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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation quarterly reviews for April-June 2015

2015-07-21 Thread Katherine Maher

Hi Pine,

Thanks for your questions regarding the Communications QR slides. Answers
in-line below.

On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Pine W  wrote:

> I appreciate the combined QRs. Questions and comments:
>
> 1. Will the friendly-space "expectations" (policy?) for grants spaces on
> Meta be proposed as an RfC on Meta? The documentation on the rollout plan
> doesn't mention and RfC. My understanding is that the right way to
> implement a policy change like this on Meta is for it to go through an open
> and transparent RfC process, and that the implementation decision is
> ultimately the community's to make. The experience would inform further
> discussions about (1) a project-wide friendly space policy on Meta, and (2)
> a wider consultation on a friendly space amendment to the ToS that the WMF
> Board may eventually ratify.
>
> 2. CA says that there are "...a (legal-approved) list of... event banned
> users", "a protocol for appearance (or threat of it) at events by banned
> users" and that it will "Supply to Conference Coordinators for events
> beginning in Q1 (6/30)." Here at Cascadia Wikimedians, I didn't receive the
> list or the protocol. I'm not sure that we need the list, but having access
> to the protocol would be helpful, and I suggest that it be circulated among
> the leaders of affiliate organizations which have in-person meetings even
> if they are not "conferences", since we may want to use WMF's protocol as a
> basis for developing our own, keeping in mind that local laws may vary.
> This aligns with the general goal of having friendly spaces in Wikimedia,
> both physical and virtual.
>
> 3. What are the goals for the CA meeting with Stewards?
>
> 4. For F&A, I propose that next year there is an additional measure of
> success for the Annual Plan that goes something like this: "Complete annual
> plan draft with all supporting documents such as budget tables and job
> descriptions will be published for community review by April 15. Community
> review and discussion period will happen through May 15, with staff
> responding to each question within one week of the question being asked.
> Annual Plan revisions, taking community feedback into account, are
> completed by June 1 for Board to review during the full month of June. At
> least one Board meeting during which the Annual Plan is reviewed will be
> open to the community through remote video participation."
>
> 5. A couple of teams in a few departments seem to have spent significant
> time on simply developing their goals for the next year. The amount of time
> being used on planning seems excessive in some cases. I would suggest
> developing standardized processes for goal development, perhaps with the
> assistance of Team Practices, Learning & Evaluation, and/or Human
> Resources.
>
> 6. A Communications Department goal was to "Advance Wikimedia movement
> goals through Executive Director visits and speeches". I feel the need to
> ask if it's necessary for the WMF ED to travel so much when neither senior
> position in WMF technology and engineering is filled, and the ED isn't
> keeping up with community discussions on her talk page or the Annual Plan
> talk page. This suggests an overstretched ED. I would suggest more time on
> technology/engineering management and community discussion, and
> de-prioritization of site visits until engineering management is
> stabilized. In the future, I would also encourage building more time into
> ED schedule for reactive measures, such as for more publicly visible
> leadership and communications surrounding the Annual Plan process that went
> off-track in 2015.
>
> 7. I am glad that the "Future of knowledge" film was cut from the budget.
> There are many better uses for those funds, such as videos that market
> Wikipedia editing to potential editors, or that explain to potential
> editors how to add content to Wikipedia.
>

We agree that this wasn't the right year to move forward with this concept,
which is why we cancelled it following further exploration. Along the lines
of what you suggest, we have plans to develop videos this year that support
engagement and outreach. The specifics of these videos are under
development now, but one of the first will address new editing features in
Visual Editor.

>
> 8. "Messaging platform": in one place the Comms QR says that this was
> cancelled, and in another place the QR says that this was postponed. Which
> is it, and what is the goal for this platform?
>

This was postponed. A message platform is a jargon term for a outline of
your objectives, rendered in clear, compelling language for a particular
audience(s). A very simple example would be answering the questions: What
do we do? Why do we do it? How do we do it? Why does it matter? While our
shared movement vision is clear, different audiences may respond to
different explanations -- for example, a university considering an
education partnership will be interested in different things than a
conference aud

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Korea as a Wikimedia User Group

2015-07-21 Thread Patricio Lorente

Ok, then: 축하합니다 xD

Welcome and congratulations!

