Re: [Wikimania-l] little tips

2013-08-09 Thread Benny
I actually lost my charger yesterday, after I've read your message. But thanks to Carol, I found it back in Sky100.   ___ Regards, benny From: Sumana Harihareswara suma...@wikimedia.org To: Wikimania general list (open subscription)

Re: [Wikimania-l] Francophones Wikimania Hong Kong 2013

2013-08-09 Thread Benoit Rochon
Bonjour, Juste un petit rappel pour la réunion des francophones ce soir 17:30-18:00 au local Y520. Détails: http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rencontre_francophone Au plaisir de vous voir. Benoit. Envoyé de mon iPhone. Sent from my iPhone. Le 2013-07-31 à 00:37, JP Béland

Re: [Wikimania-l] Meet the VisualEditor team!

2013-08-09 Thread Roan Kattouw
On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote: Wikimaniacs, if you'd like to meet with the VisualEditor team and talk to us about how to improve VE, we are doing daily workshops in N112 at 1-2PM (i.e. starting now). There will also be VE team members in that location

Re: [Wikimania-l] Extra microphones

2013-08-09 Thread Asaf Bartov
Anyone? A. On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi. I notice the conference rooms don't have extra microphones, for questions from the audience. This makes the QA part of sessions more frustrating. Is there any way to get at least one additional

Re: [Wikimania-l] Extra microphones

2013-08-09 Thread Joseph Fox
There is a mic in the JCA (I know because we're currently using it ;) ) Joe On Friday, August 9, 2013, Asaf Bartov wrote: Anyone? A. On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.orgjavascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'abar...@wikimedia.org'); wrote: Hi. I notice the

[Wikimania-l] Lost iPhone 5

2013-08-09 Thread Cornelius Kibelka
For the people not being part of the Wikimania Facebook group: Kris Cheng wrote: 9. Lost: iPhone 5 in green case, lost in logo square, David Palmer, if found please write to dtpal...@hku.hk Cheers Cornelius ___ Wikimania-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimania-l] [Francophones] Francophones Wikimania Hong Kong 2013

2013-08-09 Thread Kimon Berlin
à partir de 17h30-18h, et jusqu'à ce qu'on ait faim ? Kimon On Aug 9, 2013, at 15:26, Benoit Rochon broc...@wikimedia.ca wrote: Bonjour, Juste un petit rappel pour la réunion des francophones ce soir 17:30-18:00 au local Y520. Détails:

Re: [Wikimania-l] [Francophones] Francophones Wikimania Hong Kong 2013

2013-08-09 Thread JP Béland
Oui c'est le plan. JP On Aug 9, 2013 4:25 PM, Kimon Berlin ki...@deepskymarines.org wrote: à partir de 17h30-18h, et jusqu'à ce qu'on ait faim ? Kimon On Aug 9, 2013, at 15:26, Benoit Rochon broc...@wikimedia.ca wrote: Bonjour, Juste un petit rappel pour la réunion des francophones

[Wikimania-l] a humble plea for the speakers

2013-08-09 Thread Raul Veede
Dear speakers! Please, please, PLEASE put your slides up on the conference pages! (If possible, with comments.) Not everyone has the chance to see every presentation they're interested about. This way, you might get useful feedback and possibly cooperation even after you've closed your computer

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 89, Issue 40

2013-08-09 Thread Deror Avi
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Extra microphones

2013-08-09 Thread Lodewijk
Probably best to bring the suggestion directly to the main organizing team - it might very well be that they don't read this mailing list as actively. Best, Lodewijk 2013/8/9 Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org Hi. I notice the conference rooms don't have extra microphones, for questions

[Wikimania-l] Meetup MediaWiki release management

2013-08-09 Thread Markus Glaser
Hello all, I just proposed a meetup on MediaWiki Release Management: http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetups#MediaWiki_Release_Management Time: Saturday, 1430-1530 in room N114 (next to Logo Square). Description: MediaWiki is mainly developed for the Wikimedia sites. So,

[Wikimania-l] Meetup MediaWiki release management

2013-08-09 Thread Markus Glaser
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Accomodation recommendation

2013-08-09 Thread Benny
http://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Hong_Kong/Kowloon#Sleep Budget A large number of guesthouses are located in Tsim Sha Tsui, Mong Kok and Jordan offering cheap, small but generally comfortable and safe accommodation licensed by the Hong Kong government. These are barebone places to stay so there

