[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 110, Issue 15

Mon May 6 03:27:59 UTC 2013

Hi Victor, great initiative with a huge impact multiplier :)

Regarding identifying specific language needs you might get some good
intel connecting with groups doing work on the ground like School to
School International (Africa, in french and portuguese speaking
countries), Children International or even Unesco's Global Education
Initiative, the Global Partnership for Education or the World Bank.
Happy to facilitate conversations there.

sv

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>    3. Re: WikiReaders4Kids (Abbas Mahmood)
>    4. Re: WikiReaders4Kids (Oona Castro)
>    5. Re: WikiReaders4Kids (rupert THURNER)
>    6. And content - Re:  WikiReaders4Kids (Mathias Damour)
>    7. Re: WikiReaders4Kids (Victor Grigas)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 15:51:59 +0100
> From: Oliver Keyes <okeyes at wikimedia.org>
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiReaders4Kids
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> This is totally awesome!
>
> On 5 May 2013 09:46, Manuel Schneider <manuel.schneider at wikimedia.ch> wrote:
>
> > Great initiative. Actually the first time I donated real money to a
> > Wikimedia project... sort of.
> >
> > /Manuel
> >
> > Am 05.05.2013 06:27, schrieb Victor Grigas:
> > > My partner and I just started a campaign on Indiegogo.com to raise funds
> > to
> > > buy all remaining WikiReaders and distribute them to schools and kids in
> > > places that don't have internet at no charge to the schools and kids.
> > >
> > > The campaign is here:
> > > http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-us-distribute-wikireaders-to-kids
> > >
> > > The video is here:
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07ROeiaFg0
> > >
> > > Please consider funding the campaign and if you can't fund the campaign,
> > > please share the link with others!
> > >
> > > While I am an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation, I am doing this
> > > entirely as a volunteer.
> >
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 12:46:22 -0300
> From: Everton Zanella Alvarenga <tom at wikimedia.org>
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Cc: Mailing list do Capítulo brasileiro da Wikimedia.
>         <wikimediabr-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiReaders4Kids
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> That is a cool project. Congrats, Victor.
>
> I've a wikireader with me someone gave a few years ago. Have someone tried
> to install a Wikipedia of another language? I will try <
> http://dev.thewikireader.com/language-packs/> sometime soon (alguém da WMBR
> com mais tempo, se quiser, fale comigo).
>
> What about using their software <http://thewikireader.com/> on Linux? If
> you were successfull with that, please, let me know. Their apps are just
> for Windows and Mac stuff.
>
> I'll check if'd possible to have these machines sold somehow in South
> America. Ideas? At least we still don't have at our recent Amazon <
> http://www.amazon.com.br/> site.
>
> Maybe it would be good to suggest wikireader producers to have the hardware
> source open as well, if that don't make they go bankrupt. Who knows we
> could produce locally.
>
> Tom
>
>
> On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 1:27 AM, Victor Grigas <vgrigas at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > My partner and I just started a campaign on Indiegogo.com to raise funds to
> > buy all remaining WikiReaders and distribute them to schools and kids in
> > places that don't have internet at no charge to the schools and kids.
> >
> > The campaign is here:
> > http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-us-distribute-wikireaders-to-kids
> >
> > The video is here:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07ROeiaFg0
> >
> > Please consider funding the campaign and if you can't fund the campaign,
> > please share the link with others!
> >
> > While I am an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation, I am doing this
> > entirely as a volunteer.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --
> >
> > *Victor Grigas*
> > Storyteller <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Knv6D6Thi0>
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> > vgrigas at wikimedia.org
> > +1 (415) 839-6885 x 6773
> > 149 New Montgomery Street 6th floor
> > San Francisco, CA 94105
> > https://donate.wikimedia.org/
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> Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom)
> "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful
> than a life spent doing nothing."
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 17:01:25 +0000
> From: Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr at hotmail.com>
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiReaders4Kids
> Message-ID: <DUB124-W346EF04B4A931C330A0E94CAB80 at phx.gbl>
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> All the best, Victor!
> Abbas.
>
> > Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 12:46:22 -0300
> > From: tom at wikimedia.org
> > To: wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> > CC: wikimediabr-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiReaders4Kids
> >
> > That is a cool project. Congrats, Victor.
> >
> > I've a wikireader with me someone gave a few years ago. Have someone tried
> > to install a Wikipedia of another language? I will try <
> > http://dev.thewikireader.com/language-packs/> sometime soon (alguém da WMBR
> > com mais tempo, se quiser, fale comigo).
> >
> > What about using their software <http://thewikireader.com/> on Linux? If
> > you were successfull with that, please, let me know. Their apps are just
> > for Windows and Mac stuff.
> >
> > I'll check if'd possible to have these machines sold somehow in South
> > America. Ideas? At least we still don't have at our recent Amazon <
> > http://www.amazon.com.br/> site.
