Hoi,
In reply to theo10011, I am happy to inform you that there has been an
awesome project where 10 universities in Jakarta competed this year. This
competition was wildly successful, the number of editors doubled during the
run of the competition. If anything, it is sad that the Indonesian
I have to chime in to echo that the size of the USA and the fact that it is
populated throughout is an issue for a general USA chapter. I attended a
meetup in Nashville, Tennessee, which had people from five states and it was
a seven hour drive for me, and I was in a state next to it. Going to
I do agree with some of what Mr. Meijssen said in the last email but not all
of it. Yes, there might be a bias with some of the new projects being
undertaken in the US specifically, but outside of Europe there are very few
chapters who would be in a position to take on university collaborated
I can see how people may be concerned that the development of a U.S. chapter
may be impeded because the WMF is already involved in projects like the
universities project. But, it is important to consider that the WMF is
scheduled to finish the project in about a year. What may actually be a
When the Wikimedia Foundation runs a project, it should be obvious that such
a project can be easily understood from its perspective. For me the WMF is a
worldwide organisation and consequently its actions should be acceptable
from that perspective. When the WMF runs a pilot project like the
On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:32:17 -0700, Steven Walling
steven.wall...@gmail.com wrote:
When the Wikimedia Foundation runs a project, it should be obvious that
such
a project can be easily understood from its perspective. For me the WMF
is
a
worldwide organisation and consequently its actions
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If I understand correctly the situation, the USA community currently
interact with Wikipedia through the Foundation or the en. chapter, which
are not necessarily representative of their interests. The point of view
that a chapter should represent the
Hoi,
The reality of chapters in the WMF is that the most obvious chapter does not
exist. Not only does it not exist the WMF itself confuses the issue by
functionaing in effect as both the worldwide organisation and the USA
chapter.
The consequence is that it is not possible to appreciate when the
Gerard,
As a Wikimedia from the United States, I think I can speak to concern about
a lack of a U.S. chapter.
There are many factors that have thus far held back the formation of a
chapter in my country, some of which are unique because of the history of
the movement, and some of which we share
On 08/22/2010 03:51 PM, Steven Walling wrote:
Gerard,
As a Wikimedia from the United States, I think I can speak to concern about
a lack of a U.S. chapter.
There are many factors that have thus far held back the formation of a
chapter in my country, some of which are unique because of the
If I remember my reading from the recent strategy documents, the Foundation
wants to create more awareness amongst the less internet prevalent
countries. Here in the USA, you could poll several dozen random people on
the street, and likely not find a single person that doesn't know about
Hi everyone I just wanted to step in and remind everyone of the enormity of
the task thats lying ahead for the Foundation. As Mr. Davis and Horning have
pointed out that US already has a very good representation, its the
Headquarter and the base for the foundation. The point of having chapters is
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