[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 8, Issue 32 -- 06 August 2012

[Wikipedia Signpost]

Op-ed: The Athena Project: being bold
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-08-06/Op-ed

News and notes: FDC portal launched
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-08-06/News_and_notes

WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Martial Arts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-08-06/WikiProject_report

Featured content: Casliber's words take root
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-08-06/Featured_content

Arbitration report: No pending or open arbitration cases
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-08-06/Arbitration_report

Technology report: Wikidata nears first deployment but wikis go down in fibre 
cut calamity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-08-06/Technology_report


Single page view
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single

PDF version
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-08-06


http://identi.ca/wikisignpost / https://twitter.com/wikisignpost
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[Wikimedia-l] IRC office hours with the Localisation team 2012-08-15 16:30 UTC

[Srikanth Lakshmanan (WMF)]

Hello everyone,

You're invited to the IRC office hours with the Localisation team[1] at the
Wikimedia Foundation.

Date: 2012-08-15
Time: 16.30 UTC
Venue: #wikimedia-office

Agenda:
1. Universal Language Selector update.
2. Language teams.
3. Q & A

For more logistical info and time conversion links check the page on
Meta.[2] To know what the localisation team has been up to, check out

* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Universal_Language_Selector
*
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Localisation_team_Sprint_21_demo.pdf

Thanks, and we hope to talk to you next week!

[1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Localisation_team
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours

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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

[Barry Newstead]

Dear Wikimedia friends and colleagues,

It is bittersweet for me to share with all of you that I will be leaving
the Wikimedia Foundation at the end of August to relocate to Australia for
personal reasons.

It is difficult for me to leave Wikimedia and particularly leave the Global
Development team, which I’ve had the pleasure of building and leading over
the past two years. I am proud of what we have accomplished in raising the
priority of much of the globe within the Wikimedia movement, strengthening
our mobile strategy and education program, globalizing communications, and
tackling the difficult movement roles issues that I hope can be put in the
past. It hasn’t been easy or uncontroversial, but I truly believe that we
are heading in the right direction.

One of the great joys of my work has been the opportunity to travel and
meet many amazing Wikipedians and to share the Wikimedia story with the
world. It is so inspiring to hear first hand how much people love our
projects and the amazing things that so many people do in support of the
movement. This is what helped me survive the many long flights and
jetlag-filled nights.  It was an honour representing the Wikimedia
Foundation and often the Wikimedia movement in so many places.

I am confident that the Global Development work will thrive with the team
in place and with all of the dedicated community members who see us as
partners. I look forward to becoming a volunteer member of the movement and
supporting the work in new ways. Sue will share plans for the transition
shortly.

Many thanks to all who have supported me and our work.

Kind regards,
Barry

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Chief Global Development Officer
Wikimedia Foundation

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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Follow-up to Barry's note

[Sue Gardner]

Hi folks,

I want to thank Barry for everything he’s done for the Wikimedia
movement, and express my regret that he’s leaving the Foundation.

Barry’s done a lot for the movement. He's been involved for three
years: first, as the Bridgespan lead for our strategy project, and
afterwards as Chief Global Development Officer for the Foundation. He
was a major contributor to the five-year strategic plan, and as CGDO
he’s set up and launched a number of key projects that arose as a
direct result of that plan, including the catalyst initiatives and
Wikipedia Zero. He’s also done some tough and useful work helping
Wikimedia grapple with issues related to movement roles and funds
dissemination -- the fact that we're now in a position to launch the
Funds Dissemination Committee is very much a credit to Barry. I want
to thank him for everything he’s accomplished for the movement, and
wish him all the best in the future. I know he plans to stay involved
as a volunteer, and I'm happy about that.

Here’s a quick summary of what will happen next:

Barry’s last day with the Wikimedia Foundation will be August 31. It
will likely take 4-6 months for us to complete the recruitment process
for his successor.

Beginning August 31 therefore, Global Development will be co-managed
by Frank Schulenburg and Anasuya Sengupta. Anasuya will be responsible
for grantmaking and the catalyst projects: Asaf Bartov, Jessie Wild,
and Winifred Olliff will report to her, and she will manage our
relationships with CIS for India, with Oona Castro for Brazil, and
with the Arabic Language Initiative. Frank will continue, of course,
to hold responsibility for the Global Education Program, and will also
now newly take on responsibility for fellowships and Wikipedia Zero,
with Siko Bouterse and Kul Wadhwa reporting to Frank.

