[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 9, Issue 33 -- 21 August 2013

From the editor: Call for contributors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-08-21/From_the_editor WikiProject report: Today's article for improvement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-08-21/WikiProject_report News and notes: Wikipedia's Manua

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal - Training for Wikimedia movement boards

On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: > > All the options of "external training" I'm aware of are cheaper than > international workshops (I don't know about Boardsource and specially-hired > consultants). you mean locally organized training? Perhaps, especially if the boa

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Mobile image upload

If we make it easier for people to contribute, we're also making it easier for people to contribute stuff we don't want. The tradeoff is definitely worth it though. Cheers, Craig On 26/08/2013 10:56 AM, "Kevin Wayne Williams" wrote: > It does, however, get its share of exactly what one would ex

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Mobile image upload

It does, however, get its share of exactly what one would expect: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lil_brownie_2013-08-19_19-33.jpg KWW Op 2013/08/25 17:08, Sue Gardner schreef: Wow, that *is* great. Thank you for showing us, James :-) On Aug 25, 2013 5:14 AM, "James Heilman" wrote: M

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Mobile image upload

Wow, that *is* great. Thank you for showing us, James :-) On Aug 25, 2013 5:14 AM, "James Heilman" wrote: > Mobile image upload is a huge plus thus thanks to all who made it > happen. It is allowing those who might not otherwise have be able to > get involved to do so. Just saw this image come in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The failure of Google, looking for open source alternatives

On 25 August 2013 23:33, Andy Mabbett wrote: >> this is one point where WMF _may_ be able to help, > > We already have Special:Nearby I've started a discussion on en.Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Nearby_.26_replacing_Google_Maps.27_Wikipedia_layer

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The failure of Google, looking for open source alternatives

On 25 August 2013 21:45, Peter Gervai wrote: > this is one point where WMF _may_ be able to help, We already have Special:Nearby It shouldn't be a great leap to make (the back end of) that page emit a KML file (it's a list of geocoded articles, af

Re: [Wikimedia-l] is wikipedia zero illegal because it violates net neutrality?

It's fine (and necessary) to hold ourselves to our own ethical standards, but if we start trying to avoid activity that might be perceived as illegal in any country, we would run in to a lot of problems awfully fast. Trying to avoid activity that might be perceived as illegal somewhere in the worl

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Mobile image upload

On Sunday, August 25, 2013, James Heilman wrote: > Mobile image upload is a huge plus thus thanks to all who made it > happen. It is allowing those who might not otherwise have be able to > get involved to do so. Just saw this image come in through the mobile > site > http://commons.wikimedia.org/

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The failure of Google, looking for open source alternatives

On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Tomasz Ganicz wrote: > Bear in mind that OSM is a community such as we are, with its own > habits and ideas. As I happen to be one of the more active ones in Hungary. :-) > The idea of OSM is to have everything in one databse Nope. You will not see there wikip

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The failure of Google, looking for open source alternatives

On 25.08.2013 11:58, Tomasz Ganicz wrote: Bear in mind that OSM is a community such as we are, with its own habits and ideas. The idea of OSM is to have everything in one databse which structure is very open. You can actually put there almost everything which can be connected with the points, lin

Re: [Wikimedia-l] No, it isn't. (Was: is wikipedia zero illegal because it violates net neutrality?)

Next time please don't change the email subject when replying to a thread unless you're changing the topic. *-- * *Tyler Romeo* Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2016 Major in Computer Science www.whizkidztech.com | tylerro...@gmail.com On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Mathias Schindler

[Wikimedia-l] No, it isn't. (Was: is wikipedia zero illegal because it violates net neutrality?)

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[Wikimedia-l] is wikipedia zero illegal because it violates net neutrality?

hi, most people know some advantage of wikipedia zero and everybody can look up the advantages by just typing wikipedia zero into some search engine. as i am not sure about the answer and anyway get asked in rare cases what i think of wp:zero i guess it should be best answered on the mailing list:

[Wikimedia-l] State of the Map 2013 - OSM conference in Birmingham, England.

[cross-posted] The OSM equivalent of Wikimania, State of the Map , is in Birmingham, England (my home town), from 6-8 September, just under two weeks away (places are still available!). I will be there. Are any of you coming? Should we have Wikipedia meetup? -- And

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The failure of Google, looking for open source alternatives

On 24 August 2013 23:21, Romaine Wiki wrote: > Google is throwing the Wikipedia layer out of Google Maps under the guise of > "improvement" If true, that's very sad. I was involved in liason with Google to get that set up to use {{Coord}}, some years ago, and people I've showed it to have alway

Re: [Wikimedia-l] About the concentration of resources in SF (itwas: "Communication plans for community engagement"

2013/8/25 Federico Leva (Nemo) : > This is important to keep in mind, but I don't think it's related to what > Romaine is talking about. Those were not just "offices", they were offices > for a project. Distributing existing projects (like engineering) in > different locations is an entirely diffe

Re: [Wikimedia-l] About the concentration of resources in SF (itwas: "Communication plans for community engagement"

Everton Zanella Alvarenga, 25/08/2013 15:42: 2013/8/24 Romaine Wiki It is possible to have one location where everything is organized and arranged, but WMF is an international organisation to support the world wide Wikimedia movement. I think it would be good to have WMF deeper inside the wo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] About the concentration of resources in SF (itwas: "Communication plans for community engagement"

2013/8/24 Romaine Wiki > > It is possible to have one location where everything is organized and > arranged, but WMF is an international organisation to support the world wide > Wikimedia movement. I think it would be good to have WMF deeper inside the > world wide community, both digital and p

[Wikimedia-l] Mobile image upload

Mobile image upload is a huge plus thus thanks to all who made it happen. It is allowing those who might not otherwise have be able to get involved to do so. Just saw this image come in through the mobile site http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dirty_white_pseudomembrane_classically_seen_in_di

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The failure of Google, looking for open source alternatives

Bear in mind that OSM is a community such as we are, with its own habits and ideas. The idea of OSM is to have everything in one databse which structure is very open. You can actually put there almost everything which can be connected with the points, lines or areas and exist on our mother Earth. S

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The failure of Google, looking for open source alternatives

Hello, Apart from the politics side and the end-of-the-world aspects there are good points raised. Right now there are some services based on the google map, mainly the map itself, panoramio which puts images on map, routing engine calculates directions, and several other layers exists on the map

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal - Training for Wikimedia movement boards

David Gerard, 13/08/2013 17:56: On 13 August 2013 15:39, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: True. Even worse, many do not even try to be board members (or active chapter members, for that matter) because they (think they) don't have enough experience. It's crucial to ensure the availability of growin

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal - Training for Wikimedia movement boards

Sophie Österberg, 13/08/2013 16:53: How would they have time to take a master's degree if they have no time to be volunteers? Ilario probably meant a master in the Italian sense of the word: it's not a master's degree, just a university course of EQF level 7 or 8 (usually with "professionalis