El mar., 21 de jul. de 2015 a la(s) 9:07 p. m., Hong, Yongmin <
li...@revi.pe.kr> escribió:

> It's "축하합니다". xD
>
> --
> Revi
> https://revi.me
> -- Sent from Android --
> 2015. 7. 22. 오전 8:01에 "Lila Tretikov" 님이 작성:
>
> > Congratulations! (how do I say this in Korean?)
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 8:50 AM, Carlos M. Colina <
> ma...@wikimedia.org.ve>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > We have another group of wikimedians being recognised [1], the
> > Wikimedians
> > > of Korea User Group. They have been around for some time and among
> their
> > > main interests is the development of educational content in South Korea
> > > available for all, along with supporting the development of other
> > Wikimedia
> > > projects.
> > >
> > > Welcome!!
> > >
> > > 1:
> > >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Wikimedians_of_Korea_User_Group_-_Liaison_approval,_July_2015
> > > --
> > > "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee
> wayuukanairua
> > > junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya
> junain."
> > > Carlos M. Colina
> > > Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
> > www.wikimedia.org.ve
> > > 
> > > Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Korea as a Wikimedia User Group

2015-07-21 Thread Hong, Yongmin

It's "축하합니다". xD

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2015. 7. 22. 오전 8:01에 "Lila Tretikov" 님이 작성:

> Congratulations! (how do I say this in Korean?)
>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 8:50 AM, Carlos M. Colina 
> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > We have another group of wikimedians being recognised [1], the
> Wikimedians
> > of Korea User Group. They have been around for some time and among their
> > main interests is the development of educational content in South Korea
> > available for all, along with supporting the development of other
> Wikimedia
> > projects.
> >
> > Welcome!!
> >
> > 1:
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Wikimedians_of_Korea_User_Group_-_Liaison_approval,_July_2015
> > --
> > "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua
> > junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain."
> > Carlos M. Colina
> > Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
> www.wikimedia.org.ve
> > 
> > Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee
> > Phone: +972-52-4869915
> > Twitter: @maor_x
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Iranian Wikimedians UG

2015-07-21 Thread James Heilman

Congrats to all in Iran on user group status and of course keep safe and
keep up the amazing work :-)

-- 
James Heilman
MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian

Starting July 2015 I am a board member of the Wikimedia Foundation
My emails; however, do not represent the official position of the WMF

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Iranian Wikimedians UG

2015-07-21 Thread Patricio Lorente

Congratulations and welcome! I'm very happy to see Mardetanha as one of the
founders, well done!

El mar., 21 de jul. de 2015 a la(s) 8:03 p. m., Lila Tretikov <
l...@wikimedia.org> escribió:

> Congratulations Iran User Group! Really great to see this!!! Was wonderful
> to meet some of you at Wikimania :)
>
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Carlos M. Colina 
> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I'm pleased to announcce the recognition [1] of a new member of the
> family
> > of Wikimedia affilates, the Iranian Wikimedians User Group. Among their
> > main interests are encouraging the use of Wikimedia resources in
> education
> > (at cultural centres, associations and Universities), outreach work and
> the
> > use of social media to tell people about Wikipedia and its sister
> projects;
> > edit-a-thons and participation in different cultural events, photo trips
> > and upload-a-thons to teach users how to upload images to Commons.
> >
> > Welcome!!
> >
> > 1:
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Iranian_Wikimedians_User_Group_-_Liaison_approval,_July_2015
> > --
> > "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua
> > junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain."
> > Carlos M. Colina
> > Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
> www.wikimedia.org.ve
> > 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Albanian Language as a Wikimedia User Group

2015-07-21 Thread Patricio Lorente

Congratulations and welcome, Albanian friends!

El mar., 21 de jul. de 2015 a la(s) 7:45 p. m., Alex Wang <
aw...@wikimedia.org> escribió:

> Congrats and welcome!
>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Shlomi Fish 
> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:49:27 +0300
> > "Carlos M. Colina"  wrote:
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > On behalf of the Affiliations Committee, it is an honor for me to
> > > announce the recognition [1] of Wikimedians of Albanian Language as a
> > > WUG. They are working hard to increase (in quantity and quality) the
> > > free knowledge available in albanian, as well as collaborating with
> > > other fellow wikimedians in areas of the Balkans outside of Albania
> > > where their language is also spoken. Hence their name :-)
> > >
> >
> > Congrats and welcome.
> >
> > -- Shlomi Fish
> >
> > --
> > -
> > Shlomi Fish   http://www.shlomifish.org/
> > http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/facts/Emma-Watson/
> >
> > Hacker sees bug. Hacker does not want bug. Hacker fixes bug.
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Community UG Belarus

2015-07-21 Thread Patricio Lorente

Congratulations and welcome, Belarus!

