date:20171218

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

2017-12-18 Thread Lodewijk

Hi all,

the family has indicated an interest in memories that we could collect. If
you would like to share a memory for such collection, I would encourage you
to share it here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Austin/Memorial .

For many of us Wikimedians, our families have only a slight idea what it is
that we do, in all those hours we spend on this free knowledge stuff.
Bringing together some memories may help bridge that gap.

Warmly,
Lodewijk

On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Shlomi Fish  wrote:

> On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:51:30 +0200
> Asaf Bartov  wrote:
>
> > Dear Wikimedians,
> >
> > I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime
> > volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin
> > Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
> >
> > If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page:
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences
> >
> > Life is short. Be kind to one another.
> >
>
> sorry to hear that.
>
> > Asaf
> > ___
> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to:
> > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:
> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,
> > 
>
>
> --
> -
> Shlomi Fish   http://www.shlomifish.org/
>
> ___
> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/
> wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/
> wiki/Wikimedia-l
> New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,
> 
>
___
Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l
New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,

[Wikimedia-l] Project Grants program will fund 11 community-led projects

2017-12-18 Thread Marti Johnson

Hi all,

In the latest round of Project Grants, 26 proposals were submitted for
review. The committee has recommended 11 projects for a total of $321,010
in funding. WMF has now approved all 11 grants. Here’s what we’re funding.
[1]

Software: seven projects funded

   -

   Nigerian keyboard project
   :
At present, Wikimedian editors working in Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo have to
   cut and paste vowels simply to write sentences in their own languages.
   This project will support new keyboard layout software to improve editing
   experience, allow for searches of Wikipedia articles, and contribute to the
   development of an internet culture in these languages. [2]

   -

   Feature improvements to Wikimedia Programs & Events Dashboard
   
:
The Programs and Events Dashboard is the global Wikimedian community’s
   platform to organize projects like edit-a-thons and education programs,
   tracking all contributions by participants. This grant project will build
   specific new features and improve known shortcomings of the tool.  Among
   other improvements, it will extend access to the Dashboard by enhancing
   usability on mobile devices. [3]

   -

   Wikipedia Cultural Diversity Observatory (WCDO)
   
:
The content of each language edition of Wikipedia is skewed toward the
   cultural and geographic context associated with its own language.  WCDO
   aims to correct this underrepresentation, providing focused data and
   strategic recommendations for cross-language collaboration so that each
   language edition will have a truly international representation of the
   world’s knowledge. [4]

   -

   WikiInAfrica/WikiFundi
   :
Wikifundi expands the Kiwix offline reader experience to include an
   offline editing platform and a suite of training tools that allow educators
   to adopt the Wikipedia in the classroom program in schools without reliable
   internet access.  These improvements greatly expand the territory of this
   important educational initiative which teaches critical skills like
   research, digital and information literacy, and collaboration while
   training a new generation of Wikipedia readers and editors. [5]
   -

   Kiwix/User Experience
   :
Though Kiwix is a widely used tool for bringing Wikimedia projects to
   areas with limited or nonexistent internet access, its desktop version has
   become increasingly buggy as the software has deprecated.  This project
   will revamp the user experience and architecture so that Kiwix can continue
   to serve users around the world for years to come. [6]

   -

   Soweego :
Based out of the University of Trento, the highly trained soweego team
   will create a fully automatic robot that syncs giant volumes of external
   information with Wikidata.  This robot will directly connect Wikidata with
   a variety of large, reliable knowledge databases, so that Wikidata can
   serve as centralized, structured repository of open data. [7]

   -

   LinguaLibre
   :
For the past two years, LinguaLibre has been facilitating recordings of
   pronunciation audio files and encourage contributions in minority languages
   into Wikimedia projects.  This project will extend the impact of this
   successful project by improving user experience and storing rich and
   linguistically useful metadata using the Wikibase software. [8]

Online organizing: one project funded

   -

   Community toolkit for Greater Diversity
   
:
A team of experienced Wikimedians will develop tailored online and offline
   training modules to equip veteran volunteers to create a more inclusive,
   diverse editing community on Indic language Wikipedias.  The project aims
   to design and develop a community toolkit for recruiting, onboarding and
   retaining editors from underrepresented demographics. [9]

Offline outreach: three projects funded

   -

   Les Classes Wikipedia (Wikipedia Classroom)
   
:
This project will continue a successful pilot program in Abidjan, Côte
   d’Ivoire.  Teens and young adults will be trained to create and improve
   Wikipedia articles, focusing on the 100 most notable Ivorian writers. [10]

   -

   Les sans pagEs

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

2017-12-18 Thread Shlomi Fish

On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:51:30 +0200
Asaf Bartov  wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
> 
> I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime
> volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin
> Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
> 
> If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences
> 
> Life is short. Be kind to one another.
> 

sorry to hear that.

