Re: [Wikimedia-l] DEITYBOUNCE and reader logs (was Re: Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer)

2016-11-03 Thread James Salsman
Katherine Maher wrote: > >... If you have further questions about Victoria’s work with the U.S. > Department of Defense, it is/should soon be a matter of U.S. > Congressional record. Her findings and recommendations will also > be a matter of public record, as all government work should be. >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] DEITYBOUNCE and reader logs (was Re: Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer)

2016-11-03 Thread Katherine Maher
Hi everyone, Given Victoria’s many engagements over two decades, we weren’t able to list everything in the announcement itself. I can assure you that we carefully considered all of Victoria’s past experience and, with her full support, vetted her background for areas of possible concern, as is

[Wikimedia-l] Winning photos of Wiki Loves Monuments Bangladesh 2016

2016-11-03 Thread Tanweer Morshed
Deal all, We are very happy to announce the top 10 winning photos[1] of Wiki Loves Monuments Bangladesh 2016. These 10 photos will compete in the international stage of the competition. This was the first time Wiki Loves Monuments was organized in Bangladesh. A total 7532 photographs of 452

[Wikimedia-l] Infobitt.com (crowdsourced news) has gone offline

2016-11-03 Thread David Gerard
Larry Sanger's attempted crowdsourced Wikinews, Infobitt, is dead - the name infobitt.net no longer resolves (though the domain is still registered). It died sometime after June 23, the date of the last screenshot on the Wayback Machine; tweets concerning it suggest it was up until August or

Re: [Wikimedia-l] DEITYBOUNCE and reader logs (was Re: Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer)

2016-11-03 Thread James Salsman
Gerard Meijssen wrote: > > There are two conflicting approaches to vulnerabilities known > to"government"; vulnerabilities make government vulnerable > and therefore they need to be handled properly in code. The > other approach is that a vulnerability is a vector to attack Well, the general

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedia Foundation welcomes Victoria Coleman as Chief Technology Officer

2016-11-03 Thread Florence Devouard
Excellent news. Welcome Victoria ! Florence Le 02/11/2016 à 19:49, Samantha Lien a écrit : This press release is available online here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_welcomes_Victoria_Coleman_as_Chief_Technology_Officer

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer

2016-11-03 Thread olaniyanshola
‎Wow!!! This is a great news. Welcome Victoria on board. Best Regards  Olushola Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.   Original Message   From: Tim Moritz Hector Sent: Thursday, 3 November 2016 08:25 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Reply To: Wikimedia Mailing List Cc: Victoria Coleman Subject: Re:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] DEITYBOUNCE and reader logs (was Re: Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer)

2016-11-03 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, There are two conflicting approaches to vulnerabilities known to "government"; vulnerabilities make government vulnerable and therefore they need to be handled properly in code. The other approach is that a vulnerability is a vector to attack. When Mrs Coleman works for the WMF, it follows

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why don't we have a warrant canary?

2016-11-03 Thread Gergő Tisza
You might be looking for the transparency report: https://transparency.wikimedia.org/privacy.html#summary ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer

2016-11-03 Thread Tim Moritz Hector
A warm welcome to Wikimedia also from Germany, Victoria! I'm happy to see you joining the movement and wish you a good start at the Wikimedia Foundation. Best regards Tim Moritz Hector Chair of the Board Wikimedia Deutschland Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | D-10963 Berlin