Re: [Wikimedia-l] Notification about problem identified with a recent CentralNotice banner

Hi, sorry for the late reply to this thread. On 17/03/2018 08:24, Liam Wyatt wrote: > “we encourage you to consider tools which block unwanted third-party > scripts like the one provided by Facebook.” > - where can I go to learn more about that specifically? Here's two browser add-ons (free soft

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Esra’a Al Shafei to Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

On 01/12/2017 23:22, Michael Peel wrote: > Thank you, Esra’a, for volunteering! Welcome,Esra'a! > However, I’m very concerned by this: > > "P.S. Due to the nature of Esra’a’s work, sharing photos or videos of Esra’a > may endanger her safety or the safety of others. To help ensure the privacy

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Experimental onion service for all

On 24/11/2017 16:43, Yury Bulka wrote: > Great to hear! > > I have one caveat with it though - if I understand it correctly, it is > currently in a man-in-the-middle position between the visitor and WMF, > as it provides its own self-signed https certificate and performs > various URL rewriting on

[Wikimedia-l] Experimental onion service for all Wikimedia projects set up by Alec Muffett

Hi all, Some months ago, the idea of setting up an onion service for Wikimedia projects was discussed on this list[1] and as a proposal in IdeaLab on Meta[2]. Today, Alec Muffett announced on Twitter[3] that he created «as an experiment» a series of read-only mirrors of all the Wikimedia projects

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Berkman Klein Center: Will Wikipedia exist in, 20 years?

On 24/10/2017 17:39, mathieu stumpf guntz wrote: > Hi Andreas, > > I would find interesting to have a copy of that video on Commons. It > might for example let the community use curration/translation facilities > of subtitles of our platform. According to the bottomline "Unless > otherwise noted t

[Wikimedia-l] US withdraws from Unesco

Hi, I hope this won't any GLAM project we have: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/unesco-us-withdraw-israel-bias-trump-palestine-haram-al-sharif-temple-mount-latest-a7996791.html Cristian ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidel

[Wikimedia-l] "Public money, public code" campaign by Free Software Foundation Europe

stian Forwarded Message Subject: Thanks to You, we're now 10,000 people strong! Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:38:38 + From: FSFE To: Cristian Consonni Dear Cristian Consonni, first of all, thank you for signing the open letter "Public Money? Public Code!". Please

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome the new Board of Wikimedia Argentina!

On 19/09/2017 16:27, Anna Torres wrote: > Last Saturday, September 16, the General Assembly of Wikimedia Argentina > took place. This was an election year and new authorities were chosen. The > new Board was define as follows: > > * President: Ivana Lysholm > * Vice-president: Galileo Vidoni > *

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Diversity in Wikimedia

Hi Romaine, thanks for your e-mail. On 07/09/2017 05:19, Romaine Wiki wrote: > But why do I write about it here? Because in the rejection of the > application I was triggerd by something what concerns me. In the message it > said: > "Many strong applications were submitted [...]" > To me this ree

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Funding the endowment

On 22/08/2017 17:03, James Heilman wrote: > Andrea I agree completely that movement monies should be invested inline > with our values. We should not be invested in stuff that promotes war or > surveillance for example. I would image this is currently the case but > would have to verify. I wholehe

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Re: Funding the endowment

On 19/08/2017 12:05, Lodewijk wrote: > Thanks for the link, Rogol. It is wonderful to hear that these generous > donors have decided to match a deposit of $5 million into the endowment. > > It is always a good thing if someone from the board could expand on what > (if anything) the board is planni

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Amazon Echo' use of Wikipedia; CC license compliance?

On 28/07/2017 02:29, Adele Vrana wrote: > I am Adele Vrana, Director of Strategic Partnerships at the Foundation. > > We have contacts at Amazon and will seek to clarify the questions raised on > this thread. I will make sure to circle back with you once we have an > update. Thanks for your help,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Amazon Echo' use of Wikipedia; CC license compliance?

On 27/07/2017 16:46, James Heilman wrote: > We want these devices to read from Wikipedia. We just want attribution as > appropriate. If they are already attributing when they go beyond fair use > than all is good. I agree, but the only way to know for sure is asking, I think. Also, I am assuming

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Amazon Echo' use of Wikipedia; CC license compliance?

