Re: [Wikimedia-l] Moderation notice

2017-03-01 Thread Asaf Bartov
As promised, Gerard has been unmoderated, FYI. A. On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:56 AM Asaf Bartov wrote: > It's okay that some people disagree with this moderation action (others > agree, even if they do not say so on-list). This list is not moderated by > whole-list-consens

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Moderation notice

2017-03-06 Thread Asaf Bartov
On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 11:20 AM Trillium Corsage wrote: > >> As always, he is (and other > >> moderated users are) welcome to submit posts to the list before then, > and > >> if the posts are respectful and on-topic, they would be let through. > > That has not been my experience. In fact the last

[Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Hardware donation program

2017-03-16 Thread Asaf Bartov
Dear Wikimedians, The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce a small new program called the Hardware Donation Program. In a word, it is a program designed to donate depreciated (but fully working) hardware from the WMF office to community members who would put it to good use. The program, i

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Hardware donation program

2017-03-17 Thread Asaf Bartov
; > > This is a fantastic idea. Well done to everyone involved. > > > > Cheers, > > Craig > > > > On 17 March 2017 at 15:06, Asaf Bartov wrote: > > > > > Dear Wikimedians, > > > > > > The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce a s

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Hardware donation program

2017-03-17 Thread Asaf Bartov
r > Community donations? > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Equipment_exchange > > It would be worth linking your new Meta page to the existing one. > > Michael > > > Asaf Bartov <mailto:abar...@wikimedia.org> > > 17 March 2017 at 6:06 am &g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Hardware donation program

2017-03-20 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hello, Rupert. On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 12:17 AM rupert THURNER wrote: > > asaf, you mind loose a word about the spec or brand of these laptops? > The specs vary, but all laptops are about 3-4 years old. The current stock includes mostly Dell and Lenovo laptops of various models. We are not pr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Will you be at the WMF mothership Wednesday evening?

2017-04-26 Thread Asaf Bartov
(Such a list exists and is regularly used, including by Wayne. He just made a mistake in addressing this announcement this time.) A. On Apr 26, 2017 11:31, "Tomasz Ganicz" wrote: > Well... If you buy me a ticket from Warsaw to SF I can consider to visit > you :-) > > Seriously speaking - I su

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [PRESS] Turkish authorities block Wikipedia

2017-04-29 Thread Asaf Bartov
On Apr 29, 2017 3:16 PM, "Lodewijk" wrote: Thanks Juliet. All: maybe it's good to wait with 'community statements' until the official WMF statement comes with some more facts? That would probably help with reducing mixed messaging. Especially in a volatile situation like this, where pushing the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Tech Talk: A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for Absolute Beginners [including non-techies!]

2017-05-02 Thread Asaf Bartov
7;s a very long tutorial, so this would be a significant effort, perhaps best taken by a group, or piece by piece. If you do complete the translation in any language, I'd love to hear about it. Cheers, Asaf On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 10:32 PM Asaf Bartov wrote: > Here's the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] What's making you happy this week? (Week of 30 April 2017)

2017-05-05 Thread Asaf Bartov
That's fantastic, Subhashish! :) A. On May 5, 2017 3:21 AM, "Subhashish Panigrahi" wrote: > What made me happy this week is the release of our latest converter (check > it out: https://or.wikipedia.org/s/14kh) that converts the Odia-language > text into International Phonetic Alphabet and R

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Tech Talk: A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for Absolute Beginners [including non-techies!]

