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Re: [SFD-discuss] Artwork

by Thilo Pfennig

Am 22.07.2010 20:30, schrieb Edgar Hoffmann: > Sorry if that bothered you, maybe I really overlooked something. > Thanks for your assistance. It seems to be right now. No worries, its just that you must have removed the categories, like many teams do. And I wish they werent. Because they then all want to know why they are not listed. ;-) The template was created so that this does not have to happen. But people love to remove all of the content and write what they want without worrying that the templates might make any sense. You have to understand that it is a bit frustrating if excactly the thing one has thought about a lot and had taken into account are ignored and so most of our work goes into undoing the deletion of the categories. The best would be if categories would not be part of the page, so people could not remove them. I might even have a solution for this, but not for 2010. Regards, Thilo -- XING: https://www.xing.com/profile/Thilo_Pfennig - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tpfennig SFD 2010 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

July 22, 2010

Re: [SFD-discuss] Artwork

by Frederic Muller - SFI

On 07/23/2010 02:30 AM, Edgar Hoffmann wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 21.07.2010, 23:22 +0200 schrieb Thilo Pfennig: > >> Why on earth do people ignore all templates and all guides and then >> wonder why they are not listed? >> >> I added some categories to your page, so it will work somehow. >> > Hello Thilo. > What templates have I been ignoring? > I used the TeamPage template offered when I added a new city and just > added our content. No more or less. > The StartGuide says nothing about creating a teampage. > It does now.. check http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/CreateYourTeampage :) Fred > And in the "Help for Users" section I only find "HelpOnTemplates" and > "HelpOnPageCreation" which do not mention any advises to add special > categories to a teampage. > Sorry if that bothered you, maybe I really overlooked something. > Thanks for your assistance. It seems to be right now. > > Greetings > > Edgar "Fast Edi" Hoffmann > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

July 22, 2010

Re: [SFD-discuss] Continents

by Thilo Pfennig

Am 22.07.2010 19:49, schrieb Peter Eisinger: Hi Peter, > CentralAmerica a while ago that it was included in the wiki of SFD. > > Its population's +95% speaks Spanish. [1] [2] > > For all Latin America, the American continent is divided in 3 > subcontinents [2] [3]: > > America of the North > America of the South > Central America > The continents are just for a general orientation - we might have even chosen to just list countries alphabetically. You are the first in this year who seems to have a problem with that official continent list. Even if we would consider including it, we would have to move all countries from one continent to the other. And then we would have to consider the opposition of other users. And if I read this: ""Central America" may mean different things to different people in the world according to the context..." ... I do not think it would be a good idea to play that card, especially not at this point of preparations. Central America just seems to be a blurry term - and we would have to discuss in length which definition we would take. And in the end its all about making great local events in our regions, isn't it so? Regards, Thilo -- XING: https://www.xing.com/profile/Thilo_Pfennig - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tpfennig SFD 2010 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

July 22, 2010

Re: [SFD-discuss] Artwork

by Edgar Hoffmann

Am Mittwoch, den 21.07.2010, 23:22 +0200 schrieb Thilo Pfennig: > Why on earth do people ignore all templates and all guides and then > wonder why they are not listed? > > I added some categories to your page, so it will work somehow. Hello Thilo. What templates have I been ignoring? I used the TeamPage template offered when I added a new city and just added our content. No more or less. The StartGuide says nothing about creating a teampage. And in the "Help for Users" section I only find "HelpOnTemplates" and "HelpOnPageCreation" which do not mention any advises to add special categories to a teampage. Sorry if that bothered you, maybe I really overlooked something. Thanks for your assistance. It seems to be right now. Greetings Edgar "Fast Edi" Hoffmann

July 22, 2010

Re: [SFD-discuss] Continents

by Peter Eisinger

El 22/07/2010 3:06, Thilo Pfennig escribió: > Am 22.07.2010 00:33, schrieb Peter Eisinger: >> Please, >> >> add CentralAmerica in the wikipage: >> >> http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2010 > > > Nope, this is not a continent by definition of the UN. There are 7 > continents: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent#Number_of_continents > > Regards, > Thilo > Hi Thilo! is right! But.. CentralAmerica a while ago that it was included in the wiki of SFD. Its population's +95% speaks Spanish. [1] [2] For all Latin America, the American continent is divided in 3 subcontinents [2] [3]: America of the North America of the South Central America The best solution is: 1 continent = America. This way, besides complaints of more than 20 countries, we avoid to return to so long URLs. Are we on time to take to America like continent? Danke! [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_America [2] http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9rica_Central "América Central, también llamada Centroamérica, es un subcontinente que conecta América del Norte con América del Sur. Rodeada por el océano Pacífico y el océano Atlántico. Políticamente se divide en los 7 países independientes de Guatemala, Belice, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica y Panamá" [3] http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continente # América: está separada de Asia por el estrecho de Bering, en el noroeste, y está dividida en dos o tres subcontinentes; * Norteamérica: ubicada en el hemisferio noroccidental; * Centroamérica: se extiende desde el istmo de Panamá hasta el istmo de Tehuantepec. * Sudamérica: se extiende desde el sur del canal hasta el cabo de Hornos; -- Cordiales saludos, Peter Eisinger http://PreguntasLinux.Org Comunidad de Software Libre Foro GNU/Linux/FOSS/*NIX Support Installfest FLISoL SFD http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/global/preguntaslinux FLISOL 2011 Sáb 9 de Abril http://flisol.info

