A slight tangent: I did a quick Google search to try and refresh my memory
about the Wikipedia Forever thing, and these were the results:
http://imgur.com/7AU8kTp.
I think it's more than worrying that many of the results have the
fundraising message as a summary.
Cheers,
Michel
On 4 December
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Michel Vuijlsteke wikipe...@zog.org wrote:
I think it's more than worrying that many of the results have the
fundraising message as a summary.
Yep, this is very problematic. Even though the content is
JavaScript-generated, Google crawls it unless it's explicitly
Hoi,
A similar possibility is in existence in the Netherlands... National
charities can easily get such a status. It is possible for international
organisations but it is more difficult..
In order to optimise fundraisers it is extremely relevant that we optimise
it for our donors. That makes it
All
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 5:10 AM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
How much money do we expect to raise (or did we last year), from the
UK? How much of the money raised from the UK will attract Gift
Aid[*] tax releif?
I've seen figures of $500,000 being mentioned in relation
Dear Ms. Ayers
Thanks for informing you are also a WMF trustee like Sam and you
concede that.these controversial banners are in your face.
Sam's last email had this remark concerning the poster below:-
PS: The poster below is part of a deranged sockfarm, now blocked from en:wp,
which has
On 5 December 2014 at 10:50, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi,
It is NOT the chapter that has to change its ways.
Thanks,
GerardM
Actually, under Sue Gardner, the offer was that if the chapter did
change its ways, it would become a payment processor again. As a
Mr. Admin,
I fully support both transparency and free speech, and would never
suggest that you should be denied the right to ask the questions
you're asking. I can, however, object to your use of the mailing list
I administer (as a volunteer, in anticipation of your likely response)
to ask those
Hello Everyone,
Apologies for any cross postings.
We are pleased to announce that the education newsletters for October and
November are ready for reading!
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/October_2014/Highlights
Many thanks for this! It needs to be c
On Dec 5, 2014 12:51 AM, Rachel diCerbo rdic...@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 5:57 AM, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote:
This!
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement_(Product)/Product_Surveys
Thank you to the WMF
Many thanks for this! It needs to be clear that one does not get feedback
of new users especially not of disappointed ones. E.g. of users suffering
some bandwidth or speed problems.
Rupert
On Dec 5, 2014 12:51 AM, Rachel diCerbo rdic...@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 5:57 AM,
- Mail original -
De: Fæ fae...@gmail.com
Actually, under Sue Gardner, the offer was that if the chapter did
change its ways, it would become a payment processor again. As a
trustee at that time, who was sent all the correspondence, this was
exactly what was put in writing.
And
On 5 December 2014 at 14:12, mathias.dam...@laposte.net wrote:
- Mail original -
De: Fæ fae...@gmail.com
Actually, under Sue Gardner, the offer was that if the chapter did
change its ways, it would become a payment processor again. As a
trustee at that time, who was sent all the
Salvador A, 05/12/2014 08:05:
From your answer to Scott I read that those are only statistics from
enwiki, do you know if the same happened in eswiki or, conversely, eswiki
grow the number of views? In the last case I could assume that we are
converting English readers into Spanish readers and
I regret that Fae has thought it necessary to bring his personal
grievance against the UK chapter and one specific individual over to the
Wikimedia-l mailing list now that he is unable to make such comments on
the Wikimedia-UK list or the WMUK website. I would hope that the
moderators will
Michael,
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 11:36 PM, Michael Maggs mich...@maggs.name wrote:
I regret that Fae has thought it necessary to bring his personal grievance
against the UK chapter and one specific individual over to the Wikimedia-l
mailing list now that he is unable to make such comments on
Sorry, that of course should have read:
I'd appreciate some sort of response from you Michael that does NOT
include ad hominem attacks.
I guess I've been a Wikimedian so long that ad hominem attacks are often
the norm, rather than the exception. Or it could have just been a
brainfart. I'll let
Hi all
Below is an email I've just received inviting me to join the Gender Gap
mailing list. It's sent from russiaviat...@gmail.com and has been passing
off as me.
