[Wikimedia-l] Wikisource Community User Group recognized
Hi, It is with great pleasure that I can announce that the Wikisource Community User Group has been recognized as the 7th user group of our movement. The group aims *to support the Wikisource community in international communication tasks, outreach to external groups, coordination of software tools development, and facilitate fundraising according to its member needs.* You can learn more about the group and how to join at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_User_Group The Affiliations Committee resolution is at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Wikisource_Community_User_Group_%E2%80%93_November_2013. The group has already signed the user group agreement, their first round of recognition runs until 31 November 2014. Please join me in welcoming them and wishing them luck. Best regards, Bence Damokos Chair, Affiliations Committee P.S. The Affiliations Committee is still accepting membership applications at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Call_for_Candidates_2014 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list 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] Wikisource Community User Group recognized
On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, You can learn more about the group and how to join at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_User_Group The Affiliations Committee resolution is at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Wikisource_Community_User_Group_%E2%80%93_November_2013 . The group has already signed the user group agreement, their first round of recognition runs until 31 November 2014. Please join me in welcoming them and wishing them luck. Welcome and good luck. :) It is very encouraging to see people from sister projects coming together to try to work more collaboratively together inside their own language groups and to develop more formal ties with existing chapters to facilitate programming to support the work being done on them. :) Sincerely, Laura Hale -- twitter: purplepopple blog: ozziesport.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list 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] Info: Boards training workshop programme announced
Dear all, I am pleased to announce that the programme is now available for the Wikimedia Boards Training Workshop that will take place in London in March 2014. This is a small event focused on giving Chapter/Thematic Org boards the skills and confidence to do a great job. We are using a wide range of expertise from within and outside the movement to help do this. Registration will open next week. Places are limited so I wanted to give people the heads up and a chance to think about which Board members would most benefit from this. More on Meta, here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Boards_training_workshop_March_2014 Many thanks, Chris (on behalf of Wikimedia UK and the organisers) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list 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] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 9, Issue 46 -- 20 November 2013
From the editor: The ''Signpost'' needs your help http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-11-20/From_the_editor News and notes: Foundation to Wiki-PR: cease and desist; Arbitration Committee elections starting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-11-20/News_and_notes Book review: Peter Burke's ''Social History of Knowledge''âambitious, fascinating, and exhaustive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-11-20/Book_review Traffic report: Ill Winds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-11-20/Traffic_report WikiProject report: Score! American football on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-11-20/WikiProject_report Featured content: Rockin' the featured pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-11-20/Featured_content Single page view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single PDF version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-11-20 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, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] FDC R1 funding recommendations are posted
Hello friends, The Funds Dissemination Committee meets twice annually to help make decisions about how to effectively allocate movement funds to achieve the Wikimedia movement's mission, vision, and strategy. [1] On behalf of the committee, I am pleased to announce that Round 1 2013-2014 recommendations to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees have now been posted on Meta. [2] The WMF Board will make their decision on these recommendations by 1 January 2014. For the first round of this fiscal year, the committee received 11 proposals. [3] These eleven proposals came from ten chapters and one thematic organization, totaling requests of $5.9 million USD. Prior to our face-to-face deliberations in San Francisco from 17-21 November, the FDC reviewed the proposals in careful detail, aided by staff assessments and analysis on programs, finances, grant compliance and history, as well as community comments on the proposals. Staff presented an overview of these findings to the FDC during the deliberations. The FDC and FDC staff also asked clarifying questions to the entities on the proposal form discussion pages during the four-week community review period (and prior to the publishing of staff assessments), and observed the discussions about the proposals. The committee thanks all entities that submitted proposals, as it required significant effort to both create the proposal and to respond to the questions and feedback from the community, FDC, and FDC staff. We sincerely appreciate them all for this work. For formal complaints or appeals about the recommendations, there is a separate process that entities should follow. Note that at the request of many stakeholders, we are clarifying the complaints and appeals terminology so that complaints are made about the process to the ombudsperson and appeals on the recommendations are made to the WMF Board representatives. These are further explained below: Any entity that would like to submit an appeal on the FDC’s Round 1 recommendation should submit it to the Board representatives to the FDC by 23:59 UTC on 8 December 2013 in accordance with the appeal process outlined in the FDC Framework. The process is as follows: Appeals to the WMF Board on the recommendations of the FDC (formerly called complaints, terminology changed to avoid further confusion): * A formal appeal to challenge the FDC’s recommendation should be in the form of a 500-or-fewer word summary directed to the two non-voting WMF Board representatives to the FDC (Patricio Lorente and Bishakha Datta). * The appeal should be submitted on-wiki through the FDC portal page designated for this purpose. [4] * Formal appeals can be submitted only by the Board Chair of a funding-seeking entity. * Formal appeals must be filed within seven days of the deadline for submission of the FDC slate of recommendations to the WMF Board, even if the recommendations are published before the deadline for the