Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-30 Thread Lodewijk
it, being on the jury is a boring task and little fun. Why are you (plural) trying so hard to make it even less fun... These are indeed assertions, and I agree to focus on responding to factual questions instead. So again: Thanks for spending all this effort and time! Lodewijk 2014-09-30 14:35

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-24 Thread Lodewijk
Forwarding this here, as Sumana's role seems relevant to a wider audience than just wikitech-l :) Thanks Sumana for all your work! Lodewijk -- Forwarded message -- From: Sumana Harihareswara Date: 2014-09-12 18:09 GMT+02:00 Subject: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2015

2014-09-11 Thread Lodewijk
started a separate thread about it than hijack this one which had some serious time-sensitive and open questions. And yes, discussing whether we should discuss the color of the bikeshed is distracting too. I suggest we use 'the Oompa Loompa discussion meeting' and be done with it. Best, Lodewi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2015

2014-09-11 Thread Lodewijk
/me mumbles something about a bikeshed that has a beautiful shade of blue. 2014-09-11 20:06 GMT+02:00 James Forrester : > On 11 September 2014 10:52, Ilario Valdelli wrote: > > > On 11.09.2014 18:42, James Forrester wrote: > > > >> On 11 September 2014 09:27, Anh Chung wrote: > >> > >> Dear al

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Access by Wikimedia volunteers to WMF records about them

2014-08-22 Thread Lodewijk
usual request. Maybe it woudl be more constructive continue this conversation if there is a flatout refusal or acceptance? I am confident that you will also update us if you receive a positive response. Best, Lodewijk 2014-08-22 17:06 GMT+02:00 Fæ : > I wrote the email below to Lila and the W

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Asking Google to output Wikipedia citation format in Scholar

2014-08-04 Thread Lodewijk
the problem is all projects use a different format :) Maybe it is worth the effort to investigate if we can come to a single format... at least on the input side. Lodewijk 2014-08-04 3:43 GMT+02:00 Gryllida : > Does the same apply to other sister projects? It could make sense to make >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Unacceptable -- CheckUser abuse gone uninvestigated

2014-08-03 Thread Lodewijk
Contrary to an individual request for information (who did ABC) I guess that such a process question would be perfect for the ombuds committee (was this process correctly followed) or by extension the board. Lodewijk 2014-08-03 21:45 GMT+02:00 Richard Farmbrough : > I have to say that there

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Egypt Wikimedians User Group

2014-07-29 Thread Lodewijk
Welcome Egypt! :) 2014-07-29 0:05 GMT+02:00 Richard Symonds : > Congratulations from the United Kingdom! > On 28 Jul 2014 22:32, "Andy Cruz y Corro" wrote: > > > Congratulations! May great things come for you > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 4:24 PM, Enock Seth Nyamador < > kwadzo...@gmail.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland – Transition Team and Interim Executive Director

2014-07-23 Thread Lodewijk
That explains it very well, thank you. Best, Lodewijk 2014-07-22 17:36 GMT+02:00 Pavel Richter : > Hi Lodewijk, > > let me try to answer that: > > > On 22 July 2014 10:52, Lodewijk wrote: > > > > > Tim, I'm afraid that in your email you didn't q

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland – Transition Team and Interim Executive Director

2014-07-22 Thread Lodewijk
world that you're looking for talent. Is that a correct extrapolation/interpretation? Best, Lodewijk 2014-07-22 10:02 GMT+02:00 Tim Moritz Hector : > Hi all, > > A few weeks ago, the Transition Team, which the Supervisory Board of > Wikimedia Deutschland has tasked with orga

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Deprecating print-on-demand functionality

2014-07-11 Thread Lodewijk
Thank you for the update, and thanks to Pediapress for the collaboration! I always liked to have the option, but indeed never was tempted enough to actually order something. Good to learn that the pdf function remains, that's great too! Lodewijk 2014-07-11 0:38 GMT+02:00 Thomas Gries :

[Wikimedia-l] Discussions at Wikimania

2014-07-06 Thread Lodewijk
e can summarize some discussion outcomes. Thanks for your help! Best, Lodewijk / effeietsanders ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Lets delete everything from commons (was The tragedy of Commons)

2014-06-23 Thread Lodewijk
The question is whether that is implicit, and whether that is necessary at all. I find the argument that for government works we only have to bother about the law of the source country, very persuasive. 2014-06-23 14:27 GMT+02:00 geni : > On 23 June 2014 13:00, Ilario Valdelli wrote: > > > In m

Re: [Wikimedia-l] How many volunteers (not editors) does the movement have????

