[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sanctions against the Russian Federation; support for Ukrainian Wikimedians

2022-03-03 Thread Peter Southwood 
Yes, that is what we are supposed to do and supposed to be good at. Cheers, 
Peter

 

From: Ilario Valdelli [mailto:valde...@gmail.com] 
Sent: 02 March 2022 10:31
To: Wikimedia Mailing List
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Sanctions against the Russian Federation; support 
for Ukrainian Wikimedians

 

I agree and I think that the best support is to offer a neutral and complete 
information against any kind of propaganda.

 

This is what Wikimedia can do better.

 

Kind regards

 

On Tue, 1 Mar 2022, 23:21 Valentin Nefedov,  wrote:

Thanks for your support! The best "sanctions" WMF can implement is raising 
awareness about the whole situation. For example, the promotion of Ukraine's 
Cultural Diplomacy Month 2022 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ukraine%27s_Cultural_Diplomacy_Month_2022> . 
About Russian Wikipedia: unfortunately, most likely it will get banned in the 
Federation. More than 70 Russian Wikipedians wrote open letter to us on our 
village pump 
<https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%96%D1%8F:%D0%9A%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BF%D0%B0_(%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B5)#%D0%9D%D1%96_%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%96!>
  where they condemned the invasion, so WMF might support people who signed 
this letter legally because of possible threats.

 

Best regards,

Renvoy

 

вт, 1 бер. 2022 р. о 22:57 James Heilman  пише:

I wonder if a banner raising awareness regarding the existence of offline apps 
specifically Kiwix for when communication goes down would be useful?

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixmobile 
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixmobile=en_CA=US>
 =en_CA=US

 

We also have Internet in a Box, with instruction on how to build your own here

 

https://mdwiki.org/wiki/WikiProjectMed:Internet-in-a-Box

 

James

 

On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 2:37 PM GorillaWarfare 
 wrote:

+1 on the "what can we all do to help?" question. On the VPN topic, I suspect 
the functionary teams will be pretty open to granting IPBE for folks editing 
from that region. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_block_exemption#Used_for_anonymous_proxy_editing
 has details if anyone needs it.




– Molly White (GorillaWarfare)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:GorillaWarfare

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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sanctions against the Russian Federation; support for Ukrainian Wikimedians

2022-03-03 Thread Zafer BATIK 
Hi Everyone,

As you know Turkey has banned more than 2,5 year Wikipedia Project all
languages. And we contributed through free VPNs in those years.

Andy Mabbett was also our guest speaker during the ban for the Wikidata 6th
Birthday event
.
We contacted WMF employees many times.

I hope no one is not badly affected by this situation.

Regards,

*Zafer*

*WMTR*

Stephen LaPorte , 2 Mar 2022 Çar, 21:48 tarihinde
şunu yazdı:

> Hello Andy,
>
> The Foundation is undertaking several initiatives in assisting the
> Wikimedia communities in Ukraine and Russia, and in reviewing the potential
> impacts that the sanctions will have on the movement. We are not able to
> discuss all the specifics without potential risk to those being supported.
>
> What we can disclose is that the Trust and Safety and Human Rights units
> of the Foundation are in constant communication with community members in
> Ukraine and Russia. Our Disinformation Team on the other hand is actively
> collaborating with various communities in monitoring the situation, and in
> ensuring that the projects maintain neutrality during these unprecedented
> times.
>
> Other emails on this thread have shared valuable ideas of how we can
> collectively assist the Wikimedia communities in Ukraine and Russia, and we
> are grateful for that. As we continue to monitor the situation, we urge
> everyone to report direct threats of harm through our dedicated channel:
> emerge...@wikimedia.org, so that we can evaluate them on an individual
> basis and determine the best course of action.
>
> On matters related to disinformation, and specifically pertaining to
> Ukraine and Russia, we have set up a dedicated channel and our team can be
> reached through d...@wikimedia.org.
>
> Best,
> Stephen
>
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 5:25 AM Andy Mabbett 
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 2 Mar 2022 at 06:26, Stephen LaPorte 
>> wrote:
>>
>> > We share your concern for the ongoing threats to our community members
>> in
>> > Ukraine and Russia, as well as our global mission to share free and open
>> > knowledge. As Ziko just shared, the Foundation issued a statement
>> earlier
>> > today on the crisis in Ukraine.
>>
>> I don't think any of us would disagree with the sentiments expressed
>> there.
>>
>> But your post does not answer the questions I posed in the original
>> post in this thread.
>>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sanctions against the Russian Federation; support for Ukrainian Wikimedians