> >
> > Maybe it would be good to suggest wikireader producers to have the hardware
> > source open as well, if that don't make they go bankrupt. Who knows we
> > could produce locally.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 1:27 AM, Victor Grigas <vgrigas at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello everyone,
> > >
> > > My partner and I just started a campaign on Indiegogo.com to raise funds to
> > > buy all remaining WikiReaders and distribute them to schools and kids in
> > > places that don't have internet at no charge to the schools and kids.
> > >
> > > The campaign is here:
> > > http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-us-distribute-wikireaders-to-kids
> > >
> > > The video is here:
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07ROeiaFg0
> > >
> > > Please consider funding the campaign and if you can't fund the campaign,
> > > please share the link with others!
> > >
> > > While I am an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation, I am doing this
> > > entirely as a volunteer.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > *Victor Grigas*
> > > Storyteller <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Knv6D6Thi0>
> > > Wikimedia Foundation
> > > vgrigas at wikimedia.org
> > > +1 (415) 839-6885 x 6773
> > > 149 New Montgomery Street 6th floor
> > > San Francisco, CA 94105
> > > https://donate.wikimedia.org/
> > > _______________________________________________
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom)
> > "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful
> > than a life spent doing nothing."
> > _______________________________________________
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 15:26:07 -0300
> From: Oona Castro <ocastro at wikimedia.org>
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiReaders4Kids
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>
> Hi Victor,
> hope you're well.
>
> I found the campaign awsome and will be donating some money.
> I was wondering whether that would be nice to donate some of them to the
> global south, though import taxes might be an issue, as well as the fact
> that it comes with the English Wikipedia and downloading other languages is
> not that intuitive, though it's possible.
>
> Perhaps we could do the work of dowloading different languages and make a
> contest to give them to a few here in Brazil, in India, Argentina, Egypt,
> elsewhere?
>
> The other thing I though of was: I recently was gifted by Henrique with one
> of those and in Amazon it's being sold by less than 10 dollars. So I think
> you may get a good bargain for less than US$ 25 if you talk through it.
>
> let me know what you think
>
> Best regards
>
> Oona
>
>
> On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > All the best, Victor!
> > Abbas.
> >
> > > Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 12:46:22 -0300
> > > From: tom at wikimedia.org
> > > To: wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> > > CC: wikimediabr-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiReaders4Kids
> > >
> > > That is a cool project. Congrats, Victor.
> > >
> > > I've a wikireader with me someone gave a few years ago. Have someone
> > tried
> > > to install a Wikipedia of another language? I will try <
> > > http://dev.thewikireader.com/language-packs/> sometime soon (alguém da
> > WMBR
> > > com mais tempo, se quiser, fale comigo).
> > >
> > > What about using their software <http://thewikireader.com/> on Linux? If
> > > you were successfull with that, please, let me know. Their apps are just
> > > for Windows and Mac stuff.
> > >
> > > I'll check if'd possible to have these machines sold somehow in South
> > > America. Ideas? At least we still don't have at our recent Amazon <
> > > http://www.amazon.com.br/> site.
> > >
> > > Maybe it would be good to suggest wikireader producers to have the
> > hardware
> > > source open as well, if that don't make they go bankrupt. Who knows we
> > > could produce locally.
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 1:27 AM, Victor Grigas <vgrigas at wikimedia.org>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello everyone,
> > > >
> > > > My partner and I just started a campaign on Indiegogo.com to raise
> > funds to
> > > > buy all remaining WikiReaders and distribute them to schools and kids
> > in
> > > > places that don't have internet at no charge to the schools and kids.
> > > >
> > > > The campaign is here:
> > > >
> > http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-us-distribute-wikireaders-to-kids
> > > >
> > > > The video is here:
> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07ROeiaFg0
> > > >
> > > > Please consider funding the campaign and if you can't fund the
> > campaign,
> > > > please share the link with others!
> > > >
> > > > While I am an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation, I am doing this
> > > > entirely as a volunteer.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > *Victor Grigas*
> > > > Storyteller <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Knv6D6Thi0>
> > > > Wikimedia Foundation
> > > > vgrigas at wikimedia.org
> > > > +1 (415) 839-6885 x 6773
> > > > 149 New Montgomery Street 6th floor
> > > > San Francisco, CA 94105
> > > > https://donate.wikimedia.org/
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list
> > > > Wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom)
> > > "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful
> > > than a life spent doing nothing."
> > > _______________________________________________
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 20:27:20 +0200
> From: rupert THURNER <rupert.thurner at gmail.com>
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiReaders4Kids
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>
> hehehe, victor, you are cool. because its a private initiative you use
> your wikimedia mail account to advertise for it, in the video you make
> sure that everybody konws you work for wikimedia foundation? the price
> you give is interesting as well. on your money collection page you
> write the devices cost 25 usd. on amazon they sell it for 9 usd. the
> original price 5 years ago was 99 usd, where one could have a 29 usd
> subscription to get the contents updated.
