Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Summit 2020 in Berlin cancelled

2020-02-28 Thread Roman Bustria Jr.
Hi Abraham & Katherine,

We understand the decision and it is for the general safety of not just the
participants of that meeting, but the communities they represent as well.

To Everyone,

There is a wiki page that was shared to us in one forum and we wish this
page be collaboratively expanded for any events that may require
remote access.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiProject_remote_event_participation


Kind regards,

Butch Bustria

On Sat, Feb 29, 2020, 6:31 AM Bobby Shabangu 
wrote:

> Thanks for letting us know.
>
> Regards,
> Bobby Shabangu
>
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2020, 21:49 Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Thank you for letting us know.
> >
> > Your message has been conveyed to our representative who was going to be
> > participating in the "physical" Summit from our side. We will wait for
> your
> > instruction on the process of the upcoming virtual meetings.
> >
> > Thank you for thinking about the health of the participants.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bodhisattwa
> > West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
> >
> > On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 at 01:10, Risker  wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you for informing the global community of this.  More
> importantly,
> > > thank you for recognizing that the safety and well-being of the global
> > > community should take precedence over a meeting.  This is the way to
> > "walk
> > > the talk" about community safety.
> > >
> > > Risker/Anne
> > >
> > > On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 at 14:06, Abraham Taherivand <
> > > abraham.taheriv...@wikimedia.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear all,
> > > >
> > > > It’s with regret that we have to inform you that due to the global
> > health
> > > > situation (COVID-19), the physical meeting of the Wikimedia Summit
> 2020
> > > and
> > > > related side events in Berlin have been cancelled.
> > > >
> > > > Since we currently look into hosting the Summit in a series of
> virtual
> > > > meetings, starting at the dates of the Summit, please keep the dates
> > > > blocked in your calendar.
> > > >
> > > > We are aware that this announcement will cause many questions (not
> only
> > > in
> > > > relation to the Summit). Please be patient, more information will
> > follow
> > > > from our teams in the next few days.
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > >
> > > > Abraham Taherivand, Executive Director Wikimedia Deutschland
> > > >
> > > > Katherine Maher, Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Geschäftsführender Vorstand / Executive Director
> > > >
> > > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
> > > > Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
> > > > http://wikimedia.de
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Summit 2020 in Berlin cancelled

2020-02-28 Thread Bobby Shabangu
Thanks for letting us know.

Regards,
Bobby Shabangu

On Fri, Feb 28, 2020, 21:49 Bodhisattwa Mandal 
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Thank you for letting us know.
>
> Your message has been conveyed to our representative who was going to be
> participating in the "physical" Summit from our side. We will wait for your
> instruction on the process of the upcoming virtual meetings.
>
> Thank you for thinking about the health of the participants.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
>
> On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 at 01:10, Risker  wrote:
>
> > Thank you for informing the global community of this.  More importantly,
> > thank you for recognizing that the safety and well-being of the global
> > community should take precedence over a meeting.  This is the way to
> "walk
> > the talk" about community safety.
> >
> > Risker/Anne
> >
> > On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 at 14:06, Abraham Taherivand <
> > abraham.taheriv...@wikimedia.de> wrote:
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > It’s with regret that we have to inform you that due to the global
> health
> > > situation (COVID-19), the physical meeting of the Wikimedia Summit 2020
> > and
> > > related side events in Berlin have been cancelled.
> > >
> > > Since we currently look into hosting the Summit in a series of virtual
> > > meetings, starting at the dates of the Summit, please keep the dates
> > > blocked in your calendar.
> > >
> > > We are aware that this announcement will cause many questions (not only
> > in
> > > relation to the Summit). Please be patient, more information will
> follow
> > > from our teams in the next few days.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Abraham Taherivand, Executive Director Wikimedia Deutschland
> > >
> > > Katherine Maher, Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Geschäftsführender Vorstand / Executive Director
> > >
> > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
> > > Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
> > > http://wikimedia.de
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] SEEKING A WIKIPEDIAN IN RESIDENCE! (U.S.)

2020-02-28 Thread Pine W
Community norms here include not using all caps in subject lines.
There isn't a rule that says not to use them, but I can't recall ever
seeing them here, and I don't want anyone to start. This is not CNN,
Fox News, or Facebook.

I'm accepting of people sending emails here that are somewhat
subject-specific or location-specific when the volume of those emails
is modest and people seem to understand that many such emails are
often more appropriate for lists with more specific focuses, such as
WikimediaUS-l or the GLAM list. If there becomes a problem with this
list being used too extensively for emails with specific focuses that
are not of wide interest to the subscribers of this list, we can
address that when the time comes.

