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WikiCite conference: Wind in the “Newspapers on Wikipedia” sails
The WikiCite 2018 conference in Berkeley, California was an exciting meeting of the minds. There were a number of good developments for the Newspapers on Wikipedia (NOW) campaign. Here, I’ll recap those that stood out to me, as well as … Continue reading
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Katherine Maher on Wikimedia’s evolving strategic priorities: Reflections on her WikiCite 2018 talk
I relished the opportunity to hear Katherine Maher, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, speak about strategic priorities at the November 2018 WikiCite conference. The organization has had its ups and downs in strategic planning over the years. This was … Continue reading
Cupcake with feeling: Getting quotes and taking names
The news ain’t what it used to be…a recent story that ran in multiple Portland, Oregon news outlets took a single, anonymous Yelp comment as evidence of a “controversy.” Fortunately, I got to be at the bakery the story covered … Continue reading
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What will be our Taj Mahal of text?
A slide flashed on the screen—the Taj Mahal. The audience was initially taken by its physical beauty. But upon closer inspection, we were told, one would find much of the text of the Koran chiseled into this wonder of the … Continue reading
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Future of Text Symposium talk
Wikipedia is important to the future, and important to text. Future of Text 2016 slides Text-based, honors the legacy of text Collaborative: Hundreds of thousands of volunteers Preserves values of journalism, academia Journalists & academics resist the pull – to … Continue reading
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The Future of Text is almost now
Futurists are fond of predicting that, one day, humans will communicate telepathically, thus drastically reducing the need for the written and spoken word. Until that day arrives, however, mere mortals must continue to communicate primarily with text, a vehicle fraught … Continue reading
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Baseball in a Wikidojo
When we started the monthly Bay Area WikiSalon meetups a few months back, I was eager to try out a newly-invented way for a group to build a wiki page together. The purpose of a Wikidojo, as the event is … Continue reading
Wikipedia edit-a-thon at Nueva School in San Mateo
This April, Nueva Upper School will host a Wikipedia edit-a-thon – a first for Nueva, and one of the first such events for any high school. Students will create original articles or improve existing entries in Wikipedia, the world’s largest, free-content, online encyclopedia. I … Continue reading
Announcing 15 for 15: Perspectives on Wikipedia’s Quinceañera
Here at Wiki Strategies, we are excited to celebrate Wikipedia’s 15th birthday on January 15, 2016. January also marks my 10 year anniversary as a Wikipedian. Wikipedia is the world’s most extensive platform for collaboration, as well as being the … Continue reading
Future of Text 2015
Here is my 10 minute presentation at the Future of Text symposium in December 2015: The future of text should support individual agency. These capabilities are important: perceive that something has changed perceive what changed perceive who changed it perceive why the person wanted to make … Continue reading
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