Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF and non-WMF funding for Wikimedia work

2018-09-06 Thread Pine W
Definitely one needs to be careful when dealing with paid editing that it's done in a transparent way and in a way that benefits the encyclopedia. I think that the English Wikipedia community has generally accepted that Wikimedians-in-Residence can do paid editing in a way that is beneficial to

[Wikimedia-l] Call for Proposals to Host Wikimania in 2020

2018-09-06 Thread Ellie Young
The Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimedia Foundation are seeking expressions of interest from interested parties for hosting Wikimani a 2020. Please see the following for more information: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2020 If you are interested in discussing the possibilities

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Outreachy Round 17: Call for projects and mentors

2018-09-06 Thread Srishti Sethi
Just a reminder - if you have a project in mind that you would like to mentor in Outreachy, now is the time to let me know (: On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 7:13 PM, Srishti Sethi wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Wikimedia is participating as a mentoring organization in Outreachy >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Sverige receives $324k+ in funding for the project FindingGLAMs

2018-09-06 Thread Sailesh Patnaik
Amazing News, Thank for sharing it, John. Congratulation to Wikimedia Sweden. :) --- *Sailesh Patnaik* "*ଶୈଳେଶ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ "* *LinkedIn* : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sailesh-patnaik-551a10b4 *Twitter*: @saileshpat On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 4:18 PM John Andersson wrote: > Wikimedia Sverige

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [GLAM] Wikimedia Sverige receives $324k+ in funding for the project FindingGLAMs

2018-09-06 Thread Nurunnaby Hasive
Wonderful! Congratulations! Hasive On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 7:19 PM Shani Evenstein wrote: > Amazing news! Congrats, Wikimedia Sverige! Well done. > > Shani. > > On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 1:48 PM, John Andersson < > john.anders...@wikimedia.se> wrote: > >> Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [GLAM] Wikimedia Sverige receives $324k+ in funding for the project FindingGLAMs

2018-09-06 Thread Shani Evenstein
Amazing news! Congrats, Wikimedia Sverige! Well done. Shani. On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 1:48 PM, John Andersson wrote: > Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be the recipient of $324,500 in support from > the Swedish Postcode Foundation for our project FindingGLAMs >

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Sverige receives $324k+ in funding for the project FindingGLAMs

2018-09-06 Thread John Andersson
Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be the recipient of $324,500 in support from the Swedish Postcode Foundation for our project FindingGLAMs . We will work in collaboration with UNESCO and the Wikimedia Foundation to achieve a number of ambitious goals