Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community consultation + Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director selection process
I don't know what to think about a final community consultation on a specific name. Personally I suspect that I wouldn't be able to say anything about it, as with https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Executive_Director_Transition_Team/Update_9_December. Speaking of which, I wonder how the problems there were addressed: apparently they just expanded the search and reduced the number of people participating, but I see no answers to the question: «Have we been looking for a unicorn -- somebody who doesn't exist in the real world? [...] too insular? [...] unfairly comparing [...]?». If an answer was found, I'd like to know it. To me that only looked like a rhetorical question, because of course I have no idea what exact criteria/questions/interview practices are being applied or if unfair comparisons were made. To avoid another fiasco, it would probably be useful to publish on Meta an anonymised table of candidates, pointing out strengths and weaknesses in a single line for each. Then one could say «oh, look, criterion 175 made 12 otherwise awesome candidates fail, do we really need it?». Nemo ___ 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] Speakerthon update
[Cross-posted ] The Speakerthon event is in progress at New Broadcasting House in London: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:BBC_voice_project We've already added sound files to the (English) Wikipedia articles on Tim Berners-Lee, Agnetha Fältskog, Stanley Johnson and Adrian Lester, with many more uploaded and awaiting templating: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:BBC_voice_samples Volunteers are beavering away, finding more sound clips to upload. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ 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] RfC: Should we support MP4 Video on our sites?
On 17/01/2014 21:24, Michael Peel wrote: Doesn’t that break the terms of the CC-BY license, if not legally then at least ethically? The right to distribute copies is built into the license, no? How? If I upload a video to some hosting site and license it CC-BY what does that have to do with the hosting site? ___ 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] RfC: Should we support MP4 Video on our sites?
On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 5:37 AM, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: The RFC is non-neutral and unnecessarily complex. With so much experience of trying these things, along with full time expertise, I would hope for a more sophisticated approach from in-house WMF teams. It is actually very complex -- legally and technically. And the MPEG-LA licensors did not gear their licenses or documentation towards user-generated content, or free culture projects, which makes our job harder. -Andrew ___ 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] RfC: Should we support MP4 Video on our sites?
On 18 January 2014 13:41, Andrew Lih andrew@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 5:37 AM, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: The RFC is non-neutral and unnecessarily complex. With so much experience of trying these things, along with full time expertise, I would hope for a more sophisticated approach from in-house WMF teams. It is actually very complex -- legally and technically. And the MPEG-LA licensors did not gear their licenses or documentation towards user-generated content, or free culture projects, which makes our job harder. Yes, of course. However the end RFC put to the community need not be complex. Most of the community will not care about legal or technical detail, they just want the conclusion. You may wish to consider whether the technical and legal aspects might be better explored as essays and included as background in future proposals, not the meat of the proposal itself. Personally, were I leading this team, I would make it a requirement that the proposal is limited to 50 words. Punchy, factual, neutral. For example, a simple yes/no RFC on adding an ingestion process for MP4 video upload might now be successful. The legal aspect can be as simple as WMF legal has determine this poses no risk to the WMF, uploaders or reusers, refer to essay and the technical aspect could be See essay for an explanation of optimized transcoding, workflow processes and test examples. There's nothing new in keeping it simple. Fae -- fae...@gmail.com http://j.mp/faewm ___ 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] Speakerthon update
On 18 January 2014 11:29, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: The Speakerthon event is in progress at New Broadcasting House in London Everything is gong well. If people want to help from home (or the pub), then the files in: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:BBC_voice_samples need to be categorised, and inserted into articles, as described at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:BBC_voice_project -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ 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] Speakerthon update
Hoi, You may like this as well :) http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2014/01/wikidata-wendy-hall-computer-scientist.html Thanks, GerardM On 18 January 2014 17:10, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 18 January 2014 11:29, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: The Speakerthon event is in progress at New Broadcasting House in London Everything is gong well. If people want to help from home (or the pub), then the files in: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:BBC_voice_samples need to be categorised, and inserted into articles, as described at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:BBC_voice_project -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ 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] Extensive feedback from WMDE to the FDC process
Hoi, I take it that the Hungarian chapter takes part in this? I know other chapters do as well.. Thanks, GerardM On 17 January 2014 18:17, Balázs Viczián balazs.vicz...@wikimedia.huwrote: My five cents here would be that how about considering longer time frames for grants, like 2-3-5 years (I was too tired to understandably explain this yesterday to Anasuya) Here in Hungary individuals can offer 1% of their income tax to nonprofit organizations (these are accounted and transferred to the nonprofits by the state) These funds must be spent within 3 years (so not 1 but 3) from their reception (unused funds has to be transferred back at the end of the 3rd year). Cheers, Vince *Balazs Viczian* Executive Vice President *Wikimédia Magyarország Egyesület* Tel: +36 70 633 6372 Mail: balazs.vicz...@wikimedia.hu Web: www.wikimedia.hu Blog: Magyar Wikipédia Magazin http://huwiki.blogspot.hu Facebook: Magyar Wikipédia https://www.facebook.com/hu.wikipedia 2014/1/17 Anders Wennersten m...@anderswennersten.se While I believe the FDC process by now is well understood and communicated, I feel the understanding of the actual group, FDC and the deliberation we perform is less well understood (and communicated) And if WMDE feedback will be elaborated upon, I think it will be of value understanding FDC and the deliberation process and I have therefor put down a short description of this on the talkpage, based on my own experience as one of its member (1) I see very much in this feedback related to the prerequisites to the FDC, not how we have implemented our inputs into recommendations. Also I think some of the wanted more detailed feedback and interaction with the FDC as a group is very hard to implement considering how our deliberation process for now is set up . But feedback is always a good thing and hopefully this feedback can be processed to improve the process and give all involved a happier feeling of the funds dissemination in the future. Anders (1) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/FDC_ portal/Comments/Extensive_feedback_from_WMDE_to_the_FDC_ process#FDC_as_a_group Pavel Richter skrev 2014-01-15 17:36: Hello everybody, I have just posted an extensive feedback from WMDE on the FDC process here on meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_portal/ Comments/Extensive_feedback_from_WMDE_to_the_FDC_process The statement was drafted by WMDE's Supervisory Board and myself. We are very much looking forward to a discussion and I would like to encourage everybody to share their thoughts. At the same it would be great if we could keep the discussion on meta so that we have everything in one place. All the Best, Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Pavel Richter Vorstand Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tel.: +49 - 30 - 219 158 260 Twitter: @pavel ___ 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] RfC: Should we support MP4 Video on our sites?
