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Openpedia.org > February 27, 2009

Durova: Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year

[Durova] In case you haven't done it already, you can still help choose the Wikimedia Commons picture of the year. Round 1 remains open until February 26.

Lift09 ”” Florence Devouard ”” Update on Wikimedia Foundation

[Climb to the Stars (after big car crash)] Lift09 ”” Florence Devouard ”” Update on Wikimedia Foundation. by Stephanie on February 26, 2009. At the start, was difficult for the foundation (not enough money, etc). During the last couple of years, has stabilized a lot ”” much better ...

Posted at 01:32 PM

February 27, 2009

Durova: Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year

[Durova] In case you haven't done it already, you can still help choose the Wikimedia Commons picture of the year. Round 1 remains open until February 26.

Posted at 01:33 PM

Lift09 ”” Florence Devouard ”” Update on Wikimedia Foundation

Posted at 01:32 PM

February 25, 2009

Singapore Jobs, Salary and Education: Learn - Blogs, Wikis & Free ...

[Singapore Jobs, Salary and Education] of using blogs, wikis, and other free software (such as Google apps and Moodle) to meet the information sharing and training needs of a commercial or educational organization.

Posted at 01:34 PM

Dr. Robin Anne Reid - Wikis!

[Dr. Robin Anne Reid] After watching how fans use wikis, and volunteering for one wiki (Fanlore), I realized how useful wikis could be for collaborative writing in my classes (LOTS of universities and schools are way ahead of me here--you can find wikis all over the place!)

Posted at 01:32 PM

February 23, 2009

The UCL Practitioner: "Adopting Wikis in Law Firms"

[The UCL Practitioner] Yesterday, Law.com had an interesting article on how attorneys can effectively use wikis to create a collaborative reference work for their firm....

Posted at 01:03 PM

The Legal Guy » Blog Archive » Adopting Wikis in Law Firms

[The Legal Guy] The use of wikis in law firms follows an evolutionary path from indifference to skepticism to adoption. The rate at which a firm moves along this continuum depends on how quickly legal professionals embrace the concept that collaborative authorship can produce high-quality materials.

Posted at 01:02 PM

February 20, 2009

Setting up MediaWiki Locally - TechSoup

[TechSoup: Active Threads] MediaWiki will check your environment and indicate if there are any installation issues related with your version of PHP, MySQL, PHP’s memory and so forth. If your environment will work, you will see in green, “Environment checked.

Posted at 01:35 PM

Mediawiki email notifications - HELP! - MediaWiki Forums

[MediaWiki Forums] I still haven't figures out how to do trace for debugging an issue like this with Mediawiki. What would you suggest for where I can look or a command that will turn on a logging / trace file?

Posted at 01:33 PM

February 18, 2009

Wikimedia Picture of the Year | Hike Alberta

[Hike Alberta - Explore it's Beauty] The photos that have been nominated for the third annual Picture of the Year competition were posted recently by Wikimedia Commons, which is a database of freely usable media files. Among these great photos was the .

Posted at 01:34 PM

All The Modern Things: Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2008 ...

[All The Modern Things] So if you registered before 1 January 2009 and have at least 200 edits on any Wikimedia project, you’re eligible to vote. They’re pretty lenient guidelines so I hope there is a big turnout.

Posted at 01:32 PM

February 16, 2009

All The Modern Things: What is your favourite non-Wikimedia wiki?

[All The Modern Things] To be honest I don’t spend a lot of time on non-Wikimedia wikis (assuming the one at work doesn’t count — although I am proud of how my workmates spontaneously started putting information there.

Posted at 01:02 PM

Words and what not: Usability.wikimedia.org

[Words and what not] The Liquid Threads provide a paradigm shift away from the current talk pages and, I do welcome having more control over the discussions. With the implementation of LQT in the Usability wiki, I think there is no need to have a separate implementation in the labs environment.

Posted at 01:01 PM

February 13, 2009

Related Pages: Visualizing the Proximity of Wiki Content ...

[information aesthetics] The gray tones denote the time since the last update of the webpage. The distance between the nodes conveys the distance of the content.

