Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF political activism

Adding onto this, it appears the WMF is proudly and publicly displayed on the participants, which may as well be endorsements, page for Earth Day Live: https://www.earthdaylive2020.org/get-involved/ I'm simply astounded by this. Never would I have expected the WMF to take such a strong political

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF political activism

Hi all, I am responding on behalf of the Foundation in my capacity handling movement communications, including managing any campaigns on wikimediafoundation.org. As others from the Foundation have stated on this mailing list in the past, from time to time the Wikimedia Foundation engages in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF political activism

On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 1:18 AM Gregory Varnum wrote: > > Having said that, we agree with some of the criticisms you have raised. We > had understood the Earth Day Live campaign to be both global and > apolitical. However, we agree that the final campaign was both more > US-centric and more

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF political activism

Should this be posted on wiki for others to sign? Samuel On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 at 07:51, Fæ wrote: > OPEN LETTER > > Dear Katherine Maher, > > The WMF home website landing page (https://wikimediafoundation.org) > yesterday featured a full-page banner directing all visitors globally > to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] คุณมีความสุขกับอะไรในสัปดาห์นี้? / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 19 April 2020)

Hello, Pine, thanks for sharing the quote of Dinah Maria Craik. Very timely and helpful. I stopped for a while after reading this quotation in your email. 2 things I can think of, right now, which make me happy this week a) The Wikidata COVID-19 dashboards: I saw 2 dashboards:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Comment Open on U.S. Open Access Policy

The entertainment industry has more influential lobbyists? P -Original Message- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of James Salsman Sent: 20 April 2020 23:40 To: Wikimedia Mailing List; Yaroslav Blanter Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Comment Open on

[Wikimedia-l] Celtic Knot Conference final call for participation

*Dear all/A chairdeThe Call for Papers or Participation in the 2020 virtual/remote Celtic Knot Wikimedia Language Conference closes on Thursday 30 April at midnight. The event will centre around 9-10 July with workshops, help desks and

[Wikimedia-l] WMF political activism

OPEN LETTER Dear Katherine Maher, The WMF home website landing page (https://wikimediafoundation.org) yesterday featured a full-page banner directing all visitors globally to https://www.earthdaylive2020.org. This is a site used for Americal political lobbying, refer to the email discussion

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Comment Open on U.S. Open Access Policy

Yes this remains a problem. The only thing I can think of is that in our current gig economy reputation is everything and timeliness of information feedback is more and more important. I think publicly funded research deserves both public access and proper attribution throughout the whole

Re: [Wikimedia-l] คุณมีความสุขกับอะไรในสัปดาห์นี้? / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 19 April 2020)

I actually also had a train identified this week, by User:Altona with whom I never interacted as far as I know. My train is from Canada, uploaded a week ago. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_Coast_Railway_Heritage_Park_08.jpg Best

[Wikimedia-l] คุณมีความสุขกับอะไรในสัปดาห์นี้? / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 19 April 2020)

Hello colleagues, Continued sympathies to those who are in challenging situations. Some changes are under consideration for these emails for the purpose of making them be more relatable to people who are in a wide variety of circumstances. More information regarding possible changes may be

Re: [Wikimedia-l] คุณมีความสุขกับอะไรในสัปดาห์นี้? / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 19 April 2020)

> On 23 Apr 2020, at 20:21, Pine W wrote: > > What’s making you happy this week? You are welcome to write in any > language. You are also welcome to start a WMYHTW thread next week. A few years ago, I took some photos of some abandoned and heavily-decayed trains in Paranapiacaba, an old