[Wikimedia-l] A five-minute task new volunteers can do

[Andy Mabbett]

I've just blogged about a five-minute task new volunteers can do:

   http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/help-wikipedia-wikimedia-commons-transcribe-text/

transcribing small pieces of text in images such as foundation stones
or signposts.

Please feel free to circulate that through your networks, especially
outside the existing Wikimedia community

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] A five-minute task new volunteers can do

[David Cuenca]

Good to know that Commons is developing its own "mini-Wikisource" :)

Cheers,
Micru

On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Andy Mabbett wrote:

> I've just blogged about a five-minute task new volunteers can do:
>
>
> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/help-wikipedia-wikimedia-commons-transcribe-text/
>
> transcribing small pieces of text in images such as foundation stones
> or signposts.
>
> Please feel free to circulate that through your networks, especially
> outside the existing Wikimedia community
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] A five-minute task new volunteers can do

[Srikanth Ramakrishnan]

Great idea! Will share this.

Sent from the touchscreen equivalent of a Nokia 1100, pardon the sender.
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On Dec 3, 2013 9:25 PM, "David Cuenca"  wrote:

> Good to know that Commons is developing its own "mini-Wikisource" :)
>
> Cheers,
> Micru
>
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Andy Mabbett  >wrote:
>
> > I've just blogged about a five-minute task new volunteers can do:
> >
> >
> >
> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/help-wikipedia-wikimedia-commons-transcribe-text/
> >
> > transcribing small pieces of text in images such as foundation stones
> > or signposts.
> >
> > Please feel free to circulate that through your networks, especially
> > outside the existing Wikimedia community
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[Wikimedia-l] How lovely live communication works worldwide

[Romaine Wiki]

Somehow, I don't know how we get that happen, almost every time we use live 
communication to communicate about projects to enrich and improve the Wikimedia 
projects, something goes wrong in the communication. Besides the usual problems 
of connecting to the internet, a lot of software issues occur, then we have a 
microphone of someone that doesn't work in only one software programme, while 
it works in others, or we don't get sound out of the programme, programmes that 
need an account but refuse you to sign up. From Google Hangout, Skype to 
Mumble, all have issues. 

I think it would be lovely to have a piece of software maybe hosted by WMF that 
works for everyone to enable everyone to participate. Currently users are 
excluded because of insufficient software and it takes too much time to get 
everything working. The key of the Wikimedia projects is that everyone can 
participate, besides when it comes to live communication.


Greetings,
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] How lovely live communication works worldwide

[David Cuenca]

Maybe try this one?
http://videoconf.wikimedia.ch/

Cheers,
Micru


On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Romaine Wiki  wrote:

> Somehow, I don't know how we get that happen, almost every time we use
> live communication to communicate about projects to enrich and improve the
> Wikimedia projects, something goes wrong in the communication. Besides the
> usual problems of connecting to the internet, a lot of software issues
> occur, then we have a microphone of someone that doesn't work in only one
> software programme, while it works in others, or we don't get sound out of
> the programme, programmes that need an account but refuse you to sign up.
> From Google Hangout, Skype to Mumble, all have issues.
>
> I think it would be lovely to have a piece of software maybe hosted by WMF
> that works for everyone to enable everyone to participate. Currently users
> are excluded because of insufficient software and it takes too much time to
> get everything working. The key of the Wikimedia projects is that everyone
> can participate, besides when it comes to live communication.
>
>
> Greetings,
> Romaine
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] How lovely live communication works worldwide

[Jan Ainali]

We just did. Too many were not able to log in.


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0729 - 67 29 48






2013/12/3 David Cuenca 

> Maybe try this one?
> http://videoconf.wikimedia.ch/
>
> Cheers,
> Micru
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Romaine Wiki 
> wrote:
>
> > Somehow, I don't know how we get that happen, almost every time we use
> > live communication to communicate about projects to enrich and improve
> the
> > Wikimedia projects, something goes wrong in the communication. Besides
> the
> > usual problems of connecting to the internet, a lot of software issues
> > occur, then we have a microphone of someone that doesn't work in only one
> > software programme, while it works in others, or we don't get sound out
> of
> > the programme, programmes that need an account but refuse you to sign up.
> > From Google Hangout, Skype to Mumble, all have issues.
> >
> > I think it would be lovely to have a piece of software maybe hosted by
> WMF
> > that works for everyone to enable everyone to participate. Currently
> users
> > are excluded because of insufficient software and it takes too much time
> to
> > get everything working. The key of the Wikimedia projects is that
> everyone
> > can participate, besides when it comes to live communication.
> >
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Romaine
> >
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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedia Foundation launches tenth-annual online fundraising campaign to support Wikipedia