I want to thank Frank and Anasuya for agreeing to take on, on an
interim basis, these extra responsibilities.

Also, we’re moving Communications to Legal and Community Advocacy from
Global Development: Jay Walsh will now report to Geoff Brigham. This
is independent of Barry’s departure. Why? There’s lots of natural
synchronicity between Community Advocacy and Communications -- both
groups need to understand and support the Wikimedia communities and
ensure good communications between them and the Wikimedia Foundation,
including coordinating translations with and for the
non-English-speaking communities. And, unlike the rest of Global
Development but like Legal, Communications is a service department
that supports the entire organization/movement. So it makes sense to
me that Communications should move over to become a part of LCA.

I also want to note, because I'm not sure if it's been announced
outside the staff, that beginning August 5 Winifred will move into a
new position. She has been the Program Assistant for Global
Development: as of August 5, she will be Grants Administrator for that
team, responsible for administering Wikimedia Foundation grants, funds
awarded by the Funds Dissemination Committee and other Wikimedia
Foundation volunteer support programs, and for supporting the
Wikimedia Foundation grants program in the areas of program
development, communications, relationship-building, compliance, and
community engagement.

Again: I want to thank Barry for everything he's done for the
movement, and I look forward to his continued involvement from
Australia :-)

Thanks,
Sue



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Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation

415 839 6885 office
415 816 9967 cell

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[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

[Michel Vuijlsteke]

Well, it's certainly a possible starting point for discussion:
http://www.wikipediaredefined.com/

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

[Hay (Husky)]

Yup, i think it's pretty nice. I especially like the 'edit' modus with
the live edit view. And the colored bars on the top of the main page
indicating the number of articles in a certain language.

-- Hay

On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Michel Vuijlsteke  wrote:
> Well, it's certainly a possible starting point for discussion:
> http://www.wikipediaredefined.com/
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

[MZMcBride]

Michel Vuijlsteke wrote:
> Well, it's certainly a possible starting point for discussion:
> http://www.wikipediaredefined.com/

There are some interesting and neat ideas in there.

Any idea what the copyright/license status of the images used on that page
is? It'd be nice to be able to upload the images to Wikimedia Commons so
that they can be annotated on Meta-Wiki and/or mediawiki.org.

MZMcBride



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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

[Steven Zhang]

Hi Barry,

It may not mean much, but I wanted to express my gratitude to you for all the 
hard work you've done over the past two years, both for the Foundation and for 
the entire Wikimedia movement. When you leave, I think your successor will have 
big shoes to fill.

As you know, I'm in Australia (though one day I may find myself relocating to 
the US if I was brought on permanently) and we have a strong community with the 
Australian chapter. Whereabouts in Australia are you moving to?

Steve Zhang
Community Fellow, Wikimedia Foundation
szh...@wikimedia.org

On 08/08/2012, at 4:41 AM, Barry Newstead  wrote:

> Dear Wikimedia friends and colleagues,
> 
> It is bittersweet for me to share with all of you that I will be leaving
> the Wikimedia Foundation at the end of August to relocate to Australia for
> personal reasons.
> 
> It is difficult for me to leave Wikimedia and particularly leave the Global
> Development team, which I’ve had the pleasure of building and leading over
> the past two years. I am proud of what we have accomplished in raising the
> priority of much of the globe within the Wikimedia movement, strengthening
> our mobile strategy and education program, globalizing communications, and
> tackling the difficult movement roles issues that I hope can be put in the
> past. It hasn’t been easy or uncontroversial, but I truly believe that we
> are heading in the right direction.
> 
> One of the great joys of my work has been the opportunity to travel and
> meet many amazing Wikipedians and to share the Wikimedia story with the
> world. It is so inspiring to hear first hand how much people love our
> projects and the amazing things that so many people do in support of the
> movement. This is what helped me survive the many long flights and
> jetlag-filled nights.  It was an honour representing the Wikimedia
> Foundation and often the Wikimedia movement in so many places.
> 
> I am confident that the Global Development work will thrive with the team
> in place and with all of the dedicated community members who see us as
> partners. I look forward to becoming a volunteer member of the movement and
> supporting the work in new ways. Sue will share plans for the transition
> shortly.
> 
> Many thanks to all who have supported me and our work.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Barry
> 
> -- 
> Barry Newstead
> Chief Global Development Officer
> Wikimedia Foundation
> 
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> the sum of all knowledge.  Help us make it a reality!
> 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

[Steven Zhang]

Hi all,

Please disregard my previous correspondence, it was sent in error.

