Re: [Wikimedia-l] What community initiatives have made an impact on editor engagement?

2013-06-25 Thread Tilman Bayer
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Asaf Bartov wrote: > Briefly, from the train (so no links): > > 1. The Wikipedia Challenge competitions were not community initiatives; > they were Google initiatives. > > 2. Agree with Nemo about tools' importance. > > 3. I'd call out the Tamil Wikipedia Media Con

Re: [Wikimedia-l] What community initiatives have made an impact on editor engagement?

2013-06-25 Thread Asaf Bartov
Briefly, from the train (so no links): 1. The Wikipedia Challenge competitions were not community initiatives; they were Google initiatives. 2. Agree with Nemo about tools' importance. 3. I'd call out the Tamil Wikipedia Media Contest: great return on very modest investment (of funds); and the M

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New design for the list info page?

2013-06-25 Thread Richard Ames
I have two comments to do with screen size and unsubscribe options. Will expand on the discussion page for the code at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Thehelpfulone/Wikimedia-l Regards, Richard. On 26/06/13 07:29, Thehelpfulone wrote: On 31 May 2013 19:02, Quim Gil wrote: I belie

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Congratulations

2013-06-25 Thread Samuel Klein
A warm congratulations from me as well to the newly elected FDC representatives and Trustees! On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 5:10 AM, Markus Glaser wrote: > Congratulations! All the best and a smooth start in your new positions. You > will guide Wikimedia through very interesting times :) Thank you to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New design for the list info page?

2013-06-25 Thread Michael Peel
On 25 Jun 2013, at 22:29, Thehelpfulone wrote: > On 31 May 2013 19:02, Quim Gil wrote: > >> I believe it requires restarting Mailman, or at least this is how I read >> http://wiki.list.org/pages/**viewpage.action?pageId=4030605 >> >>

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New design for the list info page?

2013-06-25 Thread Thehelpfulone
On 31 May 2013 19:02, Quim Gil wrote: > I believe it requires restarting Mailman, or at least this is how I read > http://wiki.list.org/pages/**viewpage.action?pageId=4030605 > > The template is being used in more lists. New additions (I'

Re: [Wikimedia-l] What community initiatives have made an impact on editor engagement?

2013-06-25 Thread Steven Walling
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 12:47 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: > 1) I'm confused: first you ask about community initiatives then you list > activities by chapters and the like. "Community initiative" makes me think > of edit drives, custom tools and scripts, processes, guidelines, > configurations.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Congratulations

2013-06-25 Thread Bishakha Datta
Dear all, As board liaison to the Election Committee, I would like to take this opportunity to heartily congratulate the successful candidates for the Board of Trustees, the Funds Dissemination Committee, and for the FDC Ombudsperson elections. I would also like to thank all those who participated

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Congratulations

2013-06-25 Thread Marc A. Pelletier
On 06/24/2013 06:03 PM, Ziko van Dijk wrote: > My warm congratulations to the people chosen to the WMF board, and to the > FDC positions, and also my thankfulness to those who were candidates. My congratulations to them, and also my thanks to Kat for her long years of dedicated service to the boar

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Congratulations

2013-06-25 Thread phoebe ayers
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:12 AM, Jon Davies wrote: > And to everyone who actually ran the elections - easily forgotten but not > if you work opposite one of them! > Well done. > Jon. > +1 -- the election committee are unsung heroes, with a tough job. Thanks very much everyone for the well wishe

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Congratulations

2013-06-25 Thread Markus Glaser
Congratulations! All the best and a smooth start in your new positions. You will guide Wikimedia through very interesting times :) Thanks also to everyone involved in the process (candidates, helpers, voters, promoters and more), your contribution is so valuable for a vivid and active movement.

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Election results

2013-06-25 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Hi folks, I'm forwarding this message, written by Risker, for the election committee. ~Philippe ___ The 2013 Wikimedia Board Election Committee has announced the results of the 2013 Board Elections today for the three elected Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees positions. For

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Congratulations

2013-06-25 Thread Nurunnaby Chowdhury
Congratulations to all.. On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Jon Davies wrote: > And to everyone who actually ran the elections - easily forgotten but not > if you work opposite one of them! > Well done. > Jon. > > On 24 June 2013 23:03, Ziko van Dijk wrote: > > > Hello, > > My warm congratulation

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Congratulations

2013-06-25 Thread Jon Davies
And to everyone who actually ran the elections - easily forgotten but not if you work opposite one of them! Well done. Jon. On 24 June 2013 23:03, Ziko van Dijk wrote: > Hello, > My warm congratulations to the people chosen to the WMF board, and to the > FDC positions, and also my thankfulness t