Re: [Wikimedia-l] Creating Wikikultur
Le 2012-11-28 05:30, JP Béland a écrit : The scope of Wikibooks could be expanded to include essays, poems, novels, etc. and not only pedagogical content (especially that we have Wikiversity who also focus on pedagogic stuff). JP That would do the trick I think. The biggest point I can see in such a scope extension is a community rejection, some people may be afraid that it would drown what they like about wikibook in other various works. Of course portals can manage visibility of specific themes. Asking for contributor opinions is logic and indispensable, and that's what we should do if no one is against this project. Le 27 nov. 2012 10:37, Mathieu Stumpf psychosl...@culture-libre.org a écrit : Hello, I just added this proposition : http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikikultur Here is the summary : Currently there are still some digital works which can not be published on a wikimedia projects, because none of them have the right editorial guideline to host them. Things like original poetry, songs, essays, theses, novels, etc., wether they were already previously published or not. It would be great to see wikimedia launch a project to host this kind of works. The no original research for wikipedia is understable and very important of course. Now what's relevant for an encyclopedia may not fit others projects which need different editorial guidelines. In existing projects Wikibooks is too pedagogic works oriented, and wikisource won't accept works which were not previously published elsewhere. Moreover, one may argue that it would be a good way to softly evacuate originals works from wikipedia, with a message like your contribution contains original claims, wikipedia is not the place to publish this kind of content, but you could share your original work on wikikultur. Then eventualy, the wikipedia article could use wikikultur arcticles as references. This would give access to authoring information (eventually anonymous/IP claims), and all avantages of a free/libre work on a wiki. For example, we may have statistics on articles, so we can check if it's not used as a reference of an over represented point of view in an wikipedia article. On artistics topics, I think it would really help to boost the free-libre culture movement to have a place where every artists can directly experiment what it means to share and build together, with an audience intertwinned with other mediawiki projects. It looks like other proposed projects would be included in such a project, like Wikiessay (I just discovered and I'm gonna read others projects description, sorry), but others aspect don't seem - at first glance - to be covered, like artistics topics. Kind regards, mathieu -- Association Culture-Libre http://www.culture-libre.org/ ___ 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 -- Association Culture-Libre http://www.culture-libre.org/ ___ 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 48 -- 26 November 2012
News and notes: Toolserver finance remains uncertain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-11-26/News_and_notes Recent research: Movie success predictions, readability, credentials and authority, geographical comparisons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-11-26/Recent_research WikiProject report: Directing Discussion: WikiProject Deletion Sorting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-11-26/WikiProject_report Featured content: Panoramic views, history, and a celestial constellation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-11-26/Featured_content Technology report: Wikidata reaches 100,000 entries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-11-26/Technology_report Single page view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single PDF version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-11-26 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] Fundraiser causing confusion
Not trying to be snarky, but like what? We run a fundraiser. It happens every year. I'm pretty sure we have an OTRS template about it. :) pb ___ Philippe Beaudette Director, Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 415-839-6885, x 6643 phili...@wikimedia.org On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 6:24 AM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.ukwrote: I'm seeing a significant number of OTRS tickets along the lines of: I was looking at Wikipedia and a big orange banner popped up asking for donation Is this for real, or is it a scam? Can anything be done about this? -- 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 mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser causing confusion
