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== Request for admin rights... ==
The Koran


Hi, I'm Alejandro Sánchez, [[User:Asmarin|Asmarin]] user of this wiki.
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I'm system administrator of EL project, http://enciclopedia.us.es, fork of es.wikipedia.
The Romans
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.


I'm translating most important articles into spanish and sometimes i need to delete bot vandalism and so....
[30.1] Alif Lam Mim.

[30.2] The Romans are vanquished,
Can you make me admin privileges to clean and maintain the wiki?
[30.3] In a near land, and they, after being vanquished, shall overcome,

[30.4] Within a few years. Allah's is the command before and after; and on that day the believers shall rejoice,
I enter every day and can do this "job".
[30.5] With the help of Allah; He helps whom He pleases; and He is the Mighty, the Merciful;

[30.6] (This is) Allah's promise! Allah will not fail His promise, but most people do not know.
I'm waiting for your reply. ;-D
[30.7] They know the outward of this world's life, but of the hereafter they are absolutely heedless.

[30.8] Do they not reflect within themselves: Allah did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them two but with truth, and (for) an appointed term? And most surely most of the people are deniers of the meeting of their Lord.
--[[User:Asmarin|Asmarin]] 11:51, 21 April 2006 (EDT)
[30.9] Have they not travelled in the earth and seen how was the end of those before them? They were stronger than these in prowess, and dug up the earth, and built on it in greater abundance than these have built on it, and there came to them their apostles with clear arguments; so it was not beseeming for Allah that He should deal with them unjustly, but they dealt unjustly with their own souls.
: Alejandro -- you're coming to Wikimania in August, I hope... [[User:Sj|Sj]]
[30.10] Then evil was the end of those who did evil, because they | rejected the communications of Allah and used to mock them.

[30.11] Allah originates the creation, then reproduces it, then to Him you shall be brought back.
=== Ditto ===
[30.12] And at the time when the hour shall come the guilty shall be in despair.
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)
[30.13] And they shall not have any intercessors from among their gods they have joined with God, and they shall be deniers of their associate-gods.

[30.14] And at the time when the hour shall come, at that time they shall become separated one from the other.
== Anti-spam measures ==
[30.15] Then as to those who believed and did good, they shall be made happy in a garden.
You should definitely turn on captchas for anonymous edits; a reason to upgrade to Mediawiki 1.6.x
[30.16] And as to those who disbelieved and rejected Our communications and the meeting of the hereafter, these shall be brought over to the chastisement.

[30.17] Therefore glory be to Allah when you enter upon the time of the evening and when you enter upon the time of the morning.
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]]
[30.18] And to Him belongs praise in the heavens and the earth, and at nightfall and when you are at midday.

[30.19] He brings forth the living from the dead and brings forth the dead from the living, and gives life to the earth after its death, and thus shall you be brought forth.
== Navigation ==
[30.20] And one of His signs is that He created you from dust, then lo! you are mortals (who) scatter.
Can you please add the table of contents to the navigation table/block that appears on the left of every page?
[30.21] And one of His signs is that He created mates for you from yourselves that you may find rest in them, and He put between you love and compassion; most surely there are signs in this for a people who reflect.
This seems to be the most frustrating thing thats missing from some wikkis. For me anyway. :)
[30.22] And one of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your tongues and colors; most surely there are signs in this for the learned.
[[User:jkinz|jkinz]]
[30.23] And one of His signs is your sleeping and your seeking of His grace by night and (by) day; most surely there are signs in this for a people who would hear.
:Excellent idea. I've started. Any suggestions as to what I should include? [[User:Walter|Walter]] 17:56, 31 May 2006 (EDT)
[30.24] And one of His signs is that He shows you the lightning for fear and for hope, and sends down water from the clouds then gives life therewith to the earth after its death; most surely there are signs in this for a people who understand

[30.25] And one of His signs is that the heaven and the earth subsist by His command, then when He calls you with a (single) call from out of the earth, lo! you come forth.
== Content links ==
[30.26] And His is whosoever is in the heavens and the earth; all are obedient to Him.
See [[:Template:Content-list]]; also linked to from the [[Content ideas]] page.
[30.27] And He it is Who originates the creation, then reproduces it, and it is easy to Him; and His are the most exalted attributes in the heavens and the earth, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

