http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco/945 <pre>Hello all, Welcome to the new members of this list that signed up during Maker Faire! A little background: our on-wiki page for the informal SF Wikimedia meetup group is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco Everyone is welcome to discuss and announce Wikimedia-related local activities, events, ideas, etc. on this list. I'm one of the list moderators; contact me if you have any questions. And, for those new to the list -- and as a reminder to everyone else </pre> phoebe ayers 2013-05-20T23:51:49 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco/944 <pre>Forwarding to a few chapter mailing lists, please feel free to forward to any that I might have missed! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Howie Fung &lt;hfung-AeOJrEpdGNeGglJvpFV4uA&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt; Date: 18 May 2013 06:58 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Hiring Community Liaisons (Contract) To: Wikimedia Mailing List &lt;wikimedia-l-RusutVdil2icGmH+5r0DM0B+6BGkLq7r&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt; * Hey all, For the last 18 months, the Engineering &amp; Product Development department has been experimenting with the role of “Community Liaison, Product Development” - a staff member embedded in the Product team and tasked with factoring community concerns into our software development process, keeping editors informed about what we’re doing, and maintaining a dialogue between those who write code and those who write articles. While there is always room for improvement, I think this role has shown a lot of promise. We have a number of large projects coming down the pipeline (e.g., visual editor, discussion systems) and </pre> Thehelpfulone 2013-05-18T15:53:11 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco/943 <pre>[pardon the cross-post and English-only post at this time] Hello everyone, *This is a reminder that there are 2 days left to apply to attend the first Program Evaluation &amp; Design Workshop, which will take place in Budapest, June 22-23. Applications close at 12 AM PST May 17.* Please review this recent blog announcing the event: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/05/09/program-evaluation-workshop-budapest/ *Wikimedia community members, chapter staff/volunteers, solitary volunteers - anyone who is a program leader is encouraged to apply. Please note, we have only 20 slots available and limited funding to support attendees. If you do apply, you must email me at sarah-AeOJrEpdGNeGglJvpFV4uA&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org if you are requesting funding before/after you apply. * We will be filming our workshop, so don't fret if you cannot attend this first one, or aren't accepted to attend this time. *You can get a better taste for the event through our evolving Meta Event page: * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_Eval</pre> Sarah Stierch 2013-05-15T22:15:25 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco/942 <pre>Pheobe, I had a great time doing this last year and very much regret it is not possible this year. I have an all-day summer camp staff training on Saturday, and am attending another event on Sunday. Please keep me notified of future opportunities to support Wikipedia. Jonathan Harvey One must still have chaos in oneself, to give birth to a dancing star. -- Friedrich Nietzsche in "Thus Spake Zarathustra" On Sat May 11 17:51:24 CDT 2013, phoebe ayers &lt;phoebe.ayers-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF&lt; at &gt;lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf </pre> Jonathan Harvey 2013-05-14T15:33:08 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco/941 <pre>Sign up here if you can make it, or leave your ideas! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire_2013 thanks a ton, (the ever-procrastinating) phoebe On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 3:20 PM, phoebe ayers &lt;phoebe.ayers&lt; at &gt;gmail.com&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF&lt; at &gt;lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf </pre> phoebe ayers 2013-05-11T22:51:24 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco/940 <pre>Hi all, We do have a Wikimedia booth spot at Maker Faire, which is next weekend in San Mateo! (Saturday &amp; Sunday, May 18 &amp; 19th) We are urgently looking for volunteers who can staff the booth and talk about Wikimedia projects with passers by. It's a fun way to interact with the public and answer lots (and lots and lots) of questions; we also have free tickets for volunteers, so you can see the rest of the ultra-cool Maker Faire too. We are especially short on coordinators this year as several of the long-time volunteer coordinators (including myself) have other commitments that weekend. Hence the short notice! So we are looking for: * setup help on Friday evening (after work) * staff for Saturday * staff and a coordinator for Sunday -- the coordinator will help make sure that the booth gets broken down and is adequately supervised all day * people with cars who can help drive on Friday and Sunday Let me and Stephen Laporte (stephen.laporte&lt; at &gt;gmail.com) know if you can do any of these things. Wiki page com</pre> phoebe ayers 2013-05-11T22:20:28 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco/939 <pre>Hello! Everyone is invited to the 5th WikiWomen's edit-a-thon, to be held: * Saturday May 25 * 10a-2pm (and possibly later...) * WMF offices, San Francisco Come one, come all! This will be a casual edit-a-thon -- bring any topics you are interested in working on. Experienced editors will be available to answer questions and help out -- everyone is welcome. Sign up if you can make it or have comments: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_WikiWomen%27s_Edit-a-Thon_5 cheers, Phoebe -- Phoebe Ayers - phoebe.ayers&lt; at &gt;gmail.com support Wikimedia: http://donate.