Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

[Daniel Mietchen via Wikimedia-l]

Good to see such an abstract proposal to reach this point on the way
towards becoming a very real Wikimedia project!
d.


On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 1:05 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga <
galder...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Excited to see even how this mind-blowing idea comes to live!
>
> Congratulations
>
> Galder
> 
> From: Wikimedia-l  on behalf of
> Isaac Olatunde 
> Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2020 7:01 PM
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new
> Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia
>
> Wow! This is a great news.
>
> Thanks for sharing Katherine.
>
> With best wishes
>
> Isaac.
>
> On Thu, 2 Jul 2020, 17:39 Denny Vrandečić,  wrote:
>
> > Katherine, thank you for the warm welcome and your kind words!
> >
> > I am very happy to be given the opportunity to start this new project,
> and
> > deeply honored by the trust and confidence of the Board and the
> Foundation.
> >
> > Thanks to the many who have listened to me talking about this project in
> > the last few years, read my papers and plans, commented on them,
> > scrutinized them, and offered encouragement, criticism, and advice.
> Thanks
> > to everyone who expressed their support and raised their concerns on the
> > proposal page on Meta [1]. It is thanks to you that the Board was
> confident
> > enough to make this decision.
> >
> > There is a lot of work in front of us, and I will continue to rely on
> your
> > guidance and collective wisdom. We will need to foster a new community.
> > Just as with Wikidata, I hope that some of you will become active in the
> > new community, and I also want to make sure that we will be welcoming to
> > new contributors. We want to extend and grow the Wikimedia movement not
> > only with new functionalities, but also with new people.
> >
> > Settling in this new position will take quite a bit of my attention in
> the
> > next few weeks, so please forgive me if I may be slow with answering your
> > questions between now and then. One of the first things we’ll do is to
> set
> > up new communication channels. We will continue discussing the project
> and
> > planning on Meta [2] for now and also welcome you to the new, dedicated
> > mailing list [3].
> >
> > One of our first tasks together will be to find a name for the project. A
> > first set of proposals have already been made [4], and I invite you all
> to
> > come up with more ideas. We will start that off in July or August. Did I
> > mention that you can join us on Meta [2] to discuss proposals for names,
> > the project itself, and much more?
> >
> > Again, thank you all! I am super excited about figuring this thing out
> with
> > you, and am looking forward to coming back to Wikimedia full-time.
> >
> > Stay safe,
> > Denny
> >
> > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abstract_Wikipedia
> > [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia
> > [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia
> > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Name
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:24 AM Brion Vibber 
> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm extremely excited about this project!
> > >
> > > Not only will this be directly useful on its own (and a fascinating
> > project
> > > in its own right!), but it will help our volunteer editors to ramp up
> > good
> > > base material to work with on the "prose" Wikipedias we already know
> and
> > > love.
> > >
> > > The idea is really to make the structured data we've all been putting
> > into
> > > Wikidata available in a human-readable form at a big scale, that's
> still
> > > able to be shaped and made into something real and readable by human
> > > editors. By moving around where in the chain the data gets expressed as
> > > human language, we hope to make something that's just as editable but
> > much
> > > more maintainable in the future and across multiple languages.
> > >
> > > -- brion
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:04 AM Katherine Maher 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > (A translatable version of this announcement can be found on Meta
> [1])
> > > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia [1], a new project
> that
> > > has
> > > > been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
> > Trustees.
> > > > Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline
> encyclopedic
> > > > content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and
> more
> > > > readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach
> > that
> > > > aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects,
> increase
> > > the
> > > > sustainability of our movement through expanding access to
> > participation,
> > > > improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and
> innovate
> > in
> > > > free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to
> > > > create something new.
> > > >
> > > > This 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [wikicite-discuss] Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation, staying on the wikis

[Daniel Mietchen via Wikimedia-l]

Hi Dario and Leila,
it's been a pleasure collaborating with you in the past, and I hope
this will continue despite the changes in your roles.
Best,
Daniel

