[ComProj] WIKIMEDIA CENSUS

Tue Nov 6 11:05:53 UTC 2007

I have been very patient and have gone insane. Is there a SFTP client with a 
gui rather then having to type files?
 thanx

symode09 +itunes

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From: "Sean Whitton" <sean at silentflame.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 7:29 PM
To: "Discussion list for the Communication Projects Group" 
<comproj at lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [ComProj] WIKIMEDIA CENSUS

> Symode,
>
> I think it could be done with a little patience :-)
>
> I suggest you try getting an SFTP client working then you can upload
> really quickly. Try FileZilla.
>
> Sean
>
> On 11/6/07, symode09 at hotmail.com <symode09 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I have a toolserv account however, it was a bitch (srry bout language)
>> uploading it and, I recieved NO help - I attempted to get help for over a
>> month and, asked everywhere, my conclusion: people on the toolserv are
>> generally douchebags
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Sean Whitton" <sean at silentflame.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 7:22 PM
>> To: "Discussion list for the Communication Projects Group"
>> <comproj at lists.wikimedia.org>
>> Subject: Re: [ComProj] WIKIMEDIA CENSUS
>>
>> > 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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