Re: [Wikimedia-l] Operation and oversight of OTRS system

2020-07-16 Thread Pete Forsyth
I believe there's an important point about OTRS to discuss, but the present framing -- rooted in a challenging examination of the issue's history -- is making it difficult to get at. OTRS agents, both individually and as part of a collective, have a tremendous influence over the perception of Wiki

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Diff – a blog by and for the Wikimedia volunteer community

2020-07-16 Thread Quim Gil
Hi, Thanks Lodewijk, you covered the main points. When we announced Next steps for Wikimedia Space [1] we said that the Space blog would continue in a new home, and this is exactly what we have done. Last year the Space blog received community submissions regularly, and the Comms team always rece

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki Loves the Olympics 2020

2020-07-16 Thread Camelia Boban
Thank you, Santiago, great. We will participate. WMES's event fits perfectly and seems to be a prelude to WikiDonne's Wiki Loves Sport campaign , this year to it's the second edition. So, after participating in Wikimedia Espana's Wiki Loves Olympics

[Wikimedia-l] Wiki Loves the Olympics 2020

2020-07-16 Thread Santiago Navarro
Hello, although finally 2020 is not an Olympic year, you can replace some of that nostalgia by editing about the Olympic and Paralympic Games (in any language) between 15 July and 15 August. There are many articles to create and improve. You can find more information on Meta page: https://met

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Operation and oversight of OTRS system

2020-07-16 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Sun, 12 Jul 2020 at 00:09, effe iets anders wrote: > > Jonatan: Implying that there's more secrecy than necessary, is unhelpful. Do you mean to suggest that the current level of secrecy is necessary? > I > would dare say that if the policies that Andy is looking for exist (given > his inquiry

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation for Education Office hours, July 2020

2020-07-16 Thread Sailesh Patnaik
Hi everyone, Sending this as a reminder email, join us today at 12:00 UTC (in 3 hours!) for today's education office hours. Looking forward to talking to you all soon. Join the call via this link: https://meet.google.com/oyg-douk-bpm Best! Sailesh On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 7:41 PM Sailesh Patnaik

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Clinic digest #005; call in Spanish today

2020-07-16 Thread Asaf Bartov
Dear Wikimedians, The digest from Wikimedia Clinic[0] #005 has been published[1]. For your convenience, here is a list of the topics discussed: * Generating tables on Wikipedia from Wikidata * Are you active in affiliates? Why or why not? * How to connect with local Wikimedians? * Datasets relat