2014-06-22 Thread Lodewijk
Wiki Loves Monuments probably some 200-400 volunteers were involved too - but there is some overlap. All in all, I guess that we may end up around a thousand volunteers quite easily. Lodewijk 2014-06-22 17:43 GMT+02:00 Benjamin Lees : > On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Alice Wiegand wrote: >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Lets delete everything from commons (was The tragedy of Commons)

2014-06-22 Thread Lodewijk
do get a better understanding of some of the frustration. Lodewijk 2014-06-22 12:26 GMT+02:00 Russavia : > Craig, et al > > On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Craig Franklin > wrote: > > Pardon me if this has already been covered, but as I understand it the > > problem is not the l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Moderation (was Wikiconference USA in the media)

2014-06-19 Thread Lodewijk
I cannot help but wonder, what good you hope to accomplish with this rant. Seriously, if you insist on making personal attacks like this, just send a private email. Best, Lodewijk 2014-06-19 15:48 GMT+02:00 MZMcBride : > Austin Hair wrote: > >It's true that there have been peri

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Moderation (was Wikiconference USA in the media)

2014-06-19 Thread Lodewijk
insinuated requests by Tomasz and Fae that other people should be held to the same standards in the future, and they be moderated too when a pattern of uncivil behavior develops. Best, Lodewijk 2014-06-19 1:31 GMT+02:00 Nathan : > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 7:19 PM, Fæ wrote: > > > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The tragedy of Commons

2014-06-18 Thread Lodewijk
would that become Wikimedia Uncommons or Unwikimedia Commons? Or do we avoid this question by leaving it to an outside party? Lodewijk (who is btw not so much charmed of an uncommons at all) 2014-06-17 21:06 GMT+02:00 Samuel Klein : > On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 2:19 PM, George Herbert >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The tragedy of Commons

2014-06-17 Thread Lodewijk
already put for the WMF legal team as a question, but I wasn't able to find so quickly whether a useful reply resulted from that consultation. Lodewijk 2014-06-17 1:34 GMT+02:00 Yann Forget : > Hi, > > Some Commons contributors like to ask impossible requirements, and > threaten

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Lsjbot now starting with plant species

2014-06-16 Thread Lodewijk
Hi Anders, for my understanding, could you give a few examples of what kind of datatypes are still missing that you would need (ideally datatypes I can actually understand). Thanks! Lodewijk 2014-06-16 16:20 GMT+02:00 Anders Wennersten : > Just a few examples. > *It takes up to 6 mont

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh

2014-06-10 Thread Lodewijk
Great to hear! I remember that you shared with us 'it might take a while' but I never took it so excessively! Thanks for sticking through, and all the best with the earned status. I hope it will help you a lot in your activities. Lodewijk 2014-06-10 19:33 GMT+02:00 Vishnu : > E

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Bad usage of money in Brazil

2014-05-31 Thread Lodewijk
dy think a bit about them. This is not a matter of caring or not caring - this is a matter of being effective and efficient. Best, Lodewijk 2014-06-01 2:06 GMT+02:00 Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton < rodrigo.argen...@gmail.com>: > Well Lodewijk, they announce the values during the WLE, not bef

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC related announcements: Letter of Intent, Selection of New Members, FDC Advisory Group Review

2014-05-31 Thread Lodewijk
email got delayed a bit :) Lodewijk 2014-05-31 17:17 GMT+02:00 Anasuya Sengupta : > Hi all, > > It's been pointed out to us that the deadline for the Letter of Intent in > one place on the FDC portal (undergoing redesign) was June 8 rather than > June 1, and that caused some c

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Bad usage of money in Brazil

2014-05-31 Thread Lodewijk
nless I'm missing something (what you're actually trying to accomplish) this is probably the least impactful moment to have this discussion - a few months earlier or later would have been. Best, Lodewijk 2014-05-31 3:50 GMT+02:00 Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton < rodrigo.argen...@gmail.com&g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Bad usage of money in Brazil

2014-05-30 Thread Lodewijk
in 2013) competitions. That being said, I think I could agree wholeheartedly if the conclusion were to be "money is usually not the bottle neck" (although there are exceptions). Best, Lodewijk (member of the (international coordinating) team of Wiki Loves Monuments 2010-2013) 2014-0

