[07:57:03] Fyi, I tested positive for Covid, not sure if I contracted it at the Voco or during travel. [07:57:05] Please test and take care of yourself in case you also feel sick. ❤️ [07:58:50] ugh why didn't I test sooner, well now finally doing it. (but I assume/hope negative, I was pretty religious about the mask and no symptoms) (re @Ciellada: Fyi, I tested positive for Covid, not sure if I contracted it at the Voco or during travel. [07:58:51] Please test and take care of yourse...) [07:59:05] (I'm not feeling very sick, don't worry, I'm just sharing it here for information!) [08:02:47] well take it easy still, long COVID is correlated with too much exertion during infection (and going back to work too soon after) (re @Ciellada: (I'm not feeling very sick, don't worry, I'm just sharing it here for information!)) [08:03:33] Will do! [09:42:36] Would our dearest photographers be so kind to upload pics on commons? 🙏 [09:43:57] Get well soon! (re @Ciellada: Fyi, I tested positive for Covid, not sure if I contracted it at the Voco or during travel. [09:43:59] Please test and take care of yourse...) [16:31:44] Hi, I'm doing a quick talk about the hackathon at an event tomorrow. Does anyone remember the (approximate) number of attendees? [16:31:57] ~140? [16:34:53] I thought the closing talk said something north of 200. the number in my head is 214. (re @petercoombe: Hi, I'm doing a quick talk about the hackathon at an event tomorrow. Does anyone remember the (approximate) number of attendees?) [16:35:37] 214 does ring a bell [16:35:41] Yes, now that you say that, I think that is where I got my "14" from (re @jeremy_b: I thought the closing talk said something north of 200. the number in my head is 214.) [16:35:49] 214 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHMTJB8gleQ&t=7690s [16:36:20] (dammit, someone beat me to it while I was skipping through the video 😠) [16:36:29] (my memory said 240 so I was also not 100% there :D) [16:40:23] (this should be somewhere on [[mw:Wikimedia Hackathon 2026]] but the page looks like it could use a general “event now done” overhaul (replace the “save the date!” heading with something else etc.) and I don’t feel up for that right now ^^) [16:44:51] Thanks! I did try and find it in the video but had no luck [16:59:06] Let's do a headscount https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Hackathon_2026_group_photo_01.jpg [16:59:32] (then you also know how much from the ~214 weren't in the picture [17:07:54] just add depicts statements (P180 + P2677) and then count those ;) [17:53:46] And I forgot to mention that I met a Canadian journalist on my way to the Hackathon and I gave him an interview about Wikipedia: [17:53:47] https://www.thewashingtonoutsider.com/anton-obozhyn-on-wikipedia-bias-paid-editing-and-grokopedia/ [17:53:48] And also referred him to a local Moldovan wikipedian, who also gave an interview: [17:53:50] https://vocal.media/geeks/gheorghe-a-iordachi-on-romanian-wikipedia-moldovan-cyrillic-knowledge-gaps-and-editor-safety [19:31:04] Responsible disclosure: I have tested positive for COVID-19 on a home test kit. [19:33:56] ugh another one bites the dust. phrased like a security bulletin. [19:37:42] btw for both you and @Ciellada I would consider Paxlovid. feel free to DM any questions. (re @bd808: Responsible disclosure: I have tested positive for COVID-19 on a home test kit.) [19:50:58] I just did a test after seeing the above messages and also tested positive. [19:53:42] Oh, take care, everyone! [20:00:10] in case anyone missed it get a lot of rest https://t.me/wmhack/41757 [20:09:23] Annnnd I just tested positive for covid on a home test too [20:11:47] maybe a critical mass means send an email for people that aren't in here? to test and look more carefully for symptoms. (re @BeeBee_P: I just did a test after seeing the above messages and also tested positive.) [20:12:55] If anyone doesn't feel comfortable sharing here but wants to help give me a sense of numbers, please feel free to message me directly. I'll send an email in the coming hours [20:16:57] +1 to an email – I’d suggest something like, test yourself if able, don’t assume a negative test means you’re not infected, avoid exertion as much as possible to reduce long covid risk, and reduce contacts and/or wear masks to limit the spread of all kinds of con flus (not just covid) [20:52:35] Also positive (re @BeeBee_P: If anyone doesn't feel comfortable sharing here but wants to help give me a sense of numbers, please feel free to message me dir...) [21:17:21] Wikimedia Outreach Outbreak [21:17:41] It does concern me about the amount here already testing positive [21:24:43] Most wikimedia events and gatherings lead to this honestly. I remember a lot of such cases (re @itsnyoty: It does concern me about the amount here already testing positive) [21:25:25] That is even more concerning. If we're not able to learn. (re @Ladsgroup: Most wikimedia events and gatherings lead to this honestly. I remember a lot of such cases) [21:30:23] COVID probably belongs in the "con flu" pile at this point. [21:30:51] Yeah: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/con_crud [21:32:05] I want to help plan how to prevent this. for Wikimania and Hackathons. I'll be talking to Bee and idk who for Wikimania. you're going to get everyone to do safer things but to give more opportunities for people to be safe without a ton of effort. e.g. last year sometimes the restaurant balcony windows were wide open and it felt like there was good ventilation. this [21:32:05] year the only [21:32:06] way to eat outdoors was to carry your food to a different floor. (re @Jan_ainali: That is even more concerning. If we're not able to learn.) [21:32:48] not going to* [22:24:03] Feeling a bit under the weather but tested negative... for now, I guess. :/ [22:24:28] serial testing it is! [22:25:10] But how many tests is enough [22:25:12] just don't forget to swap tx and rx [22:26:03] most Ethernet ports are auto sensing these days? for crossover [22:26:11] you said serial :P [22:26:57] Advice online varies still... 3-5 days after exposure to potentially test positive [22:27:02] I would wait at least 36 hours if you only have one more test. (re @josephinelim86: But how many tests is enough) [22:27:14] from the first test [22:28:08] I'm less familiar with serial. but it can run over a simple copper pair. (re @wmtelegram_bot: you said serial :P) [22:28:18] Yeah, I'll test again tomorrow. Honestly in my case it's hard to know how much of it is just fatigue from the marathon flights lol. But in the future it would be good to have windows that open in the main spaces [22:28:36] It was quite hard to get fresh air in the venue [22:29:04] there were doors but they wanted them "closed for the AC" (re @josephinelim86: Yeah, I'll test again tomorrow. Honestly in my case it's hard to know how much of it is just fatigue from the marathon flights l...) [22:30:18] idk what sort of filtration the hotel had. we could supplement with our own filters. [22:31:28] as far as I’m aware, Harmonia’s CO2 sensor showed that the air quality was fairly decent (but she can answer that question better ^^) [22:33:02] the WMF owns a bunch of the same model but I didn't see them this year. that maybe is an indication of air changes and ventilation but that doesn't tell you anything about filtration. [22:34:26] I can share my logs but it was staying with me and I moved around. I never went into the small rooms either and I went to eat either early or late (re @lucaswerkmeister: as far as I’m aware, Harmonia’s CO2 sensor showed that the air quality was fairly decent (but she can answer that question bette...) [22:34:53] even if it's not on the market yet I wonder how we could get involved in this research, we could be beta testers. https://wikis.world/@jeremyb/111683878024361277 [22:34:53] more recent: https://varrobio.com/how-varro-plans-to-make-money-while-giving-away-its-pathogen-detecting-breakthroughs/ [22:35:33] better than PCR results in 1 minute. and a version that just tests the air in the room. [22:38:10] It never went above 1200 ppm for me and was frequently under 900ppm, but rarely under 750 (re @lucaswerkmeister: as far as I’m aware, Harmonia’s CO2 sensor showed that the air quality was fairly decent (but she can answer that question bette...) [22:40:10] idk remember how event rooms were last year, there were a handful of pics in thread we could scroll back. but fwiw the individual rooms upstairs (with beds) were much better ventilated than in Istanbul. and this year the windows could be opened! [22:40:13] Considering the last time I went to a public conference it reached 4000ppm, yeah, that was decent. [22:44:40] And ventilation is not filtration and idk if there was any filtration