Re: [Wikimedia-l] Experimenting on Wikimedians

An interesting piece of corporate communication on the topic was http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/we-experiment-on-human-beings/ I've expanded the Meta-Wiki page a bit, including the following additions: * They number in the dozens and are usually documented in the Meta-Wiki [[Research]]

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Chapters and GLAM tooling

Hi Erik, To specifically respond to your question, and as you know, WMCH does have plans to hire a developer next year for its offline dissemination program (ie KIWIX) [1][2]. Since Europeana had indicated its interest into maintaining/developing it the GWToolset, we decided to focus our efforts

[Wikimedia-l] Chapters and GLAM tooling

Hi Stéphane, I'm currently sitting in the plenary hall of the Europeana AGM in Prado Museum in Madrid and, quite literally, right now is the presentation is about the 2015 business plan. What the organisation will prioritise etc. etc. Therefore, it's a perfectly timed email to mention the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Re-licensing Wikimedia logos on Commons to CC BY-SA 3.0

Thanks Yann! We will take care of those files. On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Yann Forget yan...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Just a note: we can update the license on Commons, but I noticed that the files were copied locally on https://wikimediafoundation.org/ Someone with the right

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 10, Issue 42 -- 29 October 2014

Featured content: Go West, young man small(By the way, there is a monster at the end of this article)/small http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-10-29/Featured_content In the media: Wikipedia a trusted source on Ebola; Wikipedia study labeled government waste; football

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Finance Fellows to develop first-ever movement-wide financial report and metrics

Hello Liam and Richard, Let me try to answer some of your questions. *Do you have an idea of how much work will be required by movement orgs for this?* *Very little actually: it is a matter of simply answering an email asking, for instance, out of your Administrative Costs listed in your most

[Wikimedia-l] ED response to the recommendations by the FDC Advisory Group on the APG program

Dear all, As you know, over the last few months I’ve been learning about the work of the organizations we fund through the many grantmaking programs here at WMF. I’ve been particularly focusing on the impact evaluations that have been done on WMF grants with the first round of Impact Reports. [1]

Re: [Wikimedia-l] ED response to the recommendations by the FDC Advisory Group on the APG program

Hi Lila, I’m afraid that your footnote links didn’t make it through to the list… Will you also be replying to the FDC’s comments about the WMF’s budget proposal earlier this year? Thanks, Mike On 31 Oct 2014, at 22:23, Lila Tretikov l...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear all, As you know, over

Re: [Wikimedia-l] ED response to the recommendations by the FDC Advisory Group on the APG program

On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 11:30 PM, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: Hi Lila, I’m afraid that your footnote links didn’t make it through to the list… here is Lila's response: [3]

Re: [Wikimedia-l] ED response to the recommendations by the FDC Advisory Group on the APG program

Thanks Katie. Here is the full set of links. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Impact_Evaluations [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Advisory_Group/Recommendations/2014 [3]