Re: [Wikimedia-l] Quality on different language version
Hi Anders, may I suggest that you ask your good question on Wiki-Research-l? I know some work has been done on this subject but it's not at my fingertips. https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l Pine On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Balázs Viczián balazs.vicz...@wikimedia.hu wrote: Hi, I guess mgwp is in Malagasy, not Hungarian :) Cheers, Balazs being done. To ?provoke? I therefor list here my subjective impression after daily looking into the different version for 5-15 articles (new ones being created on sv.wp) (I list them in order how often I use them to calibrate the svwp articles). enwp- a magnitude better then any other. main weakeness are articles on marginal subjects that seems to be allowed to exist there, even if rather bad, and without templates (noone cares to patrol these?) eswp - a very good version, which in the general discussion are not getting appropriate credit dewp - good when the articles exist, but many serious holes. Is the elitist way of running it, discouraging new editors in non obvious subjects (that after time passes gets very relevant)? frwp - also good, but somewhat scattered quality both in coverage and the different articles (even in same subject area) nlwp - very good coverage in the geographic subjects, decent quality on articles but limited world coverage in areas like biographies itwp - good articles but a bit italiancentered, nowp - small but decent articles. Their short focused articletext sometimes give more easyaccessed knowledge then an overly long one in other languages ptwp - the real disappointment. it is among the top ten in volume and accesses but clearly missing a lot, and even existing articles are uneven. I now use it even less then Ukrainian and Russian which I use very seldom as the different alphabet makes it hard to understand the article content (arabic, chinese and japanese I almost never use, too complicated) (I also use some smaller ones like sqwp and mgwp (hungarian), in these versions I have seen serious quality problems not to be found in any of the above ones, I am not sure they even have basic patrolling in place) Anders ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons and OCILLA
Hi Yann This is a really useful resource. Who is looking after it now, and how is it being funded? I don’t know who ‘Ray’ is. Michael On 8 Jun 2014, at 17:43, Yann Forget yan...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, 2014-06-08 21:56 GMT+05:30 rupert THURNER rupert.thur...@gmail.com: Would it make sense to deploy a server in another country under a domain not owned by the foundation? E.g. Switzerland? I already started that in 2005. It is called Wikilivres: http://wikilivres.ca/ In 2010, I could not continue to manage it and pay for the bill, and I looked for volunteers to take over. To my surprise, I found nearly noone willing to do that. Finally Ray accepted to take charge. I am quite sure, he would welcome help to manage it. Regards, Yann ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh
Dear All, It gives me great pleasure to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh (WMBD) has successfully completed its local registration in Bangladesh. Our application for registration was approved by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies Firms - Bangladesh on 9th June, 2014 and I have collected the certificate of registration today (10th June, 2014). Wikimedia Bangladesh has been registered under the Societies Registration Act of Bangladesh our official name is Wikimedia Bangladesh Foundation. The registration process was a very long and demanding one, but our perseverance and determination finally prevailed. It has become very difficult to get registration of a society/foundation in Bangladesh as the incumbents have to have security clearance from the National Security Intelligence (NSI) of Bangladesh, which is very difficult to get if not impossible. In the course of dealing with the registration process of WMBD, I learned that less than 5 applications for registration as societies get approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012 and it took us a little over two years to get the security clearance from NSI complete all the bureaucratic process! It gives us a great sense of achievement that we could uphold the Wikimedia movement volunteerism spirit with passion, integrity and professionalism despite being a small volunteer community. The pending registration issue could not hold us from doing outreach activities locally taking in the greater Wikimedia Movement. We organized some excellent programs, workshops meet-ups with our limited resources during this time period. This effort successfully brought in good number of new contributors to Bengali Wikipedia increased the article count. Volunteers from WMBD/Bangladesh are also actively participating in the international Wikimedia movement by taking part in discussions, conferences as committee members in different Wikimedia committees. We, as a chapter, want to make small but steady steps towards sustainable progress in fostering the Wikimedia movement in Bangladesh so that we can make the sum of all human knowledge accessible to the people of this region. Cheers Ali Haidar Khan (tOnmOy) Treasurer Wikimedia Bangladesh ভাবুনতো এমন এক পৃথিবীর কথা, যেখানে প্রতিটি মানুষ সমস্ত জ্ঞান বাধাহীন ভাবে আদান প্রদান করতে পারবে। এটাই আমাদের অঙ্গীকার। ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh
Excellent news, Tonmoy! Congratulations!! Best, Vishnu On Tuesday 10 June 2014 10:58 PM, Tonmoy Khan wrote: Dear All, It gives me great pleasure to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh (WMBD) has successfully completed its local registration in Bangladesh. Our application for registration was approved by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies Firms - Bangladesh on 9th June, 2014 and I have collected the certificate of registration today (10th June, 2014). Wikimedia Bangladesh has been registered under the Societies Registration Act of Bangladesh our official name is Wikimedia Bangladesh Foundation. The registration process was a very long and demanding one, but our perseverance and determination finally prevailed. It has become very difficult to get registration of a society/foundation in Bangladesh as the incumbents have to have security clearance from the National Security Intelligence (NSI) of Bangladesh, which is very difficult to get if not impossible. In the course of dealing with the registration process of WMBD, I learned that less than 5 applications for registration as societies get approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012 and it took us a little over two years to get the security clearance from NSI complete all the bureaucratic process! It gives us a great sense of achievement that we could uphold the Wikimedia