[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: World book
Still have the full set 1952 edition! *Take care, Amy* *Amy Vossbrinck (she/her)* *Executive Assistant* *Chief Financial Officer* *Wikimedia Foundation* Why do you see fundraising messages on Wikipedia? <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Why_do_you_see_fundraising_messages_on_Wikipedia_%E2%80%93_A_WIKI_MINUTE_16-9.webm> Sent from my iPhone ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/ZSYYTZBVTONTODPV2BYKZGTO6V6QWOCU/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] Re: Auction at Christie's
Hi Jimmy: Go for it! Any time in life when, as individuals, we have something to give that can better the life of others, we should make the most of the opportunity. No matter where you decide to donate the proceeds from the auction, it will be of benefit to the recipient(s). It surely seems you have checked all the "legal boxes" beyond that, I would always go with "follow your heart". Life is too short to be overthinking everything. *Take care, Amy* *Amy Vossbrinck (she/her)* *Executive Assistant* *Chief Financial Officer* *We are not in a post fact world <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ4ba28-oGs>* On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 7:58 AM Jimmy Wales wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Hi all, I am writing to let you know that I am doing an auction with > Christie’s auction house, commencing today and closing on December 15th. > We’re auctioning two things - the original Strawberry iMac that I used > during the founding time period of Wikipedia, and an NFT artwork that I > created to commemorate the earliest moment of Wikipedia. A bit of Q > **What is an NFT?** NFT stands for ‘non fungible token’, there is a fairly > thorough article about it on English Wikipedia > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fungible_token> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fungible_token>. **What is this NFT > exactly?** I saw earlier in the year that Tim Berners-Lee did an NFT of > “the original source code of the web”. In his own words: “"I’m selling a > picture that I made, with a Python program that I wrote myself, of what the > source code would look like if it was stuck on the wall and signed by me.” > I thought I should try to push forward from that and so instead of just > doing a picture (screenshot) of what Wikipedia looked like when I first > installed the Usemod software and typed “Hello, World!” I would prefer to > do something interactive. The artistic concept is not just to see what > Wikipedia looked like to me in that moment, but to relive the experience: > here is this incredible vulnerable thing, a wiki, and you dream of it > becoming an encyclopedia for the whole world, but will it? Will it be > taken over by vandals and trolls instantly? What policies will you need? > What kind of community can you attract? **Will any portion of the proceeds > go to the WMF?** The Wikimedia Foundation board has explicitly asked that I > not pledge any funds to Wikimedia. (They aren’t asking me not to donate, > just not to pledge to do so up front.) I am pledging to donate to “help > support a variety of charities working in the free culture world.” I’ll > decide after we see how it goes in terms of what exactly I’ll do! (Advice > welcome! I’d be interested in a community process to help choose.) I’ve > worked with the WMF per the board’s instructions on getting approval on all > the marketing materials to make sure that it’s clear that this is a > personal project of mine and not a WMF thing at all. I believe the WMF > will also post about that. **What about the environmental costs of creating > an NFT?** Ethereum is moving from 'Proof of Work' to 'Proof of Stake', > which requires a lot less energy per NFT - I’m happy to see that and hope > it happens soon. In the meantime, I’ve looked for the highest estimate of > the amount of electricity consumed to mint an NFT. I’ve found an estimate > that the average NFT minting consumes 340kWh. For scale, my friend has a > Tesla Model X, and 340kWh would charge it about 3 ½ times. This is roughly > 81.6 kg of CO2. For further comparison an economy-class ticket to NYC from > London generates about 1800 kilograms of CO2. (Citation needed, and very > happy for anyone with expertise to help me improve these calculations.) > While I generally think it is better not to generate emissions than to > generate and offset, I also think that generating withOUT offsetting is > much worse. So I’ll be finding the most pessimistic estimate of the CO2 > that I’ve generated and offset it by 5x. ** What is the estimate for the > auction? ** Christie’s was unable to offer any public estimate for either > the computer or the NFT. I can sincerely say that I have absolutely no > idea what to expect. Given the current state of the NFT market, I’m very > hopeful that some crypto whale will find this irresistible, who knows > though? I’ll be around for the next 8 hours or so to answer any questions > but to keep it all centralized, let’s keep it on my English wikipedia talk > page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jimbo_Wales > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
[Wikimedia-l] Posting of 2015-16 Risks Document
