Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing WikiProject X
On 16 January 2015 at 07:18, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: On 15 January 2015 at 21:29, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8564001 was created on 28 March 2013 and is found in the left-hand navigation on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florin_%28English_coin%29 as a link called Wikdata item. So we're back to the English Wikipedia being the only functional method of navigating wikidata. No, but since you'd had difficulty finding that item, I thought I'd show you one easy way to do so. I found it by typing the word Florin into the search box on Wikdiata. Of course whats really going to mess things up is that the florin isn't a single coin but in fact a whole series of them. While it makes sense for the english wikipedia to bash them all together it makes less sense for wikidata to do so. So fix it. While Wikidata, which is just over two years old, has far more complete coverage than Wikipedia did in 2003, there's still work to do. You can edit it. It's a wiki. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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] November 21, 2014 minutes of the Board of Trustees
Hi all, At the request of the Board of Trustees, I have posted the minutes of the November 21, 2014 meeting in San Francisco, which you can find here: *https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2014-11-21 https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2014-11-21* Thank you, Stephen LaPorte Legal Counsel Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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] November 21, 2014 minutes of the Board of Trustees
Hi Everyone, Thank you for publishing the minutes Stephen. I wanted to add a short note on the two days the board spent prior to the board meeting. We had a retreat (our first with the new Executive Director) in which we focused on the changing nature of the internet, our environment, our users and the way in which knowledge is documented and disseminated. We then looked at what the impact of these changes should be on the Foundation as a whole, and our Board in particular. Some of the proposals were very practical and could be implemented quite quickly. A good example of this was the need for faster decision making. As a result we now have monthly online board meetings which are 60-90 minutes long (so more minutes will follow quickly) Other ideas need to be worked out in more detail, and we have formed a small working group that is currently working on some of these ideas to present back to the board. A good example of this is the reduction of the number of two day physical meetings… is that feasible and will it allow us to attract a different potential group of board members that simply cannot commit the time for 12-16 days of board meetings including travel). The ever changing composition of the board gives an extra value to a two day retreat which allows every one to work together in a structured way. All in all the retreat was very productive and has already improved some aspects of our decision making and working together. As usual I refer you to: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard if you wish to ask questions to the board, or have a comment. I cannot promise that we can answer all questions but this is a good place to keep track of them all. Regards Jan-Bart de Vreede Chair Board of Trustees Wikimedia Foundation On 16 Jan 2015, at 16:55, Stephen LaPorte slapo...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi all, At the request of the Board of Trustees, I have posted the minutes of the November 21, 2014 meeting in San Francisco, which you can find here: *https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2014-11-21 https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2014-11-21* Thank you, Stephen LaPorte Legal Counsel Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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] next Wikidata office hour
On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 8:25 PM, Lydia Pintscher lydia.pintsc...@wikimedia.de wrote: Hey folks :) I'll be doing another office hour for Wikidata on IRC next Friday at 18:00 UTC. It'll happen in #wikimedia-office on Freenode IRC. Everyone is welcome for discussions and question answering. Logs will be posted afterwards. For your timezone see http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=18min=00sec=0day=16month=01year=2015 Reminder: This is in 30 minutes. See you there! Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Product Manager for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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] Most obnoxious banner yet
We now have at least a partial understanding of the reason the fundraising campaign was extended, which is found in the minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting of November 2014.[1] Board members asked Lila and Lisa to consider and evaluate ways to raise additional revenue to increase the reserve for future needs of the organization and movement, including the possibility of adjustments in fundraising methods as appropriate. Risker/Anne [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2014-11-21#Executive_Update_from_Fundraising ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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] Most obnoxious banner yet