Posted at 01:33 PM

i, quaid ”º QA wiki renewal sounds great, just a few suggestions ”¦

[i, quaid] Adam Williamson made a blog post about Revising the QA Wiki Space and I have a few requests for them. (I tried to leave a comment on his blog, but comments are only for registered users, and registering never got me a password, .

Posted at 01:32 PM

February 11, 2009

Wiki Northeast: Wikimedia Canada

[Wiki Northeast] Lots of mailing-list discussion about Wikimedia Canada in the last two days. They had been in an organizational lull for a few weeks, but it seems they are starting to wake up from that.

Posted at 01:34 PM

vazambam: Mementos of <a href = "http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki ...

[vazambam] A number of my poems were also included in the anthology How The Net Is Gripped: a selection of contemporary American Poetry (Stride, UK, 1992), and I have two collections of poetry, Sentences (Querencia Books, 1976), and Aural (Singing Horse Press, 1984), and an unpublished third collection, The Intricate Evasions of As.

Posted at 01:32 PM

February 09, 2009

Use Languages - MediaWiki Forums

[MediaWiki Forums] Use Languages MediaWiki General Discussion. MediaWiki General Discussion General talk about MediaWiki.

Posted at 01:04 PM

MediaWiki Installer Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities - Secunia ...

[Latest Secunia Advisories] Some vulnerabilities have been reported in MediaWiki, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Posted at 01:02 PM

February 06, 2009

Streetsblog » Wiki Wednesday: Twenty’s Plenty

[Streetsblog] Paul Steely White, any chance of it getting formally onto the agenda of your excellent organization? I'm overdue in offering volunteer services to it (i.e.

Posted at 01:34 PM

Wiki of the Day: Reception Music » Weddingbee » The Wedding Blog

[Comments for Weddingbee] We’ve featured the reception music wiki before, but Melissa has worked hard to spiff up this popular wiki, so we’d love it if you could pitch in with your expertise on the subject, too! Music is crucial to your wedding .

Posted at 01:32 PM

February 04, 2009

respublica: Wikipedia has everything

[respublica] A source for almost all things and all people, updated practically every second, Wikipedia information may not always be exactly correct, but it is possible to find something you're looking for.

Posted at 01:34 PM

Should College Students Cite Wikipedia in their Academic Papers?

[Digital Inspiration - Technology Blog] Stephen Colbert once made this remark on Wikipedia - 'any user can change any entry, and if enough other users agree with them, it becomes true.'

Posted at 01:33 PM

Openpedia.org > February 27, 2009

Durova: Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year

Lift09 ”” Florence Devouard ”” Update on Wikimedia Foundation

February 27, 2009

Durova: Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year

Lift09 ”” Florence Devouard ”” Update on Wikimedia Foundation

February 25, 2009

Singapore Jobs, Salary and Education: Learn - Blogs, Wikis & Free ...

Dr. Robin Anne Reid - Wikis!

February 23, 2009

The UCL Practitioner: "Adopting Wikis in Law Firms"

The Legal Guy » Blog Archive » Adopting Wikis in Law Firms

February 20, 2009

Setting up MediaWiki Locally - TechSoup

Mediawiki email notifications - HELP! - MediaWiki Forums

February 18, 2009

Wikimedia Picture of the Year | Hike Alberta

All The Modern Things: Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2008 ...

February 16, 2009

All The Modern Things: What is your favourite non-Wikimedia wiki?

Words and what not: Usability.wikimedia.org

February 13, 2009

Related Pages: Visualizing the Proximity of Wiki Content ...

i, quaid ”º QA wiki renewal sounds great, just a few suggestions ”¦

February 11, 2009

Wiki Northeast: Wikimedia Canada

vazambam: Mementos of <a href = "http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki ...

February 09, 2009

Use Languages - MediaWiki Forums

MediaWiki Installer Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities - Secunia ...

February 06, 2009

Streetsblog » Wiki Wednesday: Twenty’s Plenty

Wiki of the Day: Reception Music » Weddingbee » The Wedding Blog

February 04, 2009

respublica: Wikipedia has everything

Should College Students Cite Wikipedia in their Academic Papers?

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