El mar., 21 de jul. de 2015 a la(s) 7:46 p. m., Alex Wang <
aw...@wikimedia.org> escribió:

> Congrats and welcome!
>
> On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 6:40 AM, Raymond Leonard <
> raymond.f.leonard...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Welcome to the Wikimedians of Wikimedia Community User Group Belarus!
> >
> > Yours,
> > Peaceray 
> > Cascadia Wikimedians User Group 
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Asaf Bartov 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Congratulations, Belarusian colleagues!
> > >
> > >A.
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Carlos M. Colina <
> > ma...@wikimedia.org.ve>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear all,
> > > >
> > > > It is an honour and a pleasure to announce on behalf of the
> > Affiliations
> > > > Committee the recognition [1] of the newest Wikimedia User Group:
> > > Wikimedia
> > > > Community User Group Belarus. Among their objectives are to represent
> > > both
> > > > Belarusian Wikipedias (classical and academic) in international
> > > relations;
> > > > to widen media presence and public awareness about Belarusian
> > Wikipedias'
> > > > community activities; and to make collaborative projects with other
> > > > interest groups, social initiatives, NGOs and local communities in
> > > Belarus
> > > > and abroad.
> > > >
> > > > Please join us in welcoming a new member of the family! :-)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 1:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Belarus_-_Liaison_approval,_July_2015
> > > > --
> > > > "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee
> > wayuukanairua
> > > > junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya
> > junain."
> > > > Carlos M. Colina
> > > > Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
> > > www.wikimedia.org.ve
> > > > 
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> > > > Phone: +972-52-4869915
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> > >
> > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Iranian Wikimedians UG

2015-07-21 Thread Lila Tretikov

Congratulations Iran User Group! Really great to see this!!! Was wonderful
to meet some of you at Wikimania :)

On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Carlos M. Colina 
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I'm pleased to announcce the recognition [1] of a new member of the family
> of Wikimedia affilates, the Iranian Wikimedians User Group. Among their
> main interests are encouraging the use of Wikimedia resources in education
> (at cultural centres, associations and Universities), outreach work and the
> use of social media to tell people about Wikipedia and its sister projects;
> edit-a-thons and participation in different cultural events, photo trips
> and upload-a-thons to teach users how to upload images to Commons.
>
> Welcome!!
>
> 1:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Iranian_Wikimedians_User_Group_-_Liaison_approval,_July_2015
> --
> "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua
> junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain."
> Carlos M. Colina
> Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 | www.wikimedia.org.ve
> 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Korea as a Wikimedia User Group

2015-07-21 Thread Lila Tretikov

Congratulations! (how do I say this in Korean?)

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 8:50 AM, Carlos M. Colina 
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> We have another group of wikimedians being recognised [1], the Wikimedians
> of Korea User Group. They have been around for some time and among their
> main interests is the development of educational content in South Korea
> available for all, along with supporting the development of other Wikimedia
> projects.
>
> Welcome!!
>
> 1:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Wikimedians_of_Korea_User_Group_-_Liaison_approval,_July_2015
> --
> "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua
> junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain."
> Carlos M. Colina
> Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 | www.wikimedia.org.ve
> 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Community UG Belarus

2015-07-21 Thread Alex Wang

Congrats and welcome!

On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 6:40 AM, Raymond Leonard <
raymond.f.leonard...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Welcome to the Wikimedians of Wikimedia Community User Group Belarus!
>
> Yours,
> Peaceray 
> Cascadia Wikimedians User Group 
>
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Asaf Bartov 
> wrote:
>
> > Congratulations, Belarusian colleagues!
> >
> >A.
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Carlos M. Colina <
> ma...@wikimedia.org.ve>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > It is an honour and a pleasure to announce on behalf of the
> Affiliations
> > > Committee the recognition [1] of the newest Wikimedia User Group:
> > Wikimedia
> > > Community User Group Belarus. Among their objectives are to represent
> > both
> > > Belarusian Wikipedias (classical and academic) in international
> > relations;
> > > to widen media presence and public awareness about Belarusian
> Wikipedias'
> > > community activities; and to make collaborative projects with other
> > > interest groups, social initiatives, NGOs and local communities in
> > Belarus
> > > and abroad.
> > >
> > > Please join us in welcoming a new member of the family! :-)
> > >
> > >
> > > 1:
> > >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Belarus_-_Liaison_approval,_July_2015
> > > --
> > > "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee
> wayuukanairua
> > > junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya
> junain."
> > > Carlos M. Colina
> > > Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
> > www.wikimedia.org.ve
> > > 
> > > Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee
> > > Phone: +972-52-4869915
> > > Twitter: @maor_x
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> >
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> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Albanian Language as a Wikimedia User Group

2015-07-21 Thread Alex Wang

Congrats and welcome!