Hi, On 27/07/2017 14:36, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > If you look at the comments under Barbara's piece, Greg linked to this > YouTube video: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZurOYgQLT44 since I don't own an Amazon Echo, I will have to rely on the video. > I had a look at that video before posting

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's set up a Tor onion service for Wikipedia

ANother relevant academic article: --- "Chilling Effects: Online Surveillance and Wikipedia Use"[1] «This article discusses the results of the first empirical study providing evidence of regulatory “chilling effects” of Wikipedia users associated with online government surveillance. The study expl

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's set up a Tor onion service for Wikipedia

Hi, On 19/06/2017 13:35, Tim Starling wrote: > The only other argument I saw was that by doing this, we are > supporting Tor, and Tor is evil. But the hidden service only handles > traffic which is directed to the service. It does not support the > network in general. Meanwhile, since 2014 we are

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's set up a Tor onion service for Wikipedia

Hi Faidon, On 16/06/2017 20:12, Faidon Liambotis wrote: >> I would love to know more about what you see as the inhibitors - especially >> so that I can go fix them for the internet-community-at-large - however >> this decision is one for the Wikipedia community to take. >> >> I'll still happily he

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's set up a Tor onion service for Wikipedia

Hi Faidon, Thank you for taking the time to respond to this thread. On 14/06/2017 16:57, Faidon Liambotis wrote: > [ I didn't see this email from Alec on the thread, was it off-list? ] [no, it's on the list and in the archive [1] ] > I've been in touch with Alec and other Tor project members on

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's set up a Tor onion service for Wikipedia

Hi, On 14/06/2017 04:12, Risker wrote: > [...] Setting this up is not a > technical "problem" to be solved (which is essentially what Phabricator is > for). I will again reinforce: it's a social and ethical issue, and only > once that is resolved would it be time to consider it a "technical > prob

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's set up a Tor onion service for Wikipedia

On 07/06/2017 20:24, Alec Muffett wrote: > If it helps, I built an betatest onion for Wikipedia and all(?) the > Wikimedia Foundation websites using EOTK* a few months ago, and documented > the build process at: > > https://github.com/alecmuffett/eotk/blob/master/docs.d/RUNBOOK.md > > A basic tes

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's set up a Tor onion service for Wikipedia

Hi, I have found now this paper that seems relevant to this conversation: Forte, Andrea, Nazanin Andalibi, and Rachel Greenstadt "Privacy, anonymity, and perceived risk in open collaboration: a study of Tor users and Wikipedians." Proceedings of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Comp

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's set up a Tor onion service for Wikipedia

On 06/06/2017 02:10, Risker wrote: > As far as I can tell (and from comments made in the past by actual Tor > users), there is no problem whatsoever for Tor users to read Wikipedia > while using Tor. Let me put it this way, I am sure that the WMF will always do its best to protect the privacy of o

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's set up a Tor onion service for Wikipedia

On 06/06/2017 01:34, MZMcBride wrote: > And Faidon posted in November 2014 about the establishment of a Tor relay: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-November/079392.html Thanks for the pointer, I did know that the WMF was operating a Tor relay but I didn't recall where to fin

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's set up a Tor onion service for Wikipedia

On 05/06/2017 22:19, Todd Allen wrote: > With the recent ruling about ISPs being allowed to collect and sell user > data in the US, we're at "highly exceptional circumstances". Good Internet > citizens allow anonymous participation. We can soft block them, but surely > we can revert vandals and bl

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's set up a Tor onion service for Wikipedia

On 05/06/2017 19:43, David Gerard wrote: > Editing may be a tricky one, particularly on en:wp, which has found > Tor exit points to overwhelmingly be fountains of garbage, and > automatically blocks them. On 05/06/2017 19:47, John wrote: > enabling read access via Tor shouldn't be an issue, howeve

[Wikimedia-l] Let's set up a Tor onion service for Wikipedia

Hi, I have written a proposal about setting up an onion (hidden) service to serve Wikipedia over Tor: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/A_Tor_Onion_Service_for_Wikipedia I was thinking about this and I also discovered that the Internet Archive is experimenting with a very similar id

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Update on Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA

On 24/05/2017 00:29, David Gerard wrote: > For those who missed it in the 10th footnote, this is the link to spread: > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/05/23/wikimedia-nsa-appeal-standing/ I think this is great news and it should be celebrated :-) Thanks to the legal team and to our partners and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Widespread perfomance issues

