Re: [Foundation-l] New Project Process

2012-04-05 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, The WikiData project is at first very much technical. Software is developed and as the software gains a certain level of maturity, a community will start to grow. This community will slowly but surely become integrated with other Wikimedia projects. At this stage all eyes are on Wikipedia

Re: [Foundation-l] New Project Process

2012-04-05 Thread Fajro
On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 8:34 PM, Jürgen Fenn schneeschme...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 3. April 2012 22:22 schrieb Samuel Klein sjkl...@hcs.harvard.edu: I would like to add another option: Who not merge all projects into Wikipedia proper? The lack in participation in the sister projects is

Re: [Foundation-l] New Project Process

2012-04-05 Thread Yann Forget
Hi, Le 5 avril 2012 05:04, Jürgen Fenn schneeschme...@googlemail.com a écrit : Am 3. April 2012 22:22 schrieb Samuel Klein sjkl...@hcs.harvard.edu: Ziko: what would a WMF evaluation of Wikinews or Wikispecies say? Should we shut down such a project... cease to mention it on Wikipedia main

[Foundation-l] FAQ for fundraising resolutions

2012-04-05 Thread phoebe ayers
Hi all, The Board has published a QA document around the recently published fundraising funds dissemination resolutions. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_and_Funds_Dissemination/Board_FAQ It's quite long -- sorry! -- but hopefully informative. Note that we did this as everyone was

Re: [Foundation-l] FAQ for fundraising resolutions

2012-04-05 Thread Thomas Dalton
Thanks for posting this, Phoebe. My question about what you intend to do over the next 3 years wasn't answered. There is no point waiting three years and then re-evaluating the situation if you haven't made sure you've been gathering all the right information during those 3 years and that you are

Re: [Foundation-l] Board of Trustees resolutions

2012-04-05 Thread phoebe ayers
On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 10:47 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, The Board of Trustees had a meeting this weekend in conjunction with the Wikimedia chapters conference held in Berlin. As an outcome of the meeting we discussed and passed nine resolutions, which are

Re: [Foundation-l] FAQ for fundraising resolutions

2012-04-05 Thread phoebe ayers
Thanks, Tom. If you don't mind I'll put it on the talk page; this will likely require some discussion to answer. -- phoebe On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for posting this, Phoebe. My question about what you intend to do over the next 3

Re: [Foundation-l] FAQ for fundraising resolutions

2012-04-05 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 5 April 2012 19:14, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Tom. If you don't mind I'll put it on the talk page; this will likely require some discussion to answer. By all means. ___ foundation-l mailing list

[Foundation-l] Improving Wikipedia Information graphics

2012-04-05 Thread Leinonen Teemu
Hi, I have a nice little project to share. Our graphic design students have been improving some of the information graphics in the Wikipedia articles. The work was done as part of their Information Design class. The teachers of the class wrote about the class and its results in here:

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: New editor engagement experiments team!

2012-04-05 Thread Jan Kučera
You are still doomed as WMF with your new job probram unless you allow remote work or start a reasonable grant-program to general public... you will never find the best talents in a limited space... (mainly US now) go to the full globe instead... 2012/3/28 birgitte...@yahoo.com: It seems to me

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: New editor engagement experiments team!

2012-04-05 Thread Oliver Keyes
On 5 April 2012 22:42, Jan Kučera kozuc...@gmail.com wrote: You are still doomed as WMF with your new job probram unless you allow remote work or start a reasonable grant-program to general public... you will never find the best talents in a limited space... (mainly US now) go to the full

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: New editor engagement experiments team!

2012-04-05 Thread Steven Walling
On Apr 5, 2012 2:42 PM, Jan Kučera kozuc...@gmail.com wrote: You are still doomed as WMF with your new job probram unless you allow remote work or start a reasonable grant-program to general public... you will never find the best talents in a limited space... (mainly US now) go to the full

Re: [Foundation-l] Improving Wikipedia Information graphics

2012-04-05 Thread Andrew Lih
That's great stuff, thanks for letting the list know about it. Wikipedia may have squashed Encarta and put Britannica on its heels, but those encyclopedias had the edge with multimedia and professional infographics. This is a wonderful step forward and I hope we'll see more. -Andrew On Thu, Apr

Re: [Foundation-l] Improving Wikipedia Information graphics

2012-04-05 Thread Steven Walling
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Leinonen Teemu teemu.leino...@aalto.fiwrote: Hi, I have a nice little project to share. Our graphic design students have been improving some of the information graphics in the Wikipedia articles. The work was done as part of their Information Design class.

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: New editor engagement experiments team!

2012-04-05 Thread Birgitte_sb
Please don't assume I disagree with all objections that could possibly be made, just because I disagree that the one's which had been presented so far are very significant. I sincerely hope this program is more decentralized then any other program being run right now. It seems to be in rather

[Foundation-l] Call for POTY Helpers and Translators

2012-04-05 Thread Mono
Hello Wikimedians, On behalf of the 2011 POTY committee, I'd like to invite you to join the Commons Picture of the Year (POTY) Committee. A volunteer-led contest, Picture of the Year is run by an organizing committee of Wikimedians. Since its inception in 2006, thousands of photos from people all

Re: [Foundation-l] WMF Engineering org charts

2012-04-05 Thread Oliver Keyes
So, Erik is best suited to speak for Engineering's wider attitude on personal development: I can only talk about what I've seen, as an editor who slaves away for our evil and monolithic overlords in their goal to obliterate the commu-crud. wrong meeting. I've been not just impressed but humbled