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Phonegap + Wikipedia meetup (1/23) | tuna says

[tuna says] I went to the PhoneGap + Wikipedia event at Adobe immediately after the Wikipedia hackathon. I heard about it that Monday in the irc room O_O and thought initially that I couldn't go, because I usually have Spot rehearsal on .

February 06, 2012

I Use Wikipedia More Than Makeup | TechCrunch

[TechCrunch] My favourite donation last year was five pounds from a little girl in England, who had persuaded her parents to let her donate her allowance. It’s people like you, joining with that girl, who make it possible for Wikipedia to continue providing free, easy access to unbiased information, for everyone around the world.

Posted at 01:04 PM

February 03, 2012

Job o' the Day: Legal Intern at Wikimedia Foundation in San Fran ...

[The PSLawNet Blog] The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that runs Wikipedia and other free knowledge projects, is looking fo legal interns for the Summer of 2012! The Office of the General Counsel runs a legal internship program to educate and train promising law students or in the areas of internet law and free knowledge organizations.

Posted at 01:35 PM

Wikimedia: accessible (new) media for (almost) all | FLOSSE Posse

[FLOSSE Posse] Wikimedia / Wikipedia naturally may not provide Internet connection for all, even if they would like to, but they may do design decisions that will increase broad accessibility. For instance, strict commitment to free content, free standards and free software is this kind of decision.

Posted at 01:34 PM

October 12, 2011

Words and what not: #RTL support in #Wikimedia #Commons

[Words and what not] The screenshot below shows splendidly how #MediaWiki has improved its support for languages like Arabic and Hebrew. The sidebar is to the right, the labels used for the image are .

Posted at 01:36 PM

Samson slaying Facebook Philistine (Zuck's Story) Wikimedia ...

[dogsmeat] Samson is seen here wielding the jawbone of an ass in order to slay one of the Philistines who have taunted him. This is the earliest of the great marble groups by Giovanni Bologna (called Giambologna), and the only substantial work by the artist to have left Italy.

Posted at 01:34 PM

October 10, 2011

Stanton Foundation Awards Wikimedia - Gawkwire.com

[Gawkwire: Web Hosting and Internet News Resource] Among its previous grants to the Wikimedia Foundation, the Stanton Foundation provided $1.2 million in 2010 for the Wikipedia Public Policy Initiative, a program designed to improve the quality and quantity of information related to public policy topics in Wikipedia. The project resulted in 800 American students at universities such as Harvard and University of California Berkeley adding the equivalent of 5,800 printed pages of material to Wikipedia, and has now been expanded to include universities in Canada and India.

Posted at 01:05 PM

Wikimedia Foundation Announces Support For Italian Wikipedia Users

[Business Insider] This bill would hinder the work of projects like Wikipedia: open, volunteer-driven, and collaborative spaces dedicated to sharing high-quality knowledge, not to mention the ability for all users of the internet to engage in democratic, free speech opportunities.

Posted at 01:04 PM

October 07, 2011

Professors explore wikis | The Ithacan

[The Ithacan] The project, called “Untangling the Web of Historical Thinking: What the Structures of Student-Produced Wikis Reveal,” was spearheaded by Ali Erkan, associate professor of computer science and environmental studies and sciences, and Michael Smith, associate professor of history.

Posted at 01:35 PM

Wikis in the Classroom: Three Ways to Increase Student ...

[Online Learning Update] Wikis are simply web pages that can be edited by their users. Instead of only carrying content from the administrator, they harness the power of crowdsourcing to create a powerful communal resource.

Posted at 01:33 PM

October 05, 2011

Speeding Up Mediawiki

[MediaWiki Forums] But I noticed today that my mediawiki version still says it is using 5.2.17. I'm not sure if that might be where the issue is coming from?

Posted at 01:35 PM

MediaWiki - O'Reilly Media

[O'Reilly Media, Inc. New Titles] MediaWiki is the world's most popular wiki platform, the software that runs Wikipedia and thousands of other websites. Though it appears simple to use at first glance, MediaWiki has extraordinarily powerful and deep capabilities for managing and organizing knowledge.

Posted at 01:34 PM

October 03, 2011

Workplace Wikis for employee collaboration. | Teale Shapcott

[Tigera] IntelliPedia is a series of three private wikis used for collaborative data sharing by the United States Intelligence Community. The wikis were implemented in an effort to change workplace practices of information sharing in the U.S. Intelligence community following accusations of the community failing to proactively identify warning signs prior to the September 11 attacks in 2001.

