Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland's new Executive Director will be Christian Rickerts

2015-03-03 Thread Ivan Nikčević
Congratulations and best of luck in future efforts for Christian and WMDE! *Ivan Nikčević* Executive Director Wikimedia Serbia - rs.wikimedia.org - +381 60 7454 772 *Imagine http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Imagine a world http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/World in which every single person on the planet

Re: [Wikimedia-l] EU copyright rules are maladapted to the increase of cross-border cultural exchange on the web

2015-03-03 Thread Richard Symonds
I have replied to Carcharoth off-list :-) Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia OTRS Annual Report

2015-03-03 Thread Katherine Maher
The Communications team relies on OTRS volunteers every week, so I really enjoyed reading this report and learning more about your critical contribution to our movement. I passed this along to some of our colleagues outside the WMF that help support media inquiries, and got this response that I

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] December 2014 and January 2015 minutes of the Board of Trustees

2015-03-03 Thread Stephen LaPorte
Hi all, I have posted the minutes from the Board of Trustees meetings on December 22, 2014 and January 12, 2015, which you can find here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2014-12-22 https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2015-01-12 Thank you, Stephen LaPorte Legal Counsel

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UTC in politics, editors threaten, or how rev history made the news

2015-03-03 Thread Gheorghe Zugravu
Hi, a big thank you to Yuri for flagging this case of manipulation of public opinion. Reading through the links provided - i can say WP edit time was mostly discussed among ”pro-state” media. One journalist even went as far as insinuating that assassination was planned in the ”west” and that WP