Pine
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On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 11:28 PM Robert Fernandez
 wrote:
>
> As a long time on and off subscriber to this list for many years, I want to
> say that I do find posts about jobs like this very useful, unlike posts
> complaining about capitalization and geography.  It is informative and
> exciting to find out where Wikipedia projects are making in-roads, and what
> better place to find an experienced job candidate who will respect
> community norms and policies while editing on behalf of an employer.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 12:40 PM Jake Orlowitz  wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Annual Reviews, an independent, nonprofit scholarly research publisher,
> > seeks an enthusiastic Wikipedian-in-Residence (WIR).
> >
> > The aim of this role is to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of the sciences by
> > citing expert articles from Annual Reviews’ journals. The WIR will engage
> > with Wikipedia editors across life, biomedical, physical, and social
> > science articles and WikiProjects to help ensure responsible and valuable
> > expansion of content.
> >
> > This is a temporary position for 10 hours/week, paid at $30/hour USD, and
> > is anticipated to last for up to 1 year. This position can only be based
> > remotely from the following states: CA, OR, OH, NV, NC, WA, WI, CO, MA, PA,
> > NY, HI, or MT.
> >
> > PLEASE APPLY!
> > https://annualreviewsnews.org/2020/02/25/seeking-a-wikipedian-in-residence/
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jake Orlowitz
> > *Founder of The Wikipedia Library*
> > *Seeker of well people and sane societies*
> >   kickstarter: bit.ly/CircleKickstarter
> >   me: jakeorlowitz.com
> >   mail: jorlow...@gmail.com
> >   media: @jakeorlowitz 
> >   book: welcometothecircle.net
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Update on Wikimedia site and system outages

2020-02-28 Thread Pine W
Hello,

A gentle reminder that four months have passed since the last update
to this thread from WMF regarding the September DDoS incident. When
will an incident report be published, or has a decision been made not
to publish a report?

Thanks,
Pine
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On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 3:20 AM Heather Walls  wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> We hope to have something for you in the next few weeks.
>
> Regards,
> Heather
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 2:13 PM Benjamin Ikuta 
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I am also curious about this.
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Oct 20, 2019, at 2:55 PM, RhinosF1 -  wrote:
> > >
> > > Any idea of when an incident report may come out?
> > >
> > > RhinosF1
> > > Wikimedia User & Incident Reporter
> > >
> > > On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 at 00:29, Heather Walls 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hello again,
> > >>
> > >> As a follow-up to my last note on the September 6th DDoS attack, we
> > wanted
> > >> to provide you with an update. There have been no further attacks in the
> > >> last week and our sites are now running normally. Our SRE team is
> > >> continuing to monitor the situation.
> > >>
> > >> Based on what we learned in this attack, our security and engineering
> > teams
> > >> are researching and putting together plans for more protection of our
> > >> infrastructure to address any potential attacks in the future.
> > >>
> > >> We appreciate everyone’s support, particularly the folks on the SRE
> > team,
> > >> in helping to restore access.
> > >>
> > >> Yours,
> > >> Heather
> > >>
> > >> On Sat, Sep 7, 2019 at 4:25 PM Heather Walls 
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Hello everyone,
> > >>>
> > >>> By now you are likely aware that the Wikimedia sites suffered from a
> > >>> relatively significant botnet driven DDOS attack on September 6th,
> > taking
> > >>> them offline in several countries throughout the day. This primarily
> > >>> affected Wikipedia access in Europe and the Middle East. We posted a
> > >> short
> > >>> update of the event on our website.[1]
> > >>>
> > >>> I would like to thank everyone who stepped up to support the
> > restoration
> > >>> of our projects, including the fast reporting of community members
> > >>> throughout the world and our security and engineering teams who worked
> > >> long
> > >>> hours to address many complex issues surrounding the attack and our
> > >>> response—the Site Reliability Engineering team in particular.
> > >>>
> > >>> The Wikimedia Foundation leadership team is proud to work with such
> > >>> talented and dedicated staff and supporters.
> > >>>
> > >>> Yours,
> > >>> Heather
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> 1.
> > >>>
> > >>
> > https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/09/07/malicious-attack-on-wikipedia-what-we-know-and-what-were-doing/
> > >>>
> > >>> "Today, Wikipedia was hit with a malicious attack that has taken it
> > >>> offline in several countries for intermittent periods. The attack is
> > >>> ongoing and our Site Reliability Engineering team is working hard to
> > stop
> > >>> it and restore access to the site.
> > >>>
> > >>> As one of the world’s most popular sites, Wikipedia sometimes attracts
> > >>> “bad faith” actors. Along with the rest of the web, we operate in an
> > >>> increasingly sophisticated and complex environment where threats are
> > >>> continuously evolving. Because of this, the Wikimedia communities and
> > >>> Wikimedia Foundation have created dedicated systems and staff to
> > >> regularly
> > >>> monitor and address risks. If a problem occurs, we learn, we improve,
> > and
> > >>> we prepare to be better for next time.
> > >>>
> > >>> We condemn these sorts of attacks. They’re not just about taking
> > >> Wikipedia
> > >>> offline. Takedown attacks threaten everyone’s fundamental rights to
> > >> freely
> > >>> access and share information. We in the Wikimedia movement and
> > Foundation
> > >>> are committed to protecting these rights for everyone.
> > >>>
> > >>> Right now, we’re continuing to work to restore access wherever you
> > might
> > >>> be reading Wikipedia in the world. We’ll keep you posted."
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> --
> > >>>
> > >>> Heather Walls (she/her)
> > >>>
> > >>> Chief Creative Officer
> > >>> Wikimedia Foundation
> > >>> https://wikimediafoundation.org
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >> Heather Walls (she/her)
> > >>
> > >> Chief Creative Officer
> > >>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Summit 2020 in Berlin cancelled