On 01/18/2014 10:53 AM, Mark wrote: A consensus has emerged that MP4 video uploading can be enabled on Wikimedia Commons without major legal or technical problems (see [here] for details) While there are a great deal of interesting philosophical and ethical questions surrounding this issue, what makes you think that the existence of legal or technical problems is subject to consensus? -- 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] This weird trick will make readers of mass messages on village pumps happier
James Forrester wrote: On 17 January 2014 08:24, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.ilwrote: Put it inside the following HTML tag: div lang=en dir=ltr class=mw-content-ltr Your important notification. /div Of course, it's not great to have to remember to write it every time, so if there is a way to automate in MassMessage or EdwardsBot or whatever is used to send these messages, it would be great. Filed as https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60176. J. -- James D. Forrester Product Manager, VisualEditor Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. jforres...@wikimedia.org | @jdforrester ___ 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] This weird trick will make readers of mass messages on village pumps happier
(Sorry about the mis-post. Apparently hitting command-return sends a message... who knew.) James Forrester wrote: On 17 January 2014 08:24, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.ilwrote: Put it inside the following HTML tag: div lang=en dir=ltr class=mw-content-ltr Your important notification. /div Of course, it's not great to have to remember to write it every time, so if there is a way to automate in MassMessage or EdwardsBot or whatever is used to send these messages, it would be great. Filed as https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60176 Agreed that it's not great. On the other hand, if you're communicating with a global audience, there's a little expectation that it'll be slightly more work, in my opinion. :-) This same point is true of mass messaging generally, regardless of language or wrapper divs or what-have-you. If you're doing something once or you're doing something ten-thousand times _at_ once, you need to appropriately take the time to make sure you're crossing your Ts and dotting your Is before hitting send. (And for the record, MassMessage will not be implementing that command-return shortcut. Gah.) Not including a timestamp is another pattern of behavior that causes issues: due to the way that archive bots operate, they need an identifiable timestamp. I believe the thinking there was to add some JavaScript to check for the presence of ~ or equivalent and warn the user if it's not present (just warn, not stop). We could do something similar for dir= and such perhaps. Or we could add a my content is in [lang name] drop-down menu that defaults to the user's language preference, maybe. div lang=en dir=ltr class=mw-content-ltr I guess you'd need to map language name to lang= and then have a dictionary for which are rtl and which are ltr, which could then also control the class? Bleh. Or browsers could just forgive us for our trespasses and not misbehave. Perhaps others have thoughts about how to do this well. It doesn't seem like a very easy problem, but maybe I'm missing the obvious. 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] Affiliations Committee election results
Dear Community Members, I am happy to let you know that the Affiliations Committee has finished the selection process for the 2014-2015. The six sitting members of the Committee will be joined by four very experienced Wikimedians: - Cynthia Ashley-Nelson - Kirill Lokshin - Galileo Vidoni (re-appointment) - Lodewijk Gelauff (re-appointment) Along with the vast Wikimedia experience they bring to the Committee, we really appreciate the organisational development, governance and language skills that are being brought on-board (and stays on-board with the re-appointments). I would like to thank everyone who has applied to a position in the Committee. While due to practical reasons, we could not accept everyone, but anyone who has considered applying and helping other volunteers through this Committee are a huge asset to this movement, and I really hope they will all find places and roles where they can help our movement grow. I would also like to thank our vice-chair, Carlos, who has run much of the selection process behind the scenes ensuring that both the applicants and the Committee members have a smooth experience. The appointing resolution has been published at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Membership_%E2%80%93_January_2014 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Membership_%E2%80%93_January_2014 If you are considering on becoming a member in the future, please sign up here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Affiliations_Committee#Future_members. The next call for candidates is expected in November 2014, with new members joining in January 2015. Best regards, Bence Damokos Chair, Affiliations Committee ___ 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
