Re: [Wikimedia-l] more reasons to extend the Fundraiser

Hoi, How about a study on the adverse effects on the systemic bias given to English Wikipedia? It gets less than 50% of our traffic more than 50% of the funds are raised from English Wikipedia and it gets way more attention than what could be expected because of said traffic. For projects like

Re: [Wikimedia-l] English Fundraiser Update

I second that. Thank you Lisa you and your team's amazing work :-) James On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Anders Wennersten wrote: > Thanks for this info and decision! > > And very many thanks to you and your team making such a marvellous job > with the fundraising.

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation holiday 24 December - 2 January

Hello, everyone. :) The winter holiday season is upon us, and the Foundation office will be closed from 24 December to 2 January, returning 3 January. We will, of course, be maintaining essential services, but we're encouraging staff to take this time to rest and prepare for the work of the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] VIDEO - Wikipedia: #FactsMatter2016

Note: To translate, copy this https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/TimedText:Wikipedia_-_FactsMatter2016.webm.en.srt then go here and pick your language https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TimedText%3AWikipedia_-_FactsMatter2016.webm On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Victor Grigas

[Wikimedia-l] VIDEO - Wikipedia: #FactsMatter2016

Hi everyone, We just published our year-in-review video, *Wikipedia: #FactsMatter2016* Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_-_FactsMatter2016.webm YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ4ba28-oGs Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/196775243 If you can, please

Re: [Wikimedia-l] English Fundraiser Update

Thanks for this info and decision! And very many thanks to you and your team making such a marvellous job with the fundraising. We are not only reaching our goal in record time, but also getting very good press for the professionalism for the the campaign and its messages Anders Den

Re: [Wikimedia-l] English Fundraiser Update

Hi All- Just a quick update on this: We concluded the English-language banner campaign on Monday (12/19) – at the three week point of the campaign. This is the shortest campaign in recent memory. We were able to reach the goal and raise some extra funds for these initiatives and the endowment

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Delegation of policy-making authority" resolution

It seems that the Chairman of the Board "fail[s] to see what community input could have brought" to its decision to "delegate[] the authority to adopt, alter, and revoke policies to the Executive Director," the purpose of which was "making the legal team life's easier when they need to dosmall

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Delegation of policy-making authority" resolution

Christophe Henner wrote: >Basically it's making the legal team life's easier when they need to do >small and/or quick changes. They don't have to go through the whole >resolution process to change a comma. > >We're still informed and are talking with staff about those changes. > >As for

[Wikimedia-l] more reasons to extend the Fundraiser

I was very glad that the Foundation decided to extend the fundraiser. I think adding projects outside of the lengthy, formulaic, overly-committee laden, but necessary in part FDC funding process and getting a head start on the endowment is essential for retaining the soul of the Foundation's

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Music industry threats to safe harbor?

Interestingly Australia is looking at going towards developing a safe harbour process within its copyright laws, expand the access of fair use, make orphan works more accessible along with making it possible for collection agencies(GLAMs) to use copyrighted works

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Music industry threats to safe harbor?

On 21 December 2016 at 02:53, Newyorkbrad wrote: > I think it might be useful to focus on how any of the proposed changes > to the law would affect Wikipedia/Wikimedia specifically, apart from > the broader philosophical discussion. Is there a good link for > exactly what

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Delegation of policy-making authority" resolution

Hi Chris, I'd argue instead that we should strive to a consultation model or structure so that it doesn't cost so much time and energy, that we limit it to huge and obvious issues. This is a very broadly phrased resolution, that I cannot out of hand oversee the consequences of. The core of the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Delegation of policy-making authority" resolution

Personally I'd argue that WMF should only spend their (and everyone's) time and energy on consultation when it's a substantive issue. Chris On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Lodewijk wrote: > Hi Christophe, > > I'm afraid that does not answer my question. If it

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Delegation of policy-making authority" resolution

Hi Christophe, I'm afraid that does not answer my question. If it changes absolutely nothing, it would be an unnecessary resolution. So surely there is *something* that changes (and that doesn't have to be a bad thing), such as improved clarity or legal certainty. But probably you're right - and