Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming Wikimedia Foundation’s new CTO, Grant Ingersoll

2019-09-18 Thread Philippe Beaudette
On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 12:32 PM Andy Mabbett wrote: > On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 17:55, Katherine Maher > wrote: > > > I’m excited to officially welcome Grant Ingersoll as our Chief Technology > > Officer! Grant > > It is UTTERLY OUTRAGEOUS of Katherine to post this... > > > In Grant’s own words >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the extension of funding by the Basque Government

2019-09-18 Thread Dennis Tobar
Enhorabuena Galder. Muy buenas noticias para el desarrollo del idioma vasco :) El mié., 18 de septiembre de 2019 11:17, Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga < galder...@hotmail.com> escribió: > Dear wikimedians, > Three years have gone since we started with the Basque Wikimedians User > Group Education

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming Wikimedia Foundation’s new CTO, Grant Ingersoll

2019-09-18 Thread Robert Fernandez
Of all the useless pontificating that happens both on this list and on Wikipedia, *this* is the comment that you call out? smh On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 3:57 PM Aron Manning wrote: > > ...without linking to at least one cute pic of Allie ;-) > > > > Well, Wikipedia is not a social networking

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming Wikimedia Foundation’s new CTO, Grant Ingersoll

2019-09-18 Thread Aron Manning
> ...without linking to at least one cute pic of Allie ;-) > Well, Wikipedia is not a social networking service like Facebook or Twitter.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming Wikimedia Foundation’s new CTO, Grant Ingersoll

2019-09-18 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 17:55, Katherine Maher wrote: > I’m excited to officially welcome Grant Ingersoll as our Chief Technology > Officer! Grant It is UTTERLY OUTRAGEOUS of Katherine to post this... > In Grant’s own words > We're adjusting to the empty nest life with our dog Allie (a > black

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the extension of funding by the Basque Government

2019-09-18 Thread Jami Mathewson
Congratulations—excellent work! Jami On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 2:24 PM Delphine Ménard wrote: > Galder! I am so glad to hear this. Well done to all involved for this > fantastic news! > > Best, > > Delphine > > On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 4:17 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga < > galder...@hotmail.com>

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the extension of funding by the Basque Government

2019-09-18 Thread Delphine Ménard
Galder! I am so glad to hear this. Well done to all involved for this fantastic news! Best, Delphine On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 4:17 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga < galder...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Dear wikimedians, > Three years have gone since we started with the Basque Wikimedians User > Group

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: August 2019

2019-09-18 Thread The 'This Month in GLAM' team
*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums. You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org.

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming Wikimedia Foundation’s new CTO, Grant Ingersoll

2019-09-18 Thread Katherine Maher
Hi all, I’m excited to officially welcome Grant Ingersoll as our Chief Technology Officer! Grant will be starting September 23. He’ll be based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Grant comes from a long history of working on open source projects. Most recently, he served as the Chief Technical Officer

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the extension of funding by the Basque Government

2019-09-18 Thread Dr. Manavpreet Kaur
Amazing news. Congratulations to the whole team. On Wed, 18 Sep 2019, 21:55 Jorge Vargas, wrote: > ¡Felicidades, Galder! Buenísimas noticias. > > On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 9:19 AM Isaac Olatunde > wrote: > > > Good news and thanks for sharing. We'd like to replicate this in our > > country. > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the extension of funding by the Basque Government

2019-09-18 Thread Jorge Vargas
¡Felicidades, Galder! Buenísimas noticias. On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 9:19 AM Isaac Olatunde wrote: > Good news and thanks for sharing. We'd like to replicate this in our > country. > > Regards > > Isaac > > On Wed, Sep 18, 2019, 5:12 PM Florencia Claes wrote: > > > Great news, Galder And

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the extension of funding by the Basque Government

2019-09-18 Thread Isaac Olatunde
Good news and thanks for sharing. We'd like to replicate this in our country. Regards Isaac On Wed, Sep 18, 2019, 5:12 PM Florencia Claes Great news, Galder And congrats for your fabulous work! > > El mié., 18 sept. 2019 a las 16:18, Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga (< > galder...@hotmail.com>)

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the extension of funding by the Basque Government

2019-09-18 Thread Anna Torres
Felicitaciones miles Galder! Gracias por todo vuestro trabajo! El mié., 18 sept. 2019 13:12, Florencia Claes escribió: > Great news, Galder And congrats for your fabulous work! > > El mié., 18 sept. 2019 a las 16:18, Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga (< > galder...@hotmail.com>) escribió: > > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the extension of funding by the Basque Government

2019-09-18 Thread Florencia Claes
Great news, Galder And congrats for your fabulous work! El mié., 18 sept. 2019 a las 16:18, Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga (< galder...@hotmail.com>) escribió: > Dear wikimedians, > Three years have gone since we started with the Basque Wikimedians User > Group Education Program, funded by the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] Earlier time! September 18, 2019 at 9:30 AM PT, 16:30 UTC

