Re: [Wikimedia-l] DEITYBOUNCE and reader logs (was Re: Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer)

[Pine W]

Having looked at this situation further, I am glad to say that I did not
find any information in Victoria's background that I considered to be a red
flag.

However, I would appreciate hearing more from Victoria about her
involvement in "Total Information Awareness" [0] and similar programs, past
or present.

I would also appreciate it if the controversial email thread that was
referenced in the article that James linked [1] could be made public.

I'd like to respond to a comment that Katherine made. Katherine said,
"...Her findings and recommendations will also be a matter of public
record, as all government work should be." Please keep in mind that some
information is kept quiet with good reason in government and in other
industries and organizations, including WMF and the Wikimedia community. I
have pressed WMF repeatedly about transparency matters (particularly
regarding its financial expenses, which I believe should be much more
transparent), but even I agree that some information should be confidential.

Based on what I have learned so far, my inclination is to continue to
assume good faith of Victoria and WMF regarding this appointment while
hoping for responses to the queries above. I am glad to have a CTO, and I
am hopeful that all will be well. In my comments in this thread, I am
trying to balance the protection of the community with the wish to welcome
someone who might be an important "net positive" for us and a good fit for
the kind of public service that we do here.

Regards,

Pine

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Information_Awareness
[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2002/ 
11/22/world/threats-responses- surveillance-terror-tracking-
agency-weighed-but-discarded- plan.html
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Winning photos of Wiki Loves Monuments Bangladesh 2016

[Anna Stillwell]

I enjoyed them as well.

On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Asaf Bartov  wrote:

> Thank you!  Amazing photos. :)
>
>A.
>
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 10:39 AM Tanweer Morshed 
> wrote:
>
> > Deal all,
> >
> > We are very happy to announce the top 10 winning photos[1] of Wiki Loves
> > Monuments Bangladesh 2016. These 10 photos will compete in the
> > international stage of the competition.
> >
> > This was the first time Wiki Loves Monuments was organized in
> Bangladesh. A
> > total 7532 photographs of 452 archaeological sites and buildings were
> > uploaded. Congratulations to all the winners. And a big thanks to the
> > volunteers who were involved in organizing the competition.
> >
> > [1]
> >
> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_
> Monuments_2016_in_Bangladesh/Winning_photos
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks and regards,
> > *Tanweer Morshed*
> > Member, Organizing Committee
> > Wiki Loves Monuments Bangladesh 2016
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] DEITYBOUNCE and reader logs (was Re: Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer)

[Leila Zia]

Hi James,

On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 10:22 AM, James Salsman  wrote:


> The Foundation's main security problem at present is that all of the
> reader logs with IP addresses get shipped off to a lab at Stanford
> which is under NDA,
>

​Please create a task in phabricator for this if you have specifics and
share the link here. I've talked to Research (my team), Security, and
Analytics, and we are not aware of any reader logs being shipped out of the
WMF servers.​

​Best,
Leila​

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> Jim
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer

[Nurunnaby Hasive]

Welcome Victoria.

-Hasive
WMBD
@nhasive

On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 2:36 AM, Bobby Shabangu 
wrote:

> Impressive resume,
>
> Welcome Victoria.
>
> On 03 Nov 2016 11:44 AM,  wrote:
>
> ‎Wow!!!
>
> This is a great news. Welcome Victoria on board.
>
> Best Regards
> Olushola
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>   Original Message
> From: Tim Moritz Hector
> Sent: Thursday, 3 November 2016 08:25
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List
> Reply To: Wikimedia Mailing List
> Cc: Victoria Coleman
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief
> Technology Officer
>
> A warm welcome to Wikimedia also from Germany, Victoria! I'm happy to see
> you joining the movement and wish you a good start at the Wikimedia
> Foundation.
>
> Best regards
> Tim Moritz Hector
>
> Chair of the Board
> Wikimedia Deutschland
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | D-10963 Berlin
> http://www.wikimedia.de
>
> 2016-11-02 22:50 GMT+01:00 Damon Sicore :
>
> >
> > Victoria,
> >
> > This is great news! I believe your talent, knowledge, and insight will
> > boost and elevate the WMF community, and I know your positive personality
> > will be warmly welcomed.
> >
> > Yours faithfully,
> > Damon Sicore
> > https://damon.sicore.com 
> > 6E98 FBFB D192 D325 B85D D4FF FD2A 20ED DC1D 3975
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Nov 2, 2016, at 11:22 AM, Katherine Maher 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > I’m excited today to introduce the Wikimedia Foundation's new Chief
> > > Technology Officer, Victoria Coleman. Victoria’s first day is November
> 7,
> > > and she will be based in the Foundation's office in San Francisco.
> > >
> > > Victoria comes to us with more than 20 years of experience in consumer
> > and
> > > enterprise technology. And as you’ll learn quickly when you start
> getting
> > > to know her, she is deeply passionate about the importance of
> education,
> > > and how the Wikimedia mission advances education and equity around the
> > > world.
> > >
> > > When we started looking for a CTO for the Foundation, projects, and
> > > communities, we knew we were looking for a unique person - someone with
> > the
> > > experience to lead confidently, and the confidence to embrace open
> > > collaboration in leadership. We were looking for someone with a track
> > > record of success leading strategy and execution for technology
> platforms
> > > at scale, someone will be an effective mentor and leader for our
> > Technology
> > > department, and a strong partner to Product teams. We needed someone
> who
> > > would thrive in our culture and be an inclusive collaborator with staff
> > and
> > > community. We agreed that Victoria met these requirements and then
> some.
> > >
> > > Victoria has deep experience across consumer and enterprise technology
> > > fields and is a longtime advocate for innovation in education and the
> > > public sector. She has seen and done many things in her career, from
> > > mobility platforms to connected devices to cyber security to web
> services
> > > at scale. She brings operational excellence in strategic long-term
> > > planning, execution, delivery, and running large distributed teams.
> > >
> > > Most recently, Victoria served as Senior Vice President and Chief
> > > Technology Officer for the Connected Home Division of Technicolor,
> where
> > > she was responsible for innovation strategy, product management,
> > technology
> > > roadmaps, and technical due diligence for acquisitions and
> partnerships.
> > > Previously, as Senior Vice President of Research and Development at
> > Harman,
> > > she led the core technology platforms of the Infotainment Division
> > > including systems and software, media, tuner, navigation, connectivity,
> > and
> > > advanced driver assist systems. Before this, she served as Vice
> > President,
> > > Emerging Technologies at Nokia, Vice President, Software Engineering of
> > > Hewlett-Packard’s webOS global business unit, and Vice President of
> > > Samsung's Advanced Institute of Technology.
> > >
> > > Victoria also has deep familiarity with open source software
> development,
> > > having witnessed the rise of the Unix movement first as a student and
> > later
> > > as an instructor. She has been actively involved in the development of
> > the
> > > Linux-based LiMo (renamed Tizen). She passionately believes in the
> power
> > of
> > > open source and is familiar with how a commitment to open source
> > > strengthens platforms and products at an integral level.
> > >
> > > Victoria received her B.Sc and M.Sc in Electronic Computer Systems and
> > Computer
> > > Aided Logic Design respectively from the University of Salford, UK and
> > her
> > > Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Manchester, UK. She is
> > the
> > > author of over 60 articles and books (!). She has worked with teams
> > around
> > > 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Winning photos of Wiki Loves Monuments Bangladesh 2016

[Asaf Bartov]

Thank you!  Amazing photos. :)

   A.

