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For teamwiki account access, please add a request at [[OLPC:Requests for permissions]] (the [[#Teamwiki requests]] section below is now deprecated). Thanks! --[[User:Sj|Sj]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sj|<font color="fc9" style="font-size:70%">leave me a message</font>]] 14:55, 29 January 2008 (EST)
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Older stuff : [[User talk:Sj/Archive2007]] ...

Interwiki to [[metaWikipedia:languages|meta-languages]]... [[w:Languages|wikipedia]]

== Content meeting request ==
Hi SJ - Wanted to check in and see if some of us could meet with you for additional questions about wikislices. For example, who builds the slices? Also, who insures the content is accurate and appropriate? How do those slices get deployed on the XO machines? Do teachers have a way to request or build a wikislice themselves (would he or she just request it on the wikipedia wikislices project page?) Thanks! [[User:Annegentle|annegentle]] 13:54, 11 April 2008 (EDT)
: Right now wikislices are determined by the editors of the relevant page; and they pull the latest content from the wiki in question. Future features include identifying specific revisions of pages, having a 'reviewed' flag for each article+revision, and contribution to a wikislice from an XO (say, by posting a set of words + a topic to a requests-for-wikislice page). [[user:ZdenekBroz|Zdenek]] is a good person to talk to about how that might work. We're having a wikislice related discussion tomorrow aft EST, if you're around. --[[User:Sj|Sj]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sj|<font style="color:#f70; font-size:70%">talk</font>]] 22:58, 11 April 2008 (EDT)
Thanks for the info and pointer to [[user:ZdenekBroz|Zdenek]], very useful, especially the bundles of xol files, good to know and peruse. Michael Priestly and a few others at IBM wanted on the call but I probably can't get everyone notified by tomorrow, but I'm hoping Monday would work. [[user:Cjl|Cjl]] is also interested so please do send call info for tomorrow's call, and also, please check availability on Monday (sorry for repeat requests but the interest is high). Thanks! [[User:Annegentle|annegentle]] 23:09, 11 April 2008 (EDT)

== ALC request ==
Old account was Aclaver (not Aculver as you listed). I created a new account Alc to match your request that the TeamWiki user id match the RT and Wiki user ID.

== Kids encyclopedia ==

Dear Samuel,

Thanks for taking the time to send me a comment on my blog. Im available most days of the week, as I currently am working for myself. Im based in Swansea in the UK. So phoning maybe rather on the expensive. However I would be happy to talk over skype. If you are willing to suggest a time I will be happy to chat. Preferably I would prefer to be in bed by 3am here.

So if you could give me an email back at jonhurlock/at/gmail /.com or add me on skype using jon_hurlock (yes theres and underscore in there, so please dont remove that, just remove slashes from the gmail account.).

Kind regards,

Jon Hurlock

== Google SoC mentor for E-mail activity ==
The individual who wrote the Email_Activity wiki page asked me whether or not I would be interested in becoming a SoC mentor. I created a small page about me at PhilipVanHoof. I'm the author of the Tinymail framework, frequent GNOME contributor and foundation member. I'm on the team of software developers who developed the Modest E-mail client by Nokia, which uses the Tinymail framework. I also wrote TMut (a minimalistic E-mail client that uses Tinymail). Tinymail is a library/framework for building mobile E-mail clients (http://tinymail.org).

My E-mail is spam@pvanhoof.be, my GMail (which I don't use) is philip.vanhoof@gmail.com

== Hola! ==

Hi! As usual you're monitoring [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]]! :) Great!

Yes, I'm coming back to life and noticed Lauren's notice in my talk page so I decided to answer that one asap, and then try to fully resurrect. I'll keep you posted (was writing en email to re-introduce myself). [[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 21:19, 14 January 2008 (EST)

== Video - Human Computation ==

SJ,
happen to glance through one of your older versions of your User page. Cool video about human computation.
Quite intertaining... hmmmm... interesting.. Thanks for sharing, --[[User:IainDavidson|IainD]] 04:46, 15 January 2008 (EST)


==Violent Games in the Activities?==

Hi SJ,

What's your opinion on this issue?
http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-January/009849.html

--[[User:Chihyu|Chihyu]] 12:36, 17 January 2008 (EST)

== table test ==

{|class="wikitable sortable collapsible"
!Name!!Surname!!Height
|-
|John||Smith||1.85
|-
|Ron||Ray||1.89
|-
|Mario||Bianchi||1.72
|-class="sortbottom"
|||Average:||1.82
|}

see [[datasheets]].