2020-02-28 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hello,

Thank you for letting us know.

Your message has been conveyed to our representative who was going to be
participating in the "physical" Summit from our side. We will wait for your
instruction on the process of the upcoming virtual meetings.

Thank you for thinking about the health of the participants.

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 at 01:10, Risker  wrote:

> Thank you for informing the global community of this.  More importantly,
> thank you for recognizing that the safety and well-being of the global
> community should take precedence over a meeting.  This is the way to "walk
> the talk" about community safety.
>
> Risker/Anne
>
> On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 at 14:06, Abraham Taherivand <
> abraham.taheriv...@wikimedia.de> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > It’s with regret that we have to inform you that due to the global health
> > situation (COVID-19), the physical meeting of the Wikimedia Summit 2020
> and
> > related side events in Berlin have been cancelled.
> >
> > Since we currently look into hosting the Summit in a series of virtual
> > meetings, starting at the dates of the Summit, please keep the dates
> > blocked in your calendar.
> >
> > We are aware that this announcement will cause many questions (not only
> in
> > relation to the Summit). Please be patient, more information will follow
> > from our teams in the next few days.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Abraham Taherivand, Executive Director Wikimedia Deutschland
> >
> > Katherine Maher, Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Geschäftsführender Vorstand / Executive Director
> >
> > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
> > Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
> > http://wikimedia.de
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Summit 2020 in Berlin cancelled

2020-02-28 Thread Risker
Thank you for informing the global community of this.  More importantly,
thank you for recognizing that the safety and well-being of the global
community should take precedence over a meeting.  This is the way to "walk
the talk" about community safety.

Risker/Anne

On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 at 14:06, Abraham Taherivand <
abraham.taheriv...@wikimedia.de> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> It’s with regret that we have to inform you that due to the global health
> situation (COVID-19), the physical meeting of the Wikimedia Summit 2020 and
> related side events in Berlin have been cancelled.
>
> Since we currently look into hosting the Summit in a series of virtual
> meetings, starting at the dates of the Summit, please keep the dates
> blocked in your calendar.
>
> We are aware that this announcement will cause many questions (not only in
> relation to the Summit). Please be patient, more information will follow
> from our teams in the next few days.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Abraham Taherivand, Executive Director Wikimedia Deutschland
>
> Katherine Maher, Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
> --
>
> Geschäftsführender Vorstand / Executive Director
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
> Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
> http://wikimedia.de
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Summit 2020 in Berlin cancelled

2020-02-28 Thread Tito Dutta
Hello,
Thanks for the message. Sorry to know about the news. Looking forward to
more updates, and will be eager to join in the virtual meetings (and
on-wiki discussions)
Regards