2022-03-03 Thread Valentin Nefedov 
As a member of Wikimedia Ukraine, I can say that we as an organisation
proposed help for Wikipedians from Ukraine. Wikimedia Poland was also very
kind to express its readiness to help. But as far as I know, no one used
this help so far.

чт, 3 бер. 2022 р. о 14:55 Yaroslav Blanter  пише:

> Males between 18 and 60 may not leave the country (and probably do not
> want to do it anyway), so that there could be only women, old people, and
> children among the refugees. Given the gender gap situation, probably there
> are not so many Wikipedians among them, but I hope if there are some, they
> will let themselves known.
>
> Best
> Yaroslav
>
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 2:35 PM Tomasz Ganicz  wrote:
>
>> I was contacted by two wikipedians from Ukraine which I know personally
>> with questions about the situation at Polish border and what documents they
>> need to enter. I just answered them + gave my private phone number, but
>> till then I haven't heard from them, so they either decided to stay or are
>> still trying to get to the border. One of them is from Kiev and one from
>> Lviv. Bear in mind that at the moment, there are around 1 million
>> Ukrainians queing at the border on the Ukrainian side, and Poland is able
>> to accept around 100 000 per day.
>>
>> I guess - if the substantial number of Ukrainian Wikipedias manage to
>> reach Polish border - some sort of help from WMF would be very appreciated
>> - but at the moment I guess not too much real help can be done.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>>  Wolny
>> od wirusów. www.avast.com
>> 
>> <#m_-6354216588033126005_m_-2230622763712047362_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
>>
>> czw., 3 mar 2022 o 11:40 Andy Mabbett 
>> napisał(a):
>>
>>> On Wed, 2 Mar 2022 at 18:04, Stephen LaPorte 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > The Foundation is undertaking several initiatives in assisting the
>>> Wikimedia
>>> > communities in Ukraine and Russia, and in reviewing the potential
>>> impacts
>>> >that the sanctions will have on the movement. We are not able to
>>> discuss all
>>> > the specifics without potential risk to those being supported.
>>> >
>>> > What we can disclose is that the Trust and Safety and Human Rights
>>> units of
>>> > the Foundation are in constant communication with community members in
>>> Ukraine
>>> > and Russia.
>>>
>>> Thank you for the response. It is good to know that WMF is assisting
>>> our colleagues, and of course I understand the need for discretion
>>> regarding specifics, but I had hoped you could tell us /something/
>>> about what is being done in that regard.
>>>
>>> An additional thought occurs to me: Do we know of any Wikimedians who
>>> have become refugees, and are we assisting them in their new host
>>> countries?
>>>
>>> Regarding sanctions, do WMF have salaried staff or freelancers in
>>> Russia, and what is their position now? Does WMF fund a chapter or any
>>> other grantees in Russia, and ditto?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Andy Mabbett
>>> @pigsonthewing
>>> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sanctions against the Russian Federation; support for Ukrainian Wikimedians

2022-03-03 Thread Yaroslav Blanter 
Males between 18 and 60 may not leave the country (and probably do not want
to do it anyway), so that there could be only women, old people, and
children among the refugees. Given the gender gap situation, probably there
are not so many Wikipedians among them, but I hope if there are some, they
will let themselves known.

