[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-AU-Members] WikiLoves Earth in Australia 2017 final 10

2017-07-19 Thread Gnangarra 
The winners for Wikiloves Earth in Australia 2017 are



*https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weedy_Sea_Dragon.jpg*


*https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panoramic_view_of_Kata-Tjuta_in_the_early_morning.jpg*


*https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kitchen_Hut_with_Cradle_Mountain_in_the_background.jpg*


*https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lion_Rock_and_Aurora_Australis.jpg*


*https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Victorian_Alps_Mount_Speculation_4.jpg*


*https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Mountains_National_park.jpg*


*https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cape_schanck_looking_towards_pulpit_rock_at_dawn.jpg*


*https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunset_at_Orpheus_Island_National_Park.jpg*


*https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sun_rays_through_the_forest.jpg
*


with the below image of a white necked heron our overall winner

*https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Young_White_Necked_Heron.jpg
*
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wiki-research-l] [Announcement] Voice and exit in a voluntary work environment

2017-07-19 Thread Pine W 
This sounds like a great project. Forwarding.

Pine


On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Leila Zia  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> With the start of the new fiscal year in Wikimedia Foundation on July
> 1, the Research team has officially started the work on Program 12:
> Growing contributor diversity. [1] Here are a few
> announcements/pointers about this program and the research and work
> that will be going to it:
>
> * We aim to keep the research documentation for this project on the
> corresponding research page on meta. [2]
> * Research tasks are hard to break down and track in task-tracking
> systems. This being said, any task that we can break down and track
> will be documented under the corresponding Epic task on Phabricator.
> [3]
> * The goals for this Program for July-September 2017 (Quarter 1) are
> captured on MediaWiki. [4] (The Phabricator epic will be updated with
> corresponding tasks as we start working on them.)
> * Our three formal collaborators (cc-ed) will contribute to this
> program: Jérôme Hergueux from ETH, Paul Seabright from TSE, and Bob
> West from EPFL. We are thankful to these people who have agreed to
> spend their time and expertise on this project in the coming year, and
> to those of you who have already worked with us as we were shaping the
> proposal for this project and are planning to continue your
> contributions to this program. :)
> * I act as the point of contact for this research in Wikimedia
> Foundation. Please feel free to reach out to me (directly, if it
> cannot be shared publicly) if you have comments/questions about the
> project in the coming year.
>
> Best,
> Leila
>
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_
> Annual_Plan/2017-2018/Final/Programs/Technology#Program_
> 12:_Grow_contributor_diversity
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Voice_and_exit_
> in_a_voluntary_work_environment
> [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T166083
> [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technology/
> Goals/2017-18_Q1#Research
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[Wikimedia-l] Announcement of the Scoring Platform team

2017-07-19 Thread Aaron Halfaker 
Hey folks,

This is a little overdue, but I wanted to work with comms to craft a blog
post that would help us do a bit of outreach around the announcement of the
team.  That just went live.

See https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/07/19/scoring-platform-team/

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Looks familiar?

2017-07-19 Thread Michael Peel 
Jigsaw globes have been around for a little longer than Wikipedia...

http://www.sites.hps.cam.ac.uk/whipple/explore/globes/jigsawpuzzleglobe/

Thanks,
Mike

> On 19 Jul 2017, at 05:35, Tomasz Ganicz  wrote:
> 
> I guess trademark for Wikipedia logo does not extend to all jigsaw globe
> models. There are hundreds of producers of such toys:
> 
> https://www.google.pl/search?q=jigsaw+globe&tbm=isch
> 
> 2017-07-18 15:27 GMT+02:00 Trey Jones :
> 
>> Searching google images for *jigsaw globe* or *jigsaw sphere *gives many
>> similar images. I don't think Wikipedia owns the rights to the idea of a
>> sphere made of jigsaw pieces.
>> 
>> The particular image on the cover of that book is derived from a stock
>> photo:
>> 
>> https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/jigsaw-globe-
>> puzzle-on-white-47983681
>> 
>> So, familiar? Yes. Concern? I don't think so.
>> 
>> —Trey
>> 
>> Trey Jones
>> Software Engineer, Discovery
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>> 
>> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 3:37 AM, Gordon Joly 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0119PZ7F2/
>>> 
>>> This image looks very much like the Wikimedia graphic?
>>> 
>>> Gordo
>>> 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Looks familiar?

2017-07-19 Thread Tomasz Ganicz 
I guess trademark for Wikipedia logo does not extend to all jigsaw globe
models. There are hundreds of producers of such toys:

https://www.google.pl/search?q=jigsaw+globe&tbm=isch

2017-07-18 15:27 GMT+02:00 Trey Jones :

> Searching google images for *jigsaw globe* or *jigsaw sphere *gives many
> similar images. I don't think Wikipedia owns the rights to the idea of a
> sphere made of jigsaw pieces.
>
> The particular image on the cover of that book is derived from a stock
> photo:
>
> https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/jigsaw-globe-
> puzzle-on-white-47983681
>
> So, familiar? Yes. Concern? I don't think so.
>
> —Trey
>
> Trey Jones
> Software Engineer, Discovery
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 3:37 AM, Gordon Joly 
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0119PZ7F2/
> >
> > This image looks very much like the Wikimedia graphic?
> >
> > Gordo
> >
> >
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