Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner obscuring site interface
There's a whole site full of possible inspirations: http://tabcloseddidntread.com/ https://medium.com/i-m-h-o/a30bbe8b54a5 Perhaps next year? - d. ___ 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] The Wikipedia Gap
In terms of specific articles to create, there is also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Missing_encyclopedic_articles That project collects articles that exist in wide range of other encyclopedias, but don't yet exist on Wikipedia. However that's not covering quite the same concerns as the systemic-bias discussion, since many of those encyclopedias themselves have similar biases. Nonetheless this kind of comparison can be useful to find specific gaps in coverage that, equally importantly, are actionable in the sense that at least one source to base an article on exists. -Mark On 12/9/13, 9:07 PM, Peter Coombe wrote: The English Wikipedia has attempted a (non-exhaustive) list at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Systemic_bias Peter On 9 December 2013 07:35, Romaine Wiki romaine_w...@yahoo.com wrote: In various research and media articles is written that in several subject groups Wikipedia is missing a lot of articles and those groups are relatively unrepresented. How can we as Wikipedia get clear which subject groups are missing? How can we get lists of less represented subject groups and the articles in those groups? Let us get practical, ow can we fill the gap? Greetings, Romaine ___ 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] Ombudsman Commission applications
Hi It's coming close to time for annual appointments of community members to serve on the Ombudsman commission. This commission works on all Wikimedia projects to investigate complaints about violations of the privacy policy, especially in use of CheckUser tools, and to mediate between the complaining party and the individual whose work is being investigated. They may also assist the General Counsel, the Executive Director or the Board of Trustees in investigations of these issues. For more on their duties and roles, see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission This is a call for community members interested in volunteering for appointment to this commission. Commissioners should be experienced Wikimedians, active on any project, who have previously used the CheckUser tool OR who have the technical ability to understand the CheckUser tool and the willingness to learn it. They are expected to be able to engage neutrally in investigating these concerns and to know when to recuse when other roles and relationships may cause conflict. (In the past, commissioners have turned in other roles that could cause conflict.) Commissioners are required to identify to the Wikimedia Foundation and must be willing to comply with the appropriate board policies (such as the access to non-public data policy and the privacy policy). This is a position that requires a high degree of discretion and trust. If you are interested in serving on this commission, please drop me a note detailing your experience on the projects, your thoughts on the commission and what you hope to bring to the role. The commission is deliberately quite small, so slots are limited, but all applications are appreciated. The deadline for applications is January 1. Any timezone. :) Please feel free to pass this invitation along to any users who you think may be interested. Thank you! Maggie -- Maggie Dennis Senior Community Advocate Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. ___ 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] Fundraising banner obscuring site interface
On 12/10/2013 03:07 AM, David Gerard wrote: There's a whole site full of possible inspirations: And yet: Our donor services team haven't seen any negative emails about this banner. Moreover adding the floating tab results in an increase in donations of roughly 15%, one of the biggest improvements we have found so far this year. So clearly, while it annoys some people and inspires tumblrs, the practice is clearly beneficial and not universally reviled. Mind you, you are comparing apples (a small floaty reminder that /can/ overlap with part of the sidebar when scrolling) with oranges (a modal dialog that hides contents). -- Marc ___ 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] Fundraising banner obscuring site interface
On 10 December 2013 14:24, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org wrote: On 12/10/2013 03:07 AM, David Gerard wrote: There's a whole site full of possible inspirations: Mind you, you are comparing apples (a small floaty reminder that /can/ overlap with part of the sidebar when scrolling) with oranges (a modal dialog that hides contents). True. However, do read the blog post on the need for caution in answering such concerns with metrics. - d. ___ 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] Fundraising banner obscuring site interface
