Hi friends,
I just wanted to give everyone an update on what's been accomplished here at the Wikimedia Foundation so far and what we've got in store for the near future. We've got roughly two months until the 15th is here. With that deadline rapidly approaching, I want to really step up our efforts here at the WMF to help local events happen.
Just to restate it: our goal is to help make the tenth anniversary a memorable one for Wikimedia editors/readers/donors wherever you are. To that effect, we've launched ten.wikipedia.org in the last couple days. Many of you probably saw the pages on Outreach wiki that have since been migrated. Thanks to the editors who stepped up to help wiki-garden so far.
We've tried to structure the wiki to make it clear what it's for. Here's some more detail on what I want to include:
1. A list of all the events that will happen. Lots of organizing work is happening on other wikis and off-wiki, such as through Facebook events. That's great, and of course we want that to continue. But having a single list of what's happening is immensely useful for organizers, attendees, and the press.
2. On-wiki activities for reflecting on our anniversary and conveying the magnitude of our first decade of work. There is a list of preliminary ideas on the [[Share]] and [[Ideas]] pages.
3. Providing a space to gather resources for organizers, including a basic press kit and a set of anniversary designs put together by Jay Walsh and David Peters, whose work you will recognize from the 2009 Annual Report. The designs will all be uploaded to Commons shortly and will be in a gallery on the anniversary wiki. I'm really excited about this part of what's been prepared, since it's ideal for the customization and localization that needs to happen.
These designs are yours to run wild with, and some of them will be incorporated into products (t-shirts, buttons, stickers etc.) that will be provided to event organizers that want them. All we need to give you these materials is a basic set of event details and contact information, all of which can go on your event page. If it's unclear on the wiki what we're asking for, then that's my fault, so please let me know.
4. A place to document everything that goes on. Encouraging taking photos, video, and making written records of what everyone is up to in their celebrations is essential (and it's fun, at least to me). Media should probably go on Commons, as is standard procedure, but I'd love to see everything aggregated into the event pages on the wiki. Sharing the cool things that you're doing will be both a gift to other Wikimedians who can't be there, and will create a permanent record of our first double-digit anniversary.
If you have any questions, either about the wiki or however else the Foundation can support you in planning, I'm your best point of contact. I'll also be posting more regular updates to this list.
Thanks for reading,
I have a question:
That wiki will be page versions in other languages? Because I can't found any pages in other language than English.
If the answer is "yes", we should open a translation queue in translationwiki or meta and made a request in Translators-I ML. _____ Béria Lima (Beh)
2010/11/12 Steven Walling swalling@wikimedia.org
Hi friends,
I just wanted to give everyone an update on what's been accomplished here at the Wikimedia Foundation so far and what we've got in store for the near future. We've got roughly two months until the 15th is here. With that deadline rapidly approaching, I want to really step up our efforts here at the WMF to help local events happen.
Just to restate it: our goal is to help make the tenth anniversary a memorable one for Wikimedia editors/readers/donors wherever you are. To that effect, we've launched ten.wikipedia.org in the last couple days. Many of you probably saw the pages on Outreach wiki that have since been migrated. Thanks to the editors who stepped up to help wiki-garden so far.
We've tried to structure the wiki to make it clear what it's for. Here's some more detail on what I want to include:
- A list of all the events that will happen. Lots of organizing work is
happening on other wikis and off-wiki, such as through Facebook events. That's great, and of course we want that to continue. But having a single list of what's happening is immensely useful for organizers, attendees, and the press.
- On-wiki activities for reflecting on our anniversary and conveying the
magnitude of our first decade of work. There is a list of preliminary ideas on the [[Share]] and [[Ideas]] pages.
- Providing a space to gather resources for organizers, including a basic
press kit and a set of anniversary designs put together by Jay Walsh and David Peters, whose work you will recognize from the 2009 Annual Report. The designs will all be uploaded to Commons shortly and will be in a gallery on the anniversary wiki. I'm really excited about this part of what's been prepared, since it's ideal for the customization and localization that needs to happen.
These designs are yours to run wild with, and some of them will be incorporated into products (t-shirts, buttons, stickers etc.) that will be provided to event organizers that want them. All we need to give you these materials is a basic set of event details and contact information, all of which can go on your event page. If it's unclear on the wiki what we're asking for, then that's my fault, so please let me know.
- A place to document everything that goes on. Encouraging taking photos,
video, and making written records of what everyone is up to in their celebrations is essential (and it's fun, at least to me). Media should probably go on Commons, as is standard procedure, but I'd love to see everything aggregated into the event pages on the wiki. Sharing the cool things that you're doing will be both a gift to other Wikimedians who can't be there, and will create a permanent record of our first double-digit anniversary.
If you have any questions, either about the wiki or however else the Foundation can support you in planning, I'm your best point of contact. I'll also be posting more regular updates to this list.
Thanks for reading,
-- Steven Walling [[User:Steven (WMF)]] on ten.wikipedia.org
WikiX-l mailing list WikiX-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l
Thanks Steven - and I'd like to add that momentarily I'll be uploading a big pack of graphic elements like the one on the main page of the ten.wikipedia.org page. These were developed by David Peters at Exbrook design - David's done some great work for us over the past year or so, and this really scalable and easy-to-localize concept is something that should help us tie together a style for all of the celebrations.
