Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia OTRS Annual Report
Hi, thank you all for your feedback. Asaf and MZMcBride, I'll try to answer your questions in one email, hope that's fine: Asaf, I am curious in my volunteer capacity about the prominence of the commons-permissions-he queue among other permission queues and relative to the size of the Hebrew Wikipedia. Does anyone have a good theory to explain it? I don't really know about it, and volunteers from that queue probably could share more insights, but I'd just note that, first, he doesn't also have a permissions-he queue (as opposed to -de, -en, etc., which all have two permissions queues, one for Commons and one for other projects), and, second, there are two people who sent in more than a fifth of all tickets responded to in 2014 ( 200 tickets), which is somewhat high. Indeed, if you look at the 10 most frequent customers you find that they account for almost 400 tickets, which might explain how even a small language/Wiki community can have quite a busy queue. MZMcBride, [...] I'm curious about this as well. I see that source code is mentioned at https://tools.wmflabs.org/otrsreports/index.html, but I didn't see a link off-hand. If a code repository exists somewhere that people could contribute to, it might be nice to add a link in the footer. Just poking around the HTML page source, the report seems to be built using at least jQuery, Bootstrap, and xtable. Very neat, I'd be interested to learn more. I've added a link. Nothing fancy, really. I just wrote the HTML from scratch based on Bootstrap with the TOC borrowed from someplace I don't remember (but the Bootstrap team uses it in their own documentation as well); the tables look the way they look because of bootstrap-table (http://bootstrap-table.wenzhixin.net.cn/); the two interactive (simple) charts were made using Chart.js (http://www.chartjs.org/); xtable is an R package (I've used R for the analytical parts that I did) which has a function to print R data tables/frames as HTML tables, so that was all just copypaste. All static. The bar charts were created using ggplot2 and the plot.ly R API (https://plot.ly/ggplot2/). Not sure if that's what you wanted to know, but I hope it helps ;). Regarding long-term archival of the report, I've answered at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:OTRS/Reports/2014#Preserving_history (in short: yes, there will be a PDF, and the web version has also been saved via archive.org). Best, Patrik On 26 February 2015 at 11:48, Kasia Odrozek kasia.odro...@wikimedia.de wrote: This is a great report on a truly amazing job! Thank you Patrik and all OTRS agents across the movement, I'm a fan of yours. Kasia 2015-02-26 7:32 GMT+01:00 MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com: Hi. Re: https://tools.wmflabs.org/otrsreports/annual/2014 phoebe ayers wrote: p.s. The report layout/webpage is lovely! could it be used for other reports? I'm curious about this as well. I see that source code is mentioned at https://tools.wmflabs.org/otrsreports/index.html, but I didn't see a link off-hand. If a code repository exists somewhere that people could contribute to, it might be nice to add a link in the footer. Just poking around the HTML page source, the report seems to be built using at least jQuery, Bootstrap, and xtable. Very neat, I'd be interested to learn more. I also left a note on the wiki talk page about preserving this report. I'm pretty concerned that these micro-sites won't last nearly as long as the wikis, which is probably fine and to be expected, but I want to make sure we don't lose important historical data. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:OTRS/Reports/2014#Preserving_history MZMcBride ___ 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 -- Kasia Odrozek Vorstandsreferentin / Executive Advisor Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. +49 (030) 219 158 260 Mobil: +49 151 46752534 http://wikimedia.de http://www.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. 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 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines
[Wikimedia-l] WMCON15 - Eligibility deadline closes in two days!
