John Vandenberg, 26/08/2009 12:07:
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Steven Walling
> wrote:
>> Very good question. I'd say two major factors:
>> 1. Support from scientists. Founded by one of the best-known scientists
>> alive, the EOL automatically gained support from the biological sciences in
See
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2009/aug/21/encyclopedia-life-species
Where's the problem with Wikispecies?
Moreover, EOL received 33.000 images from individual contributors
(http://www.flickr.com/groups/encyclopedia_of_life), Wikispecies didn't.
So, why is EOL succeeding, and Wikispec
Samuel Klein, 11/08/2009 07:00:
> Let's take a practical example. A classics professor I know (Greg
> Crane, copied here) has scans of primary source materials, some with
> approximate or hand-polished OCR, waiting to be uploaded and converted
> into a useful online resource for editors, translato
Samuel Klein, 10/08/2009 19:15:
> Another interesting point that knol drives home is : Google has a
> limited conception of what human collaboration looks like
Cf. http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?ViewPoint
«One of the "social features" of a wiki is that it forces the community
to deal with d
Petr Kadlec, 04/08/2009 10:34:
> I have said this to you before: GFDL has never been incompatible with
> CC in the context of embedding images in encyclopedic text.
Still, it's quite awful to have to comply to two licenses to reproduce
one article (CC-BY-SA for text + GFDL for images): then, you
Felipe Ortega, 25/07/2009 18:06:
> * The main proportion of Featured Articles in all top-ten language versions
> needed, at least, more than 1,000 days (3 years) to reach that level.
But I often see that even an old, quiescent page is completely
re-written or significantly improved by an "expert
mizusumashi, 25/07/2009 16:54:
> Q1) All media files that have been licensed under the GFDL and allowed
> to relicense under CC-BY-SA were relicensed by
> [[wmf:Resolution:Licensing update approval]]?
Yes, all GFDL "1.2 and later". See
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GFDL_1.3_relicensin
phoebe ayers, 02/08/2009 08:50:
> in the meantime we *really* need
> a nice-looking one page overview about the projects to hand out -- any
> graphic designers up for this? And of course a new press kit too
I suppose local chapters have many...
See Wikimedia Italia last one:
http://www.wikimedia.
Thomas Dalton, 06/07/2009 16:58:
> In the UK there is a concept of an unincorporated
> association where the association (which can have full charitable
> status) isn't a legal entity in its own right and any agreements it
> makes are actually made with the Board of Trustees as a group of
> individ
Tomasz Ganicz, 25/04/2009 15:06:
> Two days ago there was an Open Educational Resources in Poland
> Conference. The conference was organized under the honorary patronage
> of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland Mr. Bronisław
> Komorowski, by Coalition for Open Education of which Wikim
Nemo_bis, 22/04/2009 23:49:
> this NPOV policy has been really useful on it.wikiquote.
I forgot to mention that we have also policies on original research
(http://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/WQ:NRO) and notability
(http://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wikiquote:Wikiquote#Significativit.C3.A0):
it was v
Michael Snow, 22/04/2009 06:52:
> For example, in Wikiquote, I think an expression of neutral point of
> view would be to focus on the question of what is actually "quotable".
Read more here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Neutral_point_of_view_on_Wikiquote
Regrettably, en.wikiquote does not ha
Ray Saintonge, 10/04/2009 23:51:
> Nemo_bis wrote:
>> Jaska Zedlik, 09/04/2009 19:49:
>>
>>> So, does an all-Wikipedias rules list exist, or if not, what are there
>>> global rules which all the Wikipedias must follow?
>>>
>>
Mike Godwin, 12/04/2009 14:35:
> 1) We're watching S. Korea closely to determine whether their new "real
> name" policy will affect our projects.
Thank you.
Gabriella Carlucci, a showgirl and deputy (pretty similar works here in
Italy, especially according to our prime minister), has proposed a
Jaska Zedlik, 09/04/2009 19:49:
> So, does an all-Wikipedias rules list exist, or if not, what are there
> global rules which all the Wikipedias must follow?
Yes: e.g. http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy
(surprisingly not yet mentioned).
But some wikis have non-free con
David Gerard, 30/03/2009 23:37:
> The problem, of course, is that every new link or word of text on that
> page lowers its utility. That "help!" page should be as sparse as
> possible for user interface reasons.
>
> What do you all think?
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiuto:Aiuto is much lighter.
David Gerard, 29/03/2009 21:14:
> 2009/3/29 The Cunctator :
>
>> A lovely article. The only pity is it doesn't note how much of this social
>> theory of wikis owes to Sunir Shah's pioneering work on MeatballWiki.
>
>
> MeatballWiki is all but unknown to most Wikipedians, let alone the
> outside
See also http://www.kiwix.org/index.php/Main_Page,
http://openzim.org/Main_Page.
shantanu choudhary, 20/03/2009 11:21:
>- My python parser to create html out of wiki-text if not perfect, i can
>replace it with something which is better and existing, but am yet to find
>that.
What abo
Just a (useless?) reminder: all projects are language-based, all
chapters are state-based.
Nemo
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Platonides, 13/02/2009 12:20:
> I really recommend against it.
> Stewards can delete big pages (and perform oversights there if needed).
Actually we use that procedure only for help and project pages (village
pump, help desk, etc.).
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Thomas Dalton, 05/02/2009 18:00:
> 2009/2/5 Frieda Brioschi :
>
>> Premiolino (which means "little award") is the ancient and most
>> important italian journalistic award.
>> it.wiki wins in the category "New media" for this reason:
>> "(because) it's a great, open, accessible for everyone, demo
Marcus Buck, 17/01/2009 18:28:
> [.it at least redirects to Wikipedia]).
But we don't control it, and we don't know how long the redirect will
function (http://it.wikipedia.org/?diff=21089211&oldid=19470363).
However, Wikimedia Italia spends over 270 €/year to control various
domains.
Nemo
Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, 24/12/2008 21:12:
> Interesting material, definitely. But PD; I think not...
Europeana is only a portal and metadata search engine: content is
actually in other sites (e.g.:
http://www.photo.rmn.fr/cf/htm/CPicZ.aspx?E=2C6NU045OU4Q), which terms
of use is relevant only.
Ne
Erik Moeller, 02/12/2008 18:30:
> A brief update - Mike drafted an FAQ which we're going to release very
> soon, and hopefully we'll be able to put together the full proposal
> before the new year.
In it.wiki there are many uncertainties on splitting
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Splitti
Martin Pascal, 27/11/2008 10:02:
> Dear all,
>
> We are working for a new version of Kiwix, the offline reader wich used for
> http://wikipediaondvd.com/ .
There is also an italian open source project for this:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wanda-tools/.
And the next italian Wikipedia DVD (by E
Gerard Meijssen, 30/11/2008 21:43:
> {{cn|80%}}
> of our projects are failing?
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Teofilo, 14/11/2008 16:20:
> The European Commission published in July a "Green Paper - Copyright
> in the Knowledge Economy" (1) .
http://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Groep_Groenboek/en
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