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC recommendation round 2 announced

2014-05-25 Thread Lodewijk
Thanks for the much more detailed reasoning and feedback! This actually gives a good insight why decisions were taken as they were and a major improvement compared to previous rounds. Lodewijk 2014-05-25 0:12 GMT+02:00 Tonmoy Khan : > Hello everyone, > > I thank you all for your en

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational development for the Wikimedia movement

2014-04-27 Thread Lodewijk
Thanks Philippe for the pointer. Sounds like an interesting angle, she has been hired very recently it seems? I'm looking forward to the slightly more details description on the user page that is apparently forthcoming :) Lodewijk 2014-04-28 4:39 GMT+02:00 Philippe Beaudette : >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Assessing this round of FDC proposals, including the WMF's proposal

2014-04-27 Thread Lodewijk
next year. I suggest that people who have good ideas for alternative organizations bring that up with that in mind for next year (in a few months or so, when the FDC is less swamped with work). Lodewijk 2014-04-27 23:51 GMT+02:00 Risker : > On 27 April 2014 17:23, Dariusz Jemielniak wrote:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] WMF Board of Trustees: Minutes of January 2014 meeting

2014-04-21 Thread Lodewijk
thing like a decision will be taken :) I think an organized way to facilitate community discussion beyond the mailing list we're writing on now, and simple fora like meta pages, would be very welcome and could result in more constructive input of high quality. Best, Lodewijk 2014-04-21 21:49

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Sponsorship/donations to other organizations

2014-04-17 Thread Lodewijk
;just donating money' - i think we should be able to explain at all time why we are donating, and why that specific amount. We owe that to our donors, and we owe that to the volunteers whose grants are being rejected/reduced. Best, Lodewijk 2014-04-17 23:39 GMT+02:00 Chris Keating :

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announce] WMMX's assembly and new Board

2014-04-08 Thread Lodewijk
congratulations for really existing now :) it feels like you have been around already for a long time ;-) 2014-04-08 11:59 GMT+02:00 Patricio Lorente : > ¡Felicitaciones, Wikimedia México! > > > 2014-03-26 5:39 GMT-03:00 Salvador A : > > > El martes, 25 de marzo de 2014, Cristian Consonni < > k

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Katherine Maher joins the Wikimedia Foundation as Chief Communications Officer

2014-03-28 Thread Lodewijk
Welcome on board Katherine! I'm looking forward to see you at work. Lodewijk 2014-03-28 15:10 GMT+01:00 Nurunnaby Chowdhury : > Hi Katherine, Congratulations & Welcome! > > -- > Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive > User: nhasive > Sent from my Android Tablet > On Mar 28

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Plz ignore again

2014-02-25 Thread Lodewijk
please hold your tongue and be civil. Even if you don't understand something. Thanks! (and thanks Mike for the link!) 2014-02-25 22:32 GMT+01:00 Huib Laurens : > What the fuck are you doing? > > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Alexandros Kosiaris < > akosia...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > > >

[Wikimedia-l] The Cool Projects

2014-02-25 Thread Lodewijk
, please leave a note on https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_coolest_projects_of_Wikimedia_Chapters_-_be_inspired. Looking forward to an awesome presentation, but this time with me in the comfortable seats, Lodewijk Gelauff ___ Wikime

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Proposed amendment to the Wikimedia Terms of Use

2014-02-21 Thread Lodewijk
eep the discussion streamlined. Best, Lodewijk 2014-02-21 0:12 GMT+01:00 Luis Villa : > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 3:46 AM, Lodewijk >wrote: > > > Maybe I missed something, but could you please explain why the Terms of > Use > > would be the best place to make this kind of d

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Proposed amendment to the Wikimedia Terms of Use

2014-02-20 Thread Lodewijk
e way. The community (both language and project) might want to derive from it - either way. Kind regards, Lodewijk 2014-02-19 23:06 GMT+01:00 Stephen LaPorte : > Hello all, > > We are asking for community input on a proposed amendment to the Wikimedia > Terms of Use regarding undiscl

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Mexico. January report

2014-02-19 Thread Lodewijk
Thanks for sharing! I'm amazed by the great work done! Lodewijk 2014-02-17 21:37 GMT+01:00 Salvador A : > Dear community: > > By means of this mail and on behalf WMMX Board and volunteers i share with > you the monthly report of our chapter corresponding to January

