Re: [Wikimedia-l] Plz ignore again

2014-02-27 Thread Tim Landscheidt
(anonymous) wrote: [...] Broadly, I don't think many people appreciate how important mailing lists have been and continue to be to Wikimedia. Both in terms of providing a(n) historical record and in terms of day-to-day workflow. It would not be a bad investment on the part of the Wikimedia

[Wikimedia-l] Link to Wikimedia Shop now included in the English Wikipedia sidebar

2014-02-27 Thread Tomasz W. Kozlowski
I wonder what next will we be offered to buy. Tomasz ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Link to Wikimedia Shop now included in the English Wikipedia sidebar

2014-02-27 Thread Philippe Beaudette
I'm confused. That link has been there, like, forever, hasn't it? Or for quite a long time? Or am I misremembering that? pb *Philippe Beaudette * \\ Director, Community Advocacy \\ Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. T: 1-415-839-6885 x6643 | phili...@wikimedia.org | :

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Link to Wikimedia Shop now included in the English Wikipedia sidebar

2014-02-27 Thread Bence Damokos
I seem to remember it was geotargeted to the US, wasn't it? The change seems to have been made at the end of January, if I am reading Gerrit right (to which there is no guarantee): https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/98885/ Best regards, Bence On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Philippe Beaudette

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Link to Wikimedia Shop now included in the English Wikipedia sidebar

2014-02-27 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Nothing really new indeed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28technical%29/Archive_122#Sidebar_shop_link_for_all_.28but_faster.29 Cheers, Federico who cares about en.wiki Nemo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Link to Wikimedia Shop now included in theEnglish Wikipedia sidebar

2014-02-27 Thread cindamuse
I know the link has been up through last year and possibly even longer. The hooded sweatshirt sure has kept me warm through the past couple of winters. I certainly wish they would expand the product line. Slim pickings. I've always wondered why the WMF has chosen to limit the offerings. I think

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Link to Wikimedia Shop now included in theEnglish Wikipedia sidebar

2014-02-27 Thread Lisa Gruwell
We agree with you, Cynthia, and are planning to expand the product line very soon. We are currently looking to hire a new member of the fundraising team to lead the store, so if you know anyone with talent in this area, please send them my way. :)

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Link to Wikimedia Shop now included in theEnglish Wikipedia sidebar

2014-02-27 Thread Caitlin Cogdill
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:21 AM, cindam...@gmail.com wrote: I know the link has been up through last year and possibly even longer. The hooded sweatshirt sure has kept me warm through the past couple of winters. I certainly wish they would expand the product line. Slim pickings. I've always

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Link to Wikimedia Shop now included in the English Wikipedia sidebar

2014-02-27 Thread Michael Peel
... so if it's no longer US-only, then can the currencies be geolocated so they automatically show up in local currencies rather than USD? Bug report: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62012 Thanks, Mike On 27 Feb 2014, at 17:06, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Link to Wikimedia Shop now included in theEnglishWikipedia sidebar

2014-02-27 Thread cindamuse
The planned expansion is great news to hear! On a personal note, I'm hoping to see a really, really big mug. I drink lotsa coffee. ;-) I appreciate the merchandising team's work. It does not go unnoticed! ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list

[Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF February 2014 Metrics Activities Meeting: Thursday, March 6, 19:00 UTC

2014-02-27 Thread Praveena Maharaj
Dear all, The next WMF metrics and activities meeting will take place on Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 7:00 PM UTC (11 AM PST). The IRC channel is #wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net and the meeting will be broadcast as a live YouTube stream. The current structure of the meeting is: * Review of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA

2014-02-27 Thread Pierre-Selim
Still no explanation (nor appologies) on usage of inappropriate wording towards volunteer by the board of Wikimedia Argentina. It quite amazing when almost all projects have policies on civility ... 2014-02-27 0:24 GMT+01:00 geni geni...@gmail.com: On 26 February 2014 22:39, Galileo Vidoni

[Wikimedia-l] Deadline for Propposals to Host Wikimania 2015 Coming up

2014-02-27 Thread Ellie Young
On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee, I would like to encourage anyone in our community who is interested in hosting Wikimania 2015 to consult the revised Timeline and Criteria that are now posted at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids We have extended the deadline

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Link to Wikimedia Shop now included in the English Wikipedia sidebar

2014-02-27 Thread James Salsman
The hooded sweatshirt sure has kept me warm through the past couple of winters. I have had hundreds of t-shirts with logos on them, but none make people on the street smile as much as the Wikipedia t-shirt. I certainly wish they would expand the product line. I was promised a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Link to Wikimedia Shop now included in theEnglish Wikipedia sidebar

2014-02-27 Thread Samuel Klein
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Caitlin Cogdill ccogd...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:21 AM, cindam...@gmail.com wrote: I think they should open it up to the community and ask people what they want. A public design contest would be fun. Also a call for the best swag that

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Quarterly reviews of high priority WMF initiatives

2014-02-27 Thread Tilman Bayer
Minutes and slides from this week's quarterly review of the Foundation's Core features team are now available at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarterly_reviews/Core_features/February_2014 On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 6:49 PM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote:

[Wikimedia-l] WMF is hiring a Program Evaluation Community Coordinator

2014-02-27 Thread Jaime Anstee
Greetings! I wanted to bring to everyones attention that we are recruiting for a communications coordinator for the evaluation team. It is important that this person have familiarity and a positive history with Wikimedia projects and the Wikimedian community. If you know any awesome Wikimedians

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA

2014-02-27 Thread Carlos M. Colina
And what about the [apparently lack of] self-criticism of some Commons sysops/admins? I think being able to accept criticism and moreover being able to say hey, somebody is questioning what we do. Why would that be? instead of plainly rejecting any questioning, is one essential part of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA

2014-02-27 Thread Galileo Vidoni
Not to mention demanding excuses and delivering such high expressions of politesse as this one: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AWikimedia_Argentina%2FOpen_letter_regarding_URAAdiff=7665183oldid=7665158 I'll repeat it here for the record: I'm sorry and I offer our apologies if

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA

2014-02-27 Thread David Gerard
On 27 February 2014 22:03, Galileo Vidoni gali...@gmail.com wrote: We remain convinced that something is fundamentally wrong when its practical result is self-inflicting the highest possible loss of contents. And we remain convinced that there is space for a way more prudent implementation of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA

2014-02-27 Thread Nathan
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 5:56 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 27 February 2014 22:03, Galileo Vidoni gali...@gmail.com wrote: We remain convinced that something is fundamentally wrong when its practical result is self-inflicting the highest possible loss of contents. And we

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

2014-02-27 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Wikimedia Argentina is formed by a group of volunteers from the Wikimedia movement. That includes several long-time contributors to Commons that have discussed with us in the past months the situation about URAA. This open letter is not something written by a group of strangers or people that

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

2014-02-27 Thread Dennis Pierri
It would be nice if all of the chapters send to their governments a petition to allow a global standardized use of media just for wikimedia projects, it is a big problem that every country has different laws on copyright and public domain media, and that wikimedia has to comply with U.S law