== I'm just kicking myself... ==

for not paying closer attention and getting an OLPC XO during the GIGO... I like what you all have done with this wiki, it has some neat touches! ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 22:31, 18 January 2008 (EST)
:PS, I just added added <code><nowiki>[[OLPC:]]</nowiki></code> as http://wiki.laptop.org/go/$1 to [[meta:Interwiki map]] (that is, to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Interwiki_map )... if that's not what you all had in mind please pop by the talk page. It looks like you're not using the interwiki map here though??? ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 22:37, 18 January 2008 (EST)
: Hello there, and welcome :-) not yet! see [[OLPC:Wiki]] and its talk page. --[[User:Sj|Sj]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sj|<font color="fc9" style="font-size:70%">leave me a message</font>]]

== a request ==

[[Contact OLPC]] page is protected with '''cascading''' option, so its translations bar cannot be modified now. Would you please change it?
-- [[User:LeeSI|LeeSI]] 00:04, 19 January 2008 (EST)
: done. --[[User:Sj|Sj]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sj|<font color="fc9" style="font-size:70%">leave me a message</font>]]

== de nada? ==
Just curious - which front page links? I've been in sweep mode -- cleaning my home for sale and trying to make the wiki, um, moderately readable ergo informative [[User:Katie|<strike>Katie</strike>Style Nazi]] 11:49, 21 January 2008 (EST)

== mediawiki extensions? ==

Moved to ... [[OLPC_talk:Wiki]]

I and others are gearing up a wiki welcome team (and supporting docs/pages). Can we get the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Newuserlog Newuserlog] extension installed to more easily welcome newbies? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/Newusers for an example usage you've probably looked at thousands of times over. ;) [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 14:57, 25 January 2008 (EST)
: Also see [[Wiki getting started]], which I think you'll appreciate. [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 15:43, 25 January 2008 (EST)

== New info file spec ==
[[info file]] ---> [[bundle metadata]]

== 1pm sunday ==

Just confirming to check if you get my message regarding 1pm conference call on Sunday 27th. thanks. --[[User:Arjs|Arjs]] 22:30, 26 January 2008 (EST)
: yes, cheers. --[[User:Sj|Sj]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sj|<font color="fc9" style="font-size:70%">leave me a message</font>]]


== Teamwiki requests ==
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== Health content xls files ==

With regard to the recently added support in wiki for viewing excel (xls) files created in google spreadsheet to be viewed as simple html tables within wiki. It'd be great if we could copy paste the contents of the various xls files there and use the wiki plugin to easily view them. See content section on [[Health|health]]--[[User:Arjs|Arjs]] 01:47, 29 January 2008 (EST)

== GM clarification? ==

After our conversation on the nature of GM today, the [http://laptopfoundation.org/en/participate/givemany.shtml GM section of the laptopfoundation.org website] is not very explanatory according to my [[OLPC:Webpage_corrections_needed#laptopfoundation.org current understanding]], and is something Walter or someone else with editing privs may want to fix. [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 00:32, 30 January 2008 (EST)

== Community project review process ==

My notes from our talk over IRC today are on teamwiki at User:Mchua/Developers_program. Let me know if I'm still misunderstanding what you proposed. (I'm not wholly sure I agree with it yet, but I don't think I fully understand it yet - see the "cons" section of the community proposal - and want to make sure I "get it" before I voice an opinion.) [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 00:32, 30 January 2008 (EST)

== University programs ==

Yeah, the page needs updating and more resources, as do grassroots groups. [[University program]] - or rather, [[Talk:University program]] - has some notes from today's conversations (not just with you, with other support-gangers and Arjun too) that need to be cleaned up and moved into mainpage eventually. [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 00:32, 30 January 2008 (EST)

== dev program community implementation moved to public ==

[[Talk:Developers_program#Community_driven_implementation_proposal|here]]. [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 14:09, 30 January 2008 (EST)

== re: repair center stuff on teamwiki ==

I'm hesitant to push all of that to public wiki, since Adam said he's like to work with me and Kim to port it (there's some stuff not ready to go public, though I don't know what that stuff is - I've asked). If Adam/Kim says ok, I would ''love'' to push it public. (Heck, I've been trying to do that for at least 2 weeks.) Can you poke them about this since you're physically adjacent? [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 14:12, 30 January 2008 (EST)

== Music ==

I cannot but agree. My duties? Maintain the music wiki page and find people interested in helping us with new music content? [[User:Aferti|Andriani]] 2:05, 31 January 2008 (EST)

== peer-review for Health ==

How/what might be the first steps for peer review for the health pages ? thanks. ? --[[User:Arjs|Arjs]]

== RfA ==

[[OLPC:Administrators#Seth_Woodworth_.28isforinsects.29|The OLPC version of an RfA]] I would like to apply for admin access on the wiki. I am frequently getting math-based captchas which are really slowing down my wiki-editing. It has been reported that Admins do not have this problem. Also, I would like to be an admin for the purposes of mass revocation of vandalism. [[User:Sethwoodworth|is for Insects]] 17:18, 4 February 2008 (EST)

== RE: zine work ==

You mean from the wiki? Not really, most of the cool stuff is in isforinsect's flickr group. Not exactly sure what you mean... '''[[User:Firefoxman|ff]]<font color="darkgreen">[[User talk:Firefoxman|m]]</font>''' 19:33, 5 February 2008 (EST)

== OLPC Europe. ==

Sj, great idea.... new section created.. [[Weekly_zine/0/OLPC_Europe]] have them update with summary of what they are working on.. Thanks for keeping your eyes open to new ideas! :) --[[User:Ixo|ixo]] 03:03, 8 February 2008 (EST)

== Zine - translations and /About page. :) ==

sj,

Added zine/About page, put an area to acknowledge translators..

