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== Request for admin rights... ==

Hi, I'm Alejandro Sánchez, [[User:Asmarin|Asmarin]] user of this wiki.

I'm system administrator of EL project, http://enciclopedia.us.es, fork of es.wikipedia.

I'm translating most important articles into spanish and sometimes i need to delete bot vandalism and so....

Can you make me admin privileges to clean and maintain the wiki?

I enter every day and can do this "job".

I'm waiting for your reply. ;-D

--[[User:Asmarin|Asmarin]] 11:51, 21 April 2006 (EDT)
: Alejandro -- you're coming to Wikimania in August, I hope... [[User:Sj|Sj]]

=== Ditto ===
I'm not around every day, but would be glad to help with page deletion and bot blocking. [[User:Sj|Sj]] 04:04, 2 May 2006 (EDT)

== Anti-spam measures ==
You should definitely turn on captchas for anonymous edits; a reason to upgrade to Mediawiki 1.6.x

You might further consider throttling the edit-rate for newbies and anonymous users... there is some hackable functionality for this built into MediaWiki. [[User:Sj|Sj]]

== Navigation ==
Can you please add the table of contents to the navigation table/block that appears on the left of every page?
This seems to be the most frustrating thing thats missing from some wikkis. For me anyway. :)
[[User:jkinz|jkinz]]
:Excellent idea. I've started. Any suggestions as to what I should include? [[User:Walter|Walter]] 17:56, 31 May 2006 (EDT)

== Content links ==
See [[:Template:Content-list]]; also linked to from the [[Content ideas]] page.

== Kudos ==
Kudos for your diplomatic handling of the "safety concerns" of the design of the rabbbit ears. Of all the dangerous things that are faced on a regular basis to the children for which the laptop is designed, I think falling on the rabbit ears of a olpc laptop is a risk they can live with.
--[[User:HSTutorials|HSTutorials]] 16:29, 25 July 2006 (EDT)
[[User:Sj|Sj]] 16:05, 27 June 2006 (EDT)

Walter, Kudos on Build 303. It's very nice. -[[User:Jcfrench|Jeff]] 17:44, 13 March 2007 (EDT)

== Wikipedia need an image :) ==
Hi! I'm writing an article about Wikipedia for Polish Press. I wrote something about collaboration olpc with Wikimedia Foudation. That article with all images is on public domain licence. So, I need an image of that laptop :) with tag <nowiki>{{PD}}, ({{PD-self}} - will be the best ;)</nowiki> I found on commonswiki some images, but only with cc. That article will be promotion of pl wiki and olpc too, I think. You will find me here on pl wiki: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedysta:Przykuta

and this article is here: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pi%C4%85te_urodziny_polskoj%C4%99zycznej_Wikipedii

Information about olpc ends it.

Thanks for all what you can do, and sorry for language mistakes ;)

With regards [[User:Przykuta|Przykuta]] 05:14, 14 September 2006 (EDT)

:I can take some photos and put them in the public domain over the next few days, but I am curious as to why CC-A is not adequate for your needs. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 23:06, 14 September 2006 (EDT)

::thx :) I'm afraid, that people who will copy the article and images, they will not look for a licence. [[User:Przykuta|Przykuta]] 05:14, 18 September 2006 (EDT)

== nasa color tool ==

Hey, check it out! http://colorusage.arc.nasa.gov/ColorTool.php. --[[User:Jacobolus|Jacobolus]] 02:39, 1 November 2006 (EST)

== Avoiding Spam ==

Darn it! I '''hate''' spam. I've noticed the last wave (I usually check the [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]] page) and was wondering how to make it harder for the buggers... something should be done (or attempted at least).

Is there an easy way to report it? I mean, many don't have the (sensitive) rollback ability, but I would like maybe a simple way to report it so that an administrator could act on it without having to hunt it down. Editing the page to remove the spam instead of doing a rollback is an extra edition that just pollutes the page's history and doesn't contribute anything (except removing the offending spam).

On a more 'aggressive' stance, is it my impression or spammers are more active during weekends? If so (which I haven't really bothered to check) maybe the wiki could be configured so that only people logged in could change pages during weekends? Or do some validation so that no more than a given percentage of the page could be replaced?