2017-06-25 Thread Asaf Bartov
r.srt Thank you, Basak! (if you find this talk useful, do consider contributing to the translation effort (from the complete English subtitles), or help recruit someone who can.) A. On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 8:32 AM Asaf Bartov wrote: > Here's the (3-hour) footage of the detailed Wiki

[Wikimedia-l] Moderation notice

2017-07-23 Thread Asaf Bartov
For transparency, note that Gerard Meijssen has been placed on moderation through Aug 31st, 2017, for repeated thread hijacking. As with all moderated users, respectful and on-topic messages by him would be let through to the list. A. ___ Wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Core content policy

2017-08-08 Thread Asaf Bartov
I agree with Strainu's comments above. I described some issues with adopting policies and ill-fitting policies under the Community Governance capacity page, in the Community Capacity Development program: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Development/Community_governance A.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

2017-08-23 Thread Asaf Bartov
Perhaps we can agree it is, properly, a *nomination by community election* process, and lay this thread to rest. :) A. On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 8:01 AM Katie Chan wrote: > On 23/08/2017 15:32, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > On 23 August 2017 at 12:32, Katie Chan wrote: > >> > >> Let's go with the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] News on Wkipedia

2017-08-24 Thread Asaf Bartov
As far as I can tell, the Foundation does not have "policy on news across its various projects". So the answer to your original question: > > Has the Foundation made a conscious decision to promote Wikipedia as a > > > source of news, and if so, what were the results of its discussions > with > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] RFC on wikimedia-l posting limits

2017-08-26 Thread Asaf Bartov
Your thesis implies admin actions made this list unpopular. I think it is plain to see this *wasn't* the case with this list. Indeed, some opinions voiced in this thread indicate people want *more* admin action. A. On Aug 26, 2017 6:30 PM, "John Erling Blad" wrote: 1. The list gets popular 2

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2017-09-19 Thread Asaf Bartov
On Sep 19, 2017 21:26, "Lane Rasberry" wrote: This is good for all of India even though it is for a regional language, because it will make it for other organizations and government offices to follow the model. Yes, but it is also good for absolutely all of us. We need rare photographs from Odi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Encyclopedic Writing Guide

2017-09-25 Thread Asaf Bartov
On Sep 25, 2017 18:57, "Jean-Philippe Béland" wrote: This should have been posted to the Wikipedia mailing list since it doesn't have anything to do with the other projects or the movement in general. Um, no. This list is a general list, and content about Wikipedia, *particularly* when not spec

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Mailing lists (was Encyclopedic Writing Guide)

2017-09-26 Thread Asaf Bartov
Now {{fixed}}. A. On Sep 26, 2017 18:18, "Michael Snow" wrote: > On 9/26/2017 7:57 AM, Jean-Philippe Béland wrote: > >> Alors nous induisons les lecteurs/trices en erreur avec des pages comme >> celle-ci : >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mailing_lists#Public >> _mailing_lists >> >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Defamation of Wikipedia in a Telugu (te) Motion Picture

2017-09-26 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hi, Krishna. First of all, this isn't "defamation", which is a precise legal term, that is best not bandied about too lightly. Secondly, Wikipedia is mentioned often in popular media these days, not always in a very factual manner. It is hard to imagine such casual mentions have any significant

[Wikimedia-l] Emerging Communities: a proposed new definition

2017-09-27 Thread Asaf Bartov
Dear Wikimedians, Years ago, as part of the first Strategy process of 2009-2010, a distinction entered our lives, between Global North and Global South countries. That distinction was borrowed from a United Nations agency named ITU, and it was used as shorthand to refer to communities the Foundat

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Berkman Klein Center: Will Wikipedia exist in, 20 years?

2017-10-24 Thread Asaf Bartov
On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 7:20 PM Cristian Consonni wrote: > On 24/10/2017 17:39, mathieu stumpf guntz wrote: > > I would find interesting to have a copy of that video on Commons. It > > might for example let the community use curration/translation facilities > > of subtitles of our platform. Accor

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Berkman Klein Center: Will Wikipedia exist in, 20 years?

2017-10-25 Thread Asaf Bartov
On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 11:32 PM mathieu stumpf guntz < psychosl...@culture-libre.org> wrote: > Great, thank you Asaf. > > Would it possible (both technically and legally) to also transfer > subtitles? They would surely need some fixes, as it's automated (I guess) > transcription , but it would pr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2018: Program themes, eligibility criteria and reporting deadlines

2017-10-25 Thread Asaf Bartov
Unbroken link for those on mobile devices who may have a harder time fixing it: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2 018/Eligibility_Criteria A. On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 1:50 AM Cornelius Kibelka < cornelius.kibe...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > Hi all, > > aside from the conversati

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia movement under DMCA attack!

