Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] WMAU update

Congratulations for WMAU! 2016-11-19 6:32 GMT+07:00 Gnangarra : > Following the AGM of Wikimedia Australia we wish to announce the committee > for 2016-17 and reports > > President: Gideon Digby(unchanged) > Vice President: Pru Mitchell(unchanged) > Secretary:Tom

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to review: Design Statement of Purpose

Hi Isarra, somehow I missed your email from the 16th and only just noticed it when I saw Kevin's response, which I think is totally spot on. I've added some additional responses inline below: On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 4:16 PM Isarra Yos wrote: > Okay, so you want to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to review: Design Statement of Purpose

Hi everyone, a friendly reminder that if you would like to share your perspective on the draft statement of purpose , please do so no later than this coming Sunday, 27 November, 2016. Big thanks to everyone who has been a part of the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to review: Design Statement of Purpose

I have only been peripherally involved with the process leading to this draft statement. My perception is that this statement is merely the first step, to lay a foundation for shared understanding. Once that has happened, then more interesting details will come. If this baby step is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Discussion about proposed Technical Code of Conduct (TCC)

On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 3:47 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > And if we disregard any application of common sense, then yes, you could > argue that a technical code of conduct is needed. When you consider the > actual context, however, it becomes pretty clear that this is unnecessary >

[Wikimedia-l] Chief Talent and Culture | Job Description

Hi all, Over the past few weeks, we have been working with Talent and Culture, Staff and executive teams to develop a job description (below) for the role. I would like to share it with you early as well, before the process starts. I am very grateful to our staff and leaders here at the WMF for

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2015 - 2016 Fundraising Report just published

Hi Chris and Lodewijk, I was asked to follow up here on the questions from October about country-by-country fundraising data. We make fundraising decisions, including decisions about what information we release, based in part on our internal legal assessments in the country. We don't go into our

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipack Africa call for application open

Hey Florence Exciting to see. Looking forwards to see what sort of uptake a fully offline model generates. James On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 5:11 AM, Florence Devouard wrote: > Information sent to African Wikimedians as well as Wikimedia mailing > lists. Please do not

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Discussion about proposed Technical Code of Conduct (TCC)

I'm speaking as a volunteer, not as WMF staff, if that matters to you. Adrian Raddatz wrote: > It should be pretty darn easy to make a policy on user interactions within > technical spaces. There is certainly a practice which is already followed, > so just codify it and call it a guideline or a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Discussion about proposed Technical Code of Conduct (TCC)

Legoktm wrote: >On 11/21/2016 01:36 AM, Adrian Raddatz wrote: >> So, are we unable to enforce these things currently? If someone >>comments on a Phabricator task that user X is a big meanyface, are we >>unable to act currently because there's no code of conduct so how could >>they have known

[Wikimedia-l] Wikipack Africa call for application open

Information sent to African Wikimedians as well as Wikimedia mailing lists. Please do not hesitate to relay to anyone you think could be interested. - What is Wikipack Africa ? WikiPack Africa is an action pack containing devices, material and content to facilitate the outreach work

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Discussion about proposed Technical Code of Conduct (TCC)

Hi there, A bit of context is needed in this discussion about the Code of Conduct for Wikimedia technical spaces . On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 6:45 AM, Pine W wrote: > A substantial proportion of the comments on the talk

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Discussion about proposed Technical Code of Conduct (TCC)

Hi, On 11/21/2016 01:36 AM, Adrian Raddatz wrote: > So, are we unable to enforce these things currently? If someone comments on > a Phabricator task that user X is a big meanyface, are we unable to act > currently because there's no code of conduct so how could they have known > otherwise? The

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Discussion about proposed Technical Code of Conduct (TCC)

WMF staff turning into unelected IRC police, with the power to globally ban volunteers with no appeal process, and no transparency, is not 'legit'. It abandons respect for community consensus. WMF police will be divisive, not a real plan to tackle harassment. Fae On 21 Nov 2016 09:29, "Vi to"

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Discussion about proposed Technical Code of Conduct (TCC)

So, are we unable to enforce these things currently? If someone comments on a Phabricator task that user X is a big meanyface, are we unable to act currently because there's no code of conduct so how could they have known otherwise? It should be pretty darn easy to make a policy on user

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Discussion about proposed Technical Code of Conduct (TCC)

I think they want a code of conduct as a background to any kind of enforcement, which sounds fairly legit. Vito 2016-11-21 2:33 GMT+01:00 Adrian Raddatz : > Oh, and similar to WereSpielChequers, I agree that better enforcement > methods would be far more useful than