Appropedia:Appropedia Jam: Difference between revisions

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Our monthly chat is an internet chat and editing jam to talk about Appropedia - what you're working on, challenges for Appropedia, and ideas to improve things. As this is new, we may try out different chat platforms, so check here for details, or join the community mailing list.

Next meeting

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Be a part of the Appropedia community - join us online for the Appropedia Jam this Monday, November 12th! (Tuesday morning in Asia & Australasia.)

Pick a topic or an article you want to work on, join the chat and get help with your article.

When: Monday November 12, 2012, 6pm PST(Tuesday November 13, 2012, 2am GMT). See what time this is in your time zone. (We've blocked out 90 min, but you can drop in briefly or stay as longer if things are on a roll.) A few examples of local times are given below:

North and Central America:
- Pacific Time (PST) 2pm
- Central Time (CST) 4pm
- Eastern Time (EST) 5pm
UK, Ireland and Portugal 10pm
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Central Indonesia 6am Tuesday 13th (early start!)
Sydney/Melbourne/Canberra/Hobart, Australia 9am Tuesday 13th AEDT
New Zealand 11am Tuesday 13th (NZDT).

Where (virtual meeting place): IRC - see #Joining the channel below. We'll also have an Etherpad (a collaborative notepad) open here for shared notes. (If you have trouble getting on, send a message to chriswaterguy, and/or call Chris on +61-439-471-632 (Australia).

Theme: Edit jam - think about what page you'd like to start or improve, and any questions you'd like to ask... or just turn up and join in!

Joining the channel

Easiest option for connecting to IRC: enter via the Freenode Web Chat. Enter a username and connect.

If you already have an IRC client (desktop app), connect to #appropedia on Freenode.net. See Appropedia:IRC for advanced options.

See Appropedia:IRC if you need more info or suggestions for clients to use.

Details for future events

Day: Second Sunday of each month. (That's the Monday morning in Asia & Oceania.)

Time: 10pm GMT. We'll give a few local times around the world each time, and you can also look up the time in your own timezone (see the Time Zone Converter to convert from "UTC/GMT").

Virtual meeting place:

Tips:

If you're in a timezone that uses daylight saving, or if you sometimes change timezones, then adding the event as a recurring event can be difficult. (It's possible to choose the correct GMT timezone, but a bug in Google Calendar shows the wrong time for future recurrences. Instead, add
The Time Zone Converter can convert from UTC/GMT to your time zone.

This is a new event in 2012. We'll announce by mailing lists, Twitter, FB, A:Village pump.

Preparation for an Appropedia jam

It's useful to set up an Etherpad - a collaborative notepad. We usually use: http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/appropediajam

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+  |hour       = 22
   |event      = Appropedia Jam starts
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 Pick a topic or an article you want to work on, join the chat and get help with your article.
-:'''When''': Monday November 12, 2012, 6pm PST(Tuesday November 13, 2012, 2am GMT). See [http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/time-converter '''what time this is in your time zone''']. (We've blocked out two hours, but you don't have to stay for 2 hours... and you don't have to leave at the end of 2 hours.) A few examples of local times are given below:
+:'''When''': Monday November 12, 2012, 6pm PST(Tuesday November 13, 2012, 2am GMT). See [http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/time-converter '''what time this is in your time zone''']. (We've blocked out 90 min, but you can drop in briefly or stay as longer if things are on a roll.) A few examples of local times are given below:
 ::* North and Central America:
-::** Pacific Time (PDT) 6pm
+::** Pacific Time (PST) 2pm
-::** Central Time (CDT) 8pm
+::** Central Time (CST) 4pm
-::** Eastern Time (EDT) 9pm
+::** Eastern Time (EST) 5pm
-::* UK, Ireland and Portugal 2am
+::* UK, Ireland and Portugal 10pm
-::* China, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Central Indonesia 10am Tuesday 13th (early start!)
+::* China, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Central Indonesia 6am Tuesday 13th (early start!)
-::* Sydney/Melbourne/Canberra/Hobart, Australia 1pm Tuesday 13th AEDT
+::* Sydney/Melbourne/Canberra/Hobart, Australia 9am Tuesday 13th AEDT
-::* New Zealand 3pm Tuesday 13th (NZDT).
+::* New Zealand 11am Tuesday 13th (NZDT).
-:'''Where''' (virtual meeting place): [https://plus.google.com/events/cj1kneadpfv9tn3v9tjdlvt950k Google+ Hangout] See more about this below. We'll also have an Etherpad (a collaborative notepad) open [http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/appropediajam '''here'''] for shared notes.
+:'''Where''' (virtual meeting place): IRC - see [[#Joining the channel]] below. We'll also have an Etherpad (a collaborative notepad) open [http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/appropediajam '''here'''] for shared notes. (If you have trouble getting on, send a message to {{email|chriswaterguy|appropedia|org}}, and/or call Chris on +61-439-471-632 (Australia).
 :'''Theme''': Edit jam - think about what page you'd like to start or improve, and any questions you'd like to ask... or just turn up and join in!
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 == Joining the channel ==
-See more at [http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/ Google+ Hangouts]
+Easiest option for connecting to IRC: enter via the [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=Appropedia '''Freenode Web Chat''']. Enter a username and connect.
+If you already have an IRC client (desktop app), connect to #appropedia on [http://freenode.net/ Freenode.net]. See [[Appropedia:IRC]] for advanced options.
+See [[Appropedia:IRC]] if you need more info or suggestions for clients to use.
 == Details for future events ==
-:'''Day''': Second Sunday of each month. (Monday morning in Asia & Oceania.)
+:'''Day''': Second Sunday of each month. (That's the Monday morning in Asia & Oceania.)
-:'''Time''': 10pm GMT. We'll try to give a few local times around the world each time, and you can also look up the time in your own timezone (see the [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html Time Zone Converter] to convert from "UTC/GMT").
+:'''Time''': 10pm GMT. We'll give a few local times around the world each time, and you can also look up the time in your own timezone (see the [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html Time Zone Converter] to convert from "UTC/GMT").
 :'''Virtual meeting place''':
 '''Tips''':
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 This is a new event in 2012. We'll announce by mailing lists, Twitter, FB, [[A:Village pump]].
+== Preparation for an Appropedia jam ==
+It's useful to set up an Etherpad - a collaborative notepad. We usually use: http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/appropediajam
+== See also ==
+* [[Appropedia:Site development]]
+* [[:Category:Appropedia content development]]
+{{stub}}
 [[Category:Appropedia community]]
 [[Category:Appropedia communications]]
+[[Category:Events]]