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

2013-12-04 Thread Andrea Zanni
Hi Andy. I'm not sure if this is the right place to discuss this, as this involves also the Commons community (and, maybe the Wikisource and Wikidata one). Wikimedia Italia is in partnerships with several European universities for a project called EAGLE. The projects wants to gather all the epigra

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

2013-12-03 Thread 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.692345024117024.1073741835.102459847

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

2013-12-03 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Great idea! Will share this. Sent from the touchscreen equivalent of a Nokia 1100, pardon the sender. -- Srikanth Ramakrishnan, Treasurer. 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, 2

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

2013-12-03 Thread 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/ > > trans

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

2013-12-03 Thread 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, especia