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Consultation & decision making (was: Board decisions on movement funding and approval issues)

2014-02-11 Thread Lodewijk
for is that the board members will finally commit to actually ask input to all stakeholders before taking major decisions like this, and not just the staff (and the committee if you really had that illusion). Best, Lodewijk (I write this email entirely in a personal capacity) 2014-02-11 19:27 GMT+01:

[Wikimedia-l] Consultation & decision making (was: Board decisions on movement funding and approval issues)

2014-02-11 Thread Lodewijk
valid here. Lodewijk Gelauff (While a member of the Affiliations Committee - I write this email entirely in a personal capacity) 2014-02-11 14:36 GMT+01:00 Jan-Bart de Vreede : > Dear Frederic, > > > On 11 Feb 2014, at 10:44, Frédéric Schütz wrote: > > > On 11/02/14 09:03,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimediaus-l] WikiConference USA Announcement

2014-01-28 Thread Lodewijk
That sounds awesome! Glad it has come to be. Too bad it's so far and expensive to join or I'd have loved to :) Lodewijk 2014-01-28 Pharos > I am very pleased to announce that Wikimedia NYC and Wikimedia DC are > working in collaboration to host the first national Wikimedia con

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF employee writing articles for $300

2014-01-05 Thread Lodewijk
until Sarah is able to respond to these accusations which were published without following proper procedures. Lodewijk 2014/1/6 Kevin Gorman > Sarah used to be a DJ in Indianapolis. I don't find it very surprising > that she'd write an article about a nightclub in Indianapolis.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resolution: Media about living people

2013-12-11 Thread Lodewijk
sumed that files would be treated differently from texts anyway in this kind of stuff. Just plain curiosity.) Best, Lodewijk 2013/12/11 María Sefidari > > 11/dic/2013 21:07 "Lodewijk" ha escrito: > > > > Hi Maria, thanks for sharing. To appreciate the resolution in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resolution: Media about living people

2013-12-11 Thread Lodewijk
Hi Maria, thanks for sharing. To appreciate the resolution in its proper context, I was wondering if you could share if there was a specific trigger to this amendment? Best, Lodewijk 2013/12/11 María Sefidari > Hi everyone, > > We'd like to draw your attention to our recent am

Re: [Wikimedia-l] How lovely live communication works worldwide

2013-12-04 Thread Lodewijk
very much. Lodewijk 2013/12/3 Tilman Bayer > Note that this solution is still based on proprietary software, in that it > requires users to install a Flash plugin. > > It would be interesting to learn about the experiences of Wikimedia France, > who has been replacing Skype wi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Increase in page views for the last 3 months

2013-11-22 Thread Lodewijk
I would guess either national press, or a change in how the popular search engines work? Are we running & recording certain defaulted random queries from time to time to compare? Lodewijk 2013/11/22 Erik Zachte > Hi Strainu, > > We noticed and are investigating. It surely loo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Copyright infringement - The real elephant in the room

2013-11-13 Thread Lodewijk
ontribute to this. This is already happening in most countries. In some countries (like Germany ;-) ) politicians are doing the work for us, explaining how evil plagiarism is and how it works by firing government ministers over it :) Best, Lodewijk 2013/11/13 Marco Chiesa > On Wed, Nov 13,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [cultural-partners] When was the first...? Your input is needed

2013-11-11 Thread Lodewijk
June 2009 was indeed Wiki Loves Art /NL. But wasn't that also already based on the (different in scope and way it was organized though) New York edition earlier that year? Smaller in number of organizations, but I believe not very small in number of photos. Lodewijk 2013/11/11 Hay (

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Letters of Intent for FDC Round 2 due Nov 8, and community review right now!

2013-10-15 Thread Lodewijk
e sure I'm still up to date on the latest state of affairs) Thanks, Lodewijk 2013/10/15 Katy Love > Dear members of the Wikimedia community, > > I write to remind Wikimedia-affiliated entities interested in > submitting an annual plan grant proposal to the Funds Dissemination > C

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2014 location decision

2013-10-14 Thread Lodewijk
oard availability and laying the focus on topics a bit more that are current. Also, this is much easier :) Lets focus 5 or 6 big topics which can have 2 or 3 sessions each. Lets define desired outcomes for those topics. Just a thought, Lodewijk 2013/10/14 Nicole Ebber > Thanks a lot! And n

Re: [Wikimedia-l] YouTube Videos about Wikimedia-L

2013-10-11 Thread Lodewijk
It seems like the account has been removed already? Lodewijk 2013/10/10 Sarah Stierch > Someone send me a link to this, articles being generated about Wikipedia > articles: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIafRDt88NQ > > based on this: > > > ht

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Who will host Wikimedia Conference 2014? Bidding process is open!