I mentioned on the Gender Gap mailing list the other day that this was not
me, but now it would appear that email addresses on this
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 7:18 PM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 1:23 PM, C. Scott Ananian canan...@wikimedia.org
wrote:
1) Is the rise in global south page views specifically to *enwiki*, or
is it to local wikis?
Not actually an either/or. The answer seems to
I don't want to be seen to be taking sides and don't intend to become
embroiled in WMUK internal politics (which is why I've never joined the
chapter).
I've never received an explanation as to why around $500,000 of Gift Aid is
out of reach and unavailable to either WMUK or WMF, despite asking
phoebe ayers phoebe.wiki@... writes:
Hello! Sorry, I didn't realize that's what you were referring to. I
haven't looked at all the raw fundraising data, no, and I haven't
looked at that set that Lila refers to. (The reports we get are
summaries, which is much preferable when you've got a
Hello all,
I just re-read this whole thread (!) this morning and here are the
themes of points raised that I'm seeing ... I'll add this to the talk
of https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_principles too.
Anything else I missed? My editorializing is in brackets [ ].
==communication re:
On 5 December 2014 at 17:35, Ryan Lane rlan...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm not asking for the Foundation to stop the banners. I'm not trying to
make the fundraising team's life harder. What I want is acknowledgement that
there is indeed a problem and that it will be addressed for next fundraiser.
I
Hi Nick
Over the last few years the Foundation has decisively moved away from
allowing local chapters to take part in the on-screen fundraiser,
preferring to centralise the work in spite of the loss of the available
local tax reliefs (such as Gift Aid in the UK). Many chapters,
including
Michael
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 2:22 AM, Michael Maggs mich...@maggs.name wrote:
Over the last few years the Foundation has decisively moved away from
allowing local chapters to take part in the on-screen fundraiser, preferring
to centralise the work in spite of the loss of the available local
Also, if anyone's interested in the latest news on Wikimedia UK's
governance, do have a look at our most recent governance audit - further
info here:
https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/11/final-report-on-wikimedia-uk-governance-released/
Some quotes include;
*“The charity has very largely
Wasn't there also an issue with WMUK processing payments, in that they
couldn't pass 100% of the donations on to the WMF but had to retain some or
most of the funds in order to remain independent under British law? That
seems like a good reason why the WMF might not want WMUK to process
payments,
You can find information on the tax deductibility of donations to WMF here:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Tax_Deductibility/en#.C2.A0Netherlands
Quickly, to address a few points that have been raised:
1) Yes, donations to WMF are tax deductible in the Netherlands
2) When a U.K. donor
On 5 December 2014 at 13:25, Russavia russavia.wikipe...@gmail.com wrote:
Michael
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 2:22 AM, Michael Maggs mich...@maggs.name wrote:
Over the last few years the Foundation has decisively moved away from
allowing local chapters to take part in the on-screen fundraiser,
Hi Nathan,
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 6:48 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
Wasn't there also an issue with WMUK processing payments, in that they
couldn't pass 100% of the donations on to the WMF but had to retain some or
most of the funds in order to remain independent under British law?
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 7:11 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello all,
I just re-read this whole thread (!) this morning and here are the
themes of points raised that I'm seeing ... I'll add this to the talk
of https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_principles too.
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Site Admin 1924@gmail.com wrote:
Dear David
This is yet another example of how Wikipedia is seriously broken
Here is a screenshot of a deliberate full screen advt being thrust on
the global south.
http://i.imgur.com/2J0FgAP.jpg
Our IT team has
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Martijn Hoekstra martijnhoeks...@gmail.com
wrote:
To others I imagine it reads like those spam emails with Have you seen
this article? in the subject line with spoofed email addresses.
Thank you for keeping working on this, and not getting pulled into emotion.
Thanks for this, Phoebe. It's a good summary.
(And if you could be so kind as to nudge Tilman about the 2012 editor
survey data - it's been over two years - and let the Gendergap list know
what the gender split was in that survey, it would be much appreciated.)
Andreas
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at
Hoi,
For what it is worth ...
