[Wikimedia-l] Re: Small joy of the day: Txikipedia

2022-06-20 Thread Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga
 And when you see 9-years-old learning how to add links (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urdiaingo_Herri_Eskolan_Txikipedia_saioa_02.jpg) to the article they have created (https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Txikipedia:Urbasa)... it's all joy! And if you learn they have visited a cave with

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Form 990 clarification request (for the attention of WMF accounts staff)

2022-06-20 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Gnangarra, Surprisingly enough, Covid-19 had little discernible effect on WMF spending outside the US, which reached its highest ever level in 2020/2021. Below are the non-US expense totals for the last five fiscal years, per the Form 990 (Schedule F, usually starts around p. 30) for each[1]:

[Wikimedia-l] Writing LGBTIQ+ biographies in Wikipedia: tips and strategies to overcome barriers - a skillshare meeting!

2022-06-20 Thread Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska
Dear Wikimedians, Volunteer Supporters Network would like to invite you to another skillsharing meeting. This time it will be an event around writing LGBTIQ+ biographies in Wikipedia. The event will happen at *June 28th at 4 PM UTC on Zoom.* During the training conducted by Vic Sfriso from

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland looking for a partner affiliate to organize the WikidataCon 2023

2022-06-20 Thread Léa Lacroix
--- TL;DR --- Wikimedia Deutschland is looking for a partner organization to jointly design and run the WikidataCon 2023. This organization should be recognized legally in their country, be located in the Global South, have previous experience with running events and have a

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Form 990 clarification request (for the attention of WMF accounts staff)

2022-06-20 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Hi Gnangarra and all, I only mentioned how little money went to India in 2020/2021 because of the WMF's recent claim in the Indian Express that "a lot" of the money raised is flowing into the Global South.[1] You raise the messaging used to request donations. Here are six key phrases from the

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Form 990 clarification request (for the attention of WMF accounts staff)

2022-06-20 Thread Gnangarra
Kaya "Global South" a term we had discontinued to emphasise as a way to divide the community did apply to more than just India. I really dont think looking at 2020/2021 figures is really fair either by yourself or by the fundraising people if that's what they used. That period had a significant

[Wikimedia-l] Re: what do we do with all this opportunity?

2022-06-20 Thread Nathan
On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 3:22 AM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga < galder...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Samuel and James for the constructive approach in your messages. > > I know that I have said this before, but there's a huge problem with > accountability here. We have money to become a great

[Wikimedia-l] Re: what do we do with all this opportunity?

2022-06-20 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Hi WSC, For some time now, the edit window has included the following phrase: "You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license." This has no bearing on the "share alike" part of your argument, but as far as the "attribution" part of CC BY-SA is

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Small joy of the day: Txikipedia

2022-06-20 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Hello Samuel, Thank you for your mail. I would like to see more attention from the Wikimedia movement for the target group children age ca. 8-14. I am afraid there is no real comprehensive study about the best way to provide encyclopedic wiki content to children, or even to involve them in the

[Wikimedia-l] Invitation to Wikimania 2022 - Open Space call

2022-06-20 Thread Antoni Mtavangu
Dear Wikimedians, I am writing to let you know that the Wikimania COT 2022 has organized a second Wikimania Open Space call that will happen on the coming *Friday 24th June 2022* from *(6:00-7:30)pm UTC*. This is an opportunity for everyone to come with questions related to Programming and

[Wikimedia-l] Re: what do we do with all this opportunity?

2022-06-20 Thread Benjamin Lees
Is there no public notice or rationale given when grant applications are declined? The only update on the status of your grant that I can see was by you: < https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grants:Project/Rapid/WPM:VideoWiki=23125476=23110705 >. On Sat, Jun 18, 2022 at 6:37 PM James

[Wikimedia-l] Re: what do we do with all this opportunity?

2022-06-20 Thread James Heilman
The "decline" was via email, rather than publically. The concern was that VideoWiki supposedly lacks broad consultation, coordination, and research to provide an implementation framework. They suggested that rather than working to update the software to the new operating environment and adding