[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost – Volume 14, Issue 10 – 1 October 2018

2018-10-01 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
>From the editor: Is this the new normal? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2018-10-01/From_the_editor News and notes: European copyright law moves forward http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2018-10-01/News_and_notes In the media: Knowledge under

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FY1718 Fundraising Report now published

2018-10-01 Thread Andrew Lih
On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 4:15 PM Amir Sarabadani wrote: > It might sound naive but Singapore also has lots of potential. Please > correct me if I'm wrong. > We just had a meet-up there last month. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Singapore_X -Andrew

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FY1718 Fundraising Report now published

2018-10-01 Thread Amir Sarabadani
It might sound naive but Singapore also has lots of potential. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Best On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 10:12 PM Andrew Lih wrote: > On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 12:24 PM Ilario Valdelli > wrote: > > > Yes but India has probably 2 times the population of the whole Europe... > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FY1718 Fundraising Report now published

2018-10-01 Thread Andrew Lih
On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 12:24 PM Ilario Valdelli wrote: > Yes but India has probably 2 times the population of the whole Europe... > and cannot be defined like a "poor" country. I Think that the same is valid > also for East Asia. > > No it's not simple to compare but the amount donated in Asia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FY1718 Fundraising Report now published

2018-10-01 Thread Joseph Seddon
India is definitely a place Fundraising see's as having a lot of potential in the future, but similarly expectations should be managed. It may have a population twice the size, but its readership is only a fraction of Europe's. India is also dominated by mobile that has been substantially more

[Wikimedia-l] World Heritage Cuisine Summit 2018 Edit-a-thon (1-10 October 2018)

2018-10-01 Thread Satdeep Gill
Hello everyone, World Heritage Cuisine Summit & Food Festival is being organized in Amritsar, Punjab, India from 12th to 14th October 2018.*[1]* The event will have chefs from around 40 different countries who will present their local cuisines. Punjabi Wikimedians User Group is a partner in the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FY1718 Fundraising Report now published

2018-10-01 Thread Ilario Valdelli
Yes but India has probably 2 times the population of the whole Europe... and cannot be defined like a "poor" country. I Think that the same is valid also for East Asia. No it's not simple to compare but the amount donated in Asia is really small. Kind regards On Mon, 1 Oct 2018, 15:21 Joseph

[Wikimedia-l] Call for Applications: 2019 Ombuds Commission

2018-10-01 Thread Karen Brown
Hello all, Please accept my apologies if you are receiving this a number of times today. We have sent it out to multiple mailing lists in order to reach as many community members as possible. It's coming close to time for annual appointments of community members to serve on the Ombudsman

[Wikimedia-l] How to measure the effectiveness of user blocks?

2018-10-01 Thread Sydney Poore
The Community health initiative is starting a project to measure the effectiveness of blocks. The first step is to discuss with the wikimedia community ideas about how to do it. To that end, the Anti-Harassment Tools team and Morten Warncke-Wang have created space to discuss research ideas about

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2018-10-01 Thread Sydney Poore
The Community health initiative is starting a project to measure the effectiveness of blocks. The first step is to discuss with the wikimedia community ideas about how to do it. To that end, the Anti-Harassment Tools team and Morten Warncke-Wang have created space to discuss research ideas about

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FY1718 Fundraising Report now published

2018-10-01 Thread Joseph Seddon
Correction: Our readership in Macao, QATAR and Singapore; is a fraction of that of the United States. (specifically 1.4% of the USA: Percentage remails effectively unchanged). Seddon On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 2:17 PM Joseph Seddon wrote: > Hey Illario. > > It is not as simple to simply that the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FY1718 Fundraising Report now published

2018-10-01 Thread Joseph Seddon
Hey Illario. It is not as simple to simply that the contribution from Asia should be 10 times bigger. It is not just about GDP. Our readership from the three countries in the top 10: Macao, Oman and Singapore; is a fraction of that of the United States. (specifically 1.4% of the USA). Do not

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FY1718 Fundraising Report now published

2018-10-01 Thread Ilario valdelli
I agree in that point. Please be back to this millenium. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal) (updated to 2017). Three Asian countries are listed in the top 10. And the estimation is to have sooner a fourth:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FY1718 Fundraising Report now published

2018-10-01 Thread Paulo Santos Perneta
I suppose Asia can do a lot better than 3 million, but I don't augur much success with increasing those campaigns for Africa and South America, at least using the current model. Looking by the sample I know in Brazil (last year fundraising campaign, in August I believe) the Brazilian Portuguese

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [wikimedia-pt] Capacity building plan for Wikimedia Portugal

2018-10-01 Thread Paulo Santos Perneta
A big thank you to you, Gonçalo, for your extreme dedication and believing at all times it was worth it, even when me and others were not so sure. Paulo GoEthe.wiki escreveu no dia segunda, 1/10/2018 à(s) 08:52: > Dear members of AffCom, members of Wikimedia Portugal and Wikimedia > community,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Bengali Wikisource awareness campaign videos

2018-10-01 Thread Michael Jahn
Thanks for sharing, and congratulations! --- Michael Jahn Leiter Programme Director of Programs Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 260 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch freien

[Wikimedia-l] Capacity building plan for Wikimedia Portugal

2018-10-01 Thread GoEthe.wiki
Dear members of AffCom, members of Wikimedia Portugal and Wikimedia community, We have now finished writing our capacity building plan, as the final step of the roadmap we agreed upon with AffCom to return the Wikimedia Portugal chapter status back to normal. You can find it published in our