On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 11:13 PM Yaroslav Blanter  wrote:
>
> Dario, thanks for your effort. It was a pleasure working with you, and I am
> also happy that you will stay around as a volunteer. My congratulations to
> Leila. Whereas at this point I am rather skeptical and sometimes vocal
> about WMF in general, I have a tremendous respect for both of you.
>
> Cheers
> Yaroslav
>
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 11:05 PM Samuel Klein  wrote:
>
> > Dario -- what news!  And how close that seems to your recent pushing of us
> > all.
> > How lucky the projects have been to have you building a research
> > constellation, for these many years.
> >
> > Leila, congrats + warm wishes in your new role.
> >
> > With wikilove and taxonometrics,
> > SJ
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 4:56 PM Dario Taraborelli <
> > dtarabore...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Hey all,
> > >
> > > I've got some personal news to share.
> > >
> > > After 8 years with Wikimedia, I have decided to leave the Foundation to
> > > take up a new role focused on open science. This has been a difficult
> > > decision but an opportunity arose and I am excited to be moving on to an
> > > area that’s been so close to my heart for years.
> > >
> > > Serving the movement as part of the Research team at WMF has been, and
> > > will definitely be, the most important gig in my life. I leave a team of
> > > ridiculously talented and fun people that I can’t possibly imagine not
> > > spending all of my days with, as well many collaborators and friends in
> > the
> > > community who have I worked alongside. I am proud and thankful to have
> > been
> > > part of this journey with you all. With my departure, Leila Zia is taking
> > > the lead of Research at WMF, and you all couldn't be in better hands.
> > >
> > > In March, I’ll be joining CZI Science—a philanthropy based in the Bay
> > > Area—to help build their portfolio of open science programs and
> > technology.
> > > I'll continue to be an ally on the same fights in my new role.
> > >
> > > Other than that, I look forward to returning to full volunteer mode. I
> > > started editing English Wikipedia in 2004, working on bloody chapters in
> > > the history of London ;
> > hypothetical
> > > astronomy ; unsung heroes
> > > among women in science ; and
> > > of course natural
> > > , technical
> > >  and
> > political
> > > disasters
> > > <
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections
> > >.
> > > I’ve also developed an embarrassing addiction to Wikidata, and you’ll
> > > continue seeing me around hacking those instances of Q16521
> > >  for a little while.
> > >
> > > I hope our paths cross once again in the future.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Dario
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > *Dario Taraborelli  *Director, Head of Research, Wikimedia Foundation
> > > research.wikimedia.org • nitens.org • @readermeter
> > > 
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia content for in-flight entertainment?

[Daniel Mietchen]

Hi,

during long flights, I have often been wondering why there is no
Wikimedia option in in-flight entertainment systems. As I am normally
offline during flights and I normally don't think about in-flight
stuff while on the ground, I never actually asked around, so after a
long flight yesterday, here we go:
Do any of you know of attempts to explore the option(s) to get
Wikimedia content onto in-flight entertainment and similar systems?

Many of them already have educational content, but I am not aware of
anything openly licensed amidst those offerings. Have any of the Kiwix
team looked into this?

Also, many airlines/ ships/ trains and others offer WiFi for a fee -
has the Wikipedia Zero team ever looked into engaging with such
"providers"?

Thanks and cheers,

Daniel

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[Wikimedia-l] Candidature for the European Commission Open Science Policy Platform

[Daniel Mietchen]

Dear all,

the European Commission is setting up an advisory group for its Open
Science Agenda:
https://ec.europa.eu/research/openscience/index.cfm?pg=open-science-policy-platform

This group - called 'Open Science Policy Platform' (OSPP) - has an
open call for candidates, and I am amongst those who have publicly
declared their interest in serving on this group.

Since many of my Open Science activities have a Wikimedia component, I
posted my candidacy at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchen/European_Commission_Open_Science_Policy_Platform
and would welcome endorsements from individuals and groups, especially
if you are active at the interface of Open Science with Wikimedia or
other open movements.

I also set up
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:European_Commission_Open_Science_Policy_Platform
in case others here would like to serve as candidates as well, which I
would welcome.

