Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Learning & Evaluation

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Siko Bouterse wrote: > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 11:42 PM, > > > wrote: > > > > > > Anasuya will be responsible for running all grantmaking processes (for > > > both individuals and entities) and for helping movement entities, like > > > chapters and thematic organi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] And you thought the Amazon "Wikipedia" books were bad

On 18 December 2012 21:21, Pavel Richter wrote: > And on the first page, it says: "A portion of the proceeds of each book > will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation to support their mission". Do > we have any records on wether these donations actually happend and how much > they were? And do w

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Israeli Government to Release its images under a free license for public use

On 12/18/12 8:35 AM, Daniel Mietchen wrote: In order to get rid of the -ND clause, it may help to gather examples of derivative works. I just noticed that we do not keep track of these and thus started http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Derivative_versions . There are some existing cate

Re: [Wikimedia-l] And you thought the Amazon "Wikipedia" books were bad

And on the first page, it says: "A portion of the proceeds of each book will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation to support their mission". Do we have any records on wether these donations actually happend and how much they were? And do we have a point of view in regards to such donations? I kno

Re: [Wikimedia-l] And you thought the Amazon "Wikipedia" books were bad

Here's a good one: the review says "When I got the Data Governance book, I was surprised to find that the first 80 pages were the score fo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikivoyage logo caption

Sorry an here is the link http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikivoyage/Logo#Round_2_results James On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 6:53 AM, James Heilman wrote: > Hello all > > We are discussing what text should accompany our logo. We have a straw > poll up and running. > > The hope is to officially l

[Wikimedia-l] Wikivoyage logo caption

Hello all We are discussing what text should accompany our logo. We have a straw poll up and running. The hope is to officially launch on Wikipedia's birthday so a little pressed for time. -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedici

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Israeli Government to Release its images under a free license for public use

Nice, Daniel, I didn't know this category. Just added on Jimbo Claus image: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jimbo_Claus.png Long life to the remix culture. :) On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Daniel Mietchen wrote: > In order to get rid of the -ND clause, it may help to gather examples

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Israeli Government to Release its images under a free license for public use

Once I told to a guy from a secretary of education in Brazil that if he didn't remove the non-commertial restriction he could not have their resources used on Wikimedia projects with this restriction. I didn't need to argue too much, as I usually do, so it was the easiest negotiation I've ever saw.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Israeli Government to Release its images under a free license for public use

In order to get rid of the -ND clause, it may help to gather examples of derivative works. I just noticed that we do not keep track of these and thus started http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Derivative_versions . Daniel On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Itzik Edri wrote: > cross-posting

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Open Definition forges ahead - get involved!

You are welcome. Best, Tom -- Forwarded message -- From: Mike Linksvayer Date: 2012/12/17 Subject: [open-government] Open Definition forges ahead - get involved! To: od-disc...@lists.okfn.org Cc: Open Government WG List , Open Knowledge Foundation discussion list Text below m

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Israeli Government to Release its images under a free license for public use

Hi, just a correction. This license is not free. Please, see http://freedomdefined.org/Definition http://opendefinition.org/ I hope this was a step for in the near future this government contribute to the commons. Best, Tom On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Itzik Edri wrote: > cross-posting

Re: [Wikimedia-l] next Wikidata office hours

2012/12/5 Lydia Pintscher : > Heya :) > > On 18 December Denny and I will do the next round of Wikidata office > hours. Everyone with questions about Wikidata is welcome. > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Events#IRC_office_hours > > > Cheers > Lydia Hey :) Just a quick reminder that thi

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Israeli Government to Release its images under a free license for public use

cross-posting -- Forwarded message -- From: Tomer Ashur Date: Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:27 PM Subject: [Internal-l] Israeli Government to Release its images under a free license for public use To: "Local Chapters, board and officers coordination (closed subscription)" Hi all, I am