Dear Seddon,
Thank you for your interest in the Brazilian community.
The Affiliations Committee has created a page to discuss the situation in
the Brazilian community. You may want to direct questions to them or in
general to community members on this page [1].
The User Group Wiki Movimento
I didn't mean for any intended accusation in my initial question, and to
clarify I do not sit on AffCom along I have a long standing interest in
affiliates.
After the issues with the two previous affiliates in Brazil, it was the
Brazilian community themselves who could take the situation into
Joseph
Perhaps we could assume that your colleagues on the Affiliations Committee
are well aware of the past history and have taken it into consideration
privately, which is exactly how such issues sould be considered, rather
than on a public mailing list. Unless you have evidence to the
As a volunteer who was never involved in that strife, but who felt and
observed it onwiki, I sincerely expect that, above all, AffCom would be
more careful and responsible than what they have been in the past when
approving overlapping affiliates. Especially when a public outcry against
the new
Asking as a volunteer with a broad interest in affiliate matters rather
than as a staff member:
What steps is the Brazilian community taking to ensure there isn't a repeat
of past breakdowns in community cooperation?
Kind regards
Seddon
On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 10:50 AM Paulo Santos Perneta <
Hi!
I would like to correct myself, as since October 2018 there is one more
Wikimedia affiliate with Portuguese as its official language, our very good
friends "Muj(lh)eres latinoamericanas en Wikimedia", who have been doing
quite a notable work in LATAM:
Wonderful news!
Brazil has been for long one of the world leaders in Wikimedia educational
projects, with an excellent work on GLAMs, often in line with the
educational projects, and generally with full Wikidata integration.
It is very rewarding to see the group recognized again as a full-right
Congratulations to the entire team of the Grupo de Usuários Wiki Movimento
Brasil!!
Best Regards,
Rajeeb Dutta.
(Marajozkee).
Wikimedia India.
> On 30-May-2019, at 5:40 PM, Shani Evenstein wrote:
>
> What excellent news!
> This group has been doing amazing and innovative work, so it's a joy
What excellent news!
This group has been doing amazing and innovative work, so it's a joy to see
this community finally re-recognized as an affiliate.
As it should be. :)
Best of luck to all of you with your future projects. I'll keep following
your work with excitement.
Shani.
