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On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Jasper Deng
wrote:
> If only you made this an actual verbal speech! That's how inspiring I find
> this statement :).
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>
> On Mon, J
Congratulations to Frieda and Patricio! All the best!!
M.
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From: Chris Keating
Date: 03/06/2014 09:31 (GMT+02:00)
To: Wikimedia Mailing List
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] ASBS results
Dear all,
On behalf of the election facilitator
Dear all,
On behalf of the election facilitators I would like to let you know the
results of the Affiliate Selected Board Seats election.
The candidates who won the election are Patricio Lorente and Frieda
Brioschi, and therefore the movement affiliates recommend the Board
appoints them.
There w
If only you made this an actual verbal speech! That's how inspiring I find
this statement :).
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 10:32 PM, Vishnu wrote:
> +1 Lila. Best wishes.
>
> Vishnu
>
>
> On Tuesday 03 June 2014 10:52 AM, Lila Tretikov wrote:
>
>> A month ago, I met some of you for the first time at
+1 Lila. Best wishes.
Vishnu
On Tuesday 03 June 2014 10:52 AM, Lila Tretikov wrote:
A month ago, I met some of you for the first time at the WMF’s monthly
metrics meeting. Officially, today is my first day as Executive Director of
the Foundation. In practice, it’s a day like many others: Today
A month ago, I met some of you for the first time at the WMF’s monthly
metrics meeting. Officially, today is my first day as Executive Director of
the Foundation. In practice, it’s a day like many others: Today and in the
future, we’ll keep working together towards our mission.
When I first starte
Hoi.
The core mission of our projects is to share in the sum of all knowledge.
Gender gap and number of long time editors are, while important, a side
show. This was a conference with a specific public in mind and all about
chapters and their best practices. It is equally a side show. For diversit
Gerard,
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 1:46 AM, Gerard Meijssen
wrote:
> Russavia,
> Do you remember like me reading why these people came to this conference?
> In that light, do your remarks provide us with any connection to these
> objectives? .Do you know the topics of the presentations given? Do you
>
>
> I see. Presenting your statement in that context, as though it was your
> comment on that particular content, was not quite appropriate. It made it
> sound as though you were saying the Wikimedia Foundation in the US was
> actively curating that content, rather than an international community
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Michael Jahn
wrote:
> Being the spokesperson, the statement is by and large correct, although not
> given in this context but as a reply to a content-related question from one
> day earlier. It was used in the linked news source articel, to which the
> teacher's a
@Federico
For Telcos making a deal with Wikipedia isn't about money, it's about
bringing people to use their data-services. The moment you wanna check one
of the ressources linked in WP you have to pay for it. (see also example
with Twitter/external Links from South Africa)
Therefore coops with W
Being the spokesperson, the statement is by and large correct, although not
given in this context but as a reply to a content-related question from one
day earlier. It was used in the linked news source articel, to which the
teacher's association reacted within an hour. As I've written elsewhere,
t
John Mark Vandenberg, 30/05/2014 03:25:
If not, the Telcos are making a loss.
Does someone know if costs for Wikipedia zero-rating have been big
enough for any ISP to make it to a line or footnote in their financial
statements?
Nemo
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Wikimedia
Returning briefly to NSFW content on Wikimedia sites, there has been some
press coverage in Germany these past couple of days:
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http://www.news4teachers.de/2014/06/jugendgefaehrdend-porno-links-in-wikipedia/
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http://www.news4teachers.de/2014/06/die-porno-links-in-wikipedia-ein-politischer-skand
On 02/06/2014 21:14, Mike Godwin wrote:
Google has a clear purpose too, and it was no defense. Plus, there is
a public-interest argument in favor of eschewing the erasure of true,
accurate public data that happens to be old.
There is nothing in the judgement about erasing "true, acaccurate pu
I want to say basically the same what Jan-Bart and Bishakha said, but
from different perspective.
The first three years of my involvement in the global community passed
in constant worries about the future of Wikimedia. Options like "we
don't have enough money for the bills" were the constant thre
>
>
> > I don't believe Wikipedia could be a data controller as it has no legal
> > personality, and legal personality is quite difficult to acquire when you
> > set out to avoid acquiring it.