[[Weekly_zine/About#Translations_by]]

Please have translators update the acks, when they do translations so they can get recognized. :)

Thanks for the idea on the /About page, --[[User:Ixo|ixo]] 03:54, 10 February 2008 (EST)
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== off grid power notes are up ==

[[Off grid power]] should be up to date with the stuff I've pieced together. care to take a gander? [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 04:21, 10 February 2008 (EST)

== Math logo ==

Hi SJ,

Here is an [[:Image:Math_logo1.svg | XO math logo]] (that is perhaps too clever for its own good). &mdash;[[User:Leejc|Joe]] 23:54, 10 February 2008 (EST)

== how to use a wiki page ==

discovered today that we have a [[How to use a wiki]] page, which may or may not fit into your/FFM's grand scheme of policy-creation (which I will subsequently add large "CHANGE THIS!" headers to.) possibly redundant with [[Wiki getting started]]. I'm trying to figure out how regulated/anarchic you want this place to be... [[User:66.108.80.238|66.108.80.238]] 19:07, 15 February 2008 (EST)

== I've translated the call to free content ==

It's at [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Sj/Log/xo_hackathon]. It is in european Portuguese, but it's also understandable by brasilians, as I didn't use fancy portugal-specific terms. [[User:HoboPrimate|HoboPrimate]] 14:21, 16 February 2008 (EST)

== Color corrected images ==

[[:Image:NleeXOman.svg]]<br>
[[:Image:NleeXOman.png]]

--[[User:Nlee|Nikki]] 01:22, 17 February 2008 (EST)

== Remove dormant account ==

SJ,
I have 2 accounts on the wiki. I'm not using the DMSerley account. Could you remove it?

--[[User:AuntiMame|AuntiMame]] 14:18, 17 February 2008 (EST)

== Millenium Village Project ==

I contacted some people at Columbia U, who does Millenium Village Project. They said that plans are underway to introduce XOs to Millenium Villages.

--[[User:Mika]] 12:57, 18 Feburary 2008 (EST)

(actually, they're just thinking about 'computers' in general, not specifically XOs..)

--[[User:Mika]] 15:05, 18 Feburary 2008 (EST)

== remove fetchInterwiki.pl from mediawiki ==

maintenance/fetchInterwiki.pl is ancient, removable. poke Aevar.

update interwiki.sql to include wikipedia?

== Translation subpages ==

I've been looking at [[Uncategorizedpages | Uncategorized Pages]] and I see a lot of subpages in the form of:

http;//wiki.laptop.org/go/SomePage'''/translations'''

Am I correct in my belief that using these subpages are created by the use of the templates, Translation or Translations?

If so, would it be possible and/or desirable for that subpage to be created with a pre-existing category of some sort so that it doesn't end up in Uncategorized?

[[User:Cjl|Cjl]] 23:25, 24 February 2008 (EST)

Clarification:
I grok the DIY ethos of the wiki, but making temmplate modifications goes beyond my personal wiki-wisdom and a change that could effect so many pages should probably be done by someone with more expertise.

[[User:Cjl|Cjl]] 13:39, 25 February 2008 (EST)

== work on translation templates ==
{{tl|translations}} now tells you to copy/paste a reasonable default to the translation list page if it's missing.

{{tl|translation}} now includes an optional "none" argument that should makes it function like a quasi-redirect. This uses a subtemplate which only exists for Spanish.

See [[participate]] in Spanish for an example of using the latter.

It would be good to have a template for the translation list page which did the same "paste me" instructions trick as I did in translations.

I did some initial changes to the translations how to page to explain this but it is far from finished.

Going to bed now without finishing all the cleanup involved.

Thought you might like to know. [[User:Homunq|Homunq]] 22:08, 26 February 2008 (EST)

==summer of code?==
hi Sj, i'm asking if there's any hope for olpc support for [[twext]] in [[Talk:Summer of Code#twext|summer of code 2008]].. thanks! [[User:Duke|Duke]] 11:54, 27 February 2008 (EST)


== olpc userbox templates ==

SJ, how does one create a user box template similar to: {{User edtech}}. Or is that something that only an admin can do? I was thinking about templates that link a user to any local/regional grassroots groups they might be a part of (i.e. OLPC_Boston). -- [[User:AuntiMame]] 13:05, 17 Feb 2008
: To see that template's wikitext, go to [[Template:User edtech]]. You can edit it there; or create your own template, say, [[Template:User Boston]]. --[[User:Sj|Sj]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sj|<font style="color:#f70; font-size:70%">talk</font>]] 14:15, 27 February 2008 (EST)
:: I created a template, but seem to get the username as well as the box in the OLPC Boxes section. Any idea why? -- [[User:AuntiMame]] 15:00, 17 Feb 2008

== Summer projects for HS ==
Find local school with a teacher who wants to run an OLPC summer school; field trips here, instruction and a local XO lab ---> connect them with studetns who are too young for SoC.

Partner wtih schools in each deployment -- Boston sister schools in MX and Peru and India.
: Aruba footnote : beware of small tropical islands.

