Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Translators-l] Purodha passed away

2016-09-02 Thread jayvdb
On Sat, 3 Sep 2016 02:43 Amir E. Aharoni, wrote: > This is very sad. > > He was not only a prolific translator, but a prolific bug reporter, too. > > May he rest in peace. Indeed. Also developed patches. His activity can be seen here:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Publicpolicy] WMF Transparency Report

2016-09-02 Thread James Salsman
Jan, Regarding my questions on https://transparency.wikimedia.org/ below, it has been three weeks since I forwarded them to you. Would you please answer them? Were the five requests for content removal based on the right to be forgotten included in the 243 requests to alter or take down content?

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Translators-l] Purodha passed away

2016-09-02 Thread Keegan Peterzell
I was not expecting this at all, not that it's ever expected... :(:(:(:( On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Pine W wrote: > Forwarding news of the passing of a Wikimedian, User:Purodha. > > May he rest in peace. Condolences to his family and friends. > > Pine > --

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Translators-l] Purodha passed away

2016-09-02 Thread Pine W
Forwarding news of the passing of a Wikimedian, User:Purodha. May he rest in peace. Condolences to his family and friends. Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: "Johan Jönsson" Date: Sep 2, 2016 12:38 Subject: [Translators-l] Purodha passed away To:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UG participation in a TV program in Brasil

2016-09-02 Thread Ivana Guslarević
Congratulations! :) Regards! Ивана Гусларевић менаџер комуникација, Викимедија Србије p: 011 3348 468 m: 060 74 54 772 a: Дечанска 4/3, Београд s: rs.wikimedia.org e: ivana.guslare...@vikimedija.org *Замислите свет у коме свака особа на планети има слободан приступ целокупном људском знању. То

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC appointments

2016-09-02 Thread Sydney Poore
Congratulations, Garfield, Anne, Bishakha, and Candelaria. And a big thank you to Dumisani, Matanya and Osmar for work that you did evaluating the grants proposals, and also making the FDC be a well functioning committee. Warm regards, Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight WikiConference North

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC appointments

2016-09-02 Thread Itzik - Wikimedia Israel
Welcome friends! I'm so exited and happy that you join our committee! Can't wait to our first FDC deliberation together in a few months. - Sent from mobile On Sep 2, 2016 19:55, "Dariusz Jemielniak" wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > We are pleased to inform you that the WMF

[Wikimedia-l] Invitation to IRC office hour on copyright strategy

2016-09-02 Thread Charles M. Roslof
Hi all, You may have seen my email earlier this week announcing the copyright strategy—a new effort to improve how we identify, prioritize, and address copyright issues throughout the Wikimedia movement. (I’ve copied it below, in case you missed it.) As part of getting feedback on the strategy

[Wikimedia-l] FDC appointments

2016-09-02 Thread Dariusz Jemielniak
Dear Wikimedians, We are pleased to inform you that the WMF Board of Trustees has come to a decision about which four candidates to appoint to the FDC for the next 2 years. It wasn't easy, as the caliber of candidates[*] was extremely high, and their range of skills and expertise extremely

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New Elections Committee

2016-09-02 Thread Adrian Raddatz
Hi all, Just to let you know, User:KTC has been selected as the new interim chair of the elections committee. A permanent chair will be selected once all advisers and members are in place. This change has been reflected at <

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Marketing jobs at the Wikimedia Foundation

2016-09-02 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Heather, I posed only three questions. It is possible to easily make inroads on all three subjects if they are important to us. I have said repeatedly that we can achieve a much higher number of readers of finished Wikisource content (exponentially) when we market what we have. The first