[ComProj] WIKIMEDIA CENSUS

Tue Nov 6 10:22:28 UTC 2007

Symode,

Your use of the Wikimedia logo on your pages is questionable as they
are not official. Have you considered getting a [[m:toolserver]]
account to run this survey off? That would probably be a more
appropriate option.

Thanks,

Sean

On 11/6/07, symode09 at hotmail.com <symode09 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hey everyone! I have begun working on the census and have a section on most
> projects where I would like questions to be put up. I am working on the
> coding/layout of it all so, take a look at the preview at
> http://loopaustralia.com/survey/index.php?sid=54369&lang=en - it may not
> work for everyone since it has not been published but, you can have a very
> rough idea about how it looks. It will slowly evolve so, keep checking back.
> There is a section on each project in the same location on each;
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Census
> http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Census
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Census
> etc.
>
> We need help to work out how we could get users to fill it out, by the name,
> a census is meant to be filled out by the entire community but, emailing out
> to 5 million+ users would be a world record spamming (c) brianmc
>
> Any ideas on how we could do it?
>
> thanx
>
>
> symode09 + brown_cat + itunes
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> From: "Sean Whitton" <sean at silentflame.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 6:49 PM
> To: "ComProj" <comproj at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: [ComProj] Fwd: [Internal-l] Edit Wikipedia Week: call
> forparticipation
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > The following was posted to internal-l by Sue regarding a possible
> > 'Edit Wikipedia Week' to be held in December as part of a way of
> > keeping the momentum of the fundraiser going. All are invited to
> > participate in the planning for this event at
> > <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Edit_Wikipedia_Week>.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Sean
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Sue Gardner <sgardner at wikimedia.org>
> > Date: Nov 5, 2007 4:09 PM
> > Subject: [Internal-l] Edit Wikipedia Week: call for participation
> > To: "Local Chapters, board and officers coordination (closed
> > subscription)" <internal-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> >
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I'm writing to invite you –chapters, individuals, everyone- to help
> > stage a bunch of "Edit Wikipedia Week" events in December. The idea is
> > to pick a date, probably the week of December 3, and stage outreach
> > events around the world designed to encourage people to participate in
> > the projects.
> >
> > The events could be practically anything – big or small. You could
> > speak about the projects at a local school; get yourself booked on TV;
> > talk to a local photography club about contributing to Commons;
> > organize a marathon weekend of translations; recruit new people to
> > help you launch a WikiProject, or even just teach your mom how to
> > edit. Anything that you think will improve the projects: the purpose
> > is to reach out to people who don't edit, and encourage them to make a
> > contribution.
> >
> > This is intended to be an experiment. The premise is that anyone can
> > organize an event under this umbrella idea, and it can take whatever
> > form makes sense to them. Nobody needs permission: feel free to just
> > participate.
> >
> > Why now? As you know we're in the middle of the annual fundraiser,
> > which this year runs from October 22 to December 23. Because it's so
> > long, we want to stage events at various points, designed to keep the
> > media and the public paying attention. We've got some Wikipedia
> > Academies coming up in South Africa
> > http://internal.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Academies on November 10
> > and 11, with Jimmy, Frank Schulenburg and Ndesanjo Macha. Edit
> > Wikipedia Week would be the next big event after that.
> >
> > This would be focused on Wikipedia, because it's our biggest and best
> > known project, and therefore most likely to generate interest among
> > the media and general public. That doesn't mean we couldn't hold
> > similar events for Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikisource, or any other WMF
> > project. Implementation-wise, I'm thinking of having us set up
> > edit.wikipedia.org, which would redirect to pages in the local
> > Wikipedias. Each of those pages would also refer back to the ongoing
> > fundraiser with a little info-box (something along the lines of "There
> > are different ways to help Wikipedia..").
> >
> > I'm also going to ask Cary to make a page for this on meta, where we
> > can discuss it, and people can post events. I would ask you please to
> > translate and share this note with whoever you like. I know that not
> > everyone can afford to make a financial contribution to the
> > fundraiser: I am hoping some people will choose to support it (us) by
> > helping with Edit Wikipedia Week instead.
> >
> > The first thing we'll need to do is finalize a date. I think December
> > 3 would probably work best, but please let me know if/why you think
> > another week would be better.
> >
> > And lastly .. I am thinking this could become an annual event. In that
> > spirit, this year may be a little wonky and haphazard, which would be
> > okay. If it goes well, we'll learn some good lessons, and next year
> > will be better :-)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sue
> >
> >
> >
> >
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