[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: [X-POST] Universal Language Selector(ULS) Deployment - Phase 1

2013-06-06 Thread Runa Bhattacharjee
Hello, Universal Language Selector (ULS) - the MediaWiki extension for language settings is ready to be rolled out for the first phase of deployment. This extension combines the features from the earlier MediaWiki extensions Narayam and WebFonts, to provide a more flexible method of configuring

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiData and WikiSpecies

2013-06-06 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Hello, I also think that it should not be seen as blasphemy when someone suggests to reconsider a Wikimedia project. (Remember Asaf's session in Milan.) Isn't Wikispecies not already redundant because in Wikipedia every species is notable anyway? Kind regards Ziko Am Montag, 3. Juni 2013

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiData and WikiSpecies

2013-06-06 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Ziko van Dijk, 06/06/2013 15:00: I also think that it should not be seen as blasphemy when someone suggests to reconsider a Wikimedia project. (Remember Asaf's session in Milan.) Isn't Wikispecies not already redundant because in Wikipedia every species is notable anyway? What Wikipedia are

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] [X-POST] Universal Language Selector(ULS) Deployment - Phase 1

2013-06-06 Thread Siebrand Mazeland (WMF)
On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:58 PM, Peter Coombe thewub.w...@googlemail.comwrote: What is the rationale for moving ULS from the personal toolbar to the interlanguage links on some sites? I find this change odd: * makes location and appearance of ULS inconsistent between sites * personal toolbar

[Wikimedia-l] Language Engineering office hour on 2013-06-12 at 17:00 UTC/10:00 PDT

2013-06-06 Thread Siebrand Mazeland (WMF)
Event Details # Date: 2013-06-12 # Time: 1700-1800 UTC, 1000-1100 PDT #IRC channel: #wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net The Wikimedia Language Engineering team [1] invites everyone to join the team’s monthly office hour on June 12, 2013 (Wednesday) at 1700 UTC/1000 PDT in #wikimedia-office.

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Welcome to Ken Snider, Wikimedia Operations

2013-06-06 Thread Erik Moeller
FYI :) -- Forwarded message -- From: Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org Date: Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 9:17 AM Subject: Welcome to Ken Snider, Wikimedia Operations To: Wikimedia developers wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org Hello all, I’m delighted to announce that Ken Snider is joining

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Welcome to Ken Snider, Wikimedia Operations

2013-06-06 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Erik Moeller, 06/06/2013 18:18: FYI :) Thanks for the forward, I take the opportunity to ask a small update that you probably refreshed during this search: what's the current status vs. the strategic goal for stabilising infrastructure, in terms of simple figures like uptime? Nemo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF May 2013 Metrics and Activities Meeting: Thursday, June 6, 18:00 UTC

2013-06-06 Thread Sue Gardner
(Yes. Except the fire alarm is going off in the office now, so the meeting may be delayed. If outside-SF people show up and we're not here, that's why.) -- Sue Gardner Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation 415 839 6885 office 415 816 9967 cell Imagine a world in which every single human being

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF May 2013 Metrics and Activities Meeting: Thursday, June 6, 18:00 UTC

2013-06-06 Thread Lodewijk
Hi Praveena, is there a general google agenda feed where this kind of meetings could be mentioned/announced too? In the past office hours were scheduled that way (unfortunately someone decided to discontinue that apparently), and that was very helpful. Lodewijk 2013/6/6 Praveena Maharaj

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikidata-l] large donation by Yandex

2013-06-06 Thread Alolita Sharma
This is awesome news - we in the Language Engineering team are looking at extending translate this year for content translation! So lots of room for collaboration. Congratulations again to the WM.DE team. Best, Alolita On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 2:19 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo)

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF May 2013 Metrics and Activities Meeting: Thursday, June 6, 18:00 UTC

2013-06-06 Thread Nicole Ebber
I don't know if this is exactly what you mean, but probably this google calendar can serve this purpose. https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=wikimedia.de_8225p16hl9ibtgnjq068k4o...@group.calendar.google.com If anyone is interested in contributing to this calendar, let me know and I'll add

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF May 2013 Metrics and Activities Meeting: Thursday, June 6, 18:00 UTC

2013-06-06 Thread phoebe ayers
Ooh, I didn't know you were running that calendar! Is it for any kind of Wikimedia-related event? , -- Phoebe On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.dewrote: I don't know if this is exactly what you mean, but probably this google calendar can serve this purpose.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF May 2013 Metrics and Activities Meeting: Thursday, June 6, 18:00 UTC

2013-06-06 Thread Andrew Gray
That's amazing! This is the now-closed office hours calendar, which I think was run by someone in WMF (but I could be wrong): https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=wikimedia.org_1co89h9c5s99d0jt9ld1tlsols%40group.calendar.google.com - Andrew. On 6 June 2013 19:55, Nicole Ebber

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF May 2013 Metrics and Activities Meeting: Thursday, June 6, 18:00 UTC

2013-06-06 Thread Steven Walling
On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.ukwrote: That's amazing! This is the now-closed office hours calendar, which I think was run by someone in WMF (but I could be wrong):

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Recognition of Amical Wikimedia

2013-06-06 Thread Samuel Klein
Hello, The WMF Board has recognized Amical Wikimedia as the first Wikimedia Thematic Organization. Please join me in celebrating their work and success! http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Resolutions/Recognition_of_Amical_Wikimedia This group was founded in 2008 as Associació Amical Viquipèdia,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Recognition of Amical Wikimedia

2013-06-06 Thread Sydney
Yay. This is awesome! I'm so glad it worked out for the organization to get this status now. Sydney Sent from my iPhone On Jun 6, 2013, at 10:17 PM, Samuel Klein s...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hello, The WMF Board has recognized Amical Wikimedia as the first Wikimedia Thematic Organization.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Recognition of Amical Wikimedia

2013-06-06 Thread Sarah Stierch
Yay!! I am so pleased to here this. The work happening in Catalonia is so wonderful!!! Welcome and congratulations! -Sarah On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Samuel Klein s...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hello, The WMF Board has recognized Amical Wikimedia as the first Wikimedia Thematic

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Recognition of Amical Wikimedia

2013-06-06 Thread Liam Wyatt
Agreed with what others have said - this is great news! Many of us know what a longstanding issue this has been - how to recognise and support the excellent work of the Catalan community in a way that fits within our structures. There have been many years of sometimes controversial debates about