I know not if your mail, Presroi, can be forwarded or not to Wikimania-l
(I am not sure whether this list is private or publicly archived
either); but just wanted to cross-mention that the issue of the site
http://www.wikimania.co.uk had generated some mails on wikimania-l as
well during the last hours. So, it would be possibly relevant that those
discussing the issue on wikimania-l get a little bit of background about
that website and know that the issue has been raised on the juriwiki
list as well.
Ant
I love it. 0 users, 10 articles, much copyviolation and trademark abuse.
( 0 Benutzer; 10 Artikel; viele Urheberrechts- und Markenrechts(?)verletzungen )
At least they're good enough to list their names and contact details
on the main page:
http://www.wikimania.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Hauptseite
"Willkommen in der Wikimania!
Die Wikimania ist keine freie Enzyklopädie. Jeder eingeladene User
kann mit seinem Wissen beitragen und die Artikel direkt im Browser
bearbeiten. Seit November 2005 haben wir 10 Artikel in deutscher
Sprache verfasst. Gute Autoren sind immer willkommen – die ersten
Schritte sind ganz einfach! ...Weitere
Informationen zur Wikimania"
http://www.wikimania.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Wikimania:%C3%9Cber_Wikiman…http://www.wikimania.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Spezial:Recentchanges
If the term isn't being pursued for protection yet, it should be...
should this have gone to info-de instead?
++SJ
General chat:
Mysekurity asked for a one-week shift; Jimbo said any time after this
Saturday works for him. How about meeting the following Saturday, Dec
10 at 2200 UTC? Please respond on meta:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/Planning#Meetings
As for program discussion; the last chat saw a good coverage of
potential tracks. Is there interest in having another chat next week?
Still to be discussed : specific speakers (and association with
tracks), orgs from which speakers would be interesting (cf. brian's
LOC contact, orgs from last year). As usual, this should be hashed
out on-wiki; please continue to add to speaker and track lists here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/Program#Speakers
Cheers,
++SJ
Up next : the ultimate wikimania infochannel?
A few weeks ago, the people who came to the first IRC discussion
agreed broadly to alternate meeting times between 2200 and 1600 UTC to
help people from different time zones make it at least every other
meeting. We didn't discuss ideal days of the week too much... at the
moment, meetings are scheduled for Saturdays, with the next one for
2200 UTC on Saturday, Dec 3. If this isn't a good day/time for you,
please suggest alternatives.
We should also schedule another day to discuss program details
further. It would be nice to have by then specific ideas about what
the CfP should look like -- what guidelines to give submitters -- and
what the submission process should be like (sent to what address; or
via what web-processing system). For those of you interested in the
program, what days are good for you to meet?
Speaking of which... can anyone access the wikimania-cfp list on OTRS?
The address still works, but I can't see it in OTRS atm.
++SJ
Two weeks ago, five weekends were noted as potentials for Wikimania;
of these, the first weekend in August was the most popular. The prime
con for those days was that flights overseas might be more expensive
for those dates than for a few weeks earlier; but no specific
differential was found (at least when comparing prices this far in
advance).
There was a concern last week that it might be hard to get the right
rooms in early August, due to construction or conflicts. Yesterday
Erica (at Harvard) was able to hold a good selection of both rooms and
dorms for August 3-6, so that weekend looks promising.
There was a program-only meeting on Wednesday; you can see the raw
transcript here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/Planning/2005-11-23
it's long... minutes are forthcoming (also for the meeting this past weekend).
Key outcomes : Tracks were discussed; a few people listed some of
their preferred tracks. We should decide on exactly what submission
guidelines should be for a CfP; and on how people should submit
(related point : what conference software to use). Draft text for a
CfP will be worked on for next week. We would like to be able to send
out a CfP by January. As a step toward forming a proper program
committee, people were asked to note their interest in program-work on
Meta:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/Teams
++SJ
Google recently donated $3M to the Library of Congress for their World
Digital Library project, which seeks to coordinate with world libraries
to digitize their works. The project is looking for more private
funding, and I've emailed them requesting more information on the
possibility of providing a speaker for Wikimania 2006. If they are
interested, I will put them in contact with one of the Wikimania
coordinators.
More information:
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,69646,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_7http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html
brian0918
[[en:User:Brian0918]]
Google recently donated $3M to the Library of Congress for their World
Digital Library project, which seeks to coordinate with world libraries
to digitize their works. The project is looking for more private
funding, and I've emailed them requesting more information on the
possibility of providing a speaker for Wikimania 2006. If they are
interested, I will put them in contact with one of the Wikimania
coordinators.
More information:
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,69646,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_7http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html
brian0918
[[en:User:Brian0918]]
All --
I've updated the program page
(http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/Program#Schedule) with
the suggestions made so far about the '06 program. You may want to
take a look (and add your own) before the next program meeting.
cheers,
phoebe [[user:brassratgirl]]
A few notes follow from the wikimania chat this weekend. Other notes
you can read online (including a summary, once it's put up in the
coming day or two) here:
* We must finalize dates and reserve rooms by next week. There may be
a short meeting devoted to that this weekend; scheduling tabled to the
mailing list.
* A short program meeting will be held Wednesday on irc at 2200 UTC.
* December 3, 2200 UTC was suggested for the next Wikimania chat,
alternating back to the time of the first chat. If you can't make
Saturdays in general, or really want to attend but can't make that
time, speak up.
* A few other issues were tabled for discussion on the mailing list
and wiki -- how to handle meta-questions about press accreditation (to
discuss here? a Wikimania FAQ on meta?), and what short announcements
& blurbs to draft ( "save the date", "about wikimania" ), for broad
translation/distribution.
Cheers,
Sj