Re: [Wikimedia-l] RFC on wikimedia-l posting limits

Real identity does not equal real-life identity. You can mask your pseudonymous identity and pose as a third party similarly pseudonymous individual. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_(Internet) Seddon ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines

Re: [Wikimedia-l] RFC on wikimedia-l posting limits

Rogol you yet again misrepresent what has been stated. Seddon On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Rogol Domedonfors wrote: > One proposal involves posters being asked to verify their real-life > identity to the list moderators. Perhaps the moderators will supplement > that

[Wikimedia-l] New style banner - A heads up

Hey Wikimedia-l Apologies for the short notice. I wanted to give you a heads up on a banner test that will soon be going live. We've been working on a new style of banner that is specifically designed to have the same native look and feel as the rest of the site and interface. It's intended to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Advertizing Wikimania (youtube) livestreams on centralnotice

Hey Lodewijk, Apologies for the delay. This is my second attempt at replying because my first response was just getting bogged down in detail. So I'm going to jump into the crux of the issues. Given the resources that goes into Wikimania I do personally think that we have an obligation to try

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Funding the endowment

Rogol I don't understanding how you have interpreted this as a choice between community and stability. Could you explain? Seddon On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 9:08 PM, Rogol Domedonfors wrote: > Lisa > > Thanks anyway. Perhaps one of the members of the Board will comment, in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Advertizing Wikimania (youtube) livestreams on centralnotice

cise at the time i checked). I found the number of > views a bit contrary to the number of potential visualizations of > English WP sites. > > all the best, > /gheorghe > > > On 18.08.2017 19:41, Joseph Seddon wrote: > > Hey Lodewijk, > > > > Thanks fo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [arbcom-l] Where is WMF with pursuing companies that offer paid editing services

Pine, Has there been a recent substantial discussion by the community surrounding promotional/biased editting paid or otherwise, which had an outcome resulting in a specific request for assistance or increased action by the WMF? If there hasn't, I do not see grounds for you to be expecting an

Re: [Wikimedia-l] DEADLINE EXTENDED: Wikimania 2017 call for submissions

REMINDER: Deadline for submitting presentations, panels, roundtables and workshops to Wikimania is *April 10*. You have TWO days remaining. The deadline for posters and birds-of-a-feather sessions remains *May 15*. Please see below for the call for submissions for Wikimania, and submit your

Re: [Wikimedia-l] March 2: Update on Wikimedia movement strategy process (#9)

And define "associated with". George W. Bush, the 43rd U.S. President is 8th cousin to Bill Gates for example (apparently) Seddon On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > Could anyone name major donors or consultants to the Wikimedia Foundation > who are

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Is the Code of Conduct in force?

This list is *a* community but it certainly does not constitute The Community™ nor are we the community affected by this code of conduct. I suggest raising this in venues appropriate to the particular community in question, in this case the technical community. Before bringing this topic here it

Re: [Wikimedia-l] More politics: "WMF Annual Report"

Hi James. You can find out more about the Endowment here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Endowment Seddon On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 7:54 PM, James Salsman wrote: > The statements Yair quoted are appropriate unless you believe > "empower" in the Foundation's Mission

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 35 year copyright termination

There goes my hopes of my pension. Seddon On 28 Feb 2017 05:57, "Michael Snow" wrote: > On 2/27/2017 9:24 PM, James Salsman wrote: > >> ... provide a little more context for this thread >>> >> Beginning in 2036, Wikipedia editors will obtain the right to demand >>

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 35 year copyright termination

I'm really sorry James... I suspect it may be the fog of my mind brought on by nighttime, but would it at all be possible for you to provide a little more context for this thread. :) Seddon On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 5:11 AM, James Salsman wrote: > This came up the other day

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Draft Code of Conduct for Technical Spaces

I would like to also point out a central notice banner was displayed on Mediawiki.org to logged in users. Seddon On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 2:28 AM, Gergő Tisza wrote: > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 4:44 PM, Adrian Raddatz > wrote: > > > A lack of other

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2017 Wikimania Scholarships

When you say "designed for 2016 Wikimania" what do you mean? Going through both of those for me seem to send me to a form referencing 2017. Do you have a screenshot of what you are seeing? Seddon On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 3:41 PM, Fæ wrote: > The link given in the email

Re: [Wikimedia-l] banner proposals

As someone who supports community central notice campaigns, I must point out that this list is not the appropriate venue for any discussion that aims to arrive at any decision relating to such a banner campaign and any thread here would in no way directly result in such action. There are

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Concerns in general

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download#Where_do_I_get_it.3F Seddon On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 11:55 AM, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > No they are not backed up outside the USA. I am not so sure there are off > line backups/ > Thanks, >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Exciting update about development of structured data on Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Development Of any use? Seddon On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Rogol Domedonfors wrote: > Dear Wes > > Thank you for yet another prompt response. It seems almost churlish to say > that unfortunately that is

