[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Ivan Martínez
Welcome on board Maryana! All the best, El mar, 14 sept 2021 a las 17:43, Camelia Boban () escribió: > Welcome to our movement Maryana. > > Il giorno mar 14 set 2021 alle ore 17:42 Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga < > galder...@hotmail.com> ha scritto: > >> Welcome:

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Community User Group Albania - Report

2021-09-14 Thread Nafie Shehu
Dear Wikimedians, Below you can find the report of the Wikimedia Community User Group Albania for 2020:https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Albania/2020_Report If you have any questions or suggestions, please let us know. Best regards, Nafie On behalf of Wikimedia

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: August 2021

2021-09-14 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] Re: Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Camelia Boban
Welcome to our movement Maryana. Il giorno mar 14 set 2021 alle ore 17:42 Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga < galder...@hotmail.com> ha scritto: > Welcome: https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryana_Iskander > You will have time to get to know the wikimedians, but writing or improving someone's biography in

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Risker
Welcome, Maryana. We can all look forward to getting to know you better, and for you to get to know us, too. Feel free to reach out to people with your questions, your ideas, and your concerns. Risker/Anne On Tue, 14 Sept 2021 at 11:36, Maryana Iskander wrote: > Dear All, > > Thank you for

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Paulo Santos Perneta
Welcome Maryana! The first thing I've done after knowing the name of the new CEO was stalking the history of your Wikipedia entry, to see when it was created. And now I've red how it happened first hand  About your other Wiki experience - I also had the privilege of participating in an

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread George Herbert
Welcome Maryana! This is a challenging organization but an important one. It sounds like you're leading with an understanding of the importance and context. Good luck. On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 8:36 AM Maryana Iskander wrote: > Dear All, > > Thank you for this opportunity to introduce myself to

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Regarding a series of serious office actions / 有关于一系列的办事处行动

2021-09-14 Thread Maggie Dennis
Hello, all. I have some responses to your questions posted here and elsewhere that I've just dropped on Meta on the talk page of the statement there . I was asked to concentrate there

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread João Alexandre Peschanski
Welcome Maryana! We look forward to strengthening the Wikimedia Movement with you. Congratulations to the WMF BoT and all the others that were involved in/with the Transition Committee. João Em ter., 14 de set. de 2021 às 12:53, Nataliia Tymkiv escreveu: > Dear all, > > I am pleased to

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Jan-Bart de Vreede
HI Maryana, Welcome to the movement in your new role! While we have to be patient a bit longer I look forward to seeing you learn about and improve upon the role of the Foundation within movement so that together we can tackle the complex challenges ahead of us. Thank you to all the board

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Erik Moeller
Dear Maryana, Welcome! What a wonderful, varied background in mission-driven work. I can't wait to read more of your perspective on this list and on the wikis. Wishing you all success in the role! Warmly, Erik ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list --

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread wikiasartea
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Steven Walling
On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 11:30 AM Andreas Kolbe wrote: > Hi Maryana, > > Welcome, great opening letter. > > You mention that you want to do some of your own volunteer editing in the > months before you officially start, which is great. > > Here is an idea: between now and then, tell absolutely no

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Hi Maryana, Welcome, great opening letter. You mention that you want to do some of your own volunteer editing in the months before you officially start, which is great. Here is an idea: between now and then, tell absolutely no one what your user account is called, and what articles, projects or

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Samuel Klein
Hello Maryana! This is superb news. Brad 'OG' Patrick wrote: > Congratulations and welcome to the best job in the world! > You're not wrong :) Access to knowledge seems to becoming more unequal these days in new ways, with the volume of convincing un-knowledge increasing much faster than the

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Butch Bustria
Hi Maryana, Welcome. We hope for the best and we love to reach out to you in one of our East, Southeast Asia & the Pacific (ESEAP) virtual meetings. Thank you. Kind regards, Butch Bustria On Tue, 14 Sep 2021, 11:36 pm Maryana Iskander, wrote: > Dear All, > > Thank you for this

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread effe iets anders
Welcome to the movement, Maryana, I'm confident that there is much we can learn from your background and experience. I'm also glad that you take your time to get acquainted, and it feels right when people take the time to complete their obligations at their previous organization - even when it's

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Mardetanha
Welcome Maryana. Wish you all the best On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 8:49 PM Ankan Ghosh Dastider < ankanghoshdasti...@gmail.com> wrote: > Welcome, Maryana! Really excited to have you in the family. Best wishes > for the future journey! > > Ankan > On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 10:06 PM Brad Patrick

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Ankan Ghosh Dastider
Welcome, Maryana! Really excited to have you in the family. Best wishes for the future journey! Ankan On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 10:06 PM Brad Patrick wrote: > Congratulations and welcome to the best job in the world! > > > > *From: *Nataliia Tymkiv > *Reply-To: *"wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org"

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Brad Patrick
Congratulations and welcome to the best job in the world! From: Nataliia Tymkiv Reply-To: "wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org" Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 11:53 AM To: "wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org" , "wikimedi...@wikimedia.org" Cc: "miskan...@wikimedia.org" Subject:

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Mohammed Bachounda
مرحبا Welcome! Happy to see you with our great community, to walk with us to build the best future of knowledge, looking for better for 2030 Welcome again :) Mohammed BACHOUNDA leader WIKIDZ Algeria Le mar. 14 sept. 2021 à 16:52, Shani Evenstein a écrit : > Welcome, Maryana! > So happy to