July 22, 2010

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD 2010 registration is OPEN!!!

by Frederic Muller - SFI

Dear Asmelash, No worries. Let us guide you through the necessary steps: 1. You need to create a wiki account at http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/FrontPage?action=newaccount 2. Login 3. Now from the wiki front page (http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/ ) you follow the link that says "SFD 2010 <http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2010> - This is the central page to find or add a team worldwide! " Direct link is: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2010 4. From there you go to your continent which is Africa: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2010/Africa 5. Look for Ethiopia and... it doesn't exist yet! 6. Create you country: at the bottom of this page there is a text box where you simply type Ethiopia and it will create the page for you. 7. Now you're in edit mode for your country. You might want to replace "SFD @PAGE@" by "SFD 2010 Ethiopia" and eventually add a description of your country. One source that comes to my mind is wikipedia, just copy the introduction and that will be a good start. 8. Save the page. Do not forget to answer the question just below the save button! 9. You are now on your country page asking you to create a new City or Region. Same process, enter what suit best your event location, do the text change and add a bit of description. I guess you will chose Mek'ele here. 10. Save. Remember the question under the save button! 11. You're now on your City page. You can create your Team page. Save thing, there is a text box at the bottom of the page where you can just type in the Team name and validate: it will automatically create your team page. 12. Edit your page with all the details needed. 13. Go back to you city page and replace Team1 with your team name and add a link to your team page (which should be /2010/Africa/Ethiopia/Mek'ele/YourTeamName (YourTeamName is your real team name). Save again. You're done. Now in the registration form you will just have to enter Africa/Ethiopia/Mek'ele/YourTeamName and it will work. The process is a bit long because you're the first team in Ethiopia. However by following those steps you ensure people looking at the team list http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/CategoryTeam or at the Region list http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/CategoryRegion will find your city and your team. Also please do not remove the CategoryTeam tag from your team list: it is that which makes the listing automatic. I hope this was clear enough. Let us know if you're still having issues. Thanks. Fred On 07/23/2010 12:40 AM, Asmelash Teka wrote: > Dear Fred, > > I'm from Mekelle Ethiopia. I tried and couldn't create a team page. > All I get is the message " The team wiki page you specified, > http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2010/Africa/Ethiopia/Mekelle, does > not exist. Please create your team's wiki page first before submitting > your registration. Use the Back button on your browser to return to > the registration form and try again. > " > Sorry for not beinig able to solve it myself. I tried enough not to try more. > > peace, > > Asmelash > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > >

July 22, 2010

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD 2010 registration is OPEN!!!

by Asmelash Teka

Dear Fred, I'm from Mekelle Ethiopia. I tried and couldn't create a team page. All I get is the message " The team wiki page you specified, http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2010/Africa/Ethiopia/Mekelle, does not exist. Please create your team's wiki page first before submitting your registration. Use the Back button on your browser to return to the registration form and try again. " Sorry for not beinig able to solve it myself. I tried enough not to try more. peace, Asmelash

July 22, 2010

Re: [SFD-discuss] Continents

by Thilo Pfennig

Am 22.07.2010 00:33, schrieb Peter Eisinger: > Please, > > add CentralAmerica in the wikipage: > > http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2010 Nope, this is not a continent by definition of the UN. There are 7 continents: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent#Number_of_continents Regards, Thilo -- XING: https://www.xing.com/profile/Thilo_Pfennig - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tpfennig SFD 2010 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

July 22, 2010

Continents

by Peter Eisinger

Please, add CentralAmerica in the wikipage: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2010 Thnx!

July 21, 2010

Re: [SFD-discuss] Artwork

by Thilo Pfennig

Am 21.07.2010 19:24, schrieb Edgar Hoffmann: > By the way: Our teampage (/europe/germany/offenburg) does not appear on > any of the listings... Hi Edgar, Why on earth do people ignore all templates and all guides and then wonder why they are not listed? I added some categories to your page, so it will work somehow. Regards, Thilo -- XING: https://www.xing.com/profile/Thilo_Pfennig - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tpfennig SFD 2010 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

July 21, 2010