Hi Everyone,
2013 is an election year for the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation.
As you may recall the board has three directly elected representatives on it
which serve for two years. Currently those are Mindspillage, SJ and Wing. As in
the past years we rely on an effective
Hey James,
On 01/14/2013 09:27 PM, James Alexander wrote:
I generally agree that banners have been overused, they have a big effect
but a big presence and we don't want to abuse that. I'm really happy to see
things like Echo being worked on in Engineering which will add a much
better
THIS
IS AN
ENCYCLOPEDIA
One gateway to the wide garden
of knowledge, where lies
The deep rock of our past,
in which we must delve
the well of our future,
The clear water we must leave untainted
for those who come after us,
The fertile earth, in which
truth may grow in bright places,
tended by
Investigative report: Ship ahoy! New travel site finally afloat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-01-14/Investigative_report
News and notes: Launch of annual photo competition, new grant scheme
I'd say it's simpler than any of that.
Wikimedia Foundation need to synchronise the formal launch of projects with
press announcements and availability of press contacts. I don't care whether
that's done on GMT, EST, PST, BST, CET, MMA, BDSM, MI5 or any other timezone.
What's important is we
Hi Tom,
I do agree that it is helpful to coordinate the release time and the banner
time a bit better.
However, that was not the point I was trying to make. This specific release
was tied to the birthday of Wikipedia. However, the release never got
published on January 15 in significant parts of
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 6:06 AM, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote:
I'd say it's simpler than any of that.
Wikimedia Foundation need to synchronise the formal launch of projects
with press announcements and availability of press contacts. I don't care
whether that's done on GMT, EST, PST,
* Jay Walsh wrote:
I'm amused that this thread commenced with a reflection about the need to
distribute press releases at the appropriate global time window and has
rolled into this. I've been at this for five years and this is the first
time I've seen so much attention paid to the manner we
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 6:06 AM, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote:
Ideally we would have also had the blog post synced up to be online
immediately at the same time as the release.
The blog post went up at the same time
Great news! Congrats Siko and Katy!
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Fabrice Florin fflo...@wikimedia.orgwrote:
On Jan 15, 2013, at 9:52 PM, wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.orgwrote:
Congrats, Siko and Katy!
So glad to hear you'll be spearheading these important initiatives.
Siko,
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Matthew Roth mr...@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 6:06 AM, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote:
Ideally we would have also had the blog post synced up to be online
Congratulations, looking forward to working with you!
Cheers,
Nicole
On 16 January 2013 18:28, Patricia Pena pp...@wikimedia.org wrote:
Great news! Congrats Siko and Katy!
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Fabrice Florin fflo...@wikimedia.orgwrote:
On Jan 15, 2013, at 9:52 PM,
Hi folks - happy to share this news that WMF and Global Voices are
releasing today. Also posted on the WM Blog,
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/16/wikimedia-foundation-executive-director-sue-gardner-named-to-the-board-of-directors-at-global-voices/
And on Global Voices
Glad to hear that you both are moving into these new roles. :-)
Sydney Poore
User:FloNight
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.dewrote:
Congratulations, looking forward to working with you!
Cheers,
Nicole
On 16 January 2013 18:28, Patricia Pena
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