[30.28] He sets forth to you a parable relating to yourselves: Have you among those whom your right hands possess partners in what We have given you for sustenance, so that with respect to it you are alike; you fear them as you fear each other? Thus do We make the communications distinct for a people who understand.
== Kudos ==
[30.29] Nay! those who are unjust follow their low desires without any knowledge; so who can guide him whom Allah makes err? And they shall have no helpers.
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.
[30.30] Then set your face upright for religion in the right state-- the nature made by Allah in which He has made men; there is no altering of Allah's creation; that is the right religion, but most people do not know--
--[[User:HSTutorials|HSTutorials]] 16:29, 25 July 2006 (EDT)
[30.31] Turning to Him, and be careful of (your duty to) Him and keep up prayer and be not of the polytheists
[[User:Sj|Sj]] 16:05, 27 June 2006 (EDT)
[30.32] Of those who divided their religion and became seas every sect rejoicing in what they had with them

[30.33] And when harm afflicts men, they call upon their Lord, turning to Him, then when He makes them taste of mercy from Him, lo! some of them begin to associate (others) with their Lord,
Walter, Kudos on Build 303. It's very nice. -[[User:Jcfrench|Jeff]] 17:44, 13 March 2007 (EDT)
[30.34] So as to be ungrateful for what We have given them; but enjoy yourselves (for a while), for you shall soon come to know.

[30.35] Or, have We sent down upon them an authority so that it speaks of that which they associate with Him?
== Wikipedia need an image :) ==
[30.36] And when We make people taste of mercy they rejoice in it, and if an evil befall them for what their hands have already wrought, lo! they are in despair.
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
[30.37] Do they not see that Allah makes ample provision for whom He pleases, or straitens? Most surely there are signs in this for a people who believe.

[30.38] Then give to the near of kin his due, and to the needy and the wayfarer; this is best for those who desire Allah's pleasure, and these it is who are successful.
and this article is here: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pi%C4%85te_urodziny_polskoj%C4%99zycznej_Wikipedii
[30.39] And whatever you lay out as usury, so that it may increase in the property of men, it shall not increase with Allah; and whatever you give in charity, desiring Allah's pleasure-- it is these (persons) that shall get manifold.

[30.40] Allah is He Who created you, then gave you sustenance, then He causes you to die, then brings you to life. Is there any of your associate-gods who does aught of it? Glory be to Him, and exalted be He above what they associate (with Him).
Information about olpc ends it.
[30.41] Corruption has appeared in the land and the sea on account of what the hands of men have wrought, that He may make them taste a part of that which they have done, so that they may return.

[30.42] Say: Travel in the land, then see how was the end of those before; most of them were polytheists.
Thanks for all what you can do, and sorry for language mistakes ;)
[30.43] Then turn thy face straight to the right religion before there come from Allah the day which cannot be averted; on that day they shall become separated.

[30.44] Whoever disbelieves, he shall be responsible for his disbelief, and whoever does good, they prepare (good) for their own souls,
With regards [[User:Przykuta|Przykuta]] 05:14, 14 September 2006 (EDT)
[30.45] That He may reward those who believe and do good out of His grace; surely He does not love the unbelievers.

[30.46] And one of His signs is that He sends forth the winds bearing good news, and that He may make your taste of His mercy, and that the ships may run by His command, and that you may seek of His grace, and that you may be grateful.
: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)
[30.47] And certainly We sent before you apostles to their people, so they came to them with clear arguments, then We gave the punishment to those who were guilty; and helping the believers is ever incumbent on Us.

[30.48] Allah is he Who sends forth the winds so they raise a cloud, then He spreads it forth in the sky as He pleases, and He breaks it up so that you see the rain coming forth from inside it; then when He causes it to fall upon whom He pleases of His servants, lo! they are joyful
::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)
[30.49] Though they were before this, before it was sent down upon them, confounded in sure despair.

[30.50] Look then at the signs of Allah's mercy, how He gives life to the earth after its death, most surely He will raise the dead to life; and He has power over all things.
== nasa color tool ==
[30.51] And if We send a wind and they see it to be yellow, they would after that certainly continue to disbelieve

[30.52] For surely you cannot, make the dead to hear and you cannot make the deaf to hear the call, when they turn back and
Hey, check it out! http://colorusage.arc.nasa.gov/ColorTool.php. --[[User:Jacobolus|Jacobolus]] 02:39, 1 November 2006 (EST)
[30.53] Nor can you lead away the blind out of their error. You cannot make to hear any but those who believe in Our communications so they shall submit.