Posted at 01:05 PM

Pigs, Gourds, and Wikis: Apple's iBookstore opens in 26 new countries

[Pigs, Gourds, and Wikis] Bringing new meaning to the phrase "wiki farm" (A blog about small-scale farming, whole-scale crafting, and as many geeky collaborative Web tools, tips, and ideas as I can fit in.) .

Posted at 01:04 PM

September 30, 2011

Ted Ernst on Open Space

[The International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration] Expect to see a blank agenda wall to be filled up with topics convened by those present. Every topic people care about enough to convene a session on will get discussed/worked on by the others interested in that topic.

Posted at 01:35 PM

10 Best Practices for Corporate Blogs & Wikis | Autoblogging ...

[Autoblogging Information] Keep it relevant: What makes Macromedia, Microsoft and other corporate blogs so interesting is that they provide insights about the software and related industry issues such as standards. They don’t talk about breakfast menus or the inevitable U.S. deficit disaster.

Posted at 01:33 PM

September 28, 2011

Want to start using LDAP with MediaWiki Turnkey System | TurnKey ...

[Support] This server is only running MediaWiki on a Virtual Machine so I don't care if anything else might also be login restricted. By the way .

Posted at 01:35 PM

Math markup Mediawiki 1.17

[MediaWiki Forums] If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the Guide to Posting Questions on the MW Users Forum. You must register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.

Posted at 01:34 PM

September 26, 2011

User:Biofuel - opensourceCMS MediaWiki Demo

[opensourceCMS MediaWiki Demo - Recent changes [en]] From opensourceCMS MediaWiki Demo. Jump to: navigation, search. There was a movie before where fledging companies in frequent workplace parks and deep-pocketed shareholders team analysis labs in Silicon Valley looking for ...

Posted at 01:07 PM

User:Harry9tomlins85117 - opensourceCMS MediaWiki Demo

[opensourceCMS MediaWiki Demo - Recent changes [en]] From opensourceCMS MediaWiki Demo. Jump to: navigation, search. Avoid Higher Public relations Backlinks Service. Avoid High PR Backlinks Service. This is a website that states build your website a hit through back again-hyperlinks. ...

Posted at 01:06 PM

September 23, 2011

Wetpaint Wikis in Plain English | Online Dating For All

[Online Dating For All] It’s on the homepage of wetpaint in the top right. Naturally the copy on wetpaint is hosted by vimeo because it’s better than youtube.

Posted at 01:36 PM

Wikis – Renaming process The PRIDE of Fairview

[The PRIDE of Fairview] With many changes in rooms this year, there are several wikis that need to be renamed. I will outline the steps for you to do this. Click on Manage Wiki. 9-22-11. After Manage Wiki opens find Settings and then Domain. 9-22-11 ...

Posted at 01:34 PM

Openpedia.org > February 06, 2012

Phonegap + Wikipedia meetup (1/23) | tuna says

February 06, 2012

I Use Wikipedia More Than Makeup | TechCrunch

February 03, 2012

Job o' the Day: Legal Intern at Wikimedia Foundation in San Fran ...

Wikimedia: accessible (new) media for (almost) all | FLOSSE Posse

October 12, 2011

Words and what not: #RTL support in #Wikimedia #Commons

Samson slaying Facebook Philistine (Zuck's Story) Wikimedia ...

October 10, 2011

Stanton Foundation Awards Wikimedia - Gawkwire.com

Wikimedia Foundation Announces Support For Italian Wikipedia Users

October 07, 2011

Professors explore wikis | The Ithacan

Wikis in the Classroom: Three Ways to Increase Student ...

October 05, 2011

Speeding Up Mediawiki

MediaWiki - O'Reilly Media

October 03, 2011

Workplace Wikis for employee collaboration. | Teale Shapcott

Pigs, Gourds, and Wikis: Apple's iBookstore opens in 26 new countries

September 30, 2011

Ted Ernst on Open Space

10 Best Practices for Corporate Blogs & Wikis | Autoblogging ...

September 28, 2011

Want to start using LDAP with MediaWiki Turnkey System | TurnKey ...

Math markup Mediawiki 1.17

September 26, 2011

User:Biofuel - opensourceCMS MediaWiki Demo

User:Harry9tomlins85117 - opensourceCMS MediaWiki Demo

September 23, 2011

Wetpaint Wikis in Plain English | Online Dating For All

Wikis – Renaming process The PRIDE of Fairview

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