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GastelEtzwane (talk) 10:36, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

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Catherine Wells

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D&D articles for Wikipedia 0.7

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EduWiki Conference 5-6 September in Leicester, UK

I am writing to you as you have signed up to the Education Meetup at Wikimania 2012 and perhaps are interested in how Wikipedia links to education. Wikimedia UK is now running a education related event that may be of interest to you: the EduWiki Conference on 5-6 September in Leicester. This event will be looking at Wikipedia and related charitable projects in terms of educational practice, including good faith collaboration, open review, and global participation. It's a chance to talk about innovative work in your institution or online community, and shape the future of Wikimedia UK's work in this area!

The conference will be of interest to educators, scholarly societies members, contributors to Wikipedia and other open education projects, and students.

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Sorry, will not be able to attend.GastelEtzwane (talk) 11:48, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Hello

This is JL from Smith.--Lamchopt (talk) 13:31, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi this is the same person. I will use this account now. --Amelia Paige (talk) 13:53, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I'm looking forward to it too. By the way, should biographical articles refer to the person in question by their first or last name? --Amelia Paige (talk) 21:56, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

I assume that you mean the article title ? In that case, first name, middle name, last name. If it is within the article, it all depends on the style of the article. Usually one refers to a person using the last name. Just look up a few articles and you will see... GastelEtzwane (talk) 11:33, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Hello from Greece

Hi there! Thanks for the message you left on my page in Greek Wikipedia, and for your interest in our work. Unfortunately I will not be attending Wikimania 2013 (I didn't receive a scholarship, and I most certainly can't afford to go on my own funds). I would be very willing however to explain our project to you, it's not difficult to run and I'm sure 7th graders would do fine (my class is 10th grade). I could also talk to you about other stuff we've done on Greek Wikipedia: have a look at this poster I presented in 2011 in Brussels (look at item 12 on the list). In any case, I'm dedicated to integrating Wikimedia into secondary education and willing to collaborate in any way. Find me on Twitter @saintfevrier, and we can exchange contact details:) Best, Mina--Saintfevrier (talk) 16:43, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Hello. It would be nice to share experiences. I usally work by email, I hardly ever use Twitter. Just email me through Wikipedia "Email this user", and we can go on from there! Best regards, GastelEtzwane (talk) 19:30, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Medical Translation Newsletter Aug./Sept. 2014

Medical Translation Newsletter
Issue 2, Aug./Sept. 2014
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Feature – Ebola articles

Electron micrograph of an Ebola virus virion

During August we have translated Disease and it is now live in more than 60 different languages! To help us focus on African languages Rubric has donated a large number of articles in languages we haven't previously reached–so a shout out them, and Ian Henderson from Rubric who's joined us here at Wikipedia. We're very happy for our continued collaboration with both Rubric and Translators without Borders!

Just some of our over 60 translations:

• Xhosa
• Northern Sotho
• Zulu
• Tsonga
• Venda
• Hausa
• Igbo
• Yoruba
• Kinyarwanda
• Swahili
• Tigrinya

New roles and guides!

At Wikimania there were so many enthusiastic people jumping at the chance to help out the Medical Translation Project, but unfortunately not all of them knew how to get started. That is why we've been spending considerable time writing and improving guides! They are finally live, and you can find them at our home-page!

New sign up page!

We're proud to announce a new sign up page at WP:MTSIGNUP! The old page was getting cluttered and didn't allow you to speficy a role. The new page should be easier to sign up to, and easier to navigate so that we can reach you when you're needed!

Style guides for translations

Translations are of both full articles and shorter articles continues. The process where short articles are chosen for translation hasn't been fully transparent. In the coming months we hope to have a first guide, so that anyone who writes medical or health articles knows how to get their articles to a standard where they can be translated! That's why we're currently working on medical good lede criteria! The idea is to have a similar peer review process to good article nominations, but only for ledes.

Some more stats

• In July, 18 full article translations went live (WP:RTT), and an additional 6 simplified versions went live (WP:RTTS)!
• We have a number of new lead integrators into Dutch, Polish, Arabic and Bulgarian, with more to come in smaller languages! (Find them here old sign up page)
• We were mentioned in a Global Voices Online report by Subhashish Panigrahi at Doctors and translators are working together to bridge Wikipedia's medical language gap
• New medical professionals have started, dedicated to working in Odiya and Kinyarwanda!

Further reading

• Translators Without Borders
• Healthcare information for all by 2015, a global campaign

-- CFCF 🍌 (email) 13:09, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

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Edit to Google Assistant article

Hi GastelEtzwane! I noticed that you added the Google Pixel Buds to the list of supported devices on the Google Assistant article. Since the earbuds process the commands through a mobile device with the Assistant app, I was thinking of leaving the product out of the list. Otherwise, the list will become very large and be considered a directory. Thoughts? Daylen (talk) 16:08, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

OK, I see what you mean. I guess I was assuming that the Assistant app is loaded on the earbuds. You are quite right. Trim the list! GastelEtzwane (talk) 17:54, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

 Done I was confused at first too, Google did not make it very clear at the announcement that all of the audio and responses were just mirrored from the smartphone. After the presentation, they posted an article about the subject: Google Pixel Buds Requirements & Specifications. Have an amazing day! Daylen (talk) 02:06, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I should have looked deeper into the specs and followed up on the later announcements... GastelEtzwane (talk) 07:36, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

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Mass addition of similar content to articles

Hi GastelEtzane, I saw that you recently added information about Project 2025 to a large number of articles. I think you have a weight issue. In your addition you cite two sources. The Project's own page, while certainly reliable for who are members, doesn't establish weight for inclusion. The RS media article doesn't mention most of the organizations to which you added the content. As such I think your addition fails DUE (or more likely BALASP). As a general rule, mass additions of nearly identical text are going to have issues with weight, especially if the target articles aren't mentioned in 3rd party RS articles. Springee (talk) 19:16, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi Springee, thank you for bringing this to my attention. I am trying to find 3rd party sources for this information, and hope to get the articles updated ASAP. Would a list of organisations and individuals who are on the Project 2025 advisory board be a better solution? GastelEtzwane (talk) 09:24, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Adding the content to the Project 2025 article would be fine thought it might be better to just link to the list. If a RS article mentions some specific sources then adding them to the 2025 article seems rather clear. It's less clear if adding 2025 to the organizations mentioned by the RS makes sense. The issue is establishing weight in context not of 2025 but of the organization in question. For example, the "____ University" might be a big university with many departments. That some group somewhere in the university is working with Project 2025 isn't really significant when we zoom out and look at the school as a whole. However, for a smaller think tank the inclusion in Project 2025 might be a big thing to them. Then it might be easier to justify inclusion so long as it was mentioned by a 3rd party RS. Part of the issue here is avoiding a wp:COATRACK situation. As an example, if we have a RS that mentions "____ Thinktank" way down at the bottom and only in a list then we shouldn't add a long section on their Project 2025 involvement including an extensive characterization of Project 2025. But if an article about Project 2025 say "_____ Progress" was the organization that pushed for the following platform items [items XYZ] then it would make sense to include. Basically each of these additions should be done in context of the article it's being added to, not as a generic bit of text added to all the groups on a list. Springee (talk) 12:33, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your answer. I will try to figure out how to process the information, and how to avoid a wp:COATRACK situation. Adding a list of organization on the advisory board is a good suggestion, especially since there are now over 75 of them. Then treat each organization individually. GastelEtzwane (talk) 13:18, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

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