Thanks and cheers,

Daniel

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Free Bassel

[Daniel Mietchen]

Yes, a CentralNotice would seem appropriate here.
Please help flesh it out at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Banner:Free_Bassel .

Daniel

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Gerard Meijssen
 wrote:
> Hoi,
> I have started a text..
> Thanks,
>  GerardM
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Banner:Free_Bassel
>
> On 24 November 2015 at 15:25, Pete Forsyth  wrote:
>
>> +1
>> Gerard, or Andrea, or anybody who knows better than myself, could you start
>> a draft on Meta Wiki with a proposed text for a banner, and where it should
>> link/what it should advise readers to do?
>> Pete
>> On Nov 24, 2015 3:13 AM, "Tito Dutta"  wrote:
>>
>> > Sad news. Agree with everyone here that we should do something.
>> >
>> > On 24 November 2015 at 16:38, Gerard Meijssen > >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hoi,
>> > > Tomorrow we have a platform as well at the Erasmus award ceremony in
>> > > Amsterdam. It is Wikipedia, its community that is receiving the award..
>> > > Thanks,
>> > >  GerardM
>> > >
>> > > On 24 November 2015 at 12:03, Cristian Consonni <
>> kikkocrist...@gmail.com
>> > >
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > 2015-11-24 10:47 GMT+01:00 Andrea Zanni :
>> > > > > Use the centralnotice.
>> > > >
>> > > > [...]
>> > > >
>> > > > > A Wikipedian, a member of our community sentenced to death for
>> > > believing
>> > > > in
>> > > > > our Mission and Vision is something extraordinary. I understand the
>> > > > caution
>> > > > > of setting a precedent, but I think it's worth it.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Also, remember: we have few days before we'll ask money again to
>> all
>> > > the
>> > > > > English-speaking countries.
>> > > > > How could we ask for money when we are not using the power that was
>> > > > > bestowed upon us by the very same spirit, love and courage that is
>> > > > > condemning Bassel to death?
>> > > >
>> > > > I strongly support this.
>> > > >
>> > > > As for the precedent, recall that the Wikimedia Foundation supports
>> > > > the users, we did this with User:Diu in Greece:
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >
>> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/02/14/wikimedia-foundation-supports-wikipedia-user-subject-to-defamation-lawsuit-in-greece/
>> > > >
>> > > > This is much more than a lawsuit.
>> > > >
>> > > > A message I do not want us to send is that if you enough force or the
>> > > > threat is big enough, then we, as a movement, will be scared away.
>> > > >
>> > > > C
>> > > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on

[Daniel Mietchen]

Thanks a lot, Jan. I am sure our roads will keep crossing for a while
- just penciled your Open Access Week editathon into my calendar last
night.

d.

On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 12:24 PM, aude  wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 4:22 AM, Jan Ainali  wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> For the last three years I have been the Executive Director for Wikimedia
>> Sverige. Before that I have been Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary of the
>> board (at different times) and have been involved since the founding of the
>> chapter in 2007. It is perhaps even an understatement to say that the
>> chapter has been a big part of my life. I have had the opportunity to be
>> part of a fantastic journey from starting the first chapter’s activities to
>> today, with stable strategic activities, seven people in the office, and a
>> diversified board. It has been an awesome time in my life and I have met
>> and worked with some truly wonderful persons along the way, and I am
>> thankful to all of you that have made it so inspiring. But now, as my
>> contract is about to come to an end, I feel that it is time for me to move
>> on to new endeavours. I am confident that the chapter is already in good
>> hands, with a professional board and an office with experienced staff
>> members and functional processes, but I’ll be around until at least the
>> beginning of January to make it a smooth transition.
>>
>> I will obviously always be a wikimedian at heart and probably pick up on my
>> editing again and I will also stay subscribed to most mailing lists. If not
>> earlier, I’ll see you in Esino Lario.
>>
>
> Huge thanks for everything you have done to help grow the chapter and
> provide leadership!
>
> I am very impressed and inspired by all the great stuff Wikimedia Sverige
> has been doing, including Wikidata-related (e.g. the menu challenge and
> visualiztion challenge) and GLAM initatives.
>
> I am sure the chapter will do just fine with new leadership, and would be
> great to have you back as a community person. :)
>
> (PS. and was cool to visit on Monday and see the office.  even more
> impressed now and appreciate being welcomed there)
>
> Cheers,
> Katie
>
>
>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> *Jan Ainali*
>> Executive director, Wikimedia Sverige 
>>
>>
>>
>> *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till mänsklighetens
>> samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.*
>> Bli medlem. 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedian-In-Residence at NIOSH

[Daniel Mietchen]

Great news, Emily - congratulations!

