[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Honoring deceased Wikimedian Ihor Kostenko (user Ig2000)

2014-03-03 Thread ENWP Pine
In case anyone on WikimediaAnnounce-l missed the news: http://wikimediaukraine.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/in-memoriam-of-ihor-kostenko/ https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/02/24/wikipedia-ihor-kostenko-dies/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-02-26/Special_report

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Upcoming Wikipedistes documentary in Catalan TV

2014-03-03 Thread Pau Giner
The video, in Catalan, can be viewed at http://www.tv3.cat/videos/4930191/30%2520minuts%253A%2520VIQUIPEDISTES Pau On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Quim Gil q...@wikimedia.org wrote: (Stepping out of my WMF tech role, wearing my ca.wiki volunteering hat.) This Sunday the program 30 minuts

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Statement for the police about the fundraising?

2014-03-03 Thread Alex Monk
Hi Phillippe, I noticed that the press release[1] had been made and says despite a press report in Finland that suggested we did not meet the deadline. That press report has since been retracted and corrected However, when I browse to the report, it still appears uncorrected.. Alex [1]

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

2014-03-03 Thread Jane Darnell
This is a good idea in theory, but the tags-per-country could become endless, and I wonder who would be brave enough to upload images to such a project, as the uploader would be responsible for the freeness of the uploaded content and the associated completeness of license tags. Perhaps if you

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Statement for the police about the fundraising?

2014-03-03 Thread Stryn@Wikimedia
The corrected report seems to be http://www.finlandtimes.fi/national/2014/03/02/5152/Report-submitted-to-police-duly,-says-Wikimedia Regards, *Stryn* Hi Phillippe, I noticed that the press release[1] had been made and says despite a press report in Finland that suggested we did not meet the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Statement for the police about the fundraising?

2014-03-03 Thread Nathan
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Stryn@Wikimedia strynw...@gmail.com wrote: The corrected report seems to be http://www.finlandtimes.fi/national/2014/03/02/5152/Report-submitted-to-police-duly,-says-Wikimedia Regards, *Stryn* Wow, that's one hell of a correction. Good on Finland Times.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Statement for the police about the fundraising?

2014-03-03 Thread Risker
Heh. So the Wikimedia representative was in Finland? Still a bit of correction coming, I think. Risker/Anne On 3 March 2014 14:05, Stryn@Wikimedia strynw...@gmail.com wrote: The corrected report seems to be

[Wikimedia-l] The Wikipedia Library: Books Bytes Newsletter (#4)

2014-03-03 Thread Jake Orlowitz
Hi all, The latest edition of Books Bytes is out, with a full overview of recent Wikipedia Library organizing and outreach opportunities, our Spotlight editorial/interview, plus news and notes from around the open access and library world. Hope you'll check it out!

[Wikimedia-l] RfC: Creation of a Global Wikimedia Commons

2014-03-03 Thread Luiz Augusto
Hi all, I've just created a RfC related to the recent open letters from some local chapters. Please see my reasoning and focus debate on that proposal in the specific page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Creation_of_a_Global_Wikimedia_Commons Best, [[:m:User:555]]

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Upcoming Wikipedistes documentary in Catalan TV

2014-03-03 Thread Quim Gil
On 03/03/2014 12:50 AM, Pau Giner wrote: The video, in Catalan, can be viewed at http://www.tv3.cat/videos/4930191/30%2520minuts%253A%2520VIQUIPEDISTES Yes, thank you! The documentary was good but, as a whole, more Catalan-centric than I personally expected. Still, the ca.wiki community has

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

2014-03-03 Thread Tilman Bayer
Minutes and slides from Friday's quarterly review of the Foundation's Growth team are now available at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarterly_reviews/Growth/February_2014 . On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 6:49 PM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi folks, to