movement volunteerism spirit with passion, integrity and professionalism despite being a small volunteer community. The pending registration issue could not hold us from doing outreach activities locally taking in the greater Wikimedia Movement. We organized some excellent programs, workshops meet-ups with our limited resources during this time period. This effort successfully brought in good number of new contributors to Bengali Wikipedia increased the article count. Volunteers from WMBD/Bangladesh are also actively participating in the international Wikimedia movement by taking part in discussions, conferences as committee members in different Wikimedia committees. We, as a chapter, want to make small but steady steps towards sustainable progress in fostering the Wikimedia movement in Bangladesh so that we can make the sum of all human knowledge accessible to the people of this region. Cheers Ali Haidar Khan (tOnmOy) Treasurer Wikimedia Bangladesh ভাবুনতো এমন এক পৃথিবীর কথা, যেখানে প্রতিটি মানুষ সমস্ত জ্ঞান বাধাহীন ভাবে আদান প্রদান করতে পারবে। এটাই আমাদের অঙ্গীকার। ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedian in Residence at ORCID
As of today, I am Wikipedian in Residence [1] at ORCID [2]. The role is described in [3]. Please let me know if I can assist you, in that capacity. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ORCID [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORCID [3] http://orcid.org/blog/2014/06/04/announcing-orcid%E2%80%99s-wikipedian-residence -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh
Great to hear! I remember that you shared with us 'it might take a while' but I never took it so excessively! Thanks for sticking through, and all the best with the earned status. I hope it will help you a lot in your activities. Lodewijk 2014-06-10 19:33 GMT+02:00 Vishnu visdav...@gmail.com: Excellent news, Tonmoy! Congratulations!! Best, Vishnu On Tuesday 10 June 2014 10:58 PM, Tonmoy Khan wrote: Dear All, It gives me great pleasure to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh (WMBD) has successfully completed its local registration in Bangladesh. Our application for registration was approved by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies Firms - Bangladesh on 9th June, 2014 and I have collected the certificate of registration today (10th June, 2014). Wikimedia Bangladesh has been registered under the Societies Registration Act of Bangladesh our official name is Wikimedia Bangladesh Foundation. The registration process was a very long and demanding one, but our perseverance and determination finally prevailed. It has become very difficult to get registration of a society/foundation in Bangladesh as the incumbents have to have security clearance from the National Security Intelligence (NSI) of Bangladesh, which is very difficult to get if not impossible. In the course of dealing with the registration process of WMBD, I learned that less than 5 applications for registration as societies get approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012 and it took us a little over two years to get the security clearance from NSI complete all the bureaucratic process! It gives us a great sense of achievement that we could uphold the Wikimedia movement volunteerism spirit with passion, integrity and professionalism despite being a small volunteer community. The pending registration issue could not hold us from doing outreach activities locally taking in the greater Wikimedia Movement. We organized some excellent programs, workshops meet-ups with our limited resources during this time period. This effort successfully brought in good number of new contributors to Bengali Wikipedia increased the article count. Volunteers from WMBD/Bangladesh are also actively participating in the international Wikimedia movement by taking part in discussions, conferences as committee members in different Wikimedia committees. We, as a chapter, want to make small but steady steps towards sustainable progress in fostering the Wikimedia movement in Bangladesh so that we can make the sum of all human knowledge accessible to the people of this region. Cheers Ali Haidar Khan (tOnmOy) Treasurer Wikimedia Bangladesh ভাবুনতো এমন এক পৃথিবীর কথা, যেখানে প্রতিটি মানুষ সমস্ত জ্ঞান বাধাহীন ভাবে আদান প্রদান করতে পারবে। এটাই আমাদের অঙ্গীকার। ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedian in Residence at ORCID
Il 10/giu/2014 13:30 Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk ha scritto: As of today, I am Wikipedian in Residence [1] at ORCID [2]. The role is described in [3]. Please let me know if I can assist you, in that capacity. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ORCID [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORCID [3] http://orcid.org/blog/2014/06/04/announcing-orcid%E2%80%99s-wikipedian-residence Congrats Andy :-) Cristian ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh
Great news!! Congratulations to all members of the Wikimedia Bangladesh! Rodrigo Padula 2014-06-10 14:28 GMT-03:00 Tonmoy Khan tonmoy...@gmail.com: Dear All, It gives me great pleasure to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh (WMBD) has successfully completed its local registration in Bangladesh. Our application for registration was approved by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies Firms - Bangladesh on 9th June, 2014 and I have collected the certificate of registration today (10th June, 2014). Wikimedia Bangladesh has been registered under the Societies Registration Act of Bangladesh our official name is Wikimedia Bangladesh Foundation. The registration process was a very long and demanding one, but our perseverance and determination finally prevailed. It has become very difficult to get registration of a society/foundation in Bangladesh as the incumbents have to have security clearance from the National Security Intelligence (NSI) of Bangladesh, which is very difficult to get if not impossible. In the course of dealing with the registration process of WMBD, I learned that less than 5 applications for registration as societies get approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012 and it took us a little over two years to get the security clearance from NSI complete all the bureaucratic process! It gives us a great sense of achievement that we could uphold the Wikimedia movement volunteerism spirit with passion, integrity and professionalism despite being a small volunteer community. The pending registration issue could not hold us from doing outreach activities locally taking in the greater Wikimedia Movement. We organized some excellent programs, workshops meet-ups with our limited resources during this time period. This effort successfully brought in good number of new contributors to Bengali Wikipedia increased the article count. Volunteers from WMBD/Bangladesh are also actively participating in the international Wikimedia movement by taking part in discussions, conferences as committee members in different Wikimedia committees. We, as a chapter, want to make small but steady steps towards sustainable progress in fostering the Wikimedia movement in Bangladesh so that we can make the sum of all human knowledge accessible to the people of this region. Cheers Ali Haidar Khan (tOnmOy) Treasurer Wikimedia Bangladesh ভাবুনতো এমন এক পৃথিবীর কথা, যেখানে প্রতিটি মানুষ সমস্ত জ্ঞান বাধাহীন ভাবে আদান প্রদান করতে পারবে। এটাই আমাদের অঙ্গীকার। ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh
Fantastic news! I know how frustrating it has been for all of you. Looking forward to continued collaboration! A. On Jun 10, 2014 10:42 AM, Rodrigo Padula rodrigopad...@gmail.com wrote: Great news!! Congratulations to all members of the Wikimedia Bangladesh! Rodrigo Padula 2014-06-10 14:28 GMT-03:00 Tonmoy Khan tonmoy...@gmail.com: Dear All, It gives me great pleasure to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh (WMBD) has successfully completed its local registration in Bangladesh. Our application for registration was approved by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies Firms - Bangladesh on 9th June, 2014 and I have collected the certificate of registration today (10th June, 2014). Wikimedia Bangladesh has been registered under the Societies Registration Act of Bangladesh our official name is Wikimedia Bangladesh Foundation. The registration process was a very long and demanding one, but our perseverance and determination finally prevailed. It has become very difficult to get registration of a society/foundation in Bangladesh as the incumbents have to have security clearance from the National Security Intelligence (NSI) of Bangladesh, which is very difficult to get if not impossible. In the course of dealing with the registration process of WMBD, I learned that less than 5 applications for registration as societies get approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012 and it took us a little over two years to get the security clearance from NSI complete all the bureaucratic process! It gives us a great sense of achievement that we could uphold the Wikimedia movement volunteerism spirit with passion, integrity and professionalism despite being a small volunteer community. The pending registration issue could not hold us from doing outreach activities locally taking in the greater Wikimedia Movement. We organized some excellent programs, workshops meet-ups with our limited resources during this time period. This effort successfully brought in good number of new contributors to Bengali Wikipedia increased the article count. Volunteers from WMBD/Bangladesh are also actively participating in the international Wikimedia movement by taking part in discussions, conferences as committee members in different Wikimedia committees. We, as a chapter, want to make small but steady steps towards sustainable progress in fostering the Wikimedia movement in Bangladesh so that we can make the sum of all human knowledge accessible to the people of this region. Cheers Ali Haidar Khan (tOnmOy) Treasurer Wikimedia Bangladesh ভাবুনতো এমন এক পৃথিবীর কথা, যেখানে প্রতিটি মানুষ সমস্ত জ্ঞান বাধাহীন ভাবে আদান প্রদান করতে পারবে। এটাই আমাদের অঙ্গীকার। ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh
Congratulations, Tonmoy! 2014-06-10 14:46 GMT-03:00 Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org: Fantastic news! I know how frustrating it has been for all of you. Looking forward to continued collaboration! A. On Jun 10, 2014 10:42 AM, Rodrigo Padula rodrigopad...@gmail.com wrote: Great news!! Congratulations to all members of the Wikimedia Bangladesh! Rodrigo Padula 2014-06-10 14:28 GMT-03:00 Tonmoy Khan tonmoy...@gmail.com: Dear All, It gives me great pleasure to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh (WMBD) has successfully completed its local registration in Bangladesh. Our application for registration was approved by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies Firms - Bangladesh on 9th June, 2014 and I have collected the certificate of registration today (10th June, 2014). Wikimedia Bangladesh has been registered under the Societies Registration Act of Bangladesh our official name is Wikimedia Bangladesh Foundation. The registration process was a very long and demanding one, but our perseverance and determination finally prevailed. It has become very difficult to get registration of a society/foundation in Bangladesh as the incumbents have to have security clearance from the National Security Intelligence (NSI) of Bangladesh, which is very difficult to get if not impossible. In the course of dealing with the registration process of WMBD, I learned that less than 5 applications for registration as societies get approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012 and it took us a little over two years to get the security clearance from NSI complete all the bureaucratic process! It gives us a great sense of achievement that we could uphold the Wikimedia movement volunteerism spirit with passion, integrity and professionalism despite being a small volunteer community. The pending registration issue could not hold us from doing outreach activities locally taking in the greater Wikimedia Movement. We organized some excellent programs, workshops meet-ups with our limited resources during this time period. This effort successfully brought in good number of new contributors to Bengali Wikipedia increased the article count. Volunteers from WMBD/Bangladesh are also actively participating in the international Wikimedia movement by taking part in discussions, conferences as committee members in different Wikimedia committees. We, as a chapter, want to make small but steady steps towards sustainable progress in fostering the Wikimedia movement in Bangladesh so that we can make the sum of all human knowledge accessible to the people of this region. Cheers Ali Haidar Khan (tOnmOy) Treasurer Wikimedia Bangladesh ভাবুনতো এমন এক পৃথিবীর কথা, যেখানে প্রতিটি মানুষ সমস্ত জ্ঞান বাধাহীন ভাবে আদান প্রদান করতে পারবে। এটাই আমাদের অঙ্গীকার। ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Patricio Lorente Blog: http://www.patriciolorente.com.ar Identi.ca // Twitter: @patriciolorente ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh
Wow, two years from start to finish! Congratulations from across the border, Bishakha On Jun 10, 2014 11:31 PM, Patricio Lorente patricio.lore...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations, Tonmoy! 2014-06-10 14:46 GMT-03:00 Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org: Fantastic news! I know how frustrating it has been for all of you. Looking forward to continued collaboration! A. On Jun 10, 2014 10:42 AM, Rodrigo Padula rodrigopad...@gmail.com wrote: Great news!! Congratulations to all members of the Wikimedia Bangladesh! Rodrigo Padula 2014-06-10 14:28 GMT-03:00 Tonmoy Khan tonmoy...@gmail.com: Dear All, It gives me great pleasure to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh (WMBD) has successfully completed its local registration in Bangladesh. Our application for registration was approved by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies Firms - Bangladesh on 9th June, 2014 and I have collected the certificate of registration today (10th June, 2014). Wikimedia Bangladesh has been registered under the Societies Registration Act of Bangladesh our official name is Wikimedia Bangladesh Foundation. The registration process was a very long and demanding one, but our perseverance and determination finally prevailed. It has become very difficult to get registration of a society/foundation in Bangladesh as the incumbents have to have security clearance from the National Security Intelligence (NSI) of Bangladesh, which is very difficult to get if not impossible. In the course of dealing with the registration process of WMBD, I learned that less than 5 applications for registration as societies get approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012 and it took us a little over two years to get the security clearance from NSI complete all the bureaucratic process! It gives us a great sense of achievement that we could uphold the Wikimedia movement volunteerism spirit with passion, integrity and professionalism despite being a small volunteer community. The pending registration issue could not hold us from doing outreach activities locally taking in the greater Wikimedia Movement. We organized some excellent programs, workshops meet-ups with our limited resources during this time period. This effort successfully brought in good number of new contributors to Bengali Wikipedia increased the article count. Volunteers from WMBD/Bangladesh are also actively participating in the international Wikimedia movement by taking part in discussions, conferences as committee members in different Wikimedia committees. We, as a chapter, want to make small but steady steps towards sustainable progress in fostering the Wikimedia movement in Bangladesh so that we can make the sum of all human knowledge accessible to the people of this region. Cheers Ali Haidar Khan (tOnmOy) Treasurer Wikimedia Bangladesh ভাবুনতো এমন এক পৃথিবীর কথা, যেখানে প্রতিটি মানুষ সমস্ত জ্ঞান বাধাহীন ভাবে আদান প্রদান করতে পারবে। এটাই আমাদের অঙ্গীকার। ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l , mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Patricio Lorente Blog: http://www.patriciolorente.com.ar Identi.ca // Twitter: @patriciolorente ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh
Congratulations to Wikimedia Bangladesh! Katy On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Shabab Mustafa shabab.must...@gmail.com wrote: Well, you may find it strange but it almost feels like being a father to us. It was a really long and frustrating struggle. This achievement is a great confidence boost up for all of us. --- Shabab Mustafa Com. Co-ordinator Wikimedia Bangladesh ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh
Congratulations to the WBF Pierre-Selim Message d'origine De: Katy Love Envoyé: mardi 10 juin 2014 20:34 À: Wikimedia Mailing List Répondre à: Wikimedia Mailing List Objet: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh Congratulations to Wikimedia Bangladesh! Katy On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Shabab Mustafa shabab.must...@gmail.com wrote: Well, you may find it strange but it almost feels like being a father to us. It was a really long and frustrating struggle. This achievement is a great confidence boost up for all of us. --- Shabab Mustafa Com. Co-ordinator Wikimedia Bangladesh ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh
Tonmoy Khan, 10/06/2014 19:28: less than 5 applications for registration as societies get approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012 That's heroic, thanks. Nemo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh
Wow. Thank you, Lane, for spelling out the difficulty of making this happen. It really places this accomplishment in context. It sounds like it is more than a free knowledge win, it's also a win for Bangladesh civil society. Well done all! What an accomplishment. Wow. Congratulations. On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Lane Rasberry l...@bluerasberry.com wrote: Hello, Ali is being modest. Not only is Wikimedia Bangladesh among only the 5% who got NGO registration, but they are also among the 1% to do it without paying anyone a bribe. I have heard that they were asked for money many times to make things go more quickly. Perhaps people outside the region do not know, but there are a lot of desks that all want to stamp the registration papers before giving the final approval. For a foreign-affiliated Internet technology organization mostly run by younger people who have a relationship to a major Internet property to be able to get a registration without paying any bribe is probably unprecedented in the history of South Asia. Getting a registration is something to be proud of, but getting it completely honestly means that a lot of extra work went into the registration just to keep a good reputation. I am thrilled with the good example this sets and not only is having the registration a wonderful thing for the Wikimedia community, but also this shows an excellent precedent for all Bangladeshi community activists because they have a bright example in Wikimedia Bangladesh that paying a bribe is not necessary to get an NGO registration. This is really something to publicize, stress, and note as a point of pride. No one should forget this as it really takes a lot of sacrifices to do this without bribing and in terms of cost, it actually is cheaper to save time and pay the bribes. I hope that this encourages other organizations in Bangladesh to also file their own NGO paperwork and accomplish whatever they feel ought to be done. Congratulations a thousand times! yours, On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: Tonmoy Khan, 10/06/2014 19:28: less than 5 applications for registration as societies get approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012 That's heroic, thanks. Nemo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia 206.801.0814 l...@bluerasberry.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Anna Stillwell Senior Learning and Org Dev Lead Wikimedia Foundation 415.806.1536 www.wikimediafoundation.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh
Just great! Thanks to all who kept on working to this important mark. Alice. On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 10:07 PM, Anna Stillwell astillw...@wikimedia.org wrote: Wow. Thank you, Lane, for spelling out the difficulty of making this happen. It really places this accomplishment in context. It sounds like it is more than a free knowledge win, it's also a win for Bangladesh civil society. Well done all! What an accomplishment. Wow. Congratulations. On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Lane Rasberry l...@bluerasberry.com wrote: Hello, Ali is being modest. Not only is Wikimedia Bangladesh among only the 5% who got NGO registration, but they are also among the 1% to do it without paying anyone a bribe. I have heard that they were asked for money many times to make things go more quickly. Perhaps people outside the region do not know, but there are a lot of desks that all want to stamp the registration papers before giving the final approval. For a foreign-affiliated Internet technology organization mostly run by younger people who have a relationship to a major Internet property to be able to get a registration without paying any bribe is probably unprecedented in the history of South Asia. Getting a registration is something to be proud of, but getting it completely honestly means that a lot of extra work went into the registration just to keep a good reputation. I am thrilled with the good example this sets and not only is having the registration a wonderful thing for the Wikimedia community, but also this shows an excellent precedent for all Bangladeshi community activists because they have a bright example in Wikimedia Bangladesh that paying a bribe is not necessary to get an NGO registration. This is really something to publicize, stress, and note as a point of pride. No one should forget this as it really takes a lot of sacrifices to do this without bribing and in terms of cost, it actually is cheaper to save time and pay the bribes. I hope that this encourages other organizations in Bangladesh to also file their own NGO paperwork and accomplish whatever they feel ought to be done. Congratulations a thousand times! yours, On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: Tonmoy Khan, 10/06/2014 19:28: less than 5 applications for registration as societies get approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012 That's heroic, thanks. Nemo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia 206.801.0814 l...@bluerasberry.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Anna Stillwell Senior Learning and Org Dev Lead Wikimedia Foundation 415.806.1536 www.wikimediafoundation.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Statement on Wikipedia from participating communications firms
On 10 June 2014 21:30, Kevin Gorman kgor...@gmail.com wrote: I was invited to the meeting Bill refers to, but unfortunately unable to attend. I've talked to a number of the participants though, and would like to stress that this is, well, er, not a joke. The PR-side people involved in this are sincere in what they state, and I genuinely believe that this is probably the best opportunity we've had to establish a working relationship with the PR industry that preserves the integrity of our encyclopedia while avoiding stuff like Bell Pottinger, Wiki-PR, and all the low level constant PR manipulation that occurs throughout our sites that we've ever been presented with. IME this is from the decent PR people who are really nice, do in fact know what Wikipedia is and love it too, even if they're the sort of people who think infographics are excellent things. They're not too happy with the spammy types either. (The most effective way I've found to get the point about bright line being a pretty good idea is to point to all the examples of the media *absolutely crucifying* people or companies for anything within a mile of a conflict of interest. That's *not* the sort of thing a decent PR wants on their track record.) - d. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh
Thank you Lane and others for your encouraging words, it really means a lot to us. I remember how hard it was for us! At times I got so frustrated that I even thought of leaving the Wikimedia movement in few occasions! But now the job is well done I am quickly erasing memories of all the frustrating days/months/years. Thank you all on behalf of Wikimedia Bangladesh. Cheers Ali Haidar Khan FDC Member Treasurer, Wikimedia Bangladesh On Jun 11, 2014 1:48 AM, Lane Rasberry l...@bluerasberry.com wrote: Hello, Ali is being modest. Not only is Wikimedia Bangladesh among only the 5% who got NGO registration, but they are also among the 1% to do it without paying anyone a bribe. I have heard that they were asked for money many times to make things go more quickly. Perhaps people outside the region do not know, but there are a lot of desks that all want to stamp the registration papers before giving the final approval. For a foreign-affiliated Internet technology organization mostly run by younger people who have a relationship to a major Internet property to be able to get a registration without paying any bribe is probably unprecedented in the history of South Asia. Getting a registration is something to be proud of, but getting it completely honestly means that a lot of extra work went into the registration just to keep a good reputation. I am thrilled with the good example this sets and not only is having the registration a wonderful thing for the Wikimedia community, but also this shows an excellent precedent for all Bangladeshi community activists because they have a bright example in Wikimedia Bangladesh that paying a bribe is not necessary to get an NGO registration. This is really something to publicize, stress, and note as a point of pride. No one should forget this as it really takes a lot of sacrifices to do this without bribing and in terms of cost, it actually is cheaper to save time and pay the bribes. I hope that this encourages other organizations in Bangladesh to also file their own NGO paperwork and accomplish whatever they feel ought to be done. Congratulations a thousand times! yours, On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: Tonmoy Khan, 10/06/2014 19:28: less than 5 applications for registration as societies get approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012 That's heroic, thanks. Nemo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia 206.801.0814 l...@bluerasberry.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] FDC Advisory Group recommendations
