[Wikimedia-l] Wiki Loves the Olympics - Photo contest

[Rodrigo Padula]

Hello guys,

The Wikimedia Community Brazilian Group of Education and Research launched 
today the Wiki Loves the Olympics, a pilot project of an international photo 
contest about the Olympics and Paralympic games.

Important links:
WLO official site: http://www.wikimedia.org.br/wlo
WLO on 
commons:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_the_Olympics
WLO contest page on pt.wiki: 
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipédia:WLO/Rio_2016 

Social networks:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wikilovestheolympics
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wltheolympics

Our focus is Brazil, but the contest is open for all the world.

We are fixing some issues during this week but the contest is already open for 
submissions!

In parallel to that initiative, we are running an editing contest in 
cooperation with many countries members of the Iberocoop
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_the_Olympics  

We need some help to translate our templates and banners on commons and spread 
that project around our international community. 

Templates on commons: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki_Loves_the_Olympics_templates
Central Notice: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_the_Olympics/Central_Notice

Comments and help are welcome!

Best regards!

Rodrigo Padula
Coordenador de Projetos
Grupo Wikimedia Brasileiro de Educação e Pesquisa
http://www.wikimedia.org.br
21 99326-0558



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[Wikimedia-l] FD candidates - shortlisted

[Dariusz Jemielniak]

Many thanks to all those who nominated themselves for the four vacancies on
the FDC; we have an exceptional slate of candidates this round, of diverse
backgrounds and experiences.

The shortlist of candidates has been posted on meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Nominations/2016#Update_from_the_Board_and_shortlist_of_candidates

In the coming weeks, the Board of Trustees will select four members to the
FDC from the interviewed shortlist. We will announce these appointments by
close of day UTC 2 September 2016.

Best
Dariusz and Guy
Board liaisons, FDC
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Kevin Gorman has passed away

[Rachel Farrand]

You can add info here if you knew him and some of his Wikimedia work and
accomplishments:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-08-04/Obituary

On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 8:18 PM, Ryan Kaldari  wrote:

> I was friends with Kevin and talked to him often over email. He was a
> tireless advocate of addressing the gender gap on Wikipedia and making the
> projects less toxic. Besides his significant volunteer work on-wiki, he was
> also a moderator of the gendergap mailing list (a difficult and thankless
> job). He was always an advocate for those whose voices were not being heard
> or those who were afraid to speak up due to fear of being attacked. He ran
> for English Wikipedia ArbCom last year, and addressed some of these issues
> in his candidate statement: "Our encyclopedia aims to encompass the sum of
> all human knowledge - a lofty goal that we cannot possibly accomplish
> unless we take steps to ensure that, to borrow from a recent public
> comment, we’re sending no demographic into a cultural buzzsaw."
>
> Kevin was one of the countless unsung heroes of our movement, and his
> passing is a tragic loss. I hope we can pay tribute to his memory by
> continuing to work towards addressing the gender gap and eliminating
> harassment on our projects.
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