Re: [Wikimedia-l] [GLAM] Rapid Grants Closure May 14 - June 30, 2018

2018-05-07 Thread Woubzena Jifar
Hello Fae, Thank you for sharing your experience with micro-grants and offering an experimental and responsive procedure. It's definitely a good model to consider. As we enter our planning year for the strategic direction our team will be soliciting ideas from the community and looking at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [GLAM] Rapid Grants Closure May 14 - June 30, 2018

2018-05-07 Thread Woubzena Jifar
Hello Strainu, Thank you for bringing the wording on our meta page to my attention. I will be updating the page with the new changes effective July 1st. Yes, we are instituting the application window of 1st - 15th of the month to facilitate a quicker response time. As I mentioned in my previous

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Gendergap approach causing problems

2018-05-07 Thread Robert Fernandez
The whole framing of this question is misguided. There are lots of people whose work is undervalued on Wikipedia for a lot of reasons. If there is an effort to reach out to a particular group of volunteers that is underrepresented then that should be celebrated as a positive contribution to our

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Anti-viruses [was Re: Information on "Multiple failed attempts to log in" emails]

2018-05-07 Thread Gabriel Thullen
The main reason we have virus outbreaks is the way a lot of users click on email attachments and on programs they have just downloaded from the net. Users are warned time and time again, but they do it anyway. Once we get a large enough base of desktop linux users, we will have the same problems.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Anti-viruses [was Re: Information on "Multiple failed attempts to log in" emails]

2018-05-07 Thread Thyge
"Imagine a world, where all windows installations have turned off their antivirus protection"! Regards, Thyge Den man. 7. maj 2018 kl. 17.09 skrev Shlomi Fish : > Hi Gabriel, > > On Mon, 7 May 2018 14:02:44 +0100 > Gabriel Thullen wrote: > > > I am

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Anti-viruses [was Re: Information on "Multiple failed attempts to log in" emails]

2018-05-07 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi Gabriel, On Mon, 7 May 2018 14:02:44 +0100 Gabriel Thullen wrote: > I am also a Linux advocate, and have been so for years (decades?). That > been said, I imagine that there are still more people using Windows XP than > there are people using Linux. Last time I checked

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Anti-viruses [was Re: Information on "Multiple failed attempts to log in" emails]

2018-05-07 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi, On Mon, 07 May 2018 13:20:22 + Eduardo Testart wrote: > Shlomi, > > I believe that the problem is with your particular brand of antivirus, > eventhough they all block a bit more or less to prevent certain risks. > > Nevertheless, making an extrapolation to every

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Gendergap approach causing problems

2018-05-07 Thread Alessandro Marchetti via Wikimedia-l
Hi, I usually push diversity in any situation but only after I got a core quality group of volunteer. the first degree of diversity is the diversity based on wiki activity, IMHO.. I care about the rest and I try to be honest if I go in that direction and why I do that. If anyone is offended for

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Anti-viruses [was Re: Information on "Multiple failed attempts to log in" emails]

2018-05-07 Thread Eduardo Testart
Shlomi, I believe that the problem is with your particular brand of antivirus, eventhough they all block a bit more or less to prevent certain risks. Nevertheless, making an extrapolation to every antivirus from the experience with only one brand, and concluding "they do more harm than good"

[Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase May 8, 2018 (11:30 AM PDT| 18:30 UTC)

2018-05-07 Thread Sarah R
Hi Everyone, The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed this Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 11:30 AM (PDT), 18:30 (UTC). (Please note this meeting is on Tuesday this month). YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7cHxlGgEt4 As usual, you can join the conversation on IRC at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Anti-viruses [was Re: Information on "Multiple failed attempts to log in" emails]

2018-05-07 Thread Gabriel Thullen
I am also a Linux advocate, and have been so for years (decades?). That been said, I imagine that there are still more people using Windows XP than there are people using Linux. Last time I checked (october 2017) it was something like 5% using XP and less than 1% using linux, all distros included.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Anti-viruses [was Re: Information on "Multiple failed attempts to log in" emails]

2018-05-07 Thread Shabab Mustafa
I have been a Linux advocate for almost a decade now and from 'my past experience', I can tell you have opened a topic of a huge discussion about people should switch to Linux Desktops (which is off-topic here). But I respectfully disagree with your statement, "anti-virus programs usually do more

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Gendergap approach causing problems

2018-05-07 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 7 May 2018 at 05:10, Romaine Wiki wrote: > I recently received an e-mail > from a user in the Wikimedia movement who has (temporarily?) stopped > contributing as she is not happy with a specific aspect of the atmosphere > in Wikimedia. > She was invited to participate

[Wikimedia-l] Anti-viruses [was Re: Information on "Multiple failed attempts to log in" emails]

2018-05-07 Thread Shlomi Fish
On Thu, 3 May 2018 19:27:16 -0500 John Bennett wrote: > Hello, > > Many of you may have been receiving emails in the last 24 hours warning you > of "Multiple failed attempts to log in" with your account. I wanted to let > you know that the Wikimedia Foundation's Security

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Gendergap approach causing problems

2018-05-07 Thread Jane Darnell
Yes I totally agree with this. The problem is actually two-fold; we lack the women contributors, and the current notability rules cause us to talk in circles about how to protect new female contributors from being put off by the systemic bias inherent in our internal processes. You don't have to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Gendergap approach causing problems

2018-05-07 Thread Gnangarra
I think the problems not in trying to fix the imbalance in knowledge, something for which history has big role in what and how information was even still is recorded. I think the presumption that when we ask women to edit about women we predispose the assumption that women are only interested in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Gendergap approach causing problems

2018-05-07 Thread
On 7 May 2018 at 10:01, FRED BAUDER wrote: > Women editors might have something to add about nursing and the history of > nursing that adds gender-specific value, increasing our coverage of the > subject. So a workshop at a nursing convention might be valuable. > > Fred

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Gendergap approach causing problems

2018-05-07 Thread FRED BAUDER
Women editors might have something to add about nursing and the history of nursing that adds gender-specific value, increasing our coverage of the subject. So a workshop at a nursing convention might be valuable. Fred - Original Message - From: Amir E. Aharoni

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Gendergap approach causing problems

2018-05-07 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
2018-05-07 9:55 GMT+03:00 Jane Darnell : > Amir, > It's funny - after reading your mail I wondered if I had read Romaine's > mail correctly. You had probably read it correctly. Generally, I'm wondering whether direct invitations to women or people of color (or women of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Gendergap approach causing problems

2018-05-07 Thread FRED BAUDER
Women and other unrepresented people are invited to edit, to become skilled in editing (lots of practice and experience needed), and get well-deserved credit for excellence, but it is a process. Everyone stumbles at first, the point is not run anyone off or blame the difficulties associated

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Apa yang membuat anda gembira minggu ini? / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 6 May 2018)

2018-05-07 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, I am adding a page with national politicians from Africa.. When people add any of them, add their nationality or their terms, it will update in a Listeria page. Currently there are some twenty countries I follow. The good news: an interest from people from Nigeria :) Thanks, GerardM

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Gendergap approach causing problems

2018-05-07 Thread Jane Darnell
Amir, It's funny - after reading your mail I wondered if I had read Romaine's mail correctly. Rereading both it seems that is exactly what you were trying to say - we all carry our own little bundle of biases with us whereever we go and whatever we read. When I read Romaine's mail I stopped cold

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Gendergap approach causing problems

2018-05-07 Thread Peter Southwood
I think you ask good questions, but some answers are not easy to find. Cheers, Peter -Original Message- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Amir E. Aharoni Sent: Monday, May 7, 2018 8:03 AM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l]

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Gendergap approach causing problems

2018-05-07 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
This is a sensitive topic, and I'm a white man myself, so please slap me if I say something dumb. 2018-05-07 7:10 GMT+03:00 Romaine Wiki : > > What has happened? > > She was invited to participate in a Wikimedia activity, because: > 1. she is a woman > 2. she is from a