Re: [Wikimedia-l] If I could talk to the wiki folks...
Ziko van Dijk, 29/12/2012 17:36: I'm confident to see soon a Wikimedia Medicine as the model for some other thematic organizations, and I am curious how it will evolve. Maybe I will never understand what is a foundation in the US. In the Netherlands or Germany, we distinguish between an association (with members) and a foundation (without members, only the board members). In the US, it seems, both can be a foundation and decide wether to allow members or not. Members are not really the point, those are things which can vary a lot across countries and different kinds of foundations in the same country. In extremely general terms, I think it can be safely said that a foundation exists for the sole purpose of preserving its assets for a scope, while an association is a group of persons with some common scope. [Of course I know nothing on the topic and terms/forms can be stretched so much... but no less than Machiavelli (1511) supports this according to my etymological dictionary, and he's even more esteemed in USA than Italy/continental Europe. ;-)] See e.g. the WMF whose sole scope is preserving and increasing the value of the trademarks and whose board is self-appointed and self-perpetuating. Nemo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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Hum yes. We wanted Wikimedia Medicine, than where not able to get permission to us Wikimedia so changed it to Wiki Medicine, NY state did not like Medicine (and if we wanted to use it we needed permission from some medical board) so abbreviated that as well giving us Wiki Med. NY state added the Foundation Inc. bit. The hope is to one day operate under the name Wikimedia Medicine. Hopefully with a bit of paper work this can be achieved. -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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Leinonen Teemu, 29/12/2012 15:20: Hi, I think the thematic organizations are good for the movement. Could the naming of the affiliated thematic organizations be primary based on the Wikipedia Portal namespaces (from all the Wikipedia's in different languages)? See https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikimedia_Thematic_Organizationsdiff=prevoldid=4922772 for a similar provocation I made... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Portals With this logic the Wiki Med could be Wikimedia Health. The portal is not called Wikimedia though. :-) Nemo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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I am not affiliated with Wiki Med. However as an American, Health to my ear means scammy quacky bullshit that wants to pretend it is medicine for the $$$. There are real reasons NY does not let an organization use the title Medicine without approval from the medical board. And all those reasons use the title Health or Healing instead. I imagine the members of an organization like Wiki Med are more than normally aware of this and would be more than normally distressed to be associated with this. After all, the majority of Wikipedian medical editors seem dedicate a good portion of their time to keeping the scammy quacky bullshit out of the medical articles. Birgitte SB On Dec 29, 2012, at 8:20 AM, Leinonen Teemu teemu.leino...@aalto.fi wrote: Hi, I think the thematic organizations are good for the movement. Could the naming of the affiliated thematic organizations be primary based on the Wikipedia Portal namespaces (from all the Wikipedia's in different languages)? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Portals With this logic the Wiki Med could be Wikimedia Health. - Teemu On 28.12.2012, at 19.29, Ziko van Dijk vand...@wmnederland.nlmailto:vand...@wmnederland.nl wrote: Dear James, My sincere congratulations for this important step, and I am really very happy with a Wikimedia Medicine. But the name Wiki Med Foundation - I find the choice for that name just strange (I saw the discussion on Meta too late). Wikimedia Health, by the way, would be as great as Wikimedia Medicine. I understood that there problems in the State of New York to use medicine in the title. So, Wiki Health could have been an alternative until recognition from the AffCom. Kind regards Ziko 2012/12/29 James Heilman jmh...@gmail.commailto:jmh...@gmail.com: Yes so Wiki Med Foundation Inc incorporated Dec 19, 2012 and we had our first official board meeting Dec 26, 2012. We have had expressed interest from 57 people from more than a dozen countries with a large group of interested members from India. Our 9 board members are from 7 different countries. Our first official event is being held January 7-11th at the University of California San Francisco in collaboration with Wikimedia Canada. We have been invited by the college of medicine to give a half dozen lectures on Wikipedia and Medicine and a few editing sessions where students and staff can try their hand at editing themselves. This is in preparation for an elective for 3rd and 4th year medical students which will resolve around contribution to Wikimedia projects hopefully to launch in the spring. Of course we are a new corporation, however our membership is composed of people who have extensive experience within the Wikimedia movement. Once we have had a chance to prove ourselves over the next 6 month we will re approach the aff com / Wikimedia movement to determine if an official association is desired. Currently as stated by Bence we are not officially associated. -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.comhttp://www.opentextbookofmedicine.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.orgmailto:Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- --- Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland dr. Ziko van Dijk, voorzitter http://wmnederland.nl/ Wikimedia Nederland Postbus 167 3500 AD Utrecht --- ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.orgmailto:Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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On 29.12.2012, at 9.35, birgitte...@yahoo.com birgitte...@yahoo.com wrote: I am not affiliated with Wiki Med. However as an American, Health to my ear means scammy quacky bullshit that wants to pretend it is medicine for the $$$. OK. I am sure in the US the World *Health* Organization is also seen by many as scammy quacky bullshit that wants to pretend it is medicine for the $$$. :-) In other places the WHO is the international organization that is concerned with public *health*. -Teemu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] If I could talk to the wiki folks...