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org wrote: On 12/10/2013 03:07 AM, David Gerard wrote: There's a whole site full of possible inspirations: And yet: Our donor services team haven't seen any negative emails about this banner. Moreover adding the floating tab results in an increase in donations of roughly 15%, one of the biggest improvements we have found so far this year. So clearly, while it annoys some people and inspires tumblrs, the practice is clearly beneficial and not universally reviled. Mind you, you are comparing apples (a small floaty reminder that /can/ overlap with part of the sidebar when scrolling) with oranges (a modal dialog that hides contents). The techs might want to reply to these: https://twitter.com/MikeASchneider/status/409359331377684480 https://twitter.com/nyatagarasu/status/405134111796240384 On the flipside, maybe this will help: https://twitter.com/listrophy/status/380864414145970176 This looks like a complaint, but it is hard to tell https://twitter.com/ItsMalachi/status/408067770048192514 And a request for bitcoins https://twitter.com/DrWeidinger/status/407656789274947584 -- John Vandenberg ___ 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] Fundraising banner obscuring site interface
On 12/10/2013 10:01 AM, John Vandenberg wrote: https://twitter.com/nyatagarasu/status/405134111796240384 It's hard to know for sure, of course, but I'm pretty sure huge couldn't possibly refer to the minuscule floaty div MZMcBride refered to. :-) -- Marc ___ 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] Fundraising banner obscuring site interface
John Vandenberg wrote: And a request for bitcoins https://twitter.com/DrWeidinger/status/407656789274947584 For reference: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Bitcoin. MZMcBride ___ 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] The Wikipedia Gap
I wonder if we could do a survey of readers from underrepresented groups. Even if a group is underrepresented as editors that doesn't mean they ate underrepresented as readers (for example women) (plus survey results could be cited in potential deletion discussions) We may want to think about the WMF giving grants organizations that are doing research into the history and sociology etc. of these groups, so that the body of citable evidence becomes greater. On Dec 10, 2013 8:43 AM, Delirium delir...@hackish.org wrote: In terms of specific articles to create, there is also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Missing_ encyclopedic_articles That project collects articles that exist in wide range of other encyclopedias, but don't yet exist on Wikipedia. However that's not covering quite the same concerns as the systemic-bias discussion, since many of those encyclopedias themselves have similar biases. Nonetheless this kind of comparison can be useful to find specific gaps in coverage that, equally importantly, are actionable in the sense that at least one source to base an article on exists. -Mark On 12/9/13, 9:07 PM, Peter Coombe wrote: The English Wikipedia has attempted a (non-exhaustive) list at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Systemic_bias Peter On 9 December 2013 07:35, Romaine Wiki romaine_w...@yahoo.com wrote: In various research and media articles is written that in several subject groups Wikipedia is missing a lot of articles and those groups are relatively unrepresented. How can we as Wikipedia get clear which subject groups are missing? How can we get lists of less represented subject groups and the articles in those groups? Let us get practical, ow can we fill the gap? Greetings, Romaine ___ 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] The Wikipedia Gap
English Wiktionary has made a modest step toward ameliorating the FUll Text On the Net bias by reducing for less-attested languages the requirement for three citations of a word in use to just one. The result is more coverage at somewhat greater risk of making a mistake in the entry (misspelling, wrong definition, etc). Similar tradeoffs must exist for other wikis. En.wikt tends to be more tolerant, if not exactly welcoming, of contributors of entries in underrepresented languages, many of which do not have their own wikis, than it is of would-be contributors of English entries. As I see it, What en.wikt has done seems reasonable within the scope of what volunteers can do and are willing to do. A dictionary with trained linguists contributing has an offsetting bias toward preserving smaller languages, which serve as data for linguistic theory. In my opinion, we also have other biases. We have a subject matter bias toward computer, mathematics, chemistry, and linguistics jargon and against jargon from other fields. Our coverage of Afro-American Vernacular English lags and is incomplete even for older terms. Our definitions are often worded for graduate students or at least college students. We have an antiquarian and literary bias as well. I am certain that I am blind to many other biases. We would welcome constructive ideas about further steps or ideas on how en.wikt could be a better resource. On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 8:42 AM, Delirium delir...@hackish.org wrote: In terms of specific articles to create, there is also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Missing_ encyclopedic_articles That project collects articles that exist in wide range of other encyclopedias, but don't yet exist on Wikipedia. However that's not covering quite the same concerns as the systemic-bias discussion, since many of those encyclopedias themselves have similar biases. Nonetheless this kind of comparison can be useful to find specific gaps in coverage that, equally importantly, are actionable in the sense that at least one source to base an article on exists. -Mark On 12/9/13, 9:07 PM, Peter Coombe wrote: The English Wikipedia has attempted a (non-exhaustive) list at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Systemic_bias Peter On 9 December 2013 07:35, Romaine Wiki romaine_w...