Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Hardware donation program

This is one of those cool ideas which seem really obvious, but only in hindsight. Thanks! ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Hardware donation program

This is a fantastic idea. Well done to everyone involved. Cheers, Craig On 17 March 2017 at 15:06, Asaf Bartov wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce a small new program called > the Hardware Donation Program. In a word, it is a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Hardware donation program

This is an excellent initiative. This should help several editors. Thanks On 17 March 2017 at 10:36, Asaf Bartov wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce a small new program called > the Hardware Donation Program. In a word, it is a

[Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Hardware donation program

Dear Wikimedians, The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce a small new program called the Hardware Donation Program. In a word, it is a program designed to donate depreciated (but fully working) hardware from the WMF office to community members who would put it to good use. The program,

[Wikimedia-l] Sambad's 100 Women Editathon

Dear All, Inspired by BBC's 100 Women Editathon, The Odia Wikipedia community is organising an "100 Women Editathon" [1]in collaboration with the Sambad newspaper. Sambad is one of the largest circulated newspaper in Odisha and its Eastern Media ltd. is also a popular media house. The event is

[Wikimedia-l] Should the Endowment invest in REITs?

Joseph Seddon wrote: > > You can find out more about the Endowment here: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Endowment I'm very glad to see the asset allocation strategy published, but I have questions: 1. Does the Foundation intend to benchmark Endowment performance against the mutual

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] The Revision Scoring weekly update

Sharing some good news, both about the progress of ORES and (my primary inspiration for sharing this email) significant improvements in article quality thanks to WikiProject Women scientists. The latter has been designated as the Keilana Effect. Pine -- Forwarded message --

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Netherlands and the World Exchange Platform is online

This is so great! I've been curious to see how this project would turn out, and I am glad it's looking so good! Thanks for sharing :) Delphine 2017-03-16 14:55 GMT+01:00 Arne Wossink : > (apologies for cross-posting) > > Wikimedia Nederland launches the Netherlands and

[Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF March 2017 Metrics & Activities Meeting: Thursday, March 23, 18:00 UTC

Hello everyone, The next Wikimedia Foundation metrics and activities meeting will take place on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 6:00 PM UTC (11 AM PDT). The IRC channel is #wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net, and the meeting will be broadcast as a live YouTube stream. The theme of the March

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Amical Wikimedia 2017 Brand New Board

Welcome to Amical's new board members! Congratulations to you all! I want to give a big thank you to Arnau Duran. Arnau, I have enjoyed working with you for many years. I appreciate all you've done for Amical and the Wikimedia movement. Thank you for all your service, hard work, and dedication!

[Wikimedia-l] Termodynamics and social capital

Has anyone tried to use termodynamics on social capital within Wikipedia? Over investment in social capital and negative specific heat might create unstable systems, that is people will leave the community. There is a book on the topic; A Dynamic Balance: Social Capital and Sustainable Community

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Amical Wikimedia 2017 Brand New Board

Enhorabona a Amical Wikimedia. Des de Wikimedia Espanya us desitgem molts èxits en esta nova etapa i esperem poder seguir col·laborant amb vosaltres. Gràcies a Arnau per la seva feina durant el periode que acaba. Congratulations Amical Wikimedia. Wikimedia Spain wishes you a lot of success

[Wikimedia-l] Amical Wikimedia 2017 Brand New Board

Hi, After two weeks of open elections, I'm glad to announce you the brand *new board of Amical Wikimedia*, with 8 members, of which 5 are new. - Laia Benito Pericas - Chair - Lluís Madurell Alemany - Secretary - Xavier Dengra Grau - Treasurer - Josep Nogué - Member (former

[Wikimedia-l] Netherlands and the World Exchange Platform is online

(apologies for cross-posting) Wikimedia Nederland launches the Netherlands and the World Exchange Platform . The platform aims to stimulate global re-use of Dutch collections on non-European cultural heritage. In particular, it aims to stimulate collections on

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [cultural-partners] Netherlands and the World Exchange Platform is online

Wow, great! Thank you Arne and Wikimedia Nederland's team for this hard works. I've spread this great news to my network. Best regards,​ 2017-03-16 20:55 GMT+07:00 Arne Wossink : > (apologies for cross-posting) > > Wikimedia Nederland launches the Netherlands and the World

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation supports legal challenge to new travel-related executive order

Thank you Michelle, and to the team, for doing this and keeping us abreast. Sam On Mar 15, 2017 20:48, "Michelle Paulson" wrote: > Hello All, > > I’m writing with a brief update; this afternoon, Judge Derrick K. Watson > granted the temporary restraining order [1],

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation supports legal challenge to new travel-related executive order

Michelle On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 4:11 PM, you wrote: > [...] > > The Wikimedia Foundation continuously monitors events around the world that > may impact the Foundation’s ability to support the projects and > communities. When that capacity is threatened, as in the case of these > travel