Hi all, Here's a quick follow up on a couple issues from this thread. The fundraising team will be posting feedback analysis on March 1. To clear up some confusion around the duration of the campaign, we ran banners to 100% traffic for the first two weeks of December. We limited the impressions per reader for two weeks before turning the traffic back up to 100% for a final year-end push. This is very similar to the campaign schedule in December 2013. To check out the updates we posted throughout the campaign, take a look at the latest updates section of the fundraising meta page for more information: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising#Latest_Updates If you have a specific technical issue to address, please send it directly to use at don...@wikimedia.org or to phabricator at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/363/ (project is called #wikimedia-fundraising). We receive a lot of feedback from readers and volunteers, so we try to make it easy for different audiences to connect with us. Most of them do not have phabricator accounts, so the email feedback channel is critical. We really appreciate feedback and help testing our setup. Megan On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: We now have at least a partial understanding of the reason the fundraising campaign was extended, which is found in the minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting of November 2014.[1] Board members asked Lila and Lisa to consider and evaluate ways to raise additional revenue to increase the reserve for future needs of the organization and movement, including the possibility of adjustments in fundraising methods as appropriate. Risker/Anne [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2014-11-21#Executive_Update_from_Fundraising ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Megan Hernandez Director of Online Fundraising Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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] Most obnoxious banner yet
Megan Hernandez, 16/01/2015 22:11: Most of them do not have phabricator accounts, so the email feedback channel is critical. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator/Help#Using_e-mail Nemo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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 11, Issue 1 -- 14 January 2015
Featured content: Citations are needed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-01-14/Featured_content In the media: Wikipedia's birthday brings tributes, app, award; Castro death rumors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-01-14/In_the_media News and notes: Erasmus Prize recognizes the global Wikipedia community http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-01-14/News_and_notes Op-ed: Articles for creation needs you http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-01-14/Op-ed Traffic report: Wikipédia sommes Charlie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-01-14/Traffic_report WikiProject report: Articles for Creation: the Inside Story http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-01-14/WikiProject_report Single page view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single PDF version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-01-14 https://www.facebook.com/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, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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] Most obnoxious banner yet
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 9:11 PM, Megan Hernandez mhernan...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi all, Here's a quick follow up on a couple issues from this thread. The fundraising team will be posting feedback analysis on March 1. Thanks, Megan. I look forward to your feedback analysis. To clear up some confusion around the duration of the campaign, we ran banners to 100% traffic for the first two weeks of December. We limited the impressions per reader for two weeks before turning the traffic back up to 100% for a final year-end push. This is very similar to the campaign schedule in December 2013. Yes, though I would say that the figures for Dec 2 to Dec 31 2013, as given in the yeardata-day-vs-sum.csv spreadsheet at https://frdata.wikimedia.org/, exhibit a somewhat different pattern from those for the same period in 2014. If you compare the columns for the two years, the relative drop in daily takings from Dec 17 onward was significantly smaller in 2014 than in 2013. This suggests to me that the number of impressions delivered on those days probably remained higher in 2014 than it did in 2013. The total for Dec 25 (Christmas), for example, was $377,751.86 in 2014, vs. $108,304.01 in 2013. Summing the first and second halves of the month, starting on Dec 2, takings in 2013 were $13,675,900.28 in the period Dec 2 to Dec 16 (note Dec 2 was before the campaign and had a low total) $04,864,577.57 in the period Dec 17 to Dec 31 Thus in 2013, takings in the second half of December dropped to 35.6% of the total for the first half. In 2014, on the other hand, takings were $20,602,217.70 in the period Dec 2 to Dec 16 (Dec 2 was part of the campaign) $10,005,446.51 in the period Dec 17 to Dec 31 Takings in the second half of December 2014 thus ran at 48.6% of the total for the first half. Similar indeed, but also different. To check out the updates we posted throughout the campaign, take a look at the latest updates section of the fundraising meta page for more information: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising#Latest_Updates There is no doubt that Wikipedia generates an enormous amount of goodwill, which the Foundation is monetising very effectively. But to balance the enthusiastic quotes from readers provided on the update page, I could also show you quotes from donors who felt betrayed once they saw the 2013/2014 financial statement[1], with its $51 million in cash/cash equivalents and investments. Andreas [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/e/e3/FINAL_13_14From_KPMG.pdf#page=4 If you have a specific technical issue to address, please send it directly to use at don...