Hi Rogol, On 16/05/2017 15:44, Faidon Liambotis wrote: > This was a small outage, affecting only a small portion of European > traffic (and tiny portion of our global traffic) and not what we'd call > a "widespread" one -- very far from it. +1 I think I have to apologize to the Operations team fo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Widespread perfomance issues

Hi Faidon, On 15/05/2017 13:02, Faidon Liambotis wrote: > Hi Cristian, > > We've had some network connectivity issues with one of our ISPs in our > European datacenter that were probably the source of your problems > (FastWeb in Italy were among the affected ISPs). This was a localized > issue --

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Widespread perfomance issues

On 15/05/2017 11:02, Cristian Consonni wrote: > Hi, > > At Wikimedia Italia have been contacted in the last few minutes because > Wikipedia seems unreachable and very slow from Italy. (Ah, I forgot to mention. by a journalist from ANSA, the national news agenc

[Wikimedia-l] Widespread perfomance issues

Hi, At Wikimedia Italia have been contacted in the last few minutes because Wikipedia seems unreachable and very slow from Italy. The status pages for servers and services signals several perfomance issues: https://status.wikimedia.org/ Does somebody know what's going on? Thank you. Cristian

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Ray Saintonge has died

For those of you who are not on Facebook, this is the message his family posted on his Facebook profile: --- After a courageous battle with cancer, my loving husband, my best friend, and a wonderful father passed away peacefully yesterday morning. Thanks to everyone who helped us through this journ

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Offline medical app

Hi, I'll share here a comment that I made on the "Wikipedia Weekly" group on Facebook. --- Is this a good idea? On it.wiki we go to great lengths to tell people that medical information on Wikipedia may not be complete or accurate, we have a dedicate template for that[1], see an example here[2].

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Direction] WMF Board of Trustees 2016 priorities

2016-06-28 19:19 GMT+02:00 Christophe Henner : > The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees met in Esino Lario during > Wikimania. The minutes will be published in the coming days, but we deemed > it too important to wait to share the outcome of this really great meeting. Thank you for the update,

[Wikimedia-l] Damage compensation to photographer for violation of license of a photo taken from Commons

Hi, Last week a small case of copyright violation come to a positive conclusion. Niccolò Caranti [[User:Jaqen]] is a Wikipedian and as a professional photographer also a very prolific Commons contributor to the point that he is a sysop both on itwiki and Commons. He recently discovered that one

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Fwd: Hello Mr. ccc, Now you can have your own Wikipedia page

2016-04-06 22:06 GMT+02:00 Florence Devouard : > A relationship of mine received the email below and forwarded it to me. > http://yourprmanager.com/ This is appalling. C ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mail

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A Massive Online Open Course about Wikipedia

Hi Emeric, 2016-04-05 9:20 GMT+02:00 Sandra Rientjes - Wikimedia Nederland : > This is very impressive. Many thanks to Wikimedia France for being a > pioneer. strong +1. Congratulations to Wikimedia France for this amazing project. Cristian ___ Wiki

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Access and Participation in the ASBS

Hi, 2016-03-11 15:58 GMT+01:00 Sydney Poore : > I agree with antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv that broader translation of WMF BoT > election pages is important. I agree. FWIW I havce asked in the WM-IT members mailing list if somebody can help with Italian translation. As a member of the board of WM-IT

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliate-selected Board seats update

Il 11/Mar/2016 11:50, "Gordon Joly" ha scritto: > Do Chapters have to ask their membership, or are they empowered to vote > without going back to the members? Practices vary widely. Some chapters discuss how to vote in their (annual) general assemblies and they finally vote on who to vote. In oth

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Armenia candidate for the board

2016-03-03 2:06 GMT+01:00 Pete Forsyth : > I heartily endorse what Asaf has said here, but I'd add one thing: > > When someone runs for the board, that introduces a standard that goes > beyond Assume Good Faith. Yes, but please also note the difference between "assume good faith" and the moral dut

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Armenia candidate for the board

2016-03-03 1:20 GMT+01:00 Andreas Kolbe : > I think that top-level government interference in Wikipedia harms people in > the movement and its mission, especially if the government in question has > a less than stellar press freedom record. Yes, of course, but until you have any proof to link what

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Armenia candidate for the board

