Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Translators-l] Purodha passed away

2016-09-02 Thread jayvdb 
On Sat, 3 Sep 2016 02:43 Amir E. Aharoni, 
wrote:
> This is very sad.
>
> He was not only a prolific translator, but a prolific bug reporter, too.
>
> May he rest in peace.

Indeed. Also developed patches.

His activity can be seen here:

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/p/Purodha/

Can we find the open bugs he voted for/awarded tokens to?
And do the hardest one in his honour?

--
John
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Publicpolicy] WMF Transparency Report

2016-09-02 Thread James Salsman 
Jan,

Regarding my questions on https://transparency.wikimedia.org/
below, it has been three weeks since I forwarded them to you.
Would you please answer them?

Were the five requests for content removal based on the right to be
forgotten included in the 243 requests to alter or take down content?

Can you please say what proportion of those involving living people
claiming defamation were discussed by the community e.g. on the
English Wikipedia's WP:BLPN?

I am also interested as to why these questions have not been
allowed on the publicpolicy mailing list. My questions to the
moderator Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov of August 15 have not been
answered, either.

> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 12:37 PM, Jan Gerlach  wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> Many of you may have already seen it and we are really excited about the
>> transparency report that we released earlier this week:
>>
>> https://transparency.wikimedia.org/
>>
>> Highlights:
>>
>> 243 requests to alter or remove content from the projects. None were
>> granted.
>>
>> 13 requests to disclose nonpublic user information. None were granted.
>>
>> 22 requests under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act to remove
>> copyrighted material from the projects. Six were granted.
>>
>>
>> Please find more info about the report in this blogpost.
>>
>> Best,
>> Jan
>>
>> ==
>>
>>
>> Jan Gerlach
>> Public Policy Manager
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>> 149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor
>> San Francisco, CA 94105
>> jgerl...@wikimedia.org

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Translators-l] Purodha passed away

2016-09-02 Thread Keegan Peterzell 
I was not expecting this at all, not that it's ever expected...

:(:(:(:(

On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Pine W  wrote:

> Forwarding news of the passing of a Wikimedian, User:Purodha.
>
> May he rest in peace. Condolences to his family and friends.
>
> Pine
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: "Johan Jönsson" 
> Date: Sep 2, 2016 12:38
> Subject: [Translators-l] Purodha passed away
> To: "Wikimedia Translators" 
> Cc:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> One of the most active members of our small translator community and on
> this list, Purodha, has passed away, his political party states
>  trauern-farewell-purodha/>.
> On his Meta talk page, he reported having had a serious health breakdown in
> mid-August, but was recovering and even resumed translating. Unfortunately,
> his recovery didn't last long. We'll have fewer Ripuarian translations in
> the future.
>
> He was active in the German-speaking community and there's a condolences
> page on German Wikipedia:
> https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Purodha/Kondolenzliste
>
> //Johan Jönsson
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[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Translators-l] Purodha passed away

2016-09-02 Thread Pine W 
Forwarding news of the passing of a Wikimedian, User:Purodha.

May he rest in peace. Condolences to his family and friends.

Pine
-- Forwarded message --
From: "Johan Jönsson" 
Date: Sep 2, 2016 12:38
Subject: [Translators-l] Purodha passed away
To: "Wikimedia Translators" 
Cc:

Hi everyone,

One of the most active members of our small translator community and on
this list, Purodha, has passed away, his political party states
.
On his Meta talk page, he reported having had a serious health breakdown in
mid-August, but was recovering and even resumed translating. Unfortunately,
his recovery didn't last long. We'll have fewer Ripuarian translations in
the future.

He was active in the German-speaking community and there's a condolences
page on German Wikipedia:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Purodha/Kondolenzliste

//Johan Jönsson
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] UG participation in a TV program in Brasil

2016-09-02 Thread Ivana Guslarević 
Congratulations! :)

Regards!