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Shlomi Fish  wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:49:27 +0300
> "Carlos M. Colina"  wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > On behalf of the Affiliations Committee, it is an honor for me to
> > announce the recognition [1] of Wikimedians of Albanian Language as a
> > WUG. They are working hard to increase (in quantity and quality) the
> > free knowledge available in albanian, as well as collaborating with
> > other fellow wikimedians in areas of the Balkans outside of Albania
> > where their language is also spoken. Hence their name :-)
> >
>
> Congrats and welcome.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Korea as a Wikimedia User Group

2015-07-21 Thread Alex Wang

Congrats!

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Hong, Yongmin  wrote:

> Finally!!!
>
> There was a meeting for creation fo legal entity in Oct. 2014 and I see the
> approval by WMF AffCom today.
>
> --
> Revi
> https://revi.me
> -- Sent from Android --
> 2015. 7. 18. 오전 12:50에 "Carlos M. Colina" 님이 작성:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > We have another group of wikimedians being recognised [1], the
> Wikimedians
> > of Korea User Group. They have been around for some time and among their
> > main interests is the development of educational content in South Korea
> > available for all, along with supporting the development of other
> Wikimedia
> > projects.
> >
> > Welcome!!
> >
> > 1:
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Wikimedians_of_Korea_User_Group_-_Liaison_approval,_July_2015
> > --
> > "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua
> > junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain."
> > Carlos M. Colina
> > Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
> www.wikimedia.org.ve
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Iranian Wikimedians UG

2015-07-21 Thread Alex Wang

Congrats and welcome!

On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 6:43 AM, Raymond Leonard <
raymond.f.leonard...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Welcome to the Iranian Wikimedians User Group!
>
> Yours,
> Peaceray 
> Cascadia Wikimedians User Group 
>
> On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 3:44 AM, Shlomi Fish 
> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 13:20:56 -0700
> > Asaf Bartov  wrote:
> >
> > > Congratulations and much success!
> > >
> > >A.
> > >
> >
> > Congratulations, good luck, and welcome aboard!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Shlomi Fish
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of WikiWomen's User Group

2015-07-21 Thread Alex Wang

Great news! Excited to see some awesome projects from this group!

On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Patricio Lorente <
patricio.lore...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Congratulations, WikiWomen, and welcome!
>
>  Patricio
>
> El mar., 21 de jul. de 2015 a la(s) 3:19 a. m., Nasir Khan <
> nasir8...@gmail.com> escribió:
>
> > Great news, congrats :D
> >
> > Nasir Khan
> > Wikimedia Bangladesh
> >
> >
> > --
> > *Nasir Khan Saikat*
> > www.nasirkhn.com
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 9:46 AM, Sydney Poore 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you everyone for the warm welcome for this new WikiWomen's User
> > > Group.
> > >
> > > Help us spread the work all around the world to chapters and other
> > > affiliated organizations that are working on the gender gap already and
> > > would find this group an useful place to connect with other people with
> > > similar interests.
> > >
> > > Also, any women and allies working on any WMF project who are
> interested
> > in
> > > the gender gap is welcome to join. All languages welcome. Help us
> > translate
> > > the pages.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomen%27s_User_Group#Interested_in_participating
> > >
> > > Sydney
> > >
> > > Sydney Poore
> > > User:FloNight
> > > Wikipedian in Residence
> > > at Cochrane Collaboration
> > >
> > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 6:24 AM, Carlos M. Colina <
> > ma...@wikimedia.org.ve>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear all,
> > > >
> > > > I am pleased and honoured to announce on behalf of the Affiliations
> > > > Committe the recognition [1] of a new member of the family of
> Wikimedia
> > > > affiliates: The WikiWomen's User Group. Among their goals are
> > providing a
> > > > collaborative space for women to work on projects, discuss
> > gender-related
> > > > issues (but not limited to) and work towards the increase in content
> > and
> > > > contributor diversity.
> > > >
> > > > Please, join us in welcoming them!! :-)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 1:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/WikiWomen's_User_Group_-_Liaison_approval,_July_2015
> > > > --
> > > > "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee
> > wayuukanairua
> > > > junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya
> > junain."
> > > > Carlos M. Colina
> > > > Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
> > > www.wikimedia.org.ve
> > > > 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Geohack

2015-07-21 Thread Raymond Leonard

Nou Nouill commented:

> Moreover, in plenty of language, Geohack have long lists of hundred links,
> with lot of useless links, because languages communities want to describe
> exhaustively web mappings service. So the presentation of Geohack is often
> very weighed down.