2017-11-06 Thread Asaf Bartov
A message from your list moderators: This thread does not belong on this list. It is spillover of a long and bitter conflict in the Portuguese community, and this list's membership is not well situated to contribute to a solution through discussion on this list. Those particularly interested and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Repudiation note to the defamation campaign launched by the organization Wiki Educação Brasil

2017-11-17 Thread Asaf Bartov
eing pursued on. Thanks, Asaf Bartov (volunteer capacity) On behalf of the Wikimedia-l administrators On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 8:56 PM NeuroMat Comunicação < comunica...@numec.prp.usp.br> wrote: > The Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics > (RIDC

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New project - Meet Srpska

2017-11-25 Thread Asaf Bartov
Greats news, Bojana! Congratulations! :) A. On Nov 25, 2017 03:15, "WМ RepublikaSrpska" wrote: > Hello everyone! I am pleased to inform you on behalf of the Wikimedia > Community of the Republic of Srpska that after successfully completed > project Traces of Soul 2017 >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Gabriele Theren and Peter Dewald to the WMDE Board of Trustees

2017-11-30 Thread Asaf Bartov
Congratulations, Peter and Gabriele, and WMDE. Liam, to your question, at least one other chapter has appointed board members: Wikimedia Israel. A. On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 5:36 AM Liam Wyatt wrote: > Thank you for this information Tim, and welcome Peter, and Gabriele! > > I know that the bo

[Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

2017-12-18 Thread Asaf Bartov
Dear Wikimedians, I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications. If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page: https://en

[Wikimedia-l] Let's map capacities! (Announcing the CCM)

2018-01-15 Thread Asaf Bartov
is able to make the time. (don't forget to scroll down to the LAQ!) Warmly, Asaf Bartov Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities == Likely-asked questions, with answers this exists with working links and [modest] for

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's map capacities! (Announcing the CCM)

2018-02-05 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hello again, everyone. I'd like to respond to some questions, asked on and off list: 1. In the instructions, I described getting a group of people together to discuss the group's capacities before submitting assessments. The model I had in mind was informal user groups, or volunteer-only chapter

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Wikimedians of Romania and Moldova User Group

2018-02-05 Thread Asaf Bartov
Congratulations! :) A. On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:51 PM Kirill Lokshin wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized > the Wikimedians of Romania and Moldova User Group [1] as a Wikimedia User > Group. The group aims to promote the use of R

Re: [Wikimedia-l] User:Bhadani has passed

2018-02-09 Thread Asaf Bartov
Gangadhar was a super-active, dedicated English Wikipedian. He was also a mentor to several other Wikipedians. He will be missed. It may interest some of you to know he published an autobiography last year, titled "Choice in Chaos: A Wikipedian's Autobiography"[1]. (I haven't read it myself yet

Re: [Wikimedia-l] About Facebook Linked in some of Wikimedia projects

2018-02-28 Thread Asaf Bartov
Facebook is a de-facto major venue of communication for a great majority of Internet users. Many communities, user groups, and chapters have some kind of formal presence on Facebook -- "groups" or "pages". Directing visitors to your wiki to *your own wiki's* presence on this other major platform,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] knowing English is a privilege (was Re: Paid translation)

2018-02-28 Thread Asaf Bartov
On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 1:09 PM James Salsman wrote: > > We are not *teaching* encyclopedia articles. > > What is the difference between delivering the text of an encyclopedia > article and teaching it? Depending on one's understanding of "teaching", and its expected outcomes, the difference ca

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Clinics: new digest and two upcoming calls

2021-04-29 Thread Asaf Bartov
b-uvtx-oby [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/012 Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Clinics: new digest and two upcoming calls

2021-05-04 Thread Asaf Bartov
]. Everyone is invited, and following the presentation and Q&A, there will be down to bring up any other Wikimedia topic you'd like. A. [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Structured_data_across_Wikimedia [2] https://meet.google.com/cto-ckau-jag Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Prog

