Re: [Wikimedia-l] Identified users

2017-09-19 Thread MZMcBride
John Erling Blad wrote: >In some cases it would be a lot easier and/or better if it was possible to >identify and not just authenticate an user. This could include such things >as turning on real name for identified users, or limiting elevated rights >to them, thereby avoiding renomination of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome the new Board of Wikimedia Argentina!

2017-09-19 Thread Tim Moritz Hector
Congratulations to the new board and all the best for your term! Galileo, thank you for your engagement and your great work. Best regards, Tim 2017-09-19 19:43 GMT+02:00 Tanweer Morshed : > Hi Anna, > > Thanks for sharing the auspicious news. Congratulations to the new

[Wikimedia-l] Welcome the new Board of Wikimedia Argentina!

2017-09-19 Thread Anna Torres
Dear all, Last Saturday, September 16, the General Assembly of Wikimedia Argentina took place. This was an election year and new authorities were chosen. The new Board was define as follows: * President: Ivana Lysholm * Vice-president: Galileo Vidoni * Secretary: Mariano Pérez * Deputy

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2017-09-19 Thread Lane Rasberry
This is really progressive and unusual. Years ago when The Centre for Internet & Society began focused outreach to the Odia community I did not expect great progress and precedents. This is a big deal beyond what I imagined could happen so quickly. Everyone involved should be proud. This is good

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2017-09-19 Thread Anna Stillwell
Wonderful news. Thank you for all of your work. /a On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:55 AM, Lane Rasberry wrote: > This is really progressive and unusual. > > Years ago when The Centre for Internet & Society began focused outreach to > the Odia community I did not expect great

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2017-09-19 Thread Sailesh Patnaik
Hi Lane, Thank you so much for your kind words, It is all because of the active participation of the community members in such initiative and also their effort in making these collaborations successful. l also believe that the WikiTungi program by the Odia community has helped in making the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome the new Board of Wikimedia Argentina!

2017-09-19 Thread Jorge Vargas
¡Mis más sinceras felicitaciones a todos y todas en WMAR! Anna: tu trabajo es y ha sido excepcional. Gracias por tanto que haces por Iberocoop y por nuestro movimiento. Abrazos, Jorge On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 9:14 AM, Anna Stillwell wrote: > Congratulations to the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome the new Board of Wikimedia Argentina!

2017-09-19 Thread Nurunnaby Hasive
Congratulations to the new board. Hasive WMBD On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:36 PM, Esteban Zarate wrote: > thanks Sydney!!! > > 2017-09-19 11:34 GMT-03:00 Sydney Poore : > > > Congratulations to the new board. > > > > Thank you to Ivana Lysholm, Galileo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome the new Board of Wikimedia Argentina!

2017-09-19 Thread Anna Stillwell
Congratulations to the entire board. /a On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:13 AM, Cristian Consonni wrote: > On 19/09/2017 16:27, Anna Torres wrote: > > Last Saturday, September 16, the General Assembly of Wikimedia Argentina > > took place. This was an election year and new

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2017-09-19 Thread Asaf Bartov
On Sep 19, 2017 21:26, "Lane Rasberry" wrote: This is good for all of India even though it is for a regional language, because it will make it for other organizations and government offices to follow the model. Yes, but it is also good for absolutely all of us. We need

[Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2017-09-19 Thread Sailesh Patnaik
Hello Everyone, I am glad to share a recent collaboration of Odia Wikipedia community with the Government of Odisha. After releasing the content of 2017 Asian Athletics Championships ( https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/07/28/digest-asia-athletics-championships/ ) another initiative by the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome the new Board of Wikimedia Argentina!

2017-09-19 Thread Esteban Zarate
thanks Sydney!!! 2017-09-19 11:34 GMT-03:00 Sydney Poore : > Congratulations to the new board. > > Thank you to Ivana Lysholm, Galileo Vidoni, Mariano Pérez, Ivana Molena, > Nicolás Giorgetti, Patricio Molina, Esteban Zárate, Andrea Kleiman, Jorge > Abreu, Beatrice Murch,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome the new Board of Wikimedia Argentina!

2017-09-19 Thread Cristian Consonni
On 19/09/2017 16:27, Anna Torres wrote: > Last Saturday, September 16, the General Assembly of Wikimedia Argentina > took place. This was an election year and new authorities were chosen. The > new Board was define as follows: > > * President: Ivana Lysholm > * Vice-president: Galileo Vidoni > *

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome the new Board of Wikimedia Argentina!

2017-09-19 Thread Sydney Poore
Congratulations to the new board. Thank you to Ivana Lysholm, Galileo Vidoni, Mariano Pérez, Ivana Molena, Nicolás Giorgetti, Patricio Molina, Esteban Zárate, Andrea Kleiman, Jorge Abreu, Beatrice Murch, and Leandro Kibisz for the work that you do in the wikimedia movememnt. Sydney Sydney Poore

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome the new Board of Wikimedia Argentina!

2017-09-19 Thread Katy Love
Yes! Congratulations to the new Board of Wikimedia Argentina. And Ivana, most warm congratulations for your election as President!! I look forward to working together. And thank you, Galileo, for all you have done to build WMAR over the last five years. I hope you take much pride in your

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at 11:30 AM (PST) 18:30 UTC

2017-09-19 Thread James Salsman
That example is only the most visible tip of the iceberg. Now that there is evidence of multiple causal influences from Wikipedia's text to real life consequences, I repeat my suggestion that the Foundation should help editors organize a more careful and concerted effort towards authentic

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome the new Board of Wikimedia Argentina!

2017-09-19 Thread Tanweer Morshed
Hi Anna, Thanks for sharing the auspicious news. Congratulations to the new WMAR board! And a big thanks to Galileo :) Regards, Tanweer On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 10:44 PM, Jorge Vargas wrote: > ¡Mis más sinceras felicitaciones a todos y todas en WMAR! > > Anna: tu

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

2017-09-19 Thread Katy Love
Hi Sailesh, What great news!! What a remarkable achievement! Thanks for sharing this with us. I really like the blog post, too. Congratulations!! Katy On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:09 AM, Sailesh Patnaik < sailesh.patnaik...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I am glad to share a recent