2013-09-29 Thread Lodewijk
I just wanted to mention I'm very positively surprised by the Indian bid! It seems at first glance that they are even cheaper than a Berlin conference - totally unexpected :) Lodewijk 2013/9/26 Jon Davies > thanks > On Sep 26, 2013 3:24 PM, "Nicole Ebber" wro

Re: [Wikimedia-l] It's time to reclaim the community logo

2013-09-21 Thread Lodewijk
emark, and re-apply the logo to its original use. Tomasz, I hope you will keep the wider community updated on progress being made in this case. Best, Lodewijk 2013/9/21 Tomasz W. Kozlowski > Hello community, > this is to inform you that in response to the trademarking of the > Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia blog moving to WordPress.com

2013-09-05 Thread Lodewijk
This was definitely mentioned at Wikimania. What I understood is that it will be hosted externally for performance and reliability reasons, but that the rest should remain the same. Anyway, I'm not an expert here, just what I understood from Matthew Roth & friends Lodewijk 2013/9/

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal - Training for Wikimedia movement boards

2013-08-16 Thread Lodewijk
27;re not teaching them bureaucratic tools that are very useful in the US, or even the Netherlands or France, but might be less... welcomed in South Africa or Bangladesh. Lodewijk 2013/8/14 Dariusz Jemielniak > hi, > > I believe that more than external training (useful, but possibly

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's have the courage to sit down and talk about VisualEditor

2013-07-31 Thread Lodewijk
edits, because it is just quicker (less clicks, but also faster loading). Lodewijk 2013/7/31 rupert THURNER > Am 30.07.2013 20:14 schrieb "David Gerard" : > > > > On 30 July 2013 17:03, Erik Moeller wrote: > > > > >If the overwhelming community s

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Questions for the WMF Board of Trustees?

2013-07-29 Thread Lodewijk
#x27;d be able to arrange that somehow? We could then flag those discussion topics during the Q&A even. Best, Lodewijk 2013/7/29 phoebe ayers > Hi all, > > Every year at Wikimania the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees hosts a > panel where they take questions from the a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Feedback for the Wikimedia Foundation

2013-07-24 Thread Lodewijk
y? Thanks! Lodewijk 2013/7/24 Romaine Wiki > I don't get it... What is the purpose of a temporary opt-out? I don't see > what that would solve. Power users still don't have a reason to use the VE, > performance is worse, handy tools are missing and a lot of things can&#x

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Feedback for the Wikimedia Foundation

2013-07-22 Thread Lodewijk
to what would exactly be the problems. The poll gives more specific examples (although I myself don't really agree this weighs against the advantages, clearly for many they are significant enough). Best, Lodewijk 2013/7/22 Samuel Klein > Hello Romaine, > > Speaking only for myself

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 3rd Global Congress on IP & OpenAir Conference on Innovation & IP in Africa

2013-07-21 Thread Lodewijk
Hi Oona, did you already try to contact Wikimedia South Africa about this? Best, Lodewijk 2013/7/21 Oona Castro > Hi all, > > I've received an email from the organizers of the 3rd Global Congress on IP > & OpenAir Conference on Innovation & IP in Africa ( &g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Internal-l] 2013-2014 Round 1 FDC eligibility status & IRC office hours

2013-07-18 Thread Lodewijk
before. Anasuya: My apologies for being confusing. I was of course referring to the approval of the WMF 2013/2014 non-core activities, not so much to the 2013/2014 FDC process. I understand from your email that you're confirming the clear explanation by Anders Wennersten. Thank you for that

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] (Announcement) Ana Toni Announced as New Wikimedia Foundation Board Member

2013-07-17 Thread Lodewijk
ecision, a week after the term was effective. If such a long preperation is required to communicate the decision, perhaps it would make sense to adjust the effectivity date accordingly in the future. Best, Lodewijk 2013/7/9 Jan-Bart de Vreede > Hey > > I am also very happy to publicly

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Internal-l] 2013-2014 Round 1 FDC eligibility status & IRC office hours