In fact we haven't seen the link before but we had the same in Switzerland, it seems that in a way people complain about the traditional banners that are to intrusive, but in the other hand they are more suspicious and have doubt about banners that are not the same than previous year! Charles ___ Charles ANDRES, Chairman Wikimedia CH – Association for the advancement of free knowledge – www.wikimedia.ch Skype: charles.andres.wmch IRC://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-ch Le 28 nov. 2012 à 15:27, Philippe Beaudette phili...@wikimedia.org a écrit : Not trying to be snarky, but like what? We run a fundraiser. It happens every year. I'm pretty sure we have an OTRS template about it. :) pb ___ Philippe Beaudette Director, Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 415-839-6885, x 6643 phili...@wikimedia.org On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 6:24 AM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.ukwrote: I'm seeing a significant number of OTRS tickets along the lines of: I was looking at Wikipedia and a big orange banner popped up asking for donation Is this for real, or is it a scam? Can anything be done about this? -- 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 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
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser causing confusion
On 28 November 2012 14:41, Charles Andrès charles.and...@wikimedia.ch wrote: In fact we haven't seen the link before but we had the same in Switzerland, it seems that in a way people complain about the traditional banners that are to intrusive, but in the other hand they are more suspicious and have doubt about banners that are not the same than previous year! This happens every year - there are always people concerned that we've been hacked, or that they have a virus, or that there is some kind of phishing attack going on. I expect the only way to avoid that would be to have the banners up continuously 365 days a year, so people are used to them just being part of the site - as long as people are used to there being no banner ads on Wikipedia, the sudden appearance of them will confuse some people. As Philippe says, I would expect there to be an OTRS template from previous years to explain what is going on. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser causing confusion
Your best bet is to move any complex ones to the donation queue (which is what was done in previous years, I think). Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 28 November 2012 14:41, Charles Andrès charles.and...@wikimedia.chwrote: In fact we haven't seen the link before but we had the same in Switzerland, it seems that in a way people complain about the traditional banners that are to intrusive, but in the other hand they are more suspicious and have doubt about banners that are not the same than previous year! Charles ___ Charles ANDRES, Chairman Wikimedia CH – Association for the advancement of free knowledge – www.wikimedia.ch Skype: charles.andres.wmch IRC://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-ch Le 28 nov. 2012 à 15:27, Philippe Beaudette phili...@wikimedia.org a écrit : Not trying to be snarky, but like what? We run a fundraiser. It happens every year. I'm pretty sure we have an OTRS template about it. :) pb ___ Philippe Beaudette Director, Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 415-839-6885, x 6643 phili...@wikimedia.org On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 6:24 AM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: I'm seeing a significant number of OTRS tickets along the lines of: I was looking at Wikipedia and a big orange banner popped up asking for donation Is this for real, or is it a scam? Can anything be done about this? -- 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 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 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser causing confusion
To be fair, this orange banner does look a little ... out-of-place, not at all matching the rest of the page in style. It does the job of conveying the we are a small poor foundation a little too well, maybe ;-) On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote: On 28 November 2012 14:41, Charles Andrès charles.and...@wikimedia.ch wrote: In fact we haven't seen the link before but we had the same in Switzerland, it seems that in a way people complain about the traditional banners that are to intrusive, but in the other hand they are more suspicious and have doubt about banners that are not the same than previous year! This happens every year - there are always people concerned that we've been hacked, or that they have a virus, or that there is some kind of phishing attack going on. I expect the only way to avoid that would be to have the banners up continuously 365 days a year, so people are used to them just being part of the site - as long as people are used to there being no banner ads on Wikipedia, the sudden appearance of them will confuse some people. As Philippe says, I would expect there to be an OTRS template from previous years to explain what is going on. ___ 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
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser causing confusion