Consider SoCon projects as well.
:

== spanish language poetry bundle uploaded ==

La paquete de poesia en espanol esta... [[http://melchua.com/tmp/poesia_en_espanol.xol aqui!]] (And gosh, the language is pretty. I can't get over how gorgeous it sounds.) [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 00:16, 2 March 2008 (EST)
:By the way - can you please ping me when you grab this, so I can take it down? [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 00:18, 2 March 2008 (EST)

== Wikiosity ==

SJ, I'm trying to learn more about wikislicing and I've been exchanging e-mail with Zdenek. In my wiki-wandering, I've come across a few [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Special:Whatlinkshere/Wikiosity broken links] to the [[Wikiosity]] activity. Is there such a thing yet or is it just in the concept phase? [[User:Cjl|Cjl]] 17:53, 4 March 2008 (EST)

== Haiti ==

SJ, I sent an e-mail to Jim about next week but haven't heard back. [[User:Mika|Mika]] 13:09, 8 March 2008 (EST)

== Mozambique OLPC ==

Hi SJ--I've added some material to my page about the Mozambique intervention. I am eager to hear any comments or suggestions you have. Thanks a lot! --[[User:Jumpbean|Jumpbean]] 16:58, 8 March 2008 (EST)

== Planning for the summer ==

What if Tank and I came on Sunday, during our normal office hours time?

--[[User:Nlee|Nikki]] 18:37, 21 March 2008 (EDT)

== Boston Meetup ==
SJ,-- the next meetup is this Tuesday (March 25 6-8Pm at Cosi across the street from 1CC. The next meetup is a play data on April 2nd, also at Cosi. --[[User:AuntiMame]] 20:37, 23 March 2008

== Comment on talk page. ==

SJ,

Not sure what you mean... respond in email better than leaving notes back and forth in wiki. --[[User:Ixo|ixo]] 16:19, 24 March 2008 (EDT)
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== request for MP ==

where can i put my request for MP machine ? i heard there is something thru RT now for that ? thanks. --[[User:Arjs|Arjs]] 00:58, 29 March 2008 (EDT)

== Food Force 2 ==

I've had the opportunity to download and play the original Food Force game and I'm starting to read my way though FF2's meeting notes. I've posted a reference on [[Talk:Food_Force]] that I think makes excellent backkground reading. I can't really contribute anything to the coding effort, buy I am interested in seeing that the lessons taught by the game have a solid foundation in evidence-based scientific and development principles. [[User:Cjl|Cjl]] 00:33, 30 March 2008 (EDT)

== WikiBrowse ==

I want to know how you convert the wikipedia xml dump in .html pages usable by WikiBrowse or any browser because I would like to make the same this you have done in wikibrowse but in French. Do you have some script or process? [[User:PatrickHetu|PatrickHetu]] 12:54, 3 April 2008 (EDT)

== Mozambique OLPC ==

Hi SJ, Thanks for your note. It's great to hear about the lady from Lesotho joining staff. I had heard some interest from people in South Africa and Lesotho as well about this kind of project, so perhaps we could scale up the research after initial work in Mozambique. It sounds like the CAA people are waiting to get their laptops before discussing any coordination...I'm exploring some other funding options as well in case the CAA implementation is one we can work with further down the line. If I have funding for a first pilot study this summer, would I be able to get the machines for it?? Thanks, [[User:Jumpbean|Jumpbean]] 08:52, 4 April 2008 (EDT)

== OLPC Philippines (4-discussion) ==

?? Just because people were asking me for photos of local User's and I finally received a machine
<gallery>
Image:Pinoy's_have_first_XO-1.JPG|Filipino '''Children''' have first XO-1, DTD April 4, 2008
Image:OLPC-PH_provincial_Board-Room.JPG|Newly constructed<br>OLPCPH Provincial Board-Room
Image:OLPCPH_BoardRoom.JPG|Newly constructed<br>OLPCPH Provincial Board-Room
</gallery>

== Summer of Code ==

Hi SJ, do you know yet if I can mentor for the Summer of Code? I've got a couple students here at the University of Toronto who are submitting applications, and it would be nice to know if I will be able to mentor them. -- [[User:Pdubroy|pdubroy]] 16:49, 4 April 2008 (EDT)

== on openness and privacy ==

That conversation we had two months ago on IRC transcripts for meetings? [http://blog.melchua.com/2008/04/05/on-openness-and-privacy/ I wrote an essay, finally.] It's relevant to a lot more than whether to log "internal" meetings here, though. [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 15:40, 5 April 2008 (EDT)

== Vandalism ==

Sorry, don't know how to report this. Please, keep an eye on [[Special:Contributions/62.141.48.212|62.141.48.212]] as, for an unknwon reason, they keep modifying [[The OLPC Wiki/index.php]] which should be deleted and/or protected IMHO. Thanks. [[User:82.235.61.124|82.235.61.124]] 19:10, 6 April 2008 (EDT)

== usergroup starting guide ==

[[How to start a usergroup]] - yay for pycon people!

== office hours ==

Are we on for tomorrow?

--[[User:Nlee|Nikki]] 21:59, 19 April 2008 (EDT)

== Permissions... ==

Sj,

Thanks for getting the permissions setup. First couple of times, before I do anything I'll check with you... to see if that's what should be done. Will check with you, until I figure out the trends.