[Matthew Roth]

(This press release is also available online here:
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Wikimedia Foundation launches tenth-annual online fundraising campaign to
support Wikipedia and increase access to free knowledge

(San Francisco, California) 3 December 2013 -- The Wikimedia Foundation,
the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia and its sister projects, today
announced the launch of its tenth-annual year-end fundraising campaign. The
online fundraising campaign aims to raise $20 million, while the remainder
of the Wikimedia Foundation's funding will come from individual gifts given
outside the year-end campaign, and from foundation grants. The overwhelming
majority of the Wikimedia Foundation's funding comes from individual
readers giving an average of $15.

The Wikimedia Foundation's online fundraising brings in the resources
needed to keep the Wikimedia projects freely available to everyone around
the world in their own language, and guarantees that Wikipedia will never
have to rely on advertising. Donations help the Wikimedia Foundation
maintain server infrastructure, improve and simplify the software that runs
our projects, support initiatives around the globe to increase the number
of project contributors, and make Wikipedia accessible to billions of
people who are just beginning to access the internet.

"People donate to Wikipedia because they find it useful, and they trust it
because even though it's not perfect, they know it's written for them. We
aim to tell the truth, and we can do that because of the millions of people
who donate what they can each year," said Sue Gardner, Executive Director
of the Wikimedia Foundation. "The average donor is paying for his or her
own use of Wikipedia, plus the costs of hundreds of other people. The
support of so many people keeps us independent and able to deliver the
world's knowledge for free. Exactly as it should be."

Every year, as the number of Wikipedia readers and donors grows, the
Wikimedia Foundation is able to shorten the duration of its end-of-year
campaign. We thank all our donors for their support. We also want to thank
the volunteers who help make our campaign a widely localized and
internationalized endeavor. In 2012, for example, more than 1,000 people
translated the fundraising banners into more than 100 languages, which
prompted donations from nearly every country on the planet.

The 2013 year-end fundraising campaign builds on the success of previous
years and will run through the end of this year. To make a donation, click
the banners at the top of Wikipedia, or go directly to donate.wikimedia.org.

About the Wikimedia Foundation

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Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix,
Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation
receive more than 530 million unique visitors per month, making them the
fifth-most popular web property worldwide (comScore, October 2013).
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] How lovely live communication works worldwide

[David Cuenca]

Jan, please report the issues that you had to the maintainer of the
instance or directly to:
http://bigbluebutton.org/

Cheers,
Micru


On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Jan Ainali  wrote:

> We just did. Too many were not able to log in.
>
>
> *Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali*
>
> Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige  >
> 0729 - 67 29 48
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 2013/12/3 David Cuenca 
>
> > Maybe try this one?
> > http://videoconf.wikimedia.ch/
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Micru
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Romaine Wiki 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Somehow, I don't know how we get that happen, almost every time we use
> > > live communication to communicate about projects to enrich and improve
> > the
> > > Wikimedia projects, something goes wrong in the communication. Besides
> > the
> > > usual problems of connecting to the internet, a lot of software issues
> > > occur, then we have a microphone of someone that doesn't work in only
> one
> > > software programme, while it works in others, or we don't get sound out
> > of
> > > the programme, programmes that need an account but refuse you to sign
> up.
> > > From Google Hangout, Skype to Mumble, all have issues.
> > >
> > > I think it would be lovely to have a piece of software maybe hosted by
> > WMF
> > > that works for everyone to enable everyone to participate. Currently
> > users
> > > are excluded because of insufficient software and it takes too much
> time
> > to
> > > get everything working. The key of the Wikimedia projects is that
> > everyone
> > > can participate, besides when it comes to live communication.
> > >
> > >
> > > Greetings,
> > > Romaine
> > >
> > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] How lovely live communication works worldwide

[Michael Peel]

Could there be a page on meta that documents this tool and its capabilities / 
limitations / ways to report issues, please?