2019-09-18 Thread Janna Layton
The Research Showcase will be starting in about 30 minutes. On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 10:59 AM Janna Layton wrote: > Hello everyone, > > This is just a reminder that the Research Showcase will be this Wednesday, > with Miriam Redi and Jonathan Morgan from the Foundation presenting. > > On Wed,

[Wikimedia-l] Amical Wikimedia feedback to Strategy WG recommendations

2019-09-18 Thread Toni Hermoso Pulido
Dear fellow Wikimedians, On 7 September 2019 Amical Wikimedia organised a community open meet-up (https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquiprojecte:Trobada_d'Estrat%C3%A8gia_2019) to discuss the Working Group recommendations at that time for the current Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. Outcome

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki loves SDGs

2019-09-18 Thread Todd Allen
I would agree with Philippe. I don't think I am stupid, but I know at times I have said stupid things. And I think Fae's concerns are reasonable, and also call into question whether we should be encouraging tourism revenue to flow to illiberal, repressive regimes to begin with. But certainly if

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the extension of funding by the Basque Government

2019-09-18 Thread Natacha Rault via Wikimedia-l
Great news and great example! Thanks for sharing with us, Nattes à chat > Le 18 sept. 2019 à 17:17, Alex Stinson a écrit : > > Thats Fantastic! Congratulations! > > Cheers, > > Alex > >> On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 10:20 AM Asaf Bartov wrote: >> >> Fantastic news, Galder! Kudos to everyone

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the extension of funding by the Basque Government

2019-09-18 Thread Alex Stinson
Thats Fantastic! Congratulations! Cheers, Alex On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 10:20 AM Asaf Bartov wrote: > Fantastic news, Galder! Kudos to everyone involved! > >A. > > On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 5:17 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga < > galder...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear wikimedians, > > Three

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the extension of funding by the Basque Government

2019-09-18 Thread camelia boban
What a great news Galder. Congratulations for the Education Program and the funding extension . Camelia -- *Camelia Boban* *| Java EE Developer |* *Affiliations Committee - **Wikimedia Foundation* Diversity WG for Wikimedia Strategy 2030 *Interwiki Women

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the extension of funding by the Basque Government

2019-09-18 Thread Lucas Werkmeister
That’s awesome, congratulations to all involved! Cheers, Lucas On 18.09.19 16:17, Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga wrote: > Dear wikimedians, > Three years have gone since we started with the Basque Wikimedians User Group > Education Program, funded by the Basque Government. After two years and a >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the extension of funding by the Basque Government

2019-09-18 Thread Asaf Bartov
Fantastic news, Galder! Kudos to everyone involved! A. On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 5:17 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga < galder...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Dear wikimedians, > Three years have gone since we started with the Basque Wikimedians User > Group Education Program, funded by the Basque

[Wikimedia-l] Announcing the extension of funding by the Basque Government

2019-09-18 Thread Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga
Dear wikimedians, Three years have gone since we started with the Basque Wikimedians User Group Education Program, funded by the Basque Government. After two years and a half of great enhancing of Basque Wikipedia (more than 2.500 students adding more than 1.5 million words on fundamental

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki loves SDGs

2019-09-18 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Respectfully, my friend, I disagree. I often make silly or ill considered comments. I hope those will not be the only data points used to describe me. Philippe On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 2:59 AM Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > Sorry but when you call my comments flippant, you call me flippant.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki loves SDGs

2019-09-18 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Sorry but when you call my comments flippant, you call me flippant. Thanks, GerardM On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 11:06, Andy Mabbett wrote: > On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 09:24, Gerard Meijssen > wrote: > > > Calling someone "flippant" is a direct attack - > > Nobody called you flippant. Fæ

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki loves SDGs

2019-09-18 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 09:24, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Calling someone "flippant" is a direct attack - Nobody called you flippant. Fæ said "your comments are flippant" Please stop this, now. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki loves SDGs

2019-09-18 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Calling someone "flippant" is a direct attack - not showing a serious or respectful attitude - is what I find it means.. When you talk about serious risk then I am sure that you have done a proper risk analysis. When you consider risk, there is a balance to be found between the greater good

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki loves SDGs

2019-09-18 Thread Gereon Kalkuhl
Fae, at Wiki Indaba 2018 in Tunisia we had at least 1 gay participant. I was not aware of any problems at this conference. Gereon Am 18.09.2019 um 08:17 schrieb Fæ: Gerard, your comments are flippant and deflect from the serious risk that our volunteers and employees are being subject to.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki loves SDGs

2019-09-18 Thread
Gerard, your comments are flippant and deflect from the serious risk that our volunteers and employees are being subject to. Tunis is unsafe for LGBT+ people. None of our LGBT+ volunteers or employees should travel to tunis. LGBT+ travellers risk 3 years in prison, not in theory, in practice