Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Changes to Product and Technology departments at the Foundation

Multimedia was recently moved to the Reading (now Readers) vertical. To the best of my knowledge that isn’t changing. On June 12, 2017 at 12:52:44 PM, Pine W (wiki.p...@gmail.com) wrote: James: thanks for asking; I'm copying that question to the Wikitech list. While we're on that topic, what's

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Changes to Product and Technology departments at the Foundation

James: thanks for asking; I'm copying that question to the Wikitech list. While we're on that topic, what's happening to multimedia? I believe that at one time there was a multimedia team, and I could understand how pairing multimedia with maps in the same team could make sense. If multimedia is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WFM 91.7 FM becomes our broadcasting partner in Nigeria

Article needate a little work. On 12 Jun 2017 12:23, "Quim Gil" wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 11:26 PM, shola ishola > wrote: > > > > > Dear wikipedians, > > > > We are delighted to announce that we have reached agreement with the > above

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WFM 91.7 FM becomes our broadcasting partner in Nigeria

Would it be possible to point to an explanation of what this partnership means in practical terms, please? What will actually happen now that would not have happened before, and how will it be funded? On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 12:15 PM, Quim Gil wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Jun

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Changes to Product and Technology departments at the Foundation

Looks like a reasonable change. Glad to see the degree of internal input that went into it. Does maps also include other rich content like graphs, charts, heat maps and other forms of data visualization? Best James On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 8:44 AM, Toby Negrin wrote: >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Changes to Product and Technology departments at the Foundation

Hi Jan -- Thanks for the question. We'll be making a more specific announcement this week about the future of the discovery projects. Sadly we don't have a lot of new information for maps in particular and will need to do a bit more scenario planning before we talk to the community. As far as

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WFM 91.7 FM becomes our broadcasting partner in Nigeria

Hi, On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 11:26 PM, shola ishola wrote: > > Dear wikipedians, > > We are delighted to announce that we have reached agreement with the above > named prestigious broadcasting station to partner with us in reaching > further audience in Nigeria. > > The

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Changes to Product and Technology departments at the Foundation

Thanks for explaining that. You said that two of the main goals were "to improve our engagement with the community during product development, develop a more audience-based approach to building products", and yet you do not mention any discussion with people outside the organisation over their

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Changes to Product and Technology departments at the Foundation

This looks reasonably rational to me. I am not sufficiently expert to be able to make more specific comments. One thing I would like to know - in the new arrangement, where does the group responsible for fundraising user interface fit in? Are they tech or audience? Cheers, Peter -Original