Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Wikimedia Technical Conference

2018-04-03 Thread Victoria Coleman
Hi Pine, thank you for your feedback. Some responses inline below: > On Apr 3, 2018, at 7:41 AM, Pine W wrote: > > Hi Victoria, > I hope that you are OK with discussing this announcement on Wikimedia-l, > which seems to me to be the most applicable mailing list for my

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Foundation's FY18-19 Annual Plan is on Meta-wiki

2018-04-03 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Yes, MediaWiki is used for 290+ languages but that does not imply that it is developed with these other languages in mind. The project descriptions are firmly with the best known (ie English) implementation in mind and it is the use and the users of the most used English implementation that

[Wikimedia-l] Facebook rolling out feature which utilizes Wikipedia

2018-04-03 Thread Joe Matazzoni
As we shared in October, Facebook has been testing a new feature that uses English Wikipedia content.[1] When users see news articles in their News Feed, the new feature provides more context about the article's source by pulling information about the publishers from English Wikipedia.[2] The

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Wikimedia Technical Conference

2018-04-03 Thread Robert Fernandez
Thanks for pointing that out Pine. I believe WikiConference North America will be on October 18 to 22 in Columbus, Ohio. On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Pine W wrote: > Hi Victoria, > I hope that you are OK with discussing this announcement on Wikimedia-l, > which seems

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Wikimedia Technical Conference

2018-04-03 Thread Pine W
Hi Victoria, I hope that you are OK with discussing this announcement on Wikimedia-l, which seems to me to be the most applicable mailing list for my questions. I have two questions and one comment. I think that I understand the desires here. However, it is unfortunate that a likely side effect

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [MediaWiki-l] Announcing the Wikimedia Technical Conference

2018-04-03 Thread Pine W
Forwarding. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) Original message From: Victoria Coleman Date: 4/2/18 4:46 PM (GMT-08:00) To: "Staff (All)" , MediaWiki announcements and site admin list

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia activity of researchers on CV

2018-04-03 Thread Lukas Mezger
Dear Arne, I think the best-known story about a researcher mentioning Wikipedia activity in their CV is this one: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/04/06/tenure-awarded-based-in-part-on-wikipedia-contributions/ Kind regards, Lukas 2018-04-03 9:06 GMT+02:00 Arne Wossink : >

[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia activity of researchers on CV

2018-04-03 Thread Arne Wossink
Hi all, I was wondering if there are researchers/educators who put Wikipedia articles they've written/contributed to (or more in general their Wikimedia activity) on their list of publications or CV, and if so, in what way (listing user name, listing specific articles/contributions, etc.). Best,