Use of the designs isn't obligatory of course, but we will be using versions and styles of these marks in a series of awesome WP 10th themed merchandise that we're going to want to send anyone (globally) who is hosting a party.
That includes: * tshirts (two styles, one a basic Wikipedia shirt and the other a Wikipedia '10' 'team shirt') * a pack of 12 Wikipedia 10th anniversary buttons, and simple Wikipedia puzzle globe buttons * paper labels with the Wikipedia tenth logo and style * and Wikipedia vinyl stickers * (and maybe some other cool stuff)
We'll be sending out 'kits' with up to about 50 shirts of varying sizes/styles, and if you expect your event to be much bigger, we'll try to help get you more.
We're really excited about the designs and getting everyone cool merchandise as soon as possible!
Thanks - and big thanks to Steven for kicking this off and carrying it forward.
jay
On Nov 12, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Steven Walling wrote:
Hi friends,
I just wanted to give everyone an update on what's been accomplished here at the Wikimedia Foundation so far and what we've got in store for the near future. We've got roughly two months until the 15th is here. With that deadline rapidly approaching, I want to really step up our efforts here at the WMF to help local events happen.
Just to restate it: our goal is to help make the tenth anniversary a memorable one for Wikimedia editors/readers/donors wherever you are. To that effect, we've launched ten.wikipedia.org in the last couple days. Many of you probably saw the pages on Outreach wiki that have since been migrated. Thanks to the editors who stepped up to help wiki-garden so far.
We've tried to structure the wiki to make it clear what it's for. Here's some more detail on what I want to include:
A list of all the events that will happen. Lots of organizing work is happening on other wikis and off-wiki, such as through Facebook events. That's great, and of course we want that to continue. But having a single list of what's happening is immensely useful for organizers, attendees, and the press.
On-wiki activities for reflecting on our anniversary and conveying the magnitude of our first decade of work. There is a list of preliminary ideas on the [[Share]] and [[Ideas]] pages.
Providing a space to gather resources for organizers, including a basic press kit and a set of anniversary designs put together by Jay Walsh and David Peters, whose work you will recognize from the 2009 Annual Report. The designs will all be uploaded to Commons shortly and will be in a gallery on the anniversary wiki. I'm really excited about this part of what's been prepared, since it's ideal for the customization and localization that needs to happen.
These designs are yours to run wild with, and some of them will be incorporated into products (t-shirts, buttons, stickers etc.) that will be provided to event organizers that want them. All we need to give you these materials is a basic set of event details and contact information, all of which can go on your event page. If it's unclear on the wiki what we're asking for, then that's my fault, so please let me know.
- A place to document everything that goes on. Encouraging taking photos, video, and making written records of what everyone is up to in their celebrations is essential (and it's fun, at least to me). Media should probably go on Commons, as is standard procedure, but I'd love to see everything aggregated into the event pages on the wiki. Sharing the cool things that you're doing will be both a gift to other Wikimedians who can't be there, and will create a permanent record of our first double-digit anniversary.
If you have any questions, either about the wiki or however else the Foundation can support you in planning, I'm your best point of contact. I'll also be posting more regular updates to this list.
Thanks for reading,
-- Steven Walling [[User:Steven (WMF)]] on ten.wikipedia.org
WikiX-l mailing list WikiX-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l
Hello,
Great that things are moving. I have some further suggestions:
* let's make a short film with Jimmy and/or Sue that we can show the people at the 10th anniversary event as a surprise. It would be great if they could say something in the lines of "good job, guys - look at what you've done" and then show how incredibly far we've come in just 10 years
* I suggested as a joke to Steven and SJ during our trip to Barcelona that we shut down Wikipedia on January 15 and instead have a sign that says "Where would you be without Wikipedia?". But how about we go the other way and roll out some new feature on January 15, such as another background color (just for that day), switching to a right-hand side menu (just for that day - and of course on the left in language versions where they normally have it on the right), or some other feature that is already in the works but that is not already rolled out? Something to show that Wikipedia is forever improving. We talked in Barcelona about what would make people who are not Wikipedians to come to an event and that is fine (however difficult) but we would get the most effect if we did something *on* Wikipedia.
* how about we publish a wish list for our 10 year anniversary? For example, during our 10th year, we wish for 100 000 new images freely licensed from GLAMs around the world, 20 millions in donations (which is what one soccer team can pay when they are buying one player - and a little more than what Transformers 2 made in it's first day), 50 new universities around the world with an ambassadors programme, etc, etc. We can start with the 5 year plan to find things that we can wish from others. Perhaps one thing could be 5 minutes of your time - to learn how Wikipedia works.
