Re: [Wikimedia-l] Harassment and blaming the victim

I think making available and funding conflict resolution training is a good idea (provided it's available online of course, it would not be reasonable to expect a worldwide group of people to physically attend it). Making it mandatory via a grant is a nonstarter, though, adminship standards are a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Harassment and blaming the victim

Responding to a few different points: (1) I don't envision this training as being sufficient to make anyone an expert in harassment or incivility response; the goal isn't to train all administrators to handle large-scale harassment. Rather, the goal is to train the administrators who take this

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Picture of the Year 2015 Results

I'm surprised one of my UK Ministry of Defence uploads is on the list. Nice reward to start the weekend. Fae On 10 Jun 2016 17:29, "Steinsplitter Wiki" wrote: Dear Wikimedians, The tenth Picture of the Year competition (2015) has ended and we are pleased to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Picture of the Year 2015 Results

I'm very happy to see that a picture uploaded during the Wiki Loves Earth Brasil is listed there #9: Sunrise with Paraná pines (Araucaria angustifolia) as seen at the Serra da Bocaina National Park, Brazil. – Attribution: Heris Luiz Cordeiro Rocha Surely this result motivates me and the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Picture of the Year 2015 Results

Such beautiful photographs. Congratulations to all of the contributors. I love that our minds and photos are venturing beyond this world in many of the contributions, as well as showcasing the beauty of our home planet. :) Again, congratulations. Beautiful work. /a On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 9:29

[Wikimedia-l] Picture of the Year 2015 Results

Dear Wikimedians, The tenth Picture of the Year competition (2015) has ended and we are pleased to announce the results: In both rounds, people voted for their favorite media files. In Round 1, there were 1322 candidate images.In the second round, people voted for the 56 finalists (the R1

[Wikimedia-l] [x-post] WMF Language team office hour and online meeting on June 15th, 2016 (Wednesday) at 1300 UTC

[x-posted announcement] Hello, The next online office hour session of the Wikimedia Language team is scheduled for next Wednesday, June 15th, 2016 at 13:00 UTC. This session is going to be an online discussion over Google Hangouts/Youtube with a simultaneous IRC conversation. Due to the