Hello All: Thanks to an alert Community Member, it has come to our attention that due to an oversight, the 2015-16 Risks Document was not posted with the 2015-16 Annual Plan. We apologize for that. Traditionally the Risks Document has been a part of the Annual Plan, either included in the text of the plan or in the appendix. The decision was made last year to create the Risks Document separately and it was inadvertently not posted when the 2015-16 Annual Plan, Budget and FAQ were posted. The document was completed in July 2015; therefore the language may not reflect any recent developments. You will find the 2015-16 Risks Document posted here as part of the Annual Plan: 2015-16 Annual Plan and Risk Document <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2015-2016_Annual_Plan> Thank you, Amy -- *Amy Vossbrinck* *Executive Assistant to the* *Chief Financial Officer and to * *the Vice President of Human Resources* *Wikimedia Foundation* *149 New Montgomery Street* *San Francisco, CA 94105* *415.839.6885 ext 6628* *avossbri...@wikimedia.org <avossbri...@wikimedia.org>* ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thank you, Jan-Bart and Stu
Yes and a very big thank you to Stu for all of his work on the Audit Committee!! Take care, Amy On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:52 AM, Katie Chan <k...@ktchan.info> wrote: > Thank you both. Hope to continue to see you around. :) > > KTC > > On 06/01/2016 16:11, Anna Stillwell wrote: > >> Thank you both for your service. >> Warmly, >> /a >> >> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 7:34 AM, Sydney Poore <sydney.po...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> I also want to thank Jan-Bart de Vreede and Stu West for their work as >>> Trustees. I had the pleasure of working with both of them and know >>> them to be committed to the wikimedia mission. >>> >>> I hope you all stay engaged. >>> Warm regards, >>> Sydney Poore >>> Sydney Poore >>> User:FloNight >>> Wikipedian in Residence >>> at Cochrane Collaboration >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Cristian Consonni >>> <kikkocrist...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> 2016-01-06 8:10 GMT+01:00 Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org>: >>>> >>>>> [...] But in the mean time, I'd like >>>>> to do it myself: Thank you Jan-Bart and Stu for all the time, energy >>>>> and >>>>> effort that you poured into our movement. I know that not all of us >>>>> appreciate this as much as we perhaps should, and sometimes you may >>>>> even >>>>> have perceived us as hostile. I do sincerely hope that you had fun with >>>>> >>>> us >>> >>>> though, and I'm confident that you made a big dent in our impossible >>>>> mission of sharing the sum of all knowledge with everyone. >>>>> >>>>> I hope to meet you again soon, at least in Italy at Wikimania, and I >>>>> >>>> hope >>> >>>> to see you around in our movement in many different ways. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Thank you Jan-Bart and Stu for all your contributions to the movement >>>> over many years. >>>> >>>> Cristian >>>> >>>> ___ >>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >>>> >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >>> >>>> New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >>>> >>> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >>> >>> ___ >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >>> New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >>> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > -- > Katie Chan > Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the > author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the > author is associated with or employed by. > > > Experience is a good school but the fees are high. > - Heinrich Heine > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- *Amy Vossbrinck* *Executive Assistant to the* *Chief of Finance and Administration and* *the Vice President of Human Resources* *Wikimedia Foundation* *149 New Montgomery Street* *San Francisco, CA 94105* *415.839.6885 ext 6628* *avossbri...@wikimedia.org <avossbri...@wikimedia.org>* ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement
ARG!!! and. We will surely miss you Philippe! I'll make sure, if I stumble on to anymore exceptional peanut butter/chocolate recipes, that they head your way post haste! Please take very good care of your wonderful self, Amy On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Philippe Beaudette <phili...