[30.54] Allah is He Who created you from a state of weakness then He gave strength after weakness, then ordained weakness and hoary hair after strength; He creates what He pleases, and He is the Knowing, the Powerful.
== Avoiding Spam ==
[30.55] And at the time when the hour shall come, the guilty shall swear (that) they did not tarry but an hour; thus are they ever turned away.

[30.56] And those who are given knowledge and faith will say: Certainly you tarried according to the ordinance of Allah till the day of resurrection, so this is the day of resurrection, but you did not know.
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).
[30.57] But on that day their excuse shall not profit those who were unjust, nor shall they be regarded with goodwill.

[30.58] And certainly We have set forth for men every kind of example in this Quran; and if you should bring them a communication, those who disbelieve would certainly say: You are naught but false claimants.
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).
[30.59] Thus does Allah set a seal on the hearts of those who do not know.

[30.60] Therefore be patient; surely the promise of Allah is true and let not those who have no certainty hold you in light estimation.
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)

Hi Walter! Please update Russian translation of laptop.org with latest wiki. Also I notice that http://laptop.org/ru/languages.shtml points to http://www.laptop.org/index.ru.html - could you change it to http://www.laptop.org/ru/index.shtml? In general, languages page seems to be inconsistent with English version...

Hello again! http://www.laptop.org/ru/jobs.shtml should be updated from http://wiki.laptop.org/go/PO-laptop.org-auxiliary-ru I guess. [[User:Maxim|Maxim]] 01:44, 29 September 2007 (EDT)

Hello Walter! Please update Russian translation of laptop.org from wiki PO files. Thanks! [[User:Maxim|Maxim]] 05:49, 28 October 2007 (EDT)

:Done. Please check it when you get a chance. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 09:54, 28 October 2007 (EDT)

:: Looks Ok. One minor - from http://www.laptop.org/ru/index.shtml link to givemany.shtml points to English version of page, should point to http://laptopfoundation.org/ru/participate/givemany.shtml [[User:Maxim|Maxim]] 05:34, 29 October 2007 (EDT)

:::Got it. Thanks. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 09:52, 29 October 2007 (EDT)

Hi Walter. Please update the Russian translation of the site from http://wiki.laptop.org/go/PO-laptop.org-top-level-ru I have done some minor edits and added strings on G1 G1. [[User:Maxim|Maxim]] has approved the changes 8-) - --[[User:Biarm|Biarm]] 16:18, 20 November 2007 (EST)

:Done. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 16:28, 20 November 2007 (EST)

Hi, a new version of http://wiki.laptop.org/go/PO-laptop.org-vision-ru is ready. Please update - --[[User:Biarm|Biarm]] 15:24, 21 November 2007 (EST)

:done. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 17:21, 21 November 2007 (EST)

Hi, http://wiki.laptop.org/go/PO-laptop.org-laptop-ru is updated and ready for upload - --[[User:Biarm|Biarm]] 11:55, 22 November 2007 (EST)

:All set. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 12:17, 22 November 2007 (EST)

Hi, files http://wiki.laptop.org/go/PO-laptop.org-foundation-ru http://wiki.laptop.org/go/PO-laptop.org-children-ru
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/PO-laptop.org-auxiliary-ru
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/PO-laptop.org-bio-ru are updated and ready for upload. That completes the new update of the Russian version of the Web site 8-) --[[User:Biarm|Biarm]] 13:00, 23 November 2007 (EST)

:Done. Thanks for bringing the RU site up to date. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 13:13, 23 November 2007 (EST)

== 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)

== RE: XO: The Children's Machine ==

''follow-up to [[User talk:Xavi#XO: The Children's Machine]]''
: I didn't find anything wrong with how things were, you seem to have managed the moving just fine. Maybe I missed some of your edits due to the vandal...
: I totally agree that it's a bit messy when moving a page that has translations attached as sub-pages (as the move only takes care of the talk page). But regardless of being sub-page or full-page, they all had to be tweaked to point to the new 'source' page... coincidentally I had been playing in the [[Template:Sandbox]] to avoid the need to declare the source (as it would be the 'super' or 'upper' page), in which case having the translations as sub-pages is an advantage.
: A page I've found helpful in these situations is the [[Special:Allpages]] to actually review all pages in a branch. Another handy page is the [[Special:DoubleRedirects]]. Cheers! :) [[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 20:27, 26 August 2007 (EDT)

