Hello, everyone.
Let me take this opportunity of congratulating a new member to ask a simple
question:
*What is the main obstacle standing in your way to do chapter-like
activities of outreach, public speaking, partnerships, etc.?*
I would like to remind you that the new Wikimedia Grants
program<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Index>[1]
is now available to any mission-aligned group (including non-chapters), and
that ad-hoc trademark agreements can be (and have been) signed with such
groups to allow them limited use of the Wikimedia Foundation trademarks
(e.g. the Wikipedia name and logo).
How can the Wikimedia Foundation help Wikimedians in Singapore do more?
Cheers,
Asaf Bartov
Wikimedia Foundation
[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Index
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Benjamin Chen <cnchenminqi(a)gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I just knew that we have a mailing list for SG wikipedians so I just
> joined. Thought I shall introduce myself.
>
> I'm [[User:Bencmq]] <http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bencmq> from
> Chinese Wikipedia. I am currently active on Chinese Wikipedia and Commons,
> and I am also an OTRS volunteer. Used to be a sysop on zhwiki but resigned
> in sec 4. I am now a Year 6/JC 2 student and yes I am quite young...
>
> and, I am not active on English Wikipedia, only have 200+ edits there. Most
> of them were correcting interwiki, adding image from Commons, OTRS templates
> etc. All trivial edits.
>
> Anyway, I went through the mailing list's archive and wish we can see
> Wikimedia SG someday!
>
> Best,
> Benjamin Chen
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sg
>
>
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Asaf Bartov
Wikimedia Foundation
Hi everyone,
I just knew that we have a mailing list for SG wikipedians so I just joined.
Thought I shall introduce myself.
I'm [[User:Bencmq]] <http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bencmq> from Chinese
Wikipedia. I am currently active on Chinese Wikipedia and Commons, and I am
also an OTRS volunteer. Used to be a sysop on zhwiki but resigned in sec 4.
I am now a Year 6/JC 2 student and yes I am quite young...
and, I am not active on English Wikipedia, only have 200+ edits there. Most
of them were correcting interwiki, adding image from Commons, OTRS templates
etc. All trivial edits.
Anyway, I went through the mailing list's archive and wish we can see
Wikimedia SG someday!
Best,
Benjamin Chen
Hello, all.
I attended a conference on maritime archaeology at the Asian Civilisations
Museum recently, and received a letter for complimentary entry to the
''Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds'' exhibition at the
ArtScience Museum. As I have already been to the museum, I am happy to pass
on this letter to an SGpedian (or any Wikipedia volunteer who will be in
Singapore between now and 31 July) on condition that he or she uses the
opportunity to photograph artefacts at the exhibition for uploading to
"Commons:Category:Artifacts
recovered from the Belitung
shipwreck<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Artifacts_recovered_from_the_Bel…>".
The letter is valid till 31 July 2011, and I do not know if it entitles the
bearer to view other exhibitions going on in the Museum as well.
Those interested should e-mail me by visiting my user page and clicking on
the link on the left side of the screen. Priority will be given to
experienced photographers, so do let me know a bit about your photography
experience when you contact me. Please get in touch by 30 June. Thanks.
Cheers,
Jacklee <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jacklee>
(jack.at.wikipedia(a)gmail.com)
No problem. I am glad to help :)
BTW: Apologies for being too aggressive, but I kinda asked for a creation of a chapter wiki for us already. I am discussing matters with the Chapter Committee member. With a chapter wiki, we can conduct much more matters in our own wiki without being disturbed much by other English Wikipedia users.
Regards,Hydrizhttp://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hydriz
From: anirudhsbh(a)gmail.com
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 20:53:12 +0530
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SG] Just created the page
To: wikimedia-sg(a)lists.wikimedia.org
CC: admin(a)wikisorg.tk
Thank you, Hydriz!Yours sincerely,
Anirudh Bhati
00 91 9328712208
Skype: anirudhsbh
2011/4/2 Hydriz Wikipedia <admin(a)wikisorg.tk>
Hi guys,
I have just created the Wikimedia Singapore page on Meta. It might need some fixes, so just fix it if you can.
