[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Wikimania Budget (related to chapters and WMF)

2014-04-03 Thread Itzik Edri
[cross-posting] -- Forwarded message -- From: Itzik Edri it...@infra.co.il Date: Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 9:37 AM Subject: Re: Wikimania Budget (related to chapters and WMF) To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org Hi, We are soon gonna meet

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 1 week reminder: Wikimania 2014 - Call for Submissions

2014-04-03 Thread Cristian Consonni
2014-03-31 14:34 GMT+02:00 Tomasz Ganicz polime...@gmail.com: I guess it is just a QA session with someone ready to answer potentially difficult questions from the audience :-) Ok Tomasz, thanks! C ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 1 week reminder: Wikimania 2014 – Call for Submissions

2014-04-03 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Cristian Consonni, 31/03/2014 11:38: description of the different formats for the presentations/submission, i.e. discussion, hot seat, panel, presentation, tutorial, workshop. Iolanda made https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Sessions ;) In particular, what is the hot seat format?

[Wikimedia-l] A decision in Commons regarding URAA affected files

2014-04-03 Thread Yael Meron
After a discussion[1] in Commons regarding this subject, a decision was made, stating that URAA cannot be used as the sole reason for deletion. We consider this a good solution for this situation, considering there is currently no foreseeable change in US law, for example, to accept the rule of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF March 2014 Metrics Activities Meeting: Thursday, April 3, 18:00 UTC

2014-04-03 Thread Praveena Maharaj
REMINDER: This meeting starts in 30 minutes. On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Praveena Maharaj pmaha...@wikimedia.orgwrote: Dear all, The next WMF metrics and activities meeting will take place on Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 6 PM UTC (11 AM PDT). The IRC channel is #wikimedia-office on

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A decision in Commons regarding URAA affected files

2014-04-03 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Thanks GerardM On 3 April 2014 17:37, Yael Meron y...@wikimedia.org.il wrote: After a discussion[1] in Commons regarding this subject, a decision was made, stating that URAA cannot be used as the sole reason for deletion. We consider this a good solution for this situation, considering

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Timothy Sandole and (apparently) $53, 690

2014-04-03 Thread ENWP Pine
I'll discuss my original email to Arbcom more specifically. I asked them to check if Sandole had been using an undisclosed account for Harvard-related editing and if discussing that account on this list would have amounted to outing. However, I no longer have a reason to think that Sandole was

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A decision in Commons regarding URAA affected files

2014-04-03 Thread Yann Forget
Hi, Well, it doesn't go so easily. Some Commons admins refuse to accept the community decision, and want to maintain the status quo inspite of the huge majority of opinions for supporting this. They are usually the most vocal and bold admins. Some admins are supporting it, some are afraid to go

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A decision in Commons regarding URAA affected files

2014-04-03 Thread
I suggest avoiding getting too drawn into heated debate, neither do you need to take responsibility by yourself. As always, Commons benefits from having a good case book to illustrate policy. As well as the UDRs being raised, it would not hurt to re-hash some of the DRs for marginal cases. I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A decision in Commons regarding URAA affected files

2014-04-03 Thread
I just realised how packed with jargon my email was. Here's a bit of unpacking and links for those who do not regularly use this vocabulary: *UDR: A Wikimedia Commons undeletion request (DR = deletion request)* See https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Undeletion_requests *URAA: Uruguay

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A decision in Commons regarding URAA affected files

2014-04-03 Thread Russavia
Yael, et al Unfortunately, this is a case of premature congratulation. I have let the Bureaucrats know of this issue at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard#This_projects_bureaucrat.27s_are_asleep_at_the_wheel.3F_--_please_wake_upand on their individual talk

[Wikimedia-l] WMF's April Fool's Joke?

2014-04-03 Thread Russavia
Hey all, I came across https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimedia_Foundation/Proposal_formearlier, and I noticed at the top it says: 'We ask that you please not make any changes directly to this page after the proposal submission date (1 April), but comment

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's April Fool's Joke?

2014-04-03 Thread Nathan
Which part do you think is a joke? The same notice is posted on all the proposal forms. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's April Fool's Joke?

2014-04-03 Thread Risker
Correcting the original link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimedia_Foundation/Proposal_form No, I think what he's surprised about is that the WMF appears to be asking the FDC for its entire budget of $60,064,000. Frankly, I'm not sure the FDC can do

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A decision in Commons regarding URAA affected files

2014-04-03 Thread Jayanta Nath
Any idea how will effect the India related images? Jayanta Nath EC Wikimedia India On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 5:59 AM, Russavia russavia.wikipe...@gmail.comwrote: Yael, et al Unfortunately, this is a case of premature congratulation. I have let the Bureaucrats know of this issue at

[Wikimedia-l] WMF priorities

2014-04-03 Thread James Salsman
... WMF is ... is inviting comment and participation from the FDC and the community in crafting WMF priorities I hope volunteer quality of life becomes a priority. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New comprehensive overview of ongoing WMF work (Re: WMF FDC Proposal: we invite your participation)

2014-04-03 Thread Sam Klein
That is quite beautiful, thank you Tilman and all who worked on it. I was looking for such an overview recently, particularly the engineering piece. Sam On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:54 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 8:11 PM, Tilman Bayer tba...@wikimedia.org