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Re: Join in from afar for the Smithsonian InstitutionEdit-a-Thon!

Cynthia Ashley-Nelson — 2012-05-25T16:09:37

Count me in!

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>wrote:

Join in from afar for the Smithsonian InstitutionEdit-a-Thon!

Sarah Stierch — 2012-05-25T15:57:16

(Pardon the crosspost)

Hi everyone!

Our second Smithsonian edit-a-thon is going to start in about an hour (1 
PM EST) and we'll be utilizing an Etherpad compliments of Wikimedia DC

http://notes.wikimediadc.org/p/SIEdit2

Feel free to join in! We'll also be utilizing the #glamwiki hashtag.

Our goal is to improve content about Smithsonian people and places and 
we've love your help - translations, lending a hand, writing something 
yourself, whatever!

See you there :)

-Sarah

Wikipedia in higher education: progress in Spain

Lucien leGrey — 2012-05-25T15:42:11

Hello all.

I would like to report on some initiatives and ongoing projects that we
have been conducting this academic year in Spain, from our local Wikimedia
Chapter, regarding the use of Wikipedia in higher education. Several
members of Wikimedia-España have delivered courses, seminars and practical
workshops on Wikipedia editing, using Wikipedia in higher education
courses, and Wikipedia participation from libraries, archives and museums
(many libraries are in universities). Overall, more than 10 sessions have
taken place all over Spain. In addition, there have been similar
initiatives and projects coordinated by Amical in Catalonia.


In many of these sessions, there has been a thrilling interest from
faculties to attend, sometimes running out of free seats in less than
24h after the announcement of sessions. In fact, we are already identifying
volunteers from our local chapter members to help with this dissemination
and training sessions, so that we can scale up effectively as new
universities get on board.

We have also produced content for this sessions in Spanish. As an example,
these are the links for a workshop at University of Salamanca in March:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taller-edicion-wikipedia-USAL.pdf

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usuario:GlimmerPhoenix/Taller_USAL


As a result, we are starting to see new promising projects. More
specifically:

- WikiUSAL, a new 'Wikipedia club' with students and faculties of Univ. of
Salamanca. Several teachers are already preparing plans to incorporate
Wikipedia in their courses for the next academic course (starting September
2012). This will be articulated by an teaching innovation project at USAL:
"Wikipedia as a learning tool".


http://diarium.usal.es/wiki


- Two professors at University Pablo Olavide in Seville (Biology) and
University of Pais Vasco (Physics) are also planning to incorporate
Wikipedia tasks in their courses. In fact, in the first case they were
already doing so without support (there may be multiple other cases that we
are still discovering).

- At University Rey Juan Carlos (URJC, my home) we are also preparing for
the next course a proposal for a teaching innovation project, following the
same lines of the USAL initiative. We also intend to integrate
participation from different departments (Computer Science, Journalism,
Medicine and Sociology).

In summary, we are quite happy to see this progress, and we will continue
to help raising new initiatives step by step. Looking forward to meeting
some of you at the next Wikimania 2012 in Washington, and share some
experiences and suggestions to keep up the good work.

Kind regards,
Felipe Ortega.
Board member for Higher Education and Universities.
Wikimedia España.

Wikipedia in higher education: progress in Spain

Lucien leGrey — 2012-05-25T15:41:26

Hello all.

I would like to report on some initiatives and ongoing projects that we
have been conducting this academic year in Spain, from our local Wikimedia
Chapter, regarding the use of Wikipedia in higher education. Several
members of Wikimedia-España have delivered courses, seminars and practical
workshops on Wikipedia editing, using Wikipedia in higher education
courses, and Wikipedia participation from libraries, archives and museums
(many libraries are in universities). Overall, more than 10 sessions have
taken place all over Spain. In addition, there have been similar
initiatives and projects coordinated by Amical in Catalonia.


In many of these sessions, there has been a thrilling interest from
faculties to attend, sometimes running out of free seats in less than
24h after the announcement of sessions. In fact, we are already identifying
volunteers from our local chapter members to help with this dissemination
and training sessions, so that we can scale up effectively as new
universities get on board.