@yahoo.com wrote: In various research and media articles is written that in several subject groups Wikipedia is missing a lot of articles and those groups are relatively unrepresented. How can we as Wikipedia get clear which subject groups are missing? How can we get lists of less represented subject groups and the articles in those groups? Let us get practical, ow can we fill the gap? Greetings, Romaine ___ 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 -- Dennis C. During Dropbox is a free online storage service that I use. If you sign uphttp://db.tt/vhM8bABUyou get 2.5 Gb of free online storage and I get an extra .5 Gb. 1968, Taj Mahal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal_%28musician%29, “Good Morning Miss Brown” (song), in *The Natch'l Blues* (album): Good morning Miss Brown / Mamma how do you do? / I said good morning Miss Brown / Mamma how do you do? / She say I'm feelin' fine and lookin' good / Maaan what about you? /* I say I got the misery and the back ache baby / And my feets hurtin' me when I walk * ___ 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] Fundraising banner obscuring site interface
On 10/12/13 14:57, David Gerard wrote: True. However, do read the blog post on the need for caution in answering such concerns with metrics. - d. And it's an excellent point to bring up. While I'm sure the fundraising team tries to keep in mind the balance between analytics results and and less measurable effects, reminders like this can be quite useful for everyone. It's like, /don't go overboard! In the meantime it works, but be careful./ Yes. -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] Update Transition Team on Meta
Hi All I just posted a substantial update at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Executive_Director_Transition_Team/Update_9_December Regards Jan-Bart de Vreede Chair Board of Trustees Wikimedia Foundation ___ 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 Organizations First Employee Study
Hello! Just wanted to give a brief update on a piece of analysis recently posted regarding the* first employee hiring of Wikimedia organizations*. For those who contributed, *THANK YOU* for your participation! The main information can be on found on meta: * Background of information[1] * Survey results[2] Though a very small sample set, the main takeaways of the survey are: - Organizations tend to hire in one of two scenarios: (a) there is a particular activity that needs to occur which is* time-sensitive* and hard to manage via volunteers (events, partnerships); (b) the amount of *administrative work* required to maintain and grow activities is overwhelming to volunteers - *All types of hiring* and staffing are used! Interns, contractors, employees, part-time, full-time. When the workload is known to be re-occurring, it is most needed to have staff over contractors. - It is essential that *job descriptions accurately portray amount of admin work* - Currently, there are *not clear on-boarding plans*, and this can cause some growing pains with a Board of Directors which are generally used to be more hands-on - Organizations are* hiring sooner* upon recognition by AffCom While not earth-shattering results, they provide us a good starting point on better understanding why, how, and when to shift away from an all-volunteer model. It helps bring up some consistencies across groups as well as discrepancies. This is just one input into better understanding the state of and trends in our movement organizations. If you have thoughts, PLEASE - participate in conversation on the talk page. It would be great to capture more stories from the ground of the purposes and challenges of bringing on a new employee. If you have experiences from other volunteer organizations, please feel free to augment the conversation with these as well! Thanks - Jessie [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_First_Employee_Surveyhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_First_Employee_Survey/2013_Survey_Results [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_First_Employee_Survey/2013_Survey_Results -- *Jessie WildGrantmaking Learning Evaluation * *Wikimedia Foundation* Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! Donate to Wikimedia https://donate.wikimedia.org/ ___ 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] Update Transition Team on Meta
Jan-Bart de Vreede wrote: I just posted a substantial update [...]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Permalink/6682297 Thanks for the update. I'm a bit sad that we couldn't wrap up the search before the end of 2013, but there are silver linings in that Sue is continuing to stick around and we're not settling for a candidate that not everybody is thrilled with. One related question: will the delay in finding a new Executive Director impact the search for a Vice President of Engineering? I would think whoever becomes the next ED would want to have some input into who the next VP of Engineering is. MZMcBride ___ 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] Let's accept Bitcoin as a donation method
