[Wikimedia-l] Help needed to complete and expand the Wikimedia glossary
Hi, The use of jargon, acronyms and other abbreviations throughout the Wikimedia movement is a major source of communication issues, and barriers to comprehension and involvement. The recent thread on this list about What is Product? is an example of this, as are initialisms that have long been known to be a barrier for Wikipedia newcomers. A way to bridge people and communities with different vocabularies is to write and maintain a glossary that explains jargon in plain English terms. We've been lacking a good and up-to-date glossary for Wikimedia stuff (Foundation, chapter, movement, technology, etc.). Therefore, I've started to clean up and expand the outdated Glossary on meta, but it's a lot of work, and I don't have all the answers myself either. I'll continue to work on it, but I'd love to get some help on this and to make it a collaborative effort. If you have a few minutes to spare, please consider helping your (current and future) fellow Wikimedians by writing a few definitions if there are terms that you can explain in plain English. Additions of new terms are much welcome as well: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Glossary Some caveats: * As part of my work, I'm mostly interested in a glossary from a technical perspective, so the list currently has a technical bias. I'm hoping that by sending this message to a wider audience, people from the whole movement will contribute to the glossary and balance it out. * Also, I've started to clean up the glossary, but it still contains dated terms and definitions from a few years ago (like the FundCom), so boldly edit/remove obsolete content. Thank you, -- Guillaume Paumier Technical Communications Manager — Wikimedia Foundation https://donate.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
[Wikimedia-l] An interesting governance model: Camfed
The overview starting on page 10 of how they develop national and regional partnerships, and how they share and delegate governance work, is worth reading: https://camfed.org/media/uploads/files/Camfed_Linklaters_Accounting_to_the_Girl.pdf SJ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Serbia office
Hello everyone, I'm writing to inform you that Wikimedia Serbia has opened an office in Belgrade starting November 1, thanks to the grant by WMF [1]. That means that we have our first employee, which is very exciting for us, but also brings a lot of responsibilities. So, the office is located in Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra (King Alexander Boulevard) 20, which is in the city center, on the fifth floor, with a view on the National Assembly building, the main post office building, church of Saint Mark and Trg Nikole Pašića, one of the two central squares. Anyone who's been to Belgrade can attest that this is one of the most central and most beautiful parts of the city. :) The office space is about 95 square meters and we're still in the process of buying furniture and equipment, but our conference room is pretty much set. We'll use the antechamber (which is quite large by itself) to display the 15 finalist photos from the WLM contest 2012 (we've just had a ceremony of announcing winners and exhibiting them in a local gallery). Our employee is Mile Kiš, our General Secretary. He's been a tremendous help for us in the past years and he's been doing more than full time work for us as a volunteer, so I'm especially glad that he's going to be able to help us as an employee, as well as be able to work on his personal professionalization. [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_RS/Annual_plan_2012-2013 Cheers, Filip Maljković Vice-president Wikimedia Serbia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Serbia office
Congrats! That's wonderful! Cheers, Cornelius Cornelius Kibelka @jaancornelius +49-1520-7226062 On 20 November 2012 23:09, Filip Maljkovic dungod...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, I'm writing to inform you that Wikimedia Serbia has opened an office in Belgrade starting November 1, thanks to the grant by WMF [1]. That means that we have our first employee, which is very exciting for us, but also brings a lot of responsibilities. So, the office is located in Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra (King Alexander Boulevard) 20, which is in the city center, on the fifth floor, with a view on the National Assembly building, the main post office building, church of Saint Mark and Trg Nikole Pašića, one of the two central squares. Anyone who's been to Belgrade can attest that this is one of the most central and most beautiful parts of the city. :) The office space is about 95 square meters and we're still in the process of buying furniture and equipment, but our conference room is pretty much set. We'll use the antechamber (which is quite large by itself) to display the 15 finalist photos from the WLM contest 2012 (we've just had a ceremony of announcing winners and exhibiting them in a local gallery). Our employee is Mile Kiš, our General Secretary. He's been a tremendous help for us in the past years and he's been doing more than full time work for us as a volunteer, so I'm especially glad that he's going to be able to help us as an employee, as well as be able to work on his personal professionalization. [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Grants:WM_RS/Annual_plan_**2012-2013http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_RS/Annual_plan_2012-2013 Cheers, Filip Maljković Vice-president Wikimedia Serbia __**_ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.**org Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-lhttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Serbia office
On 20 November 2012 22:09, Filip Maljkovic dungod...@gmail.com wrote: I'm writing to inform you that Wikimedia Serbia has opened an office in Belgrade Congratulations! Our employee is Mile Kiš, our General Secretary You're in safe hands, then. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 8, Issue 47 -- 19 November 2012
News and notes: FDC's financial muscle kicks in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-11-19/News_and_notes Discussion report: GOOG, MSFT, WMT: the ticker symbol placement question http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-11-19/Discussion_report WikiProject report: No teenagers, mutants, or ninjas: WikiProject Turtles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-11-19/WikiProject_report Featured content: Wikipedia hit by the Streisand effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-11-19/Featured_content Technology report: Structural reorganisation not a done deal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-11-19/Technology_report Single page view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single PDF version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-11-19 http://identi.ca/wikisignpost / https://twitter.com/wikisignpost -- Wikipedia Signpost Staff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Serbia office
Congratulations dear Mile! :) So good to hear this! Kudos to the Serbia chapter for opening their office :) On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Fae fae...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 November 2012 22:09, Filip Maljkovic dungod...@gmail.com wrote: Our employee is Mile Kiš, our General Secretary. He's been a tremendous help for us in the past years and he's been doing more than full time work for us as a volunteer, so I'm especially glad that he's going to be able to help us as an employee, as well as be able to work on his personal professionalization. My personal congratulations to Mile, and to Filip and rest of the team in Serbia for taking this strategic step. :-) You were all welcoming and brimming with energy at the WMCEE conference, and I look forward to the great things you are going to achieve in 2013, pushing forward the boundaries of open knowledge on behalf of the movement. Cheers, Fae -- Ashley Van Haeften (Fae) fae@gmail.com Wikimedia Chapters Association Chair http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WCA Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/mfae ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
