Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome messages at arwiki

2018-01-01 Thread Vi to 
I'm scared of the solutions that will "fix" this.
I expect something as dramatically useful as the removal of "unblock this
IP" button for IPs caught by autoblocks of registered users.

Vito

2018-01-01 22:46 GMT+01:00 Pine W :

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> Happy new year,
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome messages at arwiki

2018-01-01 Thread Renée Bagslint 
I'm surprised that this whole thing is even an issue at this late date.
Considering the importance to the projects of recruiting and retaining
contrbutors, how is it possible to be in a position where the various
projects do not have a comprehensive understanding of, and well-researched
evidence-based policies for, welcoming new contributors, and efficient and
effective tools in place to implement those policies?  Indeed, why were
these things not all sorted out at least a decade ago?

On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 9:20 AM, John Erling Blad  wrote:

> Users on other projects are complaining about the welcome messages at
> arwiki. A bot at that project are welcoming people that has no activity at
> that project at all. The bot operator claims the activity is valid, but I
> can't see that this is a well-behaving bot at all.[1]
>
> I suspect the bot is welcoming every user it can find, but using user
> accounts from central login and not users that has local contributions at
> arwiki.
>
> Can someone shut down the bot until the user fix the spam problem.
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Meno25#Welcome_messages
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2018-01-01 Thread Isaac Olatunde 
I am happy to begin this year with a good news like this.

Once again, congratulations!

Regards,

Isaac

On Jan 1, 2018 7:37 PM, "Sailesh Patnaik" 
wrote:

> Thank you, Ravi and Isaac!|
>
> I'm happy to share that, continuing the collaboration with the Odia
> community, Today, the Government of Odisha has announced to release the
> content of two major departments;  Information and Public Relations and ST
> & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Dept.  under
> Creative Commons license. Both the department has a huge collection of
> content and will help in improving a lot of Wikipedia articles.
> It was announced by the I&PR dept. and also by the Chief Minister's Office,
> https://twitter.com/CMO_Odisha/status/947838684874792960. The required
> changes will be made in the upcoming week.
>
> ---
> *Sailesh Patnaik*  "*ଶୈଳେଶ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ "*
> Community Advocate, Access To Knowledge Program
> Centre for Internet and Society
> Phone: +91-7537097770
> *LinkedIn* : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sailesh-patnaik-551a10b4
> *Twitter*: @saileshpat
>
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 8:42 PM, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu <
> rayyakka...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > Sailesh and all Odia community members,
> >
> > This is an impressive accomplishment! Congrats!
> >
> > Especially, the short turn-around time to take the decision is remarkable
> > and it was a smart move to ask the social media account to be freely
> > licensed.
> >
> > Ravi
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 6:04 PM, Nurunnaby Hasive 
> wrote:
> >
> > > Wow! Congratulations!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hasive
> > >
> > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 7:03 AM, Zachary McCune  >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Very exciting news Sailesh! Congrats on this wide-reaching
> > collaboration.
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Sailesh Patnaik <
> > > > sailesh.patnaik...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Thank you, Katy!!
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 at 12:27 AM, Katy Love 
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi Sailesh,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What great news!! What a remarkable achievement! Thanks for
> sharing
> > > > this
> > > > > > with us. I really like the blog post, too. Congratulations!!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Katy
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:09 AM, Sailesh Patnaik <
> > > > > > sailesh.patnaik...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hello Everyone,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I am glad to share a recent collaboration of Odia Wikipedia
> > > community
> > > > > > with
> > > > > > > the Government of Odisha.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > After releasing the content of 2017 Asian Athletics
> > Championships (
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/07/28/digest-asia-
> > > > > athletics-championships/
> > > > > > > ) another initiative by the Government of Odisha to bridge the
> > > dearth
> > > > > of
> > > > > > > Information about Odisha on Wikipedia by releasing its social
> > media
> > > > > > > accounts under CC-BY 4.0.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Earlier this week, the community members met the Government
> > > officials
> > > > > > > regarding this, and after understanding the value of Open
> > Content,
> > > it
> > > > > > took
> > > > > > > only 24hrs to release the social media channels under CC-BY 4.0
> > > > > license.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > As a pilot project, 8 social media accounts from Government of
> > > Odisha
> > > > > are
> > > > > > > under CC-BY 4.0,Now, the content is free for everyone to use,
> > > share,
> > > > > and
> > > > > > > build upon their work.
> > > > > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/09/18/odisha-social-
> > > > > media-free-license/
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The community is also planning to take the collaboration
> further
> > > and
> > > > > > > relicense some of the websites under CC-BY 4.0.
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > *Sailesh Patnaik*  "*ଶୈଳେଶ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ "*
> > > > > > > Community Advocate, Access To Knowledge Program
> > > > > > > Centre for Internet and Society
> > > > > > > Phone: +91-7537097770
> > > > > > > *LinkedIn* : https://www.linkedin.com/in/
> > sailesh-patnaik-551a10b4
> > > > > > > *Twitter*: @saileshpat
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome messages at arwiki