2013-07-17 Thread Lodewijk
does this have on the available funds for the FDC? (this is probably covered in the annual plan - apologies for not getting around to reading that yet, I saw little point yet as it is after the fact anyway) Best, Lodewijk 2013/7/17 Anders Wennersten > > Seb35 skrev 2013-07-17 15:55: &g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Internal-l] 2013-2014 Round 1 FDC eligibility status & IRC office hours

2013-07-16 Thread Lodewijk
resending, was bounced. 2013/7/16 Lodewijk > Maybe this has been asked elsewhere already, apologies in that case, but > could someone clarify why the Wikimedia Foundation is not eligible any more > (and did not seem to send a letter of intent) for the FDC process? Does > this m

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] (Announcement) Ana Toni Announced as New Wikimedia Foundation Board Member

2013-07-09 Thread Lodewijk
ong Kong! Best, Lodewijk Gelauff 2013/7/9 Delphine Ménard > Dear Ana, > > I am extremely excited to see you join the Board of the Wikimedia > Foundation, I know the experience you bring in international > organisations is going to be invaluable to our movement. > > An enormou

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Funds Dissemination Committee first progress reports

2013-06-12 Thread Lodewijk
Foundation etc? Knowing that would make it a bit more insightful. Lodewijk 2013/6/12 Craig Franklin > Given that this is an assessment that is being performed by paid staff, I > think it's unreasonable to think that the staff would issue more than very > mild criticism ("You

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF May 2013 Metrics and Activities Meeting: Thursday, June 6, 18:00 UTC

2013-06-07 Thread Lodewijk
ean I will not include it in my google calendar because it would float the whole thing too much. Somehow it would be nice if there would be a menu selection option - what kind of parts do you want to receive. But that is much harder to maintain I guess... Lodewijk 2013/6/7 Nicole Ebber > Hel

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF May 2013 Metrics and Activities Meeting: Thursday, June 6, 18:00 UTC

2013-06-06 Thread Lodewijk
Hi Praveena, is there a general google agenda feed where this kind of meetings could be mentioned/announced too? In the past office hours were scheduled that way (unfortunately someone decided to discontinue that apparently), and that was very helpful. Lodewijk 2013/6/6 Praveena Maharaj

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Board approves FDC's 2012-2013 Round 2 funding recommendations

2013-06-01 Thread Lodewijk
and the report following that appeal on [2], but that is mostly a matter of convenience and having the information together of course. Best, Lodewijk [1]: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Frequently_asked_questions#complaint [2]: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Board_decisions/20

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Board approves FDC's 2012-2013 Round 2 funding recommendations

2013-06-01 Thread Lodewijk
first time such complaints have been filed? Best, Lodewijk 2013/6/1 Patricio Lorente > Dear members of the Wikimedia community, > > As you know, on April 28, the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) made > its Round 2 funding recommendations to the WMF Board of Trustees. [1] > Fro

Re: [Wikimedia-l] making tech journalism easier to read

2013-05-22 Thread Lodewijk
ly at longer texts. At short texts there is not enough critical mass to be precise. Lodewijk 2013/5/22 MZMcBride > Sumana Harihareswara wrote: > >When you're trying to write a blog.wikimedia.org entry or > >wikitech-ambassadors email about a technical topic, but you want to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Effectiveness of meetings (Was: Affcom ...)

2013-05-14 Thread Lodewijk
mpare different categories of events with each other. Lodewijk 2013/5/14 Balázs Viczián > I see a few misunderstanding here: I do not wish to compare them to each > other, but to the previous one(s). At least I hope this is what I've > written because this is what I was ment. So compare

[Wikimedia-l] Effectiveness of meetings (Was: Affcom ...)

2013-05-14 Thread Lodewijk
assuming good faith, and think that everyone will be going to meetings with the best of intentions, and not simply to play tourist. Lodewijk 2013/5/14 Balázs Viczián > 40k for a single meetup can be justified if the results worth that much > money. (I've already argued about this r

Re: [Wikimedia-l] AffComs $40,000 Hong Kong junket

2013-05-14 Thread Lodewijk
2013/5/14 Lodewijk > I don't think it is trivial either, and having a discussion is fine. > However, the bigger discussion is perhaps more relevant - because AffCom is > simply following WMF policy here, which is in place for many employees, > board members (and others? not sure

Re: [Wikimedia-l] AffComs $40,000 Hong Kong junket

2013-05-14 Thread Lodewijk
for their work. But maybe I'm the only one in thát opinion though... Lodewijk 2013/5/14 Andrea Zanni > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 12:30 AM, David Gerard wrote: > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law_of_triviality > > > I don't really think this