>
> i do not have a problem with all of this. i like your work you do, i
> like the enthusiasm, i like that you guys do this voluntary. and i
> especially like that you are able to think big.
>
> but what really stroke me: you say you would not buy it. if you would
> not buy it, what makes you so sure that it will be of use for somebody
> else? for children who like to see pictures? probably not. for adults
> who will have smartphones in 2 years time? probably not as well.
>
> you might be interested in reading the report of the united nations
> environment program coming out of the "E-Waste Africa Project":
> http://www.basel.int/Implementation/TechnicalAssistance/EWaste/EwasteAfricaProject/tabid/2546/Default.aspx?overlayId=ArtId-468
>
> "Africa has been undergoing rapid ICT transformation in recent years,
> attempting to bridge this divide by importing second-hand or used
> computers, mobile phones, and TVsets from developed countries. The
> countries of the region, however, lack the infrastructure and
> resources for the environmentally sound management (ESM) of electrical
> and electronic waste (e-waste) arising when such imports reach their
> end-of-life."
>
> rupert.
>
>
> On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 6:27 AM, Victor Grigas <vgrigas at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > My partner and I just started a campaign on Indiegogo.com to raise funds to
> > buy all remaining WikiReaders and distribute them to schools and kids in
> > places that don't have internet at no charge to the schools and kids.
> >
> > The campaign is here:
> > http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-us-distribute-wikireaders-to-kids
> >
> > The video is here:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07ROeiaFg0
> >
> > Please consider funding the campaign and if you can't fund the campaign,
> > please share the link with others!
> >
> > While I am an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation, I am doing this
> > entirely as a volunteer.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --
> >
> > *Victor Grigas*
> > Storyteller <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Knv6D6Thi0>
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> > vgrigas at wikimedia.org
> > +1 (415) 839-6885 x 6773
> > 149 New Montgomery Street 6th floor
> > San Francisco, CA 94105
> > https://donate.wikimedia.org/
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 05 May 2013 20:31:38 +0200
> From: Mathias Damour <mathias.damour at laposte.net>
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] And content - Re:  WikiReaders4Kids
> Message-ID: <5186A58A.7080407 at laposte.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>
> Hi,
>
> How should be token into consideration the low readability of Wikipedia,
> which was pointed out by some recent studies, as far as this device is
> devoted to children ?
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/11/29/wikimedia-research-newsletter-november-2012/#Readability_of_the_English_Wikipedia.2C_Simple_Wikipedia.2C_and_Britannica_compared
>
> There is Simple English Wikipedia as far as English is concerned. For
> other language, there is the *Wikikids* proposal that has had some
> activity recently and 2 or 3 existing and well running wiki for children.
> That's about setting a frame pulled after the existing wikis for kids,
> to make good work, associate potential editors (including children), and
> then (notably ;-)) to supply a WikiReaders4Kids with suitable and
> quality content a few years later !
> Present step is to assemble a comparison between those existing wikis to
> help to work out what should be the basic principles for such a project.
> Have a look at it !
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikikids
>
> Le 05/05/2013 06:27, Victor Grigas a écrit :
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > My partner and I just started a campaign on Indiegogo.com to raise funds to
> > buy all remaining WikiReaders and distribute them to schools and kids in
> > places that don't have internet at no charge to the schools and kids.
> >
> > The campaign is here:
> > http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-us-distribute-wikireaders-to-kids
> >
> > The video is here:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07ROeiaFg0
> >
> > Please consider funding the campaign and if you can't fund the campaign,
> > please share the link with others!
> >
> > While I am an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation, I am doing this
> > entirely as a volunteer.
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> --
> Mathias Damour
> 49 rue Carnot
> F-74000 Annecy
> 00 33 (0)4 57 09 10 56
> 00 33 (0)6 27 13 65 51
> mathias.damour at laposte.net
> http://fr.vikidia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Astirmays
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 11:55:11 -0700
> From: Victor Grigas <vgrigas at wikimedia.org>
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiReaders4Kids
> Message-ID:
>         <CAO4_ZTEqX6k4eOHwKpqnbjK=RNCTcE3cZGro7Dxf0wuTCRcD=Q at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Hi everyone -
>
> Ok a few things that people have brought up here and elsewhere:
>
> 1 - the manufacturer has said to us that the devices can come pre-installed
> with whatever languages are already available :
> http://dev.thewikireader.com/language-packs/ and that he would help with
> other language versions (from our dumps)  if we communicated a need for it.