Dear Wikimedians, We would like to refer to our call for registration for the Wikimedia Conference from February 13, 2015. As we thoroughly hope that a lot of Wikimedians will come to Berlin to actively participate in the conference, we would like to point out that the eligibility deadline ends in two days (February 28). Please carefully check the overview of eligibility statuses before registering. It is important to note that the criteria have changed compared to last year. Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups must have shown signs of recent activity AND be up-to-date on their reporting by the eligibility deadline of February 28th. This means that there are only two days left to follow-up on the aforementioned. Please be kindly reminded to register until Monday, March 16, 2015. You have less than three weeks left! For visa applicants we strongly recommend to register as soon as possible and to check the amount of time needed for applications to Schengen states. Please find the link to the eligibility overview below (eligibility deadline February 28): https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Overview_Eligibility_Statuses Also, please have a look at the current topics of the conference to pick your representatives accordingly. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Programme_team https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Programme_team Please find the link to the registration below (registration deadline March 16): https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Registration https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Registration Today we have 17 affiliates who are represented at the conference. To the remaining, please register as soon as possible. We would also love to see you at the conference. All registered participants can be found here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Participants Please do not hesitate to reach out to us any time via wm...@wikimedia.de should you have any questions or comments. Best regards and see you soon in Berlin, Daniela on behalf of the event team Wikimedia Deutschland wm...@wikimedia.de -- Daniela Gentner Team Event Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. 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
[Wikimedia-l] Awesome Gender Gap Panel Streaming Live from WVU March 4th
Hi all, March is an amazing month for raising awareness, excitement, and initiative around broadening the presence women in our community and our content. In that spirit, West Virginia University is hosting a stellar panel through its Talking Publicly symposium series at WVU Libraries and the Reed College of Media. *Where Are All the Women? Wikipedia’s Gender Gap* *March 4th 7:30pm EST * Watch it Live: http://tlcommons.wvu.edu/Webcasts/ #WikiGenderGap https://twitter.com/search?f=realtimeq=WikiGenderGapsrc=typd The panel includes: *Adeline Koh -- Co-founder of The Rewriting Wikipedia Project which supports and advocates for efforts to add entries and posts to Wikipedia that focus on postcolonial studies as well as ethnic/minority and marginalized peoples. Koh is currently an associate professor of literature and the director of the Stockton College Center for the Digital Humanities. She also is a core contributor to the Profhacker Column at the Chronicle of Higher Education. Koh uses Wikipedia research writing assignments in her classes and teaches others how to start activist instructional initiatives of their own. *Jami Mathewson -- Educational Partnerships Manager at the Wiki Education Foundation where she develops partnerships with educational institutions and academic associations to systematically bring more student editors and high quality content to Wikipedia. Over the last three years, Mathewson has focused her volunteer editing on improving content about women’s issues. Mathewson identifies ways to support partners who are looking to promote the use of Wikipedia as a teaching tool on a large scale. *Sydney Poore -- Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration an international not-for-profit research organization that provides accessible, credible information to support informed decision-making health care. Poore is a member of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) Fund Dissemination Committee and was a member of the Wikipedia English Arbitration Committee and the WMF Ombudsmen Commission. *Frank Schulenburg -- Executive Director of the Wiki Education Foundation and former member of the executive management team of the Wikimedia Foundation. His work primarily has focused on broadening participation and developing the public understanding of Wikipedia, especially among subject matter experts. Schulenburg has been involved with Wikipedia since 2005, both as an author and as a photographer. The following day WVU will host a 3-hour workshop to address strategies on campuses underway for correcting the gender gap and introduce the protocols of writing for Wikipedia at WVU with ideas for proven course assignments and strategies for adoption in their courses. This is only the kick-off in a year-long focus at WVU on Women and Wikipedia. WVU Dean of Libraries Jon Cawthorne was touched and inspired after he heard the story of Adrianne Wadewitz and is dedicating this year of discussion, experimentation, and action to her. For full information about both events: http://reedcollegeofmedia.wvu.edu/about/featured-events/wiki-panel *Again, March 4th at 7:30pm EST* *Watch it Live: http://tlcommons.wvu.edu/Webcasts/ http://tlcommons.wvu.edu/Webcasts/* Cheers, - Jake Orlowitz (Ocaasi) ___ 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] Who are the nicest people on our projects ?
Now the run has been running a bit longer, it can be seen[1] that the
real sink is the logging table from wikidata. Other projects are
pretty quick from a few minutes to Commons taking half an hour.