Best wishes,
Lennart
Lennart Guldbrandsson, ordförande för Wikimedia Sverige http://wikimedia.se Tfn: 031 - 12 50 48 Mobil: 070 - 207 80 05 Epost: l_guldbrandsson@hotmail.com Användarsida: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anv%C3%A4ndare:Hannibal Blogg: http://mrchapel.wordpress.com/
From: jwalsh@wikimedia.org Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 18:44:35 -0800 To: wikix-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [WikiX-l] Update on anniversary organizing
Thanks Steven - and I'd like to add that momentarily I'll be uploading a big pack of graphic elements like the one on the main page of the ten.wikipedia.org page. These were developed by David Peters at Exbrook design - David's done some great work for us over the past year or so, and this really scalable and easy-to-localize concept is something that should help us tie together a style for all of the celebrations. Use of the designs isn't obligatory of course, but we will be using versions and styles of these marks in a series of awesome WP 10th themed merchandise that we're going to want to send anyone (globally) who is hosting a party. That includes:* tshirts (two styles, one a basic Wikipedia shirt and the other a Wikipedia '10' 'team shirt')* a pack of 12 Wikipedia 10th anniversary buttons, and simple Wikipedia puzzle globe buttons* paper labels with the Wikipedia tenth logo and style* and Wikipedia vinyl stickers* (and maybe some other cool stuff) We'll be sending out 'kits' with up to about 50 shirts of varying sizes/styles, and if you expect your event to be much bigger, we'll try to help get you more. We're really excited about the designs and getting everyone cool merchandise as soon as possible! Thanks - and big thanks to Steven for kicking this off and carrying it forward. jay On Nov 12, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Steven Walling wrote:
Hi friends,
I just wanted to give everyone an update on what's been accomplished here at the Wikimedia Foundation so far and what we've got in store for the near future. We've got roughly two months until the 15th is here. With that deadline rapidly approaching, I want to really step up our efforts here at the WMF to help local events happen.
Just to restate it: our goal is to help make the tenth anniversary a memorable one for Wikimedia editors/readers/donors wherever you are. To that effect, we've launched ten.wikipedia.org in the last couple days. Many of you probably saw the pages on Outreach wiki that have since been migrated. Thanks to the editors who stepped up to help wiki-garden so far.
We've tried to structure the wiki to make it clear what it's for. Here's some more detail on what I want to include:
1. A list of all the events that will happen. Lots of organizing work is happening on other wikis and off-wiki, such as through Facebook events. That's great, and of course we want that to continue. But having a single list of what's happening is immensely useful for organizers, attendees, and the press.
2. On-wiki activities for reflecting on our anniversary and conveying the magnitude of our first decade of work. There is a list of preliminary ideas on the [[Share]] and [[Ideas]] pages.
3. Providing a space to gather resources for organizers, including a basic press kit and a set of anniversary designs put together by Jay Walsh and David Peters, whose work you will recognize from the 2009 Annual Report. The designs will all be uploaded to Commons shortly and will be in a gallery on the anniversary wiki. I'm really excited about this part of what's been prepared, since it's ideal for the customization and localization that needs to happen.
These designs are yours to run wild with, and some of them will be incorporated into products (t-shirts, buttons, stickers etc.) that will be provided to event organizers that want them. All we need to give you these materials is a basic set of event details and contact information, all of which can go on your event page. If it's unclear on the wiki what we're asking for, then that's my fault, so please let me know.
4. A place to document everything that goes on. Encouraging taking photos, video, and making written records of what everyone is up to in their celebrations is essential (and it's fun, at least to me). Media should probably go on Commons, as is standard procedure, but I'd love to see everything aggregated into the event pages on the wiki. Sharing the cool things that you're doing will be both a gift to other Wikimedians who can't be there, and will create a permanent record of our first double-digit anniversary.
If you have any questions, either about the wiki or however else the Foundation can support you in planning, I'm your best point of contact. I'll also be posting more regular updates to this list.
Thanks for reading,
--
Steven Walling
[[User:Steven (WMF)]] on ten.wikipedia.org
_______________________________________________ WikiX-l mailing list WikiX-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l
Hi Jay,
such a kit would definitely be welcome in the Netherlands! We will be having a three day event with several sub-events put together, ranging from a hackathon to a bootcamp for GLAM and a reception. More info to come... However, even if we don't use everything you send us, we plan to have more activities around 10 year Wikimedia the months to follow (10 year after the Dutch Wikipedia was founded, 10 year after the first article, 10 year after the first edit war... ) but the exact details will have to crystallize out still. With who should we get in touch to get such a package and how to do that most effectively?
Thanks,
Lodewijk
2010/11/14 Jay Walsh jwalsh@wikimedia.org
Thanks Steven - and I'd like to add that momentarily I'll be uploading a big pack of graphic elements like the one on the main page of the ten.wikipedia.org page. These were developed by David Peters at Exbrook design - David's done some great work for us over the past year or so, and this really scalable and easy-to-localize concept is something that should help us tie together a style for all of the celebrations.
Use of the designs isn't obligatory of course, but we will be using versions and styles of these marks in a series of awesome WP 10th themed merchandise that we're going to want to send anyone (globally) who is hosting a party.