I'm confident to see soon a Wikimedia Medicine as the model for some other thematic organizations, and I am curious how it will evolve. Maybe I will never understand what is a foundation in the US. In the Netherlands or Germany, we distinguish between an association (with members) and a foundation (without members, only the board members). In the US, it seems, both can be a foundation and decide wether to allow members or not. Kind regards Ziko PS: I did not invent the abbreviation thorg, and I only learned later that thorg exists in the Marvel and WoW universes. :-) 2012/12/29 James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com: Hum yes. We wanted Wikimedia Medicine, than where not able to get permission to us Wikimedia so changed it to Wiki Medicine, NY state did not like Medicine (and if we wanted to use it we needed permission from some medical board) so abbreviated that as well giving us Wiki Med. NY state added the Foundation Inc. bit. The hope is to one day operate under the name Wikimedia Medicine. Hopefully with a bit of paper work this can be achieved. -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- --- Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland dr. Ziko van Dijk, voorzitter http://wmnederland.nl/ Wikimedia Nederland Postbus 167 3500 AD Utrecht --- ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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On 12/29/12 1:15 AM, David Gerard wrote: On 29 December 2012 00:05, James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com wrote: Yes so Wiki Med Foundation Inc incorporated Dec 19, 2012 and we had our Isn't the name just a little prone to confusion with Wikimedia Foundation? - d. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l At the same time, Wiki is not a trademarked term and the term Foundation is a pretty usual one as well (in particular if it is indeed a Foundation...). It is certainly sufficient to dismiss any confusion if they do not use our logos, our colors and do not try to pretend they somehow are affiliated. Flo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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On 12/29/12 6:05 PM, Kirill Lokshin wrote: On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.comwrote: At the same time, Wiki is not a trademarked term and the term Foundation is a pretty usual one as well (in particular if it is indeed a Foundation...). You're correct as far as each individual term is concerned, but I'm not sure the same logic applies to the name as a whole. In my opinion, Wiki Med Foundation and Wikimedia Foundation are indeed so similar as to cause confusion between the two, particularly when the new organization *is* intending to use the same colors/logos/slogans/etc. as the WMF. Kirill ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l If that's their intent, yeah, that's annoying. At the minimum, until they are affiliated, they should avoid doing this to limit the confusion (temporary logo and adoption of purple/pink brand colors :)). After affiliation, I suppose they may have the officially declared name (which will hardly be used) and the day-to-day name. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.comwrote: On 12/29/12 6:05 PM, Kirill Lokshin wrote: On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.com wrote: At the same time, Wiki is not a trademarked term and the term Foundation is a pretty usual one as well (in particular if it is indeed a Foundation...). You're correct as far as each individual term is concerned, but I'm not sure the same logic applies to the name as a whole. In my opinion, Wiki Med Foundation and Wikimedia Foundation are indeed so similar as to cause confusion between the two, particularly when the new organization *is* intending to use the same colors/logos/slogans/etc. as the WMF. It seems guaranteed to cause confusion. Wiki Med strikes me as the second most confusing possible name for an associated group. The most confusing would be a multimedia / news organization named Wiki Media. I hope the medical group will change its name officially and permanently. SJ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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Samuel Klein wrote: It seems guaranteed to cause confusion. Wiki Med strikes me as the second most confusing possible name for an associated group. The most confusing would be a multimedia / news organization named Wiki Media. I hope the medical group will change its name officially and permanently. Second most confusing? I guess you missed the wikitech-l thread about a possible MediaWiki Foundation. [snip] Yes, what the world needs is another horribly confusingly named foundation. After we establish the MediaWiki Foundation, we can start work on the MikiWedia Foundation and the WediaMiki Foundation. ;-) [/snip] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2012-August/062843.html MZMcBride ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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On Dec 29, 2012 2:22 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Samuel Klein wrote: It seems guaranteed to cause confusion. Wiki Med strikes me as the second most confusing possible name for an associated group. The most confusing would be a multimedia / news organization named Wiki Media. I hope the medical group will change its name officially and permanently. Second most confusing? I guess you missed the wikitech-l thread about a possible MediaWiki Foundation. True! I must have misplaced my humerus this morning. Alas we started down the MW/WM road a while ago. [snip] Yes, what the world needs is another horribly confusingly named foundation. After we establish the MediaWiki Foundation, we can start work on the MikiWedia Foundation and the WediaMiki Foundation. ;-) [/snip] Not to mention wikiproject Wikidemia (to which I confess), Mickeymedia, WikiaMidi, and Nintendo injury research foundation WiiMedika... The 'Wiki Med' Foundation has lots of company... in theory, not in practice. I thought it was tongue in cheek until an actual registration was filed :). I now see that not everyone recognizes the potential for confusion. ___ Wikimade-l mailing list wikimede...