--[[User:Ixo|ixo]] 03:07, 26 April 2008 (EDT)

== reminder: adminship privs ==

[[OLPC:Administrators#user:cjl]] has 3 votes of support now - if that's enough, could you take a moment to swing by and grant [[User:Cjl|Cjl]] magical powers? [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 16:59, 6 May 2008 (EDT)
: Ah, yeah, you're right. Revising procedures in the middle of executing them ''isn't'' a good idea. Thanks for pointing that out. [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 22:24, 8 May 2008 (EDT)

== Flocking together ==

I've refined the definition of [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Category:People Category:People]. I think that wider use of this category can have particular benefits with regard to assisting on-wiki communities grow by making it easier to quickly find birds-of-a-feather, particularly for "outside parties" that we want to convert to "new participants". If you agree that this tag could be an aid to lowering the first barrier to participation (finding someone to reach out to on a given project), I'd like you to consider how to best promote it's use (going forward) and to get existing wiki pages tagged (retrofitting). I've already done some tagging and as I wander the wiki I always try to leave improved trail-markers behind, but there are a lot of pages out there for one person. [[User:Cjl|Cjl]] 13:30, 10 May 2008 (EDT)

== Page for you... ==

[[User:Mchua/Braindumps/For SJ]] - You may want to watchlist this one. I'll pile up messages on here so we can be functional while asynchronous - feel free to tell me to watch a similar page so we can have bidirectional communications (yay symmetry)! [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 19:20, 14 May 2008 (EDT)

== Question about olpcboxtop template ==

Hey, what's the correct way to fill in the OBX xobundle field of {{{olpcboxtop}}}? It doesn't seem to support Media: links. Question arose while updating [[Terminal]], whose olpcboxtop is broken for the time being. [[User:Wade|wade]] 05:59, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

== Boston in early June ==

Who/where are we coordinating travel and lodging for those of us visiting Boston next month?
Should I just email you off wiki, or?
-- [[User:Adricnet|Adricnet]] 21:52, 25 May 2008 (EDT)

== Adminship ==

Thanks for nominating me for adminship. I'll be continuing to work with Leejc on vandalism (in particular learning the "sentencing guidelines" for various offenses). I have a long-held philosphical stance to "only use my powers for good", which would naturally extend to wiki adminship. If I have any questions, I'll be sure to ask. [[User:Cjl|Cjl]] 20:56, 28 May 2008 (EDT)

== Mozambique investigation ==

Hi SJ--I was wondering if I could touch base with you sometime on the set-up I'll be doing for the Mozambique intervention in July. Thanks! [[User:Jumpbean|Jumpbean]] 00:13, 30 May 2008 (EDT)

== Planning to be there all weekend for the events and the SG meeting ==

Planning to be there all weekend for the [[Grassroots_unconference]] events and the S-G meeting and I'm still trying to determine exactly how long I'll be able to stay in Boston. I'd like to take a few minutes to just look around if at all possible since this is my vacation :).

If there's any dorm/barracks plans for the weekend, I'd be interested. Worst case is I'll have to get a hotel room, which is expensive. Splitting hotel costs is a good plan if it comes to that. Thanks!

-- [[User:Adricnet|Adricnet]] 06:23, 30 May 2008 (EDT)

== Improvement for blind readers of OLPC Wiki ==

Hello. User Mchua pointed me to you. [[User_talk:Per|Here]] you can find info about a desired improvement for blind readers of the OLPC Wiki. It would be nice if you could have a short look on it and perhaps leave a comment. Thank you. -- [[User:Per|Per]] 06:25, 2 June 2008 (EDT)

== Moving pages between wikis ==

Hi SJ,

[[Community Jabber Servers]] is moving to http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/A_list_of_Jabber_networks_around_the_world. What's the best way of reflecting that? Removing the content from the former and putting some sort of template to say it has moved? Can we do redirects between wikis?

Thx, --[[User:Morgs|morgs]] 10:39, 3 June 2008 (EDT)

== UN publications ==

Is there anyone at OLPC that can render a meaningful opinion on this [[Licensing_petitions#UN_Publications]] question? These represent a huge and highly valuable potential resource, but only if OLPC takes clear and thoughtful position on the license term question. [[User:Cjl|Cjl]] 00:26, 6 June 2008 (EDT)

== need edit for localization of protected templates ==

See my notes in [[Template_talk:OLPC]] regarding [[Template:OLPC]] and [[Template:Users]]. [[User:Dupuy|@alex]] 16:01, 6 June 2008 (EDT)

== images ==

* [[:Image:Grassrootsjam.svg]]
* [[:Image:Grassrootsjampreview.png]]

--[[User:Nlee|Nikki]] 19:16, 9 June 2008 (EDT)

== Activity handbook @ library ==

update the [http://www.olpcaustria.org/mediawiki/index.php/Activity_handbook activity handbook] in the library with the current May edition

[[User:ChristophD|ChristophD]] 11:34, 11 June 2008 (EDT)
== Weekly Updates - OLPC-GSoC'08 ==
Hello,you asked to post Weekly Updates on your talk page,so here it is [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Vaish.rajan/Weekly_Updates Rajan's Weekly Updates on Atlas America project(earlier known as Geography with Environment Awareness Application)].Thanks !