An arms race is the last thing we should embark on, but...--[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 13:50, 10 December 2006 (EST)

:Maybe we should just force everyone to login to edit pages--not my first choice, but it will slow them down somewhat. I'd be nice if MediaWiki had a rollback for all changes a spammer made in one step: something I might write if I ever have some spare time. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 15:19, 10 December 2006 (EST)

::I'm constantly logged in, so I couldn't care less, but others may/will think differently. Tagging an user/IP as a spammer and semi-automatically reverting all changes would be a good administrator tool. I have no idea how that could be accomplished in WikiMedia (I'll start reading). Still, it would be nice to have a 'report as spam' or similar so that the community could easily flag things for the administrators... BTW, 'spare time' sounds like an oxymoron for you guys... :P --[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 15:46, 10 December 2006 (EST)

:How about something as simple as a page which we watch that anyone can post a spam alert to? It could be include a link to the spammer's contribution page, which is the easiest place to do rollbacks from. Maybe SJ has some additional ideas. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 15:54, 10 December 2006 (EST)

== Other approaches ==
How about we call it quits and start funding schools? Just a thought. --[[User:Nelson Mandella|Nelson Mandella]] 01:55, 25 December 2006 (EST)

:I am all for "funding schools", but history and experience has shown that that approach is slow and only reaches a limited number of children. We believe that the laptop program will reach more children faster and these children will not be limited by the resources the schools will be able to offer them. But by all means, you work on helping children you way and we will continue to work on our approach. Let's hope we a re both successful. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 07:09, 25 December 2006 (EST)

== Correction to your edit ==

''Your editing was not grammatical I think:''

In January 2005 the MIT Media Lab launched a new research initiative to develop a $100 laptop&mdash;a technology that could revolutionize how we educate the world's children. To achieve this goal, a new, non-profit association, One Laptop per Child (OLPC), was been created, which is independent of MIT.

''should be''

In January 2005 the MIT Media Lab launched a new research initiative to develop a $100 laptop&mdash;a technology that could revolutionize how we educate the world's children. To achieve this goal, a new, non-profit association, One Laptop per Child (OLPC), was created, which is independent of MIT.
--[[User:Tonyv|Tonyv]] 12:30, 29 December 2006 (EST)

==Hardware folks==
Walter, who is on hardware, specifically power supply/battery/generation? [[User:Tom Haws|Tom Haws]] 13:18, 5 January 2007 (EST)
: replied on your [[User talk:Tom Haws|talk page]]. [[User:Sj|Sj]] [[User talk:Sj|<font color="fc9"><small>talk</small></font>]]

== Hebrew translation ==

There is a [[He PO|Hebrew translation]] for the laptop.org previous site. [[User:Zdevir|Zvi Devir]] 08:58, 13 March 2007 (EDT)
:I <small>(think I've)</small> fixed the quotes error. [[User:Zdevir|Zvi Devir]] 11:29, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

== Bakersdz and Hunter ==

Users Bakersdz and Hunter are acting really odd. I'm not even 100% sure they aren't bots using the wiki (rather than IRC) for some odd purpose. Nothing they write makes any sense. Perhaps they are the same person. You might want to investigate this a bit. [[User:AlbertCahalan|AlbertCahalan]] 12:58, 15 March 2007 (EDT)


== Site copy ==
Hi, we should add a set of [[content]] sections to match the other sections in
[[User:Felice/website_copy.1]]... and update them in depth along with the rest of the site. [[User:Sj|Sj]] [[User talk:Sj|<font color="fc9"><small>talk</small></font>]] 19:02, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

== New colors ==

Sounds and looks nice. I'll bolden the ''original'' & ''diff'' links on the right of the <strike>Template:Translated Page</strike> [[Template:Translation]], as they fade a bit.

I like the idea that <nowiki>{{OLPC}}</nowiki> maps to the 'laptop icon color', and that the translations maps to the 'participate icon color' (nice touch for the community translators :) Something could be thought out for the remaining icon colors... new 'vision' template? And 'content' with the XO child color? ;) --[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 10:39, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

: Yes, very nice. I like the idea of magenta for 'content'... perhaps we could tag the visionary and inspirational pages with orange, I wonder if we could deal with so much of it in a broad bar.