Perhaps this is a problem that can be solved with WikiData, & on the
presentation side only the in language links would be provided, according
to the particular language of the Wikipedia / Wikimedia project

Yours
Peaceray 
Cascadia Wikimedians User Group 

On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Tim Landscheidt 
wrote:

> Nou Nouill  wrote:
>
> > [...]
>
> > So, I want to ask if the Foundation have a plan to improve Geohack ? I
> have
> > the impression when I see https://tools.wmflabs.org that Geohack was
> mainly
> > maintain by volunteer, but for me Geohack is a core item of the Wikimedia
> > sphere. So I don't understand that situation since few years. I hope it's
> > the place to do this comment.
>
> There is a task about moving Geohack to production
> (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T102960; "Move geohack to
> production").  However in the WMF cluster there is also al-
> ready Extension:MapSources
> (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MapSources)
> deployed on the Wikivoyage sites, so (IMHO) it is more use-
> ful to expand on that foundation.
>
> The problems Geohack faced in the past (AFAICT) can be
> mostly attributed to failures in the Labs infrastructure, so
> moving the functionality to an ("internal") extension would
> improve the availability (or to put in another way: If Geo-
> hack/Extension:MapSources would /then/ fail, Wikipedia would
> be down as well :-)).
>
> Tim
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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 11, Issue 28 -- 15 July 2015

2015-07-21 Thread Wikipedia Signpost

Op-ed: On paid editing and advocacy: when the Bright Line fails to shine, and 
what we can do about it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-07-15/Op-ed

News and notes: The Wikimedia Conference and Wikimania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-07-15/News_and_notes

In the media: Shapps requests WMUK data; professor's plagiarism demotion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-07-15/In_the_media

Blog: Wikimedia Foundation releases third transparency report
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-07-15/Blog

Traffic report: Belles of the ball
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-07-15/Traffic_report

WikiProject report: What happens when a country is no longer a country?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-07-15/WikiProject_report

Technology report: Tech news in brief
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-07-15/Technology_report

Featured content: When angels and daemons interrupt the vicious and intemperate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-07-15/Featured_content


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of WikiWomen's User Group

2015-07-21 Thread Patricio Lorente

Congratulations, WikiWomen, and welcome!

 Patricio

El mar., 21 de jul. de 2015 a la(s) 3:19 a. m., Nasir Khan <
nasir8...@gmail.com> escribió:

> Great news, congrats :D
>
> Nasir Khan
> Wikimedia Bangladesh
>
>
> --
> *Nasir Khan Saikat*
> www.nasirkhn.com
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 9:46 AM, Sydney Poore 
> wrote:
>
> > Thank you everyone for the warm welcome for this new WikiWomen's User
> > Group.
> >
> > Help us spread the work all around the world to chapters and other
> > affiliated organizations that are working on the gender gap already and
> > would find this group an useful place to connect with other people with
> > similar interests.
> >
> > Also, any women and allies working on any WMF project who are interested
> in
> > the gender gap is welcome to join. All languages welcome. Help us
> translate
> > the pages.
> >
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomen%27s_User_Group#Interested_in_participating
> >
> > Sydney
> >
> > Sydney Poore
> > User:FloNight
> > Wikipedian in Residence
> > at Cochrane Collaboration
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 6:24 AM, Carlos M. Colina <
> ma...@wikimedia.org.ve>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > I am pleased and honoured to announce on behalf of the Affiliations
> > > Committe the recognition [1] of a new member of the family of Wikimedia
> > > affiliates: The WikiWomen's User Group. Among their goals are
> providing a
> > > collaborative space for women to work on projects, discuss
> gender-related
> > > issues (but not limited to) and work towards the increase in content
> and
> > > contributor diversity.
> > >
> > > Please, join us in welcoming them!! :-)
> > >
> > >
> > > 1:
> > >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/WikiWomen's_User_Group_-_Liaison_approval,_July_2015
> > > --
> > > "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee
> wayuukanairua
> > > junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya
> junain."
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> > > Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
> > www.wikimedia.org.ve
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] harald bischoff advertising to make images "for the wikimedia foundation" and then suing users

2015-07-21 Thread Lilburne


On 21/07/2015 08:00, rupert THURNER wrote:

On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 11:46 PM, Lilburne  wrote:

On 20/07/2015 19:38, Andy Mabbett wrote:

On 20 July 2015 at 18:09, Robert Rohde  wrote:


it is also hard for me to get behind the
notion of punishing someone for demanding that reusers due the things
that
Commons actually recommends that they do.