@wikimedia.org > wrote: > Dear friends, > > Six years is a long time. Over the last six years, I've been privileged to > be a part of so many things with you. And I'm proud of what we've done > together. For the last six years, I've been a part of things that will > excite me until the day that I die - the things that, together, we did in > service of that phrase - "the sum of human knowledge" - were magical. I'll > never forget them, and I've been honored to be a part of this movement. > > But it's time for me to move on. > > As many of you know, for the last couple of years, I've struggled with my > health. I've come to the unpleasant realization that for my own good, I > need to step back and focus on healing, and then look around for new and > exciting opportunities. > > When Sue left, she said that her decision process included looking around > and taking stock of the people and the condition of the Foundation, and > asking herself "Is it safe? If I leave, is it safe?" and when she knew it > was, she began to consider the idea. > > I've been doing the same, obviously focused on projects and programs that > are important to me. And I look around and I know that with the > contributors that we have - brilliant, dedicated, passionate people and > the staff that we have - dynamic, talented, devoted, and fearless it's > safe. So it's time for me to move on, and to leave it to them. > > As a housekeeping note: I've agreed with Luis that I'll be available until > 9/15, though I'll be out on medical leave, so may be slow to answer > questions. If I owe you something, please remind me so that we can get it > properly assigned out. > > You can all reach out to me at any time... phili...@beaudette.me and > any time I see you will be a celebration. > > With my deepest affection, > > Philippe > > *Philippe Beaudette * \\ Director, Community Advocacy \\ Wikimedia > Foundation, Inc. > T: 1-415-839-6885 x6643 | phili...@wikimedia.org | : @Philippewiki > <https://twitter.com/Philippewiki> > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- *Amy Vossbrinck* *Executive Assistant to the* *Chief of Finance and Administration, Garfield Byrd* *Wikimedia Foundation* *149 New Montgomery Street* *San Francisco, CA 94105* *415.839.6885 ext 6628* *avossbri...@wikimedia.org <avossbri...@wikimedia.org>* ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Future of Wikipedia
Hi Renata: Please don't despair. When I was growing up (I'm pushing 69) there were definitely encyclopedias but they surely were not the *only research tools*. Information was available, you just had to really dig for it - go to the library, comb through the card catalogue, go into the stacks, find the books, gather the information you needed, write it out by hand on paper (there were no copiers), and note the source for the information on the set of 3 x 5 index cards that you collected for the research project; or have the research librarian retrieve the newspapers, or periodicals, or white papers or mirco film and repeat what you did with the books; write it out by hand on paper (again, no copiers), and note the source for the information on the set of 3 x 5 index cards that you collected for the research project. Then you took all the information home, hand wrote the paper and once you were happy with it, you typed it out on a manual typewriter, making sure that you spaced it so that there would be enough room at the bottom for the footnotes for each particular page. If you had to make more than one copy, you put carbon paper in between the sheets of paper and if you made a mistake, you carefully corrected every page, making sure not to smudge the carbon or allow the papers and the carbon to shift out of alignment. If you needed more than 4 copies you typed the paper on a mimeograph stencil. If you made a mistake on the stencil, you used a mat knife and carefully scraped the error off the back of the top sheet, cut a corner off the stencil at the bottom and inserted that in the space between the top sheet and the stencil back and typed the letter(s) again, making sure that you did not accidentally let the top sheet or the stencil slip in the typewriter roller, because if you did all of your alignment would be off for the rest of the paper. There was a fluid to correct errors, but it never worked very well. When the paper was done, you put the stencil on a mimeograph machine and cranked it by hand until the stencil impression was no longer deep enough to make copies. If you needed more copies, you had to cut another stencil by re-typing the entire paper. I know this probably sounds like I had to hike 20 miles to school with snow up to my waist - which I didn't - but I offer it only to say that we humans are a pretty persistent and creative bunch and when determined enough we can make things work. Sometimes, having to really dig for something makes it all that much more precious. Take care, Amy On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Renata St renataw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. So I saw this YouTube video yesterday about kids reacting to printed encyclopedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7aJ3xaDMuMnoredirect=1 It made me sad. And very fearful of the future of Wikipedia. These kids do not appreciate knowledge and information because they grew up with its abundance. When I was growing up (and I am only 30), printed encyclopedia was the only research tool. These kids will never know the frustration when you tried looking something up in those dusty volumes only to find minimal information (stub) or, worse yet, nothing on the topic. And the nagging feeling it left you with because your curiosity was not satisfied and you thirsted for more, but there was nothing else! And so when Wikipedia came around it was this wondrous thing where information was seemingly limitless and endless. And it was expanding at dizzying speeds. And you could add more! It was the answer to my childhood fantasy of having the limitless encyclopedia that answered every questions. And it filed my heart with joy and satisfaction not unlike the joy of a child in candy story (yes, I am a geek). Those kids never deprived of knowledge and information will never know how precious it is. They will not have the same love that is required to edit Wikipedia and write quality articles. And it makes me sad. Renata ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- *Amy Vossbrinck* *Executive Assistant to the* *Chief of Finance and Administration, Garfield Byrd* *Wikimedia Foundation* *149 New Montgomery Street* *San Francisco, CA 94105* *415.839.6885 ext 6628* *avossbri...@wikimedia.org avossbri...@wikimedia.org* ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan for FY 15-16