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Consultation opened for Bylaws change

2013-04-23 Thread Lodewijk
Thank you for taking this step! I am glad that the board now involves the community in its bylaw changing process. Lodewijk 2013/4/22 Risker > Just in case others had problems with the links (thanks gmail...) > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_byla

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: The value of Wikipedia for the economy

2013-04-17 Thread Lodewijk
isation%20du%20b%C3%A9n%C3%A9volat%20sur%20Wikip%C3%A9dia%20-%20AGWMFR%2027MAI2012.pdf > > > > Don't hesitate to ask questions ! > > > > Plyd > > > > -- Forwarded message -- > > From: Seb35 > > Date: 2013/4/8 > > Subject: V

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The value of Wikipedia for the economy

2013-04-08 Thread Lodewijk
methods. Lodewijk [1]: http://www.librijournal.org/pdf/2002-2pp78-87.pdf [2]: https://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/nlasp/article/viewArticle/1213/1498 2013/4/8 Alex Peek > Clay Shirky talks about the importance of online collaboration: > > http://www.ted.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The value of Wikipedia for the economy

2013-04-08 Thread Lodewijk
(sorry, this came off a bit too sharp :) Thanks for all the input, anything is better than nothing of course!) 2013/4/8 Lodewijk > However, those numbers are not exactly what I'm looking for. I do not want > to know what it would be worth as a company, or how much people are willi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The value of Wikipedia for the economy

2013-04-08 Thread Lodewijk
cs/21573091-how-quantify-gains-internet-has-brought-consumers-net-benefits> >> http://www.economist.com/**blogs/freeexchange/2013/03/**technology-2<http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/03/technology-2> >> >> - of approximately $50m "value" to readers. It

[Wikimedia-l] The value of Wikipedia for the economy

2013-04-08 Thread Lodewijk
dia worth to society, the way it currently runs. Alternatively, are there similar studies to other knowledge compendiums, or even 'the internet'? Thanks for any pointers! Lodewijk ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lis

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Toolserver-l] [TS logo] Fwd: Free as in Wikimedia Foundation

2013-03-20 Thread Lodewijk
either ask the WMF to drop it, or we could simply design a new one. But before we do that, we should probably create a good RfC, and get a clear overview of what exactly are all the benefits and downsides of a registered trademark versus an unregistered one. Best, Lodewijk 2013/3/20 Tomasz Gani

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Info: Markus Glaser is elected Chair of the Wikimedia Chapters Association Council

2013-03-19 Thread Lodewijk
Thanks Fae indeed for the hard work. It is a pity that things went as they went - and that you had to work under tough circumstances. Of course it is the council as a whole that bears responsibility, but when things go wrong, you get the heat of it... Best, Lodewijk 2013/3/19 Delphine Ménard

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Big Fat Brussels Gathering

2013-03-07 Thread Lodewijk
great :) Please note that 'we don't know yet, check back later' is also a helpful addition to the page regarding travel budget :) Best, Lodewijk 2013/3/7 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov > Hi Lodewijk, > > I cannot answer the travel aid quesiton as there is no dedicated, c

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Big Fat Brussels Gathering

2013-03-07 Thread Lodewijk
Nobody stops you of course to have a 'meeting over lunchtime' but I think the expectations by the organizers were set a little higher than that. Lodewijk (who has some experience with the 'success' of international Wikimedia over-lunchtime meetings) 2013/3/7 Balázs Viczián

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Big Fat Brussels Gathering

2013-03-07 Thread Lodewijk
pter. Also, can we already sign up somewhere? Best, Lodewijk 2013/3/7 Balázs Viczián > Hi Jan, > > Typically this is what pre conference events are for and quite frankly I > see more possibilities in it if this would be implemented into the Milan > event both in the schedule and as

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Big Fat Brussels Gathering

2013-03-07 Thread Lodewijk
7;s a hostel). In the region there are not many cheap places (yay european civil servants!). Their meeting facilities seemed at the time indeed the easiest too - but perhaps you find something better. Lodewijk 2013/3/6 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov > Hey Christophe, > > Since I am on lo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Commons-l] FOP in Europe: does this include WWII monuments with art?