:: Now that I think about it, we could use a <nowiki>{{XO}}</nowiki> to refer to the laptop, and convert the <nowiki>{{OLPC}}</nowiki> to the 'vision'.--[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 10:47, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

Walter: we might also change the default blue and orange in mediawiki to match those colors (for links and for active tabs along the top)... even the 'you have new messages' orange could change. [[User:Sj|Sj]] [[User talk:Sj|<font color="fc9"><small>talk</small></font>]] 10:44, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

== base for POs ==

Currently the pages [[PO-laptop.org-top-level-en-US]] and such are being redirected to [[User:Felice/website copy top level]]... maybe they should be 'swapped'? Have no idea what happens when moving unto an existing page... will do some tests elsewhere and see. --[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 17:36, 1 April 2007 (EDT)

== translation of [[news]] ==

Hi! I just finished translating the 'working news' section of the [[News]] page into spanish [[News/lang-es]]&mdash;I wanted to hook that up before jumping on the rest of it. But, when I was going to add the ''Translations template'' to the english page I realized its ''protected'' status...

In itself (the protection) is not much of an issue as the <tt>[[News/translations]]</tt> page is handled outside of it&mdash;so other translators can add their versions without hassle. My doubt / question is if that page ([[News]]) is of interest to be translated, and if so, what (if any) protection should be done in the translation(s)... --[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 16:07, 7 April 2007 (EDT)

: I am not sure we need ot keep it protected. Probably just the <nowiki>{{OLPC}}</nowiki> tag at the top is enough...

:: I wasn't looking to de-protect it! :) As a matter of fact, I think it ''should'' be protected&mdash;not crucial, just a safeguard... I was just wondering about the translated versions... --[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 16:19, 7 April 2007 (EDT)

:: Let's try it unprotected. I watch the page, so I'll notice changes anyway. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 17:10, 7 April 2007 (EDT)

== Latest Release Template ==

Congrats! You managed to edit [[Template:Latest Releases]]' blob! :) I was thinking that the blob is way too nasty for easy maintenance, and was trying to find a way to make the updates simpler (instead of dealing with the blob itself). One alternative is to have other templates (but the updating could turn into a treasure hunt amongst nesting templates). Another alternative is to have simple/plain subpages with the links. Example:
Template:Latest Releases/stable <nowiki>[http://olpc.download.redhat.com/olpc/streams/development/build406/]</nowiki>
Template:Latest Releases/livecd <nowiki>[http://olpc.download.redhat.com/olpc/streams/sdk/latest/livecd/olpc-redhat-stream-sdk-livecd.iso]</nowiki>
Template:Latest Releases/firmware <nowiki>[[OLPC Firmware q2c14]]</nowiki>
And add a couple of edit links in the template page and maybe in the rendered template (ie: a +/- link like for translations).

Or should I revert the whole thing and forget about the template? --[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 17:14, 27 May 2007 (EDT)

== [[OLPC Nigeria/Galadima]] ==

Oops.. .sorry... didn't see you were editing [[Galadima]]... I was about to add the <nowiki>{{Schools-nav}}</nowiki> template... --[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 13:08, 10 June 2007 (EDT)

== Suggest wiki sidebar item "Learning parables" be replaced with Educators ==

The wiki sidebar section "about the laptops" currently has an item "Learning parables" linked to [[Learning Learning]]. Perhaps this was once a major article for the wiki. But now, given the other and growing content, it seems an inappropriate link. It gives an impression of site immaturity. I've added a link to the page from [[Constructionist]]. I suggest it be removed from the sidebar.

The sidebar doesn't currently have a clear entry point for teachers. [[Content]] comes closest. I suggest a link to [[Educators]] be added.
This would help visiting teachers get oriented and involved, by providing easy access to a page tailored to their interests. There is a link "content" to Educators in Home. But there is a lot of text above it, and not everyone keeps reading a page when earlier material isn't what they are looking for. And it's easier to tell someone "see educators on the sidebar" than "enter 'educators' in search", or "look for a link labeled 'content' on the top page" (hmm, the last has the additional difficulty that there are two "content" links to different pages). "For educators" might be nice link text.