Regards,

Steve Zhang
Community Fellow, Wikimedia Foundation
szh...@wikimedia.org

> On 08/08/2012, at 4:41 AM, Barry Newstead  wrote:
> 
>> Dear Wikimedia friends and colleagues,
>> 
>> It is bittersweet for me to share with all of you that I will be leaving
>> the Wikimedia Foundation at the end of August to relocate to Australia for
>> personal reasons.
>> 
>> It is difficult for me to leave Wikimedia and particularly leave the Global
>> Development team, which I’ve had the pleasure of building and leading over
>> the past two years. I am proud of what we have accomplished in raising the
>> priority of much of the globe within the Wikimedia movement, strengthening
>> our mobile strategy and education program, globalizing communications, and
>> tackling the difficult movement roles issues that I hope can be put in the
>> past. It hasn’t been easy or uncontroversial, but I truly believe that we
>> are heading in the right direction.
>> 
>> One of the great joys of my work has been the opportunity to travel and
>> meet many amazing Wikipedians and to share the Wikimedia story with the
>> world. It is so inspiring to hear first hand how much people love our
>> projects and the amazing things that so many people do in support of the
>> movement. This is what helped me survive the many long flights and
>> jetlag-filled nights.  It was an honour representing the Wikimedia
>> Foundation and often the Wikimedia movement in so many places.
>> 
>> I am confident that the Global Development work will thrive with the team
>> in place and with all of the dedicated community members who see us as
>> partners. I look forward to becoming a volunteer member of the movement and
>> supporting the work in new ways. Sue will share plans for the transition
>> shortly.
>> 
>> Many thanks to all who have supported me and our work.
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> Barry
>> 
>> -- 
>> Barry Newstead
>> Chief Global Development Officer
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>> 
>> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
>> the sum of all knowledge.  Help us make it a reality!
>> 
>> Donate to Wikimedia 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

[Andreas Kolbe]

Yes indeed. Cool ideas ... and they look a bit more *professional* than our
effort. ;)

Andreas

On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:55 PM, MZMcBride  wrote:

> Michel Vuijlsteke wrote:
> > Well, it's certainly a possible starting point for discussion:
> > http://www.wikipediaredefined.com/
>
> There are some interesting and neat ideas in there.
>
> Any idea what the copyright/license status of the images used on that page
> is? It'd be nice to be able to upload the images to Wikimedia Commons so
> that they can be annotated on Meta-Wiki and/or mediawiki.org.
>
> MZMcBride
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

[phoebe ayers]

On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Barry Newstead  wrote:
> Dear Wikimedia friends and colleagues,
>
> It is bittersweet for me to share with all of you that I will be leaving the
> Wikimedia Foundation at the end of August to relocate to Australia for
> personal reasons.

:( We will miss you greatly. Thank you for your patience and calm
goodwill and many miles logged; thank you for guiding us towards a
strategic plan, opening us up to being a grant-giving organization,
and helping us become even more intentionally international. All the
best in your future work & explorations in the southern hemisphere,
and I do hope you'll stay involved (and come to Wikimania!)

best,
phoebe

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

[Ed Erhart]

I wonder what the wikipediaredefined people would think of Brandon Harris'
Athena Project?

cf. <
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-08-06/Op-ed>,
, etc.

--Ed

On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Andreas Kolbe  wrote:

> Yes indeed. Cool ideas ... and they look a bit more *professional* than our
> effort. ;)
>
> Andreas
>
> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:55 PM, MZMcBride  wrote:
>
> > Michel Vuijlsteke wrote:
> > > Well, it's certainly a possible starting point for discussion:
> > > http://www.wikipediaredefined.com/
> >
> > There are some interesting and neat ideas in there.
> >
> > Any idea what the copyright/license status of the images used on that
> page
> > is? It'd be nice to be able to upload the images to Wikimedia Commons so
> > that they can be annotated on Meta-Wiki and/or mediawiki.org.
> >
> > MZMcBride
> >
> >
> >
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