That includes:
- tshirts (two styles, one a basic Wikipedia shirt and the other a
Wikipedia '10' 'team shirt')
- a pack of 12 Wikipedia 10th anniversary buttons, and simple Wikipedia
puzzle globe buttons
- paper labels with the Wikipedia tenth logo and style
- and Wikipedia vinyl stickers
- (and maybe some other cool stuff)
We'll be sending out 'kits' with up to about 50 shirts of varying sizes/styles, and if you expect your event to be much bigger, we'll try to help get you more.
We're really excited about the designs and getting everyone cool merchandise as soon as possible!
Thanks - and big thanks to Steven for kicking this off and carrying it forward.
jay
On Nov 12, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Steven Walling wrote:
Hi friends,
I just wanted to give everyone an update on what's been accomplished here at the Wikimedia Foundation so far and what we've got in store for the near future. We've got roughly two months until the 15th is here. With that deadline rapidly approaching, I want to really step up our efforts here at the WMF to help local events happen.
Just to restate it: our goal is to help make the tenth anniversary a memorable one for Wikimedia editors/readers/donors wherever you are. To that effect, we've launched ten.wikipedia.org in the last couple days. Many of you probably saw the pages on Outreach wiki that have since been migrated. Thanks to the editors who stepped up to help wiki-garden so far.
We've tried to structure the wiki to make it clear what it's for. Here's some more detail on what I want to include:
- A list of all the events that will happen. Lots of organizing work is
happening on other wikis and off-wiki, such as through Facebook events. That's great, and of course we want that to continue. But having a single list of what's happening is immensely useful for organizers, attendees, and the press.
- On-wiki activities for reflecting on our anniversary and conveying the
magnitude of our first decade of work. There is a list of preliminary ideas on the [[Share]] and [[Ideas]] pages.
- Providing a space to gather resources for organizers, including a basic
press kit and a set of anniversary designs put together by Jay Walsh and David Peters, whose work you will recognize from the 2009 Annual Report. The designs will all be uploaded to Commons shortly and will be in a gallery on the anniversary wiki. I'm really excited about this part of what's been prepared, since it's ideal for the customization and localization that needs to happen.
These designs are yours to run wild with, and some of them will be incorporated into products (t-shirts, buttons, stickers etc.) that will be provided to event organizers that want them. All we need to give you these materials is a basic set of event details and contact information, all of which can go on your event page. If it's unclear on the wiki what we're asking for, then that's my fault, so please let me know.
- A place to document everything that goes on. Encouraging taking photos,
video, and making written records of what everyone is up to in their celebrations is essential (and it's fun, at least to me). Media should probably go on Commons, as is standard procedure, but I'd love to see everything aggregated into the event pages on the wiki. Sharing the cool things that you're doing will be both a gift to other Wikimedians who can't be there, and will create a permanent record of our first double-digit anniversary.
If you have any questions, either about the wiki or however else the Foundation can support you in planning, I'm your best point of contact. I'll also be posting more regular updates to this list.
Thanks for reading,
-- Steven Walling [[User:Steven (WMF)]] on ten.wikipedia.org
WikiX-l mailing list WikiX-l@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@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l
Couple of responses:
Lodewijk,
You (or anyone else from your organizing group) can get in touch with me about lining up a package for folks in the Netherlands. Also, the Amsterdam event is still a red link on ten.wikipedia.org, hint hint. :)
Béria,
Yes, translations are definitely needed/wanted. If you think a queue on translatewiki and/or meta is the best method, I'll go for it. In the meantime, the site is already partially translated into Chinese, French, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
On Nov 14, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Lodewijk wrote:
Hi Jay,
such a kit would definitely be welcome in the Netherlands! We will be having a three day event with several sub-events put together, ranging from a hackathon to a bootcamp for GLAM and a reception. More info to come... However, even if we don't use everything you send us, we plan to have more activities around 10 year Wikimedia the months to follow (10 year after the Dutch Wikipedia was founded, 10 year after the first article, 10 year after the first edit war... ) but the exact details will have to crystallize out still. With who should we get in touch to get such a package and how to do that most effectively?
Thanks,
Lodewijk
2010/11/14 Jay Walsh jwalsh@wikimedia.org Thanks Steven - and I'd like to add that momentarily I'll be uploading a big pack of graphic elements like the one on the main page of the ten.wikipedia.org page. These were developed by David Peters at Exbrook design - David's done some great work for us over the past year or so, and this really scalable and easy-to-localize concept is something that should help us tie together a style for all of the celebrations.
Use of the designs isn't obligatory of course, but we will be using versions and styles of these marks in a series of awesome WP 10th themed merchandise that we're going to want to send anyone (globally) who is hosting a party.
That includes:
- tshirts (two styles, one a basic Wikipedia shirt and the other a
Wikipedia '10' 'team shirt')
- a pack of 12 Wikipedia 10th anniversary buttons, and simple
Wikipedia puzzle globe buttons
- paper labels with the Wikipedia tenth logo and style
- and Wikipedia vinyl stickers
- (and maybe some other cool stuff)
We'll be sending out 'kits' with up to about 50 shirts of varying sizes/styles, and if you expect your event to be much bigger, we'll try to help get you more.