Sent from my iPhone On May 30, 2015, at 4:01 PM, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote: @Garfield - I would love to hear what sort of community feedback you are hoping for; and what you would ideally get out of it. Was this past week's input helpful? Are you looking for additional feedback over the coming weeks? Liam writes: It would be good if the WMF would *try to set a good example* by following the rules that it sets for others, itself. This is not only good, but necessary, if we want any sort of coordination of planning and strategy across the movement. This year's plan was much later than expected — the first draft shared a week ago — motivated by recent changes in senior staff and plans, particularly shifts in engineering and the creation of the community engagement department. As all have noted, this leaves little time for public or board feedback, and less for dialogue about that feedback. I suspect a draft plan 2 months earlier would have been very useful *all the same*, even knowing it was bound to change due to the reorganization. This highlights a basic problem with having static annual plans in a quickly changing environment. I thought we would move away from the 'static annual' planning model this year, and this still seems to be the intent, just delayed. I hope the current plan draft will be the last to follow the old model, and plan updates will become more flexible and frequent this year. In that case, we can still aim to get public and expert thoughtfully, say by mid-July, specifically inviting input from affiliates and community projects that have excellent goals and plans. Then this feedback can guide the implementation of the plan from July on, and guide the development of any mid-year update of the plan. Regardless of the deadline mentioned on the publication page, the Board is discussing the plan at its monthly meeting on June 11, and will review a summary of community feedback as of June 9. [The board approval vote is indeed at the end of June, but by the time the board meets to review that, it is an up-or-down vote with no time for revision.] Pine writes: It does make sense to me that there would be at least a month between publication of the full draft plan, including the documentation requested More data detail is needed, even for this draft. But given how late everything was, I appreciate that things were published for the community as soon as they were available, despite being in a draft state. I think that the WMF audit committee or the WMF Board might be in a better position than the FDC to do a thorough review of the plan, including holding public Hangout meetings in which the plan is discussed, much like how government legislative bodies review proposed budgets in public. A fine idea. Let's try it and see how it works: a public discussion, inviting a set of voiced participants making a stream available to all, even if some invitees cannot make it. The third week of June would fit the current compressed schedule. Such a public discussion would also be a chance to make [more] connections between WMF planning and movement strategy. Sam ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Ukraine's anniversary
Very nice work!! Take good care, Amy On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 8:10 AM, Cristian Consonni kikkocrist...@gmail.com wrote: Today, our organization celebrates anniversary - 5 years from the date of creation. Exactly 5 years ago, on May 31, 2009, in Kyiv was held the constituent meeting, which approved the bylaws and elected its first Board of the new organization, known as Wikimedia Ukraine. Our community has gone through a long and difficult path. Birthday of Wikimedia Ukraine for our community is the third remarkable date this year. On January 30 was the 10th anniversary of the establishment of Ukrainian Wikipedia and on May 12 Ukrainian Wikipedia has crossed the threshold of 500 000 articles. We want to thank to Wikimedia Foundation Inc. for their help, to our neighboring communities for fruitful cooperation with us and of course to our community for their contributions! Regards, Levon Azizian Deputy chair Wikimedia Ukraine Congratulations! Cristian ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- *Amy Vossbrinck* *Executive Assistant to the* *Chief of Finance and Administration, Garfield Byrd* *Wikimedia Foundation* *149 New Montgomery Street* *San Francisco, CA 94105* *415.839.6885 ext 6628* *avossbri...@wikimedia.org avossbri...@wikimedia.org* ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] A personal note.