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/amidewiki-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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Hello, A week ago, as I found out now, a new association has been found in New York: Wiki Med Foundation, Inc. (!). We have the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., we have some other Wikimedias, we have MediaWiki... how is the ordinary man on the street supposed to have the slightest chance to understand the Wikimedia movement? He even confuses Wikimedia with Wikileaks... I know that that is not the case, but sometimes it even seems that Wikimedians do want to make the movement a terminogical labyrinth. The WMF came with a simple scheme for national chapters, with the formula Wikimedia X (with X being the name of the country). I wish something similar for thematic organizations and Wikimedia user groups, and not the advice to even avoid the term Wikimedia. Confusing terms are a serious barrier for participation, on Wikipedia and in the larger movement. Kind regards, Ziko If I could talk to the wiki folks, just imagine it Chatting with a chick on IRC Imagine talking on a talk page, buzzing from a banner What a neat achievement that would be. If I could talk to the wiki folks, learn their languages Maybe take a data dump degree. I'd study mastodon and diesel, camel case and weasel, Interwiki, vandal and IP. I would converse in C++ and Python, And I would curse in fluent wikify. If people asked me, can you speak sock puppetry, I'd say, 'Of coursery, but why?' If I conferred with our fuzzy friends, man to editor, Think of the amazing repartee If I could talk to the wiki folks, fork to the wiki folks, Diff and rev and link with the wiki folks, And they could diff and rev and link with me. If I could speak CC-BY-SA The advantages any sandbox noob could plainly see! Discussing worldwide GLAM and drama With oh so witty llama That’s a big step forward you’ll agree! ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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Very nice! I'll expect a performance in Hong Kong! On a serious note, have you seen Geoff's comments on naming of affiliate organisations? On Dec 28, 2012 4:18 PM, Ziko van Dijk vand...@wmnederland.nl wrote: Hello, A week ago, as I found out now, a new association has been found in New York: Wiki Med Foundation, Inc. (!). We have the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., we have some other Wikimedias, we have MediaWiki... how is the ordinary man on the street supposed to have the slightest chance to understand the Wikimedia movement? He even confuses Wikimedia with Wikileaks... I know that that is not the case, but sometimes it even seems that Wikimedians do want to make the movement a terminogical labyrinth. The WMF came with a simple scheme for national chapters, with the formula Wikimedia X (with X being the name of the country). I wish something similar for thematic organizations and Wikimedia user groups, and not the advice to even avoid the term Wikimedia. Confusing terms are a serious barrier for participation, on Wikipedia and in the larger movement. Kind regards, Ziko If I could talk to the wiki folks, just imagine it Chatting with a chick on IRC Imagine talking on a talk page, buzzing from a banner What a neat achievement that would be. If I could talk to the wiki folks, learn their languages Maybe take a data dump degree. I'd study mastodon and diesel, camel case and weasel, Interwiki, vandal and IP. I would converse in C++ and Python, And I would curse in fluent wikify. If people asked me, can you speak sock puppetry, I'd say, 'Of coursery, but why?' If I conferred with our fuzzy friends, man to editor, Think of the amazing repartee If I could talk to the wiki folks, fork to the wiki folks, Diff and rev and link with the wiki folks, And they could diff and rev and link with me. If I could speak CC-BY-SA The advantages any sandbox noob could plainly see! Discussing worldwide GLAM and drama With oh so witty llama That’s a big step forward you’ll agree! ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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Hi, it should probably be emphasized that this organization was founded against the advice of the Wikimedia Foundations' Affiliate Committee. It is not recognized at this point. I am also quite unhappy about the chosen name because of the obvious confusion that is to be expected. But speaking in general terms, you're indeed welcome to join the discussion about naming that has been going on for a while now, on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Thematic_Organizations . While it is not likely to be possible to have a very rigid convention (thanks to the diversity in the scopes of these organizations) I would appreciate suggestions in how clarity can be achieved. Best, Lodewijk 2012/12/28 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com Very nice! I'll expect a performance in Hong Kong! On a serious note, have you seen Geoff's comments on naming of affiliate organisations? On Dec 28, 2012 4:18 PM, Ziko van Dijk vand...