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Wikimedia Quarto Inaugural edition    Summer 2004 | de | en | es | fr | it | ja | pl | sv | more...

Board of Trustees Chair Jimmy Wales CUR Angela Beesley VUR Florence Nibart-Devouard Tre Michael Davis Tsh Tim Shell   Roundtable Flogger +sj+ Typophobe RP Linguaphile JM Storyboards Villy Lettering MS Chief Printer Lex Kinko Mav Chief FO Tim St Chief Devsliaison Xtg Design Akl Contributor Danny Contributor Elian Contributor Kurt Contributor Yann F Contributor the salt Dpbsmith Contributor Tomos Contributor Neutrality Editor Suisui Editor Alchow Translator A Lagrange Translator G Beecham Translator GBWR Translator Hakeem Translator Kaare Translator Kpjas Translator Strxg Translator

Welcome to the first edition of the Wikimedia Quarto, the newsletter of the Wikimedia Foundation. This newsletter grew out of a desire for a place to gather reports from across the community, letters to the community from Jimbo and the Board, and original content such as interviews with people at the forefront of open content networks, digital librarianship, and copyright law (don't miss our interview with [ESR] on [the future of] [distributed research] on page 4).     There are great things happening in the near future, and this month is no exception — a major press release following Wikipedia's one millionth article, the first one coordinated closely across various languages; a celebration of Wikipedia at a madcap Cyberarts Festival in Linz; and a presentation before the United Nations.     We pushed hard to finish this edition before our September press release. Partly as a result, it is a collection of quick summaries: a recap of the year's events to date, with projections for the near future; notes from Jimbo, from chapters, from projects, and from and to the press; and reports from the Board, with statistics to amaze friends and wikiphobes alike. With your input, the next newsletter will be longer, better, and even harder to put down. Send all submissions, suggestions, and suggestive missives to: 2.718281828 at gmail dotcom.     An amazing number of people [I already count 12 that I know of, and we've hardly begun the English language version --Ed.] have worked to produce this newsletter from scratch in [eight] languages in only a few weeks. We hope you enjoy the results. --the WQ editorial team   Table of Contents Cover : July 4th meeting in Paris, France (or Aug 28 in Amsterdam?) Welcome, TOC . . . . . . 1 Letter from the Founder . . . . . . 2 Quarterly Reports . . . . . . 3 Letter from the Board Chapter Notes . . . . . . 4 Out of the Projects Interview: [ESR] riffs on [distributed research] . . . . . . 5 Word on the Street . . . . . . 6 In Passing The Four Corners, Gallery . . . . . . 7 Endnotes, Editorials . . . . . . 8

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Letter from the Founder

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Letter from the Board

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Quarterly Reports

 

I. Administration cf. WMF Board Separate from the letter above; dense summary covering all new committees, channels, policies; planned events, initiatives; grants, awards. Notes on new org chart elements, new procedures and sources of information (the new website; where info on grants has gone; &c). Brief summary of any official decisions or changes in policy, or links to appropriate overview pages. Summary of ongoing administrative discussions	II. Collaboration Notes on collaboration efforts: Yahoo!, Mandrake, hosting offers (France, emergency hosting at unis) Public offers and back-burner efforts; areas in which collaboration is needed (but not yet offered) Partners and complementary institutions Invitations to speak; to present at conferences Possible advisors & references
III. Finance cf. mav & Michael Donations & Accounts Expenses & Fees Purchases Grants (attempted, upcoming, coordination)	IV. Technical Development cf. Tim Starling Hardware setup Software changes Committee update
V. Community   Stats by project by month (tables, graphs) Subprojects/community development by project (this [quarter]) Brief notes on meetings, links to photos and summaries	VI. Public Relations   Press releases (in var langs) Major interviews, articles Major mentions in the press ('major' in the blogosphere, in terms of firsts [listed as source in WSJ, &c], other) Responses (coordinated [PR Dept], uncoordinated by WPans, by 3d parties (A-list bloggers, potential advisors, other)

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Out of the Projects

 

Wikibooks Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod Wikiversity incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud separate-language wikibooks ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Readers Initial Wikireaders developed by [TomK et al] have been printed (from pdf via <printer name> in a run of <quantity>) following a few simple guidelines <link>. They were distributed at <meeting name> in Germany, and online via <store>. Similar reader projects have been started on en: (Cryptography, WWII, ... <link>) [and <wp langs> (ex: <link>)].

Tree of Life Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate Wikispecies esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Proposed projects Wikipeople: separate wiki; include 911wiki as a portal. Wikiversity: wikibooks portal; work with university and highschool teachers and classes; convert existing wikibooks to be used in courses.

Local projects bg : ... da : ... de : Qualitatsoffensiv, ... en : Featured images, IotD fr : ... he : ... it : ... ja : ... nl : ... no : ... pl : ... sv : ... zh : ...

Chapter Reports

Efforts to found the first two Wikimedia chapters, based in Germany and France, began this year. Draft bylaws were drawn up, and interested parties selected to help organize and promote each chapter, particularly among the regulars on the de: and fr: Wikipedias. Both chapter initiatives have produced a wealth of chapter documentation, with much of the de: documentation on Meta.

[... + another overview paragraph]

Wikimedia Deutschland cf. Akl, elian ...

Wikimédia francophone cf. Yannf, Ant ...

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Interview : [ESR]

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The Quarto caught up with xxx in his tech-cave in an undisclosed part of Nevada. In between cans of Moxie, he let us pick his brain about the modern information bazaar, distributing research activity, and techniques for coping with information overload.

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Word on the Street

1. Quotes after winning the Webby
2. Quotes from the PrixAE ceremony / promotion
3. Slashdot quotes, spring & summer
   • [Slashdot user responses]
4. Sweet quotes from German publications
   • Suddeutscher Zeitung, 'Brockipedia', 'Brockhaus of trivia'...
5. Other zingers from the clippings & mailing lists

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Give and Take

1. The Register
   • Responses and their counterresponse
2. Recent potshot, "Don't use WP as source"
   • Responses, from Wikipedians and bloggers

 

In Passing

1. One-liners from Wikipedians and friends, via Talk pages, bug reports, BJAODN, IRC, the mailing lists.
2. Overheard in conversations, while wearing/reading Wikipedia gear...

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The Four Corners

[Current news from local projects, focusing on global content -- newly active WPs (sk:, ast:), projects with active image collection (of non-generic images, cf. Belizian), ...]

Gallery

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1. Remarkable images from various WPs
2. One-liners about timely articles of high quality, which may be the mose complete and even best-written sources of information on their subject, anywhere.
3. Blurbs from PD texts newly digitized (if the WP instance is a world premier, not a copy from another public site)
4. Blurbs and background-info from books donated by authors, original books produced on wikibooks, &c.
5. One-liners about other contributions (recordings, categories, interfaces) worthy of oohs and ahhs from the audience.

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Endnotes

 

The road ahead

Keep the good work and suggestions coming!

In time of need call on the editor's creed:
    Thesis, antithesis, synthesis!
If you think what you read should be NPOV-ed,
    Thesis, antithesis, synthesis!
So plant a good seed
And do a good deed
And don't ever stop until all have agreed
And then they will call you a real Wikiped-
Ian.
    Thesis, antithesis, synthesis!
                                       -dpbsmith