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108 Wikipedias had their logo updated

Federico Leva (Nemo — 2013-05-14T21:55:10

As you may remember, in 2010 the Wikipedia puzzle logo was updated: 
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia/2.0>
The localisation and update of logos has always been a volunteer-driven 
effort, organised mostly by Casey at the time. Building on his work,[1] 
in the last 6 months over 100 Wikipedias had their logo updated,[2] with 
the last batch yesterday.
Like the 55 Wiktionaries in December,[3] many of those wikis have never 
had a localised before; the others were still using the v1 logo or had 
some other breach of the visual guidelines.
Many thanks to all the translators and users checking the new logos, and 
to the tireless Odder who drew some 66 of those logos and uploaded even 
more in the process of doing so. Again, you can still help by adding 
translations and reporting errors on the coordination page.[1]

Nemo

[1] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Cbrown1023/Logos>
[2] 108 if I'm counting correctly. 
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=40285,44974,46589,48397>
[3] 
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Re: Fwd: [Wikiversity-l] Math instructor releases 2, 600 videos under Creative Commons Attribution

Lennart Guldbrandsson — 2013-05-06T14:35:25

Hello,

I don't know if anyone's solved this on a larger scale yet, so I asked a developer I know (Commons:User:Lokal profil) about it.

He wrote that it may be possible to upload directly from the URL to Commons. Admins can do it from Flickr. However, two problems: 1) Flickr is the only website this is open to do this from. Permission have to be asked, probably though Bugzilla, to add this exception, and 2) the videos will probably have to be converted to the correct formats locally. This can be done automatically (download from URL, convert and upload). Ask at Commons:Batch_uploading if someone can help.

Hope this helps.

Best wishes,

Lennart Guldbrandsson

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Fwd: [Wikiversity-l] Math instructor releases 2, 600 videos under Creative Commons Attribution

Nkansah Rexford — 2013-05-05T16:19:43

Many videos of math have been released into the creative commons domain.
The headache? how to get them onto 'media commons.

Is there a straight forward way to transmit videos remotely from a site to
commons withouth having it to touch a local pc?

thanks.

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From: *Nkansah Rexford*
Date: Sunday, May 5, 2013
Subject: [Wikiversity-l] Math instructor releases 2, 600 videos under
Creative Commons Attribution
To: Mailing list for Wikiversity <wikiversity-l< at >lists.wikimedia.org>


That means one will have to download all the videos, and upload them back
to Wiki Commons. Isn't there anyway one can upload to Wikimedia commons
with such fast means without having to get it touch a local pc before being
uploaded?

Lets resort to other mailing lists for help

Thanks for the info though.

rex

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An interesting Wikipedia game in The Hindu newspaper,India

Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا — 2013-04-21T14:51:08

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Going to Wikimania? Consider WikiSym as well: Community Track Submissions May 17, 2013

Dirk Riehle — 2013-04-14T15:56:47

Call for Submissions: Community Track at WikSym + OpenSym 2013, the Joint 
International Symposium on Open Collaboration

WikiSym, the 9th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration
OpenSym, the 2013 International Symposium on Open Collaboration

August 5-7, 2013 | Hong Kong, China

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In-cooperation with ACM SIGWEB and ACM SIGSOFT. Archived in the ACM Digital 
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Community track submission deadlines:

* Regular deadline: May 17, 2013

The 2013 Joint International Symposium on Open Collaboration (WikiSym + 
OpenSym 2013) is the premier conference on open collaboration research and 
practice, including wikis and social media, Wikipedia, free, libre, and open 
source software, open access, open data and open government research. WikiSym 
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Re: (no subject)

Peter Coti — 2013-04-01T14:02:15

Spam.

Peter

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Re: (no subject)

Ken Cook — 2013-04-01T13:39:41

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Re: Sort it

Nathan — 2013-03-25T17:14:49

It might interest list readers to know that Mr. Jackson (user
Strangetruther[3]) was so incensed by my 188-word comment in this
thread that he wrote a nearly 5,000 word screed against me on his
blog[1]. In it, he calls me a liar, a psychopath, mendacious, a
Wiki-wanker (Oh no!), refers to me incorrectly as a Wikipedia
"manager" or member of the hierarchy, etc.

He did a bit of research into my background, but predictably got it
wrong. That doesn't stop him from planning to warn my company that I'm
prone to irresponsible lying (as opposed to that responsible sort of
lying I ought to be doing?). In case you might think I was his only
target, he also offered a similar takedown of Matt Martynuik (user
MMartynuik)[2].

He goes on to suggest that anyone wanting to insert their favorite
theories into Wikipedia should simply register multiple accounts, use
TOR proxies, and manufacture a consensus - or at least, a filibuster.
Tactics I'm sure he theorized all on his own.

Obviously the behavior of a dedicated, consci

Re: Only 6 accounts from same IP?

Federico Leva (Nemo — 2013-03-21T14:50:31

Nkansah Rexford, 09/02/2013 19:48:

Nobody answered you in a month because the answer is "if you have to ask 
you're not ready for becoming one yet, sorry". ;-)

Nemo

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Konkani: Wikipedia strings (needing translation)

Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا — 2013-03-12T23:43:15

Can someone help on this please? Specially with keying in Devanagari? Any
pointers would be helpful... see the note below. FN

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: isidore dantas <isidordantas< at >yahoo.co.in>
Date: 12 March 2013 08:38
Subject: Re: Wikipedia strings (needing translation)
To: Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا <
fredericknoronha1< at >gmail.com>


I could translate the latin part. But I am unable to do the Devnagri part
as I don't know how to type in unicode.


