*It is difficult to get involved in chapters when, like me, you live in
Africa, and the only approved chapter for the entire continent is 8,000
kilometres away.*
Create one in your country! :D That is basicaly what we are doing in
IberoCoop - help groups from all over Latin World with
Hi Bence
I did my own non official statistics about voters and candidates by
language.
Here you are:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gom%C3%A0/Elections_2011
en-wiki presented 39% of the candidates, casted 30% of the votes and
obtained 66% of the members.
de-wiki presented 18% of the
My conclusion was that for even relatively big languages like Catalan it
is
impossible to get representation in community elections unless you start
writing in English Wikipedia.
Well, if I remember correctly, at some point we elected an Italian board
member in the community elections. (I
On Feb 2, 2012 8:22 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter pute...@mccme.ru wrote:
Would you please also comment on Russia which has a chapter consisting of
I believe seven (or nine?) members, which does not accept new members and
maintains an invitation-only mailing list (which is open not only to
chapter
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
Last time, the chapters decided to keep the process very confidential
in order to allow free and frank discussion of the candidates.
Jeebus, if that was the goal, it signally failed. I never saw so much
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Stuart West stuw...@gmail.com wrote:
The hope was to attract/identify Board candidates who could add a lot
of value to the movement but who, for one reason or another, would
NOT typically be candidates in election. That might be because they
aren't well-known
Erik Moeller wrote:
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org wrote:
Many organizations have dozens or hundreds of vice presidents, like Vice
President of Vending Machines and Vice President of Pencil Sharpeners.
Heh. I've certainly been in the VP of Odds and Ends
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 9:19 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Chess Pie derby_...@yahoo.com wrote:
Looks like a braindead law.
Does the foundation have a specific position on OpenAccess?
The WMF as an entity doesn't have a specific position/policy,
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Kat Walsh k...@mindspillage.org wrote:
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 9:19 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Chess Pie derby_...@yahoo.com wrote:
Looks like a braindead law.
Does the foundation have a specific position on
Hi all,
We are pleased to formally announce the launch of the following new
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http://wikimedia.in/ - The new landing page will be the gateway to the
various Project pages and Wikis.
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