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_CJE-09-5_en.htm
Thanks,
GerardM
On 5 December 2014 at 19:56, Lisa Gruwell lgruw...@wikimedia.org wrote:
You can find information on the tax deductibility of donations to WMF here:
Le 05/12/2014 19:22, Michael Maggs a écrit :
Hi Nick
Over the last few years the Foundation has decisively moved away from
allowing local chapters to take part in the on-screen fundraiser,
preferring to centralise the work in spite of the loss of the
available local tax reliefs (such as Gift
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hoi,
For what it is worth ...
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_CJE-09-5_en.htm
Thanks,
GerardM
For the benefit of others... The press release, from 2009, describes a
preliminary ruling that states of
phoebe ayers phoebe.wiki@... writes:
I just re-read this whole thread (!) this morning and here are the
themes of points raised that I'm seeing ... I'll add this to the talk
of https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_principles too.
This is great. Thank you!
Anything else I missed?
Just seen online:
http://emptylighthouse.com/wikipedia-asks-users-help-keep-it-ad-free-fundraiser-344432888
---o0o---
If you've visited *Wikipedia.org* any time today you will have met up with
a *plea from the website. In order for the company to stay ad-free they
have appealed to their users
Thanks, Asaf and the others, for the talk about the global south
in deeper terms. That's both an important and interesting perspective.
I've tried to get a grip on the issue of the two major languages
in Ukraine, and how they affect the use and development of
Wikipedia. But I haven't yet read
* Russavia wrote:
I mentioned on the Gender Gap mailing list the other day that this was not
me, but now it would appear that email addresses on this mailing list are
being scraped.
Whoever controls that list added the address in my From and my signature
which pretty clearly suggests use of some
I found on Facebook feed the next article [1]. The article title was
so amusing that I had to read the article: Stop giving Wikimedia
money.
Although I thought I'll find something totally irrelevant, the article
actually reveals that the author is pretty well introduced into
internal Wikimedia
Phoebe - that's a great summary.
those unlucky souls who get a/b tested
There's a tradeoff here with not storing any cookies.
[Also, a couple people online say they still see a banner after donating]
current messages are seen as harming image
we want all the data, because...
Also: We all
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote:
What differs us from Uber and makes our position better is the fact
that we are community-driven movement (as well as encyclopedia
publishers are on average much more predatory organizations than
various organizations of
For the record, about an hour ago I permanently banned Site Admin,
going so far as to create regex filters for his content. And no,
Russavia, I didn't think it was you.
Unfortunately, I can't do anything about the individual
subscriptions—yes, I got one too.
Austin
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 6:22
I reported the group for spamming. Adding me and others without our consent
and sending unsolicited emails must be stopped somehow.
Regards,
Thyge
2014-12-05 22:12 GMT+01:00 Austin Hair adh...@gmail.com:
For the record, about an hour ago I permanently banned Site Admin,
going so far as to
On Dec 5, 2014 10:07 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
It also helps that Uber is a $40 billion dollar for-profit company with
the
sole objective of a financial return for its owners. The comparison seems
inapt.
That's valid structural point, as well.
However, there are some comparable
On Dec 5, 2014 10:44 PM, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote:
And Silicon Valley didn't yet figured out how to transplant education
directly into the brain. And there are many basics which has to be learned
by a competent teacher.
(Nah, still have problems with to learn/to teach dichotomy. It's
Hi,
Milos Rancic wrote:
For example, I am sure that there are many people outside who
would be willing to donate ~$10/month if they don't have to think
about that (i.e., opt-in for monthly charge).
I think that's precisely what happens to Chapters membership. And Chapters
members probably
On Sat, Dec 06, 2014 at 01:22:00AM +0800, Russavia wrote:
Hi all
If you receive an email purporting to be from myself and it's not from this
email addy (and with an IINET IP), you can be assured it is not myself.
Glad to hear it wasn't you!
If I wanted to troll you all, you all know that
Hi all,
In the latest round of Individual Engagement Grants
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG, 26 eligible proposals were
submitted for review. The committee recommended 7 projects be funded in
total, with 13 grantees selected to receive $98,271 overall, and WMF has
now approved all 7
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