Re: [Wikimedia-l] Update regarding WMF's reporting practices

2014-11-06 Thread Pine W
Hi Erik, Many factors of this redesign of reporting make sense to me. However I'd like to ask that some useful info from the monthly reports continue on a monthly basis if possible because their timeliness is valuable. Here are some topics that come to my mind for a possible lighter-weight

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New Wikipedia Library Signups: Free Research Accounts!

2014-11-06 Thread Jan Ainali
2014-11-06 4:09 GMT+01:00 Jake Orlowitz jorlow...@gmail.com: I do whatever I can to support OA, to tweet about open access button efforts, to promote WikiProject Resource Exchange, to support the OA signalling project, to engage with initiatives like the Open Access reader, and to discuss the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New Wikipedia Library Signups: Free Research Accounts!

2014-11-06 Thread Lane Rasberry
It would be nice if the Wikipedia Library encouraged, or perhaps even required, that everytime a citation is added from a source behind a paywall, the Open Access button should be used to report it. I would love to see this happen. While that button is not mentioned here, the coordinators

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

2014-11-06 Thread Praveena Maharaj
REMINDER: This meeting starts in 30 minutes. On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Praveena Maharaj pmaha...@wikimedia.org wrote: 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

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 10, Issue 43 -- 05 November 2014

2014-11-06 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
In the media: Predicting the flu; MH17 conspiracy theories http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-11-05/In_the_media Traffic report: Sweet dreams on Halloween http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-11-05/Traffic_report Single page view

[Wikimedia-l] [x-post] Language Engineering IRC Office Hour on November 12, 2014 (Wednesday) at 1700 UTC

2014-11-06 Thread Runa Bhattacharjee
[x-posted announcement] Hello, The next monthly IRC office hour of the Wikimedia Language Engineering team will be on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 1700 UTC on #wikimedia-office. We will be taking questions and also discussing about the availability of the new version of the Content

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia stewards and What the weirdest, wildest, most successful participatory project in history tells us about working together

2014-11-06 Thread Pine W
I've had a number of discussions with our stewards over the years. Many of them are dedicated, polite, clever, and highly sophisticated in the ways of the Wiki. They get no pay and little glory for their delicate work, and we often take their availability for granted. The title of this article