Here's an introduction from a new list member ..
For those who haven't done so already, I'd also appreciate an introduction.
As a reminder, the purpose of this list is to bring together people
with big ideas around MediaWiki, and those with the means to make them
happen. Ideally they're both in one person. ;-)
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From: Bill F <bill.altmail(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sep 24, 2007 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: MediaWiki NG list membership
To: Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org>
My name is Bill Flanagan. I work for MIT as a programmer responsible
for OpenWetWare.org, an NSF-funded collaboration project using
MediaWiki as its basis. There are currently over 3000 researchers at
over 100 labs globally using OpenWetWare on a daly basis. Lab
notebooks, information sharing, and blogging are all supported.
We are currently augmenting citation and image editing tools. Search
and metadata-handling functions are also being improved. Private wikis
are provided on request for individual projects and labs where needed.
Prior to this, I worked on a now defunct attempt to use Mediawiki as
the basis of a for-profit business-oriented version of Wikipedia. My
background is in collaborative application systems. I was one of the
lead architects on the Lotus Notes product from the time the product
was released until Lotus was sold to IBM.
Thanks.
Bill Flanagan
On 9/23/07, Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> All -
>
> you've applied for membership in the "MediaWiki Next Generation"
> mailing list. The purpose of the list is to bring together funders of
> "big picture" changes to MediaWiki with those interested in working on
> implementations, and to coordinate such efforts to avoid duplication.
>
> If this is what you signed up for, please tell me a little about
> yourself, and I'll add you to to the list.
>
> If you do not take any action in response to this mail I won't add you
> to the list.
>
> It's currently low traffic, but I for one do send updates about my own
> work through multiple organizations, as it relates to MediaWiki.
>
>
> --
> Toward Peace, Love & Progress:
> Erik
>
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> the Wikimedia Foundation or its Board of Trustees.
>
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FYI
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From: Brion Vibber <brion(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Sep 14, 2007 3:40 PM
Subject: [Wikitech-l] Open source MediaWiki parser released
To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, MediaWiki
announcements and site admin list <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
I'm happy to announce that as part of an ongoing partnership between
the Wikimedia Foundation and PediaPress.com, PediaPress has agreed to
release as open source a MediaWiki parser library written in Python:
http://code.pediapress.com/wiki/wiki
The library is released under a BSD license. It supports rendering
mathematics and timelines, provided the correct dependencies are
installed. It could be used for purposes such as offline readers or
desktop applications.
Please contact the developers at mwlib <at> googlegroups.com if you have
technical questions about the library.
-- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)
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