If my scholarship is granted , I shall be their. Jayanta Nath Bengali Wikisource
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Aleksey Chalabyan <xelgen...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi David, > > If I'll make it to Wikimania I'll definetly join the meetup. > > Also, I've submitted proposal for Tutorial-style presentation, mainly > targeted for those relatively new to Wikisource. > > > https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/From_paper_book_to_a_digital_one_on_Wikisource > > > On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 2:42 PM, David Cuenca <dacu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> this year the Wikimania will be in* London* and it will be a great >> opportunity to have a *Wikisource community meet-up* there. I requested >> a room for* Aug 9th* (Saturday), who would be coming? >> >> During the wmcon I learnt that it is possible to apply for funds to the >> GAC to bring selected members from strategically-targeted language >> communities (Diversity), or someone who wants to learn about how to >> revitalize their wikisource (Community building) or learn how to start >> projects (Outreach). It could also be someone from an external organization >> we want to partner with. As always there must be a very strong motivation >> to do things and it has to yield results, since travels are expensive. Are >> there suggestions about who should we try to bring? >> >> Additionally this year there are several Wikisource-related submissions, >> so we could also "package" the ones that get accepted into a brouchure to >> promote Wikisource and the related talks. Some that have been identified: >> *DIY-Scanner<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Open_hardware_and_Open_Source_for_Open_Content:_GLAM,_the_DIY_Book_Scanner_community_and_Wikimedia_digitalize_public_domain_books._Case_study_from_Argentina>: >> to learn how it was done and evaluate if we can replicate the project >> internationally >> *Wikisource technical >> infrastructure<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wikisource_technical_infrastructure:_what_we_have_done_and_what_we_could_do>: >> to see what has been done and the discussion about the technical >> developments >> *Wikisource >> panel<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Panel:_Wikisource,_from_digitization_to_data>: >> general discussion, workflow and metadata handling >> *Gujarati >> Wikisource<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Gujarati_Wikisource>: >> to learn about how a small community overcame the initial challenges >> *Malayalam Digitization >> Contest<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Malayalam_Wikisource_Digitization_Contest>: >> the Wikisource >> contest<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/11/21/wikisource-proofreading-contest/>is >> becoming global, good time to discuss lessons learnt and how to make it >> grow further. >> >> Feel free to vote them if you find them interesting! >> >> Cheers, >> Micru >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >
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