Re: [Wikimedia-l] Staff Images
Small teacup - big storm Totally inoffensive. Peter - Original Message - From: Lucas Teles salvadore...@hotmail.com To: Lista da Wikimedia wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 1:44 AM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Staff Images Is that [1] the photo? I was expecting something worse per the opening of this discussion. It seems to be fine for me (in a manly way of saying a photo of another man is fine), expect for the removal of Brandon's fingers. --Teles [1] - https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:Brandon_Harris_courage.jpg Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 22:16:49 +0100 From: chriskeatingw...@gmail.com To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Staff Images I am extraordinarily confused to the point that I had to double check my inbox that this is a Wikimedia-l thread. I'd like someone to clarify if this thread has been approved by LaffCom? ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Staff Images
On 14 July 2013 00:44, Lucas Teles salvadore...@hotmail.com wrote: Is that [1] the photo? I was expecting something worse per the opening of this discussion. It seems to be fine for me (in a manly way of saying a photo of another man is fine), expect for the removal of Brandon's fingers. --Teles I guess it's time to reveal the truth to all of you; Brandon doesn't actually /have/ any fingers. A sad story, really - he irrevocably damaged them throwing the horns at a Dethklok concert. You'd expect it to slow him down, what with his employment as a designer, but luckily his hair is perfectly serviceable as a contact medium with tablets - and, in a pinch, can even be used as a brush. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] 2013-14 Annual Plan of the Wikimedia Foundation
As SJ and John have pointed out, there are many good reasons to wikify documents like this, not in the least to allow deep linking, and make reading more convenient on mediums that don't play nicely with PDF (like smartphones). So long as the wikified version is protected so as to maintain its integrity, I don't think there'll be any serious problems. Cheers, Craig On 14 July 2013 04:39, Steven Walling steven.wall...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, July 13, 2013, Tomasz W. Kozlowski wrote: John Vandenberg wrote: I have converted it to wiki text. I wonder why it requires a volunteer to pick up a task that WMF employees should have done in the first place... -- Tomasz The Annual Plan is not really meant to be freely editable. The people building the plan didn't just forget to make it in to a wiki page, they no doubt chose not to. If John or someone wants to convert it they're free to do so naturally, but it's unlikely it will be treated as a canonical version. As people edit it, it's going to lead to discrepancies with the original, which no doubt will confuse and annoy people looking for its contents. __**_ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] 2013-14 Annual Plan of the Wikimedia Foundation
Presumably the official plan (the master) would remain as the PDF version as approved by the board? Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is 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.* On 14 July 2013 12:50, Craig Franklin cfrank...@halonetwork.net wrote: As SJ and John have pointed out, there are many good reasons to wikify documents like this, not in the least to allow deep linking, and make reading more convenient on mediums that don't play nicely with PDF (like smartphones). So long as the wikified version is protected so as to maintain its integrity, I don't think there'll be any serious problems. Cheers, Craig On 14 July 2013 04:39, Steven Walling steven.wall...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, July 13, 2013, Tomasz W. Kozlowski wrote: John Vandenberg wrote: I have converted it to wiki text. I wonder why it requires a volunteer to pick up a task that WMF employees should have done in the first place... -- Tomasz The Annual Plan is not really meant to be freely editable. The people building the plan didn't just forget to make it in to a wiki page, they no doubt chose not to. If John or someone wants to convert it they're free to do so naturally, but it's unlikely it will be treated as a canonical version. As people edit it, it's going to lead to discrepancies with the original, which no doubt will confuse and annoy people looking for its contents. __**_ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] Wikifying a traveling science exhibition about the digital society
Dear all, a ship is cruising rivers in and around Germany with a science exhibition every year. The topic for next year is the digital society, and you are invited to edit the exhibition, e.g. by proposing individual exhibits or by making suggestions about the overall concept. The project page in German is at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Ausstellungen/MS_Wissenschaft_%E2%80%93_Digitale_Gesellschaft , and a summary in English sits at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Ship . Thanks and cheers, Daniel ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] 2013-14 Annual Plan of the Wikimedia Foundation
Presumably yes. That's the usual procedure for other wikified or translated docs. On Jul 14, 2013 8:31 AM, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Presumably the official plan (the master) would remain as the PDF version as approved by the board? Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is 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.* On 14 July 2013 12:50, Craig Franklin cfrank...@halonetwork.net wrote: As SJ and John have pointed out, there are many good reasons to wikify documents like this, not in the least to allow deep linking, and make reading more convenient on mediums that don't play nicely with PDF (like smartphones). So long as the wikified version is protected so as to maintain its integrity, I don't think there'll be any serious problems. Cheers, Craig On 14 July 2013 04:39, Steven Walling steven.wall...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, July 13, 2013, Tomasz W. Kozlowski wrote: John Vandenberg wrote: I have converted it to wiki text. I wonder why it requires a volunteer to pick up a task that WMF employees should have done in the first place... -- Tomasz The Annual Plan is not really meant to be freely editable. The people building the plan didn't just forget to make it in to a wiki page, they no doubt chose not to. If John or someone wants to convert it they're free to do so naturally, but it's unlikely it will be treated as a canonical version. As people edit it, it's going to lead to discrepancies with the original, which no doubt will confuse and annoy people looking for its contents. __**_ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Uruguay recognized as newest chapter