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Dan Rosenthal
Congratulations and welcome Maryana. Dan Rosenthal On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 11:53 AM Nataliia Tymkiv wrote: > Dear all, > > I am pleased to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees > has appointed Maryana Iskander as the new CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation > [1] [2]. > > Since

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Nataliia Tymkiv
Dear all, I am pleased to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has appointed Maryana Iskander as the new CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation [1] [2]. Since 2013, Maryana has served as the CEO of Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator [3], a South African non-profit social

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Shani Evenstein
Welcome, Maryana! So happy to have you join the Wikimedia family. Exciting times! Shani. On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 6:43 PM Dariusz Jemielniak wrote: > Let me be one of the first ones to say "welcome"! I'm so delighted to see > you take the helm! > > best, > > dj > > On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 5:37

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Dariusz Jemielniak
Let me be one of the first ones to say "welcome"! I'm so delighted to see you take the helm! best, dj On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 5:37 PM Maryana Iskander wrote: > Dear All, > > Thank you for this opportunity to introduce myself to you. > > When I read the job position [1] for the next leader of

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga
Welcome: https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryana_Iskander [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Maryana_Iskander.jpg/1200px-Maryana_Iskander.jpg] Maryana Iskander - Wikipedia, entziklopedia

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Tito Dutta
Hello, Good to know about the update Nataliia. Thanks to the Transition team for working on this. Good wishes (and welcome) to Maryana Iskander in the new role. Hope to work with you on Movement Strategy and other Wikimedia projects/areas from January onwards. ইতি,/Thanks(a টিটো

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Regarding a series of serious office actions / 有关于一系列的办事处行动

2021-09-14 Thread Alphos OGame
Hello Maggie, hello all, If you can communicate on the subject, when was your team first made aware of the situation ? Trying to figure out how long this has lasted. And were affected users (by which I mean users who had their emails and passwords reset) ultimately able to recover their

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Maryana Iskander
Dear All, Thank you for this opportunity to introduce myself to you. When I read the job position [1] for the next leader of Wikimedia Foundation, I noticed that it opened with a seemingly simple statement: “Knowledge belongs to all of us.” Does it, really? It’s a striking statement. In an

[Wikimedia-l] Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Nataliia Tymkiv
Dear all, I am pleased to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has appointed Maryana Iskander as the new CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation [1] [2]. Since 2013, Maryana has served as the CEO of Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator [3], a South African non-profit social

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Regarding a series of serious office actions / 有关于一系列的办事处行动

2021-09-14 Thread Eric Liu
Or even Affiliates in Taiwan or Hong Kong were a better solution, as some Wikimedia Movement terms are best understood by our own members of the community. Hopefully the Foundation would try to solve the translate issues. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Regarding a series of serious office actions / 有关于一系列的办事处行动

2021-09-14 Thread William Chan
Hi, 1. I must say that, for those who were desysopped, there are very clear evidence and feelings from Hong Kong editors that the elections that empowered them to the positions they got came from rigged elections with canvassing being observed but never dealt due to acts to deal with them being

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Regarding a series of serious office actions / 有关于一系列的办事处行动

2021-09-14 Thread William Chan
No idea why it got half of the content, but what I can say, is that they removed emails and reset passwords of user accounts until they "voluntarily" stepped down. This may mean a need to dive into email logs. On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 at 17:43, Yair Rand wrote: > (For those trying to play catch-up

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Regarding a series of serious office actions / 有关于一系列的办事处行动

2021-09-14 Thread Yair Rand
(For those trying to play catch-up on the Wikipedia-in-China issue, I recommend diving into some old Signpost archives: [1] ("The BBC looks at Chinese government editing"), [2] ("Interview: Carl Miller on Wikipedia Wars"), [3] ("Community View: Observations from the mainland"), [4] ("Special

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Regarding a series of serious office actions / 有关于一系列的办事处行动

2021-09-14 Thread William Chan
Hi Andres, I am not Maggie (definitely here) but as far as I know, some members from the zhwp are also affected. If I am correct, it is their email being removed and password got reset. William On Tue, 14 Sept 2021 at 16:45, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > Hi Maggie, > > Thanks for your post; I have

[Wikimedia-l] Regarding a series of serious office actions / 有关于一系列的办事处行动

2021-09-14 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Hi Maggie, Thanks for your post; I have two questions. 1. What is the status of Mardetanha, the Iranian steward and past (even very recent) author of Wikimedia blog posts (which link his real name to his user name)?[1][2] Judging by https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?diff=21964430 where he

[Wikimedia-l] Re: WMCUG Response for recent office actions

2021-09-14 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Here is a machine translation, by DeepL.com (Google Translate produces gobbledygook by comparison!) Qiuwen - Wikimedians of Mainland China Drop the illusion and prepare for the fight - a comment on the Foundation's region-wide lockdown of Chinese Wikimedians and Maggie Dennis's "statement"

[Wikimedia-l] WMCUG Response for recent office actions

2021-09-14 Thread William Chan
Hi all, Of course I am not from WMCUG, but they issued a statement regarding the series of serious office actions: https://qiuwen.wmcug.org.cn/archives/390/on-wmf-office-action-zh-1/ Of course there is an archive.is link so as not to , you know, they may just take down: https://archive.is/EE6AD