Re: [Wikimania-l] Meetup MediaWiki release management

2013-08-09 Thread Yury Katkov
Hi Markus! Can I participate remotely? and is that UTC time? - Yury Katkov, WikiVote On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Markus Glaser gla...@hallowelt.biz wrote: Hello all, ** ** I just proposed a meetup on MediaWiki Release Management: ** **

[Wikimania-l] Recordings

2013-08-09 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Time for the customary recordings thread. :) There isn't any information about recordings on the wiki, apart from a link in main page to the streaming of the auditorium at http://new.livestream.com/socreclive/wikimania Does somebody know if any recording is taking place and, if yes, in what

Re: [Wikimania-l] Meetup MediaWiki release management

2013-08-09 Thread Markus Glaser
Yury, time is HKT. It’s 6:30 UTC. Unfortunately, there is no video participation support for meetups at Wikimania. I will see to it there’s an etherpad, though. The address will be http://epl.wikimedia.org/p/ReleaseManagement I will do my best to protocol and you (and any others

Re: [Wikimania-l] Meet the VisualEditor team!

2013-08-09 Thread jduranboger
i would like to meet the team if i cant, thank u great job!!! 2013/8/9 Roan Kattouw roan.katt...@gmail.com On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote: Wikimaniacs, if you'd like to meet with the VisualEditor team and talk to us about how to improve VE, we are

Re: [Wikimania-l] Accommodation Recommendations

2013-08-09 Thread Teemeah .
I will be in InnSight, wee.innsight.hk, I have no idea if it is a good place but tripadvisor reviews were mostly ok. Timea I’m currently staying in the Hotel Benito, which I’ve stayed in before on previous trips to Hong Kong, and recommend it highly. It is literally steps from one of Tsim Sha

Re: [Wikimania-l] Accommodation Recommendations

2013-08-09 Thread Teemeah .
Www of course for the link. Stupid tablet keyboard... uh :D 2013.08.10. 1:32, Teemeah . teemeah.wikipo...@gmail.com ezt írta: I will be in InnSight, wee.innsight.hk, I have no idea if it is a good place but tripadvisor reviews were mostly ok. Timea I’m currently staying in the Hotel Benito,

[Wikimania-l] Chapters Lunch on Sunday 1pm, M104

2013-08-09 Thread Alice Wiegand
Just a reminder: Meet Patricio Lorente and me, the Chapters Selected WMF Board Members, and talk with us about the relationship between Chapters and us, expectations and perspectives. We're looking forward to seeing you on Sunday, 1 pm, Room M104. Alice Wiegand and Patricio Lorente

[Wikimania-l] Etherpads

2013-08-09 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hi, folks. Many of you are still using etherpad.wikimedia.org -- which is old and terribly buggy. Some of you have switched to etherpad.wmflabs.org -- which is new and works well, but which had repeatedly choked in the past couple of days under the stress from dozens of Wikipedians taking notes

Re: [Wikimania-l] Accomodation recommendation

2013-08-09 Thread Ellie Young
Matej, For how long and when do you need a room? On Aug 9, 2013, at 10:20 PM, Matej Grochal ggros...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Wikimaniacs, Would anyone have a recommendation for a hostel/hotel of comparable quality (and price) to the HKBU dorms? Thank you muchly and enjoy the rest of the

[Wikimania-l] Board members available today, 16:30, pq304

2013-08-09 Thread phoebe ayers
Following on the request to have an additional q and a session with the WMF board, a few trustees (including myself and Bishakha) will be available for an open discussion in PQ304 after the transparency report, at approx. 16:30. Hope to see you there! Phoebe

[Wikimania-l] Today: Thematic meet-ups during the breaks

2013-08-09 Thread Nicole Ebber
Good morning everyone, today there will be several thematic meet-ups (as in: 30 minutes talks, discussion, or inputs) in room N114 during coffee, lunch and tea breaks. Here's the schedule. We are looking forward to seeing you there! morning coffee break: 11:00–11:30, ROOM N114 Table 1:

Re: [Wikimania-l] Etherpads

2013-08-09 Thread Jeremy Baron
On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 2:27 AM, Katie Chan k...@ktchan.info wrote: It would be easier if there aren't so many different versions at different addresses all slightly different. Agreed but I think it's not so bad if you know the backstory. (and maybe I got some of this wrong, ops pls correct