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Clinics: new digest and two upcoming calls

2021-05-10 Thread Asaf Bartov
always, any other Wikimedia topic would be welcome as well after the presentation and Q&A! A. [0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise [2] https://meet.google.com/tab-uvtx-oby Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program O

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Announcing The New Grants Strategy for the Wikimedia Foundation

2021-07-19 Thread Asaf Bartov
The call links were listed in the "Get involved" page (4th link in the original post). Here it is again: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021/Get_involved#Office_hours A. Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedians of North American Indigenous Languages User Group

2021-07-29 Thread Asaf Bartov
-app*mobile-web|monthly Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https:/

[Wikimedia-l] Moderation notice: hillbillyholiday

2021-08-29 Thread Asaf Bartov
ith behavior expectations. Please refrain from further violations of the UCoC, but by all means continue to disagree with each other and to express criticism. Asaf Bartov, list admin (volunteer role) [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of

[Wikimedia-l] Re: An Uzbek praktical joke and Wikimedia Enterprise

2021-10-26 Thread Asaf Bartov
On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 11:56 PM Todd Allen wrote: > That "strategy" crap is from WMF, not the communities, and matters not one > bit. > You will not refer to hundreds of other people's hard work as "crap" on this list, Todd. You have been placed on moderation. You are welcome to continue cont

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Locking mailing list threads

2021-10-26 Thread Asaf Bartov
QG7BUKMCYE3TOBD7FEOSQ77DRF3/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > -- Asaf Bartov ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Gu

[Wikimedia-l] Additional admins appointed for this list

2021-11-29 Thread Asaf Bartov
Ayyakkannu (User:Ravidreams)* Risker/Anne* They join existing admins *Shani Evenstein Sigalov* (User:Esh77 and User:Shani (WMF)) and *Asaf Bartov* (User:Ijon and User:Asaf (WMF)). *John Vandenberg* is no longer an admin of the list. We believe that the larger admin team will both improve response

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikitech-l] Re: Uplifting the multimedia stack (was: Community Wishlist Survery)

2022-01-01 Thread Asaf Bartov
Writing in my volunteer capacity: On Sat, 1 Jan 2022, 08:43 Amir Sarabadani wrote: Honestly, the situation is more dire than you think. For example, until a couple months ago, we didn't have backups for the media files. There was a live copy in the secondary datacenter but for example if due to

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikitech-l] Re: Uplifting the multimedia stack (was: Community Wishlist Survery)

2022-01-02 Thread Asaf Bartov
_assessment> (QI/VP > doesn't scale) > > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wik

[Wikimedia-l] WikiLearn pilot year report published

2022-01-19 Thread Asaf Bartov
ll us a bit about your plans, your subjects, and your expected audience. With best wishes for a healthy and productive 2022, Community Development team Wikimedia Foundation [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiLearn [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiLearn/Pilot_report Asaf Barto

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Indonesia AGM

2022-02-22 Thread Asaf Bartov
Congratulations to the new Boards of WMID! This made me want to catch up on WMID's activities, but I am not finding an up-to-date activity report in [[m:Reports]]. Is it somewhere else? A. Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wiki

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Indonesia AGM

2022-02-22 Thread Asaf Bartov
Thank you! I missed the notice at the top of [[m:Reports]] because I immediately searched out of habit. :) A. Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Request to Unsubscribe from Wikipedia list

2022-03-10 Thread Asaf Bartov
You have been unsubscribed. For future reference and as a reminder for other subscribers who may wish to unsubscribe: Every single message you receive from the list has an unsubscribe link at its bottom, allowing one to unsubscribe on one's own. A. On Thu, 10 Mar 2022, 08:08 narong molyvan

[Wikimedia-l] Register for Let's Connect

2022-04-01 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hi Everyone, I am posting a message on behalf of Justice Okai-Allotey, because it did not make it through to the list for technical reasons. Asaf The Community Resources team and the Let’s Connect Working Group are excited to announce the launch of

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Building Partnerships and Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online self-guided courses now available on WikiLearn platform