Hi! I'm sure that the WMF fundraising people are all aware of this, but this isn't exactly a well-known issue, so please excuse this short introduction. For a few months now, there has been quite a strong push from the Bitcoin community to accept that currency as a donation method; the issue has been gaining more and more significance ever since the start of this years' fundraising campaign. As far as I am aware, the only response so far from the Foundation is that they do not accept any currencies that are not backed by by the full faith and credit of an issuing government. [1] I'm sure those reading this list can Google the topic themselves, so I won't link to the many angry discussion that are taking place on the interwebs right now; instead, I'll ask this: does the Foundation intend to accept Bitcoin as a donation method any time soon? Does the Foundation realize that the payment processing company Bitpay has kindly set up a merchant account that is transferring money to the WMF every day? [2] Can you let us know the reasons behind the decision of not accepting Bitcoin other than those mentioned on the FAQ page I linked? I'm not in any way related to the Bitcoin movement, but I'm sure that many people would appreciate hearing more about this. I should also perhaps mention for those interested in donating in Bitcoin that Wikimedia New York City, the chapter for NYC, does accept Bitcoins: https://nyc.wikimedia.org/wiki/Donate. Maybe there are other chapters or affiliates that allow this method of donating? Tomasz == References == * [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/FAQ/en#Why_does_the_Wikimedia_Foundation_not_currently_accept_Bitcoin.3F * [2] http://blog.bitpay.com/2012/11/donate-to-wikipedia-with-bitcoin.html ___ 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] Hackathon 2014 - Save the Date! May 9th - 11th 2014
Dear all, just a short note from Wikimedia CH that we are currently preparing the 2014 Hackathon in Zürich. Contracts are about to be signed and we want to let you know that you can count on us to create you an unique experience in Switzerland. Date: May 9th - 11th Location: Youth Hostel Zürich A preliminary page can be found on MediaWiki.org More to come soon! Feel free to contact us in case of questions! Charles and Manuel -- Manuel Schneider - Chief Information Officer Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens Lausanne, +41 (21) 340 66 22 - www.wikimedia.ch ___ 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] Hackathon 2014 - Save the Date! May 9th - 11th 2014
A preliminary page can be found on MediaWiki.org Obviously here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich_Hackathon_2014 Cheers Martin ___ 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] Let's accept Bitcoin as a donation method
I'm a little skeptical about the charitable nature of Bitpay's offer to hold funds for the WMF. It doesn't help that they refer to Wikipedia's bank accounts, but in the absence of other evidence I suspect that Bitpay is taking advantage of the volatility of Bitcoin exchange rates to profit from the delay between receiving Bitcoin transactions and forwarding dollar donations. That assumes that they are, in fact, forwarding donations at all. ___ 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] Let's accept Bitcoin as a donation method
That assumes that [Bitpay] are, in fact, forwarding donations at all. We have received some funds from them. ~Matt Walker Wikimedia Foundation Fundraising Technology Team ___ 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] Let's accept Bitcoin as a donation method
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Matthew Walker mwal...@wikimedia.orgwrote: That assumes that [Bitpay] are, in fact, forwarding donations at all. We have received some funds from them. ~Matt Walker Wikimedia Foundation Fundraising Technology Team Thanks Matt. I'm still concerned that they are offering the service at least partly to profit from the currency spread. That may be true of any potential third party Bitcoin payment processor, at least at this point in the currency's effort to go mainstream. ___ 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] Update Transition Team on Meta
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 11:54 AM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: One related question: will the delay in finding a new Executive Director impact the search for a Vice President of Engineering? No. While it would be ideal for Sue's successor to be part of the process and we will look for opportunities to make this possible if they arise, the timing of the two searches is independent, and Sue is the hiring manager for the VPE. -- Erik Möller VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation ___ 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] Fwd: Wikimania 2015 - Call for Jury volunteers
Dear all The committee met this evening and is happy to announce that it chose its jury. We received many applications (11 from new candidates) and it was really tough to choose from all the great people. We decided to create a jury of 9 members including 4 oldbies (= previous Wikimania jury experience), 4 newbies plus 1 WMF staff member. Accordingly, the following people are welcome to form the future jury selecting Wikimania 2015 bid. * Orsolya Gyenes * Manuel Schneider * Deror Avi * Jeromy-Yu Chan * Netha Hussain * Victoria Levant * Richard Sydmonds * Ralf Roletschek * Ellie Young https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_jury We would like to thank all candidates. Individual emails will be send to all candidates. Thanks Anthere On 11/2/13 12:44 AM, James Forrester wrote: Forwarding for info. -- Forwarded message -- From: James Forrester jdforres...