== letters of intent ==

[[Youth_Energy_Initiative]] wants a non-binding letter of intent with us re: educating the youth of the world about how to be green. We should have a standard letter that we can send out once we agree to share focus with an outreach or creative group. [[User:Sj|Sj]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sj|<font color="fc9"><small>talk</small></font>]] 14:11, 12 September 2007 (EDT)

== In xogiving.org/faq.html, a questionable answer to "What can a $1,000 laptop computer do that the XO Laptop cannot?" ==

Hi. http://xogiving.org/faq.html currently says:
What can a $1,000 laptop computer do that the XO Laptop cannot?
Not much. In fact, the XO laptop can do many things that a $1000 dollar laptop can not...
I strongly suggest this needs to change.

A random ~$900 laptop [http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspnnb_1420?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~tab=bundlestab] is &gt;3x faster, with 4x the memory, 120x the disk, and vastly faster graphics. What can a $1,000 laptop computer do that the XO Laptop cannot? A very great many things.

Perhaps what was intended was something like "the things we think important, and thus designed the xo to do, are done by the xo as well as a $1000 laptop can do them". Or at least will, when we get more time to tune and optimize. Though even that's not true, as many things we think important (eg, touch screen, more power), and would have liked to include, and can be done by some ~$1k laptop, just didn't fit the mission envelope and price point. And regardless, that's not what the answer currently says.

What can a $1000 laptop do that my digital watch cannot? Or the rock I use as a door stop? Not much? That's true in some sense, but it's certainly not a scientifically honest response, and perhaps not even a legally honest one.

Even with our very best efforts at expectation management, explaining what the XO is not, there will be people who feel they made a mistake, or that we have misled them, and not provided what we implied. Here, we are not even trying to communicate an accurate picture.

Perhaps something like: ''...on the market today. That comes at a cost. The XO is less powerful than laptops have been for several years. It is more like a powerful handheld. It will not run normal PC software. And its innovative software is unfinished, and is still being written. But we think what it ''does'' offer, at $200, is worth this sacrifice.''

It's one thing to picture geeks understanding what this is, and being able to afford it. But my bus driver today was wondering if she should invest in one for her daughter. I suspect such people may far out number the geeks. And at present, I suggest we are doing them a disservice. [[User:MitchellNCharity|MitchellNCharity]] 00:29, 29 September 2007 (EDT)

:Good point. I've let the people doing that site know. --[[User:Walter|Walter]]

== VMWare todos ==
[[Talk:Emulating_the_XO#VMWare_TODO]] [[User:Sj|Sj]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sj|<font color="fc9"><small>talk</small></font>]] 16:48, 11 October 2007 (EDT)

== [[Pootle]] & PO-laptop ==

We are about to start final integration & testing of [[Pootle]] and although the drive is geared for activities, I was wondering what do you think of switching [[PO-laptop.org]] files also to it. --[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 09:56, 16 October 2007 (EDT)

:I've never used poodle, but it sounds like a good idea. But there is no rush, as there is so much else on everyone's plate right now. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 10:23, 16 October 2007 (EDT)

== xogiving feedback ==

Just to make sure someone actually sees this, I drop it here. Feel free to garbage collect once seen. [[User:MitchellNCharity|MitchellNCharity]] 13:35, 18 October 2007 (EDT)
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:XO_Giving#Using_testing_for_expectation_management

== rollback ==

yes... I've been stung by that critter more than once: ''rollback'' is just one edition (no matter what amount of ''diffs'' you are comparing). Would that be a bug in mediawiki? this wiki? or a feature? --[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 13:57, 18 October 2007 (EDT)

:If only we didn't need to use it so often!! I was in a hurry and I always have fat thumbs. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 17:00, 18 October 2007 (EDT)

== Inaccessible link in 2007-10-20 community news ==

The 2007-10-20 community news says "By going to [1] you will see all of the peripheral ideas and are welcome to post any new ideas you may have.", with a link of http://laptop.org/teamwiki/index.php/Team:Peripherals . Howerver, that link yields "Login Required", and after a delay, bounces you to "Main Page - TeamWiki". This is perhaps not what was intended. [[User:MitchellNCharity|MitchellNCharity]] 21:09, 21 October 2007 (EDT)

:Working on it. Thanks. --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 21:40, 21 October 2007 (EDT)

:Please go to the [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Peripherals public peripherals page].

