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Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD 2021 Preparation
by LM July 7, 2021

July 7, 2021

On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 12:22 AM <sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org> wrote: > Mastodon is a decentralized federated social network made by free software (licensed under AGPL) and many free software organizations like FSF and GNOME are active there. It would be wonderful if we make an account there. Postings to/from Twitter and Mastodon can be automatic using some bots/services. I just joined Mastodon. I posted about Software Freedom Day and registration being open for 2021 using #SoftwareFreedomDay and #SFD as hashtags. Not much traffic on Mastodon for Software Freedom Day. Would be nice to get some talk going over there. Maybe others would notice. Wondering if we should add some more common search hashtags like FLOSS or software as well so people on Mastodon not searching for Software Freedom Day may find it too. The link on https://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/SocialNetworks for the Federated StatusNet group appears to be down. > So to summarize: pick the date that works for your community, and make > sure it's very clear on your wiki page and communication channels. I think that's a great way to go. Better to do something than nothing at all. Had to move the date last year. Still had a nice, enjoyable event online even if it was small. Also found out last year that it's very important to indicate what time zone you're in. People tend to assume you're in the same time zone as them which may not be true if an event is virtual. Sincerely, Laura http://lmemsm.dreamwidth.org

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Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD-discuss Digest, Vol 122, Issue 5
by LM July 5, 2021

July 5, 2021

On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 3:21 PM Frederic Muller wrote: > That's weird as the 1st registration made is a city with a space in the > name. I just simply copied the last part of the wiki URL and it worked. > From former years I think %20 used to work as well (likewise for > non-ascii name pages in Chinese or Korean or...). > > Glad it worked. I see you made 2 city pages, do you want us to modify > something is the map link to your wiki page? I think I tried %20 and didn't even think to try a space in the URL because when I program I don't use spaces in that way. I would have gotten rid of the Delray Beach page with the space in it, but wasn't sure how to delete a wiki page. Going to just use the "Delray" page instead. If you can let me know a way to delete the first city page or if you can delete it, that would be great. I think the map is okay. I just started with Delray instead of Delray Beach and went on from there. Thanks.

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SFD :: Goa
by Frederick Noronha July 4, 2021

July 4, 2021

Guys, I'm Frederick Noronha, from Goa. You might remember me from your early days (2004 or thereabouts?) Now much older, greyer but still enthusiastic. Am trying to sign-up with a team, but can't manage. Some login in. Pls send me my login and username via email. Frederick/FN -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ FN * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا‎ +91-9822122436 _/ See a different Goa here, via _/ https://youtube.com/c/frederickfnnoronha _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/

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Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD 2021 registration soft opening
by LM July 4, 2021

July 4, 2021

On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 8:20 AM <sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org> wrote: > Tried to register. Created a wiki page for this year. The > registration page keeps saying "The SFD Wiki page you supplied doesn't > seem to exist. Please go back and create your page or modify the value > you entered." Wondering if the space in the name of the city is an > issue. Entered %20 to represent the space. Anyway, am unable to > register at this time. Created a page without the space in the city name. Was finally able to register successfully. Had trouble using the registration page when there are spaces in names and the URL has to handle the spaces.

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Countdown available in English and French for now.
by Frederic Muller - DFF July 3, 2021

July 3, 2021

Dear all, We just enabled English and French (had to do 70 pngs...). We'll do the language we speak and for existing ones, it's only 3 images to redo. Those languages are: - Portuguese-Brasil - Portuguese-Portugal - Spanish - Catalan - Serbian Cyrillic - Serbian Latin - Estonian - Arabic - Greek Then some languages have been done but not up to 83 days before SFD. Those are: - German - Ukrainian - Russian - Persian And then.. the others need to be done from scratch if needed. Thank you for your help in the matter. Fred

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SFD 2021 Preparation
by Mostafa Ahangarha July 3, 2021

July 3, 2021

Hi everyone, I am happy to see SFD is still alive. I have these points: - Lets choose one hashtag so we can find each other easier on social media. Is SFD2021 good? - Let's have an account on Mastodon (on fediverse). - Make a guideline for people to know how to celebrate SFD during the pandemic including hold an online program on ethical/FLOSS platforms. -- Regards, Mostafa Ahangarha

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Countdown - Kiswahili
by Benson Muite June 30, 2021

June 30, 2021

Hi, Is it possible to make the following page: https://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/CountDown/sw do not currently have permissions to be able to do so. It may be helpful to use something like GitLab CI to create the png files from the SVG ones if this has already been automated. Regards, Benson

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Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD 2021 Preparation
by LM June 30, 2021

June 30, 2021

On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 Mostafa Ahangarha wrote: > Please share your account and link to the post you have made. Mastodon > functions different from other popular and centeralised social platform. > If you have account on some instance which is new or doesn't have much > interaction with other instances, it is possible that others cannot find > you and your post immediately. So let us know the address to the post > and to your account so we (at least I) can follow. Link to the post is here: https://scholar.social/@lmemsm/106483976900394349 Was wondering why I wasn't seeing too many SFD related posts. May be the instance I'm on, Still have a lot to learn about the platform.

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Countdown - Kiswahili
by Benson Muite June 30, 2021

June 30, 2021

Hi, Kiswahili is attached. Let me know if further changes are needed. Regards, Benson

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Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD 2021 registration soft opening
by LM June 30, 2021

June 30, 2021

On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 12:49 PM <sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org> wrote: > We've opened registration and it seems to work. We'd be happy to get > feedback if you register and have issues. Tried to register. Created a wiki page for this year. The registration page keeps saying "The SFD Wiki page you supplied doesn't seem to exist. Please go back and create your page or modify the value you entered." Wondering if the space in the name of the city is an issue. Entered %20 to represent the space. Anyway, am unable to register at this time.

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