[Announce-l] Wikizine special edition

Tue Oct 11 22:12:32 UTC 2005

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Year: 2005  Week:41   Special edition

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An internal news bulletin for the
members of the Wikimedia community.

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By [[w:nl:gebruiker:Walter]]

== Why do I get this ?? ==

You probably do not remember it but you are an member of the mailing
list "Announce-l". This list is created in November 2002.

Even in that time, when Wikipedia was much and much smaller then now,
it was not easy to follow everything what was going on on the mailing
lists and on the Wikis. The idea of this list "Announce-l" was that
important things where announced on that list. So that the ambassadors
could get feedback from there home-wiki and participated in the
discussion. And also so that you do not need to read all the mailing
lists posting and watch many wiki-pages to know what is going on.

There was no support for this.

A new attempt was done recent;
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/4071

This time only to use to announce technical changes and problems that
have an impact for the end-users of the wikis. This has received more
support. But because of the lack of co-operation of the technical staff
of Wikimedia also this did not work out.

And now there is the attempt do do whit "Wikizine" something useful whit
this dead mailing list. And this "Wikizine" is using the dead list
"Announce-l" for sending its message.  And that is why go you are
getting this.

== And what is "Wikizine"? ==

Basically it is an overview of news regarding the Wikimedia-community
that the editor has discovered and thinks is important. There are many
places inside the Wikimedia-world where there can be found news. And it
is also hidden under many other messages.

The idea of "Wikizine" is to give an selection of that news whit an very
small summary and the url where you can read about. Wikizine is not for
writing news but to collect the fragments of news and linking to them.

== Who should read Wikizine? ==

Everybody who likes to do so may read it off cource. But the target
audience is definitely; stewards, ambassadors, bureaucrats and sysops,
members of the board of one of the wikimedia foundations.

It is for the people who are doing the Wiki-management. The focus will
be on the technical aspect. News about changes in the way the wiki
works, news functions. Things that are broken.  Other Wikimedia news
will also be included but the focus is technical news that has an impact
for the users and readers of the wiki.

== Who is creating Wikizine? ==

For now I,  Walter Vermeir, am creating it. I try to find out all the
news that I can find and if I find it is is important I put it in
Wikizine.  If you new some news you may send it to my: walter at wikipedia.be

== Time-line ==

This type of editions of Wikizine will be special. It is not the idea of
Wikizine for writing this type editorials. A normal edition will be send
once a week on Monday (more or less). The can be very short. It is not
my intention to include a lot of other things when there is not much
important news

When there is urgent news you will receive a Wikizine extra edition.

Example: Some time ago I  discovered that the emails whit questions from
visitors send to the dutch language Wikipedia where not received. There
was a problem whit the email system of Wikimedia. So for some days the
emails where lost. We, the email team of the dutch wiki, did not know
that. We where not informed. If this was the case now I would send a
"Wikizine extra".

For know this Wikizine-thing is an experiment. It is possible it will
stop after some editions.  You have received now also the first real
"Wikizine".  Number "-5" (minus 5).  So long the have negative numbers
it will only be send to you, those few current members of Announce-l.
There will not be made any notice about this experiment any where.

If we make it to edition "zero" it will be announced on Wikipedia-l and
Wikimedia-l and we will go public.  But that is still some weeks from
now. For now please do not forward Wikizine to to other mailing lists.
Wikizine is still alfa. You are the testers.

Also, do not respond on these messages. This list is only for the
sending of Wikizine, not for discussion.

== Unsubscribe ==

It is an mailing list. So you can unsubscribe the normal way if you are
not interested. I prefer to have 10 readers who read it then 30 who
delete it.

Go to;
http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/announce-l

If you do not know anymore what the email address is you have used to
subscribe view this message whit full headers (view source) and look for
your email address.

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