Best
Yaroslav

On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 2:35 PM Tomasz Ganicz  wrote:

> I was contacted by two wikipedians from Ukraine which I know personally
> with questions about the situation at Polish border and what documents they
> need to enter. I just answered them + gave my private phone number, but
> till then I haven't heard from them, so they either decided to stay or are
> still trying to get to the border. One of them is from Kiev and one from
> Lviv. Bear in mind that at the moment, there are around 1 million
> Ukrainians queing at the border on the Ukrainian side, and Poland is able
> to accept around 100 000 per day.
>
> I guess - if the substantial number of Ukrainian Wikipedias manage to
> reach Polish border - some sort of help from WMF would be very appreciated
> - but at the moment I guess not too much real help can be done.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> 
>  Wolny
> od wirusów. www.avast.com
> 
> <#m_-2230622763712047362_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
>
> czw., 3 mar 2022 o 11:40 Andy Mabbett 
> napisał(a):
>
>> On Wed, 2 Mar 2022 at 18:04, Stephen LaPorte 
>> wrote:
>>
>> > The Foundation is undertaking several initiatives in assisting the
>> Wikimedia
>> > communities in Ukraine and Russia, and in reviewing the potential
>> impacts
>> >that the sanctions will have on the movement. We are not able to discuss
>> all
>> > the specifics without potential risk to those being supported.
>> >
>> > What we can disclose is that the Trust and Safety and Human Rights
>> units of
>> > the Foundation are in constant communication with community members in
>> Ukraine
>> > and Russia.
>>
>> Thank you for the response. It is good to know that WMF is assisting
>> our colleagues, and of course I understand the need for discretion
>> regarding specifics, but I had hoped you could tell us /something/
>> about what is being done in that regard.
>>
>> An additional thought occurs to me: Do we know of any Wikimedians who
>> have become refugees, and are we assisting them in their new host
>> countries?
>>
>> Regarding sanctions, do WMF have salaried staff or freelancers in
>> Russia, and what is their position now? Does WMF fund a chapter or any
>> other grantees in Russia, and ditto?
>>
>> --
>> Andy Mabbett
>> @pigsonthewing
>> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sanctions against the Russian Federation; support for Ukrainian Wikimedians

2022-03-03 Thread Tomasz Ganicz 
I was contacted by two wikipedians from Ukraine which I know personally
with questions about the situation at Polish border and what documents they
need to enter. I just answered them + gave my private phone number, but
till then I haven't heard from them, so they either decided to stay or are
still trying to get to the border. One of them is from Kiev and one from
Lviv. Bear in mind that at the moment, there are around 1 million
Ukrainians queing at the border on the Ukrainian side, and Poland is able
to accept around 100 000 per day.

I guess - if the substantial number of Ukrainian Wikipedias manage to reach
Polish border - some sort of help from WMF would be very appreciated - but
at the moment I guess not too much real help can be done.

Cheers,



Wolny
od wirusów. www.avast.com

<#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

czw., 3 mar 2022 o 11:40 Andy Mabbett 
napisał(a):

> On Wed, 2 Mar 2022 at 18:04, Stephen LaPorte 
> wrote:
>
> > The Foundation is undertaking several initiatives in assisting the
> Wikimedia
> > communities in Ukraine and Russia, and in reviewing the potential impacts
> >that the sanctions will have on the movement. We are not able to discuss
> all
> > the specifics without potential risk to those being supported.
> >
> > What we can disclose is that the Trust and Safety and Human Rights units
> of
> > the Foundation are in constant communication with community members in
> Ukraine
> > and Russia.
>
> Thank you for the response. It is good to know that WMF is assisting
> our colleagues, and of course I understand the need for discretion
> regarding specifics, but I had hoped you could tell us /something/
> about what is being done in that regard.
>
> An additional thought occurs to me: Do we know of any Wikimedians who
> have become refugees, and are we assisting them in their new host
> countries?
>
> Regarding sanctions, do WMF have salaried staff or freelancers in
> Russia, and what is their position now? Does WMF fund a chapter or any
> other grantees in Russia, and ditto?
>
> --
> Andy Mabbett
> @pigsonthewing
> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sanctions against the Russian Federation; support for Ukrainian Wikimedians

2022-03-03 Thread Andy Mabbett 
On Wed, 2 Mar 2022 at 18:04, Stephen LaPorte  wrote:

> The Foundation is undertaking several initiatives in assisting the Wikimedia
> communities in Ukraine and Russia, and in reviewing the potential impacts
>that the sanctions will have on the movement. We are not able to discuss all
> the specifics without potential risk to those being supported.
>
> What we can disclose is that the Trust and Safety and Human Rights units of
> the Foundation are in constant communication with community members in Ukraine
> and Russia.