2022-05-11 Thread Asaf Bartov
would become available to all Wikimedians. Cheers, A. Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. H

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Building Partnerships and Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online self-guided courses now available on WikiLearn platform

2022-05-12 Thread Asaf Bartov
No. There is no change to Wikiversity. It remains... what it is. A. Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Building Partnerships and Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online self-guided courses now available on WikiLearn platform

2022-05-17 Thread Asaf Bartov
dently. Therefore, we prioritized choosing an existing, tried and true LMS system that is free software as the best values-aligned path to achieving the goal of an open platform for online learning. For the Community Development team, Asaf Bartov Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Offic

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Free Licenses Outreach Materials – Wikimedia Ukraine needs advice

2022-06-09 Thread Asaf Bartov
find additional resources, beyond those already curated at the link above. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Newsletter Cheers, A. Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Ima

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Important updates about the submitted Wikimania program proposals

2022-06-14 Thread Asaf Bartov
rg, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/SMJRNADKI3HX5V6UPVJ737BCIG5ZYHZI/ > To unsubscribe send

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Goodbye and see you around

2022-06-29 Thread Asaf Bartov
I agree: happy farewells such as this one should be celebrated. Thank you for all your dedication and great, constructive work in WMID and with the international movement. And Digital Humanities are the best! \o/ A. Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Indonesia's new board & 2021 report

2022-07-11 Thread Asaf Bartov
Best wishes and much success in your endeavors! A. Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help u

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Invitation to join the Movement Strategy Forum

2022-08-21 Thread Asaf Bartov
a major reason people aren't engaging in conversation about Movement Strategy, so the Foundation acted on that input. Again, you can demonstrate that that reason is *not* a significant factor by creating and participating in lively Movement Strategy discussions on Meta. Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)

[Wikimedia-l] Classification/Categorization games for Commons?

2018-06-06 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hi, folks. It occurs to me there are tens or hundreds of thousands of images donated en masse (GLAM etc.) that are only categorized as "image from X collection" or "Files donated by X", i.e. essentially uncategorized by content. This obviously greatly reduces the likelihood of discoverability and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Classification/Categorization games for Commons?

2018-06-06 Thread Asaf Bartov
tty similar to what we have built in Wikidata, Do > Structured Commons folks want to comment? > > Cheers > Yaroslav > > On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 7:47 PM, Asaf Bartov wrote: > > > Hi, folks. > > > > It occurs to me there are tens or hundreds of thousands of images

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Stats re new users per gender per year in Hebrew Wikipedia

2018-06-08 Thread Asaf Bartov
(A Quarry query, not Wikidata query, in this case.) And the table doesn't come through on the mailing list, so here's a screenshot: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:User_gender_on_Hebrew_Wikipedia,_by_year,_through_May_2018.png Cheers, A. On Fri, Jun 8, 2018 at 11:50 PM Shani Evenst

[Wikimedia-l] SPARQL tutorial video (2 hours)

2018-07-06 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hullo. I recently recorded a video of my 2-hour SPARQL tutorial. It is better than the SPARQL section in my 3-hour Intro to Wikidata video from a couple of years ago, and is easier to follow, with the query screen fed directly rather than through the video camera. It is now available here: https

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimédia France Governance review

2018-07-10 Thread Asaf Bartov
On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 8:36 AM Balázs Viczián wrote: > > Would love to see people management skills workshops, and organizational > skills (logistics) workshops...but I attend an event only every 2-3 years > (or less), so this is just an almost silent suggestion :) > Wikimedia conference in rec

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2019: New name, new concept, eligbility criteria

2018-09-27 Thread Asaf Bartov
.e. individuals inspiring each other into undertaking a volunteer project, e.g. WLM). Characterizing this conference as a secretive decision-making cabal is untrue and unfair, and may give people who've never been to it a very wrong impression. A. -- Asaf Ba

[Wikimedia-l] GLAM-Wiki 2018 session videos

2018-11-22 Thread Asaf Bartov
/Category:GLAM_WIKI_Tel_Aviv_2018_videos Consult the program for the session names and descriptions: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Program Cheers, A. -- Asaf Bartov ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wiki-research-l] Page views of male/female biographies?

