Re: [Wikimedia-l] Remember Wikipedia Zero.. Where is the research about the effects of its demise?

2019-12-02 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Sorry but really? Is something not good enough because "the community" did not think of it?? Really, if there is one part of our movement totally involved in what we do it IS the staff of the Wikimedia Foundation. They maintain their distance and let the community do its thing.. they are to

[Wikimedia-l] Winners of the international WLE contest

2019-12-02 Thread Rehman Abubakr
(crosspost) Yours truly, Rehman A. From: Wikilovesearth on behalf of Єлизавета Чеховська Sent: 03 December 2019 01:08 To: wikilovesea...@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikilovesearth] Winners of the international WLE contest Hi! We are happy to reveal

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Bridges across Cultures - 3rd edition!

2019-12-02 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Oops! I forgot to add the link to Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bridges_across_Cultures El lun., 2 de dic. de 2019 a la(s) 20:43, Osmar Valdebenito ( b1mbo.wikipe...@gmail.com) escribió: > Hi all! > > I'm glad to announce that the 3rd edition of the Bridges Across Cultures > contest has

[Wikimedia-l] Bridges across Cultures - 3rd edition!

2019-12-02 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Hi all! I'm glad to announce that the 3rd edition of the Bridges Across Cultures contest has started. "Bridges across Cultures" is an editing contest organized by different Wikimedia affiliates with the goal to promote cultural exchange between three regions of the world: Latin America, Russia

[Wikimedia-l] Announcing the inaugural members of our new Communications Committee

2019-12-02 Thread Gregory Varnum
Hello! I am thrilled to announce the inaugural members of the new Wikimedia Foundation Communications Committee have been selected. These eleven community members were chosen from an impressive group of applicants. We carefully reviewed each candidate, and made our final selections based in part

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost – Volume 15, Issue 11 – 29 November 2019

2019-12-02 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
>From the editor: Put on your birthday best http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-11-29/From_the_editor News and notes: How soon for the next million articles? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-11-29/News_and_notes In the media: You say you

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Remember Wikipedia Zero.. Where is the research about the effects of its demise?

2019-12-02 Thread Lane Rasberry
I would be in favor of getting a Wikipedia Zero post mortem for lessons learned. The idea was inspiring, and it still sounds like a good idea, but so far as I know the discourse about what worked and what failed to work never got published or made it to wiki. One barrier in Wikipedia Zero that I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Remember Wikipedia Zero.. Where is the research about the effects of its demise?

2019-12-02 Thread James Heilman
Sending on behalf of Douglas as his message did not make it through: "Hi everyone, James is right about South Africa. Although there is a strong appetite for Wikipedia Zero in South Africa (and surrounding countries as well I would bet) there were some unexpected hurdles encountered here. The

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Q2 Fundraising Update

2019-12-02 Thread Joseph Seddon
Hey Everyone, Just a quick reminder to all that our campaign will be launching in a few hours. Thank you in advance for your support and patience over the coming weeks. Regards Seddon On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 10:09 PM Joseph Seddon wrote: > Hey All > > Just wanted to give you a quick update.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimédia France new Board members

2019-12-02 Thread Nadine Le Lirzin via Wikimedia-l
Hi Lukas, I'm glad it interests you, for we do consider that all that is able to strengthen links between community and "official" entities (chapters/affiliates) is important. You can find a description of the whole process on Meta:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimédia France new Board members

2019-12-02 Thread Lukas Mezger
Dear Nadine, Thank you for sharing these news – congratulations to all new members of the Wikimédia France board and a big thank you to those whose term has ended! I'd be interested learn more about the idea of 'community-elected board members'. Do you maybe have a link with additional