Dear all, It is my pleasure to bring to your attention the Board's latest resolution that recognizes Wikimedia Uruguay as the newest Wikimedia chapter: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Uruguay Please welcome them to the Wikimedia family with open arms and wish them success in furthering our mission in Uruguay! Best regards, Bence Damokos, Chair, Affiliations Committee ___ 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, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Uruguay recognized as newest chapter
Congratulations WM Uruguay:) -- Ali Haidar Khan Treasurer, Wikimedia Bangladesh Sent from mobile On Jul 14, 2013 10:10 PM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, It is my pleasure to bring to your attention the Board's latest resolution that recognizes Wikimedia Uruguay as the newest Wikimedia chapter: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Uruguay Please welcome them to the Wikimedia family with open arms and wish them success in furthering our mission in Uruguay! Best regards, Bence Damokos, Chair, Affiliations Committee ___ 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, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Uruguay recognized as newest chapter
Congrtz WM Uruguay.. On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 10:35 PM, Tonmoy Khan tonmoy...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations WM Uruguay:) -- Ali Haidar Khan Treasurer, Wikimedia Bangladesh Sent from mobile On Jul 14, 2013 10:10 PM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, It is my pleasure to bring to your attention the Board's latest resolution that recognizes Wikimedia Uruguay as the newest Wikimedia chapter: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Uruguay Please welcome them to the Wikimedia family with open arms and wish them success in furthering our mission in Uruguay! Best regards, Bence Damokos, Chair, Affiliations Committee ___ 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, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- *Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive* Bangladesh Ambassador | Open Knowledge Network Foundation (OKFN)http://www.okfn.org Auto-confirmed, Reviewer Roll backer Editor | Bangla Wikipediahttp://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:nhasive Treasurer Coordinator (PR) | Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN)http://www.bdosn.org Coordinator (PR) | Society for the Popularization of Science, Bangladesh (SPSB) http://www.spsb.org* *Central Team MOVers | Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad Committee (BdMO)http://www.matholympiad.org.bd Facebook: fb.com/nhasive | Twitter: @nhasivehttp://www.twitter.com/nhasive| Skype: nhasive | www.nhasive.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Tech newsletter #29
Greetings, As you might have read on the wikis or the Wikimedia blog ( https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/06/12/subscribe-to-tech-news-to-stay-informed-of-upcoming-technical-changes/), a multilingual tech newsletter was launched a few weeks ago to help Wikimedians stay informed about recent and future technical changes likely to impact them: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News As of this week, we're going to send the newsletter to this list, since subscribers are likely to be interested. Feedback about this decision (and the newsletter) is welcome at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tech/News * *. Note that you can also subscribe to get the newsletter directly on your talk page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tech_ambassadors -- Latest *tech newshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News * from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. *Translationshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2013/29are available. * *Recent software changes* *(Not all changes will affect you.)* - The latest version of MediaWiki (1.22/wmf10https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.22/wmf10) was added to test wikis on July 11. It will be enabledhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.22/Roadmapon non–Wikipedia sites on July 15, and on all Wikipedias on July 18. [1] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/73201/ - The Disambiguatorhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Disambiguatorextension was enabled on all Wikimedia wikis on July 9 (bug #50174 https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50174). To use it, add the __DISAMBIG__ code to disambiguation templates (see examplehttps://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=120414784oldid=76564202). [2] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/72646/ - The Universal Language Selectorhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UniversalLanguageSelectorwas added to all remaining wikis on July 9, finishing the process of replacinghttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Universal_Language_Selector/Deployment/Planningthe Narayam https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Narayam and WebFontshttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WebFontsextensions. [3] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/71971/ - The CommonsDelinkerhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CommonsDelinkerbot is now on-line and operating again, after a password problem was fixed (bug #51016 https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51016). - VisualEditorhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/VisualEditor/Portalnews: - According to the schedule, VisualEditor will be available to all users on the English Wikipedia on July 15. - Users should add TemplateDatahttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Portal/TemplateDatato templates to prepare for VisualEditor. A tutorialhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:TemplateDatais available. - Parameters marked as required in TemplateData are now auto-added when you add a template (bug #50747https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50747 ). - Warnings are now displayed in VisualEditor when users edit pages that are protected or have edit noticeshttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Edit_notice(bug #50415 https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50415). - Many other bugshttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/status#2013-07-11_.28MW_1.22wmf10.29have been fixed in VisualEditor during the past two weeks. - The Wikimedia technical reporthttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_engineering_report/2013/Junefor June has been published, with a summaryhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_engineering_report/2013/June/summarythat can be translated. *Future software changes* - A new version of the Single User Loginhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Single_User_Loginsystem for global accounts will be enabled on July 17. Users will now automatically go back to the previous page instead of seeing the Login success page with logos. [4]http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2013-July/000291.html - The software that resizes images on all wikis will change on July 18. Resizing of big images will be faster and more reliable, and the resolution limit for GIF, PNG and TIFF files (currently set at 50 megapixels) will be removed. [5]http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2013-July/000306.html - Edit tags (mostly used by AbuseFilterhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AbuseFilter) will now also be on diff pages. They include a link to Special:Tagshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Tagsbefore the edit summary. Wikis that use links in tag messages should remove them. [6] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/72317/ [7]https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/72984/ - Global edit filters are currently in testing and
