Hi folks, In late 2010 we asked Jimmy to come by the Wikimedia Foundation offices to tape a series of short messages aimed at Wikipedia/Wikimedia contributors and to Wikipedia fans/users in general. The shoot went quite well, and we're pleased to present these short clips for you to use at your public events, or in any other useful way to help celebrate Wikipedia 10. The clips were produced in a way that they would present best on a screen at an event, welcoming the audience and providing well-wishes for the festivities. We made two versions... The first below is a general 'call to action' video for a broad audience of Wikipedia supporters. This clip may be used in any setting, but is particularly suited for a broad audience of Wikipedia supporters (users, donors, contributors, enthusiasts). We expect this clip to be used by media outlets, bloggers, and for public events where Wikipedia or Wikimedia volunteers may not be present. The second clip is a bit longer, and more of a personal message from Jimmy to the Wikipedia editing community. This is a more suitable clip for events where the majority of attendees are Wikimedia volunteers and know the movement well. Global call to action (public) http://vimeo.com/18034259 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMBbGvG8lpU Wikipedia editors address http://vimeo.com/18057095 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=113J-hP4CQI Both are HD, broadcast quality (720p) and shot with microphone sound. Why vimeo? Because you can easily download the high-resolution version of the files (these should be in QT format) and re-purpose as necessary. You should also be able to re-purpose these files for subtitling, including with open source tools. We've also uploaded the videos to youtube, where subtitles can be built on top of the videos in many languages. We will upload OGV formats on Commons shortly, but those variants may not be ideal resolution for presentation in a big space. I also know there are good open-source subtitling solutions out there, which I welcome others to chime in and speak to. Let me know if there's anything staff at WMF could look into to support the translation/subtitling. If someone is willing to volunteer to translate transcriptions, I'm sure can get them loaded into youtube or place them on Commons. We will post the 'call to action' video on the WMF blog and in a few other spots closer to the event, and it may get distributed to media as well leading up to the anniversary. The 'Wikipedia editors' address should be preserved and still be something special for viewing at the events you host on or around January 15. Looking forward to your thoughts, jay walsh -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 609, @jansonw _______________________________________________ WikiX-l mailing list WikiX-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l

From: aude.wiki(a)gmail.com To: wikix-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 13:51:02 -0500 CC: wikix-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [WikiX-l] Contacting local wikipedians?

We can use the watchlist geonotice. They have worked well for the DC and NYC groups. I really don't think we cache watchlists since users need them up-to-date Also, we can do user talk page invites to people in that category. Just draft an invite message and someone with a bot can deliver. Katie (@aude) PS - Sorry for top post Sent from my iPhone On Jan 4, 2011, at 1:29 PM, Neal McBurnett <neal(a)mcburnett.org> wrote: > I posted this at http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump > but haven't gotten any replies there, so thought I'd try here. > > Contacting local wikipedians > > What are good and appropriate ways to contact local wikipedians? I > guess the watchlist notice > (

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Here is a picture of the contents of the package that arrived in Boulder this afternoon :) http://picasaweb.google.com/nealmcb/Wikipedia10CelebrationGoodies#555961157… Pretty much as described here: http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design/Merchandise though some of the button designs are different. Thanks! Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/ _______________________________________________ WikiX-l mailing list WikiX-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l

Yes, please - share on Commons! :) Thanks for sharing, Neal.

On Jan 7, 2011, at 5:26 PM, Steven Walling wrote: Nice! Thanks for the photos Neal. Mind if upload them to Commons for Category:Wikipedia 10? On Jan 7, 2011, at 5:19 PM, Neal McBurnett wrote: Here is a picture of the contents of the package that arrived in Boulder this afternoon :) http://picasaweb.google.com/nealmcb/Wikipedia10CelebrationGoodies#555961157… Pretty much as described here: http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design/Merchandise though some of the button designs are different. Thanks! Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/ _______________________________________________ WikiX-l mailing list WikiX-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l Steven Walling Fellow at Wikimedia Foundation wikimediafoundation.org _______________________________________________ WikiX-l mailing list WikiX-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 609, @jansonw _______________________________________________ WikiX-l mailing list WikiX-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l

How fun, I guess folks like the idea :) The files are on commons now: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia-10-unboxing.png http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia-10-buttons.png http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia-tshirt-languages.png http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia-10-unboxing-smile.png (I welcome tips on the finer points of Commons. One tip from me: seems like I should have added a newline at the end of the "other information" field of the wizard or something. As it was, I ended up with "==Licensing==" on the end of the last line, where it didn't work.) For what its worth, this was the t-shirt selection we got (50 in all): Globe & Wikipedia in many languages: Blue 2 S 3 M 10 L 4 XL 2 XXL WP 10: Olive Green + yellow writing 11 S 3 M WP 10: Olive Green + green writing 6 L 6 XL 3 XXL Cheers, Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/ _______________________________________________ WikiX-l mailing list WikiX-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l