[Wikimedia-l] Re: what do we do with all this opportunity?

The question of support goes beyond financial. As the volunteer who wrote and deployed the mirror of Our World in Data used by WikiProjectMed and deployed the VideoWiki application, I have to say that, unfortunately, I have not found WMF technical staff very supportive. This is all the more

[Wikimedia-l] Re: what do we do with all this opportunity?

The "decline" was via email, rather than publically. The concern was that VideoWiki supposedly lacks broad consultation, coordination, and research to provide an implementation framework. They suggested that rather than working to update the software to the new operating environment and adding

[Wikimedia-l] Re: what do we do with all this opportunity?

Is there no public notice or rationale given when grant applications are declined? The only update on the status of your grant that I can see was by you: < https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grants:Project/Rapid/WPM:VideoWiki=23125476=23110705 >. On Sat, Jun 18, 2022 at 6:37 PM James

[Wikimedia-l] Re: what do we do with all this opportunity?

On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 3:22 AM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga < galder...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Samuel and James for the constructive approach in your messages. > > I know that I have said this before, but there's a huge problem with > accountability here. We have money to become a great

[Wikimedia-l] Re: what do we do with all this opportunity?

t the lack of WMF spending in developing > countries. > > WSC > >> >> >> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2022 17:48:12 -0400 >> From: Samuel Klein >> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: what do we do with all this opportunity? >> To: Wikimedia Mailing List >> Message-ID: >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: what do we do with all this opportunity?

of WMF spending in developing countries. WSC > > > Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2022 17:48:12 -0400 > From: Samuel Klein > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: what do we do with all this opportunity? > To: Wikimedia Mailing List > Message-ID: > q...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Ty

[Wikimedia-l] Re: what do we do with all this opportunity?

t Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: what do we do with all this opportunity? James! Thanks for this case in point. The free knowledge ecosystem includes hundreds of thousands of devs around the world. Most don't think to collaborate with us or through our codebases, most who do bounce off of curre

[Wikimedia-l] Re: what do we do with all this opportunity?

James! Thanks for this case in point. The free knowledge ecosystem includes hundreds of thousands of devs around the world. Most don't think to collaborate with us or through our codebases, most who do bounce off of current systems, and those who stay still have a hard time getting code reviewed

[Wikimedia-l] Re: what do we do with all this opportunity?

I have not found getting funding from the WMF for projects easy. VideoWiki for example has mostly been funded by WikiProjectMed / personally funded. Our first grant application since fully taking on the effort was declined and

[Wikimedia-l] Re: what do we do with all this opportunity?

We face the paradox of choice , the lull of peace, and the fog of distributed bureaucracy. ~ With great possibility comes disfocus. (and a few things with focus!) ~ With no clear challenge or adversary,