*I .  DANTAS*

--- On *Mon, 11/3/13, Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك
نورونيا <fredericknoronha1< at >gmail.com>* wrote:


From: Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا <
fredericknoronha1< at >gmail.com>
Subject: Wikipedia strings (needing translation)
To: "isidore dantas" <isidordantas< at >yahoo.co.in>
Date: Monday, 11 March, 2013, 12:30 AM

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Fw: 3/9/2013 7:25:57 PM

Nicholas Moreau — 2013-03-09T18:25:59

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link from sumuroy1998

sumuroy1998 — 2013-03-08T08:12:37

    
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Request for help to all Toolserver users: list the tools you want to keep

Federico Leva (Nemo — 2013-03-07T11:55:49

Request for help by Wikimedia Deutschland also posted on 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Toolserver#Request_for_help_to_all_toolserver_users>: 
of relevance for all Wikimedia projects users.

-------- Messaggio originale --------
Oggetto: Information on Tool Labs/ Your help needed
Data: Thu,  7 Mar 2013 10:26:51 +0000 (UTC)
Mittente: Silke Meyer

Hello!

You are getting this e-mail because you have an active or expired
account on the toolserver.

As you might know, Wikimedia Foundation is building a cloud-based
infrastructure (Labs/Tool Labs) that - in the long run - will be a
replacement for the toolserver. Don't worry! The toolserver will be not
just be switched off. WMF and WMDE would like to support you as good as
possible when it comes to migrating tools. There will be enough time for
this process. We will offer different forms of support which you will
hear of soon.

Right now, Tool Labs is not ready. WMF staff, mainly Marc Pelletier is
building it. You might have seen the general list of n

Re: Only 6 accounts from same IP?

Nkansah Rexford — 2013-02-09T18:48:38

thanks Pete.

Administrator? Can I become one myself, so I wouldn't have to ask for such
privileges in instances like that? Or its not allowed?

rex

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Re: Only 6 accounts from same IP?

Pete Forsyth — 2013-02-09T18:36:27

Rexford: yes, this is very frustrating when doing an event!! I have had
that problem too. As a workaround, any admin can create accounts. You can
leave a request at WP:AN and probably get a quick response. (I'm not at a
computer, or I would offer to do it!) Good luck!

Pete
User:Peteforsyth
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Re: Only 6 accounts from same IP?

Federico Leva (Nemo — 2013-02-09T14:53:10

Nkansah Rexford, 09/02/2013 14:45:

Where did you look for information before organising it? I'd like to 
know where this piece of information about rate limits should be placed, 
because looks like organisers without a chapter always have this 
problem, although it's supposedly very well documented on Meta, 
outreachwiki, mediawiki.org...

Nemo

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Re: Only 6 accounts from same IP?

Nkansah Rexford — 2013-02-09T13:45:21

Well, I never knew that.

< at >TheHelpfulOne, the session is just ended. However, now I know there's
something like that, I'll ask beforehand for that privilege so we're able
to create more accounts.

thanks. :)

On Saturday, February 9, 2013, Andy Mabbett wrote:

Re: Only 6 accounts from same IP?

Andy Mabbett — 2013-02-09T13:04:09



I used to hit the same problem, and was given the "account creator"
flag, so I can set up more than six accounts during a session. I think
any admin can do this for you, if you're in good standing.

But that slows down the session, so I only use it as a fall-back; what
I usually do now is ask participants to set up accounts, in advance of
training sessions.

The wording I use, which you're welcome to copy or adapt, is:

  Sign up at <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin>
  for a Wikipedia account; when given the option, please give an email
  address (it's always hidden, and you can turn off the ability for
  people to send you messages; but giving an address means you can
  recover lost passwords).the account name may be pseudonymous, but is
  personal to the individual, so not "Anytown Library" or suchlike.

--
Andy Mabbett
< at >pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk


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Re: Only 6 accounts from same IP?

Thehelpfulone — 2013-02-09T12:33:17

Hi Rexford,

I'm not sure what the original reasoning was behind choosing 6 as the
specific number of accounts for the per IP limit, but it exists to stop the
creation of multiple spam/sockpuppet accounts from one IP.

There's a process you can follow for events if you know in advance the IP
that you're going to be using, see
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mass_account_creation. However, given that
you're currently doing the training session, I'm happy to give you the
account creator user right for your own account so that you can bypass the
limit by creating new accounts whilst logged into your account by going to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:UserLogin/signup whilst logged in,
filling out details except the password field and clicking the "By e-mail"
button.

Let me know if this is okay (please email me directly) and I'll do it now.




On 9 February 2013 11:53, Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford< at >gmail.com> wrote:

Only 6 accounts from same IP?

Nkansah Rexford — 2013-02-09T11:53:19

Hi, my name is Rexford

I wish to find out why wikipedia allows only 6 account creation from a
network sharing the same IP address.

I never knew something like that existed.

I'm currently doing a Wikipedia training session and many will like to
create accounts on Wikipedia but we're being blocked.

Any reasons? How to bypass that?

rexford

Re: i want to be membre

Bob the Wikipedian — 2013-02-07T15:27:06

If you're wanting to join the mailing list, you're on it, so there are 
no further steps for "joining" per se.

If you're wanting to start editing, I'd recommend checking out the 
Teahouse, where plenty of editors are happy to help you learn your way 
around:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:TEAHOUSE

In either case, welcome!
Bob the Wikipedian

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