Le 28/11/2012 11:54, Thomas Dalton a écrit : On 28 November 2012 14:41, Charles Andrès charles.and...@wikimedia.ch wrote: In fact we haven't seen the link before but we had the same in Switzerland, it seems that in a way people complain about the traditional banners that are to intrusive, but in the other hand they are more suspicious and have doubt about banners that are not the same than previous year! This happens every year - there are always people concerned that we've been hacked, or that they have a virus, or that there is some kind of phishing attack going on. I expect the only way to avoid that would be to have the banners up continuously 365 days a year, so people are used to them just being part of the site - as long as people are used to there being no banner ads on Wikipedia, the sudden appearance of them will confuse some people. As Philippe says, I would expect there to be an OTRS template from previous years to explain what is going on. Non-informed people have an image of Wikipedia run by volunteers. So it's surprising for them to suddenly see people asking for millions for unknown costs and purposes. It really looks like a hack. They just don't know if it's a legitimate hack or not. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia UK report, October 2012
Hello everyone, Please find below Wikimedia UK's monthly report for October 2012. As well as the usual updates on GLAM, outreach, communications, fundraising and other activities, it also includes the results of our membership survey. You can find the report online at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2012/October but plain text is below for those who prefer to read the report in an email. Thanks and regards, Stevie GLAM activities - *14* - Andy Mabbett addressed the *Central and Eastern Europe Wikimedia conference* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2012 about recent developments in UK and international GLAM collaboration. - *19* - Andy Mabbett spoke to the *CityCamp Coventry*http://citycampcov.org.uk/ event, about Wikimedia and GLAM. - *22* - Andy Mabbett delivered a training session on Wikipedia editing to history students at the University of Birmingham, as part of the *International Dunhuang Project* http://en.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BL/IDP. Expert outreach The London School of Economics' *Impact of Social Sciences blog* ran a guest post by Martin Poulter, *Writing for Wikipedia has forced me into good scholarly habits and accessible writing*http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2012/10/04/poulter-writing-wikipeda-scholarly-habits/. This asks academics to view Wikipedia as an opportunity to write about their own fields and as an opportunity for educational assignments. Martin Poulter, Charles Matthews, Tom Morris and Edward Harding delivered a *day workshop at for the JISC Digital Infrastructure team*http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/JISC_DI_team_training_workshop at the JISC headquarters in London. Many of the trainees had managerial or leadership roles in elearning, research infrastructure or digital humanities. As well as basic editing, the workshop looked at different kinds of effort to improve Wikipedia, and how the different Wikimedia Projects work together to provide a digital infrastructure for each other and the wider web. Other activities - *13* - Fæ addressed the *Central and Eastern Europe Wikimedia conference*http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2012, about the Chapters Association. - *WereSpielChequers* http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:WereSpielChequers and *Leutha* http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Leutha ran a categorisation workshop for donors who were also willing to donate some time to Wikimedia. - The second train the trainers session took place in London Microgrants Two microgrants have been approved this month. - *Microgrants/Birthday 2012http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Microgrants/Birthday_2012 *is for supplies for WMUK's birthday party celebrating the 4th anniversary of the chapter and the 1st anniversary of us achieving charity status - the party will take place at the *London wikimeet on 11 November * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/63, to which all are welcome. The application was submitted by WMUK's intern, Hasina Khatun. - *Microgrants/32GB usb stick for Commons dump*http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Microgrants/32GB_usb_stick_for_Commons_dump is for a 32GB memory stick to support the operations of *Commons:User:Faebothttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Faebot *without wearing out the operator's computer. The bot is currently working on categorising the Geograph images on Commons, as well as doing other similar tasks. The application was submitted by Fæ. A number of microgrants were marked as completed this month, including: - *Microgrants/Cambridge University Wikipedia Society*http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Microgrants/Cambridge_University_Wikipedia_Society provided funding to get the Cambridge University Wikipedia Society started via a stall at their fresher's fair, with freebies to give away. The report for the microgrant, which was submitted by*User:Deryck Chan*http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Deryck_Chan, said We now have a mailing list, with 237 members on it, a huge jump from only 10 wiki-page members and volunteers prior to the fair. Volunteers at the stall included Charles Matthews, Daniel Thomas, and myself. We've also received great support from SRCF. Almost all freebies were given out; the T-shirts and pens for volunteers of our stall created a particularly professional image by making everything in the stall Wikimedia-branded. Additionally, the nearby stalls, all science and technology related, were also predominantly using Wikipedia pens for their sign-up sheets! - *Microgrants/Imperial College Wikipedia Society*http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Microgrants/Imperial_College_Wikipedia_Society Information about microgrants that are currently running, and how to submit a microgrant application of your own, are at *Microgrants/Applications*http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Microgrants/Applications . UK press coverage (and coverage of