Hello Victor: I continue to admire your persistence, and now it seems that of your partner, to fully engage in the process of bringing your considerable talent and seemingly boundless energy to making it possible for very single human being to freely share in the sum of all knowledge. It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from author James Baldwin: Those who say it can' be done are usually interrupted by others doing it. Keep on keepin' on! Amy On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Victor Grigas vgri...@wikimedia.org wrote: My significant other applied for a grant and got 500 Wikireaders distributed to 3 schools: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Aislinn_Dewey/Distribute_WikiReaders_to_Schools/Report https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-distribute-wikireaders-and-provide-an-opportunity-for-kids-to-learn On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: On 28 May 2014 15:04, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org wrote: ... So that Wil's interest manifested around the time Lila was announced as the next ED seems to me to be perfectly natural, even if I have expressed serious concerns about *how* that interest was expressed. -- Marc There is a big difference between your partner having an interest in your organization, and going on to publish public complaints about the staff that you have complete authority and responsibility for employing. I may be wrong, perhaps someone has some examples of where this worked out well? The only examples from history and the political world I can recall, did not. Fae -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- *Victor Grigas* Storyteller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Knv6D6Thi0 Wikimedia Foundation vgri...@wikimedia.org https://donate.wikimedia.org/ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/guidelineswikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- *Amy Vossbrinck* *Executive Assistant to the* *Chief of Finance and Administration, Garfield Byrd* *Wikimedia Foundation* *149 New Montgomery Street* *San Francisco, CA 94105* *415.839.6885 ext 6628 415.839.6885%20%C2%A0ext%206628* *avossbri...@wikimedia.org avossbri...@wikimedia.org* ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] COI editing by WMF staff
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[Wikimedia-l] Timothy Sandole and (apparently) $53, 690 of WMF funding
Hello All: I have been following this thread with great interest and a kind of deeply appreciative fascination. First to say that I am relatively new to WMF - having been on board for just a bit over a year. Previously the jobs that I had pretty much covered the entire waterfront: Summer jobs in high school Jobs while in college (didn't we all do that!) 4 years in a combination of corporations and small businesses 17 years as a volunteer as I raised my two sons 17 years in non-profits (helping to found 3 of them) 2 years in county government 2 years as a scheduler for a Presidential campaign and most recently, just before I came here, 6 years as a scheduler for a US Congressman. She must be 'old as dirt you are thinking - well not just yet - and among other things that set WMF apart - they do not discriminate on the basis of age :-) :-) :-) WMF is unique in so many ways from all the other places I have worked, just to name a few: Basic operating manual: Assume good faith! Look for the truth! Express your views in an unbiased way! (a slight rewording of the rules for editing). Everything is discussed in the open. Everyone is welcome to express their opinion. The leadership (all the way to the top) openly apologizes when mistakes are made. Rather than dig in and insist on continuing processes that don't work, people at WMF put their heads together and look for a different solution. Much like the point in the movie Apollo 13 when they discover that the air in the stranded capsule is slowly killing the astronauts. The team is told to bring everything to a meeting that the astronauts have available inside the capsule. They all come into the room shouting and pointing fingers at each other in an effort to lay blame regarding what went wrong. At some point Ed Harris, who plays the White Team Flight Director, yells, Let's just work the problem! WMF is good at working the problem. When I reflect on the above, I ask, what if the entire world worked this way, or even half the world, or even just enough people to get us to the tipping point. It would be powerful stuff. I don't intend to imply that we are looking at perfect - but then, life is not about perfection of action (we are after all human), it is about perfection of intention which is not that from assume good faith. Take good care, Amy -- *Amy Vossbrinck* *Executive Assistant to the* *Chief of Finance and Administration, Garfield Byrd* *Wikimedia Foundation* *149 New Montgomery Street* *San Francisco, CA 94105* *415.839.6885 ext 6628* *avossbri...@wikimedia.org avossbri...@wikimedia.org* ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Readers love you
Thanks very much for sharing this . It is, indeed, inspirational .
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 7, 2013, at 7:42 PM, Megan Hernandez mhernan...@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi everyone,
Each year that we run the fundraiser, readers write in really lovely notes.