Wikidata takes 7 hours for each query. It's a big log!
I am testing out separating wikidata from the other queries, so this
might get the majority done much more quickly. Either way, all the
reports should be finished within about 3 days. After that the monthly
updates should be done within an afternoon. :-)
Links
1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Faebot
Fae
On 26 February 2015 at 06:02, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:
Fæ wrote:
Re: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Faebot/thanks
I am glad the tables are useful, hopefully stimulating more positive
use of the thanks notifier by contributors.
The reports are updating *slowly*, currently at April 2014... This is
in part because of the WMFlabs outage yesterday, though in general any
report of the logging table is going to be slow (it is the largest
table on the wiki database). The first run-through will take several
days as it is going back through all of 2014. Once it is only
reporting on the previous month, I suspect it will finish monthly
updates within the first first day.
Hi.
Hmm, I'm not sure how you're measuring largest, but I imagine on most
wikis there are more rows in the revision table than there are in the
logging table. For example, on the English Wikipedia, there are
approximately 598,859,006 rows in the revision table and 62,731,285 rows
in the logging table. I suspect on most wikis, revision, text, and maybe
archive would typically be larger than logging, except in weird cases
such as loginwiki[_p]. And then of course there are the *links tables. But
it depends on whether you're comparing size on disk or number of rows.
Yes I got it wrong! :-)
You probably want to use logging_userindex instead of logging. The former
is typically significantly faster due to the way we use table views.
That's how it works. The key line is
SELECT log_user_text, count(log_action)
FROM {}wiki_p.logging_userindex
Where {} iterates over wiki short names.
I have a bit of experience with database reports. Off-hand I'd say it
should be possible to query all of this information in under an hour. With
the index on logging[_userindex].log_action, even a large table such as
logging shouldn't be too awful to query for this information. If you have
queries that are taking a very long time, we should probably investigate.
Maybe, I have experimented a little with ways of writing the query
(such as using log_user rather than log_user_text) but have not found
a magic trick yet. Remember I'm reporting all of 2014 first. After
this first run, the time taken is unlikely to be noticed by anyone, so
volunteer time vs. processing time will mean I'll probably get on with
other projects, rather than spending my wiki-time making this SQL
based report more efficient. Naturally, if someone wants to offer me
some funding, or bribes me by nominating my Commons RFA, I'll look
again. ;-)
Cheers,
Fae
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Who are the nicest people on our projects ?
Hello Fae,
Are you generating json somewhere or thiking to create an API for that
information?
I have some ideas that I started to develop last year, I will ping you in
private.
Best regards and thanks by helping us with the important information.
Rodrigo Padula
2015-02-26 14:01 GMT-03:00 Fæ fae...@gmail.com:
Now the run has been running a bit longer, it can be seen[1] that the
real sink is the logging table from wikidata. Other projects are
pretty quick from a few minutes to Commons taking half an hour.
Wikidata takes 7 hours for each query. It's a big log!
I am testing out separating wikidata from the other queries, so this
might get the majority done much more quickly. Either way, all the
reports should be finished within about 3 days. After that the monthly
updates should be done within an afternoon. :-)
Links
1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Faebot
Fae
On 26 February 2015 at 06:02, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:
Fæ wrote:
Re: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Faebot/thanks
I am glad the tables are useful, hopefully stimulating more positive
use of the thanks notifier by contributors.
The reports are updating *slowly*, currently at April 2014... This is
in part because of the WMFlabs outage yesterday, though in general any
report of the logging table is going to be slow (it is the largest
table on the wiki database). The first run-through will take several
days as it is going back through all of 2014. Once it is only
reporting on the previous month, I suspect it will finish monthly
updates within the first first day.
Hi.
Hmm, I'm not sure how you're measuring largest, but I imagine on most
wikis there are more rows in the revision table than there are in the
logging table. For example, on the English Wikipedia, there are
approximately 598,859,006 rows in the revision table and 62,731,285 rows
in the logging table. I suspect on most wikis, revision, text, and maybe
archive would typically be larger than logging, except in weird cases
such as loginwiki[_p]. And then of course there are the *links tables.
