Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's go gender neutral

I am delighted to say that Wikimedia Commons is today the /first/ project to have an official Gender-neutral language policy for its policies and help pages, so that the project is a welcoming environment for all. Thanks to everyone that took part in the discussions and vote! * https://commons.wik

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's go gender neutral

Excellent to see. Thanks Fae and agree this is an important initiative. James On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 1:13 AM, Fæ wrote: > I am delighted to say that Wikimedia Commons is today the /first/ > project to have an official Gender-neutral language policy for its > policies and help pages, so that th

[Wikimedia-l] Server switch 2017 - Short editing outages on Wednesday, 19 April 2017 and Wednesday, 3 May 2017

Reminder, this is coming next week. **You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.** * You will not be able to edit for approximately 20 to 30 minutes on Wednesday, 19 April and Wednesday, 3 May. The test will start at 14:00

[Wikimedia-l] April 12: Update on Wikimedia movement strategy process (#13)

Hi all! *Summary: The first cycle of strategy conversations is ending soon.* We hope you will contribute your answer to this question: "What do we want to build or achieve together over the next 15 years?" - https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10152617 This phase has been an opportunity to come up

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] April 12: Update on Wikimedia movement strategy process (#13)

Apologies - correction to last link, should be: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Updates/12_April_2017_-_Update_13_on_Wikimedia_movement_strategy_process -greg On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 7:26 PM Katherine Maher wrote: > Hi all! > > *Summary: The first cycle of strat

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: March 2017

*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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [arbcom-l] Where is WMF with pursuing companies that offer paid editing services

I'm bumping this thread because there has been a somewhat high-profile incident of misuse of Wikipedia by a corporate entity. This is not entirely the same as undisclosed paid editing, but it was certainly a misuse of Wikipedia. https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/12/15259400/burger-king-google-home-

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [arbcom-l] Where is WMF with pursuing companies that offer paid editing services

Without getting into the details of the situation, Pine, I'll simply point out that the budget for the legal team of an international corporation like Burger King is going to be significantly larger than the entire budget of the Wikimedia Foundation, and punishing organizations that have figured ou

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's go gender neutral

Mmmm, the Hebrew Wikipedia has been gender-neutral for at least eight years :) So Commons is not exactly the first project to do this. בתאריך 12 באפר׳ 2017 10:14 AM,‏ "Fæ" כתב: I am delighted to say that Wikimedia Commons is today the /first/ project to have an official Gender-neutral language

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [arbcom-l] Where is WMF with pursuing companies that offer paid editing services

Looking at the Burger King case: I do not have a concern with the ad they created to have Google read the WP article about their product. My concern is them possibly altering the first sentence of said article. But we now have that under control and it was a fairly innocuous in the grand scheme o

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's go gender neutral

The Odia-language itself is gender neutral though we have some gender-specific pronouns. So we never worried about these issues. :) Subhashish On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 10:29 AM, Amir E. Aharoni < amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote: > Mmmm, the Hebrew Wikipedia has been gender-neutral for at leas

[Wikimedia-l] Books & Bytes – Issue 21, January – March 2017

Books & Bytes is the bi-monthly newsletter of The Wikipedia Library, focusing on recent, ongoing and upcoming activities and events in TWL and relevant topic areas. Read our previous newsletters here and subscribe