Looking forward to see NIOSH materials flow into Wikimedia projects,
and to interactions between both communities.

d.
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On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 10:56 PM, Keilana keilanaw...@gmail.com wrote:
 Sort of - Ebola is definitely an occupational health hazard for health care
 people! ;) And of course, I always appreciate advice!

 I'm the second US Federal WIR as far as I can tell - Dominic was the first,
 and, unless someone has been very under-the-radar (or I've had my head
 under a rock), NIOSH is the first federal science/technology/medicine
 agency with a WIR.

 Thank you!

 -Emily

 On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 3:52 PM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk
 wrote:

 On 2 January 2015 at 21:00, Keilana keilanaw...@gmail.com wrote:

  I am excited to announce that I am starting today as the
  Wikipedian-in-Residence for NIOSH, the National Institute for
 Occupational
  Safety and Health, a subsidiary of the CDC.

 Congratulations! CDC - does that make you the Wikipedian in Residence
 for Ebola? ;-)

 I'm sure you'll do well, but please let me know if I can offer any
 help or advice - especially where the subject interests of NIOSH and
 the Royal Society of Chemistry (where I am Wikimedian in Residence)
 overlap.

 As a matter of interest, how many US federal WiRs have there been now -
 I know of Daniel at NARA; are there others?

 --
 Andy Mabbett
 @pigsonthewing
 http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Input needed: Cooperation with zoos?

[Daniel Mietchen]

Hi Milos,

I agree with Nemo that finding an additional non-zoo partner would be
a good thing and that it's worth having a close look at the project
with Sofia Zoo, which he linked in his post. Perhaps you could ask the
applicants to review that project and to outline similarities and
differences to theirs? I am available to review their application.

Daniel

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On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 12:12 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo)
nemow...@gmail.com wrote:
 Milos Rancic, 29/05/2014 23:44:

 animal rights are not that well
 protected in Serbia like the case is in, let's say, in the most of EU
 countries.


 Surely they have some studies on what's their compliance with EU standards
 by now? Serbia is quite close to entering EU (if you forget Kosovo).



 So, I am interested in prevalent opinion. What's more important to us:
 free knowledge or not cooperating with an institution which likely has
 issues with the treatment of animals -- the question is just about the
 level.


 That's definitely the biggest concern.
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/?diff=6234463oldid=5789546
 As for moral considerations, if you're unsure, outsource them: have a
 partnership with the zoo only if you can find an animalist/environmentalist
 association willing to join the effort. If you manage, you have an
 achievement before even starting, i.e. an ally for future initiatives like
 WikiLovesMonuments or education or whatever (examples made with Italian WWF
 and Legambiente in mind; no idea of the situation in Serbia).

 Nemo


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Input needed: Cooperation with zoos?

[Daniel Mietchen]

That looks impressive, Balazs - thanks to the Hungarian community!

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On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 12:42 AM, Balázs Viczián
balazs.vicz...@wikimedia.hu wrote:
 Hi,

 I haven't heared any issues with animal treatment in Hungarian zoos
 (moreover the news I can recall reports continous improvement, like
 expanding getting renovated/modernised, etc.)

 I have no idea about the Serbian ones or the rest of the world.

 We've just completed a QR-project with a zoo in Hungary; it might be
 interesting for you.