We're really excited about the designs and getting everyone cool merchandise as soon as possible!
Thanks - and big thanks to Steven for kicking this off and carrying it forward.
jay
On Nov 12, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Steven Walling wrote:
Hi friends,
I just wanted to give everyone an update on what's been accomplished here at the Wikimedia Foundation so far and what we've got in store for the near future. We've got roughly two months until the 15th is here. With that deadline rapidly approaching, I want to really step up our efforts here at the WMF to help local events happen.
Just to restate it: our goal is to help make the tenth anniversary a memorable one for Wikimedia editors/readers/donors wherever you are. To that effect, we've launched ten.wikipedia.org in the last couple days. Many of you probably saw the pages on Outreach wiki that have since been migrated. Thanks to the editors who stepped up to help wiki-garden so far.
We've tried to structure the wiki to make it clear what it's for. Here's some more detail on what I want to include:
- A list of all the events that will happen. Lots of organizing
work is happening on other wikis and off-wiki, such as through Facebook events. That's great, and of course we want that to continue. But having a single list of what's happening is immensely useful for organizers, attendees, and the press.
- On-wiki activities for reflecting on our anniversary and
conveying the magnitude of our first decade of work. There is a list of preliminary ideas on the [[Share]] and [[Ideas]] pages.
- Providing a space to gather resources for organizers, including
a basic press kit and a set of anniversary designs put together by Jay Walsh and David Peters, whose work you will recognize from the 2009 Annual Report. The designs will all be uploaded to Commons shortly and will be in a gallery on the anniversary wiki. I'm really excited about this part of what's been prepared, since it's ideal for the customization and localization that needs to happen.
These designs are yours to run wild with, and some of them will be incorporated into products (t-shirts, buttons, stickers etc.) that will be provided to event organizers that want them. All we need to give you these materials is a basic set of event details and contact information, all of which can go on your event page. If it's unclear on the wiki what we're asking for, then that's my fault, so please let me know.
- A place to document everything that goes on. Encouraging taking
photos, video, and making written records of what everyone is up to in their celebrations is essential (and it's fun, at least to me). Media should probably go on Commons, as is standard procedure, but I'd love to see everything aggregated into the event pages on the wiki. Sharing the cool things that you're doing will be both a gift to other Wikimedians who can't be there, and will create a permanent record of our first double-digit anniversary.
If you have any questions, either about the wiki or however else the Foundation can support you in planning, I'm your best point of contact. I'll also be posting more regular updates to this list.
Thanks for reading,
-- Steven Walling [[User:Steven (WMF)]] on ten.wikipedia.org
WikiX-l mailing list WikiX-l@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@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l
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Steven Walling Wikimedia Foundation Fellow (wikimediafoundation.org)
Thanks Lodewijk - the merchandise is in production right now, and I'll be working with Steven on setting up a simple system to get those 'kits' out asap. Think about how many people you might have and as soon as we get it together we'll have a method of shipping things to you so materials arrive in time.
Thanks!
On Nov 14, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Lodewijk wrote:
Hi Jay,
such a kit would definitely be welcome in the Netherlands! We will be having a three day event with several sub-events put together, ranging from a hackathon to a bootcamp for GLAM and a reception. More info to come... However, even if we don't use everything you send us, we plan to have more activities around 10 year Wikimedia the months to follow (10 year after the Dutch Wikipedia was founded, 10 year after the first article, 10 year after the first edit war... ) but the exact details will have to crystallize out still. With who should we get in touch to get such a package and how to do that most effectively?
Thanks,
Lodewijk
2010/11/14 Jay Walsh jwalsh@wikimedia.org Thanks Steven - and I'd like to add that momentarily I'll be uploading a big pack of graphic elements like the one on the main page of the ten.wikipedia.org page. These were developed by David Peters at Exbrook design - David's done some great work for us over the past year or so, and this really scalable and easy-to-localize concept is something that should help us tie together a style for all of the celebrations.
Use of the designs isn't obligatory of course, but we will be using versions and styles of these marks in a series of awesome WP 10th themed merchandise that we're going to want to send anyone (globally) who is hosting a party.
That includes:
- tshirts (two styles, one a basic Wikipedia shirt and the other a Wikipedia '10' 'team shirt')
- a pack of 12 Wikipedia 10th anniversary buttons, and simple Wikipedia puzzle globe buttons
- paper labels with the Wikipedia tenth logo and style
- and Wikipedia vinyl stickers
- (and maybe some other cool stuff)
We'll be sending out 'kits' with up to about 50 shirts of varying sizes/styles, and if you expect your event to be much bigger, we'll try to help get you more.
We're really excited about the designs and getting everyone cool merchandise as soon as possible!
Thanks - and big thanks to Steven for kicking this off and carrying it forward.
jay
On Nov 12, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Steven Walling wrote:
Hi friends,
I just wanted to give everyone an update on what's been accomplished here at the Wikimedia Foundation so far and what we've got in store for the near future. We've got roughly two months until the 15th is here. With that deadline rapidly approaching, I want to really step up our efforts here at the WMF to help local events happen.
