Re: [Wikimedia-l] Update on Wikimédia France

2017-08-03 Thread Devouard (gmail)
And for the sake of proper understanding... Rémi Mathis is the husband of the current vice-chair of Wikimedia France. Nuff said. Florence Le 03/08/2017 à 12:17, Rémi Mathis a écrit : Dear all, As a member - and former chair - of Wikimedia France, this kind of message really hurts my

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Update on Wikimédia France

2017-08-03 Thread Devouard (gmail)
The current situation at Wikimedia France is ABSOLUTE NON SENSE After MONTHS spent trying to figure out what was going on, collecting data, finding witnesses, fighting fears of being sued... we succeeded to mobilize 25% of Wikimedia France members to vote to request a General Assembly. That

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Wikimédia France - informations sur la situation actuelle

2017-07-14 Thread Devouard (gmail)
Hi Anders I LOVE your email. I forward it to our public list. Thanks Florence Le 13/07/2017 à 17:37, Anders Wennersten a écrit : I LOVE the Wikipedia way of working - result-oriented, respectful dialogues around facts I HATE power-games and misuse of given authority, both in general in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Wikimédia France - informations sur la situation actuelle

2017-07-12 Thread Devouard (gmail)
Yesterday, a few hours after the whole membership of Wikimedia France was served that litterature masterpiece from its board (ED), someone told me : "any wikipedian reading that letter will add a {{refnec}} at the end of all sentences" Since I was mentionned, I would like to renew my

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost – Volume 13, Issue 6 – 15 July 2017

2017-07-18 Thread Devouard (gmail)
I second that. Thank you ! Florence Le 18/07/2017 à 08:32, Pine W a écrit : I'd like to say "thank you" to the folks who contribute to the *Signpost*, especially those who are trying to revive it with a very small number of people filling multiple roles. I know that many hours of volunteer

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Update on Wikimédia France

2017-08-04 Thread Devouard (gmail)
Le 04/08/2017 à 18:17, Gabriel Thullen a écrit : What is important here is that trust has to be rebuilt between the chapter members on one hand and the board & senior staff on the other hand. The way I understand the situation is that the board has expelled a few vocal opponents, a few board

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Update on Wikimédia France

2017-08-03 Thread Devouard (gmail)
, please? On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 6:33 PM, Devouard (gmail) <fdevou...@gmail.com> wrote: The current situation at Wikimedia France is ABSOLUTE NON SENSE After MONTHS spent trying to figure out what was going on, collecting data, finding witnesses, fighting fears of being sued... we suc

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Non-WMF funding sources for community work

2017-05-09 Thread Devouard (gmail)
Le 07/05/2017 à 20:24, Pine W a écrit : Hi folks, I'd like to ask for your thoughts about (1) whether it would be a good idea, and if so (2) how, to get non-WMF funding sources for community work which WMF can't, won't, or shouldn't fund, and could benefit from paid human resources. Two areas

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Looking for advises regarding a public conference about the Wikimedia movement on the topic "Dissemination of Knowledge: What Limits" [Fwd: Re: Conférence Wikipédia]

2017-11-07 Thread Devouard (gmail)
Le 07/11/2017 à 16:22, mathieu stumpf guntz a écrit : Saluton ĉiuj, Your fellow wikimedian was invited to present the Wikimedia movement in a conference organized by "Association des Masters en Économie de Strasbourg", which will occur Tuesday, November 28th, in Strasbourg (who would have

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

2017-12-07 Thread Devouard (gmail)
My statement will be terribly boring, but +1 to Liam statement *Awesome* appointment. Florence Le 01/12/2017 à 22:31, Liam Wyatt a écrit : Fantastic Wikimania keynote, fascinating addition to the board, fabulous addition to our community. Welcome. On Fri, 1 Dec 2017 at 22:28, Anna Stillwell

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Does anyone know what wikimedia france are up to with the Request Network ?

2018-04-27 Thread Devouard (gmail)
Definitly confusing. See also this : https://blog.request.network/request-network-project-update-april-27th-2018-partnership-with-wikimedia-woocommerce-plugin-c598372e9b58 Florence Le 27/04/2018 à 15:49, geni a écrit : According to their twitter feed they have announced a partnership with

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fake news

2018-04-27 Thread Devouard (gmail)
) For sure :) Flo בתאריך יום ו׳, 27 באפר׳ 2018, 17:27, מאת Devouard (gmail) ‏< fdevou...@gmail.com>: Hi I have been proposed to give a conference about wikipedia and fake news and to focus on very specific examples rather than general concepts. I already have a few ideas but any pointers t

[Wikimedia-l] Fake news

2018-04-27 Thread Devouard (gmail)
Hi I have been proposed to give a conference about wikipedia and fake news and to focus on very specific examples rather than general concepts. I already have a few ideas but any pointers to particularly interesting cases or discussions will be welcome. Thanks for your help. Florence

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fake news

2018-04-27 Thread Devouard (gmail)
, then it has a chance to stay undiscovered for a long time. Cheers Yaroslav On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 4:26 PM, Devouard (gmail) <fdevou...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi I have been proposed to give a conference about wikipedia and fake news and to focus on very specific examples rather than general conce

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fake news

2018-04-28 Thread Devouard (gmail)
://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forks_CEE_Meeting_2017.pdf 2018-04-27 16:26 GMT+02:00 Devouard (gmail) <fdevou...@gmail.com>: Hi I have been proposed to give a conference about wikipedia and fake news and to focus on very specific examples rather than general concepts. I already have a few ideas but any po

[Wikimedia-l] WikiFundi (was Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedia Foundation and Kiwix partner to grow offline access to Wikipedia)

2018-07-25 Thread Devouard (gmail)
Hi Teemu I would like to point out that the below statement is possibly slightly misleading. So please allow me to point out that in Anne sentence below: "The WikiFundi team has been working on the product for a couple of years now, with support from WMF and the Orange Foundation." the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2019: New name, new concept, eligbility criteria

2018-09-28 Thread Devouard (gmail)
Le 27/09/2018 à 10:00, Asaf Bartov a écrit : On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 4:07 PM Devouard (gmail) wrote: I think it is a very good move. Berlin conference has a big default, which is that, contrariwise to our mouvement, it is not inclusive. This is a closed conference where only specific people

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2019: New name, new concept, eligbility criteria

2018-09-26 Thread Devouard (gmail)
I think it is a very good move. Berlin conference has a big default, which is that, contrariwise to our mouvement, it is not inclusive. This is a closed conference where only specific people may go. That naturally let out a whole lot of people. All those who do great things, but who are not