Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of WikiWomen's User Group

2015-07-21 Thread Patricio Lorente
Congratulations, WikiWomen, and welcome! Patricio El mar., 21 de jul. de 2015 a la(s) 3:19 a. m., Nasir Khan nasir8...@gmail.com escribió: Great news, congrats :D Nasir Khan Wikimedia Bangladesh -- *Nasir Khan Saikat* www.nasirkhn.com On

Re: [Wikimedia-l] harald bischoff advertising to make images for the wikimedia foundation and then suing users

2015-07-21 Thread Lilburne
On 21/07/2015 08:00, rupert THURNER wrote: On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 11:46 PM, Lilburne lilbu...@tygers-of-wrath.net wrote: On 20/07/2015 19:38, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 20 July 2015 at 18:09, Robert Rohde raro...@gmail.com wrote: it is also hard for me to get behind the notion of punishing

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation quarterly reviews for April-June 2015

2015-07-21 Thread Katherine Maher
Hi Pine, Thanks for your questions regarding the Communications QR slides. Answers in-line below. On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: I appreciate the combined QRs. Questions and comments: 1. Will the friendly-space expectations (policy?) for grants spaces on

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Geohack

2015-07-21 Thread Raymond Leonard
Nou Nouill commented: Moreover, in plenty of language, Geohack have long lists of hundred links, with lot of useless links, because languages communities want to describe exhaustively web mappings service. So the presentation of Geohack is often very weighed down. Perhaps this is a problem

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 11, Issue 28 -- 15 July 2015

2015-07-21 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
Op-ed: On paid editing and advocacy: when the Bright Line fails to shine, and what we can do about it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-07-15/Op-ed News and notes: The Wikimedia Conference and Wikimania

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Korea as a Wikimedia User Group

2015-07-21 Thread Alex Wang
Congrats! On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Hong, Yongmin li...@revi.pe.kr wrote: Finally!!! There was a meeting for creation fo legal entity in Oct. 2014 and I see the approval by WMF AffCom today. -- Revi https://revi.me -- Sent from Android -- 2015. 7. 18. 오전 12:50에 Carlos M.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of WikiWomen's User Group

2015-07-21 Thread Alex Wang
Great news! Excited to see some awesome projects from this group! On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Patricio Lorente patricio.lore...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations, WikiWomen, and welcome! Patricio El mar., 21 de jul. de 2015 a la(s) 3:19 a.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Iranian Wikimedians UG

2015-07-21 Thread Alex Wang
Congrats and welcome! On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 6:43 AM, Raymond Leonard raymond.f.leonard...@gmail.com wrote: Welcome to the Iranian Wikimedians User Group! Yours, Peaceray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Peaceray Cascadia Wikimedians User Group http://cascadia.wiki On Sun, Jul 19,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Iranian Wikimedians UG

2015-07-21 Thread Lila Tretikov
Congratulations Iran User Group! Really great to see this!!! Was wonderful to meet some of you at Wikimania :) On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Carlos M. Colina ma...@wikimedia.org.ve wrote: Dear all, I'm pleased to announcce the recognition [1] of a new member of the family of Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Albanian Language as a Wikimedia User Group

2015-07-21 Thread Patricio Lorente
Congratulations and welcome, Albanian friends! El mar., 21 de jul. de 2015 a la(s) 7:45 p. m., Alex Wang aw...@wikimedia.org escribió: Congrats and welcome! On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Shlomi Fish shlo...@shlomifish.org wrote: On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:49:27 +0300 Carlos M. Colina

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Community UG Belarus

2015-07-21 Thread Patricio Lorente
Congratulations and welcome, Belarus! El mar., 21 de jul. de 2015 a la(s) 7:46 p. m., Alex Wang aw...@wikimedia.org escribió: Congrats and welcome! On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 6:40 AM, Raymond Leonard raymond.f.leonard...@gmail.com wrote: Welcome to the Wikimedians of Wikimedia Community

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Albanian Language as a Wikimedia User Group

2015-07-21 Thread Alex Wang
Congrats and welcome! On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Shlomi Fish shlo...@shlomifish.org wrote: On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:49:27 +0300 Carlos M. Colina ma...@wikimedia.org.ve wrote: Dear all, On behalf of the Affiliations Committee, it is an honor for me to announce the recognition [1]

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Community UG Belarus

2015-07-21 Thread Alex Wang
Congrats and welcome! On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 6:40 AM, Raymond Leonard raymond.f.leonard...@gmail.com wrote: Welcome to the Wikimedians of Wikimedia Community User Group Belarus! Yours, Peaceray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Peaceray Cascadia Wikimedians User Group

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Korea as a Wikimedia User Group

2015-07-21 Thread Lila Tretikov
Congratulations! (how do I say this in Korean?) On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 8:50 AM, Carlos M. Colina ma...@wikimedia.org.ve wrote: Dear all, We have another group of wikimedians being recognised [1], the Wikimedians of Korea User Group. They have been around for some time and among their main

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Iranian Wikimedians UG

2015-07-21 Thread James Heilman
Congrats to all in Iran on user group status and of course keep safe and keep up the amazing work :-) -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian Starting July 2015 I am a board member of the Wikimedia Foundation My emails; however, do not represent the official position of the WMF The Wikipedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Korea as a Wikimedia User Group

2015-07-21 Thread Hong, Yongmin
It's 축하합니다. xD -- Revi https://revi.me -- Sent from Android -- 2015. 7. 22. 오전 8:01에 Lila Tretikov l...@wikimedia.org님이 작성: Congratulations! (how do I say this in Korean?) On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 8:50 AM, Carlos M. Colina ma...@wikimedia.org.ve wrote: Dear all, We have another group

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Korea as a Wikimedia User Group

2015-07-21 Thread Patricio Lorente
Ok, then: 축하합니다 xD Welcome and congratulations! El mar., 21 de jul. de 2015 a la(s) 9:07 p. m., Hong, Yongmin li...@revi.pe.kr escribió: It's 축하합니다. xD -- Revi https://revi.me -- Sent from Android -- 2015. 7. 22. 오전 8:01에 Lila Tretikov l...@wikimedia.org님이 작성: Congratulations! (how

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of WikiWomen's User Group

2015-07-21 Thread Nasir Khan
Great news, congrats :D Nasir Khan Wikimedia Bangladesh -- *Nasir Khan Saikat* www.nasirkhn.com On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 9:46 AM, Sydney Poore sydney.po...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you everyone for the warm welcome for this new WikiWomen's User Group. Help us spread the work all around the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] harald bischoff advertising to make images for the wikimedia foundation and then suing users

2015-07-21 Thread rupert THURNER
On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 11:46 PM, Lilburne lilbu...@tygers-of-wrath.net wrote: On 20/07/2015 19:38, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 20 July 2015 at 18:09, Robert Rohde raro...@gmail.com wrote: it is also hard for me to get behind the notion of punishing someone for demanding that reusers due the

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia French] Summer of french cities and villages

2015-07-21 Thread Christophe Henner
Hi everyone, Just so you know, Wikimedia France is officially launching a new program: Summer of french cities and villages This program is aimed to increase outreach and to raise awareness that anyone can esaily contribute. That there are many things they can do, such as sharing their holiday