On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Aubrey wrote:
>...
>
> The issue of metadata is nontheless serious, because it's one of the most
> important flaws of Wikisource: not applying standards (i.e Dublin Core) and
> not
> having a proper tools for export/import and harvest metadata is still make us
> a
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 6:31 PM, James Alexander wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:09 PM, Philippe Beaudette <
> pbeaude...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Sure. There are about a bajillion use cases for it. :)
> >
> > pb
> >
> >
> >
> The foundation just likes to spy on us ;) dirt for late
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:09 PM, Philippe Beaudette <
pbeaude...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>
> Sure. There are about a bajillion use cases for it. :)
>
> pb
>
>
>
The foundation just likes to spy on us ;) dirt for later on if
we won't protect that page!
James [redacted for protection]
james.[re
> Perhaps we have competing interfaces / workflows. but I expect we
> would be glad to share 99.99%-verified high-quality
> texts-unified-with-images if it were easy for both projects to
> identify that combination of quality and comprehensive data... and
> would be glad to share metadata so that
>>
>> I had understood that another use-case for such a database is when an
> external organisation (e.g. a local library in some city where there
> is no
> Chapter presence) asks for a local Wikimedian to come and give a
> presentation or advice on how to get involved. Such a database
> (IIRC)
On 15 July 2010 22:35, Philippe Beaudette wrote:
> Hiya -
>
> I asked Danese, who is currently buried under about 20 pounds of stuff
> after coming back from Wikimania, to further describe the stakeholder
> database. Her response is:
>
> Sue has a vision for a single master database that tracks
Hiya -
I asked Danese, who is currently buried under about 20 pounds of stuff
after coming back from Wikimania, to further describe the stakeholder
database. Her response is:
Sue has a vision for a single master database that tracks our
interactions with movement participants. It is inten
I have gone trough the report, and immediately noted the extremely strong
growth of the foundation in terms of personal (Nearly doubling the amount
two years in a row). Generally i am not a fan of such fast growth as it
often leads to bloating; but seeing the the rest of the plan looks fine i
presu
Now if we only had some kind of mobile device which could be given to such
institutions containing a copy! :P.
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote:
> Samuel Klein wrote:
> >
> > Every national and regional library should have a local copy of
> Wikimedia.
> >
> >
>
> With
Samuel Klein wrote:
>
> Every national and regional library should have a local copy of Wikimedia.
>
>
With a full history dump?
;-)
Yours,
Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
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Just a quick follow-up on this thread. On the Wikimedia Foundation's Board
I currently serve as the Chair of the Audit Committee (
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Audit_committee). One of the Audit
Committee's duties is to ensure appropriate review of fraud, abuse, waste,
or other wrongdoing.
Perhaps in future (for say, Haifa) it would be an idea if any chapter-based
scholarships were put on hold until after the Foundation makes its choices?
That way the systems could mesh, with people who don't quite meet the
Foundation requirements/do but oh dear, we've already used up all our
scholar
Sara Crouse, 15/07/2010 17:24:
> For the moment, here are the selection criteria that were applied during
> the application review process:
>
> http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships#Applicant_Selection_Criteria
>
> These were originally on the Wikimania team planning wiki, and not
Hey everyone, and my sincerest apologies for the late notice, I've been
recovering from Wikimania this week and only now got a chance to notify
you.
Today, on Thursday, July 15, the Wikimedia Office Hours will be hosted
by Frank Schulenburg, Head of Public Outreach and Pete Forsyth, Public
Outreac
Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote:
> I think that nobody doubts about it.
> Still, I know some people who were not granted the scholarship and
> didn't actually understand why (and don't complain about that).
> Can the Scholarships review committee share the chosen criteria?
> The review process can't be
Erik Moeller states:
Please join me in thanking Rand for all he has done for Wikimedia, and
wishing him the best for his future.
Rand, thanks for your work for the Wikimedia Foundation and its movement.
Best wishes on your future career elsewhere
Tomasz Ganicz, 15/07/2010 10:11:
> Just about the scholarship. As far as I know there were two
> scholarships - one provided by WMF and the one combined, provided by
> Polish and Russian chapters. The WMF scholarship committee was quite
> international, and at least what I heard from one Polish Wik
2010/7/15 Keegan Peterzell :
> Okay, this thread has intrigued me and I thought the answers would pan out
> and it seems to have gone in various directions, but it was initiated by
> Milos so I'll focus on what I perceive to be his problem: Corruption
> (through careerism, nepotism, political func
Okay, this thread has intrigued me and I thought the answers would pan out
and it seems to have gone in various directions, but it was initiated by
Milos so I'll focus on what I perceive to be his problem: Corruption
(through careerism, nepotism, political functions) and the have versus have
nots.
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