> Asaf
> ___
> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to:
> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,
> 


-- 
-
Shlomi Fish   http://www.shlomifish.org/

___
Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l
New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

2017-12-18 Thread Ting Chen

I am very shocked and deeply saddened. He is still very young. I believe 
he is 10 years or more younger than me. This is indeed a very sad loss.


:'(


Ting



Am 18.12.2017 um 14:51 schrieb Asaf Bartov:

Dear Wikimedians,

I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime
volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin
Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.

If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences

Life is short. Be kind to one another.

 Asaf
___
Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l
New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, 




___
Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l
New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

2017-12-18 Thread phoebe ayers

Thanks Asaf.

On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Andy Mabbett 
wrote:

> Please will someone write something suitable at:
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians
>

I would be glad to work on this over the next few days, with others who
knew and worked with him.
---

Thank you Asaf for sending this.

Austin was a very dear friend of mine. We met in 2005 at the first
Wikimania in Frankfurt, along with many (now) old-timers. Austin was quiet,
kind, good at programming, and a Wikipedian through and through as Lodewijk
wrote elsewhere -- fond of politics and facts. We ended up working together
on Wikimania 2006 and then for several conference editions after that. I
remember late nights printing badges in Cambridge, Taiwan, Poland...

He also served on the chapters committee and then Affcom (2006-2012) and
was chair of that committee. He was administrator of this mailing list for
a very long time (and believe me, had seen every argument under the sun).
Before that, he was an IRC administrator. He worked on various versions of
meta strategy projects, and there are doubtless many other things I'm
forgetting.

His family lives in Texas; his friends are everywhere. He will be missed a
great deal.

We'll be collecting photos and memories for his family. If you have stories
or anecdotes to share, please add them to the meta page, and if you have
photos there's a commons category here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Austin_Hair

Hugs to all,
Phoebe

-- 
* I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers 
gmail.com *
___
Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l
New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

2017-12-18 Thread Leigh Thelmadatter

I didnt know him well, just on Facebook and reputation... but whoa! Will put my 
condolences up


From: Wikimedia-l  on behalf of Andy 
Mabbett 
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2017 9:17:09 AM
To: Wikimedia Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

On 18 December 2017 at 13:51, Asaf Bartov  wrote:

> I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime
> volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin
> Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.

Though I didn't know Austin, I'm sad to hear this; condolences to all
those who did know him

Please will someone write something suitable at:

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians

and can an admin protect his user page?

--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

___
Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l
New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, 

___
Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l
New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

2017-12-18 Thread Andy Mabbett

On 18 December 2017 at 13:51, Asaf Bartov  wrote:

> I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime
> volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin
> Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.

Though I didn't know Austin, I'm sad to hear this; condolences to all
those who did know him

Please will someone write something suitable at:

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians

and can an admin protect his user page?

-- 
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

___
Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l
New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

2017-12-18 Thread Philippe Beaudette

A tremendous loss to the movement and the world. I count myself lucky to
have known him. My thoughts are with all you grieve.

Philippe

On Dec 18, 2017 5:52 AM, "Asaf Bartov"  wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime
> volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin
> Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
>
> If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences
>
> Life is short. Be kind to one another.
>
> Asaf
> ___
> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/
> wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/
> wiki/Wikimedia-l
> New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,
> 
___
Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l
New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,

[Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

2017-12-18 Thread Asaf Bartov

Dear Wikimedians,

I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime
volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin
Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.

If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences

Life is short. Be kind to one another.

Asaf
___
Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l
New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Community User Group Botswana

2017-12-18 Thread mathieu stumpf guntz

Great, congratulations to Community User Group Botswana, and all my wish 
of many successes for you coming projects.


Kind regards


Le 15/12/2017 à 15:52, Samuel Patton a écrit :

Awesome! Congratulations and welcome.

On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 9:34 PM, Kirill Lokshin 
wrote:


Hi everyone!

I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
Wikimedia Community User Group Botswana [1] as a Wikimedia User Group. The
group aims to promote the use of Wikipedia and its sister projects by the
residents of Botswana, effectively engaging people to help contribute
online content and promoting the use of the free online resources of the
Wikimedia Foundation to enhance the life of every individual.

Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!

Regards,
Kirill Lokshin
Chair, Affiliations Committee

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_
Group_Botswana
___
Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/
wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/
wiki/Wikimedia-l
New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,


___
Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l
New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, 



___
Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l
New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

[Wikimedia-l] Project Grants program will fund 11 community-led projects

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

[Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Community User Group Botswana

10 matches

Site Navigation

Mail list logo

Footer information