>
> On this point I must disagree.
>
I'd be interested to hear why :-)
I think also though that if edito
In short, because that's what UK charity best practice, outlined in the
SORP, says we have to do when preparing accounts. Every charity in the UK
does this because our regulator believes it's the most transparent way of
doing things.
Basically, if people go as trustees, it's a governance cost. Oth
Would WMF, being in the US, need to worry about this to any greater degree
than it worries about, say, Chinese publishing restrictions, or UK
"superinjunctions"?
On Jun 2, 2014 2:15 PM, "Mike Godwin" wrote:
> Chris writes:
>
> > If as a private citizen in the EU you construct a card-file index of
Chris writes:
> If as a private citizen in the EU you construct a card-file index of
> newspaper cuttings (or any other kind of database) including personal
> details about a group of individuals, you are becoming both a "data
> processor" and "data controller".
I think that's the plain meaning o
On 2 June 2014 19:39, Ed Erhart wrote:
> There is one person in charge of making the final calls of every issue—me.
This is troubling, Wikipedia is supposed to be an open,
community-driven initiative.
We've seen problems in the past with single-person gatekeepers; at
TFA, for instance.
Not tha
On 2 Jun 2014, at 13:27, Jon Davies wrote:
> So for trustee expenses: not all of the board went as trustees, as two (at
> least) were invited as speakers - reporting that as a trustee cost wouldn't
> be accurate. As to staff – I attended as the Chief Executive, but the other
> two staff were als
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 6:39 PM, Mike Godwin wrote:
> Chris writes:
>
> > As I understand it, the "right to be forgotten" will only affect the
> > discoverability of content, rather than existence of content.
> >
> > So if we rely on a source which says that person X did Y many years ago,
> > and
Le 02/06/2014 20:28, Ting Chen a écrit :
Hello dear all,
one of the most memorable moment in my work together with Sue was one
evening in October 2011. As some of you may remember that the years
2010 to 2012 were especially difficult years in relationship between
the Foundation and the chapte
I want to join and say also, thank you Sue! Jan-Bart already mentioned your
huge contribution to the movement, but I want to add one more thing: I know
many professional managers. But to find people who are great mangers in a
big organizations who are also warm and hearty for other, who don't put
t
Very nice work!!
Take good care, Amy
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 8:10 AM, Cristian Consonni
wrote:
> > Today, our organization celebrates anniversary - 5 years from the date
> > of creation.
> >
> > Exactly 5 years ago, on May 31, 2009, in Kyiv was held the constituent
> > meeting, which approv
Hi Andy, et.al.,
There is one person in charge of making the final calls of every issue—me.
I'm also responsible for publishing, which is done by a script on Wikimedia
Labs and an accompanying bot, and is password-protected so that it isn't
vandalized. It was an unfortunate error that I did not gi
Hello dear all,
one of the most memorable moment in my work together with Sue was one
evening in October 2011. As some of you may remember that the years 2010
to 2012 were especially difficult years in relationship between the
Foundation and the chapters. The Foundation experimented a few
app
Russavia,
Do you remember like me reading why these people came to this conference?
In that light, do your remarks provide us with any connection to these
objectives? .Do you know the topics of the presentations given? Do you know
the topics of the conversations that happened inside and outside the
Jon,
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 9:38 PM, Jon Davies
wrote:
> £2600, our current estimate, seems good value. Some bloke is charging me
> £120 to come and tell me my dishwasher is broken
>
And I can tell you that the conference hasn't resulted in a single new
long-term editor on our projects, did
Hi,
Thanks to Osmar and Marco for getting some more detailed background
information on the developments in Chile.
I think that the points Osmar made can lay the groundwork for a path that
unite the important principle of net neutrality with the free access to
knowledge/education stuff like Wikipe
> Today, our organization celebrates anniversary - 5 years from the date
> of creation.
>
> Exactly 5 years ago, on May 31, 2009, in Kyiv was held the constituent
> meeting, which approved the bylaws and elected its first Board of the new
> organization, known as Wikimedia Ukraine.