2016-03-03 0:15 GMT+01:00 Andreas Kolbe : > I don't know Susanna, and in fact until yesterday had never heard of her. > She may well be a delightful and charming person with a genuine enthusiasm > for open knowledge. There are after all many encyclopedic topics that have > no political sensitivity

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Katy Love to direct WMF Resources team

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] An Open Letter to Wikimedia Foundation BoT

Hi, 2016-02-18 11:44 GMT+01:00 Andrea Zanni : > Thanks Ido. > For what is worth, and in my personal capacity (I'm not affiliated with > Wikimedia Italia any more) I completely second your concern, > Discussions are ongoing from months now and BoT seems frozen in silence. > People really don't und

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Looking for Wikipedians in the Balkans, Caucasus and Turkey for project with Osservatorio Balcani-Caucaso

ooking forward to hearing from you, Best regards, Davide Davide Denti Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - WiR ECPMF email: de...@balcanicaucaso.org skype: davide.denti On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 5:02 PM, Cristian Consonni wrote: > > Dear Wikimedians, > > Wikimedia Italia has started since

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Ethics of launching Wikidata, vs. ethics of WMF plans for Wikidata

Hi Andreas, 2016-01-26 13:17 GMT+01:00 Andreas Kolbe : > In my opinion, Wikidata's CC-0 licence undermines that, because it allows > re-users to cut the chain between the end user and the data's original > source. If I understand, you are concerned about verifiability of information in Wikidata.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikidata] Reliable sources list validation for StrepHit

2016-01-26 17:20 GMT+01:00 Marco Fossati : > 2. *third-party*, i.e., not created by users of Wikimedia projects? Or better, that are not derived from the contect of the Wikimedia projects, to avoid circular references and citogenesis[1]. C [1] https://xkcd.com/978/ __

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Board-l] Fwd: WMF trustee Arnnon Geshuri and part in anticompetitive agreements in Google

Hi Dariusz, 2016-01-22 19:21 GMT+01:00 Dariusz Jemielniak : > we've been working on it, discussing, and introducing improvements. I > guess that replying here quicker, rather than preparing an elaborate > document may be more sensible, since you're asking, and we may be perceived > as entirely ina

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Introducing Jaime Villagomez as our Chief Financial Officer

2016-01-12 9:12 GMT+01:00 Pine W : > Pardon the skepticism, but as you may have heard, it seems that some > changes are need in WMF screening procedures, and this skepticism is > understandably affecting other new requisitions. > > In any case, welcome to the hurricane known as the Wikimedia moveme

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

2016-01-06 2:01 GMT+01:00 Dariusz Jemielniak : > As Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee, I am happy > to introduce the two newest members of our Board of Trustees: Kelly Battles > and Arnnon Geshuri. I realize that my previous email was not the best welcome. Welcome Kelly

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thank you, Jan-Bart and Stu

2016-01-06 8:10 GMT+01:00 Lodewijk : > [...] 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 > h

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

2016-01-06 5:01 GMT+01:00 Andreas Kolbe : > I note we now have on the board: > > * Jimmy Wales, who has served as a member of Google's "Advisory Council" > * Denny Vrandecic, who is a Google employee > * Guy Kawasaki, who has served as special advisor to the CEO of the > Motorola business unit of G

[Wikimedia-l] We need to talk about the WMF Board Pledge of personal commitment

Hi all, This discussion is somewhat inspired by what recently happened with WMF Board of Trustees[1]. Please note that I was to respect the request from the board (and James himself) to have some more time to review the situation before providing more details about the recent resolution. In some

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Free Bassel

2015-11-24 10:47 GMT+01:00 Andrea Zanni : > Use the centralnotice. [...] > A Wikipedian, a member of our community sentenced to death for believing in > our Mission and Vision is something extraordinary. I understand the caution > of setting a precedent, but I think it's worth it. > > Also, remem

[Wikimedia-l] Looking for Wikipedians in the Balkans, Caucasus and Turkey for project with Osservatorio Balcani-Caucaso

Dear Wikimedians, Wikimedia Italia has started since this month a project with "Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso" (Balcan and Caucasus Observatory, ). Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso (OBC) is a research institute focused on South-East Europe, Turkey and the Caucasus wh

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Republic of Srpska

Il 06/Ott/2015 23:11, "Asaf Bartov" ha scritto: > > (As a courtesy for the possibly-confused: [[Republika Srpska > ]].) I have to say that it took me a while. Congrats to the new group! Cristian ___ Wikim