Dear friends and colleagues, As you know, the FDC Advisory Group met in Frankfurt at the end of May to discuss the past two years of the FDC pilot process and to deliberate on its future. You will be glad to know that they unanimously agreed to advise the WMF Executive Director (ED) that the FDC process should continue, with some suggested modifications and improvements. Please find the main recommendations and thoughts from the Advisory Group here.[1] The Advisory Group (AG) also decided to share an appendix with the range of thoughts and opinions it had on some key modifications or changes to the FDC; you will find that there was considerable diversity of opinion with some of these ideas, but the AG felt it might be useful for Lila to see the range! As you know, the next steps will now be for Lila, as ED, to consult with WMF staff and to decide with the Board on the future of the FDC. We hope this decision will be shared with you by the end of July. Once again, I'd like to thank all the FDC AG members for their extraordinary work setting up the FDC and for their work on these recommendations. As the Framework outlines, the FDC AG will formally disband in September 2014. The inaugural members of the AG were Richard Ames/Ariconte, Ting Chen (former member of WMF Board), Jan-Bart de Vreede (WMF Board), Thomas d'Souza Buckup/TSB, Peter Ekman/Smallbones, Sue Gardner (WMF ED), Ali Haidar Khan/Tonmoy (WMBN), Crystal Hayling Philanthropy Advisor), Christophe Henner (WMFR), Sydney Poore/FloNight, Kathy Reich (Packard Foundation), Pavel Richter ( WMDE), Osmar Valdebenito/B1mbo (WMAR) and Stu West (WMF Board). With Ali and Sydney on the current FDC, they were no longer part of the AG meeting in Frankfurt, though their thoughts were considered as part of the FDC feedback to the Advisory Group; Kathy Reich and Thomas Buckup were also unable to attend. However, Bishakha Datta and Patricio Lorente as the two Board representatives on the FDC, joined the AG for its deliberations, as did I, replacing Barry Newstead. Please don't hesitate to add your comments and suggestions on the discussion page of the Recommendations. Warmly, Anasuya [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Advisory_Group/Recommendations/2014 -- *Anasuya SenguptaSenior Director of GrantmakingWikimedia Foundation* Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! Support Wikimedia https://donate.wikimedia.org/ ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Statement on Wikipedia from participating communications firms
Hi all - I was invited to the meeting Bill refers to, but unfortunately unable to attend. I've talked to a number of the participants though, and would like to stress that this is, well, er, not a joke. The PR-side people involved in this are sincere in what they state, and I genuinely believe that this is probably the best opportunity we've had to establish a working relationship with the PR industry that preserves the integrity of our encyclopedia while avoiding stuff like Bell Pottinger, Wiki-PR, and all the low level constant PR manipulation that occurs throughout our sites that we've ever been presented with. Best, Kevin Gorman On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 11:35 AM, William Beutler williambeut...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, everybody. Longtime lurker, first time writing to the list—the first in a few years at least. You may have seen some news coverage today about an initiative from a group of public relations, marketing, and communications agencies offering a statement, posted as a user essay on Wikipedia, stating in a public way their intention to follow Wikipedia's rules—especially regarding WP:COI—to educate themselves more about Wikipedia, and educate their colleagues and clients in turn. - Here's the statement on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Statement_on_Wikipedia_from_participating_communications_firms#Participating_agencies - Here's a good treatment of the subject from PR Week: http://www.prweek.com/article/1297798/pr-firms-outline-wikipedia-compliance-joint-statement - Here's a good blog post from Phil Gomes (User:Philgomes) about his agency's participation in it: http://www.edelman.com/post/todays-multi-agency-wikipedia-statement/ This is a project I've led for a few months now, following a meeting in DC in February, bringing together a number of big agency representatives with individuals from the Wikipedia community, and some with academic backgrounds. These included User:Ocaasi, User:Harej, and User:Fuzheado. Some who watch this list may well have been invited as well, and while I'd love to have had a bigger group, the conversation that day was very good, and has led us to this point. We're also very mindful that this was only one step—as User:Pigsonthewing has reminded me, not the first such step—but I think it could be a good one. U.S. agencies going on the record as pledging to follow Wikipedia's rules is a new thing, and we hope can renew this conversation. Following this message you'll find the statement in full, and a list of all agencies (and other organizations) signed to it, as well as names + usernames of the representative from each. Cheers, Bill (User:WWB / User:WWB Too) +++ *Statement on Wikipedia from participating communications firms* On behalf of our firms, we recognize Wikipedia's unique and important role as a public knowledge resource. We also acknowledge that the prior actions of some in our industry have led to a challenging relationship with the community of Wikipedia editors. Our firms believe that it is in the best interest of our industry, and Wikipedia users at large, that Wikipedia fulfill its mission of developing an accurate and objective online encyclopedia. Therefore, it is wise for communications professionals to follow Wikipedia policies as part of ethical engagement practices. We therefore publicly state and commit, on behalf of our respective firms, to the best of our ability, to abide by the following principles: - To seek to better understand the fundamental principles guiding Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. - To act in accordance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, particularly those related to conflict of interest. - To abide by the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use. - To the extent we become aware of potential violations of Wikipedia policies by our respective firms, to investigate the matter and seek corrective action, as appropriate and consistent with our policies. - Beyond our own firms, to take steps to publicize our views and counsel our clients and peers to conduct themselves accordingly. - We also seek opportunities for a productive and transparent dialogue with Wikipedia editors, inasmuch as we can provide accurate, up-to-date, and verifiable information that helps Wikipedia better achieve its goals. A significant improvement in relations between our two communities may not occur quickly or easily, but it is our intention to do what we can to create a long-term positive change and contribute toward Wikipedia's continued success. *Participating agencies* - Beutler Ink (William Beutler, User:WWB + User:WWB Too) - Ogilvy Mather (Marshall Manson, User:Tmmanson) - FleishmanHillard (Sam Huxley, User:SamHuxleyFH) - Peppercomm (Sam Ford, User:Leumas712) - Burson-Marsteller (Patrick Kerley, User:Patrick at Burson) - Ketchum (Tim Weinheimer) - Porter
[Wikimedia-l] Thoughts on the affiliate-selected Board seats process
I have jotted down a few notes on the recent process for the selection by movement affiliates of Foundation board members. As you might recall, the result of this year's process was announced last week. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Affiliate-selected_Board_seats Please join in if you have any comments! The more observations that are made now, from whatever quarter, while the process is relatively fresh in peoples' minds, the better :-) Chris ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh
Thanks Lane, for your kind words. Yes, we took a firm stance against corruption and at some point the options became 3 months vs indefinite number of years. We choose to walk the hard path and finally was able win this battle. It will be a great inspiration for us in future days. Thank you all for your encouragement. We really appreciate it. --- Shabab Mustafa Com. Co-ordinator Executive Member Wikimedia Bangladesh On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 2:27 AM, Tonmoy Khan tonmoy...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you Lane and others for your encouraging words, it really means a lot to us. I remember how hard it was for us! At times I got so frustrated that I even thought of leaving the Wikimedia movement in few occasions! But now the job is well done I am quickly erasing memories of all the frustrating days/months/years. Thank you all on behalf of Wikimedia Bangladesh. Cheers Ali Haidar Khan FDC Member Treasurer, Wikimedia Bangladesh On Jun 11, 2014 1:48 AM, Lane Rasberry l...@bluerasberry.com wrote: Hello, Ali is being modest. Not only is Wikimedia Bangladesh among only the 5% who got NGO registration, but they are also among the 1% to do it without paying anyone a bribe. I have heard that they were asked for money many times to make things go more quickly. Perhaps people outside the region do not know, but there are a lot of desks that all want to stamp the registration papers before giving the final approval. For a foreign-affiliated Internet technology organization mostly run by younger people who have a relationship to a major Internet property to be able to get a registration without paying any bribe is probably unprecedented in the history of South Asia. Getting a registration is something to be proud of, but getting it completely honestly means that a lot of extra work went into the registration just to keep a good reputation. I am thrilled with the good example this sets and not only is having the registration a wonderful thing for the Wikimedia community, but also this shows an excellent precedent for all Bangladeshi community activists because they have a bright example in Wikimedia Bangladesh that paying a bribe is not necessary to get an NGO registration. This is really something to publicize, stress, and note as a point of pride. No one should forget this as it really takes a lot of sacrifices to do this without bribing and in terms of cost, it actually is cheaper to save time and pay the bribes. I hope that this encourages other organizations in Bangladesh to also file their own NGO paperwork and accomplish whatever they feel ought to be done. Congratulations a thousand times! yours, On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: Tonmoy Khan, 10/06/2014 19:28: less than 5 applications for registration as societies get approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012 That's heroic, thanks. Nemo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia 206.801.0814 l...@bluerasberry.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: May 2014
*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums. You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org. *This Month in GLAM – Issue V, Volume IV – May 2014* -- Australia and New Zealand report: Libraries' support continues and strengthens http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2014/Contents/Australia_and_New_Zealand_report Czech Republic report: Workshop in Seifhennersdorf; WikiTown Přibyslav http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2014/Contents/Czech_Republic_report Germany report: GLAM on Tour touring; WMDE Data fueling station http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2014/Contents/Germany_report Hungary report: QRpedia projects in Hungary http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2014/Contents/Hungary_report Italy report: Wikipedian in Residence and Open Data Government Hackathon http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2014/Contents/Italy_report Mexico report: Friends of Oaxacan Folk Art donates 357 photos; partnership with Museo Soumaya; Iberocoop edit-a-thon http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2014/Contents/Mexico_report Netherlands report: Libraries; Wikidata DBpedia; Wikipedians in Residence; Open Culture Data http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2014/Contents/Netherlands_report Norway report: 2 x GLAM edit-a-thons http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2014/Contents/Norway_report Sweden report: Award, competitions and Coat of Arms http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2014/Contents/Sweden_report UK report: No trouble at t'mill; Assisting Metropolitan Police with image licensing enquiries; Wikimania is coming http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2014/Contents/UK_report USA report: New Edit-a-thons; GLAM at Wikiconference USA; Activities in New York City http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2014/Contents/USA_report Open Access report: WikiProject Open Access launched on the English Wikisource http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2014/Contents/Open_Access_report Calendar: June's GLAM events http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2014/Contents/Events -- Single page view http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/May_2014/Single Twitter http://twitter.com/ThisMonthinGLAM Add your story / Work on the next edition http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom -- The *This Month in GLAM* team http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh
On behalf of Wikimedia Philippines, allow me to extend my sincere congratulations to Wikimedia Bangladesh for completing its registration process! We know how hard it is to navigate through the bureaucracy, but this shows that all turns out for the better in the end. We look forward to seeing great things from you guys now that you have this status. :) Warm regards, Josh Wiadomość napisana przez Tonmoy Khan tonmoy...@gmail.com w dniu 11 cze 2014, o godz. 01:28: Dear All, It gives me great pleasure to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh (WMBD) has successfully completed its local registration in Bangladesh. Our application for registration was approved by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies Firms - Bangladesh on 9th June, 2014 and I have collected the certificate of registration today (10th June, 2014). Wikimedia Bangladesh has been registered under the Societies Registration Act of Bangladesh our official name is Wikimedia Bangladesh Foundation. The registration process was a very long and demanding one, but our perseverance and determination finally prevailed. It has become very difficult to get registration of a society/foundation in Bangladesh as the incumbents have to have security clearance from the National Security Intelligence (NSI) of Bangladesh, which is very difficult to get if not impossible. In the course of dealing with the registration process of WMBD, I learned that less than 5 applications for registration as societies get approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012 and it took us a little over two years to get the security clearance from NSI complete all the bureaucratic process! It gives us a great sense of achievement that we could uphold the Wikimedia movement volunteerism spirit with passion, integrity and professionalism despite being a small volunteer community. The pending registration issue could not hold us from doing outreach activities locally taking in the greater Wikimedia Movement. We organized some excellent programs, workshops meet-ups with our limited resources during this time period. This effort successfully brought in good number of new contributors to Bengali Wikipedia increased the article count. Volunteers from WMBD/Bangladesh are also actively participating in the international Wikimedia movement by taking part in discussions, conferences as committee members in different Wikimedia committees. We, as a chapter, want to make small but steady steps towards sustainable progress in fostering the Wikimedia movement in Bangladesh so that we can make the sum of all human knowledge accessible to the people of this region. Cheers Ali Haidar Khan (tOnmOy) Treasurer Wikimedia Bangladesh ভাবুনতো এমন এক পৃথিবীর কথা, যেখানে প্রতিটি মানুষ সমস্ত জ্ঞান বাধাহীন ভাবে আদান প্রদান করতে পারবে। এটাই আমাদের অঙ্গীকার। ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe JAMES JOSHUA G. LIM Block I1, AB Political Science Major in Global Politics, Minor in Chinese Studies Class of 2013, Ateneo de Manila University Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines Secretary (2013-2014), Wikimedia Philippines Member, Ateneo Debate Society Member, The Assembly Member, Ateneo Lingua Ars Cultura jamesjoshua...@yahoo.com | +63 (917) 601-8631 Facebook/Twitter: akiestar | Wikimedia: Sky Harbor http://about.me/josh.lim ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedian in Residence at ORCID
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: As of today, I am Wikipedian in Residence [1] at ORCID [2]. The role is described in [3]. Please let me know if I can assist you, in that capacity. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ORCID [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORCID [3] http://orcid.org/blog/2014/06/04/announcing-orcid%E2%80%99s-wikipedian-residence -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk Congrats, Andy! Coincidentally, as part of my day job, I was just looking into how we treat ORCIDs and other author ID schemes in Wikidata. One thing I discovered poking around by hand is that it is quite difficult to match up who has ORCIDs (not every researcher) with who has a Wikipedia article (also not every researcher). I think it would be great to use ORCID's API to search for article subjects who might have ORCIDs (though I think that list would have to be confirmed/matched by hand, because of lots of ambiguity around similar names in ORCID if there's no other information -- maybe a task for another Wikidata game :) ) Anyway, I'd be happy to chat offlist or somewhere else about it, but I am glad to see they're reaching out to Wikipedia and that you're involved! cheers, Phoebe -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers at gmail.com * ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Statement on Wikipedia from participating communications firms
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 12:05 AM, William Beutler williambeut...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, everybody. Longtime lurker, first time writing to the list—the first in a few years at least. You may have seen some news coverage today about an initiative from a group of public relations, marketing, and communications agencies offering a statement, posted as a user essay on Wikipedia, stating in a public way their intention to follow Wikipedia's rules—especially regarding WP:COI—to educate themselves more about Wikipedia, and educate their colleagues and clients in turn. Thank you for posting this. It was a pleasant surprise and seems like a sound and constructive approach to this issue. Best Bishakha ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh
Hi Tonmoy, On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 10:58 PM, Tonmoy Khan tonmoy...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, It gives me great pleasure to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh (WMBD) has successfully completed its local registration in Bangladesh. Our application for registration was approved by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies Firms - Bangladesh on 9th June, 2014 and I have collected the certificate of registration today (10th June, 2014). Congratulations to you and your colleagues on this important milestone. I am happy to hear about this, as this used to be a topic of discussion between us, when we met for FDC meetings during the last two years. Best wishes for the growth of WM Bangladesh Arjuna Rao Chavala Former Cofounder and President, Wikimedia India FDC member, 2012-14 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh
Congratulations all of out friends from Bangladesh for this great success! Best! Subha On 11-Jun-2014, at 10:52 am, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Tonmoy, On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 10:58 PM, Tonmoy Khan tonmoy...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, It gives me great pleasure to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh (WMBD) has successfully completed its local registration in Bangladesh. Our application for registration was approved by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies Firms - Bangladesh on 9th June, 2014 and I have collected the certificate of registration today (10th June, 2014). Congratulations to you and your colleagues on this important milestone. I am happy to hear about this, as this used to be a topic of discussion between us, when we met for FDC meetings during the last two years. Best wishes for the growth of WM Bangladesh Arjuna Rao Chavala Former Cofounder and President, Wikimedia India FDC member, 2012-14 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