Thanks,
Mike

On 3 Dec 2013, at 21:42, David Cuenca  wrote:

> Jan, please report the issues that you had to the maintainer of the
> instance or directly to:
> http://bigbluebutton.org/
> 
> Cheers,
> Micru
> 
> 
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Jan Ainali  wrote:
> 
>> We just did. Too many were not able to log in.
>> 
>> 
>> *Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali*
>> 
>> Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige >> 
>> 0729 - 67 29 48
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 2013/12/3 David Cuenca 
>> 
>>> Maybe try this one?
>>> http://videoconf.wikimedia.ch/
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Micru
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Romaine Wiki 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
 Somehow, I don't know how we get that happen, almost every time we use
 live communication to communicate about projects to enrich and improve
>>> the
 Wikimedia projects, something goes wrong in the communication. Besides
>>> the
 usual problems of connecting to the internet, a lot of software issues
 occur, then we have a microphone of someone that doesn't work in only
>> one
 software programme, while it works in others, or we don't get sound out
>>> of
 the programme, programmes that need an account but refuse you to sign
>> up.
 From Google Hangout, Skype to Mumble, all have issues.
 
 I think it would be lovely to have a piece of software maybe hosted by
>>> WMF
 that works for everyone to enable everyone to participate. Currently
>>> users
 are excluded because of insufficient software and it takes too much
>> time
>>> to
 get everything working. The key of the Wikimedia projects is that
>>> everyone
 can participate, besides when it comes to live communication.
 
 
 Greetings,
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Increase in page views for the last 3 months

[Christian Aistleitner]

Hi Brad,

On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 10:18:08AM -0500, Brad Jorsch (Anomie) wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Christian Aistleitner
>  wrote:
> > . No other requests to Special:MWOAuth/ , Special:OAuth/ . Should we
> > already see traffic to those endpoints?
> 
> Not a whole lot, yet, and it may never really get to be *that* many.
> On the other hand, maybe it will. [...]

Ok. Thanks for the clarification.

> The /initiate you saw should have been followed by a call to
> /authorize and then likely a call to /token, but of course those could
> have missed the sampling.

Yes, probably.

Thanks for explaining the course of actions for the endpoints, and the
examples.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] How lovely live communication works worldwide

[Tilman Bayer]

Note that this solution is still based on proprietary software, in that it
requires users to install a Flash plugin.

It would be interesting to learn about the experiences of Wikimedia France,
who has been replacing Skype with the entirely free Mumble, according to
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FLOSS-Exchange .


On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 1:42 PM, David Cuenca  wrote:

> Jan, please report the issues that you had to the maintainer of the
> instance or directly to:
> http://bigbluebutton.org/
>
> Cheers,
> Micru
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Jan Ainali 
> wrote:
>
> > We just did. Too many were not able to log in.
> >
> >
> > *Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali*
> >
> > Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige <
> http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huvudsida
> > >
> > 0729 - 67 29 48
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 2013/12/3 David Cuenca 
> >
> > > Maybe try this one?
> > > http://videoconf.wikimedia.ch/
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Micru
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Romaine Wiki 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Somehow, I don't know how we get that happen, almost every time we
> use
> > > > live communication to communicate about projects to enrich and
> improve
> > > the
> > > > Wikimedia projects, something goes wrong in the communication.
> Besides
> > > the
> > > > usual problems of connecting to the internet, a lot of software
> issues
> > > > occur, then we have a microphone of someone that doesn't work in only
> > one
> > > > software programme, while it works in others, or we don't get sound
> out
> > > of
> > > > the programme, programmes that need an account but refuse you to sign
> > up.
> > > > From Google Hangout, Skype to Mumble, all have issues.
> > > >
> > > > I think it would be lovely to have a piece of software maybe hosted
> by
> > > WMF
> > > > that works for everyone to enable everyone to participate. Currently
> > > users
> > > > are excluded because of insufficient software and it takes too much
> > time
> > > to
> > > > get everything working. The key of the Wikimedia projects is that
> > > everyone
> > > > can participate, besides when it comes to live communication.
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > > Romaine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] A five-minute task new volunteers can do

[Vishnu]

Great idea!! Will circulate it  :)

In India we have recently attempted translating the Malayalam Wikimedia 
11th Anniversary banner into various Indian languages using FB.  Here is 
the work-in-progress


https://www.facebook.com/sajsugeesh/media_set?set=a.692345024117024.1073741835.10245984739&type=1

For me this was a useful experiment in trying to harness social media 
time for Wikimedia purposes. Not sure if it is (technically) possible to 
explore this linkage for something like the commons transcribe or 
translatewiki.net.


Cheers,
Vishnu


On Tuesday 03 December 2013 08:50 PM, Andy Mabbett wrote:

I've just blogged about a five-minute task new volunteers can do:


http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/help-wikipedia-wikimedia-commons-transcribe-text/

transcribing small pieces of text in images such as foundation stones
or signposts.

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