[Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

2013-04-03 Thread Michael Peel
Hi all, There's currently a proposal on the internal mailing list to close it, as well as the internal wiki. Although I don't disagree with closing the internal-l mailing list (it's definitely served its time), I would like us to collectively reconsider using the internal wiki. There is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

2013-04-03 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
FYI, list of private wikis: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_wikis#Private_wikis There are 27 private wikis hosted by the WMF, of which 15 for WMF internal organisation (including committees) and 3 for more general Wikimedia matters. Nemo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

2013-04-03 Thread Michael Peel
On 3 Apr 2013, at 12:40, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: FYI, list of private wikis: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_wikis#Private_wikis There are 27 private wikis hosted by the WMF, of which 15 for WMF internal organisation (including committees) and 3 for more

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

2013-04-03 Thread Thomas Dalton
On Apr 3, 2013 11:34 AM, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: # Agreements, particularly those with global impact, and/or where they affect more than one Wikimedia organisation. Part of the recent Monmouthpedia/Gibraltarpedia situation was caused by a lack of transparency about who

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

2013-04-03 Thread Charles Andres
Thanks Mike, I'm very much in favor of a redesign, with a reset of internal subscribers. What about a session during wikimedia conf in Milan about improving tools for communication within the movement partners? Charles Le 3 avr. 2013 à 12:34, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk a écrit

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

2013-04-03 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Michael Peel, 03/04/2013 12:43: Thanks Nemo - that's a very useful link. It's good to see that there's a number of merge w/ internal comments/suggestions there, which would make a lot of sense to me. Disclaimer: I didn't add those notes. :) Second technical note: a merge from a private wiki

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

2013-04-03 Thread Thomas Dalton
On Apr 3, 2013 12:07 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: Second technical note: a merge from a private wiki to another is very simple, because you don't have to check for confidentiality That's not true. Just because it is private doesn't mean it is restricted to the same people.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

2013-04-03 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Thomas Dalton, 03/04/2013 13:12: On Apr 3, 2013 12:07 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: Second technical note: a merge from a private wiki to another is very simple, because you don't have to check for confidentiality That's not true. Just because it is private doesn't mean

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

2013-04-03 Thread Mathieu Stumpf
Le 2013-04-03 12:34, Michael Peel a écrit : # Agreements, particularly those with global impact, and/or where they affect more than one Wikimedia organisation. Part of the recent Monmouthpedia/Gibraltarpedia situation was caused by a lack of transparency about who had signed what agreements, and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Save the date: Wikimedia Australia committee get-together in Sydney, 7 April

2013-04-03 Thread Craig Franklin
Hi All, I am delighted to advise that we've now locked in the meeting room at the Customs House Library in the centre of Sydney for Sunday's session. If you're free on the day, please feel free to drop by between 11 and 4 for a chat. The library is located just opposite Circular Quay rail

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

2013-04-03 Thread Craig Franklin
I must confess, I have access to two of those general private wikis but very seldom use them all, which probably indicates that in their current form they don't serve much purpose. So bravo to Michael for raising the issue to see if we can squeeze some more function out of them! I'm intruiged by

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

2013-04-03 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Craig Franklin, 03/04/2013 14:18: I must confess, I have access to two of those general private wikis but very seldom use them all, which probably indicates that in their current form they don't serve much purpose. So bravo to Michael for raising the issue to see if we can squeeze some more

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [wca] Telco on Friday

2013-04-03 Thread Pierre-Selim
Dear all, I'm quite astonished we've planned a meeting without informing all the council members. The only information I've recieved about this meeting was this email. I'm not sure how we can improve but our processes seems quite broken to me. 2013/3/28 Markus Glaser markus.gla...@wikimedia.de

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Save the date: Wikimedia Australia committee get-together in Sydney, 7 April

2013-04-03 Thread Thomas Dalton
Why are these emails going to Wikimedia-l? They aren't really of interest to anyone outside Australia... On Apr 3, 2013 1:09 PM, Craig Franklin cfrank...@halonetwork.net wrote: Hi All, I am delighted to advise that we've now locked in the meeting room at the Customs House Library in the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