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser causing confusion
Le 28/11/2012 12:24, Thomas Dalton a écrit : On Nov 28, 2012 3:06 PM, cyrano cyrano.faw...@gmail.com wrote: Non-informed people have an image of Wikipedia run by volunteers. Do they? In that case, we've been really successful. It used to be that the first thing we had to do before we could get someone to donate was explain to them that we're not a massive multinational company making billions of dollars of profits. Which is completely normal. An image of volunteers building a great project for a great cause was constantly set up in every single communication, during years. So that's what uninformed people would believe. But, from the moment someone asks for money, it contradicts the image of a project run by the sheer efforts of volunteers. This money will end in the pocket of persons, , they think, who are thus not doing it because it's a great cause but because they're paid. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser causing confusion
On 28/11/2012 15:38, cyrano wrote: Which is completely normal. An image of volunteers building a great project for a great cause was constantly set up in every single communication, during years. So that's what uninformed people would believe. But, from the moment someone asks for money, it contradicts the image of a project run by the sheer efforts of volunteers. This money will end in the pocket of persons, , they think, who are thus not doing it because it's a great cause but because they're paid. Being run by volunteers != no money is needed. It's pretty normal for a charity/non-profit to ask for donation to carry out its activities. I'll be very surprised if the majority of Wikipedia users don't already have experience of that. KTC -- Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser causing confusion
If users are confused, feel free to share this video with them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Knv6D6Thi0sns=em I designed it to explain a lot of how Wikipedia works (donations and all) in a short amount if time, and assuage anxieties about getting involved as an editor. Victor Ps Andy, you are in it :) On Nov 28, 2012, at 7:46 AM, Katie Chan k...@ktchan.info wrote: On 28/11/2012 15:38, cyrano wrote: Which is completely normal. An image of volunteers building a great project for a great cause was constantly set up in every single communication, during years. So that's what uninformed people would believe. But, from the moment someone asks for money, it contradicts the image of a project run by the sheer efforts of volunteers. This money will end in the pocket of persons, , they think, who are thus not doing it because it's a great cause but because they're paid. Being run by volunteers != no money is needed. It's pretty normal for a charity/non-profit to ask for donation to carry out its activities. I'll be very surprised if the majority of Wikipedia users don't already have experience of that. KTC -- Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ 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
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser causing confusion
Le 28/11/2012 12:43, Thomas Dalton a écrit : It is perfectly normal for a charity to make heavy use of volunteers and still need money as well. I assume that by 'normal' you mean 'common', and by 'needing money' you mean 'asking for money'? Otherwise it would lead to an entirely different scope of debate. Anyway, I'm just pointing out that blurring the focus about money most of the time and suddenly having an intense campaign asking for dozens of millions creates a discrepancy. Le 28/11/2012 12:58, Victor Grigas a écrit : If users are confused, feel free to share this video with them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Knv6D6Thi0sns=em I designed it to explain a lot of how Wikipedia works (donations and all) in a short amount if time, and assuage anxieties about getting involved as an editor. Very nice video!, with a heavy focus on the volunteers who are working for free, for a cause, that's it's a non-profit company, that Jimmy Wales don't take a salary or expenses. People will think this is not about money at all. In fact, about how much money will end up in whose pockets, we just know that it's for the Foundation team. This communication is aimed to build trust and collect money and is doing a great job to keep people unaware of what happens to the money. That's what I was talking about. When people become aware there *is* a strong want for money, their image of Wikipedia and siblings will prove inadequate to the reality, thus shattering their beliefs to some degree, and leading to confusion. But hey, that's the problem with any form of communication that applies a filter to reality. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser causing confusion