 Find the documentation (google translator needed as it is in
 Hungarian-only) here:
 http://hu.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikip%C3%A9dia%3AMiskolc-m%C5%B1hely%2FGLAM-ZOO

 in short: 80 articles were (mostly significantly) improved plus 34 new
 created (114 articles in total) and the same number of QR codes put out and
 our cooperation won't stop here :)

 If you're concerned about animal treatment, think about something else
 then, for example botanical gardens :)

 Also a QRpedia project, also recently completed, but not finished (as the
 cooperation will continue beyond mainenance) with the country's largest and
 most prestigeous botanical garden and also Hungarian-only documentation:
 http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:N%C3%B6v%C3%A9nyek_m%C5%B1helye/V%C3%A1cr%C3%A1t%C3%B3t

 Both were conducted by Wikipedia project groups thus both had a team of
 editors behind them.

 Cheers,
 Balazs
 2014.05.29. 23:45, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com ezt írta:

 There is ongoing Microgrants project in Wikimedia Serbia. In brief, we
 asked people to give us ideas, so we could talk about them. There are
 some interesting ideas and a number of not so relevant.

 We've got the offer to cooperate with one of the zoos from Serbia. At
 this moment of time, there is just their idea, nothing more precise.

 Before I proceed with the application (give suggestion to WMRS Board),
 I want your input. In reality, I don't know that any zoo is perfect in
 relation to the treatment of animals. In reality, it's likely
 impossible to check that, as well as animal rights are not that well
 protected in Serbia like the case is in, let's say, in the most of EU
 countries.

 So, I am interested in prevalent opinion. What's more important to us:
 free knowledge or not cooperating with an institution which likely has
 issues with the treatment of animals -- the question is just about the
 level.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Reasonator use in Wikipedias

[Daniel Mietchen]

What about having the Reasonator sit in the Draft namespace, with a
link from the search results or the text preloaded for non-existing
pages in the main namespace?

Daniel
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On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Magnus Manske
magnusman...@googlemail.com wrote:
 Hi Andy,

 I thought about that as well. Besides the intro text, the info box would be
 the main attraction; but if infoboxes were to fall back on wikidata
 information, which they could technically already do, all we'd have to do
 is add a blank infobox, and it should automatically fill up with the
 wikidata information. In light of that, writing code to fill an infobox
 with values form wikidata to paste into the article seems ... low-tech ;-)

 Cheers,
 Magnus


 On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Andy Mabbett 
 a...@pigsonthewing.org.ukwrote:

 On 22 January 2014 08:35, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com
 wrote:

  There are many ways to skin a cat. The most obvious
  one is to add a {{Reasonator}} template as a place
  holder in a Wikipedia. Another is to capture a not
  found or a red link and insert Reasonator info. What
  I am trying to do is to give a sense of direction. I am
  not indicating how it will be done for sure.

 [I'm not on the devs list, so trimmed from the CC]

 I would like people to be able to subst that template (or have a big
 button that does the same thing), and have some code draft a stub
 article based on the statements in Wikidata, say:

  X was a German painter born in [[Munich]] on
  27 May 1801. He died in [[Berlin]] on 3
  March 1899

 with formatted references, a reflist template, and a pre-populated
 infobox. It would be delivered in preview state, allowing further
 editing before publication.

 A suitably prominent warning would alert editors that they still bear
 responsibility for ensuring that the subject is notable, and the
 article fit for publication, according to local standards. A hidden
 category and/or an edit tag would allow tracking.

 Because of the complexity of this task, we could pilot it for one type
 of subject (say, buildings, or people, or even a subset of one of
 those) in one or two languages.

 --
 Andy Mabbett
 @pigsonthewing
 http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] About the concentration of resources in SF (it was: Communication plans for community engagement

[Daniel Mietchen]

I could imagine that certain types of bots, tools and gadgets would
benefit if handled and developed with support from a chapter.

For instance,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Citation_bot
is used widely but cannot be maintained by its original author.
It is currently being ported to Labs (
https://github.com/wrought/citation-bot )
to restore functionality, but due to ongoing developments in other
areas (e.g. citation templates), adaptations are necessary on an
ongoing basis. Who should do that? And what about feature requests?

Some bot owners manage to handle all this on their own, but having
support from a chapter for such things (on an opt-in basis) or for
feature requests from the wider community would probably be widely
appreciated.

