Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call to Action

2014-10-08 Thread Pine W
Hi Lila, May I request a Tech Talk about efficiency and quality of Wikimedia software development? It would be interesting to have you, Erik and Damon as presenters. Thanks, Pine On Oct 7, 2014 9:07 AM, Lila Tretikov l...@wikimedia.org wrote: Are you in? Or are you out? That is the question.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Intoduction for OPW Round 9 (Wikimedia Identities Editor)

2014-10-08 Thread Pine W
Hi Divyanshi, Let me ask Quim to point you in the right direction. Pine On Oct 7, 2014 6:48 AM, Divyanshi Kathuria divyanshikathu...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Everyone, warm greetings to you all. This is Divyanshi Kathuria and I am currently pursuing BTech 2nd Year in Computer Science

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call to Action

2014-10-08 Thread Craig Franklin
I think the first lesson here is: if you're going to talk about a harmonious community, don't quote divisive political figures in support of your argument :-) That said, welcome Damon! Certainly, it's a pretty tough job that you've stepped into, but I'm optimistic that a fresh approach and fresh

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call to Action

2014-10-08 Thread David Gerard
On 8 October 2014 13:52, Craig Franklin cfrank...@halonetwork.net wrote: I think the first lesson here is: if you're going to talk about a harmonious community, don't quote divisive political figures in support of your argument :-) Objection! Assumes the existence of a non-divisive topic for

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Intoduction for OPW Round 9 (Wikimedia Identities Editor)

2014-10-08 Thread Divyanshi Kathuria
On 08-Oct-2014 8:32 PM, Quim Gil q...@wikimedia.org wrote: If you have questions about the Identities Editor project, you can ask them directly to its mentors in the related Bugzilla report, indicated in the FOSS OPW page: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58585 Yes, I have

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Intoduction for OPW Round 9 (Wikimedia Identities Editor)

2014-10-08 Thread Quim Gil
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Divyanshi Kathuria divyanshikathu...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Everyone, warm greetings to you all. Hello Divyashi, and any other potential candidates for FOSS Outreach Program for Women. If you have questions about the Identities Editor project, you can ask them

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call to Action

2014-10-08 Thread Milos Rancic
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: Is someone saying I have courage and integrity all it takes to convince you that they are indeed possessed of those qualities? Every politician says that. I'd reserve judgment and wait to see their performance. That's good

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call to Action

2014-10-08 Thread Lila Tretikov
Yes Pine, you may. Let's give Damon a bit of time to settle in and we can arrange that. We are also in the midst of working through documenting and exposing our product development process, which would help set up parameters for success of projects. Lila On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 11:14 PM, Pine W

[Wikimedia-l] Nobel Peace Prize announcement and editathon

2014-10-08 Thread Jon Harald Søby
Hi, all! The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize will be announced this Friday, and in cooperation with Wikimedia Norge, the Nobel Peace Center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Center has invited Wikipedians from the Norwegian Wikipedia community to an editathon to improve the article about

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Nobel Peace Prize announcement and editathon

2014-10-08 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Will they release their own biographies under a free license to ease article expansion? :) Nemo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Nobel Peace Prize announcement and editathon

2014-10-08 Thread Ivan Martínez
Congratulations, Jon, sounds great! Regards. 2014-10-08 16:07 GMT-05:00 Jon Harald Søby jhs...@gmail.com: Hi, all! The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize will be announced this Friday, and in cooperation with Wikimedia Norge, the Nobel Peace Center

[Wikimedia-l] The Wikipedia Library: Books Bytes Newsletter is out!

2014-10-08 Thread Jake Orlowitz
Hello fellow library enthusiasts! Our August-September edition of Books Bytes is full of news: *TWL is now a Wikimedia Foundation program, moving on from its grant status under IEG to a full-time contract *Our *four* new partnerships, including a huge *De Gruyter* donation and a pilot program

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Nobel Peace Prize announcement and editathon

2014-10-08 Thread Jon Harald Søby
Good question, Nemo. I don't know if it has been brought up, but we should probably look into that. :-) 2014-10-08 23:40 GMT+02:00 Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com: Will they release their own biographies under a free license to ease article expansion? :) Nemo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Nobel Peace Prize announcement and editathon

2014-10-08 Thread Everton Zanella Alvarenga
Hi Jon, that is a great initiative. I've already spread the word among Wikimedia Brasil and Open Knowledge Brasil. I'd like to suggest that you try to make a short video for the winner asking about Wikipedia and its importance. I think Wikimedia Sweden has made a cool short interview with some

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call to Action

2014-10-08 Thread phoebe ayers
Every once in a while something happens in our Wikimedia-verse -- this thread, for instance, or getting into a political discussion with someone at an event -- that reminds me that I can violently disagree on matters of politics with some of my dearest friends in Wikimedia. Of course Wikimedians

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Bug day: Book tool/Collection/PDF, 2014-10-08, 14–22 UTC

2014-10-08 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
And it's over! We reached our immediate goal, closing all the lost PediaPress tickets (80 before the bug day); and about 40 new bugzilla reports were filed, including some tricky ones about language support. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bug_management/Triage/201410 has a dump from the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Nobel Peace Prize announcement and editathon

2014-10-08 Thread Alhen ałħen
It sounds like something we can pull in many languages! Congrats on the event :D Alhen @alhen_ alhen at most places. Coordinator at Wikimedia Bolivia https://www.fb.com/w https://www.fb.com/wikimediaboliviaikimediabolivia https://www.fb.com/wikimediabolivia Thrive, live, and bloom. On Wed, Oct