2018-12-03 Thread Asaf Bartov
de): HaeB > _______ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > wiki-researc...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Found

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Wikimedia Community of Tatar Language User Group

2019-01-06 Thread Asaf Bartov
gt;> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikim

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Status update about improvements to Special:Blockwith partial blocks

2019-01-16 Thread Asaf Bartov
l , > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > N

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New board of Wikimedia Indonesia

2019-02-11 Thread Asaf Bartov
6-2018 > Wikimedia Indonesia > Surel: biyanto.re...@wikimedia.or.id > - > Dukung upaya kami membebaskan pengetahuan: > http://wikimedia.or.id/wiki/Wikimedia_Indonesia:Donasi > ___ > Wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [GLAM] Wikimedia Sverige receives a total of USD 500, 000+ in funding for three new projects, and a cost reduction of USD 30, 000/year

2019-03-28 Thread Asaf Bartov
gt; > John > > - - - - > > John Andersson > > Executive Director > > Wikimedia Sverige > > Phone: +46(0)73-3965189 > > Email: john.anders...@wikimedia.se > > Visiting address: Goto10, Hammarby Kaj 10D, 120 32 Stockholm > > > > ___

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Spam on the Wikimedia India blog (and therefore on en.planet)

2019-03-31 Thread Asaf Bartov
and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Asaf Bartov __

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annual Report 2018: Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey

2019-04-16 Thread Asaf Bartov
Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> Imagine a world in which every single human being can fr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Supporting Wikinews [was: Reviewing our brand system for our 2030 goals]

2019-04-16 Thread Asaf Bartov
subscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > -- > -Andrew Lih > Author of The Wikipedia Revolution > US National Archives Citizen Archivist of the Year (2016) >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing our newest chapter, Wikimedia Korea

2019-04-23 Thread Asaf Bartov
org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] Tamil Wikipedia elects 10 sysops at a time

2019-04-25 Thread Asaf Bartov
. Thanks, Ravi ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list wikimediaindi...@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wiki

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiNusantara

2019-05-08 Thread Asaf Bartov
-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Dispute between Common and Outreach

2019-05-13 Thread Asaf Bartov
cepting my help. This does suggest there is a certain reluctance to give the admin bit even to very low-risk volunteers like me. I certainly did not feel my help was welcomed. A. -- Asaf Bartov ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: http

[Wikimedia-l] Be the change you want to see (was: WMF commitment for a Wikimedia projects archive)

2019-05-14 Thread Asaf Bartov
Speaking as a (very) longtime member of this mailing list, and one who is carefully observing it for a few years now as a volunteer list co-administrator: On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 3:56 AM Joseph Seddon wrote: > I, like many others, wish to see this list become a crucible of good > suggestions, he

[Wikimedia-l] New tutorial video on submitting media via OTRS + request for help

2019-06-06 Thread Asaf Bartov
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CCD>[1] program at the Wikimedia Foundation. It was led by Asaf Bartov <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Asaf_(WMF)>[2], from the Community Development team, with the active involvement of an advisory committee made up of experienced OTRS and Common

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Copyright issues

2019-06-18 Thread Asaf Bartov
wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > ___ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda 2018/2019 Report

2019-07-16 Thread Asaf Bartov
__ > WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list > wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l > -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> Imagine a world in which e

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing our newest chapter, Wikimedia Colombia

2019-07-31 Thread Asaf Bartov
.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the extension of funding by the Basque Government

2019-09-18 Thread Asaf Bartov
/lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely sha

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] Recognition of the Wikimedians of Saint Petersburg User Group

2019-10-03 Thread Asaf Bartov
media-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > ___ > Wikimedia-l maili

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fresh data on the gender gap in content

2020-02-08 Thread Asaf Bartov
ities. Perhaps you'd like to overtake the wiki just above yours? :) Cheers, A. [1] https://whgi.wmflabs.org/gender-by-language.html [2] https://whgi.wmflabs.org/snapshot_data/ On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 10:14 PM Asaf Bartov wrote: > Hullo everyone. > > I was asked by a volunteer for he