Ивана Гусларевић
менаџер комуникација, Викимедија Србије
p: 011 3348 468 m: 060 74 54 772 a: Дечанска 4/3, Београд
s: rs.wikimedia.org e: ivana.guslare...@vikimedija.org


*Замислите свет у коме свака особа на планети има слободан приступ
целокупном људском знању. То је оно на чему ми радимо.*


2016-08-26 22:21 GMT+02:00 Rodrigo Padula :

> Hello all,
>
> Yesterday we participated in a TV program at Futura Channel (an important
> educational tv channel in Brasil) talking about collaboration and
> Wikipedia, including some information about our scientific event
> http://ccbwiki.wikimedia.org.br/.
>
> The video is published online and listed in our site at
> http://www.wikimedia.org.br/participacao%20no%20canal%20futura (PT only)
>
> That is the first Brazilian participation in a TV program with good local
> repercussion transmitted to the entire country.
>
> 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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Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC appointments

2016-09-02 Thread Sydney Poore 
Congratulations, Garfield, Anne, Bishakha, and Candelaria.

And a big thank you to  Dumisani, Matanya and Osmar for work that you
did evaluating the grants proposals,  and also making the FDC be a
well functioning committee.
Warm regards,
Sydney
Sydney Poore
User:FloNight

WikiConference North America https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2016/Main_Page

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sydney.e.poore



On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Dariusz Jemielniak  wrote:
> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> We are pleased to inform you that the WMF Board of Trustees has come to a
> decision about which four candidates to appoint to the FDC for the next 2
> years. It wasn't easy, as the caliber of candidates[*] was extremely high,
> and their range of skills and expertise extremely impressive.
>
> The resolution is now published in
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Funds_Dissemination_Committee_Membership_2016
>
> We have selected four appointees as follows:
>
> 1) Garfield Byrd (User:Gtbiv)
> 2) Anne Clin (User:Risker)
> 3) Bishakha Datta (User:Bishdatta)
> 4) Candelaria Laspeñas (User:Cande_laspe)
>
> On behalf of the Board, we want to thank Dumisani, Matanya and Osmar for
> their service to the FDC. We deeply appreciate the years they have served
> the committee and all the work they have done during many rounds of FDC
> recommendations. Their insights, perspectives and experiences have been
> invaluable to the work of the committee, and have gone a long way in
> shaping the development of the APG process into a successful and important
> part of grant-making in the Wikimedia world.
>
> We hope they will continue to remain engaged in the movement in different
> ways in the years ahead.
>
> We also want to thank all the candidates that participated in this round of
> nominations, and encourage them to consider re-applying for the committee
> next year, when new members will be elected to serve on the committee.
>
> Best,
>
> Dariusz & Guy
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC appointments

2016-09-02 Thread Itzik - Wikimedia Israel 
Welcome friends! I'm so exited and happy that you join our committee!

Can't wait to our first FDC deliberation together in a few months.


- Sent from mobile

On Sep 2, 2016 19:55, "Dariusz Jemielniak"  wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> We are pleased to inform you that the WMF Board of Trustees has come to a
> decision about which four candidates to appoint to the FDC for the next 2
> years. It wasn't easy, as the caliber of candidates[*] was extremely high,
> and their range of skills and expertise extremely impressive.
>
> The resolution is now published in
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Funds_
> Dissemination_Committee_Membership_2016
>
> We have selected four appointees as follows:
>
> 1) Garfield Byrd (User:Gtbiv)
> 2) Anne Clin (User:Risker)
> 3) Bishakha Datta (User:Bishdatta)
> 4) Candelaria Laspeñas (User:Cande_laspe)
>
> On behalf of the Board, we want to thank Dumisani, Matanya and Osmar for
> their service to the FDC. We deeply appreciate the years they have served
> the committee and all the work they have done during many rounds of FDC
> recommendations. Their insights, perspectives and experiences have been
> invaluable to the work of the committee, and have gone a long way in
> shaping the development of the APG process into a successful and important
> part of grant-making in the Wikimedia world.
>
> We hope they will continue to remain engaged in the movement in different
> ways in the years ahead.
>
> We also want to thank all the candidates that participated in this round of
> nominations, and encourage them to consider re-applying for the committee
> next year, when new members will be elected to serve on the committee.
>
> Best,
>
> Dariusz & Guy
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[Wikimedia-l] Invitation to IRC office hour on copyright strategy

2016-09-02 Thread Charles M. Roslof 
Hi all,

You may have seen my email earlier this week announcing the copyright
strategy—a new effort to improve how we identify, prioritize, and address
copyright issues throughout the Wikimedia movement. (I’ve copied it below,
in case you missed it.)