recommendations i.e. end-of-day 1 December 2013. The deadline for appeals is the end-of-day UTC on 8 December. * These board representatives will present the appeal to the WMF Board at the same time as the Board considers the FDC recommendation. However, all responses to an appeal will be made seven days after the deadline for the appeal, i.e. by end-of-day UTC 15 December 2013. * Any planned or approved disbursements to the organization filing an appeal will be put on hold until the appeal is resolved. * If the WMF Board's consideration of the appeal results in an amendment of the FDC's recommendations (which is expected only in extraordinary circumstances), the WMF Board may choose to release extra funds from the WMF reserves to provide additional funds not allocated by the FDC's initial recommendation. * The Ombudsperson, as well as members of the WMF Board other than the Board representatives, may participate in the investigation if approved by the Chair of the WMF Board. Complaints to the ombudsperson about the FDC process (formerly called appeals): * A complaint about the FDC process can be filed by anyone with the Ombudsperson and can be made any time during a particular round of the FDC process (e.g. in this instance, from start July 2013 to end December 2013). * The complaint should be submitted on wiki, through the FDC portal page designated for this purpose [5] * The ombudsperson will receive and publicly document the complaint, and investigate the complaint, as needed. On behalf of the FDC, pundit Dariusz Jemielniak (FDC Chair) [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_the_Creation_and_Initial_Operation_of_the_FDC [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2013-2014_round1 [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Appeals_to_the_Board_on_the_recommendations_of_the_FDC [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Complaints_about_the_FDC_process
Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC R1 funding recommendations are posted
Many thanks for the considerable hard work that has gone into this process from the FDC and the staff assisting them. Regards, Chris On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Dariusz Jemielniak dar...@alk.edu.plwrote: Hello friends, The Funds Dissemination Committee meets twice annually to help make decisions about how to effectively allocate movement funds to achieve the Wikimedia movement's mission, vision, and strategy. [1] On behalf of the committee, I am pleased to announce that Round 1 2013-2014 recommendations to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees have now been posted on Meta. [2] The WMF Board will make their decision on these recommendations by 1 January 2014. For the first round of this fiscal year, the committee received 11 proposals. [3] These eleven proposals came from ten chapters and one thematic organization, totaling requests of $5.9 million USD. Prior to our face-to-face deliberations in San Francisco from 17-21 November, the FDC reviewed the proposals in careful detail, aided by staff assessments and analysis on programs, finances, grant compliance and history, as well as community comments on the proposals. Staff presented an overview of these findings to the FDC during the deliberations. The FDC and FDC staff also asked clarifying questions to the entities on the proposal form discussion pages during the four-week community review period (and prior to the publishing of staff assessments), and observed the discussions about the proposals. The committee thanks all entities that submitted proposals, as it required significant effort to both create the proposal and to respond to the questions and feedback from the community, FDC, and FDC staff. We sincerely appreciate them all for this work. For formal complaints or appeals about the recommendations, there is a separate process that entities should follow. Note that at the request of many stakeholders, we are clarifying the complaints and appeals terminology so that complaints are made about the process to the ombudsperson and appeals on the recommendations are made to the WMF Board representatives. These are further explained below: Any entity that would like to submit an appeal on the FDC’s Round 1 recommendation should submit it to the Board representatives to the FDC by 23:59 UTC on 8 December 2013 in accordance with the appeal process outlined in the FDC Framework. The process is as follows: Appeals to the WMF Board on the recommendations of the FDC (formerly called complaints, terminology changed to avoid further confusion): * A formal appeal to challenge the FDC’s recommendation should be in the form of a 500-or-fewer word summary directed to the two non-voting WMF Board representatives to the FDC (Patricio Lorente and Bishakha Datta). * The appeal should be submitted on-wiki through the FDC portal page designated for this purpose. [4] * Formal appeals can be submitted only by the Board Chair of a funding-seeking entity. * Formal appeals must be filed within seven days of the deadline for submission of the FDC slate of recommendations to the WMF Board, even if the recommendations are published before the deadline for the recommendations i.e. end-of-day 1 December 2013. The deadline for appeals is the end-of-day UTC on 8 December. * These board representatives will present the appeal to the WMF Board at the same time as the Board considers the FDC recommendation. However, all responses to an appeal will be made seven days after the deadline for the appeal, i.e. by end-of-day UTC 15 December 2013. * Any planned or approved disbursements to the organization filing an appeal will be put on hold until the appeal is resolved. * If the WMF Board's consideration of the appeal results in an amendment of the FDC's recommendations (which is expected only in extraordinary circumstances), the WMF Board may choose to release extra funds from the WMF reserves to provide additional funds not allocated by the FDC's initial recommendation. * The Ombudsperson, as well as members of the WMF Board other than the Board representatives, may participate in the investigation if approved by the Chair of the WMF Board. Complaints to the ombudsperson about the FDC process (formerly called appeals): * A complaint about the FDC process can be filed by anyone with the Ombudsperson and can be made any time during a particular round of the FDC process (e.g. in this instance, from start July 2013 to end December 2013). * The complaint should be submitted on wiki, through the FDC portal page designated for this purpose [5] * The ombudsperson will receive and publicly document the complaint, and investigate the complaint, as needed. On behalf of the FDC, pundit Dariusz Jemielniak (FDC Chair) [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_the_Creation_and_Initial_Operation_of_the_FDC [2]
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikisource Community User Group recognized