Thank you for the response. It is good to know that WMF is assisting
our colleagues, and of course I understand the need for discretion
regarding specifics, but I had hoped you could tell us /something/
about what is being done in that regard.

An additional thought occurs to me: Do we know of any Wikimedians who
have become refugees, and are we assisting them in their new host
countries?

Regarding sanctions, do WMF have salaried staff or freelancers in
Russia, and what is their position now? Does WMF fund a chapter or any
other grantees in Russia, and ditto?

-- 
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sanctions against the Russian Federation; support for Ukrainian Wikimedians

2022-03-02 Thread Stephen LaPorte 
Hello Andy,

The Foundation is undertaking several initiatives in assisting the
Wikimedia communities in Ukraine and Russia, and in reviewing the potential
impacts that the sanctions will have on the movement. We are not able to
discuss all the specifics without potential risk to those being supported.

What we can disclose is that the Trust and Safety and Human Rights units of
the Foundation are in constant communication with community members in
Ukraine and Russia. Our Disinformation Team on the other hand is actively
collaborating with various communities in monitoring the situation, and in
ensuring that the projects maintain neutrality during these unprecedented
times.

Other emails on this thread have shared valuable ideas of how we can
collectively assist the Wikimedia communities in Ukraine and Russia, and we
are grateful for that. As we continue to monitor the situation, we urge
everyone to report direct threats of harm through our dedicated channel:
emerge...@wikimedia.org, so that we can evaluate them on an individual
basis and determine the best course of action.

On matters related to disinformation, and specifically pertaining to
Ukraine and Russia, we have set up a dedicated channel and our team can be
reached through d...@wikimedia.org.

Best,
Stephen

On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 5:25 AM Andy Mabbett 
wrote:

> On Wed, 2 Mar 2022 at 06:26, Stephen LaPorte 
> wrote:
>
> > We share your concern for the ongoing threats to our community members in
> > Ukraine and Russia, as well as our global mission to share free and open
> > knowledge. As Ziko just shared, the Foundation issued a statement earlier
> > today on the crisis in Ukraine.
>
> I don't think any of us would disagree with the sentiments expressed there.
>
> But your post does not answer the questions I posed in the original
> post in this thread.
>
> --
> Andy Mabbett
> @pigsonthewing
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sanctions against the Russian Federation; support for Ukrainian Wikimedians

2022-03-02 Thread Andy Mabbett 
On Wed, 2 Mar 2022 at 06:26, Stephen LaPorte  wrote:

> We share your concern for the ongoing threats to our community members in
> Ukraine and Russia, as well as our global mission to share free and open
> knowledge. As Ziko just shared, the Foundation issued a statement earlier
> today on the crisis in Ukraine.

I don't think any of us would disagree with the sentiments expressed there.

But your post does not answer the questions I posed in the original
post in this thread.

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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sanctions against the Russian Federation; support for Ukrainian Wikimedians

2022-03-02 Thread Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga 
Some thoughts:

  *   Being neutral is not the same as not taking a side in a conflict. We can 
take side with human rights.
  *   There are wars elsewhere in the world. If we take a decision over 
Ukraine, then other wikimedians may ask the same kind of decisions when another 
country invades a third one. It's not something speculative: the US has invaded 
lot of countries in the last 30 years and is still bombing others, european 
countries invaded Libya, Israel is invading Syria (not to mention the situation 
in Palestine), Saudi Arabia is invading Yemen, France is bombing Chad, Iran may 
be seen as an invader in Lebanon... the list is really long, and every point 
may be discussed.
  *   Our main point is not war. Our main point is co-operation and building 
knowledge together. Wikimedians around the world share this view, independent 
of their views in national or international conflicts.
  *   Let's change the focus: Wikimedians promote peace, because diplomacy and 
conflict solving is something we make better than we think. We build together. 
We work together.
  *   Let's think big: Wiki[m,p]edia must get the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023.

Change my mind.

galder


From: Ilario Valdelli 
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To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Sanctions against the Russian Federation; support 
for Ukrainian Wikimedians

I agree and I think that the best support is to offer a neutral and complete 
information against any kind of propaganda.

This is what Wikimedia can do better.