> I mentioned this specifically: http://schools-wikipedia.org/
>
> 2 - AMAZON! - yes these are the retailers sitting on overstock, we plan to
> buy whatever is cheapest first (highest impact) -- and alot of people have
> supersaver shipping (user:Ashstar01 too)
>
> 3 - recycling: scroll to the bottom: http://thewikireader.com/
> also the key in distribution will be to find the schools that could REALLY
> USE the devices, (so that they do not go to waste) so if anyone on this
> list knows schools, please share:
> wikireaders4kids at gmail.com
> http://wikireaders4kids.tumblr.com/suggest
>
> 4 - I hope i'm not creating any conflicts of interest by being a WMF
> staffer, please know - if i do cross some line let me know and i'll correct
> myself ASAP. I really mean this please contact me if you feel that there is
> any COI at all.
>
> 5 - also here is the .en village pump post from a few weeks ago:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Free_Distribution_of_WikiReaders_to_offline_schools_around_the_world.2C_funded_by_Kickstarter.com_or_Indiegogo.com
>
> 6 - we are also looking into contacting battery manufacturers and solar
> charger manufacturers to see if they would like the good press by donating
> a few of their chargers & batteries to the schools that end up getting the
> wikireaders.
>
> Thanks for your interest everyone! As of me writing this, we are already at
> $505 USD and I expect that alot of people are away from their computers for
> the weekend and will see the campaign on Monday when they get to work.
>
>
> On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Oona Castro <ocastro at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi Victor,
> > hope you're well.
> >
> > I found the campaign awsome and will be donating some money.
> > I was wondering whether that would be nice to donate some of them to the
> > global south, though import taxes might be an issue, as well as the fact
> > that it comes with the English Wikipedia and downloading other languages is
> > not that intuitive, though it's possible.
> >
> > Perhaps we could do the work of dowloading different languages and make a
> > contest to give them to a few here in Brazil, in India, Argentina, Egypt,
> > elsewhere?
> >
> > The other thing I though of was: I recently was gifted by Henrique with one
> > of those and in Amazon it's being sold by less than 10 dollars. So I think
> > you may get a good bargain for less than US$ 25 if you talk through it.
> >
> > let me know what you think
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Oona
> >
> >
> > On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr at hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > All the best, Victor!
> > > Abbas.
> > >
> > > > Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 12:46:22 -0300
> > > > From: tom at wikimedia.org
> > > > To: wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> > > > CC: wikimediabr-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> > > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiReaders4Kids
> > > >
> > > > That is a cool project. Congrats, Victor.
> > > >
> > > > I've a wikireader with me someone gave a few years ago. Have someone
> > > tried
> > > > to install a Wikipedia of another language? I will try <
> > > > http://dev.thewikireader.com/language-packs/> sometime soon (alguém da
> > > WMBR
> > > > com mais tempo, se quiser, fale comigo).
> > > >
> > > > What about using their software <http://thewikireader.com/> on Linux?
> > If
> > > > you were successfull with that, please, let me know. Their apps are
> > just
> > > > for Windows and Mac stuff.
> > > >
> > > > I'll check if'd possible to have these machines sold somehow in South
> > > > America. Ideas? At least we still don't have at our recent Amazon <
> > > > http://www.amazon.com.br/> site.
> > > >
> > > > Maybe it would be good to suggest wikireader producers to have the
> > > hardware
> > > > source open as well, if that don't make they go bankrupt. Who knows we
> > > > could produce locally.
> > > >
> > > > Tom
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 1:27 AM, Victor Grigas <vgrigas at wikimedia.org>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello everyone,
> > > > >
> > > > > My partner and I just started a campaign on Indiegogo.com to raise
> > > funds to
> > > > > buy all remaining WikiReaders and distribute them to schools and kids
> > > in
> > > > > places that don't have internet at no charge to the schools and kids.
> > > > >
> > > > > The campaign is here:
> > > > >
> > > http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-us-distribute-wikireaders-to-kids
> > > > >
> > > > > The video is here:
> > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07ROeiaFg0
> > > > >
> > > > > Please consider funding the campaign and if you can't fund the
> > > campaign,
> > > > > please share the link with others!
> > > > >
> > > > > While I am an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation, I am doing this
> > > > > entirely as a volunteer.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > >
> > > > > *Victor Grigas*
> > > > > Storyteller <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Knv6D6Thi0>
> > > > > Wikimedia Foundation
> > > > > vgrigas at wikimedia.org
> > > > > +1 (415) 839-6885 x 6773
> > > > > 149 New Montgomery Street 6th floor
> > > > > San Francisco, CA 94105
> > > > > https://donate.wikimedia.org/
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom)
> > > > "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more
> > useful
> > > > than a life spent doing nothing."
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> *Victor Grigas*
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> Wikimedia Foundation
> vgrigas at wikimedia.org
> +1 (415) 839-6885 x 6773
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