Re: [Wikimedia-l] Re-licensing Wikimedia logos on Commons to CC BY-SA 3.0

2014-10-30 Thread rupert THURNER
On Oct 30, 2014 6:06 AM, James Alexander jameso...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 9:54 PM, Allan J. Aguilar ral...@vmail.me wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 08:15:17 -0500 Yana Welinder ywelin...@wikimedia.org wrote: To address

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Re-licensing Wikimedia logos on Commons to CC BY-SA 3.0

2014-10-30 Thread James Alexander
On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 1:48 AM, rupert THURNER rupert.thur...@gmail.com wrote: The license is clear, and wmf is an expert in these licenses . So a previous trademark is void in the respect where it restricts what is defined in the license? Rupert I'm sorry, I don't completely understand

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikidata-l] Birthday gift: Missing Wikipedia links (was Re: Wikidata turns two!)

2014-10-30 Thread Santi Navarro
Very interesting. I started use it. El 2014-10-29 20:38, Asaf Bartov escribió: This is great, thanks! A. On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 11:10 AM, James Forrester jdforres...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed Oct 29 2014 at 10:56:42 Denny Vrandečić vrande...@google.com wrote: There’s a small tool on

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Finance Fellows to develop first-ever movement-wide financial report and metrics

2014-10-30 Thread Walter Alejandro Gomez Segura
Here's mine: Usuario:Wa17gs https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usuario:Wa17gs Walter Gomez Segura *Finance Fellow* *149 New Montgomery St., San Francisco, CA., 94105* www.wikimediafoundation.org wagseg...@wikimedia.org On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 6:19 PM, MF-Warburg mfwarb...@googlemail.com wrote:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Re-licensing Wikimedia logos on Commons to CC BY-SA 3.0

2014-10-30 Thread Yana Welinder
Still traveling, but let me see if I can briefly dispel some of the confusion. CC BY-SA 3.0 grants users the right to use an image under copyright law. It does not cover trademark rights. The goal of trademark rights is to protect the logo from being used in a way that confuses the public.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Re-licensing Wikimedia logos on Commons to CC BY-SA 3.0

2014-10-30 Thread Yann Forget
Hi, Just a note: we can update the license on Commons, but I noticed that the files were copied locally on https://wikimediafoundation.org/ Someone with the right priviledges will have to do it there. Regards, Yann 2014-10-30 17:30 GMT+01:00 Yana Welinder ywelin...@wikimedia.org: Still

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Finance Fellows to develop first-ever movement-wide financial report and metrics

2014-10-30 Thread Richard Symonds
Hi Michael! This is a bit of a surprise, if I am honest! I applaud the idea but it has come out of the blue and I worry that this extra layer of reporting will increase overheads here - when our overheads are already under scrutiny. I have a few preliminary questions: - Do you have an idea of

[Wikimedia-l] WMF Finance Fellows to develop first-ever movement-wide financial report and metrics

2014-10-30 Thread Liam Wyatt
Interesting development. Probably a very good idea for transparency and good use of the movement's money, and consistency of reporting to make things comparable is a great goal. I especially think that for smaller chapters there is lots of value in having a dedicated contact person! But I find

[Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF October 2014 Metrics Activities Meeting: Thursday, November 6, 19:00 UTC

2014-10-30 Thread Praveena Maharaj
Dear all, The next WMF metrics and activities meeting will take place on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 7 PM UTC (11 AM PST). The IRC channel is #wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net and the meeting will be broadcast as a live YouTube stream. The current structure of the meeting is: * Welcoming

[Wikimedia-l] Foundation of Wikimedia Belgium

2014-10-30 Thread Romaine Wiki
We have the honour of inviting you to the celebration of the official constitution of Wikimedia Belgium asbl/vzw. Wikimedia Belgium asbl/vzw has been recognised by the worldwide Wikimedia Foundation as an official chapter, that supports the quest for and promotes a universal and freely

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Foundation of Wikimedia Belgium

2014-10-30 Thread Asaf Bartov
To clarify, Romaine is talking about an event to be held in Brussels. A. On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Romaine Wiki romaine.w...@gmail.com wrote: We have the honour of inviting you to the celebration of the official constitution of Wikimedia Belgium asbl/vzw. Wikimedia Belgium

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Finance Fellows to develop first-ever movement-wide financial report and metrics

2014-10-30 Thread Sydney Poore
Hello WMF Finance Fellows and welcome to the wikimedia movement, I'm pleased to see this project and look forward to following your work. I left a comment/question of the talk page. Please move it to the main page if you think it is more appropriate.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Foundation of Wikimedia Belgium

2014-10-30 Thread Ilario Valdelli
Hi Romaine, good news. Considering that the event is connected with the official recognition, I suppose you have a bylaws but in the website I can find any. Regards On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Romaine Wiki romaine.w...@gmail.com wrote: We have the honour of inviting you to the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Finance Fellows to develop first-ever movement-wide financial report and metrics

2014-10-30 Thread Garfield Byrd
Liam: My apologies for the language you noted, it was not our intent to, even inadvertently, to degrade anyone. We fully appreciate the abilities of our community and I know from my meetings with members of our community how smart and engaged they are in a variety of issues impacting the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikidata-l] Birthday gift: Missing Wikipedia links (was Re: Wikidata turns two!)

2014-10-30 Thread Santi Navarro
James, I have a question. Should you merge the items or the tool will do it? El 2014-10-29 19:10, James Forrester escribió: On Wed Oct 29 2014 at 10:56:42 Denny Vrandečić vrande...@google.com wrote: There’s a small tool on WMF labs that you can use to verify the links (it displays the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Foundation of Wikimedia Belgium

2014-10-30 Thread Romaine Wiki
Hello Ilario, You can find our statutes from this page: https://be.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter_Statutes_%26_Bylaws Greetings, Romaine Foundation of Wikimedia Belgium: https://be.wikimedia.org/wiki/Foundation_of_Wikimedia_Belgium Become a member:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Finance Fellows to develop first-ever movement-wide financial report and metrics

2014-10-30 Thread MZMcBride
Michael Guss wrote:s A meta page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement-wide_Financial_Report was created for the project, in order to make the information accessible to everyone and create a space for discussion and/or suggestions. We strongly encourage you to share with us what types of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Chapters and GLAM tooling

2014-10-30 Thread MZMcBride
Erik Moeller wrote: On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 7:16 AM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Labs is a playground and Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums are serious enough to warrant a proper investment of resources, in my view. Magnus and many others develop magnificent tools, but my

[Wikimedia-l] Experimenting on Wikimedians

2014-10-30 Thread MZMcBride
Hi. Splitting this out from the GLAMs/Chapters thread, I continue to regularly wonder whether we need stricter guidelines and guidance in the area of experimenting on Wikimedians. Erik mentioned trying to further implement A/B testing in software development, but to me that quickly raises