Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Reasonator use in Wikipedias

2014-01-24 Thread Jane Darnell
I am not convinced that this is useful (yet). I have been generating some red-link lists for the upcoming international edit-a-thon about Art Feminism on February 1st, and I tried out this tool to see if I could come with with lists of women artists already in other projects. With Reasonator I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Reasonator use in Wikipedias

2014-01-24 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, You are conflating two tools .. they are still quite distinct.. - What you refer to is a query tool and IT provides you with the numbers you quote. - Reasonator provides you with a search functionality and a display functionality So Reasonator gives you something like this [1]

[Wikimedia-l] Contribution to Visually impaired

2014-01-24 Thread Klein Eduard
Hi, I came across this interesting thread and I would like to contribute with results of our recent TAO project (Third Age Online). We did RD in the context of a joint EU project with respect to Wikipedia and Accessibility. A summary you can find here:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Reasonator use in Wikipedias

2014-01-24 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, As I recall it there is a category with Russian female painters.. Using Widar [1] and identifying them as a painter and a female takes all of 5 minutes.. Thanks, GerardM [1] http://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/autolist.html On 24 January 2014 13:40, Jane Darnell jane...@gmail.com

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 10, Issue 3 -- 22 January 2014

2014-01-24 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
Book review: ''Missing Links and Secret Histories: A Selection of Wikipedia Entries from Across the Known Multiverse'' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-01-22/Book_review Special report: The few who write Wikipedia

[Wikimedia-l] Round 1 of Picture of the Year 2013 is open!

2014-01-24 Thread User Mono
Dear Wikimedians, Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2013 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the eighth edition of the annual Wikimedia Commons photo competition, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia users

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wiki Loves Monuments] New Program Evaluation report: Wiki Loves Monuments

2014-01-24 Thread Asaf Bartov
Thanks! The most interesting datum I've noticed so far is the rate of active editor (5+ edits/month) retention among new contributors after six months, which is about 0.4%. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Library/WLM#New_users That (along with the easy-to-measure and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Round 1 of Picture of the Year 2013 is open!

2014-01-24 Thread Asaf Bartov
for convenience, the correct link is of course without the thanks bit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2013/Introduction I've started voting, and I've had to stop to express my thanks and admiration for the _fantastic_ experience provided this year. I'm sure it was