On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 10:39 AM Tanweer Morshed 
wrote:

> Deal all,
>
> We are very happy to announce the top 10 winning photos[1] of Wiki Loves
> Monuments Bangladesh 2016. These 10 photos will compete in the
> international stage of the competition.
>
> This was the first time Wiki Loves Monuments was organized in Bangladesh. A
> total 7532 photographs of 452 archaeological sites and buildings were
> uploaded. Congratulations to all the winners. And a big thanks to the
> volunteers who were involved in organizing the competition.
>
> [1]
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_in_Bangladesh/Winning_photos
>
>
>
> Thanks and regards,
> *Tanweer Morshed*
> Member, Organizing Committee
> Wiki Loves Monuments Bangladesh 2016
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer

[Bobby Shabangu]

Impressive resume,

Welcome Victoria.

On 03 Nov 2016 11:44 AM,  wrote:

‎Wow!!!

This is a great news. Welcome Victoria on board.

Best Regards
Olushola

Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
  Original Message
From: Tim Moritz Hector
Sent: Thursday, 3 November 2016 08:25
To: Wikimedia Mailing List
Reply To: Wikimedia Mailing List
Cc: Victoria Coleman
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief
Technology Officer

A warm welcome to Wikimedia also from Germany, Victoria! I'm happy to see
you joining the movement and wish you a good start at the Wikimedia
Foundation.

Best regards
Tim Moritz Hector

Chair of the Board
Wikimedia Deutschland

Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | D-10963 Berlin
http://www.wikimedia.de

2016-11-02 22:50 GMT+01:00 Damon Sicore :

>
> Victoria,
>
> This is great news! I believe your talent, knowledge, and insight will
> boost and elevate the WMF community, and I know your positive personality
> will be warmly welcomed.
>
> Yours faithfully,
> Damon Sicore
> https://damon.sicore.com 
> 6E98 FBFB D192 D325 B85D D4FF FD2A 20ED DC1D 3975
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Nov 2, 2016, at 11:22 AM, Katherine Maher 
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I’m excited today to introduce the Wikimedia Foundation's new Chief
> > Technology Officer, Victoria Coleman. Victoria’s first day is November
7,
> > and she will be based in the Foundation's office in San Francisco.
> >
> > Victoria comes to us with more than 20 years of experience in consumer
> and
> > enterprise technology. And as you’ll learn quickly when you start
getting
> > to know her, she is deeply passionate about the importance of education,
> > and how the Wikimedia mission advances education and equity around the
> > world.
> >
> > When we started looking for a CTO for the Foundation, projects, and
> > communities, we knew we were looking for a unique person - someone with
> the
> > experience to lead confidently, and the confidence to embrace open
> > collaboration in leadership. We were looking for someone with a track
> > record of success leading strategy and execution for technology
platforms
> > at scale, someone will be an effective mentor and leader for our
> Technology
> > department, and a strong partner to Product teams. We needed someone who
> > would thrive in our culture and be an inclusive collaborator with staff
> and
> > community. We agreed that Victoria met these requirements and then some.
> >
> > Victoria has deep experience across consumer and enterprise technology
> > fields and is a longtime advocate for innovation in education and the
> > public sector. She has seen and done many things in her career, from
> > mobility platforms to connected devices to cyber security to web
services
> > at scale. She brings operational excellence in strategic long-term
> > planning, execution, delivery, and running large distributed teams.
> >
> > Most recently, Victoria served as Senior Vice President and Chief
> > Technology Officer for the Connected Home Division of Technicolor, where
> > she was responsible for innovation strategy, product management,
> technology
> > roadmaps, and technical due diligence for acquisitions and partnerships.
> > Previously, as Senior Vice President of Research and Development at
> Harman,
> > she led the core technology platforms of the Infotainment Division
> > including systems and software, media, tuner, navigation, connectivity,
> and
> > advanced driver assist systems. Before this, she served as Vice
> President,
> > Emerging Technologies at Nokia, Vice President, Software Engineering of
> > Hewlett-Packard’s webOS global business unit, and Vice President of
> > Samsung's Advanced Institute of Technology.
> >
> > Victoria also has deep familiarity with open source software
development,
> > having witnessed the rise of the Unix movement first as a student and
> later
> > as an instructor. She has been actively involved in the development of
> the
> > Linux-based LiMo (renamed Tizen). She passionately believes in the power
> of
> > open source and is familiar with how a commitment to open source
> > strengthens platforms and products at an integral level.
> >
> > Victoria received her B.Sc and M.Sc in Electronic Computer Systems and
> Computer
> > Aided Logic Design respectively from the University of Salford, UK and
> her
> > Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Manchester, UK. She is
> the
> > author of over 60 articles and books (!). She has worked with teams
> around
> > the world, including in Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Finland,
Germany,
> > India, Israel, Korea, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
> >
> > One thing that struck many of us throughout our conversations was
> > Victoria's commitment to volunteering her knowledge and expertise
outside
> > of her daily professional activities, serving on advisory councils in
> > 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer

[Bobby Shabangu]

Impressive resume,

Welcome Victoria.

On 03 Nov 2016 11:44 AM,  wrote:

> ‎Wow!!!
>
> This is a great news. Welcome Victoria on board.
>
> Best Regards
> Olushola
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>   Original Message
> From: Tim Moritz Hector
> Sent: Thursday, 3 November 2016 08:25
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List
> Reply To: Wikimedia Mailing List
> Cc: Victoria Coleman
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief
> Technology Officer
>
> A warm welcome to Wikimedia also from Germany, Victoria! I'm happy to see
> you joining the movement and wish you a good start at the Wikimedia
> Foundation.
>
> Best regards
> Tim Moritz Hector
>
> Chair of the Board
> Wikimedia Deutschland
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | D-10963 Berlin
> http://www.wikimedia.de
>
> 2016-11-02 22:50 GMT+01:00 Damon Sicore :
>
> >
> > Victoria,
> >
> > This is great news! I believe your talent, knowledge, and insight will
> > boost and elevate the WMF community, and I know your positive personality
> > will be warmly welcomed.
> >
> > Yours faithfully,
> > Damon Sicore
> > https://damon.sicore.com 
> > 6E98 FBFB D192 D325 B85D D4FF FD2A 20ED DC1D 3975
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Nov 2, 2016, at 11:22 AM, Katherine Maher 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > I’m excited today to introduce the Wikimedia Foundation's new Chief
> > > Technology Officer, Victoria Coleman. Victoria’s first day is November
> 7,
> > > and she will be based in the Foundation's office in San Francisco.
> > >
> > > Victoria comes to us with more than 20 years of experience in consumer
> > and
> > > enterprise technology. And as you’ll learn quickly when you start
> getting
> > > to know her, she is deeply passionate about the importance of
> education,
> > > and how the Wikimedia mission advances education and equity around the
> > > world.
> > >
> > > When we started looking for a CTO for the Foundation, projects, and
> > > communities, we knew we were looking for a unique person - someone with
> > the
> > > experience to lead confidently, and the confidence to embrace open
> > > collaboration in leadership. We were looking for someone with a track
> > > record of success leading strategy and execution for technology
> platforms
> > > at scale, someone will be an effective mentor and leader for our
> > Technology
> > > department, and a strong partner to Product teams. We needed someone
> who
> > > would thrive in our culture and be an inclusive collaborator with staff
> > and
> > > community. We agreed that Victoria met these requirements and then
> some.
> > >
> > > Victoria has deep experience across consumer and enterprise technology
> > > fields and is a longtime advocate for innovation in education and the
> > > public sector. She has seen and done many things in her career, from
> > > mobility platforms to connected devices to cyber security to web
> services
> > > at scale. She brings operational excellence in strategic long-term
> > > planning, execution, delivery, and running large distributed teams.
> > >
> > > Most recently, Victoria served as Senior Vice President and Chief
> > > Technology Officer for the Connected Home Division of Technicolor,
> where
> > > she was responsible for innovation strategy, product management,
> > technology
> > > roadmaps, and technical due diligence for acquisitions and
> partnerships.
> > > Previously, as Senior Vice President of Research and Development at
> > Harman,
> > > she led the core technology platforms of the Infotainment Division
> > > including systems and software, media, tuner, navigation, connectivity,
> > and
> > > advanced driver assist systems. Before this, she served as Vice
> > President,
> > > Emerging Technologies at Nokia, Vice President, Software Engineering of
> > > Hewlett-Packard’s webOS global business unit, and Vice President of
> > > Samsung's Advanced Institute of Technology.
> > >
> > > Victoria also has deep familiarity with open source software
> development,
> > > having witnessed the rise of the Unix movement first as a student and
> > later
> > > as an instructor. She has been actively involved in the development of
> > the
> > > Linux-based LiMo (renamed Tizen). She passionately believes in the
> power
> > of
> > > open source and is familiar with how a commitment to open source
> > > strengthens platforms and products at an integral level.
> > >
> > > Victoria received her B.Sc and M.Sc in Electronic Computer Systems and
> > Computer
> > > Aided Logic Design respectively from the University of Salford, UK and
> > her
> > > Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Manchester, UK. She is
> > the
> > > author of over 60 articles and books (!). She has worked with teams
> > around
> > > the world, including in Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Finland,
> Germany,
> > > India, Israel, Korea, Russia, the United Kingdom, 

