[Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the AfroCROWD User Group

2018-11-16 Thread Kirill Lokshin
Hi everyone! I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized [1] the AfroCROWD User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group aims to promote participation of people of African descent in the Wikimedia community, and to increase content about people and events in

[Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network User Group

2018-11-16 Thread Kirill Lokshin
Hi everyone! I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized [1] the Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group aims to protect the common elements of the Wikimedian in Residence role, creating a peer support network

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Subject lines for WMF fundraising emails

2018-11-16 Thread Pine W
Thank you very much for this update, Caitlin. Yesterday I was thinking more about this issue, and today I was planning to append my earlier comments by saying that I realize that a fundraising appeal has some differences from an encyclopedia article in terms of writing style. Also, I realize that

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Subject lines for WMF fundraising emails

2018-11-16 Thread Caitlin Cogdill
Hi all, Thank you for sharing your concerns. We hear them and we take them seriously. *As of today, we have pulled this subject line from our testing rotation.* On the Fundraising team, we pride ourselves on making data-driven decisions, and there are many types of data inputs we process outside