[Wikimedia-l] Thank you + see you around!

[Douglas Ssebaggala]

Hi Katherine,

It's heartening to see you leave the position (you) handled so well at the
Wikimedia Foundation, am quite sure, many of the staff and volunteers would
be glad if you continued for some more years to come.

The Wikimedia Community will remember your work, achievements and endeavors
to realize the strategic direction for the future of the movement, and we
will work together towards this.

See you around.



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> Congratulations on your tenure. I’m excited to see what you do next!
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> > On Apr 16, 2021, at 6:51 AM, Olushola Olaniyan <
> olaniyanshol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Hi Katherine,
> >
> > I am glad you have done so much as an outgoing  Executive Director of
> the Wikimedia Foundation and no one can question it.
> >
> > Sincerely, you have cast your name in Gold with the way you have
> responded to critics and reshaped the movement. Now, we could see ourselves
> not as a tool in the hand of a few but as a platform that stands to sustain
> the revolution of the universe.
> >
> > It takes only a few to do so and you happen to be one of the very few to
> have achieved this feat.
> >
> > Though the journey to the destination desired by you for the movement
> might seem to be far, I am glad that you have laid the track.
> >
> > Continue with your Midas touch and break the glass ceiling.
> >
> > I am wishing you the very best in your next endeavour.
> >
> > I celebrate You.
> >
> > Olushola Olaniyan
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thank you + see you around!

[Brad Patrick]

Congratulations on your tenure. I’m excited to see what you do next!

Brad Patrick

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> On Apr 16, 2021, at 6:51 AM, Olushola Olaniyan  
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Katherine, 
> 
> I am glad you have done so much as an outgoing  Executive Director of the 
> Wikimedia Foundation and no one can question it. 
> 
> Sincerely, you have cast your name in Gold with the way you have responded to 
> critics and reshaped the movement. Now, we could see ourselves not as a tool 
> in the hand of a few but as a platform that stands to sustain the revolution 
> of the universe. 
> 
> It takes only a few to do so and you happen to be one of the very few to have 
> achieved this feat.  
> 
> Though the journey to the destination desired by you for the movement might 
> seem to be far, I am glad that you have laid the track. 
> 
> Continue with your Midas touch and break the glass ceiling.
> 
> I am wishing you the very best in your next endeavour. 
> 
> I celebrate You.  
> 
> Olushola Olaniyan
> 
>  
> 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thank you + see you around!

[Michael Jahn]

Dear Katherine,
it's been great to laugh with you, and most inspiring to see you act and
react over the years, always with passion, compassion and determination for
our cause. Thank you!
Wishing you all the best!
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Am Fr., 16. Apr. 2021 um 11:46 Uhr schrieb Rajeeb :

> Dear Katherine,
>
> It’s always hard to say goodbye, only one thing I can say, Wikimedia
> projects won’t be the same without you. I wish you all the best in your new
> beginning and as you said, “See you 'round the wikis!”
>
> Namaste,
>
> Rajeeb.
>
>
>
> On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 at 14:14, Camelia Boban 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Katherine, thank you for having been part of our movement.
>> I assiduously started my activity for diversity and reducing the gender
>> gap in the movement exactly at the same time of your appointment, at
>> Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario.
>> So my memory is that my work and the birth of WikiDonne is in some way
>> related to your role as ED at that time, and that important phase for the
>> Wikimedia movement.
>>
>> I wish you all the best ❤,
>> Camelia & WikiDonne
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Camelia Boban*
>>
>> *| Java EE Developer |*
>>
>> WikiDonne | Wikimedia Diversity Ambassador | *AffCom*
>>
>> M. +39 3383385545
>> camelia.bo...@gmail.com
>> *Wikipedia  **| 
>> **WikiDonne
>> UG * | *WikiDonne Project
>>  *
>>
>> [image: File:WDG - Wikipedia20 background Cake slim.jpg]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Il giorno ven 16 apr 2021 alle ore 04:18 Gnangarra 
>> ha scritto:
>>
>>> Kaya Katherine
>>>
>>> Thank you for taking the movement from its past, to help us work in the
>>> present, and to look towards the future. You have created a legacy that is
>>> as significant as every contribution look forward to seeing you around our
>>> campfires sharing your knowledge in the future.
>>>
>>> Boodarwun
>>> Gnangarra
>>>
>>> On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 at 09:47, Katherine Maher 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Hi friends, fellow Wikimedians,

 [Apologies in advance, this note is very long, and written in my native
 English speaker style. Normally I try for shorter and more ESL friendly,
 but it was hard to do this time. Thank you for indulging or at least,
 tolerating, me.]

