Re: [Foundation-l] H2G2 "to be disposed of"
On 01/24/2011 05:09 PM, Magnus Manske wrote: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12265173 > > Anything worth salvaging? If released under a free license, it could find its place on Wikisource. I have found at least a few articles that could be used to improve Wikipedia ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/approved_entry/A592599 is much longer than http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Word_%28radio_show%29 and http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/approved_entry/A76282158 doesn't seem to have the article on Wikipedia at all). It is a question however if per http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/help/entry_faqs#copyright and http://www.bbc.co.uk/terms/#4 "In certain circumstance the BBC may also share your contribution with trusted third parties*." would allow for such a release. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] IRC Office Hours with Exec. Dir. Sue Gardner, Jan. 28th 18:00 UTC
Hi everyone, Just a note to say that we've decided to move the IRC office hours to Thursday the 27th at the same time in order to better fit everyone's schedule here at the WMF. Sorry for any confusion or inconvenience. On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Steven Walling wrote: > Just to correct myself: that's *Friday *the 28th, not Thursday. > > > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Steven Walling wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> Now that we're past the rush of the fundraiser and the tenth anniversary, >> we're going to renew IRC office hours beginning this Thursday, January 28th, >> 18:00-19:00 UTC. Joining us will be Sue Gardner (Executive Director of the >> Wikimedia Foundation). It would be great if you could be there to help us >> kick off a new series of discussions about the Foundation, its work, and the >> movement as a whole. >> >> If you're not familiar with IRC office hours, instructions for how to join >> and a link to time conversion can be found at >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours >> >> Thanks! >> >> Steven Walling >> Fellow at the Wikimedia Foundation >> wikimediafoundation.org >> >> >> >> >> >> ___ >> foundation-l mailing list >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > > ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Executive Director Trip Report: Stockholm, London, Dubai, Delhi
Hey folks, As you may know, whenever I travel internationally I write up a trip report afterwards for the board and staff of the Wikimedia Foundation. I also publish it to foundation-l. Between November 20 and December 6, I did a pretty considerable stint of travel: to Stockholm, London, Dubai and Delhi, accompanied by my assistant James Owen everywhere except Delhi. The trip report describing that is below. There's also a little description of my holiday following the work trip, in northern India. That wasn't official Wikimedia business, but I wrote up some notes on it for the board, just for fun, and I've kept them intact here. Please note I write these documents pretty quickly, and I don't do any rigorous fact-checking: they're just intended to be quick captures of my experiences and impressions. That means that any errors and omissions here are mine. So for people like Lennart, Liam, etc.: if I've made mistakes here please forgive me, and please don't hesitate to correct the record :-) I think I've got an IRC chat coming up this Thursday, January 27. (It was originally scheduled for Friday, but it's likely going to end up shifted to Thursday: James will publicize the date & time once it's finalized.) If you've got questions/comments/thoughts, please feel free to comment on this list, or come to my IRC chat. Please also feel free to forward this report to other lists that might find it interesting. Thanks, Sue -- Trip Report Summary: Between November 20 and December 6, I visited Stockholm, London, Dubai and Delhi. James was with me in Stockholm, London and Dubai. During the trip, I spoke at three conferences, was interviewed by 16 journalists, and met with about 50 Wikimedians as well as a few supporters and friends at cultural institutions, and I interviewed candidates for the Wikimedia Program Director for India. Afterwards I went on three weeks holiday in India, including a 10-day silent Vipassana meditation retreat in Karnal, north of Delhi. The trip had multiple overlapping goals -- to advance awareness of Wikipedia (particularly during our fundraising season) and to encourage people to try editing, as well as to support chapters and find out a little more about the challenges and opportunities faced by editors in the Middle East. On the whole, the trip was successful and we’ll probably aim to do similar ones in future, building on lessons learned this time. Stockholm (November 21-26) I was interviewed by IDG Sweden, CIO Magazine Sweden, Computer Sweden magazine, the Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå news agency and the PR officer at the National Library. (See media links at the end of this document.) The night before the Academy, I had dinner with Erlend and Ulf of Wikimedia Norway, as well Fluff, Lennart, Jan, Lars, Holger, David, Kristoffer, Bellgt, and Axel of Wikimedia Sweden. I did the keynote at the Swedish chapter's third annual Wikipedia Academy, held in Stockholm. Only about 20 people attended that day, which was disappointing for both me and the chapter. (Apparently for a week or so prior to the conference, the sign-up pages had been displaying as “full,” which the organizers thought might’ve depressed attendance.) I gather attendance was much better the second day, a Saturday. At the conference I met a number of new-to-me Wikipedians, including 15-year-old editor Leo (User Calandrella on the Swedish, English, German, Norwegian and Spanish WPs, as well as Commons, Wikinews and Wiktionary) and a half-dozen others. Also met Kjell Nilsson, the head of international relations for the National Library (conference venue), who is retiring soon and looking for a project, and who both Lennart and I tried to persuade to run for the Swedish chapter board. (Wikimedia Sweden is eager to recruit board members, and Kjell might be a terrific addition: he is smart and energetic; attended Liam’s GLAM conference in Amsterdam and loved it, and is knowledgeable about copyright and open access.) London (November 27- December 1) I did the keynote at Liam Wyatt's GLAM wiki event at the British Museum. I am guessing turnout was 100+ people. Attendees included several dozen Wikimedians as well as people from many UK cultural institutions including the Victoria & Albert, the Tate, the National Portrait Gallery and the British Library. I met a half-dozen new-to-me Wikimedians, including a 12-year-old editor named Peter, and saw folks I’ve known a long time like Jimmy, Liam Wyatt, Joseph Seddon, Mike Peel, James Forrester, WereSpielChequers, Filceolaire, Geni and others. In London, I was interviewed by the BBC, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, the Times of London newspaper, and Wired magazine UK. (See media links at the end of this document.) Dubai (December 1- 5) I spoke at TED-x Dubai, where the attendees had lots of love for Wikipedia. TED-x Dubai was very slickly executed: excellent branding, professionally managed, terrific audio/visual. Attendees seemed to be pretty typical for TED -- young and middl