@wikimedia.org or to phabricator at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/363/ (project is called #wikimedia-fundraising). We receive a lot of feedback from readers and volunteers, so we try to make it easy for different audiences to connect with us. Most of them do not have phabricator accounts, so the email feedback channel is critical. We really appreciate feedback and help testing our setup. Megan On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: We now have at least a partial understanding of the reason the fundraising campaign was extended, which is found in the minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting of November 2014.[1] Board members asked Lila and Lisa to consider and evaluate ways to raise additional revenue to increase the reserve for future needs of the organization and movement, including the possibility of adjustments in fundraising methods as appropriate. Risker/Anne [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2014-11-21#Executive_Update_from_Fundraising ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Megan Hernandez Director of Online Fundraising Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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] Most obnoxious banner yet
Hi Andreas- Thanks for the questions. There are lots of differences between the 2013 and 2014 campaigns and there are many variables at play here. One big difference is mobile. In 2013, we were just experimenting with mobile. In 2014, we launched a mobile campaign a week after we launched the desktop campaign. We also had a more successful email campaign this year, which we delivered in small batches nearly everyday. Also, the data you are looking at includes foundations and major gifts as well. There is a lot going on there besides just desktop donations this year. We look forward to sharing more on all of this in our upcoming report. Best, Lisa On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 9:11 PM, Megan Hernandez mhernan...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi all, Here's a quick follow up on a couple issues from this thread. The fundraising team will be posting feedback analysis on March 1. Thanks, Megan. I look forward to your feedback analysis. To clear up some confusion around the duration of the campaign, we ran banners to 100% traffic for the first two weeks of December. We limited the impressions per reader for two weeks before turning the traffic back up to 100% for a final year-end push. This is very similar to the campaign schedule in December 2013. Yes, though I would say that the figures for Dec 2 to Dec 31 2013, as given in the yeardata-day-vs-sum.csv spreadsheet at https://frdata.wikimedia.org/, exhibit a somewhat different pattern from those for the same period in 2014. If you compare the columns for the two years, the relative drop in daily takings from Dec 17 onward was significantly smaller in 2014 than in 2013. This suggests to me that the number of impressions delivered on those days probably remained higher in 2014 than it did in 2013. The total for Dec 25 (Christmas), for example, was $377,751.86 in 2014, vs. $108,304.01 in 2013. Summing the first and second halves of the month, starting on Dec 2, takings in 2013 were $13,675,900.28 in the period Dec 2 to Dec 16 (note Dec 2 was before the campaign and had a low total) $04,864,577.57 in the period Dec 17 to Dec 31 Thus in 2013, takings in the second half of December dropped to 35.6% of the total for the first half. In 2014, on the other hand, takings were $20,602,217.70 in the period Dec 2 to Dec 16 (Dec 2 was part of the campaign) $10,005,446.51 in the period Dec 17 to Dec 31 Takings in the second half of December 2014 thus ran at 48.6% of the total for the first half. Similar indeed, but also different. To check out the updates we posted throughout the campaign, take a look at the latest updates section of the fundraising meta page for more information: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising#Latest_Updates There is no doubt that Wikipedia generates an enormous amount of goodwill, which the Foundation is monetising very effectively. But to balance the enthusiastic quotes from readers provided on the update page, I could also show you quotes from donors who felt betrayed once they saw the 2013/2014 financial statement[1], with its $51 million in cash/cash equivalents and investments. Andreas [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/e/e3/FINAL_13_14From_KPMG.pdf#page=4 If you have a specific technical issue to address, please send it directly to use at don...@wikimedia.org or to phabricator at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/363/ (project is called #wikimedia-fundraising). We receive a lot of feedback from readers and volunteers, so we try to make it easy for different audiences to connect with us. Most of them do not have phabricator accounts, so the email feedback channel is critical. We really appreciate feedback and help testing our setup. Megan On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: We now have at least a partial understanding of the reason the fundraising campaign was extended, which is found in the minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting of November 2014.[1] Board members asked Lila and Lisa to consider and evaluate ways to raise additional revenue to increase the reserve for future needs of the organization and movement, including the possibility of adjustments in fundraising methods as appropriate. Risker/Anne [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2014-11-21#Executive_Update_from_Fundraising ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Megan Hernandez Director of Online Fundraising Wikimedia Foundation