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Uruguay recognized as newest chapter
Hello, Are there Urugyans on this list? Otherwise, it might make more sense to give the general email or chair's mail address and congratulate there. :-) Kind regards Ziko Ziko van Dijk voorzitter / president Wikimedia Nederland deputy chair Wikimedia Chapters Association Council Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland Postbus 167 3500 AD Utrecht http://wikimedia.nl 2013/7/14 Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com ++ Welcome to the new chapter. W:MUY WIKI ! On Jul 14, 2013 12:35 PM, Tonmoy Khan tonmoy...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations WM Uruguay:) -- Ali Haidar Khan Treasurer, Wikimedia Bangladesh Sent from mobile On Jul 14, 2013 10:10 PM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, It is my pleasure to bring to your attention the Board's latest resolution that recognizes Wikimedia Uruguay as the newest Wikimedia chapter: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Uruguay Please welcome them to the Wikimedia family with open arms and wish them success in furthering our mission in Uruguay! Best regards, Bence Damokos, Chair, Affiliations Committee ___ 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, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Staff Images
This is all a style/composition question - Do we want to aim for uniform portraits on the staff page or not? On Jul 14, 2013, at 11:47 AM, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: On 14 July 2013 00:44, Lucas Teles salvadore...@hotmail.com wrote: Is that [1] the photo? I was expecting something worse per the opening of this discussion. It seems to be fine for me (in a manly way of saying a photo of another man is fine), expect for the removal of Brandon's fingers. --Teles [1] - https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:Brandon_Harris_courage.jpg Its not fine. Look at the colour blotching under the arm. I wouldn't expect that from the 5DII even at ISO 640. Looks like its been pushed a bit too far in post. That said looking at Matthew 's other photos the camera seems to be struggling to get the light levels right when that EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro lens is used. Not sure why though since thats a pretty good lens camera combination. Perhaps if the WMF is going to insist on taking photos of people indoors under ambient light they should get him a EF 85 mm f/1.2L II. -- geni ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Staff Images
I'd say that yes, you want uniform pictures, with a uniform idea behind them. For example, all professional, or all slightly informal, or all crazy. It doesn't matter so much about tattoos, but they need to all have the same feel or the page just feels off... At the moment it does look a bit odd from an external perspective when one staff member has a different style of profile picture to everyone else. If Brandon's picture was a little more focussed on his face rather than his arm, then I don't think anyone would have a huge problem - except that you'd then probably need to change other staff portraits to be informal (or allow staff to pick which ones they want to have), and the changing (and the approval and monitoring of picture changes to ensure that no-one does something stupid) could increase your workload. Who gets the final say in whether a picture is appropriate? Do you need a staff photo policy? Can I change other people's photos if I'm their friend? Could we change Sue's for a laugh on April 1? What happens if a staff member has a photo taken without a shirt on, or with a potentially offensive tattoo, or an NRA (or a political) logo on their baseball cap or shirt? Do we want to run the risk of alienating and upsetting people over such a small thing as a staff photo? How often do donors (including major gifts) see the page? Will it affect them? There's nothing wrong with a bit of style and a few changes - even lively changes - it's good to make staff appear more like 'normal people'. But it needs a bit of thought behind the scenes to make sure that there's no disruption as a result, and that everyone knows that they can change their picture if they wish. That said, we've got a community with very exacting standards, and even small changes can lead to forty emails on a mailing list quite easily... which is a bit disruptive, regardless of whether the changes are good or bad! (I also realise that I have written three paragraphs about this issue, which is about the same length as the reports I write at work...) Yours etc., Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is 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.* On 14 July 2013 23:37, Victor Grigas vgri...@wikimedia.org wrote: This is all a style/composition question - Do we want to aim for uniform portraits on the staff page or not? On Jul 14, 2013, at 11:47 AM, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: On 14 July 2013 00:44, Lucas Teles salvadore...@hotmail.com wrote: Is that [1] the photo? I was expecting something worse per the opening of this discussion. It seems to be fine for me (in a manly way of saying a photo of another man is fine), expect for the removal of Brandon's fingers. --Teles [1] - https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:Brandon_Harris_courage.jpg Its not fine. Look at the colour blotching under the arm. I wouldn't expect that from the 5DII even at ISO 640. Looks like its been pushed a bit too far in post. That said looking at Matthew 's other photos the camera seems to be struggling to get the light levels right when that EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro lens is used. Not sure why though since thats a pretty good lens camera combination. Perhaps if the WMF is going to insist on taking photos of people indoors under ambient light they should get him a EF 85 mm f/1.2L II. -- geni ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