Thanks
Tito Dutta



On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 at 00:35, Abraham Taherivand <
abraham.taheriv...@wikimedia.de> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> It’s with regret that we have to inform you that due to the global health
> situation (COVID-19), the physical meeting of the Wikimedia Summit 2020 and
> related side events in Berlin have been cancelled.
>
> Since we currently look into hosting the Summit in a series of virtual
> meetings, starting at the dates of the Summit, please keep the dates
> blocked in your calendar.
>
> We are aware that this announcement will cause many questions (not only in
> relation to the Summit). Please be patient, more information will follow
> from our teams in the next few days.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Abraham Taherivand, Executive Director Wikimedia Deutschland
>
> Katherine Maher, Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
> --
>
> Geschäftsführender Vorstand / Executive Director
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
> Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
> http://wikimedia.de
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Summit 2020 in Berlin cancelled

2020-02-28 Thread Abraham Taherivand
Dear all,

It’s with regret that we have to inform you that due to the global health
situation (COVID-19), the physical meeting of the Wikimedia Summit 2020 and
related side events in Berlin have been cancelled.

Since we currently look into hosting the Summit in a series of virtual
meetings, starting at the dates of the Summit, please keep the dates
blocked in your calendar.

We are aware that this announcement will cause many questions (not only in
relation to the Summit). Please be patient, more information will follow
from our teams in the next few days.

Best regards,

Abraham Taherivand, Executive Director Wikimedia Deutschland

Katherine Maher, Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why renaming to Wikipedia will wreak havoc on other projects

2020-02-28 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi,
Benjamin is it fair to expect that you are a Wikipedian first and a
Wikimedian second? The problem with perception is that it differs from
where you stand. One of the easiest things to solve on all the Wikipedias
are false friends but hey I stand with data and the Wikipedia perception is
that it is not much of a problem (statistically it is).

When people write scientific papers about Wikipedia, English Wikipedia is
to be included on penalty of not finding a publisher (a quote from a Dutch
professor at a Wikimedia conference).  When the last resort for keeping
images on Commons, OTRS, has a not so public policy where for images to be
accepted the English Wikipedia notability policy is expected. What does it
take for you to alter your perception. What does it take for us to
understand how big this bias is and how insidious its effects are?

Perception, opinions provides the worst guidance because they allow you to
deny the facts that are in front of you.
Thanks,
   GerardM

On Wed, 26 Feb 2020 at 09:32, Benjamin Lees  wrote:

>  Like Peter, I do not see a clear connection to the proposed rebranding.
> Threads of this sort would be more constructive if they were framed in a
> way that does not unnecessarily tie in every other issue one might have
> with the movement, and that does not imply that anybody with a different
> perspective must be evil or incompetent.
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 8:06 PM Gnangarra  wrote:
>
> >- it must not say the use is to, for, or on Wikipedia
> >
> >
>
> A file must not say it is *exclusively* for the use of Wikipedia, because
> such a condition is incompatible with the license we demand.  And there
> must be an actual license--"Wikipedia can use my picture" is the classic
> submission that requires us to ask for a proper licensing declaration.  But
> there is certainly no problem if somebody submits a file for the *purpose*
> of use on Wikipedia.  That is one of the most common motivations for
> submitting files.
>
>
>
> > Commons has fallen behind when it comes to the capability of taking
> photos
> > of ones self (selfies) the default position when Commons started was that
> > taking a high quality photograph of yourself wasnt possible there must
> have
> > been someone else pushing the button. What happens is Commons asks for
> the
> > subject to obtain permission from the photographer and submit that to
> OTRS,
> > the systems falls over because the photographer cant prove that the photo
> > they took of themselves was taken by themselves because the underlying
> > assumption is that that isnt possible.
> >
>
> It does appear to be standard practice to ask who took a photograph,
> because in a great many cases, it was not the person submitting the file,
> and many people do not realize that the photographer, rather than the
> subject, owns the copyright. (As Gerard says, "understanding of copyright
> and licensing is dim".) I don't think anybody treats "the picture looks
> good" as creating an irrebuttable presumption that it is not a selfie, but
> different users do have different views of how not-a-selfie-looking a given
> file is and of how much verification should be performed more generally.
>
>
> OTRS permission behaves as expected because there is a very narrow
> > definition of whats acceptable, anything that doesnt fit gets rejected.
> The
> > very real need to be pro-active in ensuring the permissions queue doesnt
> > get overwhelmed and backlogged  contributes to the fact that the grey is
> > treated as black -- close it, delete it, move on.
> >
>
> My impression is that most agents go to reasonable (and sometimes
> excessive) lengths to give people submitting files a chance to show that
> they have the rights to do so.
>
> Emufarmers
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