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Wikivoyage:Go-between reports/Portuguese/Portuguese Wikivoyage Report for 2 May 2006

Progress in general

 * Article count: 177 (15% increase from last month). Only 1 article (Turkey) has crossed the outline status line over to usable or guide status (though we still haven't established an article rating system).
 * No new translations of policies and help pages, but they had previously advanced a lot, so that's not quite an issue.
 * Wikivoyage was advertised on Portuguese Wikipedia announcements page for a while (before aquisition by IB) and the reaction was generally positive. Decided to halt promotion on w: articles until pt: articles get more substance.
 * Upload of country templates still waiting for proper discussion

New users
13 new users (71 now, a 22.5% increase) but only 1 (that's me!) making regular text contributions (except for the very helpful User:(WT-en) Episteme, who we should really thank for interlanguage-ing articles in all versions as usual). Apparently there are no regular anonymous contributors.

Focus during the next month
Much of what as proposed last month and not accomplished, which is to translate more of the Manual of style
 * Keep on being patient, welcoming and encouraging to new users.

Special issues
The interlanguage links to pt: user pages from en: and others is still waiting to be fixed and sould probably be reported as a bug. When such links are placed on other language versions, the software won't suppress the namespace only for Portuguese. Check it (WT-en) here and (WT-es) here

Conclusion

 * Pt: is quite under control
 * It feels a bit lonesome (but peaceful) there :o)

Comments
Feel free to leave your comments here. (WT-en) Ricardo (Rmx) 21:06, 2 May 2006 (EDT)


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Wikivoyage:Go-between reports/Portuguese/Portuguese Wikivoyage Report for 5 June 2006

Nothing really interesting going on there right now. Growing slowly (which is a good thing):
 * 194 articles, 10% increase from last month
 * 90 registered users, 26% increase!
 * A few new substantial contributions from people from Portugal, at last!
 * Had to leave the old DotM there, because nobody voted for a new article and I couldn't finish one myself, so we're either repeating May's DotM indefinitely or removing that feature altogether until we have enough acceptable articles to highlight.
 * Discussions about other policies and procedures have also stalled for a while, as we expected.

Special issue: I'm set to leave the country on vacations this Wednesday and will be off during 1 month. I'll hardly manage to stay away from the Web during all that time, but I can't ensure I'll be keeping a close eye on pt: during that period. Not that I expect anything extraordinary to happen, but...

(WT-en) Ricardo (Rmx) 09:59, 5 June 2006 (EDT)

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Wikivoyage:Archive of Wikitravel (not Wikivoyage) press coverage

This page documents press coverage of Wikitravel or the mentioning of Wikitravel in newspapers, magazines, and news outlets.

CyberNet News

 * Title: Research Your Travel Destinations With Wikitravel
 * Author: Ashley
 * Published on: August 12, 2006
 * Link:
 * Excerpt:

Guardian Unlimited

 * Title: Geek Nation
 * Author: Gary Younge
 * Published on: Wednesday August 9, 2006
 * Link:
 * Excerpt:
 * For the most part, people at the conference didn't talk about it in these terms at all. When the wiki-crack takes over, all you are interested in is your next hit. Andrew Haggard, 20, from Cincinnati has been a user on Wikitravel, a travel site that anyone can edit, since March 2005. On Mondays and Thursdays he unloads a truck for a restaurant and on Fridays and Saturdays works in the restaurant. But somewhere along the way he has time to spend 10 hours a day contributing to the website. "I'll go outside every now and then just to make sure the sun's still there," he says.

 * Haggard checks hotels.com to find listings for places to stay in cities he has never been to. He has called tourist offices to find out opening times to museums he will never visit. Why? Haggard shakes his head and smiles. He really doesn't know. "I like to see the things I've written up there," he says. He flew to Boston from Cincinnati on his own dime and for the duration of the conference he stayed in Everett, Massachusetts. "When I get back I'm going to write about Everett."

International Herald Tribune

 * Title: Frequent Traveler: Testing travel blogs, with caution
 * Author: Roger Collis
 * Published on: August 10, 2006
 * Link:
 * Excerpt:
 * Wikitravel.com has more than 10,500 travel guides and articles written by contributors; many are among the best I can find on Lausanne.

Slate

 * Title: Can Wiki Travel? Touring Thailand with only the Internet as my guide.
 * Author: Tim Wu
 * Published on: April 6, 2007
 * Link:
 * Excerpt:
 * Wiki software, moreover, is arguably even better suited for creating a travel guide than an encyclopedia.

Time Magazine

 * Title: 50 Best Websites 2008
 * Author: Anita Hamilton
 * Published on: December (?) 2007
 * Link:
 * The best travel guides have one thing in common: they're up to date. That's why WikiTravel has become the most invaluable travel resource on the Web.