[Wikimedia-l] GLAMWiki Conference 2018: Extension of Content Submission Deadline Till May 7th.

2018-04-30 Thread Shani Evenstein 
Dear all,


*Deadline extension*
The program committee is looking to create a diverse GLAM conference that
truly serves the global community. To achieve this goal, we would like to
accept submissions not only from established GLAM projects and communities,
but also from emerging communities / developing countries /  groups just
starting out their GLAM endeavors.

Looking at the submissions so far
,
we have decided to extend the content submission
 deadline *till next
Monday, May 7th, at midnight *(wherever you are in the world). We are
hoping this extension will encourage more submission from developing
countries, emerging community and allow for a more diverse program.

*Tips*
In the past week I've been asked repeatedly if I have tips for good
submissions. The best tip I can offer is -- no matter if your GLAM
partnership / project is well established or you are just starting out,
make sure your submissions offers an added value beyond "this is what we
did in our project", i.e. focus on what you leaned and how it could be of
use by others in the GLAM community.


GLAM on,
Shani.



On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 4:33 PM, Shani Evenstein 
wrote:

> [[Sorry for x-posting]]
>
> Dear all,
>
> I'm happy to report that the content submission process
>  for the
> GLAMWiki Conference 2018 is now open! Submissions will be accepted *till
> April 30th*, so feel free to start drafting your proposals.
>
> Please note that submissions for scholarships
>  will open
> tomorrow via a different process and the actual registration will take
> place later on in June. We'll notify you every step of the way. :)
>
> Looking forward to reading your submissions,
> Shani (on behalf of the organizing team and the program committee).
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [GLAM] Rapid Grants Closure May 14 - June 30, 2018

2018-04-30 Thread Pine W 
Hello Woubzena,

I would like to remind you that I am waiting for a response to the email
that I sent on April 19.

Thank you,

Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )

On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 6:52 PM, Pine W  wrote:

> Hello Woubzena,
>
> I am glad to hear that the WMF Rapid Grants program has been so popular
> that its original budget for the year is near exhaustion. I trust that
> these funds are being spent wisely, and that community members and
> affiliates are achieving valuable outcomes with these funds.
>
> I have some questions about this group of decisions.
>
> 1. My understanding is that WMF routinely underspends its quarterly
> budgets for the organization as a whole. Also, WMF has ample funding in its
> reserves. Because Rapid Grants appears to be a popular program and the
> budget of this program appears to be relatively small (am I correct in
> saying that the program's total budget for FY1718 is $200,000?), why has
> WMF chosen to suspend the program instead of transferring a relatively
> small amount of other funds, perhaps $50,000, to support this program
> through the remainder of FY1718?
>
> 2. My understanding is that one of the original goals for Rapid Grants is
> to support small projects and events in an efficient and timely manner. I
> am puzzled by the decision to raise the floor for Rapid Grants to $500,
> which seems to eliminate WMF funding for small projects that might not
> happen without Rapid Grants support and/or require volunteers to take money
> out of their personal funds to support Wikimedia projects and events. The
> WMF Annual Plan for 2018-2019 is currently in a draft phase, and it seems
> to me that the plan could be revised to support continuing the Rapid Grants
> program with no floor, or perhaps a very low floor like $50, for funding
> requests. If the FY1819 budget for Rapid Grants and/or the budget for staff
> time for Rapid Grants needs to be increased in order to achieve the goal of
> supporting small projects and events in a timely manner with minimal or no
> floor, then it seems to me that the modest amount of additional funding to
> accomplish this would be reasonable.
>
> 3. Similarly, if additional staff time is necessary to support continuous
> processing of Rapid Grant requests instead of limiting requests to the 1st
> through 15th of each month, then my inclination is to support the funding
> for additional staff time in FY1819. Does that option sound reasonable from
> your perspective? I realize that continuous processing might be less
> convenient for WMF, but I think that support for the community and
> affiliates should be the highest priority here.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Pine
> ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 1:30 AM, Woubzena Jifar 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello all!
>>
>> Hope this email finds you well. We are sending this message to select
>> community mailing lists and all previous recipients of a Wikimedia
>> Foundation Rapid Grant.
>>
>> We have an announcement regarding the closure of the Rapid Grants [1]
>> program between May 14 - June 30, 2018. This year we've received a lot of
>> interest in the program and this quarter we've almost doubled the amount of
>> grants offered to the community compared to last year's quarter. You can
>> look at our spending analysis
>> 
>>  [2] for
>> reference. Unfortunately, this means we've expended our funds for this
>> fiscal year. The last date we will be receiving an application for a rapid
>> grant before the closure will be *Friday, May 11, 2018*.
>>
>> We encourage *Wiki Loves Earth* participants to apply for a Rapid Grant
>> by May 11, 2018 to receive support for their project.
>>
>> The grant program will be open again to receive grant requests starting *July
>> 1, 2018*. At this point we will be implementing the following changes:
>>
>> 1. There will be a minimum of *$500 USD* for grant requests
>> 2. Applications will only be accepted between the *1st - 15th of each
>> month*. This is to help with our current workflow and to allow us to be
>> more responsive to your requests.
>>
>> If you have any questions, please email us at rapidgra...@wikimedia.org.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Woubzena
>>
>>
>> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid
>> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Gran
>> ts_spending_analysis
>>
>>
>> Woubzena Jifar
>> Program Officer
>> Rapid Grants
>> Wikimedia Foundation 
>> User: WJifar (WMF)
>>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Τι σας κάνει ευτυχισμένη αυτήν την εβδομάδα? / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 22 April 2018)

2018-04-30 Thread Pine W 
Thank you for that information, Alexandros. :) I rely extensively on
machine translation, and online resources like Wiktionary, when I do
translations for these weekly threads in most languages. There will
probably be more linguistic errors in the future. Comments regarding
translations would be appreciated.

Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )

On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 2:57 AM, Alexandros Kosiaris <
akosia...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Aside from the actual content (it's nice to see the legal case in
> Greece ending), seeing the subject in Greek was one more reason I
> became happy. But I think a small correction is in place. A more
> appropriate way of saying "What's making you happy this week?" would
> be "Τι σας κάνει ευτυχείς αυτήν την εβδομάδα;", where "ευτυχείς" (an
> adjective) would be the plural form of happy, which is used both when
> addressing groups of people and when being polite. Alternatively
> "ευτυχισμένους", could be used, with exact same meaning, just using
> the participle form (and in the appropriate conjugation) instead of
> the adjective. "Xαρούμενους" (again a participle, just of a different
> verb) would also be valid with the same meaning for most people,
> although if one wants to be pedantic, "χαρά" is closer to "joy" than
> "happiness".
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Alexandros Kosiaris 
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Six months left before Wikidata's sixth birthday

2018-04-30 Thread Léa Lacroix 
Hello all,

*(sorry for crost-list posting)*

Every year since Wikidata went live, on October 29th, 2012, the Wikidata
community celebrates its anniversary all around the world. Local groups
organize meetups, workshops, share cake and greetings, to celebrate the
work of the editors building up the knowledge base and its ecosystem of
tools.

Last year, for the 5th birthday, the WikidataCon
,
first international conference dedicated to Wikidata was organized in
Berlin. Waiting for its return in 2019, the local events continue! We
encourage the community to meet up, the chapters and user groups to
organize events in order to build a Wikidata group in their area. Even if
you're just starting editing, or you've never been organizing an event
before, you can be part of the Wikidata's sixth birthday!

The events will take place around October 29th, 2018 (it doesn't have to be
on this exact day). You can find a lot of information on this page:

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Sixth_Birthday

You will find the list of events that will take place around the world,
ideas of formats, ways to get funded, and documentation about organizing
events.

We're excited to see many small or big Wikidata events happening everywhere!

If you have any question or need help, feel free to contact me.
Cheers,

-- 
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata

Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de

Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.

Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Τι σας κάνει ευτυχισμένη αυτήν την εβδομάδα? / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 22 April 2018)

2018-04-30 Thread Alexandros Kosiaris 
Aside from the actual content (it's nice to see the legal case in
Greece ending), seeing the subject in Greek was one more reason I
became happy. But I think a small correction is in place. A more
appropriate way of saying "What's making you happy this week?" would
be "Τι σας κάνει ευτυχείς αυτήν την εβδομάδα;", where "ευτυχείς" (an
adjective) would be the plural form of happy, which is used both when
addressing groups of people and when being polite. Alternatively
"ευτυχισμένους", could be used, with exact same meaning, just using
the participle form (and in the appropriate conjugation) instead of
the adjective. "Xαρούμενους" (again a participle, just of a different
verb) would also be valid with the same meaning for most people,
although if one wants to be pedantic, "χαρά" is closer to "joy" than
"happiness".

Regards,

-- 
Alexandros Kosiaris 

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] The fact-checked encyclopedia

2018-04-30 Thread Anthony Cole 
It's still there. Still linking to a local Kmart store. I'll email legal
and point them to this thread.

On Thu, 26 Apr 2018, 8:35 PM Samuel Klein  wrote:

> Yea, looks like a K*mart ad.
>
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018, 2:55 AM Jan Ainali  wrote:
>
> > Well, I guess Occam has it that a local Kmart store thought it was good
> to
> > use a keyword that put them in the top of a fairiy common search result.
> > Sneaky.
> >
> > Med vänliga hälsningar
> > Jan Ainali
> > http://ainali.com
> >
> > 2018-04-26 6:43 GMT+02:00 Gnangarra :
> >
> > > >
> > > > ​No​
> > > >> thing to do with Wikimedia Australia, we have made no such request.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > G
> > > ​angarra
> > > .
> > > Noongarpedia: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/nys/Main_Page
> > > WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra
> > > Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com
> > > Out now: A.Gaynor, P. Newman and P. Jennings (eds.), *Never Again:
> > > Reflections on Environmental Responsibility after Roe 8*, UWAP, 2017.
> > > Order
> > > here
> > >  > > reflections-on-environmental-responsibility-after-roe-8>
> > > .
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