We have also produced content for this sessions in Spanish. As an example,
these are the links for a workshop at University of Salamanca in March:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taller-edicion-wikipedia-USAL.pdf

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usuario:GlimmerPhoenix/Taller_USAL


As a result, we are starting to see new promising projects. More
specifically:

- WikiUSAL, a new 'Wikipedia club' with students and faculties of Univ. of
Salamanca. Several teachers are already preparing plans to incorporate
Wikipedia in their courses for the next academic course (starting September
2012). This will be articulated by an teaching innovation project at USAL:
"Wikipedia as a learning tool".


http://diarium.usal.es/wiki


- Two professors at University Pablo Olavide in Seville (Biology) and
University of Pais Vasco (Physics) are also planning to incorporate
Wikipedia tasks in their courses. In fact, in the first case they were
already doing so without support (there may be multiple other cases that we
are still discovering).

- At University Rey Juan Carlos (URJC, my home) we are also preparing for
the next course a proposal for a teaching innovation project, following the
same lines of the USAL initiative. We also intend to integrate
participation from different departments (Computer Science, Journalism,
Medicine and Sociology).

In summary, we are quite happy to see this progress, and we will continue
to help raising new initiatives step by step. Looking forward to meeting
some of you at the next Wikimania 2012 in Washington, and share some
experiences and suggestions to keep up the good work.

Kind regards,
Felipe Ortega.
Board member for Higher Education and Universities.
Wikimedia España.

Re: Event coordinators: how to create many accounts from 1 IP address

Asaf Bartov — 2012-05-24T22:15:35

Thanks, Alex!  That was what I was looking for. :)

It is now mentioned in the instructions on Meta. :)

Cheers,

   Asaf

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Re: Event coordinators: how to create many accounts from 1 IP address

J Alexandr Ledbury-Romanov — 2012-05-24T22:02:26

There is indeed a page on en.Wikipedia specifically for requests for the
Account creator permission :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Account_creator

I don't know about other languages or projects.

Alex



2012/5/24 Asaf Bartov <abartov-AeOJrEpdGNeGglJvpFV4uA< at >public.gmane.org>

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Re: Event coordinators: how to create many accounts from 1 IP address

Asaf Bartov — 2012-05-24T21:48:11

So, I often find myself doing outreach related to enwiki before large
groups, and while I have no interest in becoming a sysop, could really use
the Account Creator permission.  Is there really no page to publicly
request this?  The instructions cited below, taken from here[1], suggest
so, but that just feels broken.  I don't like the idea of privately
reaching out to some admin for this permission.

:-/

   Asaf

[1]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mass_account_creation#Becoming_an_.22account_creator.22

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo)
<nemowiki-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>wrote:

Reminder: Chapter Finances Survey due tomorrow (Fri,May 25th)

Narayanan, Divya — 2012-05-24T18:42:47

Dear Chapter Leaders,

A quick reminder that we ask you to complete the Chapter Finances Survey (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Chapter_Finances_Survey) by Friday, May 25th (that's tomorrow).

This information is absolutely crucial to the recommendation for the Board of Trustees on the Funds Dissemination process. We ask that ALL chapters respond, regardless of budget.

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me or to Asaf Bartov at WMF.

Many Thanks,
Divya (User:Divyanarayanan_tbg)
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Re: Announcing 2 New Community Fellows

Siko Bouterse — 2012-05-23T20:00:50

Hi Richard and all,
I checked into the liability and benefits questions with our HR department
and WMF's Chief of Finance and Administration, and here is some more info
from them:

Individuals who have been awarded Fellowships from the Wikimedia Foundation
are covered by the insurance of the Wikimedia Foundation for work done as
part of their Fellowship agreement.

If they are in the United States, through third party service, the
Wikimedia Foundation is able to provide health insurance. If they reside
outside the United States, then the Wikimedia Foundation provides a
financial supplement to enable the Fellowship recipients to cover their own
health insurance.

If a Fellowship recipient is traveling on behalf of the Wikimedia
Foundation, outside of their home country, then they are provided with
travel accident insurance by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Hope this helps!  If you're looking for more specifics on WMF's HR
practices, I might suggest we take the conversation off-list and can try to
put you in touch with someone in a relevant department to advise.

Best,
Siko

Wikipedia Academy, Berlin: Programme and Registration

Nicole Ebber — 2012-05-23T16:30:45

(Appologies for cross posting)

From 29 June until 1 July 2012 the Wikipedia Academy (#wpac2012) [1]
will take place in Berlin, under the theme “Research and Free
Knowledge”. For the first time, Wikimedia Deutschland organises this
conference in cooperation with Freie Universität Berlin [2] and the
Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society [3]. This year, we lay the
focus on research on, with and within Wikipedia and invite researchers
who scientifically deal with Free Knowledge and its implications for
research and society to participate in the conference.
The Wikipedia Academy is aimed to address an international audience.
The conference language is English.