Just to restate it: our goal is to help make the tenth anniversary a memorable one for Wikimedia editors/readers/donors wherever you are. To that effect, we've launched ten.wikipedia.org in the last couple days. Many of you probably saw the pages on Outreach wiki that have since been migrated. Thanks to the editors who stepped up to help wiki-garden so far.
We've tried to structure the wiki to make it clear what it's for. Here's some more detail on what I want to include:
A list of all the events that will happen. Lots of organizing work is happening on other wikis and off-wiki, such as through Facebook events. That's great, and of course we want that to continue. But having a single list of what's happening is immensely useful for organizers, attendees, and the press.
On-wiki activities for reflecting on our anniversary and conveying the magnitude of our first decade of work. There is a list of preliminary ideas on the [[Share]] and [[Ideas]] pages.
Providing a space to gather resources for organizers, including a basic press kit and a set of anniversary designs put together by Jay Walsh and David Peters, whose work you will recognize from the 2009 Annual Report. The designs will all be uploaded to Commons shortly and will be in a gallery on the anniversary wiki. I'm really excited about this part of what's been prepared, since it's ideal for the customization and localization that needs to happen.
These designs are yours to run wild with, and some of them will be incorporated into products (t-shirts, buttons, stickers etc.) that will be provided to event organizers that want them. All we need to give you these materials is a basic set of event details and contact information, all of which can go on your event page. If it's unclear on the wiki what we're asking for, then that's my fault, so please let me know.
- A place to document everything that goes on. Encouraging taking photos, video, and making written records of what everyone is up to in their celebrations is essential (and it's fun, at least to me). Media should probably go on Commons, as is standard procedure, but I'd love to see everything aggregated into the event pages on the wiki. Sharing the cool things that you're doing will be both a gift to other Wikimedians who can't be there, and will create a permanent record of our first double-digit anniversary.
If you have any questions, either about the wiki or however else the Foundation can support you in planning, I'm your best point of contact. I'll also be posting more regular updates to this list.
Thanks for reading,
-- Steven Walling [[User:Steven (WMF)]] on ten.wikipedia.org
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You have 400 items for us? :-)
WM-IL is hosting "Thanks for your support" event for the Wikipedia contributors and major internet and technology people here. We are planning to close a cinema for the event (with collaboration of some sponsors), and to show "The King's Speech" in pre-premiere (2 weeks before the release here), and to have a nice cocktail before. contributors will get free ticket, and some ticket will be available randomly.
We are closing details this days about it...
Itzik
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jay Walsh jwalsh@wikimedia.org Date: Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 9:08 PM Subject: Re: [WikiX-l] Update on anniversary organizing To: Planning for WP 10th anniversary wikix-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Thanks Lodewijk - the merchandise is in production right now, and I'll be working with Steven on setting up a simple system to get those 'kits' out asap. Think about how many people you might have and as soon as we get it together we'll have a method of shipping things to you so materials arrive in time.
Thanks!
On Nov 14, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Lodewijk wrote:
Hi Jay,
such a kit would definitely be welcome in the Netherlands! We will be having a three day event with several sub-events put together, ranging from a hackathon to a bootcamp for GLAM and a reception. More info to come... However, even if we don't use everything you send us, we plan to have more activities around 10 year Wikimedia the months to follow (10 year after the Dutch Wikipedia was founded, 10 year after the first article, 10 year after the first edit war... ) but the exact details will have to crystallize out still. With who should we get in touch to get such a package and how to do that most effectively?
Thanks,
Lodewijk
2010/11/14 Jay Walsh jwalsh@wikimedia.org
Thanks Steven - and I'd like to add that momentarily I'll be uploading a big pack of graphic elements like the one on the main page of the ten.wikipedia.org page. These were developed by David Peters at Exbrook design - David's done some great work for us over the past year or so, and this really scalable and easy-to-localize concept is something that should help us tie together a style for all of the celebrations.
Use of the designs isn't obligatory of course, but we will be using versions and styles of these marks in a series of awesome WP 10th themed merchandise that we're going to want to send anyone (globally) who is hosting a party.
That includes:
- tshirts (two styles, one a basic Wikipedia shirt and the other a
Wikipedia '10' 'team shirt')
- a pack of 12 Wikipedia 10th anniversary buttons, and simple Wikipedia
puzzle globe buttons
- paper labels with the Wikipedia tenth logo and style
- and Wikipedia vinyl stickers
- (and maybe some other cool stuff)
We'll be sending out 'kits' with up to about 50 shirts of varying sizes/styles, and if you expect your event to be much bigger, we'll try to help get you more.
We're really excited about the designs and getting everyone cool merchandise as soon as possible!
Thanks - and big thanks to Steven for kicking this off and carrying it forward.
jay
On Nov 12, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Steven Walling wrote:
Hi friends,
I just wanted to give everyone an update on what's been accomplished here at the Wikimedia Foundation so far and what we've got in store for the near future. We've got roughly two months until the 15th is here. With that deadline rapidly approaching, I want to really step up our efforts here at the WMF to help local events happen.
