Re: [Wikimedia-l] please NOT to Telegram as first or only communication channel (WAS: Wikimedia 2030: Mark your calendars! We are meeting on Nov. 21-22)

2020-10-23 Thread Tito Dutta
Hello, I am glad to see the channel on Wikimedia Chat/WMChat. Thanks Tito Dutta শনি, ২৪ অক্টোবর, ২০২০ তারিখে ২:৩৬ AM টায় এ Kaarel Vaidla < kvai...@wikimedia.org> লিখেছেন: > Dear all, > > For those interested, we are now testing a wikimedia chat channel for > movement strategy and see how well

Re: [Wikimedia-l] please NOT to Telegram as first or only communication channel (WAS: Wikimedia 2030: Mark your calendars! We are meeting on Nov. 21-22)

2020-10-23 Thread Kaarel Vaidla
Dear all, For those interested, we are now testing a wikimedia chat channel for movement strategy and see how well it will be received and utilized. You can join us at: https://chat.wmcloud.org/wikimedia/channels/movement-strategy Thank you for your kind attention! Kaarel On Fri, Oct 23, 2020

[Wikimedia-l] mt.wikipedia hack-a-thon

2020-10-23 Thread Toni Sant
Hello - The Wikimedia Community Malta User Group is planning to have an hack-a-thon around the development of citation templates for mt.wikipedia We would really appreciate input from anyone who has any experience creating/editing templates and/or specially any significant insight into

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New collaboration with the World Health Organization

2020-10-23 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 14:32, Jorge Vargas wrote: > we are excited to announce a new collaboration between the Wikimedia > Foundation and the World Health Organization (WHO). This is great news, albeit long overdue on the WHO's part. > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New collaboration with the World Health Organization

2020-10-23 Thread Rajeeb
Thanks for this update Jorge. Definitely such an initiative will further strengthen free and open access movement globally. Namaste, Rajeeb. On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 at 15:28, Gabriel Thullen wrote: > Great work to you all and great news from the WHO. I live and work in > Geneva not far from the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] please NOT to Telegram as first or only communication channel (WAS: Wikimedia 2030: Mark your calendars! We are meeting on Nov. 21-22)

2020-10-23 Thread
Thanks for highlighting the issues of access from different countries. Being in the UK, I would never have used Telegram apart from Wikimedia demands, as hardly anyone uses it here. Popularity, accessibility, reliability, are highly variable for the different channel technologies we use. These

Re: [Wikimedia-l] please NOT to Telegram as first or only communication channel (WAS: Wikimedia 2030: Mark your calendars! We are meeting on Nov. 21-22)

2020-10-23 Thread Kaarel Vaidla
Dear Željko, Amir and Ilario, Thank you so much for raising this point, which is well aligned with the spirit of the movement strategy in general and participant user experience in particular. With the transition support team we are thoughtful regarding the tools and platforms we use to ensure

Re: [Wikimedia-l] please NOT to Telegram as first or only communication channel (WAS: Wikimedia 2030: Mark your calendars! We are meeting on Nov. 21-22)

2020-10-23 Thread Ilario valdelli
On 23/10/2020 11:43, Željko Blaće wrote: On 10/22/20, Kaarel Vaidla wrote: How to participate ... * Join our Telegram group [2]. It would be amazing if we could embody the values of movement strategy whenever we can. Using only Telegram group as recommendation is NOT*. Thank you for that,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] please NOT to Telegram as first or only communication channel (WAS: Wikimedia 2030: Mark your calendars! We are meeting on Nov. 21-22)

2020-10-23 Thread Amir Sarabadani
I want to add a funny story. When I used to live in Iran, I couldn't join any of Wikimedia telegram groups (including three or four wikimedia hackathons when I was participating in them) because my phone number had country code of Iran (duh) and Telegram banned users being able to join large

[Wikimedia-l] please NOT to Telegram as first or only communication channel (WAS: Wikimedia 2030: Mark your calendars! We are meeting on Nov. 21-22)

2020-10-23 Thread Željko Blaće
On 10/22/20, Kaarel Vaidla wrote: > How to participate ... > * Join our Telegram group [2]. It would be amazing if we could embody the values of movement strategy whenever we can. Using only Telegram group as recommendation is NOT*. In general please consider not to endorse commercial and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New collaboration with the World Health Organization

2020-10-23 Thread Gabriel Thullen
Great work to you all and great news from the WHO. I live and work in Geneva not far from the WHO HQ, and am quite willing to help out in any way I can. Best regards Gabe On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 10:44 AM Joy Agyepong wrote: > Super excited about this collaboration the movement is indeed

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New collaboration with the World Health Organization

2020-10-23 Thread Joy Agyepong
Super excited about this collaboration the movement is indeed expanding! Congratulations to all who were involved. Cheers. On Thu, 22 Oct 2020, 19:40 Dr. Manavpreet Kaur, wrote: > This is amazing. This gives motivation to so many who have been working > tirelessly to provide Covid information