On 28 November 2012 14:27, Philippe Beaudette phili...@wikimedia.org wrote: I'm pretty sure we have an OTRS template about it. :) I haven't been able to find one in English, that responds to the question above. -- 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
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser causing confusion
On 28 November 2012 15:58, Victor Grigas vgri...@wikimedia.org wrote: Ps Andy, you are in it :) ... briefly. -- 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] (Press release) More than a hundred articles in Hungarian Wikipedia's literature contest
Hi all, I wanted to share with you a press release we issued earlier: --- More than a hundred articles in Hungarian Wikipedia's literature contest Press release, 28 November 2012 http://wikimedia.hu/wiki/IRODALOM12END Wikimedia Hungary's literature themed article writing contest held between 5 October and 20 November 2012 with an Amazon Kindle and other valuable prizes was a resounding success. The 47 participating editors wrote nearly 130 new articles, including articles about contemporary works (such as Parallel Stories by Péter Nádas, or The Museum of Innocence by Orphan Pamuk) and significant works of literary history (for instance Jin Ping Mei or the Osiris myth), as well as about authors from Nossis to Imants Ziedonis. The full list of articles is available at bit.ly/wpirodalomverseny, the results of the contest will be announced at the Wikipedian meetup held on 1 December. The contest was not only a success in expanding literary knowledge on Wikipedia but also in attracting new editors as a quarter of the contestants began editing Wikipedia during the contest. Wikimedia Hungary is grateful for everyone who participated in expanding Wikipedia and consequently free knowledge. The association is planning a number of new contest for the year 2013. --- Best regards, Bence Damokos, Wikimedia Hungary ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
[Wikimedia-l] Recent Research report: collaboration between editors of different political affiliations, predicting box office revenue, the Essjay controversy, and more
There are a number of interesting topics in this month's Recent Research report. The detailed list of contents for the Research Report may intrigue some readers of Wikimedia-l and Research-l. The report is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-11-26/Recent_research. More information about the report is available at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter. Personally, I was most appreciative of the information under Being Wikipedian is more important than the political affiliation. Quoting from the report: Based on an analysis of a sample of 1390 editors with known political affiliation – either US Democrat or Republican – (the authors) conclude that although the social identity of editors is strongly reflected in their editorial interests – that is, the topics on which they are more active – but that being Wikipedian dominates the political affiliation when it comes to user pages. In contrast with other social media e.g., blogosphere, where cross-party interactions are very much underrepresented, it appears that Wikipedian dialogues between editors from opposing parties are relatively profound and notable. On the day before the US presidential election, the paper's results were highlighted on the Wikimedia blog under the headline In divisive times, Wikipedia brings political opponents together. Recent Research report topics for November 2012: Early prediction of movie box-office revenues with Wikipedia data Readability of the English Wikipedia, Simple Wikipedia, and Britannica compared Wikipedia favors established views and scientifically backed knowledge Trust, authority and credentials on Wikipedia: The case of the Essjay controversy Being Wikipedian is more important than the political affiliation Eye-tracking study: Readers look at TOC first, then infobox Edit categories in featured and non-featured articles How the TV schedule influences Wikipedia pageviews A truthfulness verification system based on Wikipedia Characterizing Wikipedia traffic One-year article ratings dump released Measuring countries' visibility on Wikipedia Ratio of African Wikipedia readers rising, but still low --Pine ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser causing confusion