TO ALL GROUP MEMBERS: Please add your name here. Thanks!
Regards,Hydrizhttp://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hydriz
_______________________________________________
Wikimedia-SG mailing list
Wikimedia-SG(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sg
Hi guys,
I have just created the Wikimedia Singapore page on Meta. It might need some fixes, so just fix it if you can.
TO ALL GROUP MEMBERS: Please add your name here. Thanks!
Regards,Hydrizhttp://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hydriz
Hello, list members,
Liam Wyatt (User:Witty lama), who is currently on a Wikimedia Foundation
fellowship to help increase the capacity of the community worldwide to do
projects with the cultural sector (museums, etc.), is passing through
Singapore: see his posting at "Wikipedia talk:SGpedians' notice
board#<goog_1697335967>Visiting
Singapore on Monday
21st<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%20talk:SGpedians%27%20notice%20board…>".
I have arranged to meet him for a very early dinner tomorrow. We are meeting
in front of Starbucks at the Raffles City Shopping Centre at *5:00 pm on
Monday, 21 March*. If you would like to join us, would you please e-mail me
as soon as possible? Thanks.
Cheers,
Jack
(jack.at.wikipedia(a)gmail.com)
Hi guys, I hope everyone have a good rest after planning so much of the Wikipedia 10's meetup.
This is somewhat different from all the different emails that you might be getting constantly from the replies to the Wikipedia 10's planning in Singapore. But I believe we should not just focus on one subject(planning on Wikipedia 10) and forgetting about other things.
Lets discuss:
What chance would we get to host a Wikimania in Singapore?
Seriously, I somewhat disagree with the fact that we are able to hold high hopes in getting the chance of being able to host Wikimania. I have interacted with people from other countries, with the weather similar to the US. With people saying: "15 degrees is perfect" and "Singapore is way tooo hot for me".
We might have the world's best resources in making the Wikimania a memorable one, but our weather is the only module that is affecting us! We don't have to discuss about this now, but this issue will sooner or later arise.
How are we able to create a Wikimedia Chapter with such a small community?
Correct me if I am wrong, but we currently have less than 20 Wikimedians(let alone Wikipedians) in the mailing list. Maybe the others are too lazy to join, but our goal of this mailing list is to be able to get Singaporean Wikimedians to come together and plan a Wikimedia Chapter in Singapore.
Try getting your friends(or your enemies. :)) to join this mailing list. Other than this mailing list, we should also set up an IRC channel to communicate better. Maybe Terrance, you can create one? Besides, shouldn't we create a website so that we can be more informed with what is happening to Wikimedia in Singapore?
I hope these questions can kick start our plannings of Wikimedia Singapore.
Regards,Hydrizhttp://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hydriz
I really dont think Singapore has too many hardcore Wikipedians or whatever you call it. I myself am not one either, but Im willing to sacrifice one of my good weekends for the 10th anniversary of Wikipedia- Im sure many people would too if this event were more lively
On 11-Jan-2011, at 10:49 PM, wikimedia-sg-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:48:59 +0000
> From: Hydriz Wikipedia <admin(a)wikisorg.tk>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SG] Wikimedia-SG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 5
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> Lol, It is not just Simple English Wikipedia being edited...
>
> Regards,Hydrizhttp://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hydriz
>
>
>
>
>> From: rockythewocky(a)gmail.com
>> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:46:20 +0800
>> To: wikimedia-sg(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SG] Wikimedia-SG Digest, Vol 1, Issue 5
>>
>> Can we make this a lively event?