2013-03-03 Thread Lodewijk
t law? Lodewijk 2013/3/3 Fae > On 3 March 2013 06:50, James Alexander wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 3:59 AM, Tobias Oelgarte < > > tobias.oelga...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > >> The problem are not the European laws. It are the US laws that don't

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-02-18 Thread Lodewijk
As a true Dutch, I shouldn't even consider to share... it is only to get through the days and survive without having to touch local cuisine... (French and Germans will probably be able to confirm this) :P Lodewijk 2013/2/18 Theo10011 > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Lodewijk

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-02-18 Thread Lodewijk
As a true Dutch, I should bring potatoes, peanut butter and hagelslag. Lodewijk 2013/2/18 Deryck Chan > No, because you haven't described what you're bringing :) > > On the other hand, a detailed, grammatically correct description of > stroopwafels will almost certainly g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-02-18 Thread Lodewijk
oh... so replying with "I will bring my own food" wasn't such a good idea after all? ;-) 2013/2/18 Liam Wyatt > On Monday, 18 February 2013, Abbas Mahmood wrote: > > > > From: liamwy...@gmail.com > > > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:47:06 + > > > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Subjec

[Wikimedia-l] New members for the Affiliations Committee

2013-02-13 Thread Lodewijk
d the committee since 2010, and Damian was the longest serving member, being appointed in 2007! Thanks a lot for your time and effort in the past years. I look forward to an exciting time, with many applicants in the pipeline to be (hopefully) approved! Best regards, Lodewijk Gelauff selection coordi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Licencing question

2013-01-22 Thread Lodewijk
And I'm also unsure all the upload wizards have the same text? 2013/1/22 David Gerard > On 22 January 2013 17:41, Philippe Beaudette > wrote: > > > FYI, each and every edit on Commons has this text above the edit box: > > "...You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikivoyage launch: why no blog post or pressrelease?

2013-01-16 Thread Lodewijk
ed on for example September 1 (launch) and October 1 (results). We didn't find a perfect solution yet though, and input on how to manage that properly is always welcome. If it is an announcement that is less tied to a specific/symbolic day, this is of course all less important. Best, Lodewijk

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikivoyage launch: why no blog post or press release?

2013-01-15 Thread Lodewijk
confusing this way. We faced the same problems at Wiki Loves Monuments (where we mostly used European timezones, as the vast majority of the countries was in that), and some good thoughts about the general issue would definitely be welcome. Maybe not today though. Best, Lodewijk 2013/1/15

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Affiliations Committee is looking for candidate members

2013-01-08 Thread Lodewijk
Hi all, this is the last reminder that the call will be closing on January 12 - this is four days from now. Please share the call for candidates on relevant fora. Best regards, Lodewijk Gelauff 2013/1/2 Lodewijk > Dear all, > > I would like to take this opportunity to remind you

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Chapter reports WMNL

2013-01-06 Thread Lodewijk
short style and consistent pace of the Dutch reports - a compliment should be made where appropriate! Best, Lodewijk 2013/1/7 Cornelius Kibelka > I agree as well. At least at short list of the main topics would help a > lot. > > Regards, > Cornelius > > > Cornelius Kib

[Wikimedia-l] The Affiliations Committee is looking for candidate members

2013-01-02 Thread Lodewijk
organizations to get started? Then please apply! I hope for many high quality applications! Best, Lodewijk 2012/12/12 Bence Damokos > Dear all, > > The Affiliations Committee [1], the committee that is responsible for > guiding volunteers in establishing Chapters, User Groups and Thematic >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] If I could talk to the wiki folks...

2012-12-28 Thread Lodewijk
scopes of these organizations) I would appreciate suggestions in how clarity can be achieved. Best, Lodewijk 2012/12/28 Thomas Dalton > Very nice! I'll expect a performance in Hong Kong! > > On a serious note, have you seen Geoff's comments on naming of affiliate > organisa

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser launch update

2012-11-27 Thread Lodewijk
Thanks! 2012/11/27 Zack Exley > One more thing I should have mentioned: We'll still be testing from time to > time around the world during the rest of November and December. So don't be > alarmed if you see banners up. We're still actively trying to improve > donation processing and translations

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser launch update

2012-11-27 Thread Lodewijk
se 10%, 40%, 70% or 90% of the whole movement budget? (I know I could probably look up last years numbers and guess some myself, but you probably already did this :) ). Best, Lodewijk 2012/11/26 Zack Exley > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Thomas Dalton >wrote: > > > On Nov

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