Daniel



On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 5:41 AM, Craig Franklin
cfrank...@halonetwork.net wrote:
 Hi Erik (and whomever from WMDE),

 For the benefit of chapters that are interested in this space, can you
 offer any examples of projects that are of an appropriate size and type for
 a chapter to take on?  I think that most chapters* would be willing to help
 out in the software development space if we got a bit of direction on how
 we could be the most useful.

 Cheers,
 Craig Franklin

 * Keeping in mind that my chapter probably wouldn't have the capacity to
 start anything in this space for at least another twelve months.


 On 27 July 2013 09:57, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 2:39 PM, rupert THURNER
 rupert.thur...@gmail.com wrote:

  If WMF is serious about letting development activities grow in other
  countries this might be taken into account in FDCs allocation policy.

 For my part, I'm happy to offer feedback to the FDC on plans related
 to the development of engineering capacity in FDC-funded
 organizations. I'm sure Wikimedia Germany, too, would be happy to
 share its experiences growing the Wikidata development team. I'd love
 to find ways to bootstrap more engineering capacity across the
 movement, as so many of our shared challenges have a software
 engineering component. If any folks on-list want to touch base on
 these questions at Wikimania, drop me a note. :)

 Erik

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[Wikimedia-l] Wikifying a traveling science exhibition about the digital society

[Daniel Mietchen]

Dear all,

a ship is cruising rivers in and around Germany with a science
exhibition every year. The topic for next year is the digital society,
and you are invited to edit the exhibition, e.g. by proposing
individual exhibits or by making suggestions about the overall
concept.

The project page in German is at
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Ausstellungen/MS_Wissenschaft_%E2%80%93_Digitale_Gesellschaft
,
and a summary in English sits at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Ship .

Thanks and cheers,

Daniel

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thanks for all the fish!

[Daniel Mietchen]

On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 10:32 PM, Yuri Astrakhan
yastrak...@wikimedia.org wrote:
 Milos, lets call it an extended sabbatical instead! You never know when you
 might come back, and you are always welcome :)
I'd echo that and am looking forward to crossing paths again.

Daniel

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki goes to radio: Möebius at Ibero 90.9

[Daniel Mietchen]

Hi Iván,

that's an interesting concept - looking forward to listening to the recordings.

Do you envision that collaboration to broaden a bit over time? For
instance, there does not seem to be any mention of Creative Commons on
their site, or their trained voices might help in getting some more
Wikipedia articles spoken in Spanish, or they might have a sound
archive (or contacts to one), which could then be asked about
releasing materials under Wikimedia-compatible licenses.

Cheers,

Daniel
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http://wikimedia.org


On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Ivan Martínez gala...@gmail.com wrote:
 {{Crossposting}}

 Dear all,

 From June 8, Wikimedia Mexico will co-produce Möebius a weekly radio
 program in Ibero 90.9 FM [1], one of the trendsetter media in Mexico City. The
 creative concept of the program is to find two topics allegedly disconnected
 , but united by four or five Wikipedia articles, with a sound design that will
 reinforce the concept.

 It has been several months of planning the concept, which will serve to
 further spread our mission in Mexico, thanks our GLAM partnering with the
 Universidad Iberoamericana and their radio station, Ibero 90.9 FM.

 This program will be conducted by Almendra Hernández, Carmen Alcázar and me. 
 We
 will upload the audios for those wishing to listen to them, so you can 
 practice
 your Spanish :)

 Best regards.

 [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHUIA-FM

 --
 *Atentamente:

 Iván Martínez
 Presidente
 Wikimedia México A.C.
 wikimedia.mx

 Imagina un mundo en donde cada persona del planeta pueda tener acceso libre
 a la suma total del conocimiento humano.
 Eso es lo que estamos haciendo http://es.wikipedia.org. *
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Simple English hits 100k this week

[Daniel Mietchen]

Hi Sarah,

that sounds like an important milestone!
Do we have any feedback as to how Simple is actually used by children
and adults learning how to speak English?

Daniel



On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 4:36 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote:
 And...urm...I wrote the article that hit 100k. That's not the point, but,
 just felt the need to preface...

 http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Announcements#May_29.2C_2013

 Simple English is a Wikipedia that is for children and adults learning how
 to speak English.