On Friday and Saturday the conference will be set at Freie Universität
Berlin, School of Business & Economics, Garystrasse 21. The event
venue for Sunday will be announced soon.

== Registration ==
For participation you have to register for a participant pass in
advance. The online registration
(http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Registration) is open now. The
participation fee is 60 Euro (reduced price: 30 Euro) [4].

== Programme ==
The conference programme is yet subject to alterations. A preliminary
programme schedule can be found on the WPAC2012 website [5].

=== Friday 29 June ===
Ahead of the conference, in the morning of Friday, we offer three
workshops (tutorials) which will take place at the conference venue.
The topics are Wikipedia Data Analysis for Researchers, Toolserver and
GLAM Tools. You can register via the online registration form against
an extra participation fee of 10 Euro.

The conference will officially be launched on Friday around 01:30 PM
with a keynote speech by Benjamin Mako Hill (researcher at MIT Media
Lab and the MIT Sloan School of Management, fellow at Berkman Center
for Internet and Society, Free Culture Activist and Advisor der
Wikimedia Foundation) introducing to the conference theme Wikipedia
and Research. In the afternoon, we will provide the opportunity to get
to know a number of different research topics, projects, and ideas in
an alternative format during a so-called Speed Geeking. Then, we will
also have our first couple of Paper Sessions! Many international
researchers have followed our Call for Papers. A list of all accepted
submissions is available on our website. At the Paper Sessions the
authors will present their scientific works on Wikipedia and Free
Knowledge in 30-minute slots each. The first conference day will close
with a panel talk on Wikipedia research and the Wikipedia Community.

=== Saturday 30 June ===
On Saturday we will host paper presentations in three blocks of one
and a half hours each. Apart from that, we are planning a panel on
science communication applying Wikis and Blogs. The Lightning Talks in
the later afternoon will offer an additional opportunity to learn
about the results of recent research projects and also about proposals
for future projects.

=== Sunday 1 July ===
On Sunday the Wikipedia Academy will open up for a broader public and
invite Wikipedia researchers as well as all those who are interested
in the various facets of Wikipedia and related projects and those who
are engaged in projects in the context of free culture, free licences,
open data or free software.
Following a keynote speech by Sarah Stierch (Community Fellow of the
Wikimedia Foundation, consultant and expert for topics such as the
gender gap and GLAM) on Wikipedia and Diversity, an extended Free
Culture Brunch will allow for international and interdisciplinary
exchange and cross-linking. Later on, Jeanette Hofmann (HIIG) und
Sebastian Hauss (Universität Konstanz) will discuss topics such as the
social aspects of Free Knowledge in a panel moderated by Matthias
Spielkamp (irights.info).
Around 03:00 PM the festive presentation of the Zedler Prize for Free
Knowledge will round the Wikipedia Academy 2012 off. With this prize,
Wikimedia Deutschland awards single persons, groups or projects for
their outstanding performances in the field of Free Knowledge. All
Academy participants are cordially invited to join this event.

We look forward to our Guests with their various fields of research
and scientific interests, stimulating talks and presentations as well
as an active exchange of experiences and ideas at the Wikipedia
Academy 2012.

The WPAC2012 Team (academy-AeOJrEpdGNcuZeo0DBJMuQ< at >public.gmane.org) will be happy to answer
questions: Nicole Ebber, Angelika Adam, Maria Rößler and Denis Barthel

[1] http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Main_Page
[2] http://www.fu-berlin.de/
[3] http://hiig.de/
[4] http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Registration
[5] http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Schedule

Re: Study: Nobody cares about your copyright

Cristian Consonni — 2012-05-23T10:17:46

2012/5/21 David Gerard <dgerard-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>:

Two gemstones, thanks for poiting those out.

Cristian

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Re: Study: Nobody cares about your copyright

geni — 2012-05-23T07:55:08

Why? Thats not going to help people who want to see game of thrones
without an HBO subscription or want to see avengers without paying.
Telling people they are legitimately grab early friends episodes isn't
going to stop them acquiring copies of the big bang theory.

