Communication Projects Group/Meetings/2007-10-24/Log
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[4:31pm] seanw: All. [4:31pm] Zirland: . [4:31pm] HistoryOnTheRoad: beep [4:31pm] loco085: [4:32pm] cary-office: I'm here [4:33pm] • Cbrown1023 summons Sandy [4:33pm] seanw: Okay, raise your hand if you are here please, if you have not spoken already. [4:33pm] cary-office: Sandy is in Miami [4:34pm] Cbrown1023: oooh [4:34pm] brianmc: arf! [4:34pm] Cbrown1023: fun!!! [4:34pm] Cbrown1023: she missed my birthday [4:34pm] • Cbrown1023 was going to give her some wiki-cake [4:34pm] loco085: when Cbrown1023 ? [4:34pm] loco085: [4:34pm] seanw: Okay [4:34pm] Cbrown1023: loco085: yesterday [4:34pm] Cbrown1023: 1023 = October 23 [4:34pm] loco085: oh, happy birthday Cbrown1023 !!! [4:35pm] Cbrown1023: hehe thanks [4:35pm] seanw: We have no agenda items other than Cary [4:35pm] loco085: [4:35pm] cary-office: Yes [4:35pm] cary-office: I need a lot of help [4:35pm] cary-office: Gathering quotes [4:35pm] seanw: So, cary-office, you have the floor. But please use the agenda properly, several days before the meeting if possible [4:35pm] HistoryOnTheRoad: Quotes? Price or speaking ones? [4:35pm] cary-office: seanw: I'm frazzled [4:35pm] cary-office: donation quotes [4:35pm] • Cbrown1023 tickles seanw [4:35pm] Cbrown1023: you know how rushed everything is lately [4:35pm] cary-office: Gathering quotes from the recent donations [4:35pm] cary-office: selecting quotes for inclusion in the marquee [4:36pm] Cbrown1023: the most recent 3000? [4:36pm] cary-office: yes [4:36pm] cary-office: I will ultimately have a feed of some kind [4:36pm] loco085: in many languages cary-office ? [4:36pm] cary-office: I'm going to ask David Strauss to see that I get a daily list [4:36pm] • HistoryOnTheRoad suggests an RSS feed [4:37pm] cary-office: I will also be pulling the last month of old quotes. [4:37pm] cary-office: Those have to be sorted and added too [4:38pm] You are now known as cary_is_away. [4:38pm] You have set yourself away with "be back in a bit". [4:38pm] cary_is_away: sorry [4:38pm] cary_is_away: let me continue with you before I run off [4:39pm] cary_is_away: We can drop the raw quotes into http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2007/comments/group_15 [4:39pm] cary_is_away: or actually http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2007/comments/group_16 (which is not created yet [4:39pm] cary_is_away: and work from there [4:39pm] cary_is_away: But I need people to watch and help [4:39pm] cary_is_away: who is an admin on meta? [4:40pm] cary_is_away: back in a second [4:40pm] • Cbrown1023 is [4:40pm] Cbrown1023: and so is seanw I think [4:40pm] loco085: i want to help cary_is_away, but i am not admin [4:41pm] Cbrown1023: you can still help [4:41pm] Cbrown1023: you can select the good ones, and make the admins do the actual adding [4:41pm] loco085: oki [4:42pm] seanw: I am, but I don't have the time atm [4:44pm] You have returned from away. [4:44pm] You are now known as cary. [4:44pm] seanw: Okay. [4:44pm] cary: Cbrown1023 is [4:45pm] cary: very good [4:45pm] cary: the reason that's good is that [4:45pm] cary: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Centralnotice-quotes can only be edited by an admin [4:45pm] cary: But the pages are a bit messy and difficutl to navigate [4:46pm] cary: so someone with some organizational skill can help revamp them and make them make sense? [4:46pm] Cbrown1023: yeah, I saw that [4:46pm] Cbrown1023: and have it watchlisted [4:46pm] loco085: i can help Cbrown1023 with spanish and portuguese quotes ^^ [4:46pm] cary: awesome [4:46pm] Cbrown1023: hmm, how should we revamp them? [4:47pm] cary: oh, and yeah, IRC work to get people in #wikimedia who might know different languages [4:49pm] Cbrown1023: cary: why are they split by lagnuage? [4:49pm] Cbrown1023: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Centralnotice-headlines/es [4:49pm] cary: Because there's SO MANY [4:49pm] Cbrown1023: oh [4:49pm] cary: oh...those [4:49pm] cary: because that's the way they got added [4:49pm] cary: It's thought that we should remove some from the top as we add more [4:50pm] loco085: should i select the best spanish quotes, cary ? [4:50pm] cary: indeed [4:50pm] Cbrown1023: -headlines = is this the text or the stuff before that? [4:50pm] Cbrown1023: -hide = well, duh [4:50pm] Cbrown1023: -media = video link [4:50pm] cary: oh, Cbrown1023 Those aren't what we're looking for [4:50pm] cary: -headlines are not quotes [4:51pm] cary: that's the text on top [4:51pm] Cbrown1023: quotes? [4:51pm] Cbrown1023: yup [4:51pm] Cbrown1023: yeah, I remember that now [4:51pm] Cbrown1023: * puts it on there [4:51pm] Cbrown1023: # doesn't [4:51pm] Cbrown1023: (we're not sure if we are adding non-latin quotes yet, right?) [4:52pm] cary: no, they're okay [4:52pm] Cbrown1023: so do we un # them? [4:52pm] Cbrown1023: 1. 为了你们追求真理和自由的精神,我愿意作出我的贡献. 我在维基受益良多,甚至把它作为平时的阅读网站. 作为学生,捐款不多,谨此表示感谢。 [4:52pm] Cbrown1023: 2. 感谢你们对我们的很大程度上的各方面知识的帮助,希望你们越办越好,帮助更多的朋友。 [4:53pm] loco085: [4:53pm] cary: no.. [4:53pm] cary: those are # because they're too long [4:53pm] cary: not because they're non-Latin [4:53pm] Cbrown1023: ahh, k [4:53pm] loco085: [5:01pm] seanw: Okay all. [5:01pm] seanw: What else needs to be discussed on this? [5:01pm] seanw: I am thinking we might break since the important stuff is done. [5:01pm] cary: Oh, yeah, I was done [5:02pm] cary: I'm going to use Cbrown1023 and loco085 like slaves [5:02pm] Cbrown1023: haha [5:02pm] Cbrown1023: yeah, I was thinking that [5:02pm] loco085: [5:02pm] • Cbrown1023 has a huge project due friday, so I might not be able to help too much until the weekend [5:02pm] loco085: slaves, hehehehe.. it's sounds bad, cary [5:03pm] Cbrown1023: lol [5:03pm] cary: well [5:05pm] • Cbrown1023 emphaizes *too* [5:05pm] • Cbrown1023 can still help [5:05pm] seanw: Shall we close the meeting officially and yuo can keep discussing? [5:05pm] cary: Well, I think they know what to do [5:07pm] • Cbrown1023 gives seanw the gavel [5:07pm] • seanw bangs the gavel