 It has been my life’s joy and pleasure to be a part of this movement
 with you for the past seven years.[1] I came into the Wikimedia movement as
 a believer in open culture, open source, and free knowledge. I leave my
 work at the Foundation today knowing the Wikimedia movement stands for
 those things, and something even greater.

 To be a Wikimedian is to embrace humanity’s curiosity and fallibility,
 our generosity and irascibility. It is to look across a world that we’re
 told is divided -- by arbitrary borders, linguistic conquest, fear of the
 unfamiliar -- and instead see our common interest. It’s to know that we are
 each flawed, unreliable narrators, and to believe that the best remedy to
 our intrinsic failings is to patch our individual flaws with our collective
 strengths.

 In the spring of 2016, I shared a pizza in Berlin with (our
 then-future, now former, board chair) Christophe Henner. We were attending
 Wikimedia Conference one month into my role as interim executive director,
 and had just finished a challenging day of plenary meetings that brought us
 together as a community in catharsis. Christophe was a candidate for the
 Wikimedia Foundation board. He asked me, “What are we here for?”

 I didn’t know what he wanted me to say, so I just told him what I
 thought. “We’re here to make the world better.” It was a cliche answer, but
 true for me. He laughed and leaned back in the chair. “Yes.”

 This has always been what I read into the unstated part of our vision.
 “Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
 sum of all knowledge.” This is a spectacular, inspiring, aspirational
 ambition, but it is also missing something critical. For the past seven
 years, I have imagined this world every day. And every day, I have asked

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thank you + see you around!

[Olushola Olaniyan]

Hi Katherine,

I am glad you have done so much as an outgoing  Executive Director of the
Wikimedia Foundation and no one can question it.

Sincerely, you have cast your name in Gold with the way you have responded
to critics and reshaped the movement. Now, we could see ourselves not as a
tool in the hand of a few but as a platform that stands to sustain the
revolution of the universe.

It takes only a few to do so and you happen to be one of the very few to
have achieved this feat.

Though the journey to the destination desired by you for the movement might
seem to be far, I am glad that you have laid the track.

Continue with your Midas touch and break the glass ceiling.

I am wishing you the very best in your next endeavour.

I celebrate You.

Olushola Olaniyan
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thank you + see you around!

[Rajeeb]

Dear Katherine,

It’s always hard to say goodbye, only one thing I can say, Wikimedia
projects won’t be the same without you. I wish you all the best in your new
beginning and as you said, “See you 'round the wikis!”

Namaste,

Rajeeb.



On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 at 14:14, Camelia Boban  wrote:

> Hi Katherine, thank you for having been part of our movement.
> I assiduously started my activity for diversity and reducing the gender
> gap in the movement exactly at the same time of your appointment, at
> Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario.
> So my memory is that my work and the birth of WikiDonne is in some way
> related to your role as ED at that time, and that important phase for the
> Wikimedia movement.
>
> I wish you all the best ❤,
> Camelia & WikiDonne
>
>
> --
> *Camelia Boban*
>
> *| Java EE Developer |*
>
> WikiDonne | Wikimedia Diversity Ambassador | *AffCom*
>
> M. +39 3383385545
> camelia.bo...@gmail.com
> *Wikipedia  **| 
> **WikiDonne
> UG * | *WikiDonne Project
>  *
>
> [image: File:WDG - Wikipedia20 background Cake slim.jpg]
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Il giorno ven 16 apr 2021 alle ore 04:18 Gnangarra 
> ha scritto:
>
>> Kaya Katherine
>>
>> Thank you for taking the movement from its past, to help us work in the
>> present, and to look towards the future. You have created a legacy that is
>> as significant as every contribution look forward to seeing you around our
>> campfires sharing your knowledge in the future.
>>
>> Boodarwun
>> Gnangarra
>>
>> On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 at 09:47, Katherine Maher 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi friends, fellow Wikimedians,
>>>
>>> [Apologies in advance, this note is very long, and written in my native
>>> English speaker style. Normally I try for shorter and more ESL friendly,
>>> but it was hard to do this time. Thank you for indulging or at least,
>>> tolerating, me.]
>>>
>>> It has been my life’s joy and pleasure to be a part of this movement
>>> with you for the past seven years.[1] I came into the Wikimedia movement as
>>> a believer in open culture, open source, and free knowledge. I leave my
>>> work at the Foundation today knowing the Wikimedia movement stands for
>>> those things, and something even greater.
>>>
>>> To be a Wikimedian is to embrace humanity’s curiosity and fallibility,
>>> our generosity and irascibility. It is to look across a world that we’re
>>> told is divided -- by arbitrary borders, linguistic conquest, fear of the
>>> unfamiliar -- and instead see our common interest. It’s to know that we are
>>> each flawed, unreliable narrators, and to believe that the best remedy to
>>> our intrinsic failings is to patch our individual flaws with our collective
>>> strengths.
>>>
>>> In the spring of 2016, I shared a pizza in Berlin with (our then-future,
>>> now former, board chair) Christophe Henner. We were attending Wikimedia
>>> Conference one month into my role as interim executive director, and had
>>> just finished a challenging day of plenary meetings that brought us
>>> together as a community in catharsis. Christophe was a candidate for the
>>> Wikimedia Foundation board. He asked me, “What are we here for?”
>>>
>>> I didn’t know what he wanted me to say, so I just told him what I
>>> thought. “We’re here to make the world better.” It was a cliche answer, but
>>> true for me. He laughed and leaned back in the chair. “Yes.”
>>>
>>> This has always been what I read into the unstated part of our vision.
>>> “Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
>>> sum of all knowledge.” This is a spectacular, inspiring, aspirational
>>> ambition, but it is also missing something critical. For the past seven
>>> years, I have imagined this world every day. And every day, I have asked
>>> myself, “Why?” Why does free knowledge vision matter? What happens then?
>>> What change have we effected in the world?”
>>>
>>> Even after I leave, I’ll keep asking myself this. And as you continue
>>> your work here, as colleagues, as contributors, as volunteers, I ask all of
>>> you to ask yourselves as well -- with all that you do, and all that you
>>> contribute, and all that you build. What are we here to do? Do our values,
>>> our structures, our practices, and our constructs serve our purpose? And
>>> how do we ensure they remain as alive and vital as our projects and vision?
>>>
>>> The former president of Wikimedia Chile, Marco Correa, would say, “The
>>> knowledge may be neutral, but the act is not.” I always understood him to
>>> mean that while our projects endeavor to serve the most accurate,
>>> verifiable, and neutral knowledge, our movement has never been impartial.
>>> We have always stood proudly for a set of values: freedom of inquiry,
>>> expression, and assembly, the right to privacy and memory, and the
>>> foundational value and dignity of every human. We have defended them under
>>> duress an

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thank you + see you around!

[Camelia Boban]

Hi Katherine, thank you for having been part of our movement.
I assiduously started my activity for diversity and reducing the gender gap
in the movement exactly at the same time of your appointment, at Wikimania
2016 in Esino Lario.
So my memory is that my work and the birth of WikiDonne is in some way
related to your role as ED at that time, and that important phase for the
Wikimedia movement.

I wish you all the best ❤,
Camelia & WikiDonne


--
*Camelia Boban*

*| Java EE Developer |*

WikiDonne | Wikimedia Diversity Ambassador | *AffCom*

M. +39 3383385545
camelia.bo...@gmail.com
*Wikipedia  **| **WikiDonne
UG * | *WikiDonne Project
 *

[image: File:WDG - Wikipedia20 background Cake slim.jpg]









Il giorno ven 16 apr 2021 alle ore 04:18 Gnangarra  ha
scritto:

> Kaya Katherine
>
> Thank you for taking the movement from its past, to help us work in the
> present, and to look towards the future. You have created a legacy that is
> as significant as every contribution look forward to seeing you around our
> campfires sharing your knowledge in the future.
>
> Boodarwun
> Gnangarra
>
> On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 at 09:47, Katherine Maher 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi friends, fellow Wikimedians,
>>
>> [Apologies in advance, this note is very long, and written in my native
>> English speaker style. Normally I try for shorter and more ESL friendly,
>> but it was hard to do this time. Thank you for indulging or at least,
>> tolerating, me.]
>>
>> It has been my life’s joy and pleasure to be a part of this movement with
>> you for the past seven years.[1] I came into the Wikimedia movement as a
>> believer in open culture, open source, and free knowledge. I leave my work
>> at the Foundation today knowing the Wikimedia movement stands for those
>> things, and something even greater.
>>
>> To be a Wikimedian is to embrace humanity’s curiosity and fallibility,
>> our generosity and irascibility. It is to look across a world that we’re
>> told is divided -- by arbitrary borders, linguistic conquest, fear of the
>> unfamiliar -- and instead see our common interest. It’s to know that we are
>> each flawed, unreliable narrators, and to believe that the best remedy to
>> our intrinsic failings is to patch our individual flaws with our collective
>> strengths.
>>
>> In the spring of 2016, I shared a pizza in Berlin with (our then-future,
>> now former, board chair) Christophe Henner. We were attending Wikimedia
>> Conference one month into my role as interim executive director, and had
>> just finished a challenging day of plenary meetings that brought us
>> together as a community in catharsis. Christophe was a candidate for the
>> Wikimedia Foundation board. He asked me, “What are we here for?”
>>
>> I didn’t know what he wanted me to say, so I just told him what I
>> thought. “We’re here to make the world better.” It was a cliche answer, but
>> true for me. He laughed and leaned back in the chair. “Yes.”
>>
>> This has always been what I read into the unstated part of our vision.
>> “Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
>> sum of all knowledge.” This is a spectacular, inspiring, aspirational
>> ambition, but it is also missing something critical. For the past seven
>> years, I have imagined this world every day. And every day, I have asked
>> myself, “Why?” Why does free knowledge vision matter? What happens then?
>> What change have we effected in the world?”
>>
>> Even after I leave, I’ll keep asking myself this. And as you continue
>> your work here, as colleagues, as contributors, as volunteers, I ask all of
>> you to ask yourselves as well -- with all that you do, and all that you
>> contribute, and all that you build. What are we here to do? Do our values,
>> our structures, our practices, and our constructs serve our purpose? And
>> how do we ensure they remain as alive and vital as our projects and vision?
>>
>> The former president of Wikimedia Chile, Marco Correa, would say, “The
>> knowledge may be neutral, but the act is not.” I always understood him to
>> mean that while our projects endeavor to serve the most accurate,
>> verifiable, and neutral knowledge, our movement has never been impartial.
>> We have always stood proudly for a set of values: freedom of inquiry,
>> expression, and assembly, the right to privacy and memory, and the
>> foundational value and dignity of every human. We have defended them under
>> duress and must continue to do so.
>>
>> We should never lose sight of how revolutionary the act of producing free
>> knowledge is in the first place. I’ve always been struck by the myriad
>> motivations that bring people to this movement. There are those who write
>> their language into the future, their identity into public consciousness,
>> who use our projects to grapple with historical injustice. There are some
>> who edit

[Wikimedia-l] more Planet RSS maintainers wanted

[Amir E. Aharoni]

Hi!

I'm not sure how it happened, but for a while I've been the main maintainer
of the Wikimedia Planet: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Planet_Wikimedia

The Wikimedia Planet is a bunch of RSS feeds that aggregate posts from
various blogs in several languages that are related to Wikimedia in one way
or another. Some people think that RSS is an outdated technology, but there
are also quite a lot of people, including myself, who beg to disagree, and
find RSS readers more convenient and nicely organized for getting news
updates than social networks or algorithmic aggregators. (I used Google
Reader and then I switched to Feedly; there are many other RSS readers.)

It's not so *bad* that I'm the main maintainer because there's very little
work to do and it's actually quite fun. Nevertheless, it's not very good
that I'm practically the only one, because sometimes maintenance requests
can get stuck for months, and there's also that whole notion of [[Bus
factor]].

So, if anyone is interested in joining me in this *very easy and fun*
effort, please just take a look at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Planet_Wikimedia and try addressing the
current requests (there are very few of them). And then check the same page
once a month or so. If you know how to use Git, then you have all the
necessary skills to do it. If you don't know Git, I'll be happy to teach
you the necessary basics—it's not as difficult and scary in 2021 as it was
in 2011. Just contact me off-list.

Thanks :)

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I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬
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