Feel free to remove this section once you've seen it. [[User:MitchellNCharity|MitchellNCharity]] 08:32, 16 June 2007 (EDT)

==Dear Walter==
Hi.

May I know roughly when it is possible for non-programmer volunteers like me to translate SUGAR UI and other key Activities into Korean?

And, a Korean Squeak user named Kim Seung-Beum (김 승범) has translated Squeak and Daemon's Castle into Korean. Could you let me know how to include Korean version of Squeak, Etoy, and Daemon's Castle into XO laptop? sincerely[[User:Php5|php5]] 10:46, 16 June 2007 (EDT)

: I don't know much about eToys localization, but I am sure the eToys community can help you. We are just in the process of sorting out the details re internationalization details. I'll post things as soon as I know. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 16:21, 16 June 2007 (EDT)
::Dear Walter. From several months ago, I have planned an OLPC presentation tour in Korea to meet various teachers, professors, governmental officers, civil organizations, and so on..please persuade OLPC people send me ''THE 10(ten) B4 machines'' which I have ''long long long'' waited. I hope your help. [[User:Php5|php5]] 21:49, 2 July 2007 (EDT)
==Jejudo Local Government in Korea, one of 16 local governments in Korea==
Its ''Office of Education'' has shown very strong interest in the OLPC project during an unofficial meeting last week, and they surely hoped to participate in. I believe the other 15 local governments in Korea will show the same reaction as it.

I'll meet a few officers of Ministry of Education of Korea, and some political parties Friday this week, and am sure there will be more than 1 million orders from the Korean government at this very moment. However, as I am just an OLPC volunteer, ''I strongly recommend OLPC to contact the Korean government directly''.

BTW, because currently only a few Korean people have ever heard about OLPC, I'm preparing a few news articles and XO laptops reviews in collaboration with some renowned Korean newspapers and broadcasting channels. Those articles will be publicized or broadcasted next week. What do you think about including Korea as a pilot country, green zone

Please let me know any help you need for the OLPC project; a few volunteers including me are fully prepared to any requests from OLPC [[User:Php5|php5]] 23:17, 23 July 2007 (EDT)

: Dear
: Yesterday, I met a few governmental officers in Ministry of Education, Korea. Their reaction to my B3 machine was ''What a supprise!!''. They promised to deploy XO laptops for Korean children, but currently all their educational plans are based on MS Windows. So they need some time to adjust their plans, and worried about possible maintenance problems; repairing XOs, network management, and server architectures etc. There are about 4,150,000 primary school students in Korea.

: Seoul, the capital of Korea, is an hour distance from my home town via airline, Jejudo Island. So, I can contact them any time without any burden. Today, I'll meet some renowned journals in Korea to introduce them XO laptops. Though currently only a few people have ever heard about OLPC, millions of Korean people will become acquainted with OLPC exactly in one or two weeks. Next week, I will visit 16 local ''Office of Education''s in Korea one by one to explain what OLPC project is as much as, and as exactly as I understand.

:I'm sure that, if OLPC contacts Korean government (Ministry of Education) directly, there must be more than 4,000,000 laptop order without any hesitation, and it must be helpful for OLPC initial production.

:Contact to Ministry of Education: Lim Kwang-Bin (General Officer of Educational Adminstration) kbim@moe.go.kr

:Please let me know if you need additional information or request for me to do. Sincrely yours [[User:Php5|php5]] 19:24, 26 July 2007 (EDT)

== Russian translation of laptop.org and country status ==

Hi! Translated laptop.org to Russian, would it be possible to have a preview of translated site to check correctness in context? Also, was there a reason to mark Russia green in wiki? [[User:Maxim|Maxim]] 16:08, 28 July 2007 (EDT)

:Check out http://www.laptop.org/ru/index.shtml --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 09:43, 29 July 2007 (EDT)

== Image:Galadima4.jpg and Image:Galadima3.jpg ==

Why are these so tiny? Don't people make normal-sized drawings? [[User:AlbertCahalan|AlbertCahalan]] 12:00, 13 August 2007 (EDT)

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I am a fucking idiot.

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