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New Wikimedia Spain board

2015-10-04 23:25 GMT+02:00 Santiago Navarro : > President: Santiago Navarro > Vice-president: Jorge Sierra > Secretary: Luis Ulzurrun > Treasurer: Miguel Ángel García > Board member: David Abián > Board member: Diego Delso > Board member: Jesús Tramullas > Board member: José Emilio Mori > Board mem

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Departure

Hi Garfield, 2015-09-10 23:53 GMT+02:00 Garfield Byrd : > For the last four years, I’ve led the Wikimedia Foundation’s finance, > administration, and office IT teams. I've had the opportunity to work > closely with many of you through collaboration with the Wikimedia > affiliates. They have been r

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Farewell

2015-06-18 18:25 GMT+02:00 Fabrice Florin : > After three great years working at the foundation, the time has come to say > goodbye. > > I will be leaving WMF at the end of June, to spend more time with my family, > focus on personal art projects and consult part-time on worthy causes. > > I woul

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan for FY 15-16

2015-05-28 17:38 GMT+02:00 Cristian Consonni : > This. in particular: >> It would be good if the WMF would *try to set a good example* by following >> the rules that it sets for others, itself. (as a clarification, I strong agree with Liam, especially in the point above). I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan for FY 15-16

2015-05-28 11:42 GMT+02:00 Liam Wyatt : > The WMF talks about "eating your own dog food"[2] in terms of engineering, > but it would be good if something similar would take place in the annual > planning too... Chapters are required to submit their annual plans to a two > *month* period of quite tho

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A "Listen" Button

2015-05-28 12:32 GMT+02:00 Richard Symonds : > This is a very enlightening discussion, but it's painfully apparent that > there is no input in this discussion from someone who is sight-impaired, or > input from an organisation like RNIB >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of the Levant User Group

Il 21/Mag/2015 20:10, "Carlos M. Colina" ha scritto: > Please, join us in welcoming the newest member of the wikifamily. Mabruk :-) Welcome and congrats! Cristian ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimédia France] Practical Guide for local groups

2015-05-11 12:46 GMT+02:00 Habib M'henni : > A big thank you! A very useful document. Merci Emeric, In Wikimedia Italia we want to implement a similar regional development plan and we will exploit your work and documentation. Cristian ___ Wikimedia-l m

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A transition and a new chapter.

2015-04-13 21:27 GMT+02:00 Pavel Richter : > Thank you, Q577729! [...] > Q15903779 (ROFL, you are the cool kids in town ;-) ) Goodbye Erik, best of luck for your future endeavors. C ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Ask questions, give feedback on six annual plan grant proposals for the FDC!

Hi Pine, 2015-04-08 8:34 GMT+02:00 Pine W : > I was referring to the qualifications, benefits and limitations of the > different kinds of grant programs. The way that they're structured provides > some ups and downs for affiliates when we have the option to choose among > grant types. A quick rec

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Introducing Kourosh Karimkhany, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships

Hi Andreas, 2015-04-02 18:25 GMT+02:00 Andreas Kolbe : > On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Cristian Consonni > wrote: > >> 2015-04-02 15:16 GMT+02:00 Andreas Kolbe : > As mentioned previously, what I have seen is recent additions to > Internet.org, describing Internet.org

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing: The Wikipedia Prize!

Hi Brian, 2015-03-30 0:25 GMT+02:00 Brian : > Although the initial goal of the Netflix Prize was to design a > collaborative filtering algorithm, it became notorious when the data was > used to de-anonymize Netflix users. Researchers proved that given just a > user's movie ratings on one site, you

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Introducing Kourosh Karimkhany, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships

2015-04-02 15:16 GMT+02:00 Andreas Kolbe : > I pointed out that Lohninger, AccessNow and EFF consider it obvious that > there is such an effect. Not so obvious, in my opinion. The EFF says about Wikipedia zero that it is a "laudable effort"[1] even acknowledging that it may harm competition even

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Kourosh Karimkhany, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: WMF to file suit against the NSA

2015-03-13 10:36 GMT+01:00 Edward Saperia : >> Education is apolitical. > > I beg to differ. Me too. «Growing up, you know, I slowly had this process realizing that all the things around me that people had told me were just the natural way of things were, or the way things would be, weren't natur

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Veteran Malayalam Wikipedian BabuG signed off...

