Re: [Wikimedia-l] US affiliates (was: Re: WMF office location and remodel)

On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 12:34 AM, Risker wrote: > Ricordisamoa, I have no preference either way. I live in a geographically > enormous country (Canada), which has a national chapter - centered so far > away from me that I'll never be in a position to participate in person at a > regular meetup. I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] US affiliates (was: Re: WMF office location and remodel)

Ricordisamoa, I have no preference either way. I live in a geographically enormous country (Canada), which has a national chapter - centered so far away from me that I'll never be in a position to participate in person at a regular meetup. In Canada's case, regional chapters might have been better,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] US affiliates (was: Re: WMF office location and remodel)

I infer that you would have preferred a single US chapter from the start, wouldn't you? Il 28/06/2015 06:08, Risker ha scritto: Ironically, Ricordisamoa, the "decision" to not have a US chapter was made around 10 years ago at the strong urging of other chapters. The theory (as I understand it)

Re: [Wikimedia-l] US affiliates (was: Re: WMF office location and remodel)

Ironically, Ricordisamoa, the "decision" to not have a US chapter was made around 10 years ago at the strong urging of other chapters. The theory (as I understand it) was that the US was the home of the WMF itself, which in the view of the era, meant that the US didn't need the "protections" that c

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wiki-research-l] Unsolicieted email from "wikimedia research"

Hi, I appreciate people answering questions on weekends. After reading this thread, it sounds like this is a well-intentioned research project but there are opportunities for improvement. If someone (maybe Leila and Michelle?) could compile a timeline, a list of the issues raised in these email t

Re: [Wikimedia-l] US affiliates (was: Re: WMF office location and remodel)

I know the confederated approach may surely make more sense for the local communities, but I think an established regional subject would help uproot the Foundation from a single country it relies too much on. Il 28/06/2015 05:00, Pine W ha scritto: Hi Ricordisamoa, There are multiple chapter

[Wikimedia-l] US affiliates (was: Re: WMF office location and remodel)

Hi Ricordisamoa, There are multiple chapters, user groups and thematic organizations that are active in the US and have a degree of separation from WMF. The US affiliates are cooperative with each other, and the affiliate leaders communicate with each other fairly frequently. May I ask what benefi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF office location and remodel

The WMF will become a truly global organization when a Wikimedia US chapter is founded ;-) Il 08/04/2015 06:58, Pine W ha scritto: Hi Garfield, I'm asking this on Wikimedia-l because a number of Wikimedians have noted the expensiveness of the San Francisco area including its high cost of livin

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMHK's statement on Wikimania 2015

Hello Wikimedia HK! Thank you very much for your kind words. These last few weeks have been very hard and every single word of encouragement is valuable for us. On behalf of the organizers and volunteers I thank you and everyone a warm hug! We are working very hard to ensure everyone has a blast

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Does this article exist in your language?

On 27 June 2015 at 11:39, Romaine Wiki wrote: > Any other European languages missing an article about it? Welsh (Cymraeg) doesn't have one. Don't forget that many "non-Euorpean" languages have significant numbers of speakers in Europe: Bengali, Hindi, etc. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Unsolicieted email from "wikimedia research"

> > RCom, as far as I know has not been active in the past year or more (last > meeting was on Dec. 22, 2011). *RCom is not dead. It changed into something less formal and less hierarchical. You can still email me and Dario to get support for your research plans. We'd still reconvene the com

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference Follow-Up Day at Wikimania 2015

Sorry for crossposting; --- Dear Wikimedia friends, Last week, I have published the documentation of the Wikimedia Conference 2015.[1] For many sessions, participants and speakers agreed on further steps to be taken in the next weeks and months. You find them on Meta.[1] In three weeks

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Unsolicieted email from "wikimedia research"

Hi All, Please see in-line below. -Michelle On Saturday, June 27, 2015, Leila Zia wrote: > + Michelle Paulson > > On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 7:37 AM, Pine W > wrote: > >> This issue is also being discussed on the Research mailing list. >> >> I have three questions: >> >> 1. Was this outreach met

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Unsolicieted email from "wikimedia research"

On 27 June 2015 at 17:28, Peter Southwood wrote: > So that’s what that e-mail was about. > I got an e-mail in French, a language which I don’t read, write, or speak. I assumed a technical or human error. Pine's questions are certainly deserving of prompt and frank answers. -- Andy Mabbett @pig

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Unsolicieted email from "wikimedia research"

So that’s what that e-mail was about. I got an e-mail in French, a language which I don’t read, write, or speak. All I could make out was that it was suggesting that I translate four articles on subjects I know nothing about. It was sufficiently incomprehensible that I couldn’t even make out w

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Unsolicieted email from "wikimedia research"

This issue is also being discussed on the Research mailing list. I have three questions: 1. Was this outreach method approved by RCom? 2. Email addresses are nonpublic information on-wiki unless they are proactively and publicly disclosed by users. Does the bulk collection of nonpublic email add

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Does this article exist in your language?

Which European languages do not have an article about this subject? * Icelandic * Norwegian * Danish * Lithuanian * Belarusian * Croatian * Romanian * Albanian * Turkish * Maltese Any other European languages missing an article about it? Do we know users who speak one of these languages and can

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Unsolicieted email from "wikimedia research"

Filip Maljković wrote: >On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Brian Wolff wrote: >> So as part of >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Increasing_article_coverage >> , it appears that unsolicited emails have been sent out encouraging >> people to translated articles into needed languages. >> >>

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Does this article exist in your language?

Romaine Wiki wrote: >Does your language Wikipedia have an article about Freedom of Panorama >? > >This public right is often not as such recognised, also often unknown or >considered naturally, but enables mankind in many countries to freely >publi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Unsolicieted email from "wikimedia research"

On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Brian Wolff wrote: > So as part of > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Increasing_article_coverage > , it appears that unsolicited emails have been sent out encouraging > people to translated articles into needed languages. > > I am all for improving artic

[Wikimedia-l] Does this article exist in your language?

Hi all, Does your language Wikipedia have an article about Freedom of Panorama ? This public right is often not as such recognised, also often unknown or considered naturally, but enables mankind in many countries to freely publicize pictures of

[Wikimedia-l] Unsolicieted email from "wikimedia research"

So as part of https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Increasing_article_coverage , it appears that unsolicited emails have been sent out encouraging people to translated articles into needed languages. I am all for improving article coverage, etc, but I'm concerned about the use of user account

[Wikimedia-l] WMHK's statement on Wikimania 2015

Dear all, Here is the WMHK's official statement on Wikimania 2015: http://www.wikimedia.hk/uploads/WMHK-Wikimania-2015.pdf -- Rover T.F. Wong President Wikimedia Hong Kong ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/M