2018-01-01 Thread Pine W 
I have created https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T183876 and am pinging
Legal to request a review of this matter.

Happy new year,

Pine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2018-01-01 Thread Sailesh Patnaik 
Thank you, Ravi and Isaac!|

I'm happy to share that, continuing the collaboration with the Odia
community, Today, the Government of Odisha has announced to release the
content of two major departments;  Information and Public Relations and ST
& SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Dept.  under
Creative Commons license. Both the department has a huge collection of
content and will help in improving a lot of Wikipedia articles.
It was announced by the I&PR dept. and also by the Chief Minister's Office,
https://twitter.com/CMO_Odisha/status/947838684874792960. The required
changes will be made in the upcoming week.

---
*Sailesh Patnaik*  "*ଶୈଳେଶ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ "*
Community Advocate, Access To Knowledge Program
Centre for Internet and Society
Phone: +91-7537097770
*LinkedIn* : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sailesh-patnaik-551a10b4
*Twitter*: @saileshpat

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 8:42 PM, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu <
rayyakka...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Sailesh and all Odia community members,
>
> This is an impressive accomplishment! Congrats!
>
> Especially, the short turn-around time to take the decision is remarkable
> and it was a smart move to ask the social media account to be freely
> licensed.
>
> Ravi
>
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 6:04 PM, Nurunnaby Hasive  wrote:
>
> > Wow! Congratulations!
> >
> >
> >
> > Hasive
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 7:03 AM, Zachary McCune 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Very exciting news Sailesh! Congrats on this wide-reaching
> collaboration.
> > >
> > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Sailesh Patnaik <
> > > sailesh.patnaik...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thank you, Katy!!
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 at 12:27 AM, Katy Love 
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Sailesh,
> > > > >
> > > > > What great news!! What a remarkable achievement! Thanks for sharing
> > > this
> > > > > with us. I really like the blog post, too. Congratulations!!
> > > > >
> > > > > Katy
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:09 AM, Sailesh Patnaik <
> > > > > sailesh.patnaik...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hello Everyone,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am glad to share a recent collaboration of Odia Wikipedia
> > community
> > > > > with
> > > > > > the Government of Odisha.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > After releasing the content of 2017 Asian Athletics
> Championships (
> > > > > >
> > > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/07/28/digest-asia-
> > > > athletics-championships/
> > > > > > ) another initiative by the Government of Odisha to bridge the
> > dearth
> > > > of
> > > > > > Information about Odisha on Wikipedia by releasing its social
> media
> > > > > > accounts under CC-BY 4.0.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Earlier this week, the community members met the Government
> > officials
> > > > > > regarding this, and after understanding the value of Open
> Content,
> > it
> > > > > took
> > > > > > only 24hrs to release the social media channels under CC-BY 4.0
> > > > license.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > As a pilot project, 8 social media accounts from Government of
> > Odisha
> > > > are
> > > > > > under CC-BY 4.0,Now, the content is free for everyone to use,
> > share,
> > > > and
> > > > > > build upon their work.
> > > > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/09/18/odisha-social-
> > > > media-free-license/
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The community is also planning to take the collaboration further
> > and
> > > > > > relicense some of the websites under CC-BY 4.0.
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > > *Sailesh Patnaik*  "*ଶୈଳେଶ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ "*
> > > > > > Community Advocate, Access To Knowledge Program
> > > > > > Centre for Internet and Society
> > > > > > Phone: +91-7537097770
> > > > > > *LinkedIn* : https://www.linkedin.com/in/
> sailesh-patnaik-551a10b4
> > > > > > *Twitter*: @saileshpat
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