[Wikimania-l] predicting Wikipedia 2022

2013-08-09 Thread Barbara Fischer
Hi folks, please note that there is a little query on going asking your opinion on the future of Wikipedia. Help us to fill the oracle of delphi: https://wmde.org/wikipedia2022 the results will be shown in our session today at 4 pm in the jockey auditorium at the Wikimania. thanks for your

[Wikimania-l] Wiktionary meetup in Wikimania, today Sat 11:30 Y520

2013-08-09 Thread David Cuenca
Just a short reminder for all those interested in the future of Wiktionary. http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Support_of_Wiktionary_in_Wikidata - *Date :* Saturday, 10 Aug, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm - *Venue:* Y520 (block Y, 5th floor)http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Venue#Venue_Map

[Wikimania-l] Reminder: MediaWiki Meetup for people with their own Wiki

2013-08-09 Thread Mark A. Hershberger
Markus and I will be holding a meetup this afternoon at 1430 (HKT) in room N114 If you have a wiki on shared hosting or run a wiki farm, we'd love to talk to you. Please come by. http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetups#MediaWiki_Release_Management Time: Saturday, 1430-1530 in room N114

Re: [Wikimania-l] predicting Wikipedia 2022

2013-08-09 Thread Michael Peel
Hi Barbara, The link doesn't seem to be working - the HTTPS link times out, and the HTTP version leads to a protected google doc that people need permission to access… Thanks, Mike On 10 Aug 2013, at 10:56, Barbara Fischer barbara.fisc...@wikimedia.de wrote: Hi folks, please note that

Re: [Wikimania-l] WMEU

2013-08-09 Thread Raul Veede
A short clarification: I did NOT mean to set up an organization of European chapters. It's just that on a recent trip to European Commission I noticed that the coverage of EU on wikiprojects is surprisingly lousy, yet it influences millions of people and could be really important. A usual

Re: [Wikimania-l] predicting Wikipedia 2022

2013-08-09 Thread Barbara Fischer
Hi, please try than the unsharpened link: https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.de/forms/d/1HUgTL5rBFHqtZlYNrmIEtC4Awa05jvo84DHwB7--ayQ/viewform thanks Barbara Fischer Kuratorin für Kulturpartnerschaften Jeweils persönlich von Dienstag bis Donnerstag für Sie erreichbar Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. |

Re: [Wikimania-l] predicting Wikipedia 2022

2013-08-09 Thread Raul Veede
You need permission Want in? Ask the owner for access, or switch to an account with permission. Learn more http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=enanswer=53355 On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Barbara Fischer barbara.fisc...@wikimedia.de wrote: Hi, please try than the unsharpened

[Wikimania-l] Predict Wikipedias future

2013-08-09 Thread barbara . fischer
Hi everybody, I hope that this link will work. Apologize for the inconvenience. help us to predict the future of Wikipedia. sll Barbara Dirk Imagine the Wikipedia in 2022 by voting on 9 statements. Ich habe Sie eingeladen, das Formular Predict Wikipedias future auszufüllen. Besuchen Sie

[Wikimania-l] Interview for Swedish National Radio

2013-08-09 Thread Jan Ainali
Anyone from South America or someone active on the Arabic Wikipedia that would like to be interviewed by the Swedish National Radio later today? Please contact me if you are! -- Jan Ainali Bli medlem i Wikimedia Sverige: 100 kr till bankgiro 5822-9915 (skriv Medlemsavgift, namn, adress och

Re: [Wikimania-l] WMEU

2013-08-09 Thread David Cuenca
Hi Raul, I'm interested in talking about this topic. Do you know about the EU policy project? https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/07/16/our-man-in-brussels-dimitar-dimitrov/ I think Dimi is in Wikimania, but unfortunately I haven't meet him yet. Micru On

Re: [Wikimania-l] WMEU

2013-08-09 Thread Tobias Lutzi
I can confirm that he is here. He's even giving a talk about the EU project at sunday afternoon :-) -- TL Ursprüngliche Nachricht Von: David Cuenca dacu...@gmail.com Datum: An: Wikimania general list (open subscription) wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Betreff: Re:

Re: [Wikimania-l] WMEU

2013-08-09 Thread Raul Veede
Yes, I know and initially, we were considering having a chat with Dimi and Nicole about it. I just thought we could grab a chance to draw a larger crowd. Raul On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Tobias Lutzi to...@gmx.net wrote: I can confirm that he is here. He's even giving a talk about the EU