>> It will attract more people if we offer more perks, rather than just a simple wikipedia-editing day
>> On 11-Jan-2011, at 10:38 PM, wikimedia-sg-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
>>
>>> Send Wikimedia-SG mailing list submissions to
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>>> Today's Topics:
>>>
>>> 1. Re: Inquiry into Singapore Wikipedia Team by The New Paper
>>> (Terence Ong)
>>> 2. A point of view of Wikimedia in Singapore (Hydriz Wikipedia)
>>> 3. Re: Inquiry into Singapore Wikipedia Team by The New Paper
>>> (Hydriz Wikipedia)
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:55:21 +0800
>>> From: Terence Ong <terenceong92(a)gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SG] Inquiry into Singapore Wikipedia Team by
>>> The New Paper
>>> To: Wikimedia Singapore <wikimedia-sg(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
>>> Cc: "<wikimedia-sg(a)lists.wikimedia.org>"
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>>> Who is this?
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>>> Terence Ong
>>> terenceong92(a)gmail.com
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jan 11, 2011, at 21:07, Wikis Organisation <admin(a)wikisorg.tk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>
>>>> This is rather the first time I am posting here... But I am not attending the Wikipedia meetup as on that day, I have something else on. I do hope that you guys can point me out to the news reporter! :)
>>>>
>>>> Hmm, can I also find out when is this article is going to be published?
>>>>
>>>> From: anirudhsbh(a)gmail.com
>>>> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:12:56 +0530
>>>> To: wikimedia-sg(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>>>> CC: mailer.diablo(a)gmail.com; bjornteo(a)sph.com.sg
>>>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SG] Inquiry into Singapore Wikipedia Team by The New Paper
>>>>
>>>> Hi Gaurav,
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for sending this email to the mailing list.
>>>>
>>>> Hi Bjorn,
>>>>
>>>> Please reach out to Kua K.H. and Terence Ong (cc'd on the email), they have been around on Wikipedia since the olden days of our project and both are very experienced. Kua is also an administrator on the English Wikipedia and a member of the Arbitration Committee.
>>>>
>>>> Yours sincerely,
>>>>
>>>> Anirudh Bhati
>>>>
>>>> 00 91 9328712208
>>>> Skype: anirudhsbh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Gaurav Vaidya <gaurav(a)ggvaidya.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi Bjorn,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks so much for your interest! Unfortunately, there isn't really a
>>>> local group at the moment. I'm forwarding your e-mail to the
>>>> WikiMedia-SG mailing list, which is where the organization of this
>>>> event is happening. There might be long-term editors on this mailing
>>>> list interested in talking to you directly, or who have a better idea
>>>> than me as to where hardcore Wikipedia contributors might be found in
>>>> Singapore. If they do, I'm sure they'll get in touch with you
>>>> directly.
>>>>
>>>> Otherwise, I'm afraid your best option will be to come down on
>>>> Saturday, where you can meet with all of us and get a sense of how
>>>> many Wikipedians there are in Singapore and what we do. Hope you can
>>>> join us for some cake!
>>>>
>>>> cheers,
>>>> Gaurav
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Bjorn Teo WC <bjornteo(a)sph.com.sg>
>>>> Date: 11 January 2011 13:57
>>>> Subject: Inquiry into Singapore Wikipedia Team by The New Paper
>>>> To: gaurav(a)ggvaidya.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello Gaurav,
>>>>
>>>> This is Bjorn from The New Paper. I got your email from my polytechnic
>>>> course mate, Ding Xiang. I believe he is your colleague.
>>>>
>>>> This is regarding a story we're chasing on a group of hardcore
>>>> wikipedia contributors located in Singapore. We are looking to do a
>>>> story on this select group of contributors and possibly do a feature
>>>> of the members of this group.
>>>>
>>>> Would you be able to grant me an interview with, say, 4 or 5 members
>>>> of this group? Would really appreciate your help with this.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your time and I hope to hear from you soon!
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Bjorn Teo Wen Cheng
>>>> The New Paper
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