[Wikimedia-l] XOWA has released a complete copy of 2013-11-04 English Wikipedia with images -- Help wanted!

2013-11-24 Thread gnosygnu
Hi. I am the developer for XOWA -- a free, open-source offline Wikipedia app. XOWA allows a user to have their own copy of a wiki on their hard-drive -- without any internet connection. It works with the latest versions of over 660 database dumps [1], including wikis like English Wikipedia, French

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monobook was optimised for editors, Vector is more balanced between readers and edtors

2013-11-24 Thread Andrew Gray
A/B testing major interface changes is very difficult. (I think we had this same discussion over VisualEditor). For example, in order to make the results comparable, you'll have to update all the help pages & documentation to deal with both styles ("why doesn't my screen look like that?"), otherwi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monobook was optimised for editors, Vector is more balanced between readers and edtors

2013-11-24 Thread User Mono
How are the edit functions in Monobook more prominent than in Vector? > Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 08:24:52 +0100 > From: nemow...@gmail.com > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monobook was optimised for editors, Vector is more > balanced between readers and edtors > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikisource Community User Group recognized

2013-11-24 Thread Asaf Bartov
Congratulations to the Wikisourcerers and Wikisourceresses! A. On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 4:01 AM, Laura Hale wrote: > On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Bence Damokos > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > You can learn more about the group and how to join at > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisourc

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC R1 funding recommendations are posted

2013-11-24 Thread Chris Keating
Many thanks for the considerable hard work that has gone into this process from the FDC and the staff assisting them. Regards, Chris On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Dariusz Jemielniak wrote: > Hello friends, > > The Funds Dissemination Committee meets twice annually to help make > decisions a

[Wikimedia-l] FDC R1 funding recommendations are posted

2013-11-24 Thread Dariusz Jemielniak
Hello friends, The Funds Dissemination Committee meets twice annually to help make decisions about how to effectively allocate movement funds to achieve the Wikimedia movement's mission, vision, and strategy. [1] On behalf of the committee, I am pleased to announce that Round 1 2013-2014 recommen

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 9, Issue 46 -- 20 November 2013

2013-11-24 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
>From the editor: The ''Signpost'' needs your help http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-11-20/From_the_editor News and notes: Foundation to Wiki-PR: cease and desist; Arbitration Committee elections starting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-

[Wikimedia-l] Info: Boards training workshop programme announced

2013-11-24 Thread Chris Keating
Dear all, I am pleased to announce that the programme is now available for the Wikimedia Boards Training Workshop that will take place in London in March 2014. This is a small event focused on giving Chapter/Thematic Org boards the skills and confidence to do a great job. We are using a wide rang

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikisource Community User Group recognized

2013-11-24 Thread Laura Hale
On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Bence Damokos wrote: > Hi, > > You can learn more about the group and how to join at > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_User_Group > > The Affiliations Committee resolution is at > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Wik

[Wikimedia-l] Wikisource Community User Group recognized

2013-11-24 Thread Bence Damokos
Hi, It is with great pleasure that I can announce that the Wikisource Community User Group has been recognized as the 7th user group of our movement. The group aims *"to support the Wikisource community in international communication tasks, outreach to external groups, coordination of software to