Re: [Wikisource-l] [Brand Project] Next naming phase
Greetings and good day, >> What you have to ask yourself: If it had been named "Wikipedia Foundation" >> from the start, would you have left it? – That's citing an imaginary situation while dealing with a real problem. Thanks Tito Dutta On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 at 03:44, Lars Aronsson wrote: > On 2020-06-19 09:58, Nicolas VIGNERON wrote: > > All three options remove the term "Wikimedia" to replace it by > > "Wikipedia" and indeed, there is no statu quo option... > > > In my opinion, it was a mistake in 2003, when the foundation was > established, > to invent a new name for it. If it had been called "Wikipedia > Foundation" from > the start, it would have been so much easier to explain to friends, > collaboration > partners and donors what we are. We are a foundation to support Wikipedia > (and also its sister projects). Wikisource, Wiktionary and the rest are > just that: > They are sister projects to Wikipedia, always were, always have been. > > Only Wikipedia is the groundbreaking innovation that could win the Nobel > Prize > (for peace, perhaps?). None of the sister projects could qualify for this. > While Wikisource is great, we should be humble and grateful that we can > benefit from all the money and technology around Wikipedia, including > events like Wikimania. > > What you have to ask yourself: If it had been named "Wikipedia Foundation" > from the start, would you have left it? Would you have left Wikisource, in > order to administrate your own, separate, independent project? Asaf Bartov > does this with Project Ben-Yehuda. I do this with Project Runeberg. These > are not part of Wikisource, not part of the Wikipedia/-media movement. > But we never broke away from Wikisource. The reason we maintain our > own projects is because they are older than Wikisource. It is a lot of > extra > work to administrate your own project. If this kind of extra administration > is your mission in life, perhaps you should leave Wikisource and run your > own? See how fun that is. > > In my case, I could close down Project Runeberg and merge with Wikisource, > if it weren't for some differences in licensing. Much of what I have > digitized > there can not fit in Wikisource. And so I continue to carry the extra > burden > of administrating my own project. But it's not because I hate the Wikipedia > movement or Wikisource. On the contrary, I was active in establishing > the Swedish chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation in 2007. And I have spent > too much time explaining the difference between Wikipedia and Wikimedia. > > I wish it had been named "Wikipedia Foundation" from the start. When the > burden of dual names was obvious in 2015, I wish the foundation had just > renamed itself quickly without asking anyone. It would have been > criticized, > but now it is criticized anyway after very long and slow process, so no > gain. > > > -- >Lars Aronsson (l...@aronsson.se) >Linköping, Sweden > >Project Runeberg - free Nordic literature - http://runeberg.org/ > > > > ___ > Wikisource-l mailing list > Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l > ___ Wikisource-l mailing list Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l
Re: [Wikisource-l] [Wikimediaindia-l] Open Publishing Fest - May 18-29 2020
Thanks for sharing Shrini. >> The events can be anything. Below are a few ideas I can share -- All of these are interesting ideas. Specially different aspects of Wikisource might be an interesting idea to present/discuss, in my opinion. Thanks Tito Dutta Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind me over email or phone call. On Wed, 13 May 2020 at 19:13, Shrinivasan T wrote: > Coko Foundation, USA is organizing a global wide event to promote > “Open Publishing”. > > > > This is an online event. > > Anyone can propose, conduct event on their own language, their desired > online platform. > > From the website, > > > Open Publishing Fest celebrates communities developing open creative, > scholarly, technological, and civic publishing projects. Together, we > find new ground to share our ideas. > > This is at once a collaborative and distributed event. Sessions are > hosted by individuals and organizations around the world as panel > discussions, fireside chats, demonstrations, and performances. We > connect those points to bring them in conversation with one another > and map out what’s next. > > We seek to build networks of resilience and care for people working on > new ways to develop and share knowledge. > > Join us by proposing a session. Proposals will be considered on a > rolling basis up to and throughout the fest. > > > > Propose an event here – https://openpublishingfest.org/form.html > > You can propose any number of events. > > Last date to propose is May 29 2020. Yes. Till the last date, you can > propose and conduct events. > > Already 70+ events are proposed. Check them all here – > https://openpublishingfest.org/calendar.html > > > > The events can be anything. Below are few ideas I can share > > 1. Demo on any free/open source software related to publishing. There > are plenty. > > Calibre > Pressbooks.com > LibreOffice > Scribus > Editoria > PubSweet > WikiSource.org > wordpress blog > > and more > > 2. Hackathons to explore and contribute to these software. > > 3. Panel discussions on these publishing tools > > 4. Book reviews/discussion on open licensed books > > 5. Silent reading events. Mark a specific date/time and friends. Read > few open licensed books. Thats all. > > 6. Proofread the books in wikisource.org in your language > > 7. If you can write, write a book or few chapters for your next open > licensed book > > 8. Pratham Books is running https://storyweaver.org.in/ where you can > create story books for kids. You can draw images and upload there. > Translate existing stories to your language. All the books there in > Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license. > > 9. Check the Open Publishing Fest Event calendar here – > https://openpublishingfest.org/calendar.html Promote the all the > events you can at the social mediums you are. > > You can bring more ideas and share here. > > > > > > > -- > Regards, > T.Shrinivasan > > > My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com > Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil : http://kaniyam.com > > Get Free Tamil Ebooks for Android, iOS, Kindle, Computer : > http://FreeTamilEbooks.com > > > -- > Regards, > T.Shrinivasan > > > My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com > Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil : http://kaniyam.com > > Get Free Tamil Ebooks for Android, iOS, Kindle, Computer : > http://FreeTamilEbooks.com > > ___ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > wikimediaindi...@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > ___ Wikisource-l mailing list Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l
Re: [Wikisource-l] Carl Malamud has won: the law is in the public domain
Great news. Thanks for sharing. Thanks Tito Dutta On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 at 21:15, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: > > https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/georgia-loses-legal-code-copyright-clash-at-supreme-court > < > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georgia_v._Public.Resource.Org,_Inc.=953510769=951517405 > > > > Federico > > ___ > Wikisource-l mailing list > Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l > ___ Wikisource-l mailing list Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l
Re: [Wikisource-l] [Wikimediaindia-l] Making of a ScanBox - DIY Scanner
Excellent Shrini, thanks for sharing step by step details. Regards. On Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 11:08 AM Shrinivasan T wrote: > > > Recently, we have built a custom scan box to scan books. > > > With this box and a smartphone, we can scan books easily. > > Wrote about it here > > https://goinggnu.wordpress.com/2020/04/20/making-of-kaniyam-scanbox-diy-scanner/ > > > Comment there If you are interested in volunteering for scanning or post > processing using scantailor. > ___ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > wikimediaindi...@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > ___ Wikisource-l mailing list Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l
