Re: [Wikimedia-l] Respect and good faith

2016-11-08 Thread Dariusz Jemielniak
On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 7:29 PM, Rogol Domedonfors wrote: > Since however, board and staff members are so concerned about respect and > good faith, perhaps they would like demonstrate their commitment by being > more willing to extend those courtesies to members of the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Winning photos of Wiki Loves Monuments Bangladesh 2016

2016-11-08 Thread Asaf Bartov
That's fantastic, Shabab! It is an excellent example of added value from WLM, beyond the photos themselves. A. On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 10:27 AM Shabab Mustafa wrote: > I just want to add a little supplementary information, with this big > response from the people,

[Wikimedia-l] Open letter to the new CTO

2016-11-08 Thread Rogol Domedonfors
Dear Dr Coleman Congratulations on your appointment. May I offer some suggestions for things you might like to pay attention to now tas you embark on your new job. I suggest that engagement with the volunteer community, especially at a strategic and early stage in your decision making will be

Re: [Wikimedia-l] DEITYBOUNCE and reader logs (was Re: Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer)

2016-11-08 Thread Dario Taraborelli
On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 9:10 AM, James Salsman wrote: > I assumed that when an affiliated researcher apart from Foundation > staff says, "we have the complete server logs for Wikipedia," > amounting to 17 terabytes per month, that means they possess the > information. I am

[Wikimedia-l] Respect and good faith

2016-11-08 Thread Rogol Domedonfors
Some recent posts here have provoked what seem to me to be unmerited rebukes from members of WMF staff and board. In one case comments to the effect that a Board member's new job might lead to a conflict of interest led to a rebuke from the Board's chair "I’m really sad to witness the tone of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Winning photos of Wiki Loves Monuments Bangladesh 2016

2016-11-08 Thread Shabab Mustafa
I just want to add a little supplementary information, with this big response from the people, at a point we had many pictures of Govt. listed archeological sites but we didn't have articles on them for each and every of them. So, we started a edit-a-thon to keep up with the flow. That edit-a-thon

Re: [Wikimedia-l] DEITYBOUNCE and reader logs (was Re: Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer)

2016-11-08 Thread James Salsman
Dario, I assumed that when an affiliated researcher apart from Foundation staff says, "we have the complete server logs for Wikipedia," amounting to 17 terabytes per month, that means they possess the information. I am glad to be wrong about that, but I object to the implication that such an

Re: [Wikimedia-l] DEITYBOUNCE and reader logs (was Re: Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer)

2016-11-08 Thread Dario Taraborelli
Hi James, > If this does not imply that the logs are copied from Foundation servers, that is certainly advantageous over the apparent meaning of the language used. I am saddened to see that – instead of asking (legitimate) questions to clarify how data is collected and shared – you are assuming

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer

2016-11-08 Thread Nikola Kalchev
I am very impressed. A great career until now, good universities, published books. Victoria, I wish you plenty of success! Welcome! Nikola / User:Лорд Бъмбъри Wikimedians of Bulgaria On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 5:07 AM, Nurunnaby Hasive wrote: > Welcome Victoria. > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Winning photos of Wiki Loves Monuments Bangladesh 2016

2016-11-08 Thread Nurunnaby Hasive
For the first time we arrange WLM in Bangladesh & we get huge response. Hope next year we got more beautiful monuments picture. -Hasive Member, Organising Committee WLM Bangladesh 2016 On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Biyanto Rebin wrote: > I love this picture,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] LGBT+ safety considerations for conference venues

2016-11-08 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Not going to North Corolina is absolutely fine with me. We do not gain anything by going there arguably not to any state in the United States. What Wikimania is, is a platform for propaganda for what we have, what we do, who we are and how we do what we do. In many countries Wikipedia is not

Re: [Wikimedia-l] DEITYBOUNCE and reader logs (was Re: Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer)

2016-11-08 Thread Thyge
James Salsman wrote: > > If this does not imply that the logs are copied from Foundation > servers, that is certainly advantageous over the apparent meaning > of the language used. Reading the links you provided, and Robert West's acknowledgements which you did not link to, the above strikes me

Re: [Wikimedia-l] DEITYBOUNCE and reader logs (was Re: Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer)

2016-11-08 Thread James Salsman
Leila Zia wrote: >... we are not aware of any reader logs being shipped out of the > WMF servers. Page 20 of http://infolab.stanford.edu/~west1/pubs/West_Dissertation-2016.pdf says, "We have access to Wikimedia’s full server logs, containing all HTTP requests to Wikimedia projects." Page 19

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Winning photos of Wiki Loves Monuments Bangladesh 2016

2016-11-08 Thread Biyanto Rebin
I love this picture, thank you Tanweer!