== wikinews questions for you... ==
[[User_talk:Brianmc#Nicholas_Negroponte_-_Questions_about_OLPC]] [[User:Sj|Sj]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sj|<font color="fc9"><small>talk</small></font>]] 09:17, 2 November 2007 (EDT)

== dialog design ==
[http://dictionary.110mb.com/files/fileopen.html file open dialog comparison] from zdenek. [[User:Sj|Sj]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sj|<font color="fc9"><small>talk</small></font>]]

== Implementation of Website Translation ==

Hi Walter,
I have been working on translating laptop.org into Bulgarian. I am almost finished now and am interested in the process for taking the translation "live". [[PO-laptop.org-bg|Here]] are the current files. There is one to go - the more technical "laptop" list. Regards, --[[User:Cryout|Cryout]] 10:28, 5 November 2007 (EST)

:I'll put the site up tomorrow and once you sign off, I'll link it to the main site. Thanks --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 20:41, 5 November 2007 (EST)

== Front page on Wikinews ==

Hi Walter! As a prelude to hopefully interviewing Mr Negroponte Wikinews was covering the recent developments in the project, see http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page right now for a story on your project as the main lead. I don't know where on the laptop.org wiki to promote something like this, the dream-come-true would be actually get one of the teachers from the Indian pilot to comment on our have your say pages. If you can also pass on to Carla that she is featured/heavily quoted in this piece I would appreciate it. I know Wikinews is supposed to be neutral, but it relies on contributors writing about what they're interested in. OLPC has enough interested people to have great coverage. --[[User:Brianmc|Brianmc]] 16:33, 8 November 2007 (EST)

Revision as of 00:51, 9 December 2007

Request for admin rights...

Hi, I'm Alejandro Sánchez, 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

--Asmarin 11:51, 21 April 2006 (EDT)

Alejandro -- you're coming to Wikimania in August, I hope... Sj

Ditto

I'm not around every day, but would be glad to help with page deletion and bot blocking. 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. 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. :) jkinz

Excellent idea. I've started. Any suggestions as to what I should include? 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. --HSTutorials 16:29, 25 July 2006 (EDT) 

 Sj 16:05, 27 June 2006 (EDT)

Walter, Kudos on Build 303. It's very nice. -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 {{PD}}, ({{PD-self}} - will be the best ;) 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 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. --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. Przykuta 05:14, 18 September 2006 (EDT)

nasa color tool

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

Avoiding Spam

Darn it! I hate spam. I've noticed the last wave (I usually check the 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...--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. --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 --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. --Walter 15:54, 10 December 2006 (EST)

Other approaches

How about we call it quits and start funding schools? Just a thought. --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. --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—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—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. --Tonyv 12:30, 29 December 2006 (EST)

Hardware folks

Walter, who is on hardware, specifically power supply/battery/generation? Tom Haws 13:18, 5 January 2007 (EST)

replied on your talk page. Sj talk

Hebrew translation

There is a Hebrew translation for the laptop.org previous site. Zvi Devir 08:58, 13 March 2007 (EDT)

I (think I've) fixed the quotes error. 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. 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. Sj talk 19:02, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

New colors

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

I like the idea that {{OLPC}} 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? ;) --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 {{XO}} to refer to the laptop, and convert the {{OLPC}} to the 'vision'.--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. Sj talk 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. --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—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 News/translations page is handled outside of it—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)... --Xavi 16:07, 7 April 2007 (EDT)

I am not sure we need ot keep it protected. Probably just the {{OLPC}} 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—not crucial, just a safeguard... I was just wondering about the translated versions... --Xavi 16:19, 7 April 2007 (EDT)
Let's try it unprotected. I watch the page, so I'll notice changes anyway. --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     [http://olpc.download.redhat.com/olpc/streams/development/build406/]
Template:Latest Releases/livecd     [http://olpc.download.redhat.com/olpc/streams/sdk/latest/livecd/olpc-redhat-stream-sdk-livecd.iso]
Template:Latest Releases/firmware   [[OLPC Firmware q2c14]]

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? --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 {{Schools-nav}} template... --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. 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? sincerelyphp5 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. --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. 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 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 Educations 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 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? Maxim 16:08, 28 July 2007 (EDT)

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

Hi Walter! Please update Russian translation of laptop.org with latest wiki. Also I notice that http://laptop.org/ru/languages.shtml points to http://www.laptop.org/index.ru.html - could you change it to http://www.laptop.org/ru/index.shtml? In general, languages page seems to be inconsistent with English version...