But
it depends on whether you're comparing size on disk or number of rows.
Yes I got it wrong! :-)
You probably want to use logging_userindex instead of logging. The former
is typically significantly faster due to the way we use table views.
That's how it works. The key line is
SELECT log_user_text, count(log_action)
FROM {}wiki_p.logging_userindex
Where {} iterates over wiki short names.
I have a bit of experience with database reports. Off-hand I'd say it
should be possible to query all of this information in under an hour.
With
the index on logging[_userindex].log_action, even a large table such as
logging shouldn't be too awful to query for this information. If you have
queries that are taking a very long time, we should probably investigate.
Maybe, I have experimented a little with ways of writing the query
(such as using log_user rather than log_user_text) but have not found
a magic trick yet. Remember I'm reporting all of 2014 first. After
this first run, the time taken is unlikely to be noticed by anyone, so
volunteer time vs. processing time will mean I'll probably get on with
other projects, rather than spending my wiki-time making this SQL
based report more efficient. Naturally, if someone wants to offer me
some funding, or bribes me by nominating my Commons RFA, I'll look
again. ;-)
Cheers,
Fae
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[Wikimedia-l] Events and editathons with journalists
Dear all, I was wondering if anyone, in the Wikimedia movement, has done editathons and wiki-events with *journalists*. In April, Wikimedia Italia will host a workshop at the International Journalism Festival, and we'd welcome tips and suggestions. Cheers Aubrey ___ 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] Wikimedia OTRS Annual Report
This is a great report on a truly amazing job! Thank you Patrik and all OTRS agents across the movement, I'm a fan of yours. Kasia 2015-02-26 7:32 GMT+01:00 MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com: Hi. Re: https://tools.wmflabs.org/otrsreports/annual/2014 phoebe ayers wrote: p.s. The report layout/webpage is lovely! could it be used for other reports? I'm curious about this as well. I see that source code is mentioned at https://tools.wmflabs.org/otrsreports/index.html, but I didn't see a link off-hand. If a code repository exists somewhere that people could contribute to, it might be nice to add a link in the footer. Just poking around the HTML page source, the report seems to be built using at least jQuery, Bootstrap, and xtable. Very neat, I'd be interested to learn more. I also left a note on the wiki talk page about preserving this report. I'm pretty concerned that these micro-sites won't last nearly as long as the wikis, which is probably fine and to be expected, but I want to make sure we don't lose important historical data. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:OTRS/Reports/2014#Preserving_history MZMcBride ___ 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 -- Kasia Odrozek Vorstandsreferentin / Executive Advisor Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. +49 (030) 219 158 260 Mobil: +49 151 46752534 http://wikimedia.de http://www.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. 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] Events and editathons with journalists
Hello, Andrea: This sounds like an interesting project! Here are some examples that popped into my head right away: *CIS (is planning a workshop for journalists as part of Kannada language outreach) *Wikimedia CH (did some work building a network of journalism schools) *Wikimedia Argentina (did at least one workshop for journalists back in 2012 in Rosario City) *Wikimedia Deutschland (did at least one workshop back in 2013 with journalists from ZDF Berlin) *The Malayalam community did a workshop for journalists as part of the events leading up to their community's 2013 conference Not sure if everyone I've listed is working on this currently, but these groups may have some experience to share. And there must be others I haven't listed here! Seems like a good opportunity to share some learning patterns on this topic, since I haven't found much there about working with journalists! :) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns Cheers and best of luck with your project! We look forward to the results. Winifred On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Andrea Zanni zanni.andre...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I was wondering if anyone, in the Wikimedia movement, has done editathons and wiki-events with *journalists*. In April, Wikimedia Italia will host a workshop at the International Journalism Festival, and we'd welcome tips and suggestions. Cheers Aubrey ___ 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 -- Winifred Olliff Program Officer 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] [Wikimedia Announcements] Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation
Dear all, To everyone who has reached out on the maillists, and privately, thank you. I feel overwhelmed by the support, and deeply grateful and moved by the appreciation. I would like to - and will - respond to each of you individually, but given my health, my apologies that I'm not able to respond to each of your incredible messages as immediately as I'd like to. ...so yes, more to come, and many more journeys to share together! Warmly, Anasuya On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Anasuya Sengupta asengu...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear friends and colleagues, fellow adventurers on the Wikimedia journey - Goodbyes are overrated.[1] But since I’m sure this will be au revoir, I’ll continue: I am leaving the Foundation as head of the Grantmaking department, at the end of March. This was not an easy decision to make; this is not an easy email to write. As some of you know, I have been battling health issues over the past few months. I’ve learnt sharp and intimate truths about myself as I’ve worked to get better, and what I’ve kept coming back to is the compassionate but fierce feminist slogan around self-care and sustainability: ‘what’s the point of the revolution if we can’t dance?’[2] To reassure you all, I will be well,[3] but I need a little time and space to focus on getting my dancing legs strong again. That said, I am pleased that we have a really solid plan in place as I leave. As Lila’s email just announced, Luis Villa (our current Deputy General Counsel) will be taking over the team effective immediately, and leading the organisation further in our support of Wikimedia communities worldwide. Luis brings with him a range of skills and qualities that I know will stand him, the team, and the movement in wonderful stead through it all. As a friend and colleague, I am so delighted to be supporting Luis through the next few weeks of transition. I joined the Foundation in July 2012 to oversee and implement the FDC process. Since then, I’ve had the privilege of creating and leading a department of more than twenty remarkable and passionate people who care about our mission, our communities, and the resources needed to match the two. We went from Asaf managing a small grants portfolio on his own, ably supported on occasion by Winifred, to a fully fledged grantmaking department with a spectrum of monetary and non-monetary resources. We have been able to offer these in different ways to different parts of our movement: to individual volunteers with great ideas in need of project management, to small groups experimenting with new initiatives, and to established organisations who form critical content and policy partnerships in their local contexts. We built an infrastructure for understanding our collective impact. We learned together about what our different communities are doing globally, about the successes and challenges we have, and above all: about how we can, together, create a more powerful set of outcomes for free knowledge. In doing so, I’ve had the joy of discovery,[4] of learning from and with some of the most dedicated volunteers in the world, who believe that knowledge matters. Most importantly, that it’s not only free knowledge _for_ all that we seek, but even more critically, that we believe in knowledge _from_ and _with_ all. And I’ve discovered that the nerdy, geeky, obsessed-with-data part of me found a home in this extraordinary universe, where everybody’s “unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds” can find expression.[5] I look forward to the day when my worlds find more space on Wikipedia, when 80% of the globe is represented by far more than 20% of the edits, when much more than 15% of our contributors can self-identify as women. Till then, I’ll keep fighting notability one article at a time...[6] So thank you for sharing your worlds with me, and no thanks for turning me into an obsessive Wikimedian. :-) As I have learnt with you, I know I have done so with trust, and as I have challenged you, I hope I have done so with respect. I look forward to continuing our friendships and obsessions on a wiki near you. With appreciation and gratitude, Anasuya p.s. You can find me in the future at my enWP user page (User:Anasuyas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anasuyas) or (dare I say it) on Facebook. Longer diatribes on liff, the universe and everything can be sent to anasuyaATsanmathi.org [1] Neil Gaiman, American Gods (Chapter 8) [2] Urgent Action Fund, a funder of women’s human rights defenders, has this book on sustainability: http://urgentactionfund.org/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2012/06/WTPR-Final-Book.pdf [3] And look forward to dancing together on the beaches of a future Wikimania… [4] Sometimes frustrating, sometimes unbelievable, sometimes somewhat insane; but yes mostly, generous beyond belief, and always, joyous. :-) [5] More Neil Gaiman, from The Sandman:
