phoebe ayers, 04/12/2014 23:20:
Given all this context, in our meeting the board discussed whether we
should try to raise more money now to build our long-term reserves
There is so much to say about this "let's milk the cow before it's too
old" approach that it's definitely out of scope for th
Hi Asaf!
I was reading the presentation on metrics and the point about Mexico's
decreasing of views on Wikipedia called my attention.
From your answer to Scott I read that those are only statistics from
enwiki, do you know if the same happened in eswiki or, conversely, eswiki
grow the number of v
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On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Ryan Lane wrote:
> phoebe ayers writes:
>
>>
>>
>> You're asking me to prove a negative. My inability to do so has
>> nothing to do with NDAs or the lack of them. There's no secret data
>> that shows that "well, the banners make people hate Wikipedia but they
>> ha
Hi,
On Thu, 4 Dec 2014, at 17:35, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote:
> svetlana, 03/12/2014 23:20:
> > It is already co-owned. It is just that people haven't bothered to try
> > talking to the Fundraising Team.
>
> {{citation needed}}
> Go look at the number of people who tried on fundraiser@,
> m:Tal
On 12/5/14, 1:07 AM, Andreas Kolbe wrote:
For me, the problem is with the combined impact of the phrase "ask our
readers to help us", the word "survive" and the words "keep it online and
ad-free for another year".
Yes, I've found myself in awkward discussions caused by this as well.
One person
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 1:23 PM, C. Scott Ananian
wrote:
> Thanks everyone for a fantastic metrics meeting.
>
> I had two questions which I raised on IRC which didn't get a chance to
> be addressed. Briefly:
>
> 1) Is the rise in global south page views specifically to *enwiki*, or
> is it to loc
phoebe ayers writes:
>
>
> You're asking me to prove a negative. My inability to do so has
> nothing to do with NDAs or the lack of them. There's no secret data
> that shows that "well, the banners make people hate Wikipedia but they
> have a good donation rate." And if there was, why in the wo
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 11:49 PM, phoebe ayers wrote:
> Personally speaking: I happen to like this year's banners, more than
> last year's. The boxes and disclaimers are clearer, the text is to the
> point. And yes, I think the messaging is accurate. This is the text
> I'm seeing in the U.S. at th
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 5:57 AM, Liam Wyatt wrote:
> This!
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement_(Product)/Product_Surveys
>
> Thank you to the WMF Community Engagement team for trialling this new way
> of prioritising improvements to tools - by asking the community for some
> s
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Ryan Lane wrote:
> phoebe ayers writes:
>
>>
>> With Sam, I'd like to add my thanks to Lila, and to the fundraising
>> team which has done an extraordinary job of testing, optimizing, and
>> running our fundraising campaigns. And thanks to all of you, for being
>>
phoebe ayers writes:
>
> With Sam, I'd like to add my thanks to Lila, and to the fundraising
> team which has done an extraordinary job of testing, optimizing, and
> running our fundraising campaigns. And thanks to all of you, for being
> concerned about and invested in our projects' public imag
Lila, when you say, "pilot with one of our next user groups", when would
this pilot happen, and whom/how many people would this pilot "user group"
comprise?
Best,
Andreas
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Lila Tretikov wrote:
> I recommend those of you who would like to come up with some test wor
I think this discussion and the uproar is only in part because of the
wordings used, the size of the banners (which are maybe terrible, and I get
exhausted from seeing the banner all year round because I have bad luck to
be in so many test groups somehow). A big chunk is about the usual:
communicat
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 6:13 AM, Pierre-Yves Beaudouin
wrote:
>
>
> Le 2014-12-04 14:57, Martijn Hoekstra a écrit :
>
>> On Dec 4, 2014 2:46 PM, "Jean-Frédéric" wrote:
>> Thanks again, I tried to remain brie-f 2014-12-03 18:06 GMT+00:00 Christophe
>> Henner > Christophe, whether you are posting o
With Sam, I'd like to add my thanks to Lila, and to the fundraising
team which has done an extraordinary job of testing, optimizing, and
running our fundraising campaigns. And thanks to all of you, for being
concerned about and invested in our projects' public image and
financial health and future.
I don't know, Chris, but I suspect you'll tell us...
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On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 9:26 PM, MZMcBride wrote:
> I checked my inbox today to find a note from a friend asking if
> Wikipedia was okay. My reply was essentially "Wikipedia is fine, if you
> want to donate, make an edit or two."
>
> I wonder how many Wikimedians are getting the same notes of conc
Wow, it seems that all previous presidents except Ralf Liebau were elected
into one board! Impressive...
Lodewijk
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:14 PM, Frans Grijzenhout
wrote:
> Hi Tim, congratulations with the new board. It is difficult at the moment I
> guess and I sincerely hope that the new boa
Thanks everyone for a fantastic metrics meeting.
I had two questions which I raised on IRC which didn't get a chance to
be addressed. Briefly:
1) Is the rise in global south page views specifically to *enwiki*, or
is it to local wikis?
2) Does the page view decrease in Latin America correspond
I've split this from a more general thread, for convenience...
On 3 December 2014 at 01:16, Megan Hernandez wrote:
> Starting today, banners are being shown to 100% of anonymous readers on
> English Wikipedia in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
How much money do we expect to rais
Hi Tim, congratulations with the new board. It is difficult at the moment I
guess and I sincerely hope that the new board can find consensus within the
movement & lead WMDE back into the frontier of the international movement.
Kind regards, Frans
*Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair
+31 6 533
I checked my inbox today to find a note from a friend asking if
Wikipedia was okay. My reply was essentially "Wikipedia is fine, if you
want to donate, make an edit or two."
I wonder how many Wikimedians are getting the same notes of concern. I'd
be quite surprised, for example, if Wikimedia Found
Just for reference, John is correct - our website has been having technical
issues lately, which sometimes results in old revisions being made
visible. I can confirm that John is not on the board of WMAU:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters#.5BAU.5D_Wikimedia_Australia_.28Australia.
Hi mike,
That pipes are dumb is fundamental for having cheap Internet access. Most
contracts for Wikipedia zero are done with telcos which either want to
catch up in getting more reach in the population, or those which have a
higher price for data. Not allowing them to use wikipedia to influence
c
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On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Praveena Maharaj
wrote:
> Dear all,
> The next WMF metrics and activities meeting will take place on Thursday,
> December 4, 2014 at 7 PM UTC (11 AM PST). The IRC channel is
> #wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net a
FYI -- this is just one pilot in our program to improve community
participation and direct prioritization of editor-focused engineering work.
More to come.
Thank you team and the community.
Lila
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 5:57 AM, Liam Wyatt wrote:
> This!
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commu
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 12:48 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote:
> On 04.12.2014 02:30, John Mark Vandenberg wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 7:46 AM, svetlana wrote:
>>>
>>> John Mark Vandenberg wrote:
>>>
i.e. specifically asking
previously highly productive volunteers who have stopped
I recommend those of you who would like to come up with some test wording
assuming the current word count do so and after you pick top 3-5 we can
pilot with one of our next user groups.
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter
wrote:
> On 04.12.2014 02:30, John Mark Vandenberg wrote
On 04.12.2014 02:30, John Mark Vandenberg wrote:
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 7:46 AM, svetlana
wrote:
John Mark Vandenberg wrote:
i.e. specifically asking
previously highly productive volunteers who have stopped
contributing
whether they feel the increase in funds has not resulted in their
work
Hoi,
If I may I would love to blog about this :)
Thanks,
GerardM
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com
On 4 December 2014 at 18:10, Anna Stillwell
wrote:
> This is great, James. Given this and the comment Jimmy made on stage about
> Wikipedia becoming slightly more trusted in news than the B
This is great, James. Given this and the comment Jimmy made on stage about
Wikipedia becoming slightly more trusted in news than the BBC... I would
say we are becoming one of the more trusted sources of serious
subject-matter news.
Way to go! Let me know where you end up submitting. Would love to
Which cheese do you use to coax a bear up a mountain?
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Pierre-Yves Beaudouin <
pierre.beaudo...@wikimedia.fr> wrote:
>
>
> Le 2014-12-04 14:57, Martijn Hoekstra a écrit :
>
> > On Dec 4, 2014 2:46 PM, "Jean-Frédéric"
> wrote:
> > Thanks again, I tried to remain bri
What a positive and encouraging information. Thanks a lot, James Heilman!
Regards,
Thyge
2014-12-04 15:34 GMT+01:00 James Heilman :
> Hey All
>
> I would like to share the following:
>
> “Wikipedia has been the most widely used single source of information about
> Ebola in the most affected co
Dear Mr. Klein
>"PS: The poster below is part of a deranged sockfarm, now blocked from en:wp,
>which has started spamming WM mailing lists (see the India list) and is
>squatting the site http://www.wikimedia.xyz/ . Please do not feed, and
>moderate as needed."
As a WMF Trustee, we suggest tha
Excellent, James!
On Dec 4, 2014 3:43 PM, "Jens Best" wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> thanks for sharing.
>
> This shows exemplary the success of Wikipedia for being a trusted spot for
> information. It also shows its growing responsibilities. News like this are
> encouraging on so many levels.
>
> Best
Hi James,
thanks for sharing.
This shows exemplary the success of Wikipedia for being a trusted spot for
information. It also shows its growing responsibilities. News like this are
encouraging on so many levels.
Best regards
Jens Best
Am 04.12.2014 15:34 schrieb "James Heilman" :
> Hey All
>
>
Hey All
I would like to share the following:
“Wikipedia has been the most widely used single source of information about
Ebola in the most affected countries, among people who searched for
information through Bing. The use of Wikipedia was greater than that of
either CNN, the World Health Organiz
Le 2014-12-04 14:57, Martijn Hoekstra a écrit :
> On Dec 4, 2014 2:46 PM, "Jean-Frédéric" wrote:
> Thanks again, I tried to remain brie-f 2014-12-03 18:06 GMT+00:00 Christophe
> Henner Christophe, whether you are posting out of love for this awesome project
or
> just for the sake of makin
On Dec 4, 2014 2:46 PM, "Jean-Frédéric" wrote:
>
> > Thanks again, I tried to remain brie-f
>
>
> 2014-12-03 18:06 GMT+00:00 Christophe Henner :
>
> > 110% !!! We bleu our first goal.
> >
>
> Christophe, whether you are posting out of love for this awesome project
or
> just for the sake of making
This!
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement_(Product)/Product_Surveys
Thank you to the WMF Community Engagement team for trialling this new way
of prioritising improvements to tools - by asking the community for some
structured feedback.
As the page says:
"The *Product Roadmap surv
> Thanks again, I tried to remain brie-f
2014-12-03 18:06 GMT+00:00 Christophe Henner :
> 110% !!! We bleu our first goal.
>
Christophe, whether you are posting out of love for this awesome project or
just for the sake of making puns, I cantal.
___
Wi
This is a good thread -- it's important to be unified in our message, proud
of it, and aware of how broadly it spreads. Every campaign both raises
some funds for the project, gives supporters an opportunity to talk about
Wiki*edia with their friends, and shifts public perception of who we are,
wha
Hello WMF
We agree with the previous posters RYAN about lack of transparency,
and COMPLETE INEFFICIENCY and arrogance in communications by/to/with
your communities and volunteers.
Please inform and educate why anonymous WMF communities are writing
false, concocted and fabricated articles about ou
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