2013-04-03 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Thomas Dalton, 03/04/2013 16:03: On Apr 3, 2013 12:27 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com mailto:nemow...@gmail.com wrote: May be, or may be not. (Members of internalwiki change constantly, so e.g. there's no way I could know who has had access to what I wrote there 5 years ago. I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

2013-04-03 Thread Thomas Dalton
On Apr 3, 2013 3:43 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: But you knew the basis on which internal access is determined and that hasn't changed. Not true. It changed. Membership is still determined according to the WMF board's resolution from 2006. How long ago were you on

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

2013-04-03 Thread Nathan
This back and forth is tangential to Mike's proposal. Maybe make it a separate thread? ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

2013-04-03 Thread Sue Gardner
On 3 April 2013 03:34, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: So, rather than close the internal wiki, I'd like to propose a radical redesign and repurposing of it. Is there the interest and willingness in the WMF and the chapters to share such information with each other? I'd

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

2013-04-03 Thread Fred Bauder
On 3 April 2013 03:34, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: So, rather than close the internal wiki, I'd like to propose a radical redesign and repurposing of it. Is there the interest and willingness in the WMF and the chapters to share such information with each other? I'd

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

2013-04-03 Thread Michael Peel
On 3 Apr 2013, at 19:46, Sue Gardner sgard...@wikimedia.org wrote: On 3 April 2013 03:34, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: So, rather than close the internal wiki, I'd like to propose a radical redesign and repurposing of it. Is there the interest and willingness in the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

2013-04-03 Thread phoebe ayers
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: On 3 Apr 2013, at 19:46, Sue Gardner sgard...@wikimedia.org wrote: On 3 April 2013 03:34, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: So, rather than close the internal wiki, I'd like to propose a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Video] WMMX Puebla's Edit-a-thon

2013-04-03 Thread Itzik Edri
Hi Salvador, thanks for sharing this video with us. Looks great. Who was the videographer? with which camera? On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:00 PM, Salvador A salvador1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks! I just wanna share with you a nice video made by one of our cultural partners (Atrolabio). Is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Video] WMMX Puebla's Edit-a-thon

2013-04-03 Thread Markus Glaser
Nice one! Thanks for sharing this. Markus Am 03.04.2013 22:00, schrieb Salvador A: Hi folks! I just wanna share with you a nice video made by one of our cultural partners (Atrolabio). Is about our chapter last Edit-a-thon in Mexico, the first in the city of Puebla. You can watch our chapter

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

2013-04-03 Thread Markus Glaser
Charles, I'd very much like to see such a session at Wikimedia conf. Just today we had a situation in wca where it was not clear where relevant information about a topic is to be found. Ziko proposed a session on Communications internally and within the movement - reaching the right people

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Video] WMMX Puebla's Edit-a-thon

2013-04-03 Thread Victor Grigas
This is very nice! On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Markus Glaser markus.gla...@wikimedia.dewrote: Nice one! Thanks for sharing this. Markus Am 03.04.2013 22:00, schrieb Salvador A: Hi folks! I just wanna share with you a nice video made by one of our cultural partners (Atrolabio). Is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Video] WMMX Puebla's Edit-a-thon

2013-04-03 Thread Ivan Martínez
Hi Itzik! The videographer was Alfonso González, who works in one of the sponsors of the event, Astrolabio media agency. They will upload sooner a copy of the video to Commons and I'm asking now about the model of the used DSLR camera. 2013/4/3 Itzik Edri it...@infra.co.il Hi Salvador, thanks

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Video] WMMX Puebla's Edit-a-thon

2013-04-03 Thread Emily Blanchard
Thanks for sharing! Emily Blanchard Talent Acquisition Team Wikimedia Foundation eblanchard@wikimedia. eblanch...@gmail.comorg http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home Become a Contributor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse Join Us:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

2013-04-03 Thread Matthew Roth
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 3:34 AM, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: Hi all, # Press releases. When there's an upcoming significant press release from a Wikimedia organisation, then it should be good practice to share it with the other movement partners prior to its release, so