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* '''Wikimedia Communities''' - Interesting projects and particularities within the communities (we explicitly invite you to present your local Wikimedia project's community!); policy creation within individual projects; conflict resolution and community dynamics; reputation and identity; multilingualism, languages and cultures; social studies. | * '''Wikimedia Communities''' - Interesting projects and particularities within the communities (we explicitly invite you to present your local Wikimedia project's community!); policy creation within individual projects; conflict resolution and community dynamics; reputation and identity; multilingualism, languages and cultures; social studies. | ||
* '''Free Content''' - Open access to information; ways to gather and distribute free knowledge, usage of the Wikimedia projects in education, journalism, research; ways to improve content quality and usability; copyright laws and other legal areas that | * '''Free Content''' - Open access to information; ways to gather and distribute free knowledge, usage of the Wikimedia projects in education, journalism, research; ways to improve content quality and usability; copyright laws and other legal areas that interact with Wikimedia projects. | ||
* '''Culture and Heritage''' - Ideas for potential partnerships, building on previous partnerships and the legal, technical and resource issues that are barriers to such partnerships. | * '''Culture and Heritage''' - Ideas for potential partnerships, building on previous partnerships and the legal, technical and resource issues that are barriers to such partnerships. | ||
Revision as of 23:15, 23 February 2010
This year Wikimedia UK is partnering with the Open Knowledge Foundation in the organisation of the 2010 Open Knowledge Conference.
OKCon, now in its fifth year, is the interdisciplinary conference that brings together individuals from across the open knowledge spectrum for a day of presentations and workshops. At this years conference, Wikimedia UK will be supporting and organising a track dedicated to the projects and communities central to Wikimedia
Timeline
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Themes
Submissions should address one or more of the following themes:
- Wikimedia Communities - Interesting projects and particularities within the communities (we explicitly invite you to present your local Wikimedia project's community!); policy creation within individual projects; conflict resolution and community dynamics; reputation and identity; multilingualism, languages and cultures; social studies.
- Free Content - Open access to information; ways to gather and distribute free knowledge, usage of the Wikimedia projects in education, journalism, research; ways to improve content quality and usability; copyright laws and other legal areas that interact with Wikimedia projects.
- Culture and Heritage - Ideas for potential partnerships, building on previous partnerships and the legal, technical and resource issues that are barriers to such partnerships.
- Technical infrastructure - Issues related to MediaWiki development and extensions; Wikimedia hardware layout; new ideas for development (including usable case studies from other wikis or similar projects).
Submission Guidelines
Select Submit a new abstract and fill out the form by following submission guidelines:
- Title: Title in English.
- Abstract content: a brief abstract with 50-100 words in English.
- Summary: Detailed description of your submission (300 words or more). May contain a link to a more details on line.
- Contact information: Email/Telephone
- Topic classification: Choose the best track for your submission.
- Additional Information:
- 1-3 sentence bio for each author.
- any special requirements
- whether you will attend the 2010 Open Knowledge Conference (a) definitely, (b) probably, (c) only if your submission is accepted.