@gmail.com Date: 1 November 2013 18:43 Subject: Wikimania 2015 - Call for Jury volunteers To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org Dear all, Soon we will be kicking off the selection process for deciding where we will hold Wikimania 2015[0]. The Requests for Proposals (RfP) is being written right now[1], and will be coming out soon, but in this e-mail we would like to invite volunteers to serve on the selection jury[2]. The jury will select the winning bid based on published criteria, reviewing the bids from January onwards until the final selection is made in April 2014. This is roughly 30-40 hours' work, and is key to us making Wikimania a strong, healthy community conference that we all can enjoy. The Wikimania Committee will select a jury that is a balanced representation of the community, from a diverse range of backgrounds, sexes, languages, cultures and regions of the world. The main criteria are as follows: * You want to help make Wikimania as great a celebration of the community as we can make it; * You can represent some of the Wikimedia community's varied projects and activities; * You have some experience of community events, meetings, conferences, or want to learn; * You have some free time during the selection period, especially late March and early April; and * You are not closely involved in any bid (it's a conflict of interest). If you would like to serve on the jury, please e-mail Florence Devouard (off-list) [[Wikipedia:User:Anthere]] at fdevouard @ wikimedia.org by 12 November. We will announce the jury in two weeks' time. Please help us by translating this message and passing it on to your wiki's community for those that don't read these mailing lists. Thank you, and good luck to all Bids. [0] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015 [1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids [2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_jury On behalf of the Wikimania Committee. Yours, ___ 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] Let's accept Bitcoin as a donation method
Tomasz W. Kozlowski wrote: Can you let us know the reasons behind the decision of not accepting Bitcoin other than those mentioned on the FAQ page I linked? Has there been any discussion about simply accepting Bitcoins but not exchanging them? Off-hand, I can't see any potential harm if the Wikimedia Foundation only accepts Bitcoin donations, though I imagine it could make tax reporting trickier. (That is, is it settled whether such a transfer would constitute income? Are Bitcoin donations considered tax deductible?) This issue probably has enough outside attention to warrant a blog post on the Wikimedia blog (https://blog.wikimedia.org). MZMcBride ___ 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] Let's accept Bitcoin as a donation method
On 11/12/13 06:58, Tomasz W. Kozlowski wrote: I'm sure those reading this list can Google the topic themselves, so I won't link to the many angry discussion that are taking place on the interwebs right now; I tried Googling, including news and blog searches, and couldn't work out what you are talking about. Maybe you should provide links. -- Tim Starling ___ 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 engineering report, November 2013
Hi, The report covering Wikimedia engineering activities in November 2013 is now available. Wiki version: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_engineering_report/2013/November Blog version: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/12/09/engineering-report-november-2013/ We're also proposing a shorter, simpler and translatable version of this report that does not assume specialized technical knowledge: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_engineering_report/2013/November/summary Below is the HTML text of the report. As always, feedback is appreciated on the usefulness of the report and its summary, and on how to improve them. -- Major news in November include: - Beta Featureshttps://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/11/07/introducing-beta-features/, a new way for users to try out new features on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia sites before they are released for everyone; - The launch of our search for a VP of Engineeringhttps://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/11/20/wikimedia-foundation-is-looking-for-a-vice-president-of-engineering/; - A retrospective by the Mobile engineering team on best practices for collaborationhttps://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/11/22/developing-distributedly-part-2/while working distributedly; - The activation of OAuth on Wikimedia wikishttps://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/11/22/oauth-on-wikimedia-wikis/, which allows users to authorize third-party applications to take actions on their behalf without sharing their password; - A presentation of the Wikidata concept cloudhttps://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/11/25/wikidata-concept-cloud/; - A retrospective on the ability to add musical scoreshttps://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/11/27/adding-musical-scores-to-wikimedia/to pages on Wikimedia sites. *Note: We're also providing a shorter, simpler and translatable version of this report https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_engineering_report/2013/November/summary that does not assume specialized technical knowledge.