issue 4
by shroffameen＠live.com 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Thanks a lot to all the people who have replied me ! I would look forward to Learn a lot from me ! Is it possible if you guys can send me the list of your email address so that I can keep in touch ! Thanks & Regards Amin Ud Din Shroff Mail : shroffameen(a)live.com Sent from my HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: wikivoyage-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org To: <wikivoyage-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Wikivoyage-l Digest, Vol 6, Issue 4 Date: Thu, Mar 14, 2013 5:30 pm Send Wikivoyage-l mailing list submissions to wikivoyage-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikivoyage-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to wikivoyage-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at wikivoyage-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Wikivoyage-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Vote of Thanks (Amin Ud Din Shroff) 2. Re: Vote of Thanks (Nkansah Rexford) 3. Re: Vote of Thanks (Sandy Harris) 4. Re: Vote of Thanks (Stefan Fussan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:08:50 +0530 From: Amin Ud Din Shroff <shroffameen(a)live.com> To: <wikivoyage-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [Wikivoyage-l] Vote of Thanks Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP452AB4A2C329DD1424C3343C7E30(a)phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi, All I am so glad for having being added to the mailing list of WikiVoyage. However, I am new to all this stuff, therefore requesting a warm welcome from the other list members. I would also like to request all to guide me and help me on how to use this mailing list and get in touch with the community. Hoping it would be a great start and I am so excited. Expecting a speedy reply from the list members. Thanks & Regards, Amin

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Vote of Thanks
by Amin Ud Din Shroff 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Hi, All I am so glad for having being added to the mailing list of WikiVoyage. However, I am new to all this stuff, therefore requesting a warm welcome from the other list members. I would also like to request all to guide me and help me on how to use this mailing list and get in touch with the community. Hoping it would be a great start and I am so excited. Expecting a speedy reply from the list members. Thanks & Regards, Amin

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PageRank anomaly — Google Webmaster Tools
by Peter Barrett Fitzgerald 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

The Google PageRank for English Wikivoyage's Main Page suddenly plummeted from 6 to 0 just recently. It would be great to have Google Webmaster Tools so that we could check for an explanation of what went wrong, and potentially submit a request for reconsideration. My understanding is that we can get these tools by adding Google Analytics to the site (in order to "claim" the site), and can do that by adding a <meta> item to our root URL. Does anyone know who to follow up with to make that happen? I'd be more than happy to take a lead with follow up with Google afterwards, if that role would need filling. Thank you, -Peter

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WikiVoyage Association as a thematic organization
by Bence Damokos 10 Mar '13

10 Mar '13

Dear all, I wanted to update you on behalf of the Affiliations Committee that we are now considering the application of a proposed thematic organisation to support WikiVoyage, the WikiVoyage Association, the erstwhile stewards of the project. You can see the proposal at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikivoyage_Association We would like to invite you to participate in the discussions, express your interest to join the organisation and inform your home communities about this proposal. In particular, we would like to encourage people from around the world to apply for membership to represent the diversity of the Wikivoyagers. We will be monitoring the talk page at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikivoyage_Association to see if there is any new information that might influence the recognition process. If you have any related information you would like to share with the committee privately, please write to <affcom(a)lists.wikimedia.org>. ---- A bit of background: Wikimedia thematic organisations are a new type of movement organisation, that are similar to chapters in supporting the Wikimedia mission through their activities in the real world, but instead of focusing on a given country, they focus on a given topic or theme. For more information please see: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Thematic_Organizations. Usually we send out announcements of new thematic organisation applications roughly in the middle of the recognition process to allow the wider community to express any concerns they might have and to be able to join the organisation when it is founded. This is done in the hope that it will help new organisations reach critical mass earlier and that the wider community is informed about emerging entities in the movement. Next steps in the process include the review of the organization's bylaws, and the finalization of the standard thematic organization agreement, before AffCom will be able to make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees to recognize the thematic organization. Best regards, Bence (Chair, Affiliations Committee)

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Request for help to all Toolserver users: list the tools you want to keep
by Federico Leva (Nemo) 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

Request for help by Wikimedia Deutschland also posted on <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Toolserver#Request_for_help_to_al…>: of relevance for all Wikimedia projects users. -------- Messaggio originale -------- Oggetto: Information on Tool Labs/ Your help needed Data: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 10:26:51 +0000 (UTC) Mittente: Silke Meyer Hello! You are getting this e-mail because you have an active or expired account on the toolserver. As you might know, Wikimedia Foundation is building a cloud-based infrastructure (Labs/Tool Labs) that - in the long run - will be a replacement for the toolserver. Don't worry! The toolserver will be not just be switched off. WMF and WMDE would like to support you as good as possible when it comes to migrating tools. There will be enough time for this process. We will offer different forms of support which you will hear of soon. Right now, Tool Labs is not ready. WMF staff, mainly Marc Pelletier is building it. You might have seen the general list of needed and wanted features [1]. For many of you crucial features are database replication and user databases. Both are upcoming features in the nearer future. Your tools and their dependencies are taken into account to build the new infrastructure. This is why I am asking you for help: Please provide information about your tools! I started an incomplete list at [2] (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Toolserver/List_of_Tools, based on the wiki and jira). Personally I was really impressed about its length and diversity - how cool! Several people said there was so much missing in this list - so please help me to complete it! Here is what I'm asking you to do: * Please check if your tools are on the list (correctly). * Please fill in your software dependencies, data dependencies, use patterns (are they running continously? or webservices? Batch runs? etc.), the license. * If you have not given your software an explicit license, please note that only free software can migrate to Labs. Consider putting your stuff under a free license. * If you have already migrated your bot or tool to Labs and it is in the list, please say so in the last column "status". * If your toolserver account has expired and/or your tool is not active on the toolserver right now, please add it to the second table at the bottom of the page. In the last column write that it is not running currently and if you want to revive it. If you are considering to revive it, please fill in all the details, too, so that your needs will be taken into account. * Please follow the toolserver-announce list for more information to come. Thanks for your help! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me, to ask on toolserver-l and/or on labs-l. Cheers, Silke [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Labs/Toolserver_features_needed_in_… [2] List of Tools: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Silke_WMDE/Documentation/List_of_Tools -- Silke Meyer Systemadministratorin und Projektassistenz Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 260 http://wikimedia.de

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