Re: [Wikimedia-l] ED transition responsibility

2014-03-25 Thread Gerard Meijssen
James, Sorry, you know that answer as well as we all do. Sue has not gone. The board is still there. Thanks, GerardM On 25 March 2014 01:23, James Salsman jsals...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Gayle, During the ED transition, who is responsible for insuring that Foundation advocacy is aligned

Re: [Wikimedia-l] ED transition responsibility

2014-03-25 Thread Carlos M. Colina
Sometimes I have the perception that it is not just not aligned but diverting more and more as time passes by.. M Sent from Samsung Mobile Original message From: James Salsman jsals...@gmail.com Date: 25/03/2014 02:23 (GMT+02:00) To: Wikimedia Mailing List

Re: [Wikimedia-l] ED transition responsibility

2014-03-25 Thread Austin Hair
Guys... c'mon... Austin On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 2:11 AM, Carlos M. Colina ma...@wikimedia.org.ve wrote: Sometimes I have the perception that it is not just not aligned but diverting more and more as time passes by.. M Sent from Samsung Mobile Original message From:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] ED transition responsibility

2014-03-25 Thread Carlos M. Colina
What, now we cannot have a different perception?  Or worse, we are not allowed to say it on this list?  Sent from Samsung Mobile Original message From: Austin Hair adh...@gmail.com Date: 25/03/2014 10:44 (GMT+02:00) To: Carlos M. Colina ma...@wikimedia.org.ve,Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 1 week reminder: Wikimania 2014 – Call for Submissions

2014-03-25 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
I agree with Marc. I edited the brochure for Wikimania 2011 and I spent a lot of time making the abstracts *shorter*. Unless somebody plans to publish a Wikimania proceedings book of at least a 100 pages, the abstracts should be *no more* than 200 words or so. When it is *no less* than 300 words,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Our next strategy plan-Paid editing

2014-03-25 Thread rupert THURNER
The more and more rules is also a concern i experience when discussing with newbies, but also with more experienced contributors. My main concern is that the terms of use are reflecting US law and English speaking countries worries. In this light they should be as slim as necessary for fulfilling

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announce] WMMX's assembly and new Board

2014-03-25 Thread Cristian Consonni
2014-03-24 8:33 GMT+01:00 Salvador A salvador1...@gmail.com: As results of that assembly we have a new board which is definitive and will serve two years, that is, till March 2016. [...] Wish us good luck in this new stage as chapter as we hope you have the same in your projects.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Our next strategy plan-Paid editing

2014-03-25 Thread Philippe Beaudette
During the last strategy plan, we struggled a lot with article quality. Specifically, we struggled with how to MEASURE article quality... we don't have a strong metric for it or a tool to do it. AFT actually played with that a little bit, as well as it's attempt to engage and convert readers into

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Our next strategy plan-Paid editing

2014-03-25 Thread Pete Forsyth
Philippe, The Public Policy Initiative produced strong validation for the Wikipedia 1.0 approach to assessing article quality. Was Amy Roth's research ever published, and are there any plans to repeat it with a larger sample size etc.? I'd say we're closer than you think to having a good way to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Our next strategy plan-Paid editing

2014-03-25 Thread Philippe Beaudette
I wouldn't know, Pete. But as I recall, it was a manual process, wasn't it? And therefore quite difficult to scale and/or adapt for some usages? *Philippe Beaudette * \\ Director, Community Advocacy \\ Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. T: 1-415-839-6885 x6643 | phili...@wikimedia.org | :

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Our next strategy plan-Paid editing

2014-03-25 Thread John Mark Vandenberg
If nothing else, the existing community quality rating system (i.e. FA, GA, etc.) should be used. It may not be perfect at the individual article level, but it does scale well. On Mar 26, 2014 6:36 AM, Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com wrote: Philippe, The Public Policy Initiative produced

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Our next strategy plan-Paid editing

2014-03-25 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Handy link for background: https://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Quality (quite old and outdated now, but still good). *Philippe Beaudette * \\ Director, Community Advocacy \\ Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. T: 1-415-839-6885 x6643 | phili...@wikimedia.org | :

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Our next strategy plan-Paid editing

2014-03-25 Thread Marc A. Pelletier
On 03/25/2014 07:45 PM, John Mark Vandenberg wrote: If nothing else, the existing community quality rating system (i.e. FA, GA, etc.) should be used. That idea needs to be tempered with a strong caveat: at least for enwiki, those processes tend to be highly politized as they are already.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] ED transition responsibility

2014-03-25 Thread James Salsman
Hi Sue, Since you announced your departure, to whom have you delegated the responsibility of insuring that Foundation advocacy is aligned with the interests of Foundation volunteers, if anyone? Do you support statistical sampling using a method such as at http://www.allourideas.org/wmfcsdraft to

[Wikimedia-l] Internet rights approved in Brazil

2014-03-25 Thread Oona Castro
Hello all! Subject is not 100% related to Wikimedia, but definitely important for the future of projects like ours. Marco civil da Internet (the Brazilian internet civil rights bill) has just been approved by the Brazilian

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Internet rights approved in Brazil

2014-03-25 Thread Asaf Bartov
Excellent! \o/ A. On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 5:11 PM, Oona Castro oonacas...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all! Subject is not 100% related to Wikimedia, but definitely important for the future of projects like ours. Marco civil da Internet (the Brazilian internet civil rights bill) has just

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Our next strategy plan-Paid editing

2014-03-25 Thread MZMcBride
Anders Wennersten wrote: The discussion on the proposed amendment is now closed [1) and it is up to the Board will review the community comments. And with almost 5,000 edits in the discussion - with more than 2,000 editors and 320,000 words in various languages and with very different opinions on

[Wikimedia-l] is Wikiquote in decline or just stagnant

2014-03-25 Thread James Salsman
Which of the two contradictory colorings on http://infodisiac.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/UniqueActiveEditorsOnSmallProjects-Decline.png is correct? ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] is Wikiquote in decline or just stagnant

2014-03-25 Thread John Mark Vandenberg
See the graphs for 5+ editors here: http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikibooks/EN/ChartsWikipediaZZ.htm http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikiquote/EN/ChartsWikipediaZZ.htm http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikinews/EN/ChartsWikipediaZZ.htm It is wikinews that has been loosing contributors since mid 2008, and new

Re: [Wikimedia-l] ED transition responsibility

2014-03-25 Thread Samuel Klein
James, you are confusing everyone. The WMF does not currently engage in advocacy of that form, except in support of strong support for a particular position by the community. If you want to see that change, please discuss it with community groups or the board, not WMF staff. You are welcome to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Internet rights approved in Brazil

2014-03-25 Thread Victor Grigas
Yaho! On Mar 25, 2014, at 7:11 PM, Oona Castro oonacas...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all! Subject is not 100% related to Wikimedia, but definitely important for the future of projects like ours. Marco civil da Internet (the Brazilian internet civil rights bill) has just been approved