2025 talk:Program

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Before you write your message here, please check if you are raising a public enquiry related to the program submission/ call for proposal process or if you are raising concern or suggestion about your actual proposal / program submission. If you are raising a concern or suggestion specifically about your own or for another person's proposal or submission, do send an email message first to wikimaniawikimedia.org . Thank you. -- Exec8 (talk) 04:56, 27 February 2025 (UTC)

2025 talk : Program

Program is the coloured of heading to a mailbox or an appropriate time to take a look at the bottom. If you use a new profile or account. You may want to do a little bit searching for more details. If you use a new profile or create page for your schedule

41.122.199.68 11:40, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

translate tag in button

Hi there, would it be possible to add translate tags to the "Propose a session now Until March 31st" button? The page is protected, so I cannot add it myself, and it would be nice to be able to translate it. Thanks so much! SophieWMCA (talk) 16:58, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

@SophieWMCA, Thank you very much. I will check it out and add it. Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 14:42, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for adding it! Just translated it to French. Oddly the st of the English stays after date, but at least we can translate the rest, so that's great. SophieWMCA (talk) 16:31, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

I can add the st to it. Let me add it to it. Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 17:10, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

No captions to the how-to video, why?

As far as we are leading presenters-to-be to watch the video, and the video is there to be useful, why is there no caption text set provided in at least English? Are we really inclusive in that matter? “Good luck” is for a blessed those who comprehend what is presented vocally, and others might lack good guide to apply… /:Six-minute audio takes time to translate, so kindly hurry please (y)- - Omotecho (talk) 02:18, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

@Omotecho I have done a quick one with YouTube's help and edited most if not all of the mistakes generated. Robertsky (talk) 07:38, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

@리듬, you may be interested in translating this as well for Korean. :) Robertsky (talk) 07:47, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

@Robertsky, hello,

wow you are generous! Thank you so much, I will start when back home. Yes, end of March is around the corner, kindly, --Omotecho (talk) 08:39, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

@Robertsky, finished translation: one thought is that I wish to help our busy readers scan read subtitles, and I guess it is possible by offering bigger chanks of subtitles. Since I am not quite familiar how the Timed Text formats, or if any language can apply different segmentation (hh:mm:ss:digits) to the same source audio.

If I may suggest a small reform, is it wise to bind a few segments together in ja translation? The readability is not very smooth, due to grammatical composition of ja language.

To be exact, for ja language, its grammer does not go Subject - Verb - Object - modifiers:

• ja grammer goes: Subject -> (modifiers + object) -> Verb / adverb / adjective

As you see, you can't guess/get hunch if it is OK or not, till you reach the end of each sentence.

Anyhow, I will try make a mock up using the en-ja translation if it will be feasible/ not bothering tech minded ones to go too big an extra mile. (; Omotecho (talk) 05:58, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

@Omotecho, Er... You should put the translated text for Japanese language at: c:TimedText:Wikimania Nairobi - Eventyay Walkthrough.webm.ja.srt.

With respect to bind a few segments together for other languages, feel free to do so in the ja.srt file instead.

i.e. for English:

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00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:01,520

in this video I'm going to take you

2

00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:03,680

through how to submit your programming

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00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:07,000

ideas for Wikimania Nairobi.

For Japanese:

1

00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:07,000

このビデオでは、Wikimania Nairobi に

プログラミングのアイデアを提出する方法について説明します。

Just ensure that there is no overlap of timings at the end of the current timed text and the start of the next timed text. Robertsky (talk) 06:09, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Thank you so much for the crisp advice, and oh, my... I know finally where I work on. Appreciate very much for your thoughtful mentorhsip, agigatō-gozaimasu. Omotecho (talk) 07:00, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Update on program decision timeline?

This page says "Communicate decisions about proposals starting in May" -- it is now June. Can we get an update on the timeline for proposal decisions? Registrations are open now, but decisions about attendance may depend on proposal acceptance. Cscott (talk) 14:59, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

pages for meetups and side and social events?

hello there, any updates as to when pages for meetups and side and social events will be available? -- アンタナナ 06:42, 8 July 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Antanana, this page is normally available at least 2 days after the program goes live. This announcement is soon... AKibombo (talk) 17:07, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Antanana, you can now book space for your meet-up bu following this link : https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Meetups.

AKibombo (talk) 14:08, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

Future Wikimania

Hi, I understand that we may be waiting to see if more space frees up to add more time to the 'Future of Online Engagement at Wikimania' - but could we in the meantime switch around 'Future of Online Engagement at Wikimania' and 'Future of Wikimania' for now? They are in the same block, but I think it makes more sense to first have the broader discussion, before going into the more specific. Effeietsanders (talk) 23:51, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Effeietsanders,

If the rest of the speakers are okay with this swap, it should not be an issue. That said, the current schedule is designed to let the in-person conversation to flow into a lunch time meet-up

AKibombo (talk) 15:14, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

Good point (I was thinking about the same possibility for the online session flowing into lunchtime conversation online). We'll discuss! Effeietsanders (talk) 16:38, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

Do note that we already preemptively grabbed the lunch meetup slot in this room for this day, for this purpose. Feel free to remove if you decide that's not the route you'd like to go! ELappen (WMF) (talk) 17:45, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

Crowdsourcing program swaps

We've received a number of swap requests via email. I am posting here in case any speakers are interested in swapping for these times. The team is happy to facilitate swaps where both parties agree. Please take note of not just the date and time of the session, but also the duration and the room - some rooms have live interpretation while others don't.

• Give Me A Beat! Creative Commons licensing, and ethical considerations for cultural heritage collections. Saturday at 15:45 local time. Nakuru room. 85 minutes. Looking for an afternoon slot on a different day. Solved.
• Wikipedia & Education: Strategic Updates and Global Engagement. Saturday at 12:15 local time. Nakuru room. 25 minutes. Looking for a slot at a different time. Solved.
• Strengthening Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View. Saturday at 14:00 local time. Meru room. 55 minutes. Looking for a slot at a different time. Solved.

Comment here if you'd like to swap for any of these! ELappen (WMF) (talk) 13:19, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Live chat

Will there be a live chat? Ahri Boy (talk) 01:08, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

@Ahri Boy:, you can go to https://t.me/wikimaniachat -- Exec8 (talk) 06:59, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

I mean during the live stream. Ahri Boy (talk) 10:08, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

Yes eventyay has a livestream! Make sure you register for the virtual event if you haven't already. You'll get a link to join the online event and you can participate throughout in chat.

https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Registration ELappen (WMF) (talk) 10:16, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

Needed translation

Hi, could you please mark the introductory text for translation. Also, I believe the image float should support (RTL) languages. Thank you. --Mdktb (talk) 08:51, 11 August 2025 (UTC)