Please take two minutes to listen to our readers.
Enjoy!
The story I like to tell is that whilst I had heard of Wikipedia but only
looked at it a few times thereafter, when the 2004 Tsunami occurred the day
after Christmas, mainstream news organisations (TV, newspapers) were all
away from their offices. That day I turned to Wikipedia to try to
understand the scale of the event. It was Wiki editors 'on the ground' that
created the sort of information and coverage usually considered the
province of rolling news organisations only. This I now dub my 'Wiki
Epiphany'.
Wikipedia is an amazing service. Almost always, I am able to find
information on subjects I am interested in. Thanks and Kudos to all staff
and volunteers!!
My world has been opened up time and time again by Wikipedia. From studying
Detroit and computer programming to finding unbiased information on
America's history, Wikipedia has been a beacon of free speech and
information for over ten years. Sometimes, I just sit in awe of the fact
that the greatest accomplishment of man was assembled mostly by volunteers,
people who just wanted to make the world a better place.
Its made life easier for me and expanded my knowledge by allowing me to
more easily find trusted and verified information on the internet. It
organizes all the noise out there on the web and gives a great concise to
the point fact summary of what I want to know. Thank you and thank you to
the millions of volunteer editors. Wikipedia is a necessity in my life and
not just a luxury.
Wikipedia is a source of unbiased information. The caveats and notes from
the editors alert to questionable information. The links within the
articles are amazingly helpful and have led me on wonderful information
expeditions.
I'd like to thank the entire staff of wikipedia and its editors for my high
school graduation.
It's impossible to put in words. I cannot imagine Planet Earth without it
[Wikipedia]. It has changed my life forever.
My 17 year old son uses you constantly. You have made him a smarter human
being.
You guys are ^^%$#* unbelievably awesome, keep it up!
web sites like Wikipedia are invaluable and I felt it my duty to try help
even if only a tad.
so much of the Internet has turned into self serving and unreliable junque;
so I am very, very grateful for the Wiki resource.
I regard W as the best and most reliable source of information available
anywhere. I don't know how you do it so please keep on with your Excellence
}i{ That;s a butterfly for you
This is one of the best things on the internet. It goes back to the
original development of the internet and has remained ethical and true to
its origins. There appears to be no discrimination and it is available to
everyone at no cost.
I am 60 years old and I am still so cruious and interested in so many
things. Wikipedia gives me reasonable information whenever I may want it.
I use wikipedia all the time and credit it more toward my education than
college did!
It's nice to see humanity get together without any external forces for a
common good!
I am inspired by the high quality of Wikipedia and the high ideals of its
founder and its myriad contributors and editors. What a magnificent
collaborative human achievement you are building!
It has simultaneously answered and given me more questions than I can
comprehend.
This represents to me what college should be like. Free and collective
knowledge by and for all.
When I want to know something, I google it and 99% of the time Wikipedia
has what I want to know. Even drinking arguments, about what Biff from Back
to the Future is doing now, are solved by Wikipedia. It's all there.
Without Wikipedia I would be about 30% less intelligent. :(
it is like a gift from the gods of knowledge
I am a teacher and a writer, and I am amazed how often Wikipedia is useful
to me. I consider Wikipedia to be one of the great democratic projects
maybe ever, and it is one of the reasons why I try to stay optimistic about
the world. Thank you.