Just to restate it: our goal is to help make the tenth anniversary a memorable one for Wikimedia editors/readers/donors wherever you are. To that effect, we've launched ten.wikipedia.org in the last couple days. Many of you probably saw the pages on Outreach wiki that have since been migrated. Thanks to the editors who stepped up to help wiki-garden so far.
We've tried to structure the wiki to make it clear what it's for. Here's some more detail on what I want to include:
- A list of all the events that will happen. Lots of organizing work is
happening on other wikis and off-wiki, such as through Facebook events. That's great, and of course we want that to continue. But having a single list of what's happening is immensely useful for organizers, attendees, and the press.
- On-wiki activities for reflecting on our anniversary and conveying the
magnitude of our first decade of work. There is a list of preliminary ideas on the [[Share]] and [[Ideas]] pages.
- Providing a space to gather resources for organizers, including a basic
press kit and a set of anniversary designs put together by Jay Walsh and David Peters, whose work you will recognize from the 2009 Annual Report. The designs will all be uploaded to Commons shortly and will be in a gallery on the anniversary wiki. I'm really excited about this part of what's been prepared, since it's ideal for the customization and localization that needs to happen.
These designs are yours to run wild with, and some of them will be incorporated into products (t-shirts, buttons, stickers etc.) that will be provided to event organizers that want them. All we need to give you these materials is a basic set of event details and contact information, all of which can go on your event page. If it's unclear on the wiki what we're asking for, then that's my fault, so please let me know.
- A place to document everything that goes on. Encouraging taking photos,
video, and making written records of what everyone is up to in their celebrations is essential (and it's fun, at least to me). Media should probably go on Commons, as is standard procedure, but I'd love to see everything aggregated into the event pages on the wiki. Sharing the cool things that you're doing will be both a gift to other Wikimedians who can't be there, and will create a permanent record of our first double-digit anniversary.
If you have any questions, either about the wiki or however else the Foundation can support you in planning, I'm your best point of contact. I'll also be posting more regular updates to this list.
Thanks for reading,
-- Steven Walling [[User:Steven (WMF)]] on ten.wikipedia.org
WikiX-l mailing list WikiX-l@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
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Are you talking about this page Jay? http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design
It looks GREAT :-)
I'm happy to see the events list starting to grow too :-)
Thanks, Sue
-- Sue Gardner Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
415 839 6885 office 415 816 9967 cell
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate
On 13 November 2010 18:44, Jay Walsh jwalsh@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks Steven - and I'd like to add that momentarily I'll be uploading a big pack of graphic elements like the one on the main page of the ten.wikipedia.org page. These were developed by David Peters at Exbrook design - David's done some great work for us over the past year or so, and this really scalable and easy-to-localize concept is something that should help us tie together a style for all of the celebrations. Use of the designs isn't obligatory of course, but we will be using versions and styles of these marks in a series of awesome WP 10th themed merchandise that we're going to want to send anyone (globally) who is hosting a party. That includes:
- tshirts (two styles, one a basic Wikipedia shirt and the other a Wikipedia
'10' 'team shirt')
- a pack of 12 Wikipedia 10th anniversary buttons, and simple Wikipedia
puzzle globe buttons
- paper labels with the Wikipedia tenth logo and style
- and Wikipedia vinyl stickers
- (and maybe some other cool stuff)
We'll be sending out 'kits' with up to about 50 shirts of varying sizes/styles, and if you expect your event to be much bigger, we'll try to help get you more. We're really excited about the designs and getting everyone cool merchandise as soon as possible! Thanks - and big thanks to Steven for kicking this off and carrying it forward. jay On Nov 12, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Steven Walling wrote:
Hi friends,
I just wanted to give everyone an update on what's been accomplished here at the Wikimedia Foundation so far and what we've got in store for the near future. We've got roughly two months until the 15th is here. With that deadline rapidly approaching, I want to really step up our efforts here at the WMF to help local events happen.
Just to restate it: our goal is to help make the tenth anniversary a memorable one for Wikimedia editors/readers/donors wherever you are. To that effect, we've launched ten.wikipedia.org in the last couple days. Many of you probably saw the pages on Outreach wiki that have since been migrated. Thanks to the editors who stepped up to help wiki-garden so far.
We've tried to structure the wiki to make it clear what it's for. Here's some more detail on what I want to include:
- A list of all the events that will happen. Lots of organizing work is
happening on other wikis and off-wiki, such as through Facebook events. That's great, and of course we want that to continue. But having a single list of what's happening is immensely useful for organizers, attendees, and the press.
- On-wiki activities for reflecting on our anniversary and conveying the
magnitude of our first decade of work. There is a list of preliminary ideas on the [[Share]] and [[Ideas]] pages.
- Providing a space to gather resources for organizers, including a basic
press kit and a set of anniversary designs put together by Jay Walsh and David Peters, whose work you will recognize from the 2009 Annual Report. The designs will all be uploaded to Commons shortly and will be in a gallery on the anniversary wiki. I'm really excited about this part of what's been prepared, since it's ideal for the customization and localization that needs to happen.
