[Wikimedia-l] WikiConference North America - Proposals and Scholarship Apps Due!

2018-08-14 Thread Kevin Payravi
To North American Wikimedians and others potentially attending, Friendly reminder that proposal submissions and scholarship applications for WikiConference North America 2018 are due tomorrow, August 15! WikiConference North America is taking place in Columbus, Ohio, U.S., from October 18-21.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] C-team Statement on the Code of Conduct

2018-08-14 Thread Isarra Yos
Sorry, I apparently replied to the wrong mailing list. On 14/08/18 18:19, Isarra Yos wrote: As a total random, I'd also like to second this - as much as I think the CoC and the committee in particular have room to improve in how things are handled, this will never happen without proper support

Re: [Wikimedia-l] C-team Statement on the Code of Conduct

2018-08-14 Thread Isarra Yos
As a total random, I'd also like to second this - as much as I think the CoC and the committee in particular have room to improve in how things are handled, this will never happen without proper support for the work they're doing in the first place. While some of us have been somewhat

Re: [Wikimedia-l] C-team Statement on the Code of Conduct

2018-08-14 Thread Dennis During
I don't see how a ringing endorsement of principles is responsive to specific issues that have been raised. If this email has any meaning at all, it seems to mean that no change whatsoever is thought necessary by the folks who would have to change. On Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 13:46 Victoria Coleman

Re: [Wikimedia-l] C-team Statement on the Code of Conduct

2018-08-14 Thread Pine W
James, let's stay on topic, please. If you want to talk about other issues then please start a new thread. Victoria, I have mixed feelings about this statement. I agree that we want to have civility in technical spaces, and a technical code of conduct is one important way of working toward that

Re: [Wikimedia-l] C-team Statement on the Code of Conduct

2018-08-14 Thread Amir Ladsgroup
Hey, As a member of Code of conduct committee I just wanted to express how much I appreciate your statement. The work we are doing is not fun, we are dealing with frustrations, harassments, trolling, and all sorts of the dark side of the Wikimedia movement but I genuinely believe that this type of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] C-team Statement on the Code of Conduct

2018-08-14 Thread James Salsman
Victoria, Does the restriction on "Disclosure of a person's identity or other private information without their consent" forbid the Foundation from sharing the geolocation and IP addresses of editors with researchers under NDA or law enforcement officials claiming to have, e.g., an Interpol

[Wikimedia-l] C-team Statement on the Code of Conduct

2018-08-14 Thread Victoria Coleman
Hello everyone, The executive leadership team, on behalf of the Foundation, would like to issue a statement of unequivocal support for the Code of Conduct[1] and the community-led Code of Conduct Committee. We believe that the development and implementation of the Code are vital in ensuring

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Social: non-profit social networking service ?

2018-08-14 Thread Pharos
I don't have technical expertise in this area, but I do think something chat-like has the most chance of success. Telegram seems to be the most active platform now among non-technical users, especially used during conferences. Perhaps a much better integration with IRC (with a Slack-like

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Social: non-profit social networking service ?

2018-08-14 Thread Quim Gil
Hi Sylvain! (Let me add the disclaimer that opinions are mine and don't represent the views of the Foundation.) On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 4:33 PM Sylvain Boissel < sylvain.bois...@wikimedia.fr> wrote: > Hello, > > It may have changed since I last checked (a bit more than a year ago), but > while