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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: SFD 2010 registration is OPEN!!! (Asmelash Teka)
   2. Re: SFD 2010 registration is OPEN!!! (Frederic Muller - SFI)
   3. Re: Continents (Peter Eisinger)
   4. Re: Artwork (Edgar Hoffmann)
   5. Re: Continents (Thilo Pfennig)
   6. Re: Artwork (Frederic Muller - SFI)
   7. Re: Artwork (Thilo Pfennig)

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:40:36 -0700
From: Asmelash Teka <asmelashtk@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD 2010 registration is OPEN!!!
To: Open discussions about SFD <sfd-discuss@sf-day.org>
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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

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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:02:49 +0800
From: Frederic Muller - SFI <fred@softwarefreedomday.org>
Subject: Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD 2010 registration is OPEN!!!
To: Asmelash Teka <asmelashtk@gmail.com>
Cc: Open discussions about SFD <sfd-discuss@sf-day.org>
Message-ID: <4C4879B9.2060906@softwarefreedomday.org>
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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
>
>
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:49:24 -0300
From: Peter Eisinger <peter.eisinger@preguntaslinux.org>
Subject: Re: [SFD-discuss] Continents
To: Open discussions about SFD <sfd-discuss@sf-day.org>
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El 22/07/2010 3:06, Thilo Pfennig escribi?:
> 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

"Am?rica Central, tambi?n llamada Centroam?rica, es un subcontinente que
conecta Am?rica del Norte con Am?rica del Sur. Rodeada por el oc?ano
Pac?fico y el oc?ano Atl?ntico. Pol?ticamente se divide en los 7 pa?ses
independientes de Guatemala, Belice, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua,
Costa Rica y Panam?"

[3] http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continente

# Am?rica: est? separada de Asia por el estrecho de Bering, en el
noroeste, y est? dividida en dos o tres subcontinentes;

* Norteam?rica: ubicada en el hemisferio noroccidental;
* Centroam?rica: se extiende desde el istmo de Panam? hasta el istmo de
Tehuantepec.
* Sudam?rica: se extiende desde el sur del canal hasta el cabo de Hornos;

--
Cordiales saludos,
Peter Eisinger

http://PreguntasLinux.Org Comunidad de Software Libre
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:30:34 +0200
From: Edgar Hoffmann <kontakt@freiesoftwareog.org>
Subject: Re: [SFD-discuss] Artwork
To: Open discussions about SFD <sfd-discuss@sf-day.org>
Message-ID: <1279823434.2669.17.camel@ubuntu-desktop>
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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

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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:51:42 +0200
From: Thilo Pfennig <tp@pfennigsolutions.de>
Subject: Re: [SFD-discuss] Continents
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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

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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:53:37 +0800
From: Frederic Muller - SFI <fred@softwarefreedomday.org>
Subject: Re: [SFD-discuss] Artwork
To: Open discussions about SFD <sfd-discuss@sf-day.org>
Message-ID: <4C48A1C1.60903@softwarefreedomday.org>
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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
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:58:38 +0200
From: Thilo Pfennig <tp@pfennigsolutions.de>
Subject: Re: [SFD-discuss] Artwork
To: sfd-discuss@sf-day.org
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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

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