Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thanks to the people who made Echo, VisualEditor and Wikidata

2014-04-12 Thread Yaroslav M. Blanter
On 09.04.2014 21:03, Tomasz W. Kozlowski wrote: But I want to join you in thanking the people behind Echo; it's a feature I use virtually everyday, and one without which I cannot imagine discussing any issue on-wiki; I only wish more people used it so I wouldn't miss all those interesting

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thanks to the people who made Echo, VisualEditor and Wikidata

2014-04-12 Thread Mike Peel
On 12 Apr 2014, at 08:45, Yaroslav M. Blanter pute...@mccme.ru wrote: On 09.04.2014 21:03, Tomasz W. Kozlowski wrote: But I want to join you in thanking the people behind Echo; it's a feature I use virtually everyday, and one without which I cannot imagine discussing any issue on-wiki; I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thanks to the people who made Echo, VisualEditor and Wikidata

2014-04-12 Thread Jon Davies
It always makes me happy when I find one of mine being used (a rare rhing in reality) but would surely encourage retention of contributors. On 12 April 2014 08:05, Mike Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: On 12 Apr 2014, at 08:45, Yaroslav M. Blanter pute...@mccme.ru wrote: On 09.04.2014

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New Affiliations Committee leadership

2014-04-12 Thread Nurunnaby Chowdhury
Congratulations to Carlos and Cynthia.. Nurunnaby Chwodhury Sysop, Bengali Wikipedia Member, IEG Committee, WMF Sent from my Tablet On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 8:22 PM, Carlos M. Colina ma...@wikimedia.org.vewrote: Thank you very much for your good vibes, really appreciated! It's going to be

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Cynthia Ashley-Nelson (Cindamuse)

2014-04-12 Thread Bence Damokos
It is with great regret that we need to confirm that Cynthia Ashley-Nelson (User:Cindamuse, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cindamuse ) passed away on Friday, April 11. Our thoughts are with Cindy’s family, friends and the Wikimedia community. Her next of kin have been informed prior to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Cynthia Ashley-Nelson (Cindamuse)

2014-04-12 Thread Gregory Varnum
The Lord giveth, and The Lord taketh away. While the passage of time may allow us to forgive whatever greater presence you may believe in for taking her away, the passage of time will not result in us forgetting the amazing person she was, her passion for our movement, or the brilliance she

[Wikimedia-l] [WMFr] Feedback on the last 2 years

2014-04-12 Thread Christophe Henner
Hi everyone, For the past few weeks, many people approached me asking for feedback on what Wikimedia France went through in the past 18 to 24 months. We realize we poorly communicated on the topic, time to fix that. I'll try to be as exhaustive as I can be without writing too much (even though

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [WMFr] Feedback on the last 2 years

2014-04-12 Thread Santi Navarro
Thank you Christophe for this e-mail and talking also about mistakes. Usually we heard only about success, and for younger chapters it's a bit frustrating thinking that everyone but us is working appropriately and the others did everything right in their first steps. However, many of us could

[Wikimedia-l] [WMFr] Consolidating process

2014-04-12 Thread Christophe Henner
Hi everyone... again Wikimedia France is just finishing the process of reorganizing. I explained in a previous email the process we went through: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-April/071080.html One risk we identified during that process is making the same mistakes again.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Cynthia Ashley-Nelson (Cindamuse)

2014-04-12 Thread Keegan Peterzell
On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 4:07 AM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: It is with great regret that we need to confirm that Cynthia Ashley-Nelson (User:Cindamuse, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cindamuse ) passed away on Friday, April 11. Our thoughts are with Cindy's family, friends

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Feedback on the last 2 years

2014-04-12 Thread ENWP Pine
Hi Christophe, Thank you for these interesting emails. I'm cc'ing Anasuya on this discussion with the hope that what you've learned can be disseminated to other Wikimedia affiliates, especially new or aspiring chapters. Is the decision matrix that you use for your programs available in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Feedback on the last 2 years

2014-04-12 Thread Jon Davies
Merci Christophe - very useful and echoes many issues WMUK experienced. On 12 April 2014 20:38, ENWP Pine deyntest...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Christophe, Thank you for these interesting emails. I'm cc'ing Anasuya on this discussion with the hope that what you've learned can be disseminated

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Adrianne Wadewitz (User:Wadewitz)

2014-04-12 Thread ENWP Pine
Hi all, As you may have heard, we recently lost Adrianne Wadewitz (User:Wadewitz) to a climbing accident. Adrianne served on the board of the Wiki Education Foundation. She had a Ph.D. in English Literature and was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Digital Learning and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Adrianne Wadewitz (User:Wadewitz)

2014-04-12 Thread Keegan Peterzell
On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 4:12 PM, ENWP Pine deyntest...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi all, As you may have heard, we recently lost Adrianne Wadewitz (User:Wadewitz) to a climbing accident. Thanks for posting this here, Pine. I'd seen it in so many other emails I'd assumed one of the threads was on

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 10, Issue 14 -- 09 April 2014

2014-04-12 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
Special report: Community mourns passing of Adrianne Wadewitz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-04-09/Special_report News and notes: Round 2 of FDC funding open to public comments http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-04-09/News_and_notes