Comments on: Volunteer appreciation http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/04/20/volunteer-appreciation/ News from inside the Wikimedia Foundation.org Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:30:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jennifer Riggs http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/04/20/volunteer-appreciation/comment-page-1/#comment-1327 Jennifer Riggs Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:52:34 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=657#comment-1327 Thanks for your ideas and suggestions. I'm learning a lot everyday and am always interested in ideas for supporting and enhancing projects. Feel free to leave notes also on my Meta-Wiki talk page: Jennifer Riggs http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jennifer_Riggs Thanks for your ideas and suggestions. I’m learning a lot everyday and am always interested in ideas for supporting and enhancing projects. Feel free to leave notes also on my Meta-Wiki talk page: Jennifer Riggs http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jennifer_Riggs

]]> By: SJ http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/04/20/volunteer-appreciation/comment-page-1/#comment-1322 SJ Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:38:32 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=657#comment-1322 I believe you mean <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_Appreciation_Week" rel="nofollow">Volunteer Appreciation Week</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Corps" rel="nofollow">Peace Corps</a>... :-) I believe you mean Volunteer Appreciation Week and Peace Corps… :-)

]]> By: GerardM http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/04/20/volunteer-appreciation/comment-page-1/#comment-1313 GerardM Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:59:05 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=657#comment-1313 Hoi, Are you aware of http://translationwiki.net ? This is where the internationalisation and the localisation of MediaWiki happens. In my opinion having the software available in a language is the most important catalyst for the development of Wikis in any language. The work is done by volunteers and there is too much work as it is. Also we suffer because it takes too long before localisations become visible in our projects. Given that your job title is programming officer, I can imagine that your primary focus will be on how to make programs more effective. If this assumption is correct there are more programs that have a catalytic potential and I would love to talk about this. Thanks, GerardM Hoi,
Are you aware of http://translationwiki.net ? This is where the internationalisation and the localisation of MediaWiki happens. In my opinion having the software available in a language is the most important catalyst for the development of Wikis in any language.

The work is done by volunteers and there is too much work as it is. Also we suffer because it takes too long before localisations become visible in our projects.

Given that your job title is programming officer, I can imagine that your primary focus will be on how to make programs more effective. If this assumption is correct there are more programs that have a catalytic potential and I would love to talk about this.
Thanks,
GerardM

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