As part of getting feedback on the strategy and communicating its vision,
goals, and process, the Wikimedia Foundation legal team will be holding an
office hour on IRC:

*Thursday, September 15, 2016. 14:00 UTC (07:00 PDT).*

Please stop by #wikimedia-office at that time to discuss the copyright
strategy and ask any questions you have about it. There are instructions
for participating on Meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours

We have timed the office hour to correspond with when we expect to shift
our focus from meta-discussion about the strategy to following the strategy
and addressing individual copyright issues.

In the meantime, please take a look at the copyright strategy itself, and
feel free to provide feedback on the talk page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Copyright_strategy

Best,
Charles


> Hi all,



We on the Wikimedia Foundation Legal Team have been working on creating a
> better and more collaborative process for organizing, streamlining, and
> completing Wikimedia’s copyright-related work. We’d like to hear from you
> about it in the next couple weeks, and then we’d like to work together to
> identify, prioritize, and address copyright issues.



You can read more about the copyright strategy on Meta at
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Copyright_strategy and leave questions and
> comments on the talk page.



Thanks!


==
Charles M. Roslof
Legal Counsel
Wikimedia Foundation
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[Wikimedia-l] FDC appointments

2016-09-02 Thread Dariusz Jemielniak 
Dear Wikimedians,

We are pleased to inform you that the WMF Board of Trustees has come to a
decision about which four candidates to appoint to the FDC for the next 2
years. It wasn't easy, as the caliber of candidates[*] was extremely high,
and their range of skills and expertise extremely impressive.

The resolution is now published in
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Funds_Dissemination_Committee_Membership_2016

We have selected four appointees as follows:

1) Garfield Byrd (User:Gtbiv)
2) Anne Clin (User:Risker)
3) Bishakha Datta (User:Bishdatta)
4) Candelaria Laspeñas (User:Cande_laspe)

On behalf of the Board, we want to thank Dumisani, Matanya and Osmar for
their service to the FDC. We deeply appreciate the years they have served
the committee and all the work they have done during many rounds of FDC
recommendations. Their insights, perspectives and experiences have been
invaluable to the work of the committee, and have gone a long way in
shaping the development of the APG process into a successful and important
part of grant-making in the Wikimedia world.

We hope they will continue to remain engaged in the movement in different
ways in the years ahead.

We also want to thank all the candidates that participated in this round of
nominations, and encourage them to consider re-applying for the committee
next year, when new members will be elected to serve on the committee.

Best,

Dariusz & Guy
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New Elections Committee

2016-09-02 Thread Adrian Raddatz 
Hi all,

Just to let you know, User:KTC has been selected as the new interim chair
of the elections committee. A permanent chair will be selected once all
advisers and members are in place.

This change has been reflected at <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee>.

Regards,

Adrian Raddatz

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 7:02 PM, Dariusz Jemielniak 
wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 8:09 PM, Risker  wrote:
>
> > I am also curious whether the committee members (and by extension the WMF
> > staff and Board liaisons) have undertaken to not run in the next
> election.
> > Given that the Committee is tasked with reviewing and potentially
> modifying
> > the rules under which future elections will be held, such a public
> > confirmation would prevent the perception of conflict of interest.
> >
> >
> I can answer the one about myself: within the Board we have agreed that the
> matters pertaining to community elections will be dealt with by Nataliia,
> as I have not made a decision about not running yet.
>
> I do hope, however,  that I will be able to cooperate with the Election
> Committee on topics such as a more general restructuring of the Board.
>
> best,
>
> dj
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