I honestly feel like the next generation of humans in general, will be much
smarter than the previous because of this site. Well, at least they will
know a whole lot more useless shit. I've heard (don't know for sure if it's
true, doesn't matter) that the bigger a person's brain is, typically, the
smarter that person is. So, if that is true, I think it's likely that
because of this site, in about 50 years, humans will have huge heads. Their
heads will look like the aliens' heads did in attack from mars. If y'all
ever get into commercials for whatever reason, you could use that and
probably make it really funny :)
It's like
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Some sad news
Never let it be said that one person can't make a difference. Clearly this young man was all about reaching out to others and making an impact everywhere he went. The planet and many people on it benefited from his kindness for the brief time he was here. Thank you, Jackson for all you gave to make the word a better place. On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Jake Orlowitz jorlow...@gmail.com wrote: User:Jackson Peebles is no longer with us, he passed away in late October. Jackson was a Western Michigan University Honors student studying behavioral science and biology. He worked as an ice hockey referreee and volunteered with the Red Cross. His Wikipedia efforts focused on counter-vandalism and adoption, greeting new users, encouraging civility, and [obsessively] reviewing recent changes. Jackson was a Teahouse host, an instructor in the Education Program, and the lead on a Video Tutorials Project through the WMF. User:Go Phightins! originaly adopted Jackson but he went on to run his own adoption school and facilitated a Western Michigan University course himself. Among his userboxes he said, This user is not a Wikipedia administrator but would like to be one someday. Jackson was born in 1992 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He graduated Mattawan High School and was Senior Class President there. At Western Michigan University, he was a 2011 Medallion Scholar. He worked at the Waldo Library at the reference desk and volunteered for the National Alliance for Mental Illness. He was one of three students in the nation invited to represent the US at the International Red Cross and Red Crescent’s Global Youth Conference in Vienna in 2012. Jackson had recently proposed a WMF Individual Engagment Grant called Reimagining Wikipedia Mentorship. I think this project is incredibly important and should be pursued, User:EpochFail wrote in an endorsement. The grant scored highly and looked likely to be funded. A very interesting concept...may become a 'keystone piece' in the new editor onboarding process. wrote one IEG committee member. Another wrote, Taking a 'Teahouse approach' in building sustained motivation and preventing editor dropouts is a wonderful opportunity to develop a true mentor-mentee support system that would increase the activity of new contributors. Finally, Proposers are highly qualified and driven mentors with a useful background in teaching new editors and understanding the learning process. He was excitedly planning a trip to Australia in the coming weeks. On Wikipedia, Jackson earned barnstars in Mentorship, Random Acts of Kindness and Resilience. Friends and teachers glowingly recalled his sense of humor and his hard work ethic. His last edit to our site was on October 21 2013, the day he died. Jackson welcomed an i.p. editor to Wikipedia: Thank you for your contributions, such as the one you made to Nikah mut‘ah. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Please leave remembrances and condolences at http://enwp.org/User_talk:Jackson_Peebes. We'll try and contact the family and share your thoughts with them. You can read more reflections on Jackson's amazing life there. Donations to the Kalamazoo NAMI chapter would have made Jackson very happy and are the family's wish. --Ocaasi14:26, 20 November 2013 (UTC) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- *Amy Vossbrinck* *Executive Assistant to the* *Chief of Finance and Administration* *Wikimedia Foundation* *149 New Montgomery Street* *San Francisco, CA 94105* *415.839.6885 ext 6628* *avossbri...@wikimedia.org avossbri...@wikimedia.org* ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] Thank you for this update.
HI Patricio: Thank you very much for sending along this updated list of your new authorities. I have updated our internal list. Will you please send along the email addresses for these new officers. You will remember that this information is for internal use only. Ivana Molena Esteban Zarate Juan Ignacio Iglesias Alberto Robles Malena Lorente Leandro Kibisz Thank you, Amy On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Patricio Molina patriciomol...@gmail.comwrote: Dear friends, Yesterday we had our Annual Assembly in Wikimedia Argentina, and it's my great pleasure to announce our new authorities for the next two years (2013-2015). The new Board is composed as follows: President: Galileo Vidoni Vicepresident: Ivana Lysholm Secretary: Patricio Molina Deputy Secretary: Ivana Molena Treasurer: Nicolás Giorgetti Deputy Treasurer: Mariano Pérez Board Member: Beatrice Murch Board Member: Esteban Zárate Board Member: Juan Ignacio Iglesias Deputy Board Member: Nahuel Kahles Deputy Board Member: Alberto Robles Statutory Auditor: Leandro Ferrari Statutory Auditor: Malena Lorente Statutory Auditor: Leandro Kibisz Sincerely, *Patricio Molina* Secretario A. C. Wikimedia Argentina ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- *Amy Vossbrinck* *Executive Assistant to the* *Chief of Finance and Administration* *Wikimedia Foundation* *149 New Montgomery Street* *San Francisco, CA 94105* *415.839.6885 ext 6628* *avossbri...@wikimedia.org* ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