Congratulations to the Wikisourcerers and Wikisourceresses! A. On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 4:01 AM, Laura Hale la...@fanhistory.com wrote: On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, You can learn more about the group and how to join at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_User_Group The Affiliations Committee resolution is at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Wikisource_Community_User_Group_%E2%80%93_November_2013 . The group has already signed the user group agreement, their first round of recognition runs until 31 November 2014. Please join me in welcoming them and wishing them luck. Welcome and good luck. :) It is very encouraging to see people from sister projects coming together to try to work more collaboratively together inside their own language groups and to develop more formal ties with existing chapters to facilitate programming to support the work being done on them. :) Sincerely, Laura Hale -- twitter: purplepopple blog: ozziesport.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list 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 Wikimedia Foundation http://www.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://donate.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list 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] Monobook was optimised for editors, Vector is more balanced between readers and edtors
How are the edit functions in Monobook more prominent than in Vector? Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 08:24:52 +0100 From: nemow...@gmail.com To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monobook was optimised for editors, Vector is more balanced between readers and edtors WereSpielChequers, 22/11/2013 08:03: But it would be interesting to see some stats on the relative retention and upgrading of editors who use monobook and Vector. The idea sounds crazy, but yes, why not, let's test this. I believe you can put your thoughts on a Meta-Wiki Research: page, describing the background, the A/B test and the proposed analysis, and then ask the WMF to run it (preferably with the consensus of the target wikis, but it's not usually considered necessary for so-called experimentations). Nemo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list 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 mailing list 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] Monobook was optimised for editors, Vector is more balanced between readers and edtors
A/B testing major interface changes is very difficult. (I think we had this same discussion over VisualEditor). For example, in order to make the results comparable, you'll have to update all the help pages documentation to deal with both styles (why doesn't my screen look like that?), otherwise one becomes more difficult to use will have consequent drop-out rates. You also have to try and deal with the fact that all readers (and indeed editors) without accounts will use Vector, and will be immediately confused by why it looks different once logged in - at which point many will get frustrated. A/B testing is good for small things like the login form, where it works great, but won't always work for everything... Andrew. On 22 November 2013 07:24, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: WereSpielChequers, 22/11/2013 08:03: But it would be interesting to see some stats on the relative retention and upgrading of editors who use monobook and Vector. The idea sounds crazy, but yes, why not, let's test this. I believe you can put your thoughts on a Meta-Wiki Research: page, describing the background, the A/B test and the proposed analysis, and then ask the WMF to run it (preferably with the consensus of the target wikis, but it's not usually considered necessary for so-called experimentations). Nemo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- - Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list 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] XOWA has released a complete copy of 2013-11-04 English Wikipedia with images -- Help wanted!
Hi. I am the developer for XOWA -- a free, open-source offline Wikipedia app. XOWA allows a user to have their own copy of a wiki on their hard-drive -- without any internet connection. It works with the latest versions of over 660 database dumps [1], including wikis like English Wikipedia, French Wiktionary, German Wikisource, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, etc.. If you have a moment, you can download the app and set up Simple Wikipedia in less than 5 minutes. I just finished generating a full set of thumbnail images for English Wikipedia. This now makes it possible to have one's own complete offline copy of English Wikipedia as of 2013-11-04. The total size of these image databases are quite large (75 GB), but archive.org was kind enough to host them[2]. I've emailed offline-l, but I am emailing this group because I'd like to reach as wide an audience as possible. In particular, these files will also be distributed by torrent[3], and I'd like to attract as many seeders as possible, especially as torrents should relieve any burden on archive.org's download servers. In addition, future wikis will be distributed by torrent, so more seeders now will facilitate distribution then. I'd greatly appreciate it if you could assist with seeding these files, or forward this news to others who may help seed them. Thank you in advance for your time and support. [1]: See http://dumps.wikimedia.org/backup-index.html for a full list. [2]: The download links are: http://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_00 http://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_01 http://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_02 http://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_03 http://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_04 http://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_05 http://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_06 http://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_07 http://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_08 [3]: The torrent links are: https://archive.org/download/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_00/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_00_archive.torrent https://archive.org/download/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_02/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_02_archive.torrent https://archive.org/download/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_03/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_03_archive.torrent https://archive.org/download/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_04/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_04_archive.torrent https://archive.org/download/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_05/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_05_archive.torrent https://archive.org/download/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_06/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_06_archive.torrent https://archive.org/download/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_07/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_07_archive.torrent https://archive.org/download/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_08/Xowa_enwiki_2013-11-04_images_complete_08_archive.torrent ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