== Activity-summary template gone wonky ==

Yama pointed out something strange about [[Books]] on my talk page, but it's just that page. Something seems to have gone strange with one of your [[:Template:Project-summary]] or [[:Template:Activity-summary]] templates. You can see other examples linked from this page [[:Category:Activity_summary]]. I think a move of the template was handled badly or something. You seem to have done the most (and most recent) owrk on that series of templates, do you have time to look at what is going on? [[User:Cjl|Cjl]] 17:47, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

== First pass at ethiopia design ==

The colors don't really... go with one another. So I didn't use all 3.

Anyway, a couple of different ideas: [[:Image:Ethiopiatest1nlee.png]]. Shoot me some feedback.

--[[User:Nlee|Nikki]] 17:40, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

:* [[:Image:Ethiopiagreen_nlee.png]]
:* [[:Image:Ethiopiawhite_nlee.png]]
:* [[:Image:Ethiopiafinalnlee.svg]]

:--[[User:Nlee|Nikki]] 22:24, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

:: Note from Lidet; Any image you choose to use about Ethiopia is usually extremely politically charged. The Yellow star on blue is no exception. The safest and only real representation that we can use for Ethiopia are the colors of the flag superimposed on an XO-man. [[User:Sethwoodworth|Seth]] 17:37, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

== binaural mics for g2 ==

don't forget: two mics for sound placement and stereo recording... see why barry thought unnecc for gen1. {{unsigned|Sj}}?

+1. As we discussed, binaural microphone placement (working cooperatively with the shape of the device for the best effect) would open many possibilities for engaging applications for a small increase in price. The [[XO-2]] design is promising for kinesthetic learners... I'd love to see it work with the auditory / musical types as well. Let's talk more on this. --[[User:Bjordan|Bjordan]] 21:56, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

== User rights review ==

I was looking through the user rights log and I noticed a few that a bureaucrat should probably review.
*{{user|Nia}} no user page, still sysop
*{{user|Tracy}} no user page, still sysop
*{{user|Danny}} no user page, still sysop, bureaucrat

[[User:Cjl|Cjl]] 15:47, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Good point. Can you put all three up for review on [[OLPC:Administrators]] ? --[[User:Sj|Sj]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sj|<font style="color:#f70; font-size:70%">talk</font>]] 22:13, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

: Already did so [http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=OLPC:Administrators&diff=143736&oldid=143729] [[User:Cjl|Cjl]] 22:16, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

== Images not being thumbnailed ==

SJ - I unfortunately don't have the time to look into this right now but MediaWiki usually thumbnails images for you, (especially if you throw them into GALLERY tags http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial#.3Cgallery.3E_tag ) and I'm getting fed lots of full-resolution images that have just been scaled down with the browser (I.e. being sent full multi-megabyte images that are being squeezed down) - you may want to check if mediawiki has access to either the PHP 'gd' library or imagemagick or whatever it uses to make thumbs ... see [[User:Hobart/thumbnails20080709]] for example of problem
:&mdash;[[User:Hobart|Hobart]] 23:31, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

== Wiki Cleanup post wikimania ==

Could we get together after wikimania and work on some wiki-structure and index's? [[User:Sethwoodworth|Seth]] 03:07, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

== Could you add the "Musical Look at Waste" to collections grid? ==

Hi SJ,
I've updated the library.info file of the content bundles I mantain, so that they go into the Activities category in the library. Could you add them to the main grid of the collections grid, or point me to where I can learn how to do it, as it is not as simple as editing that wiki page and adding text and link to bundles.
The bundles address has kept the same, but here they are just in case, tested in Update.1 and latest joyride, the English and Portuguese versions.

Portuguese - [[Image:Olhar-musical-pelos-residuos.xol]]
English - [[Image:Musical-look-at-waste.xol‎]]

A nice idea would be if kids in countries where one of these languages are taught at school, would translate the content to their mother language. It's cc-sa-by so no authorization is needed.

Ok seeya, keep up the good work
Eduardo.
P.S. - I would even endeavour to request you to make this collection part of library core. I've seen kids get great pleasure and a feeling of achievement from making and playing these instruments. I know it is really Portugal-centric, so I'll understand if you don't want to put in library-core as it could be a bit of "culture-pushing". [[User:HoboPrimate|HoboPrimate]] 17:55, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

== 708? ==
Hi SJ, last night I could have sworn that 709 was the build suggested to me... but I can only find 708. Am I delusional? Hope you guys had fun last night. Sorry I had to skip out. --- [[User:AuntiMame|AuntiMame]] 31 July 2008 16:08 UTC

== $100 laptop project ==

http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=OLPC_on_free/open_source_software&curid=1288&diff=150253&oldid=145903

Mako used the term $100 laptop. Odd. [[User:Sethwoodworth|Seth]] 07:13, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
: That's an old essay, from the days when that was its name. He was reverting vandalism that you and cjl hadn't noticed on a previous partial revert. --[[User:Sj|Sj]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sj|<font style="color:#f70; font-size:70%">talk</font>]] 18:27, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

== Possibly "Variable Quality" Exchange on Sugar List ==
Hi SJ,

Following up on your question about the quality of posts to the public lists. See this exchange:
http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-August/017568.html

I do not want to discuss the substance of the exchange and I do nto begrudge Erik for answering. He gave a good answer and it helped and Bastien went away happy. Please do not re-open the subject of this exchange or I will feel that my raising it here was a mistake.

I say its an example of Variable Quality responses because I'm not sure the information exchanged was correct or definitive. It may well be correct and it may not be. I'm just not sure as it stands today. Its an example for consideration as we try to flush out how best to run this project on public lists and wikis.

Thanks,

Greg S
[[User:Gregorio|Gregorio]] 13:45, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

== to upload ==
nts: screenshots of pdb for pia/jw.
wk reps with wiki traffic stats, rt influx, mailing list # and traffic (link to wikipage)
wk rep including mail-out, contrib prog update

== sad ==

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkman_Center

== ya :/ ==

But I like your rename. :) [[User:Remi|Remi]] 02:58, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

== Twinkle & bot account ==
being a complete n00b, how does one get a bot account? And reading the Wikipedia page on Twinkle confused me... is ti something loaded on teh OLPC wiki that I call to? Or it loaded on my machine and it reaches to the wiki? [[User:AuntiMame|AuntiMame]] 13:07, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
:I tried adding the full URL to the Wikipedia twinkle to my monobok.js, but still no go. Do you know if anyone on the OLPC wiki is using it, so I can look at their monobook.js and see how its done? [[User:AuntiMame|AuntiMame]] 23:58, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

== adult activity pack ==
I can create the basic pack, but can't add stuff like midnight commander 'cuz that's installed via yum. (If there's a way to get packages to auto install during formatting or in a pack I don't know about it). [[User:AuntiMame|AuntiMame]] 18:34, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

== 8-10 wikilinks ==

http://dev.laptop.org/~cjb/enwiki/8k-10k-diff and [[w:user:sj/en-g1g1]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AWikipedia_CD_Selection%2Fadditions_and_updates&diff=212207029&oldid=211039948].

== Unu Enciklopedio Por Junulo ==
How much interest has there been in your Esperanto OEPC effort? I'm willing to offer what little help I can, so if you have anything in particular that needs to be done, just say the word.

I was also thinking a Project Page on Vikipedio like the one that the English Wikipedia has, would be useful.
--Tomas SATIRLSEY

== hey! let's have coffee.... ==

Hi sj -- my friend Delisile mentioned you were working here, and I just haven't gotten around to saying "hello"

I'm now the director of the [http://www.cambridgema.gov/peace/ Cambridge Peace Commission], and I'd love to catch up -- and see if there are any areas for collaboration or working together. My schedule is pretty flexible, and I'm happy to come to Kendall....

Peace,
Brian ([[User:Bcorr|Bcorr]] 00:16, 12 September 2008 (UTC))

:Sorry about the delay -- was in Philadelphia for a few days. What about [http://www.dadotea.com/ Dado Tea] on Church St. in Harvard Sq.? I could do it next Monday or Tuesday morning (9/22 or 9/23) or the following week any morning except Wednesday .... [[User:Bcorr|Bcorr]] 14:45, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

== Thank you ==

Thank you for your welcome message.
Greetz [[User:JoGnet|JoGnet]] 17:15, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

== user rename ==

I just noticed this:

(User rename log); 17:31 . . Sj (Talk | contribs) (has renamed User:Fucking idiot to User:Fid: 10 edits. Reason: )

"Fid" is a nice username. It's a shame to make it unavailable. If you must rename, something like u154970135 would be a good choice.

IMHO there is no need though, since nobody is going to go digging through the list of users.

[[Special:Contributions/72.40.45.79|72.40.45.79]] 18:14, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

== hi SJ, ==

Honestly, I was never an admin at NWE, so it'll be new. I just made templates or fixed templates that wasn't working. For vandalism, I could check recent changes and catch one, or if you are developing a bot, I can vandalize on purpose to see if the bot will catch it. Am I already an admin now? It'll be great if you can post me something like welcome to OLPC but for admins so I could read how to use my powers :P. --[[User:Hiro|Hiro]] 12:19, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
:Hi SJ, ok no problem. Is there something specific you will like for me to work on? I wish the main page could be changed to be more... easily viewed instead of bunch of links, but I wouldn't be able to design it from scratch. Just thought I'll throw in the idea. Are there pages that need clean up or with broken templates? Feel free to let me know. --[[User:Hiro|Hiro]] 17:17, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
::Hi again, is this a vandalism or is it there on purpose? [[Special:Contributions/201.221.32.126]] I'm talking about what this user did btw. Is there a specific place I could report all this? --[[User:Hiro|Hiro]] 18:34, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
:::Ping :) --[[User:Hiro|Hiro]] 17:58, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

== Hi SJ! ==
I'm Prakhar Agarwal. I recently took my GRE exam to pursue Master's in US. I was really waiting for my certificate. I have to send a copy of that certificate to many universities. I wish if I could talk to you regarding that. Cheers! -- [[User:Prakhar|Prakhar]] 14 September 2008

==wiki adminship==
this was a surprise, cuz I didn't know I'd been nominated. the wiki admin pages are the only parts of the wiki that I usually ignore! i'll strive to use my new powers for truth, justice adn the <strike>American</strike> OLPC way ;-) [[User:AuntiMame|AuntiMame]] 00:15, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

== en alianza - in py ==

http://enalianza.org.py/v2/

== Re game jam Peru ==

sure, I can come..pls see your email! [[User:RafaelOrtiz]]


==Bot account created ==
[[User:AuntieMameBot]] created. [[User:AuntiMameBot|AuntiMameBot]] 23:55, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

== TOC/heading question ==

On a page like [[Sugar Almanac]] in a section like [[Sugar Almanac#Package: sugar]] how would we link to the headings on [[Sugar.env]]? --erikb

: I'm not sure quite what you want to do. The TOC comes from the <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Sugar Almanac TOC|Sugar Almanac TOC]]}} template... which is long and can't easily be compressed into that three-line section for the sugar Package. Can you explain which headings you want to link to? the same ones that are currently in [[Sugar Almanac#Package: sugar]], but with a different format? --[[User:Sj|Sj]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sj|<font style="color:#f70; font-size:70%">talk</font>]] 22:26, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

I would like to create a new TOC which can list the headings on different pages. For example, in this new TOC, I would like to list all of the subheadings on linked-to pages.

[[Sugar.graphics.toolbutton]]

* [[Sugar.graphics.toolbutton#How_do_I_create_my_own_custom_tool_button.3F]]

* [[Sugar.graphics.toolbutton#How_do_I_connect_my_tool_button_to_a_callback.3F]]

* [[Sugar.graphics.toolbutton#What_is_a_tooltip_and_how_do_I_set_it_for_my_tool_button.3F]]

* [[Sugar.graphics.toolbutton#How_do_I_reset_the_icon_displayed_for_my_tool_button.3F]]

[[Sugar.profile]]

* [[Sugar.profile#How_do_I_get_the_user.27s_nick_name.3F]]

* [[Sugar.profile#How_do_I_get_the_XO_colors_set_by_the_user.3F]]

Can I provide a TOC with a list of pages and have the wiki automatically list the subheadings on those pages? We would like to see all of the Almanac's answered questions on one page.

[[User:Jedierikb|Jedierikb]]


Any ideas or pointers? Thanks -- jedierikb

== Hello ==

I am new to the OLPC wiki. I was assigned to prepare a Deployment guide for OLE Nepal. I created the page but I don't know if it meets the standards of the OLPC wiki. Could you take a look and leave suggestions at the talk page. Thank you. [[User:Pradosh|Pradosh]] 05:36, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLE_Nepal:_Deployment_guide

== Checking up ==

Hi SJ,

I recently made an [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/dhading application] for some development laptops through the contributors' program, which I understand was approved. I was hoping to get started soon and just wanted to check if the laptops have been sent and if not when I could expect them.

Thanks,

Gerry Healy

== Health Content Poster ==

Hello SJ,

Not sure if this is already taken care of, but I'm writing about the health content poster post in the Art Wanted section. If you're still looking for contributors/helpers, please let me know. I'll be glad to help.

Best wishes,

--Gabriel
--[[Special:Contributions/98.217.72.125|98.217.72.125]] 21:20, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

== Bundles vs. collections ==

These days there are
* [[Activities]], <tt>.xo</tt> files which show up in the Home view
* [[Collections]], <tt>.xol</tt> files which show up in the OLPC Library.

So I think [[:Category:Activity_bundle]] should only be for the .xo file put on wiki.laptop.org , not for the wiki page it comes from.

I'm not sure what [[:Category:Bundles]] is for.
: all [[bundles]], activity, library, generic. --[[User:Sj|Sj]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sj|<font style="color:#f70; font-size:70%">talk</font>]]

Also, [[:Category:Activity_bundle]] says:
: Activites that provide a <tt>.xo</tt> bundle should declare so ...
but I thought all Activities provide a .xo file.
:: If you define it that way, then this is true. That's probably clean; it leaves items such as individual etoys projects in limbo until they are packaged.

BTW, I'm adding all [[Collections]] I find to [[:Category:Collections]] and it seems other categorizations of them are redundant.
: Which other categoriations? That category should itsefl be in [[:Category:Bundles]]. Thanks for the update! --[[User:Sj|Sj]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sj|<font style="color:#f70; font-size:70%">talk</font>]] 18:52, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

??! -- [[User:Skierpage|skierpage]] 11:33, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

== in case you miss it in chat ==

[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:ContributionHistory?offset=1229316817#176840] :) -- phoebe

== Decisions about Projects ==

The workflow for new projects is not clear to me. Who decides about a project and how often? AFAIC decisions are made on weekly meetings, but my project has not been touched in the projectdb for 5 weeks. And why are projects hidden in the projectdb? If there is nothing happening for weeks someone else might submit a similar project, or even the same. This is a duplication of work for both the submitters and the decision makers. Is there a way to make the process more transparent? --[[User:Cwickert|Cwickert]] 14:09, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
: the plan is to move the whole thing, minus the sharing of address/phone info at the end, to the wiki and [[projects]] page. --[[User:Sj|Sj]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sj|<font style="color:#f70; font-size:70%">talk</font>]] 14:42, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

== Communication ==
What are the official channels for development related communication? #olpc and #olpc-help were not very helpful because noone was able to answere my questions. #olpc-devel is orphaned.
Also I wonder if editing wiki pages is a good way for direct one on one communication. Isn't there something else if I wanted to reach you? --[[User:Cwickert|Cwickert]] 14:09, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

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