>
> Our communit
Congratulations my friends!!
I had the opportunity to work with our fellows from Ukraine for the Wiki
Loves Earth Brasil and it was a really great experience!!
We received all support and guidance to organize a really successful
contest!
Keep rocking!!
Best regards!
Rodrigo Padula
Education Pr
Hi Nathan,
There is a shortish overview at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Reports/2012#State_of_affiliates
.
In general, we very rarely reject applications outright publicly -- more
often than not, an application will run until we have worked with the group
to the point t
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Jon Davies
wrote:
> £2600 for everything. Got to get on! Don't want to get accused of hogging
> the lists!
>
>
Thanks Jon! Sorry for my confusion, appreciate the response. (And its a new
month, and a new posting limit!).
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£2600 for everything. Got to get on! Don't want to get accused of hogging
the lists!
On 2 June 2014 14:48, Nathan wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Jon Davies
> wrote:
>
> > £2600, our current estimate, seems good value. Some bloke is charging me
> > £120 to come and tell me my dishwas
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Jon Davies
wrote:
> £2600, our current estimate, seems good value. Some bloke is charging me
> £120 to come and tell me my dishwasher is broken
>
>
>
Perhaps I misunderstood - £2600 is the total for all WMUK expenditures for
all attendees? Or just your own? (An
Does AffCom report on the status or disposition of applications for
affiliation? Is there a grid of pending applications, prior applications
and outcomes (with explanations, if negative)? That would be a handy way of
increasing transparency for this process for both participants and
community obser
£2600, our current estimate, seems good value. Some bloke is charging me
£120 to come and tell me my dishwasher is broken
On 2 June 2014 14:35, Nathan wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 7:27 AM, Jon Davies
> wrote:
>
> > There is no intention to hide the costs to the chapter of the Chapter's
Hello fellow Wikimedians,
*Two special events just before Wikimania aimed at spreading good practice.*
*Governance workshop 7th of August.*
Based on the successful board training workshop held in March this year, we
are organising another such workshop, this time coinciding with Wikimania
here
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 7:27 AM, Jon Davies
wrote:
> There is no intention to hide the costs to the chapter of the Chapter's
> involvement in the Wikiconference Berlin, but it is not a simple
> calculation.
>
> One person was asking for trustee expenses, others are asking how much we
> (WMUK) spen
Just adding my personal thanks, Sue.
You've taken the Foundation from infancy to maturity - one of the hardest
spins in the life cycle of an organization and one of the most enduring
legacies any leader can leave behind. You've literally laid the foundation
for the Foundation. :)
It's been an ext
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Moiz Syed, 02/06/2014 04:53:
I see EFF, Reddit, FSF in the list of supporting organizations. Why isn't
Wikimedia/Wikipedia part of this?
«Websites: Pledge to add SSL, HSTS & PFS protection this year; it matters!»
None of these is in the works.
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/HTTPS/Future_w
There is no intention to hide the costs to the chapter of the Chapter's
involvement in the Wikiconference Berlin, but it is not a simple
calculation.
One person was asking for trustee expenses, others are asking how much we
(WMUK) spent on the entire conference (including staff, volunteers,
speake
Sure sure, very credible.
Am 02.06.2014 12:58 schrieb "Rui Correia" :
> I expect to see an increase in these once the idea spreads
>
> Rui
>
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I expect to see an increase in these once the idea spreads
Rui
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> *Sent:* Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:00 AM
> *To:* Jourdan Hilaire
> *Subject:* Grants
>
> I, Liliane Bettencourt Authenticate this email of 3.5M USD grant to you,
> please
Hi
Is this what is supposed to happen when you sign it?
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Some coding error?
Rui
2014-06-02 9:42 GMT+02:00 Richard Symonds
:
> I think that a part of it is putting up another banner, to advertise
> privacy tools. That would presumably require community support and
I think that a part of it is putting up another banner, to advertise
privacy tools. That would presumably require community support and
discussion before it could be done...
On 2 Jun 2014 03:53, "Moiz Syed" wrote:
> https://www.resetthenet.org/
>
> I see EFF, Reddit, FSF in the list of supporting
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