Hello again! http://www.laptop.org/ru/jobs.shtml should be updated from http://wiki.laptop.org/go/PO-laptop.org-auxiliary-ru I guess. Maxim 01:44, 29 September 2007 (EDT)

Hello Walter! Please update Russian translation of laptop.org from wiki PO files. Thanks! Maxim 05:49, 28 October 2007 (EDT)

Done. Please check it when you get a chance. --Walter 09:54, 28 October 2007 (EDT)
Looks Ok. One minor - from http://www.laptop.org/ru/index.shtml link to givemany.shtml points to English version of page, should point to http://laptopfoundation.org/ru/participate/givemany.shtml Maxim 05:34, 29 October 2007 (EDT)
Got it. Thanks. --Walter 09:52, 29 October 2007 (EDT)

Hi Walter. Please update the Russian translation of the site from http://wiki.laptop.org/go/PO-laptop.org-top-level-ru I have done some minor edits and added strings on G1 G1. Maxim has approved the changes 8-) - --Biarm 16:18, 20 November 2007 (EST)

Done. --Walter 16:28, 20 November 2007 (EST)

Hi, a new version of http://wiki.laptop.org/go/PO-laptop.org-vision-ru is ready. Please update - --Biarm 15:24, 21 November 2007 (EST)

done. --Walter 17:21, 21 November 2007 (EST)

Hi, http://wiki.laptop.org/go/PO-laptop.org-laptop-ru is updated and ready for upload - --Biarm 11:55, 22 November 2007 (EST)

All set. --Walter 12:17, 22 November 2007 (EST)

Hi, files http://wiki.laptop.org/go/PO-laptop.org-foundation-ru http://wiki.laptop.org/go/PO-laptop.org-children-ru http://wiki.laptop.org/go/PO-laptop.org-auxiliary-ru http://wiki.laptop.org/go/PO-laptop.org-bio-ru are updated and ready for upload. That completes the new update of the Russian version of the Web site 8-) --Biarm 13:00, 23 November 2007 (EST)

Done. Thanks for bringing the RU site up to date. --Walter 13:13, 23 November 2007 (EST)

Image:Galadima4.jpg and Image:Galadima3.jpg

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

RE: XO: The Children's Machine

follow-up to User talk:Xavi#XO: The Children's Machine

I didn't find anything wrong with how things were, you seem to have managed the moving just fine. Maybe I missed some of your edits due to the vandal...
I totally agree that it's a bit messy when moving a page that has translations attached as sub-pages (as the move only takes care of the talk page). But regardless of being sub-page or full-page, they all had to be tweaked to point to the new 'source' page... coincidentally I had been playing in the Template:Sandbox to avoid the need to declare the source (as it would be the 'super' or 'upper' page), in which case having the translations as sub-pages is an advantage.
A page I've found helpful in these situations is the Special:Allpages to actually review all pages in a branch. Another handy page is the Special:DoubleRedirects. Cheers! :) Xavi 20:27, 26 August 2007 (EDT)

letters of intent

Youth_Energy_Initiative wants a non-binding letter of intent with us re: educating the youth of the world about how to be green. We should have a standard letter that we can send out once we agree to share focus with an outreach or creative group. Sj talk 14:11, 12 September 2007 (EDT)

In xogiving.org/faq.html, a questionable answer to "What can a $1,000 laptop computer do that the XO Laptop cannot?"

Hi. http://xogiving.org/faq.html currently says: 

What can a $1,000 laptop computer do that the XO Laptop cannot?
Not much.  In fact, the XO laptop can do many things that a $1000 dollar laptop can not...

I strongly suggest this needs to change.

A random ~$900 laptop [1] is >3x faster, with 4x the memory, 120x the disk, and vastly faster graphics. What can a $1,000 laptop computer do that the XO Laptop cannot? A very great many things.

