Wikimania as a communication project
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Dear guys, I hope you don’t mind this approach. Rather than
contributing to separate elists, I’ve put a message on a bulletin board hosted
at OCLC. They’re the largest non profit for librarians in the world. They
also have a tool – the Dewey Decimal Code – which could help
wikimedians associate their content with their projects (and communications). I’ve started a thread and offered a poll if you’d
like to offer an opinion. http://forums.oclc.org/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=11732 So far as a little background on me. I’m a fifty
something who has worked in media for a lot a years and would like to help by
getting a bunch of sponsors on board the wiki train – both for the
conference and also for the equipment which supports wikimediafoundation (non
profit) stuff. I also have a bunch of mates who have run conferences for
Rotarians in the past E.g. 64,000 in My best regards, Simon Fenton - Jones No virus found in this outgoing message. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [hidden email] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l |
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At 07:33 +1000 12/9/07, Sandy Dorotheo wrote:
>Dear guys, > >I hope you don't mind this approach. Rather than contributing to >separate elists, I've put a message on a bulletin board hosted at >OCLC. They're the largest non profit for librarians in the world. >They also have a tool - the Dewey Decimal Code - which could help >wikimedians associate their content with their projects (and >communications). > >I've started a thread and offered a poll if you'd like to offer an >opinion. ><http://forums.oclc.org/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=11732>http://forums.oclc.org/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=11732 > >So far as a little background on me. I'm a fifty something who has >worked in media for a lot a years and would like to help by getting >a bunch of sponsors on board the wiki train - both for the >conference and also for the equipment which supports >wikimediafoundation (non profit) stuff. > >I also have a bunch of mates who have run conferences for Rotarians >in the past E.g. 64,000 in Chicago a few years ago. > >My best regards, >Simon Fenton - Jones > Welcome aboard. But has the train already left the station? Gordo -- "Think Feynman"///////// http://pobox.com/~gordo/ [hidden email]/// _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [hidden email] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l |
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On 11/09/2007, Sandy Dorotheo <[hidden email]> wrote:
> I hope you don't mind this approach. Rather than contributing to separate > elists, I've put a message on a bulletin board hosted at OCLC. They're the > largest non profit for librarians in the world. They also have a tool – the > Dewey Decimal Code – which could help wikimedians associate their content > with their projects (and communications). I have to say, as a classifier I started hyperventilating with laughter at this point. Of all the things that are completely inappropriate to use for anything like our projects, DDC must be high on the list... (DDC is essentially a system for arranging physical books in a linear order. In an electronic environment, it's... well, about as meaningful as "alphabetising things" for any form of structured information. Not to mention the fact that it's immensely legally encumbered!) -- - Andrew Gray [hidden email] _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [hidden email] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l |
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At 18:46 +0100 13/9/07, Andrew Gray wrote:
>On 11/09/2007, Sandy Dorotheo <[hidden email]> wrote: > >> I hope you don't mind this approach. Rather than contributing to separate >> elists, I've put a message on a bulletin board hosted at OCLC. They're the >> largest non profit for librarians in the world. They also have a tool - the >> Dewey Decimal Code - which could help wikimedians associate their content >> with their projects (and communications). > >I have to say, as a classifier I started hyperventilating with >laughter at this point. Of all the things that are completely >inappropriate to use for anything like our projects, DDC must be high >on the list... > >(DDC is essentially a system for arranging physical books in a linear >order. In an electronic environment, it's... well, about as meaningful >as "alphabetising things" for any form of structured information. Not >to mention the fact that it's immensely legally encumbered!) > >-- >- Andrew Gray > [hidden email] > I agree. And the use of inappropriate tools (methods, software, etc) is rife.... Such as using a Wiki (alone) to plan an event and the use of Mediawiki for Commons. Gordo -- "Think Feynman"///////// http://pobox.com/~gordo/ [hidden email]/// _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [hidden email] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l |
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Dear Andrew, Gordo, Gary, and all Firstly, sorry for the confusion. It's Simon. Have to use the sandyd account to stop the overflow of emails that always come from first attempts on a new email list(s). I appreciate your hyperventilation - another stupid idea. The last one was when I suggested (a long time ago) to a few computer companies that, due to Moore's Law, they should rent their computers rather than sell them (and when the laughter had died, set up a funding mechanism between computer companies and banks). Now I'm told what a stupid idea it is to buy. I'm suggesting the same kind of change in context here = Comms not Info. Have replied at OCLC's forum to help my failing memory keep a thread, http://forums.oclc.org/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=11732&pageNo=1&num=20 I hope you will take a squiz. Especially at the virtual rooms stuff. I can see you like the idea of broadcasting from Wikimania, wherever it might be held, and while the comproj teams are reforming it seems a good time to get a new comms model in place. It's quite possible to do a global thing but we gotta use the appropriate tools. All the best, simonfj I have to say, as a classifier I started hyperventilating with laughter at this point. Of all the things that are completely inappropriate to use for anything like our projects, DDC must be high on the list... (DDC is essentially a system for arranging physical books in a linear order. In an electronic environment, it's... well, about as meaningful as "alphabetising things" for any form of structured information. Not to mention the fact that it's immensely legally encumbered!) No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.25/1018 - Release Date: 19/09/2007 3:59 PM _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [hidden email] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l |
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