* Personnel Work with us https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Work_with_us Are you looking to work for Wikimedia? We have a lot of hiring coming up, and we really love talking to active community members about these roles. - VP of Engineering http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=ods8Xfwu - Software Engineer - Growthhttp://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o8NJXfwl - Software Engineer - Core Featureshttp://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o6NJXfwj - Software Engineer - VisualEditor (Features)http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=oqo6XfwB - Software Engineer - Language Engineeringhttp://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=oH3gXfwH - Software Engineer http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o09WXfwM - Senior Software Engineer - Team Leadhttp://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=oC9OXfwg - QA Automation Engineerhttp://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=oe09Yfw5 - Software Engineer Data Analytics (Back End)http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=oLdOXfwt - Dev-Ops Engineer - SREhttp://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=ocLCWfwf - Graphic Design Interns - Paidhttp://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=ohN3XfwO Announcements - Jeff Hall joined the Platform engineering group as a member of the QA team (announcementhttp://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/qa/2013-November/000686.html). - Aaron Arcos joined the Platform engineering group as a volunteer developer working with the Multimedia team (announcementhttp://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/multimedia/2013-November/14.html). - Dario Taraborelli was promoted to the position of Senior Research Scientist, Research and Data team lead. (announcementhttp://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/analytics/2013-November/001295.html). - Aaron Halfaker was promoted to the position of Research Scientist ( announcementhttp://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/analytics/2013-November/001295.html). - Moiz Syed joined the User Experience team as User Experience Designer ( announcementhttp://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/design/2013-December/001235.html). Technical Operations *Wikimedia Labs https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Labs* A new dynamic proxy system has been deployed on Labs; it allows the admin of any project to arrange for public web access and a dedicated DNS hostname for a project instance without requesting an IP address. Labs staff and volunteers will now be reclaiming quite a few IPs as existing projects migrate to a dynamic proxy setup. The WMF has hired a short-term contractor, Mike Hoover, to assist with the migration of Labs infrastructure from Tampa to our new datacenter in Ashburn. Mike has spent a lot of time exploring the existing infrastructure and running test setups; soon he will start to configure the new OpenStack nodes in production. Andrew Bogott has been working on cleaning up stale and unused resources. He's working on some automatic documentation that
[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: November 2013
*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums. You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org. *This Month in GLAM – Issue XI, Volume III – November 2013* -- Australia and New Zealand report: From East to West http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/Australia_and_New_Zealand_report Belgium report: Wiki Loves Monuments in Belgium and Luxembourg http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/Belgium_report France report: Mass uploads; Wiki Loves Monuments; Edit-a-thon; GLAM conference http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/France_report Germany report: MS Wissenschaft; Science Gallery; Zugang gestalten; Science 2.0; OKFest 2014 http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/Germany_report Italy report: Libraries and librarians (but there are still shoes) http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/Italy_report Mexico report: Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 award ceremony; Day of the Dead photo contest winners http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/Mexico_report Netherlands report: Edit-a-thon Amersfoort; Wikipedia seminar Oslo; Wikimedia Nederland Conference; Europeana Fashion http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/Netherlands_report Spain report: Wiki Loves Monuments; Fundación Joaquín Díaz González; Wiki Party in Salamanca http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/Spain_report Sweden report: Motorcycles, Norway and shoes http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/Sweden_report Switzerland report: Wiki Loves Monuments Awards Ceremony; Wikipedians in Residence; Image Donations http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/Switzerland_report UK report: Open content at the BBC; edit-a-thons; photography http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/UK_report USA report: GLAM-Wiki Activities in Philadelphia and Vancouver, Washington http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/USA_report Open Access report: Open Access Button and Berlin 11 conference http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/Open_Access_report Calendar: December's GLAM events http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Contents/Events -- Single page view http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2013/Single Twitter http://twitter.com/ThisMonthinGLAM Work on the next edition http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom -- The *This Month in GLAM* team http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter ___ 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] Ombudsman Commission applications