Dear Viswa, I am sorry for this loss that the Malayalam is experiencing. Please transmit my condoleances to his family and friends if you have the occasion to do so. 2015-03-05 16:07 GMT+01:00 ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) : > Yet, we feel, BabuG has made his life stamped immortal for ever and has > sh

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimediameta-l] Bye

2015-02-24 15:52 GMT+01:00 Lane Rasberry : > On English Wikipedia I have met with resistance in documenting crowdfunding > projects. I would like clarity on the extent to which the Wikimedia > community feels that it is acceptable to discuss crowdfunding in Wikimedia > community information channel

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimediameta-l] Bye

2015-02-24 14:55 GMT+01:00 Nathan : > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 3:59 PM, John Mark Vandenberg > wrote: >> >> Which email ? the crowdfunding email? >> Austin, do the list admins have another perspective to justify their >> action? [...] > I'd like the answer to this question too. It does seem the c

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A "Listen" Button

Il 25/Gen/2015 12:18 "Martin Kraft" ha scritto: > Did I miss some aspect? Is there a point in converting something visual into something visual? I have been told that people born deaf find more easy to read things in sign language. I imagine it like the difference between reading something writte

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A "Listen" Button

Il 24/Gen/2015 23:21 "James Heilman" ha scritto: > > While human read articles are great they quickly become out of date and are > available for only a fraction of our articles. > > Why don't we have a "Listen" button beside our read button that when > clicked will read the article for the person

[Wikimedia-l] EU copyright rules are maladapted to the increase of cross-border cultural exchange on the web

Hi, Julia Reda, a MEP (Member of the European Parliament) for the German Pirate Party has released a report[1] regarding copyright in the EU and demanding "an ambitious reform agenda for the overhaul of EU copyright"[2]. A shorter version with the most important points is the press release: [2] h

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF has lost its path

2015-01-20 14:23 GMT+01:00 Chris Keating : > It's worth pointing out that the Board *are* responsible, even if they > aren't involved in the actual decision-making - as they are ultimately > responsible for everything WMF does. Yes, I am aware of that. What I was advocating for was a more substant

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF has lost its path

2015-01-20 14:03 GMT+01:00 Dariusz Jemielniak : > transparency does not always have to mean full public access to information > (in the cases described by Philippe clearly TMI may be e.g. involving the > community and the foundation in lengthy legal disputes, or endanger a > discussed individual).

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Most obnoxious banner yet

2015-01-12 13:25 GMT+01:00 Liam Wyatt : > With that "busiest time of year" now over, but with all the discussions > still fresh in our mind, I was hoping that the Fundraising team or > Executive would have the time to respond to the various concerns that were > raised here (and elsewhere) about the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please report to Google [was Re: Warning: "Wikimedia-l" Google Group]

2015-01-10 10:56 GMT+01:00 Lodewijk : > This sounds silly, but somehow it seems quite hard to unsubscribe from this > group, if you have multiple google accounts (google thinks you're trying to > unsubscribe with an account that is not subscribed etc). (sorry for the maybe even sillier answer) Hav

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the Netherlands; informing the donors

Il 07/Dic/2014 13:12 "Gerard Meijssen" ha scritto: > This is something we can easily provide and also when the WMF does not > quality as an organisation that is intended for the public good who is. I don't understand this sentence, can you please rephrase? C _

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the Netherlands; informing the donors

2014-12-07 11:23 GMT+01:00 Lodewijk : > Minor correction: this system in the Netherlands works the other way > around: donors can get back a part of their donation through their tax > reduction - it is not that the charity gets a bonus. > > Interestingly, the Wikimedia Foundation has obtained this

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMIL General Assembly meeting and Board Elections

Il 02/Dic/2014 09:14 "Itzik - Wikimedia Israel" ha scritto: > > Dear all, > > This last Monday, 1.12.14, Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) held a general assembly > meeting, during which the members held the elections for members of the > Board of WMIL. > > The results of the elections are as follows: > > I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC funds allocation recommendation is up

2014-11-25 13:49 GMT+01:00 Ilario Valdelli : > Basically if WMF is asking to find external funds to reduce the risk, the > consequence is that WMF is also declaring to would be a stakeholder with > less importance and less impact in the decision of the strategy of the > chapter. That's a very good

