Re: [Wikimedia-l] Upcoming Survey, Feedback requested, and Office Hour
Dear Jan-Bart, Unfortunately the exact wordings was I'll point out also that there are zero real-world implications for the survey results. Because we all agree that there is now such thing like a zero real-world impact survey, we really hope that the raw results of this survey will be made as public as possible (privacy issue), and that in the future , survey including question about WMF partners (chapters are not the only ones) will be done since the very beginning in collaboration with all the partners involved. sincerely Charles ___ Charles ANDRES, Chairman Wikimedia CH – Association for the advancement of free knowledge – www.wikimedia.ch Skype: charles.andres.wmch IRC://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-ch Le 12 sept. 2012 à 16:14, Jan-Bart de Vreede jdevre...@wikimedia.org a écrit : Hey So I might have missed some mails on this thread (perhaps because they were not posted on this public list) but I highly doubt that Sue perform surveys that do not have a real-world impact on our operations. I know that the results of the previous surveys were used in several discussions (including at a board level) in order to provide more insight…. On the other hand, using these surveys to gain more insight is not the same as using them to hold each other accountable which is sometimes easy to do. Every survey (and questions) has a lots of interpretation magic which can easily lead you astray, but I don't have to tell you (the community) this :) Jan-Bart On 10 Sep 2012, at 23:01, Delphine Ménard notafi...@gmail.com wrote: Contrarily to Sue, I do think that these surveys (should) have a real-world impact and (should) keep us all on our toes, fine tuned to the critisicism, needs and wishes of the editors of the WIkimedia projects. As such I expect us to make sure that we do get as precise a picture as possible of what those are. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [WikiEducator] Scientists, Foundations, Libraries, Universities, and Advocates Unite and Issue New Recommendations to Make Research Freely Available to All Online
via CC -- Forwarded message -- From: Cable Green ca...@creativecommons.org [Forwarding from the Open Society Foundations and SPARC.] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 12, 2012 CONTACT: Andrea Higginbotham, SPARC, and...@arl.org; 202-296-2296 Amy Weil, Open Society Foundations, aw...@sorosny.org; 212-548-0381 Scientists, Foundations, Libraries, Universities, and Advocates Unite and Issue New Recommendations to Make Research Freely Available to All Online WASHINGTON -- In response to the growing demand to make research free and available to anyone with a computer and an internet connection, a diverse coalition today issued new guidelines ( http://www.soros.org/openaccess/boai-10-recommendations) that could usher in huge advances in the sciences, medicine, and health. The recommendations were developed by leaders of the Open Access movement ( http://www.soros.org/openaccess/participants), which has worked for the past decade to provide the public with unrestricted, free access to scholarly research—much of which is publicly funded. Making the research publicly available to everyone—free of charge and without most copyright and licensing restrictions—will accelerate scientific research efforts and allow authors to reach a larger number of readers. “The reasons to remove restrictions as far as possible are to share knowledge and accelerate research. Knowledge has always been a public good in a theoretical sense. Open Access makes it a public good in practice,” said professor Peter Suber, director of the Open Access Project at Harvard University and a senior researcher at SPARC (The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). The Open Access recommendations include the development of Open Access policies in institutions of higher education and in funding agencies, the open licensing of scholarly works, the development of infrastructure such as Open Access repositories and creating standards of professional conduct for Open Access publishing. The recommendations also establish a new goal of achieving Open Access as the default method for distributing new peer-reviewed research in every field and in every country within ten years’ time. “Science and scholarship are activities funded from the public purse because society believes they will lead to a better future in terms of our health, environment, and culture,” said Heather Joseph, executive director of SPARC. “Anything that maximises the efficacy and efficiency of research benefits every one of us. Open Access is a major tool in that quest. These new recommendations will underpin future developments in communicating the results of research over the next decade.” Today, Open Access is increasingly recognized as a right rather than an abstract ideal. The case for rapid implementation of Open Access continues to grow. Open Access benefits research and researchers; increases the return to taxpayers on their investment in research; and amplifies the social value of research, funding agencies, and research institutions. The Open Access recommendations are the result of a meeting hosted earlier this year by the Open Society Foundations, on the tenth anniversary of the landmark Budapest Open Access Initiative ( http://www.soros.org/openaccess/read), which first defined Open Access. “Foundations rarely have the good fortune to be actively present at the birth of a world-wide movement that fundamentally changes the rules of the game and provides immediate benefit to the world,” said István Rév, director of the Open Society Archives and a member of the Open Society Foundations Global Board. “This is what happened when the Open Society Foundations initiated a meeting at the end of 2001 that gave birth to the Open Access movement.” ### SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), with SPARC Europe and SPARC Japan, is an international alliance of more than 800 academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication. SPARC’s advocacy, educational, and publisher partnership programs encourage expanded dissemination of research. SPARC is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/sparc. The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. Working with local communities in more than 100 countries, the Open Society Foundations support justice and human rights, freedom of expression, and access to public health and education. The Open Society Foundations is on the Web at http://www.soros.org. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieduca...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Samuel Klein @metasj