@wmnederland.nl wrote: Hello, A week ago, as I found out now, a new association has been found in New York: Wiki Med Foundation, Inc. (!). We have the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., we have some other Wikimedias, we have MediaWiki... how is the ordinary man on the street supposed to have the slightest chance to understand the Wikimedia movement? He even confuses Wikimedia with Wikileaks... I know that that is not the case, but sometimes it even seems that Wikimedians do want to make the movement a terminogical labyrinth. The WMF came with a simple scheme for national chapters, with the formula Wikimedia X (with X being the name of the country). I wish something similar for thematic organizations and Wikimedia user groups, and not the advice to even avoid the term Wikimedia. Confusing terms are a serious barrier for participation, on Wikipedia and in the larger movement. Kind regards, Ziko If I could talk to the wiki folks, just imagine it Chatting with a chick on IRC Imagine talking on a talk page, buzzing from a banner What a neat achievement that would be. If I could talk to the wiki folks, learn their languages Maybe take a data dump degree. I'd study mastodon and diesel, camel case and weasel, Interwiki, vandal and IP. I would converse in C++ and Python, And I would curse in fluent wikify. If people asked me, can you speak sock puppetry, I'd say, 'Of coursery, but why?' If I conferred with our fuzzy friends, man to editor, Think of the amazing repartee If I could talk to the wiki folks, fork to the wiki folks, Diff and rev and link with the wiki folks, And they could diff and rev and link with me. If I could speak CC-BY-SA The advantages any sandbox noob could plainly see! Discussing worldwide GLAM and drama With oh so witty llama That’s a big step forward you’ll agree! ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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On Dec 28, 2012 7:12 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Hi, it should probably be emphasized that this organization was founded against the advice of the Wikimedia Foundations' Affiliate Committee. It is not recognized at this point. Does it have a license to use the Wikimedia trademark in its name? ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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Thank you Ziko – your post is great! ( http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Thematic_Organizations#Scope_and_names_for_movement_entities ) Best regards, Bence (P.S. AffCom is still looking for new members ready to think about the hard questions that are raised there: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Call_for_Candidates_2013 ) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:48 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote: On Dec 28, 2012 7:12 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Hi, it should probably be emphasized that this organization was founded against the advice of the Wikimedia Foundations' Affiliate Committee. It is not recognized at this point. Does it have a license to use the Wikimedia trademark in its name? If you mean Wiki Med, it doesn't currently have the trademark in the name. (Wiki Med Foundation Inc.) Best regards, Bence ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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Wow, I want to start a Thematic Organization just so I can call it a thorg! What a great acronym :) On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you Ziko – your post is great! ( http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Thematic_Organizations#Scope_and_names_for_movement_entities ) Best regards, Bence (P.S. AffCom is still looking for new members ready to think about the hard questions that are raised there: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Call_for_Candidates_2013 ) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Matthew Roth Global Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 ext 6635 www.wikimediafoundation.org *https://donate.wikimedia.org* ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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Yes so Wiki Med Foundation Inc incorporated Dec 19, 2012 and we had our first official board meeting Dec 26, 2012. We have had expressed interest from 57 people from more than a dozen countries with a large group of interested members from India. Our 9 board members are from 7 different countries. Our first official event is being held January 7-11th at the University of California San Francisco in collaboration with Wikimedia Canada. We have been invited by the college of medicine to give a half dozen lectures on Wikipedia and Medicine and a few editing sessions where students and staff can try their hand at editing themselves. This is in preparation for an elective for 3rd and 4th year medical students which will resolve around contribution to Wikimedia projects hopefully to launch in the spring. Of course we are a new corporation, however our membership is composed of people who have extensive experience within the Wikimedia movement. Once we have had a chance to prove ourselves over the next 6 month we will re approach the aff com / Wikimedia movement to determine if an official association is desired. Currently as stated by Bence we are not officially associated. -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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On 29 December 2012 00:05, James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com wrote: Yes so Wiki Med Foundation Inc incorporated Dec 19, 2012 and we had our Isn't the name just a little prone to confusion with Wikimedia Foundation? - d. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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On Dec 28, 2012 9:53 PM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:48 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On Dec 28, 2012 7:12 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Hi, it should probably be emphasized that this organization was founded against the advice of the Wikimedia Foundations' Affiliate Committee. It is not recognized at this point. Does it have a license to use the Wikimedia trademark in its name? If you mean Wiki Med, it doesn't currently have the trademark in the name. Apologies, wasn't reading carefully enough! ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