[Wikimedia-l] 2016 Community Wishlist Survey

[Danny Horn]

Hi everyone,

The second annual Community Wishlist Survey starts today, and you're
invited to post proposals for projects that you'd like WMF's Community Tech
team to work on:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Community_Wishlist_Survey

The Community Tech team builds features and makes changes that active
Wikimedia contributors want, and the Wishlist Survey sets the team's agenda
for the year.

The Wishlist Survey starts with a two-week proposal period, when
contributors from all Wikimedia projects are invited to post, discuss and
improve propsals. After that, there's a two-week voting period, when
everyone can post support-votes on the proposals that they think are
worthwhile. We end up with a ranked list of wishes, measured by the
participants' enthusiasm for each idea.

Community Tech is responsible for addressing the top 10 wishes on the list,
as well as some top wishes from smaller groups and projects that are doing
important work, but don't have the numbers to get their proposal into the
top 10. The Wishlist is also used by volunteer developers and other teams,
who want to find projects to work on that the community really wants.

So I hope that everybody comes and participates; it's an opportunity to set
the agenda for a Wikimedia Foundation product team.

We would also ask that you help us spread the word. Please do post on your
wikis and tell others this is happening, and that if they don't feel
comfortable writing in English, proposals are welcome in any language.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Pebble smartwatch tool for finding Wikipedia photo opportunities

[Magnus Manske]

Looks like a cool thing indeed! Any chance to expand that to Wikidata? It's
a superset of all Wikipedias, plus things like UK National Heritage sites,
so it will give you many more candidates in some regions.

On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 10:30 PM Sage Ross 
wrote:

> Hi folks!
>
> I made something that I think is pretty cool: a watchface for Pebble
> smartwatches that shows you the nearest unphotographed Wikipedia
> article. I've been using it for about a month, and I'm really happy
> with how it's turned out. I've taken a lot of photos for articles that
> I wouldn't have otherwise.
>
> It's called "Diderot". If you have a Pebble, check it out:
> https://apps.getpebble.com/en_US/application/57dc94602a6ea66551f0
>
> A few neat things about it:
>
> * You can configure it for a number of different language versions of
> Wikipedia
> * It uses a wmflabs API by Albin Larrson which filters out articles
> that have only a png or svg illustration, so you still see the
> articles that have a map or logo but lack a real photograph.
>
> -Sage
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