Kind regards

On Tue, 1 Mar 2022, 23:21 Valentin Nefedov, 
mailto:nefedov.valen...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Thanks for your support! The best "sanctions" WMF can implement is raising 
awareness about the whole situation. For example, the promotion of Ukraine's 
Cultural Diplomacy Month 
2022<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ukraine%27s_Cultural_Diplomacy_Month_2022>.
 About Russian Wikipedia: unfortunately, most likely it will get banned in the 
Federation. More than 70 Russian Wikipedians wrote open letter to us on our 
village 
pump<https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%96%D1%8F:%D0%9A%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BF%D0%B0_(%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B5)#%D0%9D%D1%96_%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%96!>
 where they condemned the invasion, so WMF might support people who signed this 
letter legally because of possible threats.

Best regards,
Renvoy

вт, 1 бер. 2022 р. о 22:57 James Heilman 
mailto:jmh...@gmail.com>> пише:
I wonder if a banner raising awareness regarding the existence of offline apps 
specifically Kiwix for when communication goes down would be useful?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixmobile=en_CA=US

We also have Internet in a Box, with instruction on how to build your own here

https://mdwiki.org/wiki/WikiProjectMed:Internet-in-a-Box

James

On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 2:37 PM GorillaWarfare 
mailto:gorillawarfarewikipe...@gmail.com>> 
wrote:
+1 on the "what can we all do to help?" question. On the VPN topic, I suspect 
the functionary teams will be pretty open to granting IPBE for folks editing 
from that region. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_block_exemption#Used_for_anonymous_proxy_editing
 has details if anyone needs it.

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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sanctions against the Russian Federation; support for Ukrainian Wikimedians

2022-03-02 Thread Ilario Valdelli 
I agree and I think that the best support is to offer a neutral and
complete information against any kind of propaganda.

This is what Wikimedia can do better.

Kind regards

On Tue, 1 Mar 2022, 23:21 Valentin Nefedov, 
wrote:

> Thanks for your support! The best "sanctions" WMF can implement is raising
> awareness about the whole situation. For example, the promotion of Ukraine's
> Cultural Diplomacy Month 2022
> .
> About Russian Wikipedia: unfortunately, most likely it will get banned in
> the Federation. More than 70 Russian Wikipedians wrote open letter to us
> on our village pump
> 
> where they condemned the invasion, so WMF might support people who signed
> this letter legally because of possible threats.
>
> Best regards,
> Renvoy
>
> вт, 1 бер. 2022 р. о 22:57 James Heilman  пише:
>
>> I wonder if a banner raising awareness regarding the existence of offline
>> apps specifically Kiwix for when communication goes down would be useful?
>>
>>
>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixmobile=en_CA=US
>>
>> We also have Internet in a Box, with instruction on how to build your own
>> here
>>
>> https://mdwiki.org/wiki/WikiProjectMed:Internet-in-a-Box
>>
>> James
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 2:37 PM GorillaWarfare <
>> gorillawarfarewikipe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> +1 on the "what can we all do to help?" question. On the VPN topic, I
>>> suspect the functionary teams will be pretty open to granting IPBE for
>>> folks editing from that region.
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_block_exemption#Used_for_anonymous_proxy_editing
>>> has details if anyone needs it.
>>>
>>> – Molly White (GorillaWarfare)
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:GorillaWarfare
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sanctions against the Russian Federation; support for Ukrainian Wikimedians

2022-03-02 Thread Stephen LaPorte 
Hello all,



We share your concern for the ongoing threats to our community members in
Ukraine and Russia, as well as our global mission to share free and open
knowledge. As Ziko just shared, the Foundation issued a statement

earlier today on the crisis in Ukraine. We will continue to connect with
our communities in the area and monitor for any cyber attacks or threats of
disinformation.



Earlier today, the Wikimedia Foundation received a letter from Roskomnadzor
asking for removal of an article on Russian Wikipedia about the Russian
invasion of Ukraine. Wikimedia Russia also has a copy of this letter and
has shared it on the Russian Wikipedia village pump. We appreciate the
effort of the many editors working in this area to ensure that Wikipedia
has high quality content, and we are currently reviewing what our options
are to challenge the request.