These designs are yours to run wild with, and some of them will be incorporated into products (t-shirts, buttons, stickers etc.) that will be provided to event organizers that want them. All we need to give you these materials is a basic set of event details and contact information, all of which can go on your event page. If it's unclear on the wiki what we're asking for, then that's my fault, so please let me know.
- A place to document everything that goes on. Encouraging taking photos,
video, and making written records of what everyone is up to in their celebrations is essential (and it's fun, at least to me). Media should probably go on Commons, as is standard procedure, but I'd love to see everything aggregated into the event pages on the wiki. Sharing the cool things that you're doing will be both a gift to other Wikimedians who can't be there, and will create a permanent record of our first double-digit anniversary.
If you have any questions, either about the wiki or however else the Foundation can support you in planning, I'm your best point of contact. I'll also be posting more regular updates to this list.
Thanks for reading,
-- Steven Walling [[User:Steven (WMF)]] on ten.wikipedia.org
WikiX-l mailing list WikiX-l@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
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IT's a start! Hoping other folks can interpret and play with this concept too. It's really easy to take it into unexpected places.
On Nov 14, 2010, at 4:20 PM, Sue Gardner wrote:
Are you talking about this page Jay? http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design
It looks GREAT :-)
I'm happy to see the events list starting to grow too :-)
Thanks, Sue
-- Sue Gardner Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
415 839 6885 office 415 816 9967 cell
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate
On 13 November 2010 18:44, Jay Walsh jwalsh@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks Steven - and I'd like to add that momentarily I'll be uploading a big pack of graphic elements like the one on the main page of the ten.wikipedia.org page. These were developed by David Peters at Exbrook design - David's done some great work for us over the past year or so, and this really scalable and easy-to-localize concept is something that should help us tie together a style for all of the celebrations. Use of the designs isn't obligatory of course, but we will be using versions and styles of these marks in a series of awesome WP 10th themed merchandise that we're going to want to send anyone (globally) who is hosting a party. That includes:
- tshirts (two styles, one a basic Wikipedia shirt and the other a Wikipedia
'10' 'team shirt')
- a pack of 12 Wikipedia 10th anniversary buttons, and simple Wikipedia
puzzle globe buttons
- paper labels with the Wikipedia tenth logo and style
- and Wikipedia vinyl stickers
- (and maybe some other cool stuff)
We'll be sending out 'kits' with up to about 50 shirts of varying sizes/styles, and if you expect your event to be much bigger, we'll try to help get you more. We're really excited about the designs and getting everyone cool merchandise as soon as possible! Thanks - and big thanks to Steven for kicking this off and carrying it forward. jay On Nov 12, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Steven Walling wrote:
Hi friends,
I just wanted to give everyone an update on what's been accomplished here at the Wikimedia Foundation so far and what we've got in store for the near future. We've got roughly two months until the 15th is here. With that deadline rapidly approaching, I want to really step up our efforts here at the WMF to help local events happen.
Just to restate it: our goal is to help make the tenth anniversary a memorable one for Wikimedia editors/readers/donors wherever you are. To that effect, we've launched ten.wikipedia.org in the last couple days. Many of you probably saw the pages on Outreach wiki that have since been migrated. Thanks to the editors who stepped up to help wiki-garden so far.
We've tried to structure the wiki to make it clear what it's for. Here's some more detail on what I want to include:
- A list of all the events that will happen. Lots of organizing work is
happening on other wikis and off-wiki, such as through Facebook events. That's great, and of course we want that to continue. But having a single list of what's happening is immensely useful for organizers, attendees, and the press.
- On-wiki activities for reflecting on our anniversary and conveying the
magnitude of our first decade of work. There is a list of preliminary ideas on the [[Share]] and [[Ideas]] pages.
- Providing a space to gather resources for organizers, including a basic
press kit and a set of anniversary designs put together by Jay Walsh and David Peters, whose work you will recognize from the 2009 Annual Report. The designs will all be uploaded to Commons shortly and will be in a gallery on the anniversary wiki. I'm really excited about this part of what's been prepared, since it's ideal for the customization and localization that needs to happen.
These designs are yours to run wild with, and some of them will be incorporated into products (t-shirts, buttons, stickers etc.) that will be provided to event organizers that want them. All we need to give you these materials is a basic set of event details and contact information, all of which can go on your event page. If it's unclear on the wiki what we're asking for, then that's my fault, so please let me know.
- A place to document everything that goes on. Encouraging taking photos,
video, and making written records of what everyone is up to in their celebrations is essential (and it's fun, at least to me). Media should probably go on Commons, as is standard procedure, but I'd love to see everything aggregated into the event pages on the wiki. Sharing the cool things that you're doing will be both a gift to other Wikimedians who can't be there, and will create a permanent record of our first double-digit anniversary.
If you have any questions, either about the wiki or however else the Foundation can support you in planning, I'm your best point of contact. I'll also be posting more regular updates to this list.
Thanks for reading,
-- Steven Walling [[User:Steven (WMF)]] on ten.wikipedia.org
WikiX-l mailing list WikiX-l@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
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