Perhaps what was intended was something like "the things we think important, and thus designed the xo to do, are done by the xo as well as a $1000 laptop can do them". Or at least will, when we get more time to tune and optimize. Though even that's not true, as many things we think important (eg, touch screen, more power), and would have liked to include, and can be done by some ~$1k laptop, just didn't fit the mission envelope and price point. And regardless, that's not what the answer currently says.

What can a $1000 laptop do that my digital watch cannot? Or the rock I use as a door stop? Not much? That's true in some sense, but it's certainly not a scientifically honest response, and perhaps not even a legally honest one.

Even with our very best efforts at expectation management, explaining what the XO is not, there will be people who feel they made a mistake, or that we have misled them, and not provided what we implied. Here, we are not even trying to communicate an accurate picture.

Perhaps something like: ...on the market today. That comes at a cost. The XO is less powerful than laptops have been for several years. It is more like a powerful handheld. It will not run normal PC software. And its innovative software is unfinished, and is still being written. But we think what it does offer, at $200, is worth this sacrifice.

It's one thing to picture geeks understanding what this is, and being able to afford it. But my bus driver today was wondering if she should invest in one for her daughter. I suspect such people may far out number the geeks. And at present, I suggest we are doing them a disservice. MitchellNCharity 00:29, 29 September 2007 (EDT)

Good point. I've let the people doing that site know. --Walter

VMWare todos

Talk:Emulating_the_XO#VMWare_TODO Sj talk 16:48, 11 October 2007 (EDT)

Pootle & PO-laptop

We are about to start final integration & testing of Pootle and although the drive is geared for activities, I was wondering what do you think of switching PO-laptop.org files also to it. --Xavi 09:56, 16 October 2007 (EDT)

I've never used poodle, but it sounds like a good idea. But there is no rush, as there is so much else on everyone's plate right now. --Walter 10:23, 16 October 2007 (EDT)

xogiving feedback

Just to make sure someone actually sees this, I drop it here. Feel free to garbage collect once seen. MitchellNCharity 13:35, 18 October 2007 (EDT) http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:XO_Giving#Using_testing_for_expectation_management

rollback

yes... I've been stung by that critter more than once: rollback is just one edition (no matter what amount of diffs you are comparing). Would that be a bug in mediawiki? this wiki? or a feature? --Xavi 13:57, 18 October 2007 (EDT)

If only we didn't need to use it so often!! I was in a hurry and I always have fat thumbs. --Walter 17:00, 18 October 2007 (EDT)

Inaccessible link in 2007-10-20 community news

The 2007-10-20 community news says "By going to [1] you will see all of the peripheral ideas and are welcome to post any new ideas you may have.", with a link of http://laptop.org/teamwiki/index.php/Team:Peripherals . Howerver, that link yields "Login Required", and after a delay, bounces you to "Main Page - TeamWiki". This is perhaps not what was intended. MitchellNCharity 21:09, 21 October 2007 (EDT)

Working on it. Thanks. --Walter 21:40, 21 October 2007 (EDT)
Please go to the public peripherals page.

wikinews questions for you...

User_talk:Brianmc#Nicholas_Negroponte_-_Questions_about_OLPC Sj talk 09:17, 2 November 2007 (EDT)

dialog design

file open dialog comparison from zdenek. Sj talk

Implementation of Website Translation

Hi Walter, I have been working on translating laptop.org into Bulgarian. I am almost finished now and am interested in the process for taking the translation "live". Here are the current files. There is one to go - the more technical "laptop" list. Regards, --Cryout 10:28, 5 November 2007 (EST)

I'll put the site up tomorrow and once you sign off, I'll link it to the main site. Thanks --Walter 20:41, 5 November 2007 (EST)

Front page on Wikinews

Hi Walter! As a prelude to hopefully interviewing Mr Negroponte Wikinews was covering the recent developments in the project, see http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page right now for a story on your project as the main lead. I don't know where on the laptop.org wiki to promote something like this, the dream-come-true would be actually get one of the teachers from the Indian pilot to comment on our have your say pages. If you can also pass on to Carla that she is featured/heavily quoted in this piece I would appreciate it. I know Wikinews is supposed to be neutral, but it relies on contributors writing about what they're interested in. OLPC has enough interested people to have great coverage. --Brianmc 16:33, 8 November 2007 (EST)

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