Re: Study: Nobody cares about your copyright

geni — 2012-05-23T07:52:11

Most of the world was on life+50 or greater before the latest round of
US copyright extensions and before 1989 the US didn't really engage
with international copyright very much.

Of the various common copyright terms Life+70 tends to have more to do
with Germany and the EU than anything else. Life+50 tends to be due to
a mix of laws acquired from various empires (the most useful map when
dealing with copyright is often
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:European_Empires.svg) or the bern
convention. The US might try and get countries to enforce their laws
but the actual terms are more likely to be colonial relics (although
why north korea's copyright law looks so German will remain a mystery)

Re: Study: Nobody cares about your copyright

David Gerard — 2012-05-23T07:46:38



Well, actually it was for the benefit of printers. As is reflected in
copyright today, which is for the benefit of publishers.




I think this is a straw man rendering of the position, but I do think
that forcibly tearing down the whole edifice would be a vast
improvement in the world.




That's why a term that doesn't blatantly take the piss might have a
chance, yes. 14 years may be all they end up getting.


- d.

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Re: Study: Nobody cares about your copyright

Keegan Peterzell — 2012-05-23T07:40:59

I think the larger point is that regard for copyright coming to a death
knell by the internet, and the care from Nobody is how people make money
based on this concept.  Should musicians less rely on publishing rights and
yield them to CC and publish them on Wikisource, and rely on touring and
willing-to-pay agreements with commercial use?  That's just an example, we
have the recent issue of bringing United States tax-payer funded research
being released under strict commercial licensing in order to make money for
publishers and not the researchers or the source of the funds.  It's about
letting go of the old source of economics for publishers and embracing a
new model.

Re: Study: Nobody cares about your copyright

George Herbert — 2012-05-23T07:33:02

Why?

The whole idea of copyright - as the US started seeing it, in our
constitution and thence onwards, is properly rewarding creative people
for their efforts.  Free content and culture and information -
Wikipedia included - is great.  I don't see any need to forcibly tear
down the whole edifice of commercial paid arts in the process.

In particular, the public has no problem with individual musicians and
writers being rewarded for their efforts.  Trying to overcome that
would mean making enemies out of most of the populace on this when we
don't have to.

The authors I've talked to about this see books turned into films in
the 8-10-15-20 year timeframes and want at least that much, and also
notice that the Tolkein estate are making out like bandits from the
recent trilogy, which was far longer downstream.


Nobody's made a big public case for any shorter term.

That's a mistake.  The whole CC and free content movement needs to
step up.  We need Cory and other luminaries advocating for a sane
term, and 14 is a good round number that works for everyone except
insane anti-IP bigots on one hand and Hollywood on the other, whom I
feel little remaining sympathy for.

Re: Study: Nobody cares about your copyright

Keegan Peterzell — 2012-05-23T07:29:41

Non-sarcastic reply, it's not about the US or harmony.  It's about
understanding, and the expectations of understanding international
copyright law through the web is a high specialized skill not even really
developed.  We have regular copyright complaints to Wikimedia sites from
people that lack a general understanding of the national and international
copyright rights. Often times these are questions that no lawyer I know can
genuinely answer, because there isn't one for their particular country.  We
just have to wing it and explain what we know.

Re: Study: Nobody cares about your copyright

Keegan Peterzell — 2012-05-23T07:24:52


Doesn't matter the nation, David.  Nobody cares[1].

1. < http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Nobody_cares >

Re: Study: Nobody cares about your copyright

David Gerard — 2012-05-23T07:21:39




That is, of course, not the case: the US raises the term then works
very hard to get its copyright laws "harmonised" internationally. So
that is actually the reason.


- d.

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Re: Study: Nobody cares about your copyright

geni — 2012-05-23T07:16:45

However for most of the world their copyright terms are as they are
for other reasons.

But this is all irrelevant. The title of this thread is pretty much
correct. People don't care about copyright. The idea that this is due
to the length is pretty laughable when you look at what copyrights
they are most likely to break.

Re: Study: Nobody cares about your copyright

John Vandenberg — 2012-05-23T00:37:49

People dont care about Sonny Bono, so it wont get any prominence.
Most people dont care about copyright.  Most people do have kids and
do know who Mickey Mouse is.  Tar Mickey Mouse with the actions of his
protectors and the world will listen.

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Amory Meltzer <amorymeltzer-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org> wrote: