Re: [Wikimedia-l] fallout from 2018 Wikimedian of the Year announcement

2018-09-03 Thread Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad Fatkullin
http://mic.tatarstan.ru/rus/index.htm/news/1273420.htm It's probably the first time regional government website in the Russian Federation quoted Russian Wikinews article https://ru.wikinews.org/wiki/Главные_сайты_Татарстана_перешли_на_свободную_лицензию ― only the part about Republic of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF and non-WMF funding for Wikimedia work

2018-09-03 Thread Pine W
I apologize for the unusually large load of typos, especially misspelling Kaarel's name. Usually I get enough sleep but last night I didn't. Apparently my attention to detail is diminished. I'm rapidly spending my Wikimedia-l quota of 15 emails per calendar month, so if there is extensive

[Wikimedia-l] ما الذي يمنحك السعادة هذا الأسبوع؟ / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 2 September 2018)

2018-09-03 Thread Pine W
*The Guardian* published an encouraging opinion piece about Wikipedia: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/02/in-hysterical-world-wikipedia-ray-of-light-truth In *This Month in Education*, there were some nice reports. I especially appreciated this report from The Hashemite

[Wikimedia-l] WMF and non-WMF funding for Wikimedia work

2018-09-03 Thread Pine W
Hello colleagues, A topic which I feel that I should address again on this mailing list is revenue for Wikimedia work, specifically WMF and non-WMF sources of revenue. I will start by talking about my personal situation, and then discuss some related situations. I am currently requesting a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Portugal General Assembly

2018-09-03 Thread Chico Venancio
I echo the request Affcom publish this decision and others in a more transparent and expedient manner. Ideally that would include a brief justification for the decisions as well, the movement should be informed about the dealings of the Affiliations Committee. Chico Venancio 2018-09-03 16:40

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Portugal General Assembly

2018-09-03 Thread Paulo Santos Perneta
I second, and strongly support Pine's suggestion. Being the Affiliations Committee a community-run Wikimedia committee emanating from the Wikimedia Movement itself, transparency is to be expected whenever it is possible. As far as I know, there is nothing confidential in that resolution.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Portugal General Assembly

2018-09-03 Thread Pine W
Hello Gonçalo, Thank you for this report. I would like to ask the Affiliations Committee to post the July 2018 resolution regarding Wikimedia Portugal to this mailing list and to publish that resolution on Meta. I am an advocate for transparency about financial and governance matters, which

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Portugal General Assembly

2018-09-03 Thread GoEthe.wiki
Dear all, As part of the roadmap AffCom agreed with us after they decided to suspend some of our benefits within the Wikimedia Foundation programs (https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/private/wikimediapt/2018-July/002625.html