[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2017 scholarship applications open

Hi all, Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2017 which is being held in Montréal, Canada on August 11–13, 2017 are now being accepted. Applications are open until Monday, 20 February 2017 23:59 UTC. Applicants will be able to apply for a partial or full scholarship. A full scholarship will

[Wikimedia-l] January 11: Update on Wikimedia movement strategy process (#4)

Hi all, Last week's update was late, this one is early - the Foundation staff are together this week for the Developers Summit and All Hands meeting the next two days, so we'll be doing more stuff face to face, learning and sharing. So, with no further ado: As I mentioned in past updates, we

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Keeping historical documents related to Wikimedia

If it is decided not to host these materials on a wiki, whether for copyright or any other reasons, then someone (either in the Office or a volunteer) should be designated to retain a copy privately. That way, he or she will be able to upload it later if the copyright status or policy changes in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Keeping historical documents related to Wikimedia

Thank you for bringing this up, Yann. Some relevant context is that Meta Wiki users considered permitting such files on Meta Wiki a year and a half ago, and decided not to. The electorate was not very big (14 votes, total), but it was carefully considered, with compelling arguments made on both

[Wikimedia-l] Keeping historical documents related to Wikimedia

Hi, I would like to get more opinions about what to do with files such as https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Education_and_WGIG.pdf This is a draft from a United Nations conference which mentions Wikipedia (the first and only AFAIK), and as such, an important historical document. It doesn't

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Exciting update about development of structured data on Commons

That's a great news!! Thanks, Nabin Wikimedians of Nepal On Jan 11, 2017 11:33 PM, "Rogol Domedonfors" wrote: > Rupert, > > A Happy New Year to you too. I don't see why my personal motivation for > asking this question would come into it. The request is to publish the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Exciting update about development of structured data on Commons

Rupert, A Happy New Year to you too. I don't see why my personal motivation for asking this question would come into it. The request is to publish the overall product roadmap to the community, for the community to collaborate with the WMF on planning the future products. That does not sound to