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC funds allocation recommendation is up

2014-11-25 12:05 GMT+01:00 Balázs Viczián : > Despite the little to zero initial experience of its members, > all-volunteer setup and the ever changing circumstances (global goals, > focus points, etc.) and how in general awful it sounds if you say it > out lout that an all-amateur (in the good sen

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC funds allocation recommendation is up

2014-11-24 14:04 GMT+01:00 Gerard Meijssen : > Then why did the nl.wikimedia chapter not get the funding they asked for? https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2014-2015_round1#Wikimedia_Nederland If you want my personal take on it, I would highlight this passag

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC funds allocation recommendation is up

2014-11-24 11:28 GMT+01:00 Ilario Valdelli : > If you evaluate the ability to do projects, and not to find funds, the > current measures are inconsistent. Please note that the ability to raise funds isn't (and wasn't) under evaluation. As it has already being said fundraising needs capacity and ti

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC funds allocation recommendation is up

2014-11-23 14:52 GMT+01:00 Dariusz Jemielniak : > I am no certain that we could (or should) account for every 10% cut by > apportioning it to something (10% because of governance, 10% because of > lack of clarify of proposal, etc.). But of course this is not necessarily > what you're proposing, you

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC funds allocation recommendation is up

2014-11-23 13:50 GMT+01:00 Federico Leva (Nemo) : > Finally, I see hostility towards attempts at technological decentralisation > (e.g. Kiwix). But here I hope I'm mistaken. You are: «Wikimedia CH has been very successful in offline activities/Kiwix, and is effectively developing tools for broader

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC funds allocation recommendation is up

Hi, apologies for the lengthy answer. 2014-11-23 8:27 GMT+01:00 Gerard Meijssen : > I have a few questions, observations. When I read the arguments for cutting > the request of the German chapter, I get the impression that the Germans > are punished. Can you please elaborate on where you get thi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Algeria Wikimedians User Group

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New AffCom members

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Best promo videos?

2014-10-22 16:51 GMT+02:00 Cristian Consonni : > Wikimedia Italia has produced, between 2010 and 2012, these four short > videos about Wikipedia, Commons, Wikisource and Wikiquote called > "WikiGuide"(s) (slightly OT) You may be also interested in knowing that WM-IT recently

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Best promo videos?

2014-10-22 15:57 GMT+02:00 Ivan Martínez : > Dear Andy: our friends of Wikimedia Argentina produced this professional > video about What is Wikipedia? with a nice production and a professional > actress. > > http://youtu.be/tRbWDGbBAHA Wikimedia Italia has produced, between 2010 and 2012, these fo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference[1] 2015

2014-10-21 3:40 GMT+02:00 Asaf Bartov : > Neither I nor WMF are trying to exert undue control over this process; > rather, I am moving this forward in good faith and relying on other people > to be equally bold in editing (or reverting!) anything I've stated there. > > Looking forward to making thi

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Chapters] Wikimedia Serbia Executive Director

2014-10-12 0:47 GMT+02:00 Filip Maljković : > > Hello everyone, > > I'd like to announce Ivan Nikčević as the new Executive Director of Wikimedia > Serbia. Congratulations Wikimedia Serbia and welcome, Ivan! Cristian ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, gui

Re: [Wikimedia-l] First Wikipedia Article has been Formally Peer Reviewed and Published

Hi James, first of all, congrats for proving this to be possible. As it has already been said it is an achievement nothing short of great. 2014-10-04 15:47 GMT+02:00 James Heilman : > I agree all Wikipedia articles are sort of peer reviewed. When I speak > about GA/FA I refer to it as Wikipedia's

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Damon Sicore joins WMF as Vice President of Engineering

2014-09-29 23:37 GMT+02:00 Risker : > On 29 September 2014 16:32, Cristian Consonni > wrote: [...] >> (for the lazy ones: >> «[Damon] spent six years at the Mozilla Corporation, where he grew a >> small team of 27 people to a team of more than 600 open source >>

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Damon Sicore joins WMF as Vice President of Engineering

2014-09-29 20:41 GMT+02:00 Federico Leva (Nemo) : > Lila Tretikov, 29/09/2014 19:38: >> >> We are excited to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation now has a Vice >> President of Engineering. Damon Sicore will be filling this vital role. > > > Nice to see this long story reach an end. Welcome, Damo

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