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Upcoming Survey, Feedback requested, and Office Hour
On 9/12/12 4:14 PM, Jan-Bart de Vreede wrote: Hey So I might have missed some mails on this thread (perhaps because they were not posted on this public list) but I highly doubt that Sue perform surveys that do not have a real-world impact on our operations. I know that the results of the previous surveys were used in several discussions (including at a board level) in order to provide more insight…. Indeed. I agree. These surveys do have real-world impact, which is why we objected to a survey asking people from all over the world how they would rate Wikimedia Chapters activities when 1) there is likely no chapter in their country 2) they may have no idea that a wikimedia chapter is for example Wikimedia Washington DC or Wikimedia Israel 3) all chapters are collectively considered regardless of individual differences And since you comment on that specific sentence I'll point out also that there are zero real-world implications for the survey results. I'd like to clarify that these exact words come from Sue herself in an email sent on the 10th of September on internal-l. I am glad to read that you disagree with that statement and recognize that there is real-world impact. (did not want to comment any further on that problematic survey, but wanted to attribute statement properly) Flo On the other hand, using these surveys to gain more insight is not the same as using them to hold each other accountable which is sometimes easy to do. Every survey (and questions) has a lots of interpretation magic which can easily lead you astray, but I don't have to tell you (the community) this :) Jan-Bart On 10 Sep 2012, at 23:01, Delphine Ménard notafishz-re5jqeeqqe8avxtiumw...@public.gmane.org wrote: Contrarily to Sue, I do think that these surveys (should) have a real-world impact and (should) keep us all on our toes, fine tuned to the critisicism, needs and wishes of the editors of the WIkimedia projects. As such I expect us to make sure that we do get as precise a picture as possible of what those are. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list wikimedia-l-rusutvdil2icgmh+5r0dm0b+6bgkl...@public.gmane.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia UK report, August 2012
Hello everyone, I'm writing to let you know that our report for August 2012 is now published. You can see the report herehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2012/August . This month's report includes updates on education and expert outreach, communications, GLAM, fundraising, membership and other activities. There's also a special report from the National Eisteddfod, Wales's primary cultural event, where we had a presence for the first time. You can view that report herehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Visit_report_-_National_Eisteddfod_8_Aug_2012 . Thanks and regards, Stevie -- Stevie Benton Communications Organiser Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Upcoming Survey, Feedback requested, and Office Hour
Hey So someone sent me the internal-l mail and I do think that the zero real-world thing is taken out of context here. But a few points 1) Lets not have these discussions on internal-l, there is no reason to not have those in public 2) See 1) 3) I am sure that the data set allows us to see chapter's individual responses, depending on whether or not we know the country (I would figure we do?) 4) Doesn't every survey contain questions that don't apply to the whole responding audience? Jan-Bart On 14 sep. 2012, at 17:05, Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.com wrote: On 9/12/12 4:14 PM, Jan-Bart de Vreede wrote: Hey So I might have missed some mails on this thread (perhaps because they were not posted on this public list) but I highly doubt that Sue perform surveys that do not have a real-world impact on our operations. I know that the results of the previous surveys were used in several discussions (including at a board level) in order to provide more insight…. Indeed. I agree. These surveys do have real-world impact, which is why we objected to a survey asking people from all over the world how they would rate Wikimedia Chapters activities when 1) there is likely no chapter in their country 2) they may have no idea that a wikimedia chapter is for example Wikimedia Washington DC or Wikimedia Israel 3) all chapters are collectively considered regardless of individual differences And since you comment on that specific sentence I'll point out also that there are zero real-world implications for the survey results. I'd like to clarify that these exact words come from Sue herself in an email sent on the 10th of September on internal-l. I am glad to read that you disagree with that statement and recognize that there is real-world impact. (did not want to comment any further on that problematic survey, but wanted to attribute statement properly) Flo On the other hand, using these surveys to gain more insight is not the same as using them to hold each other accountable which is sometimes easy to do. Every survey (and questions) has a lots of interpretation magic which can easily lead you astray, but I don't have to tell you (the community) this :) Jan-Bart On 10 Sep 2012, at 23:01, Delphine Ménard notafishz-re5jqeeqqe8avxtiumw...@public.gmane.org wrote: Contrarily to Sue, I do think that these surveys (should) have a real-world impact and (should) keep us all on our toes, fine tuned to the critisicism, needs and wishes of the editors of the WIkimedia projects. As such I expect us to make sure that we do get as precise a picture as possible of what those are. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list wikimedia-l-rusutvdil2icgmh+5r0dm0b+6bgkl...@public.gmane.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