It's not a question of punishment, but of protecting Commons'
reputation (from being" brought into disrepute", as it might be
termed)


If you start deleting the images from Commons you put all re-users
absolutely at risk who have linked to Commons.

Why?

Because you will now have removed the link to the attributions and license
that they were relying on. This is why anyone that links like that is a
fool. It is one thing to link to a page containing attribution/license on
your site. Quite another to link to some other site you have no control over
for the attribution/license.

the link is good enough imo, commons does not throw away the record
that the foto was there and everything can be reconstructed in case of
trouble.



You shouldn't need to reconstruct anything. The attribution should be 
there. If someone has linked to the attribution on Commons and Commons 
admins have deleted the page in some snit then the attribution is no 
longer there. Regardless as to whether linking to attribution is finally 
considered by a court as OK. The link is no longer to the attribution. 
Even CC v4 licenses don't say that it is OK to link to a page where the 
attribution may or may not be, or where the attribution may upon request 
be reconstructed, or hunted down. If people are relying on the 
attribution being at the end of the links then you can't effectively 404 
the links.



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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia French] Summer of french cities and villages

2015-07-21 Thread Christophe Henner

Hi everyone,

Just so you know, Wikimedia France is officially launching a new program:
Summer of french cities and villages

This program is aimed to increase outreach and to raise awareness that
anyone can esaily contribute. That there are many things they can do, such
as sharing their holiday picture.

More infos available there http://etedesvilleswikipedia.fr/

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] harald bischoff advertising to make images "for the wikimedia foundation" and then suing users

2015-07-21 Thread rupert THURNER

On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 11:46 PM, Lilburne  wrote:
> On 20/07/2015 19:38, Andy Mabbett wrote:
>>
>> On 20 July 2015 at 18:09, Robert Rohde  wrote:
>>
>>> it is also hard for me to get behind the
>>> notion of punishing someone for demanding that reusers due the things
>>> that
>>> Commons actually recommends that they do.
>>
>> It's not a question of punishment, but of protecting Commons'
>> reputation (from being" brought into disrepute", as it might be
>> termed)
>>
>
> If you start deleting the images from Commons you put all re-users
> absolutely at risk who have linked to Commons.
>
> Why?
>
> Because you will now have removed the link to the attributions and license
> that they were relying on. This is why anyone that links like that is a
> fool. It is one thing to link to a page containing attribution/license on
> your site. Quite another to link to some other site you have no control over
> for the attribution/license.

the link is good enough imo, commons does not throw away the record
that the foto was there and everything can be reconstructed in case of
trouble. but - i'd love that this gets solved on a technical level.
every media file in commons either contains the author, or it is set
by wikipedia software into the metadata. resizing and storing retains
this information. after a while all toolchains will retain such
information and the problem of wikipedia as cause of cease and desist
letters (german: abmahnung) [0] will cease to exist. even for offline
wikipedia (kiwix, and similar) and direct links to media. there was a
non-wikipedia case a while ago [1], where the court says even in
direct links to the image you should be able to see the author and
license. it was dragged on to a higher instance but i could not find
what the final judgement was.

another challenge in this context are "user defined licenses". those
were used by lawyers cease and desist letters bearing a 600-1500 eur
price tag. there seems to be even a business in fighting such letters,
naming wikipedia authors [2][3]. just as example, one of the mentioned
users images has Permission={{User:Ralf Roletschek/Autor2}} as foto
license. [4]. different author, same strategy, outcome "You must
attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor"
for a cc-by-sa 3.0 foto [5]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abmahnung
[1] 
http://www.chip.de/news/LG-Koeln-Copyright-Urteil-schafft-neue-Abmahn-Falle_66923908.html
[2] 
http://www.abmahnung.de/abmahnung-rechtsanwalt-dr-iur-hans-g-muesse-im-auftrag-eines-rechteinhabers.html
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