Hi Maggie, what's happening with the Ombudsman Commission scope RFC? Thanks, Pine Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:04:09 -0800 From: Maggie Dennis mden...@wikimedia.org To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, Functionaries email list for the English Wikipedia functionaries...@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Ombudsman Commission applications Message-ID: camuth1y1gkyu4zxk8xzjc-hkpxlvm+t+0j9oy3wrtwu5fm1...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi It's coming close to time for annual appointments of community members to serve on the Ombudsman commission. This commission works on all Wikimedia projects to investigate complaints about violations of the privacy policy, especially in use of CheckUser tools, and to mediate between the complaining party and the individual whose work is being investigated. They may also assist the General Counsel, the Executive Director or the Board of Trustees in investigations of these issues. For more on their duties and roles, see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission This is a call for community members interested in volunteering for appointment to this commission. Commissioners should be experienced Wikimedians, active on any project, who have previously used the CheckUser tool OR who have the technical ability to understand the CheckUser tool and the willingness to learn it. They are expected to be able to engage neutrally in investigating these concerns and to know when to recuse when other roles and relationships may cause conflict. (In the past, commissioners have turned in other roles that could cause conflict.) Commissioners are required to identify to the Wikimedia Foundation and must be willing to comply with the appropriate board policies (such as the access to non-public data policy and the privacy policy). This is a position that requires a high degree of discretion and trust. If you are interested in serving on this commission, please drop me a note detailing your experience on the projects, your thoughts on the commission and what you hope to bring to the role. The commission is deliberately quite small, so slots are limited, but all applications are appreciated. The deadline for applications is January 1. Any timezone. :) Please feel free to pass this invitation along to any users who you think may be interested. Thank you! Maggie -- Maggie Dennis Senior Community Advocate Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. ___ 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] Fwd: Wikimania 2015 - Call for Jury volunteers
Congratulation to everyone! Jayanta On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:06 AM, Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.comwrote: Dear all The committee met this evening and is happy to announce that it chose its jury. We received many applications (11 from new candidates) and it was really tough to choose from all the great people. We decided to create a jury of 9 members including 4 oldbies (= previous Wikimania jury experience), 4 newbies plus 1 WMF staff member. Accordingly, the following people are welcome to form the future jury selecting Wikimania 2015 bid. * Orsolya Gyenes * Manuel Schneider * Deror Avi * Jeromy-Yu Chan * Netha Hussain * Victoria Levant * Richard Sydmonds * Ralf Roletschek * Ellie Young https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_jury We would like to thank all candidates. Individual emails will be send to all candidates. Thanks Anthere On 11/2/13 12:44 AM, James Forrester wrote: Forwarding for info. -- Forwarded message -- From: James Forrester jdforres...@gmail.com Date: 1 November 2013 18:43 Subject: Wikimania 2015 - Call for Jury volunteers To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org Dear all, Soon we will be kicking off the selection process for deciding where we will hold Wikimania 2015[0]. The Requests for Proposals (RfP) is being written right now[1], and will be coming out soon, but in this e-mail we would like to invite volunteers to serve on the selection jury[2]. The jury will select the winning bid based on published criteria, reviewing the bids from January onwards until the final selection is made in April 2014. This is roughly 30-40 hours' work, and is key to us making Wikimania a strong, healthy community conference that we all can enjoy. The Wikimania Committee will select a jury that is a balanced representation of the community, from a diverse range of backgrounds, sexes, languages, cultures and regions of the world. The main criteria are as follows: * You want to help make Wikimania as great a celebration of the community as we can make it; * You can represent some of the Wikimedia community's varied projects and activities; * You have some experience of community events, meetings, conferences, or want to learn; * You have some free time during the selection period, especially late March and early April; and * You are not closely involved in any bid (it's a conflict of interest). If you would like to serve on the jury, please e-mail Florence Devouard (off-list) [[Wikipedia:User:Anthere]] at fdevouard @ wikimedia.org by 12 November. We will announce the jury in two weeks' time. Please help us by translating this message and passing it on to your wiki's community for those that don't read these mailing lists. Thank you, and good luck to all Bids. [0] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015 [1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids [2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_jury On behalf of the Wikimania Committee. Yours, ___ 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