[Wikimedia-l] IPv4 close to end of road for RIPE,
General info for anyone who wants. Not that new, announced imminent a week ago or so. (Also apparently not the first, APNIC hit this point last year) http://www.ripe.net/internet-coordination/ipv4-exhaustion/last-8-phases http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/9543870/Internet-IPv4-address-system-hits-its-limit.html http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2012/09/ripe-warn-eu-and-uk-supply-of-ipv4-internet-addresses-to-run-out-next-month.html Availability graph: http://www.ripe.net/internet-coordination/ipv4-exhaustion/ipv4-available-pool-graph FT2 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Mobile site banner to promote the WLM App
FYI -- Forwarded message -- From: Philip Chang pch...@wikimedia.org Date: Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:00 AM Subject: Mobile site banner to promote the WLM App To: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition wikilovesmonume...@lists.wikimedia.org Dear WLM Members, As of yesterday, a banner promoting the WLM Android App has appeared on all pages of the WIkipedia mobile site and the sister projects, on Android devices only. This banner can be closed easily by the user, and won't appear again until the user clears the data of his/her browser. To summarize, the banner: - appears on the mobile site only - appears on Android devices only - appears on all pages in all languages - can be closed easily and persistently - is being localized - links to the app on Google Play We are tracking downloads of the app to see what impact this makes. To all of you who considered putting the banner on your WIkipedia main page, this removes the need for making the manual change. I believe there were no cases where this was actually done, but if it was, the banner would appear twice on the main page, so the manual version can be removed. Thank you for your support. Phil -- Phil Inje Chang Product Manager, Mobile Wikimedia Foundation 415-812-0854 m 415-882-7982 x 6810 -- Phil Inje Chang Product Manager, Mobile Wikimedia Foundation 415-812-0854 m 415-882-7982 x 6810 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Travel Guide: Board statement
On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 03:21:55PM +0200, Alice Wiegand wrote: Hi all, on behalf of the Board of Trustees I'm glad to announce the following statement about the travel guide RfC http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Travel_Guide : What are the next steps? Will the foundation first wait for all lawsuits to resolve, or will they start with working on providing the servers? What's the current time-frame? sincerely, Kim Bruning ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Mobile site banner to promote the WLM App
I was surprised to see this appear earlier today! It'll be interesting to see the results... Are there any plans to put a banner in the Android app as well as the mobile site? A large number of users have switched, so the mobile site will only get a portion of the Android traffic. Andrew. On 14 Sep 2012 19:02, Philip Chang pch...@wikimedia.org wrote: FYI -- Forwarded message -- From: Philip Chang pch...@wikimedia.org Date: Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:00 AM Subject: Mobile site banner to promote the WLM App To: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition wikilovesmonume...@lists.wikimedia.org Dear WLM Members, As of yesterday, a banner promoting the WLM Android App has appeared on all pages of the WIkipedia mobile site and the sister projects, on Android devices only. This banner can be closed easily by the user, and won't appear again until the user clears the data of his/her browser. To summarize, the banner: - appears on the mobile site only - appears on Android devices only - appears on all pages in all languages - can be closed easily and persistently - is being localized - links to the app on Google Play We are tracking downloads of the app to see what impact this makes. To all of you who considered putting the banner on your WIkipedia main page, this removes the need for making the manual change. I believe there were no cases where this was actually done, but if it was, the banner would appear twice on the main page, so the manual version can be removed. Thank you for your support. Phil -- Phil Inje Chang Product Manager, Mobile Wikimedia Foundation 415-812-0854 m 415-882-7982 x 6810 -- Phil Inje Chang Product Manager, Mobile Wikimedia Foundation 415-812-0854 m 415-882-7982 x 6810 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Upcoming Survey, Feedback requested, and Office Hour
On 14/09/12 18:08, Jan-bart de Vreede wrote: 4) Doesn't every survey contain questions that don't apply to the whole responding audience? No, because the answer would not be terribly useful. In all surveys I have seen in my work life [statistics work -- I don't design much surveys myself, but reply to a lot of them from different horizons :-], this does never happen. Typically, the filtering for a question about chapters would be something like this (simplified and written quickly): 1) Do you know any organization active within the Wikimedia movement ? (free text fields allow people to enter names) 2) This page contain a list of organizations active within the Wikimedia movement; please tick all the ones you know (even if you have only heard the name) (a list follows, with maybe WMF, Local chapters in general, and a list of individual chapters) 3) People are then asked to rate and/or comment each entity that was mentioned under (1) or (2). This way, not only do we avoid having people give their opinion on a topic they've never heard about, but we also get two different levels of knowledge on the topic (either the user knew it well enough to list the name, or he had to be reminded). Frédéric ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