Thank you,

Stephen

On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 5:26 AM Andy Mabbett 
wrote:

> How do US, Geman/EU (for Wikidata) and other sanctions affect our
> movement and its projects?
>
> How is WMF supporting Wikimedians in Ukraine? And - where sanctions
> allow - supporting Wikimedians in Russia, who are trying to
> disseminate facts and fight censorship and propaganda?
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sanctions against the Russian Federation; support for Ukrainian Wikimedians

2022-03-02 Thread Handgod Abraham 
you have to be careful about the strategies you use.  Above all, avoid
politicizing the WF

Le mar. 1 mars 2022 à 15:00, Samuel Klein  a écrit :

> A great question!  Dear renvoy, antanana and others in Ukraine, please
> stay safe.
> Not only, what is WMF doing, but what an we all do to help?
>
> Here's a potential Ru block in the works, and a request for better VPN
> support for editors in the region.
> https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1498735210342633473
> https://twitter.com/runasand/status/1498742191719694345
>
> //S
>
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 8:26 AM Andy Mabbett 
> wrote:
>
>> How do US, Geman/EU (for Wikidata) and other sanctions affect our
>> movement and its projects?
>>
>> How is WMF supporting Wikimedians in Ukraine? And - where sanctions
>> allow - supporting Wikimedians in Russia, who are trying to
>> disseminate facts and fight censorship and propaganda?
>>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sanctions against the Russian Federation; support for Ukrainian Wikimedians

2022-03-01 Thread Bodhisattwa 
Hello,

OSM Poland community is working on enriching map of border with Ukraine to
help Ukrainian refugees access reception points.

https://dopomoha.pl/en/#map=7/50.538/24.055

Pull request can be submitted here.
https://github.com/openstreetmap-polska/ua-2022-map

As Wikimedians, we could do something similar which can be of practical use
to the Ukrainian people for now like enriching more information and data
about Western Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Hungary etc. in Ukrainian language
using which they might get some relief and can reorganize.

Changing the color of Wikipedia logo to Ukrainian flag have some major
issues though. It might show our solidarity but it also can show that we
take side in geopolitics questioning our neutrality. We hadn't changed
color during other invasions in recent times.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_invasions#2000%E2%80%93present .
That might raise question about our biasness towards certain players. But
anyway, it all depends on how the community thinks.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa





On Wed, Mar 2, 2022, 04:58 James Heilman  wrote:

> Have proposed that EN Wikipedia adopt a logo in support of Ukraine.
>
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Switching_our_logo_to_one_in_support_of_Ukraine
>
> James
>
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 3:53 PM Andy Mabbett 
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 1 Mar 2022 at 22:20, Valentin Nefedov
>>  wrote:
>>
>> > More than 70 Russian Wikipedians wrote open letter to us on our village
>> pump
>> > where they condemned the invasion
>>
>> This is really heartening. I am pleased - but not in the east
>> surprised - to see the signatories include several people I count as
>> friends.
>>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sanctions against the Russian Federation; support for Ukrainian Wikimedians

2022-03-01 Thread James Heilman 
Have proposed that EN Wikipedia adopt a logo in support of Ukraine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Switching_our_logo_to_one_in_support_of_Ukraine

James

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> On Tue, 1 Mar 2022 at 22:20, Valentin Nefedov
>  wrote:
>
> > More than 70 Russian Wikipedians wrote open letter to us on our village
> pump
> > where they condemned the invasion
>
> This is really heartening. I am pleased - but not in the east
> surprised - to see the signatories include several people I count as
> friends.
>
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2022-03-01 Thread Andy Mabbett 
On Tue, 1 Mar 2022 at 22:20, Valentin Nefedov
 wrote:

> More than 70 Russian Wikipedians wrote open letter to us on our village pump
> where they condemned the invasion

This is really heartening. I am pleased - but not in the east
surprised - to see the signatories include several people I count as
friends.

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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sanctions against the Russian Federation; support for Ukrainian Wikimedians

2022-03-01 Thread Valentin Nefedov 
Thanks for your support! The best "sanctions" WMF can implement is raising
awareness about the whole situation. For example, the promotion of Ukraine's
Cultural Diplomacy Month 2022
.
About Russian Wikipedia: unfortunately, most likely it will get banned in
the Federation. More than 70 Russian Wikipedians wrote open letter to us on
our village pump

where they condemned the invasion, so WMF might support people who signed
this letter legally because of possible threats.

