Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Diff – a blog by and for the Wikimedia volunteer community

2020-07-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Mon, 20 Jul 2020 at 12:23, Quim Gil wrote: > On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 12:54 PM Andy Mabbett > wrote: > > > > > > > What consultation was carried out with contributors, and the > > > > > > wider the Wikimedia community, to inform this change? > > > > Although you quoted it, you seem to have

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Diff – a blog by and for the Wikimedia volunteer community

2020-07-20 Thread Quim Gil
Hi, On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 12:54 PM Andy Mabbett wrote: > > > > > What consultation was carried out with contributors, and the > > > > > wider the Wikimedia community, to inform this change? > > Although you quoted it, you seem to have overlooked this question. I aimed to address this

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Diff – a blog by and for the Wikimedia volunteer community

2020-07-17 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 at 23:42, Quim Gil wrote: > When we announced Next steps for Wikimedia Space [1] we said that the Space > blog would continue in a new home, and this is exactly what we have done. It is not exactly what you have done, because you have merged it with (content from) another

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Diff – a blog by and for the Wikimedia volunteer community

2020-07-16 Thread Quim Gil
Hi, Thanks Lodewijk, you covered the main points. When we announced Next steps for Wikimedia Space [1] we said that the Space blog would continue in a new home, and this is exactly what we have done. Last year the Space blog received community submissions regularly, and the Comms team always

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Diff – a blog by and for the Wikimedia volunteer community

2020-07-15 Thread effe iets anders
The editorial team has been the status quo for years. I'd like to see it expanded over time with volunteers, but at this point it would be unfair to look down at this development for that reason. To keep things constructive here: are there specific guidelines or procedures that you would like to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Diff – a blog by and for the Wikimedia volunteer community

2020-07-15 Thread Yair Rand
I am concerned. Although it is purported to be "by and for the Wikimedia volunteer community", the blog is clearly run by the WMF, the editorial team is made up of WMF staff, the WMF handles moderating, the guidelines were written by the WMF, the blog was created by the WMF without community

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Diff – a blog by and for the Wikimedia volunteer community

2020-07-15 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Wed, 15 Jul 2020 at 18:50, Chris Koerner wrote: > Diff builds on lessons and experiences from the > Wikimedia Blog, the Wikimedia Foundation News, and Wikimedia Space; > previous posts from these channels are archived on Diff. Based on my involvement with the Blog, I've identified some

[Wikimedia-l] Introducing Diff – a blog by and for the Wikimedia volunteer community

2020-07-15 Thread Chris Koerner
Hello, Today the Wikimedia Foundation would like to introduce a new community blog. It's called "Diff" (diff.wikimedia.org) and is a blog by – and for – the Wikimedia volunteer community to connect and share learnings, stories, and ideas from across our movement. We'd like to encourage you to