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Comment on Wikimedia launches Bookshelf Project by Huib!

Huib! — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:13:46 +0000

I’m starting to understand what its all about and I think its a nice piece of development and it could be greatly used by some groups of people

Great work!

@Roan thanks :)

Comment on Wikimedia launches Bookshelf Project by Kozuch

Kozuch — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:47:56 +0000

Nice to see a new wiki again. After Usability and Strategy this one hopefully will be a nice addition to the non-content portfolio, which will be increasingly important in servicing and further developing Wikimedia.

@Ulf Larsen: I also question where are the videos that German Wikimedia shot to promote Wikipedia editing…??? http://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/12/18/wikimedia-to-produce-online-video-tutorials/

Comment on Wikimedia launches Bookshelf Project by Marlita

Marlita — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:29:19 +0000

Thank you Roan – yes, years of living in England have left me with some English spelling habits.

Comment on Wikimedia launches Bookshelf Project by Roan Kattouw

Roan Kattouw — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:57:52 +0000

@Huib: That’s a British vs. American thing.

Comment on Wikimedia launches Bookshelf Project by Ulf Larsen

Ulf Larsen — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:27:08 +0000

Good initiative! I have had similar thoughts for quite some time and I have used various opportunities to help new users master Wikipedia. I have also made three introduction webcasts in Norwegian for new users, which is linked from the relevant topics on the help page.

I do however believe that the best approach is to offer courses, so interested users can get help right away when they try to edit for the first time. I will keep on doing this and I will also try to participate in evaluating and translating content from the outreach wiki into Norwegian.

Comment on Google experiments with new ways to search Wikipedia by Contextual search within Wikipedia « ThisGlobe.com

Contextual search within Wikipedia « ThisGlobe.com — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:12:29 +0000

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Comment on Wikimedia launches Bookshelf Project by SJ Klein

SJ Klein — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:19:23 +0000

Marlita — this is delightful. Thank you for the update. Though it has spawned yet another new wiki…

Comment on OpenMoko Launches WikiReader by laptop battery

laptop battery — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:37:44 +0000

In other words, it is very much possible to get a copy of the most comprehensive encyclopedia in human history to every person on the planet who would benefit from it.

Comment on Wikimedia launches Bookshelf Project by Huib!

Huib! — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:40:31 +0000

Isn’t it localisation instead of localization?

Comment on English Wikinews adopted the usability beta as default by Roan Kattouw

Roan Kattouw — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:42:15 +0000

URL shortening is kind of off-topic for the usability intiative here, as our main focus is on editing. It’s a nice idea, but it looks like it still needs to be discussed a little bit, and if we decide we want it, it can be done without our intervention.