 :)

 #justsayin

 Sarah

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 */Museumist and open culture advocate/*
Visit sarahstierch.com http://sarahstierch.com
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] White House orders open access to federally sponsored research

[Daniel Mietchen]

The US and UK plans may be similar in how they affect Wikimedia
projects in that both make more research publications free to read,
but they differ in numerous details (e.g. on whether the publications
- and what versions thereof - should be freely available from the
publisher or from a repository)

In short, the White House directive means that about 19 US Federal
agencies will have to develop, within six months from today, policies
regarding read-access to publications about research they funded,
similar to the Public Access policy implemented by the National
Institutes of Health in 2008 (cf. http://publicaccess.nih.gov/ ). It
is not clear yet what this will mean in terms of reusability of
materials from such publications, as the document is rather silent on
licensing issues.

For further information on the directive, see the detailed comments by
Peter Suber, who puts it into the perspective of proposed similar US
legislation (which, if adopted, would have a more permanent effect),
introduced to Congress last week:
https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/8hzviMJeVHJ .

Daniel

On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Richard Symonds
richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
 Looks like a US version of the UK's plan described at
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17921442, which Jimmy was rather
 involved in!

 Excellent news for the US if it goes ahead.

 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 22 February 2013 22:33, James Salsman jsals...@gmail.com wrote:

 This looks pretty substantial:


 http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf

 The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) hereby directs
 each Federal agency with over $100 million in annual conduct of
 research and development expenditures to develop a plan to support
 increased public access to the results of research funded by the
 Federal Government.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Israeli Government to Release its images under a free license for public use

[Daniel Mietchen]

In order to get rid of the -ND clause, it may help to gather examples
of derivative works. I just noticed that we do not keep track of these
and thus started
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Derivative_versions .

Daniel

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Itzik Edri it...@infra.co.il wrote:
 cross-posting

 -- Forwarded message --
 From: Tomer Ashur tomeras...@gmail.com
 Date: Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:27 PM
 Subject: [Internal-l] Israeli Government to Release its images under a free
 license for public use
 To: Local Chapters, board and officers coordination (closed subscription)
 interna...@lists.wikimedia.org


 Hi all,
 I am very proud to announce that Wikimedia Israel just won one of its main
 struggles. The Israeli government has announced[1] that all imaged in which
 the state is the copyrights holder and that were uploaded to the
 government's websites can be freely used with the following restrictions:
 1. The image will be attributed to the state of Israel (or the relevant
 office)
 2. The user cannot change the license (Share-alike)
 3. No derivative work.
 4. Each office will create a policy about commercial use (i.e., commercial
 use is allowed, unless otherwise specified).

 Wikimedia Israel has pushed for this change since 2010, when MK Meir
 Sheetrit proposed an amendment for the Israeli copyright act. The chapter
 pushed for the acceptance of this amendment by the Knesset (the Israeli
 parliament). During this time, we were able to make a complete shift in the
 paradigms employed by the government and government officials. From being
 strong opposers to the bill, they become adopters of the changes, thus
 making the bill itself, redundant.

 Now, a new struggle begins - Wikimedia Israel will work to remove the ND
 clause from the decision, and will make sure that all government offices
 publish their policy as required. Nonetheless, this is still a huge
 achievement, the government has accepted the importance of free culture in
 modern world.

 On a personal note, as the leader of this project, I wish to send my many
 thanks to all of those who made this miracle happen. A special thanks is
 due to the great people of the Israeli Internet society, the (just as
 great) people of Creative commons Israel, Adv. Jonathan Klinger, Mathias
 Schindler, the awsome volunteers of Wikimedia Israel and the editors of
 Hebrew Wikipedia. If there's anyone I forgot by name - my apologies, I'm
 still terribly excited of these news.

 If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here or send me a private
 email,
 Tomer Ashur
 Chairman
 Wikimedia Israel

 [1] http://www.pmo.gov.il/Secretary/GovDecisions/2012/Pages/des5268.aspx

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