Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference[1] 2015

[Asaf Bartov]

It seems this is uncontroversial, so Ad's super-bold edit can be taken to
finalize the venue.  Thanks again, WMCH! :)

I have boldly taken another step forward, and drafted a description for the
program team's work, here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Programme_team

Neither I nor WMF are trying to exert undue control over this process;
rather, I am moving this forward in good faith and relying on other people
to be equally bold in editing (or reverting!) anything I've stated there.

Looking forward to making this the most productive WMCON[1] ever! :)

A.

[1] I remain entirely uninterested in what this event gets called.  Feel
free to advocate for calling it The Great Platypus Appreciation Society
Gathering of 2015 or anything else, here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Conference_2015

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Ad Huikeshoven  wrote:

> I have updated the page on meta to reflect this decision. [1]
> Next item on the list: determine program committee.
> Could we agree on having James Hare as program committee lead?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ad
>
> [1]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Conference_2015&diff=10222147&oldid=9841671
>
> 2014-10-16 4:22 GMT+02:00 Asaf Bartov :
>
> > Hello, everyone.
> >
> > Weeks go by, and the previous conversation was throughly derailed, so out
> > of a profound interest in ensuring a high-value event, I am bringing this
> > up again: we[3] *need to make progress* with planning the
> >
> >
> working-meeting-featuring-Wikimedia-affiliates-and-WMF-and-the-WMF-Board-and-AffCom[4],
> > whatever we may end up calling it[1].
> >
> > In the interest of moving on to focus on more substantive issues, and in
> > light of there being only a single bid submitted so far[5], may I
> > boldly *suggest
> > that it be accepted* and that we devote the rest of the time until the
> > spring to ensuring the lessons[6] of the previous years be heeded in
> > *significant
> > preparatory work* by the program team and the affiliates?
> >
> >Asaf
> >
> > [1] or whatever we may choose to rename it.  The previous thread was
> > successfully killed by the digression into the event's name.  Let's try
> to
> > keep this one on track, and discuss the name ELSEWHERE[2], shall we?
> > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Conference_2015
> > [3] yes, not all the hundreds of people on this mailing list.  But this
> is
> > still the channel that reaches the greatest number of Wikimedia
> affiliates.
> > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015
> > [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Bids
> > [6]
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Future_of_the_Wikimedia_Conference
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Alessio Guidetti, Cotton

[Nicole Ebber]

This is very sad news, I am so sorry to hear about it. I knew Alessio
from various conferences and I always admired his calmness and
friendliness.

My condolences to his family and to his Wikimedia friends.

Regards,
Nicole

On 19 October 2014 08:22, Nurunnaby Hasive  wrote:
> Very sad new! My condolences to the family and all his friends in the
> community.
>
> B/R!
> Hasive
> User: Nhasive
>
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 8:09 AM, Subhashish Panigrahi <
> subhash...@cis-india.org> wrote:
>
>> Really sad news! Condolences to the  family.
>>
>> Best!
>> Subha
>>
>> > On 19 ଅକ୍ଟୋବର 2014, at 7:17 am, Asaf Bartov 
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Terrible news.  I had the pleasure of knowing him, and had a few
>> > interesting conversations with him over the years.
>> >
>> > Like the best, he was modest, tireless, and collegial.
>> >
>> > My condolences to the family and all his friends in the community.
>> >
>> >Asaf
>> >> On Oct 18, 2014 6:26 AM, "Andrea Zanni" 
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> It is with great sorrow that Wikimedia Italia announces the death of
>> >> Alessio Guidetti, better known on the projects as Cotton. He has been
>> >> treasurer of the organization for about five years, from 2009 until last
>> >> April.
>> >>
>> >> Alessio started to contribute to Wikipedia at the end of 2006: after a
>> few
>> >> months he became already a sysop. He was a tireless translator of
>> English
>> >> articles in the most diverse fields, and also part of the small group of
>> >> the patrollers -and, indeed, he continued his precious work until the
>> last,
>> >> even if invisible for most of the editors.
>> >>
>> >> From the moment he joined Wikimedia Italia, Alessio was very keen to
>> >> contribute effectively, guided by his well-known pragmatism. He run for
>> the
>> >> Board: as soon as he was elected, he took the role of treasurer, a
>> >> difficult task and a fundamental one for us but little recognized. It
>> was
>> >> Alessio who took care of the most delicate and complicated tasks, and he
>> >> did so in the years during which Wikimedia Italia was starting to grow
>> big,
>> >> the years of our quantum leap.
>> >>
>> >> This spring he decided to not run again for the Board, but he kept
>> >> collaborating with his successor for an effective -and not only formal-
>> >> handover. He took care of the accounting, donations and employees'
>> >> paychecks till his very last days. He has been an incredible help:
>> >> trustworthy, precious, always ready for a joke.
>> >>
>> >> Alessio has been a pillar of Wikimedia Italia: his pragmatism, his
>> >> hardworking disposition, his sense of humor were, and are, a part of our
>> >> organization. A part of how it was born and how it is growing. A part of
>> >> what we are.
>> >>
>> >> Wikimedia Italia is close to the family and the friends of Alessio in
>> this
>> >> grievous moment.
>> >>
>> >> We will terribly miss him.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Many of you have know Alessio in Wikimanias and conferences.
>> >>
>> >> If you wish, you can leave a last goodbye here on his userpage:
>> >> https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussioni_utente:Cotton#Ciao.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Andrea Zanni
>> >>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Vandalism on photographs of living people

[Fæ]

Based on discussion with 99of9 at

the report has been changed to include editors with up to 1000 edits
on Commons and 2000 edits on Wikipedia. The images list has jumped to
20 from 6, still a small and manageable list for new image patrollers.
A previous minor change was to how often the report runs - checks are
made every 5 minutes now, previously it was every 15.

If you would like to see other improvements, please raise suggestions
on the above talk page and I would be happy to discuss what would be
sensible to include or adapt.

Fae

On 17 October 2014 08:37, Fæ  wrote:
> Due to recent vandalism a new report on Commons for page patrollers
> has been started at
> .
>
> This page shows images actively used on English Wikipedia biography
> articles, where a new upload has overwritten the original by a
> "newbie"* account. The report should be automatically refreshed within
> 15 minutes of a new image upload/overwrite of this type.
>
> Instances of deliberate image vandalism of this type are rare, but
> important to handle promptly. If you have suggestions for improvement
> of this report, I would be happy to do my best to accommodate them.
>
> Notes:
> * For convenience newbie accounts have been arbitrarily taken as
> accounts with fewer than 200 edits on the English Wikipedia or fewer
> than 100 edits on Wikimedia Commons.
> * The report is maintained by Faebot and should be considered in a
> draft state as it may be moved to a more 'official' location or be
> taken on by more skilled bot operators.
>
> Cheers,
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising reports after 2011

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

Lisa Gruwell, 06/10/2014 02:44:

Thanks for the timely question!  We are actually just double checking the
numbers in our FY 2013-14 Fundraising Report right now.  We are aiming to
publish it toward the end of the week.


Thanks. This didn't answer any of the 2012 questions though.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fundraising/2013-14_Report
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fundraising_2012/Report

Nemo

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