[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 8, Issue 32 -- 06 August 2012

2012-08-07 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
Op-ed: The Athena Project: being bold http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-08-06/Op-ed News and notes: FDC portal launched http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-08-06/News_and_notes WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Martial

[Wikimedia-l] IRC office hours with the Localisation team 2012-08-15 16:30 UTC

2012-08-07 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan (WMF)
Hello everyone, You're invited to the IRC office hours with the Localisation team[1] at the Wikimedia Foundation. Date: 2012-08-15 Time: 16.30 UTC Venue: #wikimedia-office Agenda: 1. Universal Language Selector update. 2. Language teams. 3. Q A For more logistical info and time conversion

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2012-08-07 Thread Barry Newstead
Dear Wikimedia friends and colleagues, It is bittersweet for me to share with all of you that I will be leaving the Wikimedia Foundation at the end of August to relocate to Australia for personal reasons. It is difficult for me to leave Wikimedia and particularly leave the Global Development

[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

2012-08-07 Thread Michel Vuijlsteke
Well, it's certainly a possible starting point for discussion: http://www.wikipediaredefined.com/ -- Michel Vuijlsteke http://blog.zog.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

2012-08-07 Thread Hay (Husky)
Yup, i think it's pretty nice. I especially like the 'edit' modus with the live edit view. And the colored bars on the top of the main page indicating the number of articles in a certain language. -- Hay On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Michel Vuijlsteke wikipe...@zog.org wrote: Well, it's

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2012-08-07 Thread Steven Zhang
Hi Barry, It may not mean much, but I wanted to express my gratitude to you for all the hard work you've done over the past two years, both for the Foundation and for the entire Wikimedia movement. When you leave, I think your successor will have big shoes to fill. As you know, I'm in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2012-08-07 Thread Steven Zhang
Hi all, Please disregard my previous correspondence, it was sent in error. Regards, Steve Zhang Community Fellow, Wikimedia Foundation szh...@wikimedia.org On 08/08/2012, at 4:41 AM, Barry Newstead bnewst...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear Wikimedia friends and colleagues, It is bittersweet

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

2012-08-07 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Yes indeed. Cool ideas ... and they look a bit more *professional* than our effort. ;) Andreas On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:55 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Michel Vuijlsteke wrote: Well, it's certainly a possible starting point for discussion: http://www.wikipediaredefined.com/

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2012-08-07 Thread phoebe ayers
On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Barry Newstead bnewst...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear Wikimedia friends and colleagues, It is bittersweet for me to share with all of you that I will be leaving the Wikimedia Foundation at the end of August to relocate to Australia for personal reasons. :( We