[Foundation-l] The Signpost – Volume 7, Issue 4 – 24 January 2011
News and notes: Wikimedia fellow working on cultural collaborations; video animation about Wikipedia; brief news http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-01-24/News_and_notes In the news: The 2002 Spanish fork and ads revisited; Wikipedia still failing to fail; brief news http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-01-24/In_the_news WikiXDC: Wikipedians celebrate anniversary with US National Archives in Washington, D.C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-01-24/WikiXDC WikiProject report: Life Inside the Beltway http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-01-24/WikiProject_report Features and admins: The best of the week http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-01-24/Features_and_admins Arbitration report: 23 editors submit evidence in 'Shakespeare' case, Longevity case awaits proposed decision, and more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-01-24/Arbitration_report Technology report: File licensing metadata; Multimedia Usability project; brief news http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-01-24/Technology_report Single page view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single PDF version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-01-24 http://identi.ca/wikisignpost / https://twitter.com/wikisignpost -- Wikipedia Signpost Staff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] H2G2 "to be disposed of"
On 24 January 2011 18:02, geni wrote: > On 24 January 2011 16:09, Magnus Manske wrote: >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12265173 >> >> Anything worth salvaging? >> > > Probably but I can't see it falling within our remit. Apart from > anything else it's not under a free license. If the BBC owns the copyright, or has permission to re-license the work, then that isn't an issue. I can't remember the copyright system for h2g2 (I was very active there before I became active on Wikipedia, but that was years ago). I don't think their content would be appropriate for us without a major re-write, though. It tends to be (or at least, tended to be while I was there) written in a very light-hearted, sometimes even comedic, tone. It's not encyclopaedic. It isn't well-referenced either (and certainly isn't a reliable source). h2g2 was a fun community, but it wasn't really a useful project. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] H2G2 "to be disposed of"
On 24 January 2011 16:09, Magnus Manske wrote: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12265173 > Anything worth salvaging? Is it even under a CC-ish licence? http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/forums/A639056/conversation/view/F77636/T8018187 "However, H2G2 is unusual. It is a pre-existing community that the BBC brought into its fold, not a community that the BBC set up from scratch. So rather than closing it, we've decided to explore another option. This process has been referred to elsewhere as the "disposal" of H2G2. I'll admit this is not a great choices of words, but what is means is that we'll be looking for proposals from others to take on the running of H2G2." The actual machine it runs on is a years-out-of-warranty Dell server running Windows 2000. Not sure if it still has an outboard USB disk in the back. What I mean is, it's ridiculous levels of bespoke and already running on something that should rightly be a discard. - d. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] H2G2 "to be disposed of"
On 24 January 2011 16:09, Magnus Manske wrote: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12265173 > > Anything worth salvaging? > Probably but I can't see it falling within our remit. Apart from anything else it's not under a free license. Some of their other stuff might highlight areas we could perhaps move into but there isn't much detail and nothing listed at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/2011/01/delivering-quality-first.shtml Looks like it would really interest us. -- geni ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] IRC Office Hours with Exec. Dir. Sue Gardner, Jan. 28th 18:00 UTC
Just to correct myself: that's *Friday *the 28th, not Thursday. On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Steven Walling wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Now that we're past the rush of the fundraiser and the tenth anniversary, > we're going to renew IRC office hours beginning this Thursday, January 28th, > 18:00-19:00 UTC. Joining us will be Sue Gardner (Executive Director of the > Wikimedia Foundation). It would be great if you could be there to help us > kick off a new series of discussions about the Foundation, its work, and the > movement as a whole. > > If you're not familiar with IRC office hours, instructions for how to join > and a link to time conversion can be found at > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours > > Thanks! > > Steven Walling > Fellow at the Wikimedia Foundation > wikimediafoundation.org > > > > > > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] IRC Office Hours with Exec. Dir. Sue Gardner, Jan. 28th 18:00 UTC
Hi everyone, Now that we're past the rush of the fundraiser and the tenth anniversary, we're going to renew IRC office hours beginning this Thursday, January 28th, 18:00-19:00 UTC. Joining us will be Sue Gardner (Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation). It would be great if you could be there to help us kick off a new series of discussions about the Foundation, its work, and the movement as a whole. If you're not familiar with IRC office hours, instructions for how to join and a link to time conversion can be found at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours Thanks! Steven Walling Fellow at the Wikimedia Foundation wikimediafoundation.org ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] H2G2 "to be disposed of"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12265173 Anything worth salvaging? ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