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 11:56 AM, cyrano cyrano.faw...@gmail.com wrote: Le 28/11/2012 15:17, Victor Grigas a écrit : Understood! Last year I shot this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**File:Wikimedia_Foundation_** Interview_with_Chief_of_**Finance_and_Administration_** Garfield_Byrd_October_7,_2011.**theora.ogvhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Interview_with_Chief_of_Finance_and_Administration_Garfield_Byrd_October_7,_2011.theora.ogv I tried to be as clear and concise as possible, including the date of the recording and using the financial reports as an outline, and including those as a link in the video: http://wikimediafoundation.**org/wiki/Financial_reportshttp://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Financial_reports This video answers perfectly and concisely the questions a confused person may have, though I didn't see the links. Very well done! Good! I'm glad it helps - I genuinely appreciate your honest feedback, It helps me to work :) __**_ 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 -- *Victor Grigas* Storyteller http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Knv6D6Thi0 Wikimedia Foundation vgri...@wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839-6885 x 6773 149 New Montgomery Street 6th floor San Francisco, CA 94105 https://donate.wikimedia.org/ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recent Research report: collaboration between editors of different political affiliations, predicting box office revenue, the Essjay controversy, and more
On 28 November 2012 19:50, ENWP Pine deyntest...@hotmail.com wrote: Based on an analysis of a sample of 1390 editors with known political affiliation – either US Democrat or Republican... I detect a systematic bias... -- 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] Update to Internet Brands travel site lawsuit
Hi all, I'm sharing a blog post on behalf of Wikimedia Foundation General Counsel Geoff Brigham with an update about the Internet Brands travel site lawsuit. This update can be found online here: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/11/28/update-to-internet-brands-travel-site-lawsuit/ The federal district court in Los Angeles has now issued its written order on volunteer Ryan Holliday’s anti-SLAPP motion and motion to dismisshttp://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:2012-09-26_Notice_of_Defendants%27_Special_Motion_to_Strike.pdf. A copy of the order is available herehttp://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:2012-11-19_D18_Order_re_Special_Mtn_to_Strike_and_Mtn_to_Dismiss.pdf. The order is consistent with our prior reporthttp://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/11/19/update-on-internet-brands-v-holliday/ following the hearing on November 19. In the order, the court noted that Internet Brands abandoned its federal Lanham Act claim. That claim was based on the factual allegation that the Foundation was operating a new travel wiki called “Wiki Travel Guide,” which Ryan showed to be incorrect. After being required to respond to Ryan’s motion, Internet Brands was forced to admit that the basis of its claim was primarily predicated on an assumption. Noting that this Lanham Act claim was the only claim supporting federal jurisdiction, the court dismissed the remainder of Internet Brands’ case and found Ryan’s anti-SLAPP motion to be moot. While we had hoped that the court would reach the merits of Ryan’s anti-SLAPP motion, the dismissal of the entire suit nonetheless represents a victory for Ryan and volunteer James Heilman (who was also named in the suit). We congratulate both of them on this result. Meanwhile, the Wikimedia Foundation is proceeding forward with its lawsuit against Internet Brands in San Francisco. Internet Brands has filed a demurrer (motion to dismiss), the hearing for which has been postponed to December 14. The court has issued a tentative ruling on that motion, which is available herehttp://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:Minutes_-_Demurrer_11-19-12.pdf. In the tentative ruling, the court indicates that it is inclined to rule against Internet Brands. We will update you further after the hearing. *Geoff Brigham, General Counsel* * * * * -- Matthew Roth Global Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 ext 6635 www.wikimediafoundation.org *https://donate.wikimedia.org* ___ 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
[Wikimedia-l] IRC office hours about account creation and login redesign
Hi all, As you might have noticed, especially if you're an English Wikipedian, the Editor Engagement Experiments team has been working on redesigning the user experience of account creation, A/B testing new designs and functionality for the past couple months. We finished our final A/B test last week,[1] and we're now moving on to make the features which tested well permanent.[2] In order to make sure that the experience of signup and login are consistent, we also plan to make some changes to the design of login.[3] In order to answer any questions people might have and gather feedback, we're holding the first office hours about our redesign work. We also plan to enable the test version of the new account creation experience at 100% (rather than 50/50, as previously) so that people can give it a try. When: Saturday December 1, 2012. 19:00-20:00 UTC. Time conversion links etc. are on Meta.[4] Where: #wikimedia-office -- Steven Walling https://wikimediafoundation.org/ 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Account_creation_UX 2. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Account_creation_user_experience 3. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Design/Login 4. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
