User talk:Symode09/Archive Aug 2007

Your coaching page...

...is located at User:WBOSITG/Virtual classroom/Coaching/Symode09. There's an assignment or two waiting for you there. The Transhumanist    00:04, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Nice to meet you! There's a personal assignment waiting for you on your coaching page. The Transhumanist    22:00, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Image source problem with Image:Puss in boots.png

Image Copyright problem

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Windows Live Messenger image

Are you sure it's a good idea to post an image which clearly shows your email address? Abc30 18:24, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Press Room

I've switched your template into a soft redirect in Press Room, because I feel we don't need any extra link templates into various Wikimedia pages. Was this ok? ~Iceshark7 14:07, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Reply: The template is nice, and not inappropriate, but I would questionise the usefulness of it. Soft Redirects were usually made for situations just like this, for links to other wikis. Now compared to the style of Wikipedia, it's rare to approach onto templates like this, so I'm not sure if it fits the style as being a soft direct. If it does, categorizing it into Soft redirects sounds like ok, otherwise it should be left as an original soft redirect to avoid confusions. ~Iceshark7 17:48, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Whereisthelove.jpg

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Good idea

But maybe for the one after. There are good reasons to have it in the west, the t'othersiders would take some convincing :) Regards, Fred ☻ 18:04, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[Laugh] You are half way there :) Fred ☻ 18:09, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Good luck - I don't think we'll convince the rest of Australia, but from an Asian perspective it would make a lot of sense to hold it here. Orderinchaos 00:12, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Love the idea, Perth would be a great place to hold Wikimania. Hossen27 03:16, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

I really appreciate your enthusiasm and the thought you've put into this idea, but if Australia ever hosts Wikimania, it needs to be an Australian bid, not a Perth Wikiproject bid. Additionally, we have been discussing making a bid to host a Wikimania for some time now and Angela, a former board member who has been involved with previous Wikimanias, has proposed we think about 2010 and that we hold a practice event in the winter of 2008 to be sure that we have enough interested and committed people to actually host a Wikimania. This is also what Taipei did and they became the successful bidders for hosting this year's event. You are welcome to continue with your proposal but you should probably make sure that you have sufficient support from Australian editors, not just the Perth Wikiproject. I do appreciate your enthusiasm, though, and I hope that you'll be willing to help out when we hold Wikimania Australia (or whatever the trial event becomes) and then when the Australian Wikimedia community makes a bid to host the international Wikimania.Sarah 05:11, 11 August 2007 (UTC) Also, I don't know if you're aware of this research that Mark did last year when we were considering making a bid. [1] Sarah 05:50, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Symode its an interesting concept but its need a lot of people on the ground to make it happen. Come to the meetup on the 19th I'll explain whats been happening in regards to the Australian plans for the bid, I've been part of the group working towards a bid. Gnangarra 05:22, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

withdraw invite to meetup, I forgot your age when writting this, though as Ali K said if you parents are with you then thats a different story Gnangarra 11:23, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

I just somehow think it is not going to happen. If I was to vote, I'd say absolutely not. Melbourne should host it, if not, then Sydney. Bigger city, more capable, more Wikipedians based there; the list could go on. Not to be discriminatory age wise, but I hardly think you should go to Wikimania, let alone the Wikimeetup as Gnangarra suggested. Unless with an adult of course. Maybe the reason for your suggestion was so you could go yourself and not have to fly somewhere? If so, some consideration needs to be put into place about where Wikimania would be more suited. And that would be my two cents worth! --Ali K 11:13, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Classroom discussion

I've restored the Virtual classroom's main discussion area. The previous one got chopped up into student coaching pages.

The current topic of discussion Trends on Wikipedia and where we are heading. Please come and join us.

The Transhumanist    22:22, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

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