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF&lt; at &gt;lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf </pre> phoebe ayers 2013-05-11T21:43:17 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco/938 <pre>I teach CS at UCSC, so we could perhaps do something in that context? Students are also often looking for projects... I think it would be faster/easier to talk about it via voice, to explore together types of ideas that could work. We could talk sometime next week? Luca On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Quim Gil &lt;qgil-AeOJrEpdGNeGglJvpFV4uA&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF&lt; at &gt;lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf </pre> Luca de Alfaro 2013-05-10T20:58:23 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco/937 <pre>Hi, Do you know a team or an organization in the Bay Area that would like to collaborate with Wikimedia in a joint tech activity? Say a 3 hour workshop in our / their location. We want to engage with established tech friendly groups to work together in joint activities like e.g. testing this new feature, write automated tests for that old feature, improve this tutorial... Most of these activities can be also performed by non-developers and actually by pure tech-curious novices. Think of Wikipedia meetups, college students of any kind, tech clubs, social or cultural organizations... I'm personally motivated in exploring beyond the usual and very busy suspects (e.g. tech meetups, although we want to tap those too). For instance, what about those having a harder time because of their abilities, age, gender, language, or cultural, ethnic, or economic background. It's just a lot easier for us to find the critical mass and organize a successful activity when we can start from a motivated group, in</pre> Quim Gil 2013-05-10T20:11:50 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco/936 <pre>Hey folks! We're hiring a Managing Director here at LocalWiki (http://localwiki.org) to help us scale up our effort to collect, share and open the world's local knowledge. If you or someone you know may be interested, please apply or forward along! http://localwiki.org/jobs/2013_managing_director/ Best, Philip _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF&lt; at &gt;lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf </pre> Philip Neustrom 2013-05-08T00:23:22 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco/935 <pre> What would be a good time for you? The actual talks start about 6pm. </pre> Quim Gil 2013-05-06T16:05:20 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco/934 <pre>Isn't 530 a tad early for most of us? -----Original Message----- From: Quim Gil &lt;qgil-AeOJrEpdGNeGglJvpFV4uA&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt; To: San Francisco Bay Area Wikimedians &lt;wikimedia-sf-RusutVdil2icGmH+5r0DM0B+6BGkLq7r&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt; Sent: Mon, May 6, 2013 8:56 am Subject: [Wikimedia-SF] SF meetup: Editor Engagement demo showcase Hi, the next Wikipedia Engineering Meetup should be just as interesting for editors: Editor Engagement demo showcase http://www.meetup.com/Wikipedia-Engineering-Meetup/events/114147672/ Thursday, May 9, 2013 - 5:30 PM Join us! Meet the developers. Give us direct feedback. </pre> Wjhonson 2013-05-06T16:00:13 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco/933 <pre>Hi, the next Wikipedia Engineering Meetup should be just as interesting for editors: Editor Engagement demo showcase http://www.meetup.com/Wikipedia-Engineering-Meetup/events/114147672/ Thursday, May 9, 2013 - 5:30 PM Join us! Meet the developers. Give us direct feedback. </pre> Quim Gil 2013-05-06T15:56:22 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco/932 <pre>Hi, we have recycled wikitech-announce as a subscription list to know about new Wikimedia technical activities for volunteers and calls for action: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-announce If you are interested please subscribe. Low traffic and no discussion, just announcements. I will forward less of these announcements here, assuming that whoever is interested will subscribe to wikitech-announce. Thank you! </pre> Quim Gil 2013-04-19T17:31:01 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco/931 <pre>You are potential contributors to many of our MediaWiki / Wikimedia tech activities so please consider taking this very short survey (one question, many options). :) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Survey: best times for volunteering Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:51:50 -0700 From: Quim Gil &lt;qgil&lt; at &gt;wikimedia.org&gt; To: Wikimedia developers &lt;wikitech-l&lt; at &gt;lists.wikimedia.org&gt; On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 9:41 PM, Quim Gil &lt;qgil&lt; at &gt;wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: 22 people answered. If you couldn't find the time yet please do it before the end of the week. We are simply asking in which time slots you are most likely available during a regular week. We don't want to default to working hours in San Francisco just by inertia. The survey is anonymous. That's all. Thank you! -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator &lt; at &gt; Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF&lt; at &gt;lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/m</pre> Quim Gil 2013-04-19T16:43:04 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco/930 <pre>Hello California Wikimedians, There is a state bill being proposed that would introduce open access requirements for California-funded research. See below for more info. This would definitely be a positive development for the open knowledge community. A fact sheet from the sponsor, Brian Nestande, is available at http://republican.assembly.ca.gov/member/AD42/?p=myLeg; he's