Best regards,
Renvoy

вт, 1 бер. 2022 р. о 22:57 James Heilman  пише:

> I wonder if a banner raising awareness regarding the existence of offline
> apps specifically Kiwix for when communication goes down would be useful?
>
>
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixmobile=en_CA=US
>
> We also have Internet in a Box, with instruction on how to build your own
> here
>
> https://mdwiki.org/wiki/WikiProjectMed:Internet-in-a-Box
>
> James
>
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 2:37 PM GorillaWarfare <
> gorillawarfarewikipe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> +1 on the "what can we all do to help?" question. On the VPN topic, I
>> suspect the functionary teams will be pretty open to granting IPBE for
>> folks editing from that region.
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_block_exemption#Used_for_anonymous_proxy_editing
>> has details if anyone needs it.
>>
>> – Molly White (GorillaWarfare)
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2022-03-01 Thread James Heilman 
I wonder if a banner raising awareness regarding the existence of offline
apps specifically Kiwix for when communication goes down would be useful?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixmobile=en_CA=US

We also have Internet in a Box, with instruction on how to build your own
here

https://mdwiki.org/wiki/WikiProjectMed:Internet-in-a-Box

James

On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 2:37 PM GorillaWarfare <
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> +1 on the "what can we all do to help?" question. On the VPN topic, I
> suspect the functionary teams will be pretty open to granting IPBE for
> folks editing from that region.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_block_exemption#Used_for_anonymous_proxy_editing
> has details if anyone needs it.
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sanctions against the Russian Federation; support for Ukrainian Wikimedians

2022-03-01 Thread GorillaWarfare 
+1 on the "what can we all do to help?" question. On the VPN topic, I
suspect the functionary teams will be pretty open to granting IPBE for
folks editing from that region.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_block_exemption#Used_for_anonymous_proxy_editing
has details if anyone needs it.

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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sanctions against the Russian Federation; support for Ukrainian Wikimedians

2022-03-01 Thread Ziko van Dijk 
By the way, Andy, should you not have seen this:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2022/03/01/wikimedia-foundation-calls-for-continued-access-to-free-and-open-knowledge-as-ukraine-crisis-continues/?fbclid=IwAR0k14v7WgnBC33QJOzucOQABp90amfHoXFiKzPgGftLhOXtmFRF3POFSVc
Kind regards
Ziko

Am Di., 1. März 2022 um 21:00 Uhr schrieb Samuel Klein :
>
> A great question!  Dear renvoy, antanana and others in Ukraine, please stay 
> safe.
> Not only, what is WMF doing, but what an we all do to help?
>
> Here's a potential Ru block in the works, and a request for better VPN 
> support for editors in the region.
> https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1498735210342633473
> https://twitter.com/runasand/status/1498742191719694345
>
> //S
>
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 8:26 AM Andy Mabbett  wrote:
>>
>> How do US, Geman/EU (for Wikidata) and other sanctions affect our
>> movement and its projects?
>>
>> How is WMF supporting Wikimedians in Ukraine? And - where sanctions
>> allow - supporting Wikimedians in Russia, who are trying to
>> disseminate facts and fight censorship and propaganda?
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sanctions against the Russian Federation; support for Ukrainian Wikimedians

2022-03-01 Thread Samuel Klein 
A great question!  Dear renvoy, antanana and others in Ukraine, please stay
safe.
Not only, what is WMF doing, but what an we all do to help?

Here's a potential Ru block in the works, and a request for better VPN
support for editors in the region.
https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1498735210342633473
https://twitter.com/runasand/status/1498742191719694345

//S

On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 8:26 AM Andy Mabbett 
wrote:

> How do US, Geman/EU (for Wikidata) and other sanctions affect our
> movement and its projects?
>
> How is WMF supporting Wikimedians in Ukraine? And - where sanctions
> allow - supporting Wikimedians in Russia, who are trying to
> disseminate facts and fight censorship and propaganda?
>
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