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fresh data on the gender gap in content

2020-02-10 Thread Asaf Bartov
and one less about women. (This can mean an article about a woman was deleted, or it could mean three articles about women were created but four were deleted, etc.) A. -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> Imagine a world in which every sing

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annual activity report of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

2020-02-16 Thread Asaf Bartov
Very impressive, thank you! A. Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a r

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF political activism

2020-04-25 Thread Asaf Bartov
On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 10:54 AM Mario Gómez wrote: > As far as I know, criticism of political lobbying by the WMF is generally > frowned upon here. Including aspersion casting against critics. > Um, what? As a (volunteer) list administrator of this mailing list, and indeed a (paid) Foundation

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the WikiBlind User Group

2020-05-12 Thread Asaf Bartov
group are clearly identified on the group's Meta page. People shouldn't have to guess how to make contact with the group, and shouldn't just assume the first few names in the members list are the designated contacts.) Cheers, A. Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer

[Wikimedia-l] NEW: Wikimedia Clinic calls, starting June 15th

2020-06-02 Thread Asaf Bartov
n=17.5-19.5&a=show&euid=f924130e-ed00-e1b4-b549-2202e11d660f [3] https://meet.google.com/iex-jebd-due [4] https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/event?lid=100&h=100&sts=26539200&sln=8-10&a=show&euid=500d54dd-96c7-1934-0910-afe98a3440a5 Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior P

Re: [Wikimedia-l] NEW: Wikimedia Clinic calls, starting June 15th

2020-06-14 Thread Asaf Bartov
nything *Wikimedia-related* you'd like to ask, or get feedback on, or just to hang out. A. Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human bein

Re: [Wikimedia-l] NEW: Wikimedia Clinic calls, starting June 15th

2020-06-15 Thread Asaf Bartov
Last reminder: this is happening in one hour (at 17:30 UTC). The link for today's call is this: https://meet.google.com/kha-nghc-mky Concise and depersonalized notes will be publicly shared after the call. Cheers, A. Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wiki

[Wikimedia-l] IMPORTANT: Entire list on moderation and notes on conduct

2020-06-16 Thread Asaf Bartov
ho would not heed our requests above will remain on moderation after the entire list is unmoderated. (We will announce when that happens.) Your list moderators. -- Asaf Bartov ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Clinic #001 digest and future calls

2020-06-16 Thread Asaf Bartov
is a *movement-facing* Introduction to the Wikimedia Foundation module (see the digest[2]). Cheers, A. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/001 [3] https://meet.google.com/iex-jebd-due Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Clinic #003 today at 08:00 UTC

2020-06-22 Thread Asaf Bartov
ic is not taboo on the Wikimedia Clinic, but I do want to set expectations for people who may only attend hoping to hear new information about it. Cheers, A. Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.o

[Wikimedia-l] Emergency moderation ended

2020-06-23 Thread Asaf Bartov
Dear Wikimedians, We have ended the emergency moderation of the mailing list We did our best to process the moderation queue at least several times a day, but are happy to return the list to regular operation. Asaf in behalf of the list admins

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Emergency moderation ended

2020-06-23 Thread Asaf Bartov
> > > On Jun 23, 2020, at 2:31 PM, Asaf Bartov wrote: > > > Dear Wikimedians, > > > > We have ended the emergency moderation of the mailing list > > > > We did our best to process the moderation queue at least several times a > > day, but are ha

[Wikimedia-l] Digest of Wikimedia Clinic #002; updates on schedule; Wikimedia clinic in Spanish!

2020-06-25 Thread Asaf Bartov
a.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/002 [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics [3] https://meet.google.com/wcu-arcq-jxg [4] https://meet.google.com/eqo-qokn-mwj Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafounda

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Wikimedia Sudan User Group

2020-06-27 Thread Asaf Bartov
Excellent news! Welcome, Wikimedia Community User Group Sudan! (I hope at least their designated contacts have subscribed to this mailing list.) A. Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.

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