requesting letters of support be sent to his staffperson at annabelle.kleist-QgiGKMOFLJ9bPBmRuKqqMg&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org According to Nestande, "This bill will require each researcher receiving a state-funded research grant to submit an electronic copy of their research publication to the California State Library no later than six months after the work is published. This policy will apply to peer-reviewed research publications that have been supported, in whole or in part, with direct costs from a California state agency, and not indiscriminately to all public postsecondary faculty members receiving their salary from the state. The complete</pre> phoebe ayers 2013-04-15T01:19:51 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco/929 <pre>fyi, and a reminder of the special meetup for students &amp; potential interns about Google Summer of Code, Outreach Program for Women and other internship programs: http://www.meetup.com/Wikipedia-Engineering-Meetup/events/109096132/ Thursday, April 11, 2013 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM San Francisco + video stream Please forward to any students you know loving Wikipedia &amp; tech. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: GSoC: accepted! Mentors: apply, please Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:40:30 -0700 From: Quim Gil &lt;qgil&lt; at &gt;wikimedia.org&gt; Organization: Wikimedia Foundation To: Wikimedia developers &lt;wikitech-l&lt; at &gt;lists.wikimedia.org&gt; It's official! Today Wikimedia has been accepted into Google Summer of Code together with other 176 organizations: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2013/wikimedia The next step in the process is to get the mentors registered. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_mentors Which means that if you were still considering mentoring then yes, you still have</pre> Quim Gil 2013-04-09T04:41:16 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco/928 <pre>Hi Phoebe - It actually went pretty well. The group of people attracted were (thankfully) significantly smaller than what the Facebook RSVP list had led us to worry about, and the people who showed up were highly engaged and seem likely to have a much higher retention rate than most editathons result in. We created a handful of new articles about women who have played prominent roles in the cooperative movement (including some who had made incredibly significant contributions to fields of law that still effect our day to day lives) but had no previous mentions on Wikipedia, and improved another dozen or so articles above that. None of the articles are astounding, but given that we really only had about two and a half hours to introduce people to wikicode and get crackin' I feel like the results were pretty impressive. We had (thankfully) a lot of text sources on hand - otherwise a lot of the articles would've been impossible to write. We will probably be hosting events like this in houses of the Berkel</pre> Kevin Gorman 2013-04-07T04:04:40 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco/927 <pre> Hey Kevin, How did this event go today? I'm sorry I couldn't make it over ... if it was a success maybe we should consider doing it once a quarter or so! cheers, phoebe _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF&lt; at &gt;lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf </pre> phoebe ayers 2013-04-07T02:43:46 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco/926 <pre>In the event that you're overwhelmed with students, you can ask on IRC for help in #wikipedia-en-help assuming that some students know how to use IRC. Also you can direct people to the Teahouse and some of the online learning tools. I assume that you have some kind of introductory lesson plan, but I'm just reminding you that there are places to get both tutorials and live help if the requests for help get to be more than the instructors at the event can handle. Cheers, Pine Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 17:55:15 -0700 From: kgorman-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org To: wikimedia-sf-RusutVdil2icGmH+5r0DM0B+6BGkLq7r&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org CC: merrilee-45chaOXZ/39g9hUCZPvPmw&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org; pete-KyGLAVvKSLS3zUWSV94YSaxOck334EZe&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org Subject: [Wikimedia-SF] editathon tomorrow at the Berkeley StudentCooperative Hi all - I announced this on the list a couple weeks ago, but figured I'd make a second announcement now. I'll be hosting an editathon at Hoyt Hall, one of the Berkeley Student Cooperative's al</pre> ENWP Pine 2013-04-06T02:39:01 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco/925 <pre>Hi all - I announced this on the list a couple weeks ago, but figured I'd make a second announcement now. I'll be hosting an editathon at Hoyt Hall, one of the Berkeley Student Cooperative's all-women houses. It'll be at 2519 Ridge Road in Berkeley from 3-6pm, with a primary audience of co-opers and Berkeley students, although anyone is welcome to attend. The event will generally be themed around women's history and our gendergap, with an especial focus on improving Wikipedia's coverage of prominent women in the history of the cooperative movement. The attendance of a few extra experienced Wikipedians would be especially appreciated (I do realize that, unfortunately, I cross-scheduled with the iconathon at WMF :).) We had originally intended for this to be a 15-20 person event which I would be comfortably able to facilitate myself, but it's looking like we may have as many as 70 or 80 people show up - so having a few extra experienced Wikipedians beyond what we already have floating to help make sure e</pre> Kevin Gorman 2013-04-06T00:55:15 Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.org.wikimedia.sanfrancisco