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising - Social Media Update

The Social Media team have been providing fantastic support of the English online fundraiser and we wanted to provide a quick update dedicated to that work. There were some cool images to go with but unfortunately our wikimedia-l mailman is dull and boring so here is a summary of their efforts: *

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Early Update - Fundraising

It's mostly the fact that it's a low priority dump, isn't maintained actively, some of the queries used to produce it are old and probably need updating and some of them are definitely broken (the refund sheet certainly is). It includes some major gifts donations (which we don't include in our

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Seddon's Fundraising Question of the Day: Wikipedia in a media world

ere going to be any published analysis of the WMF fundraising > questions? As the questions are targeted at members of this list, it > would be nice to post a link. > > I'm glad you have had lots of feedback from the exercise. > > Thanks, > Fae > > On 2 Decembe

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Store - Important Update

As the year end approaches, here's a few important updates about the Wikipedia Store: Change in management: The Wikipedia Store project has moved under Michael Beattie [1] and his team of amazingly experienced donor support agents. Sandra Hust [2] will be the primary contact for internal orders,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Early Update - Fundraising

> or will you go beyond the target as you did in the last two years? > > [1] > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/11/29/wikimedia- > foundation-annual-fundraiser/ > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 11:05 PM, Joseph Seddon <jsed...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > Hell

[Wikimedia-l] Early Update - Fundraising

Hello All! So originally we were going to send an update after the first two weeks but with so much going on and following feedback, I'll cover as much as I can in as brief a form as possible and more regularly than planned: - Banners limited: We have already begun limiting the number of

[Wikimedia-l] Seddon's Fundraising Question of the Day: Wikipedia in a media world

We are looking for ideas to build on the success of the fact matters series of banners based on the importance of wikipedia in the media world we live in today. Go to this form: https://goo.gl/forms/eOHRvlSeZVPwI3KJ3 Answer the question! There will be more. -- Seddon *Advancement Associate

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Are inline donor banners something we view as acceptable?

More than it represents a feasible concept that can be significantly improved upon. Reducing it's footprint, improving the look and feel so that it reduces its impact on the page. With regards to user appeals with photos: 1) They are notoriously difficult to be successful. We spent a whole year

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - Big English Fundraiser

I suggest is fundamentally different from the expert > (Jelly, who is indeed extraordinarily good at what he does, even if that > one campaign did not turn out to everybody's liking), and is a > fundamentally different kind of engagement, from what you mention at the > end of your messag

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Are inline donor banners something we view as acceptable?

th the flow. > > > > In the future I would suggest that this kind of change should be > > communicated ahead of time, on this mailing list and elsewhere. (Unless I > > missed it, which would be my fault. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Pine > > > > > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Are inline donor banners something we view as acceptable?

ated ahead of time, on this mailing list and elsewhere. (Unless I > missed it, which would be my fault. > > Thanks, > > Pine > > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Joseph Seddon <jsed...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > Hey Geni, > > > > So this i

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - Big English Fundraiser

t 5:25 PM, Joseph Seddon <jsed...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > > > Finally we didn't get any interest in our fundraising feedback and design > > sessions last week and the week before so they were put on hold, however > if > > there are individuals who a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Are inline donor banners something we view as acceptable?

Hey Geni, So this is a style of banner that we have used on mobile over the last year. We have previously had good feedback about the mobile version with people feeling it was less obtrusive to the reader experience. This banner that you saw was one of our first attempts at seeing whether

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - Big English Fundraiser

to me and I would be happy to arrange a time with you. Many thanks Seddon On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 12:57 AM, Joseph Seddon <jsed...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello! > > We are coming up to that time of year again with the launch of our English > fundraiser. Our E-mail camp

[Wikimedia-l] Reminder: Community Feedback Sessions - Sign up

Just a reminder that we are running community sessions relating to our online fundraising efforts over the next week. They will focus on new banner and email designs and new ideas for appeals. It's vital to get community input for the fundraiser since it ultimately represents our whole movement.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - Big English Fundraiser

/Fundraising/2016-17_Fundraising_ideas#Current_Banner_Mockups On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 12:59 AM, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > Joseph Seddon wrote: > >We are coming up to that time of year again with the launch of our English > >fundraiser. Our E-mail campaign is already und

[Wikimedia-l] Open commenting on WMF Seeking Additional Resources for Structured Data on Commons

that potentially accelerates software development for both Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata if these resources should become available. We would like to invite you to participate in a conversation about the plan [2] and look forward to your comments and thoughts. -- Joseph Seddon & Alex Sti

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2015 - 2016 Fundraising Report just published

Hey both, Apologies for the delay in responding,I have been meaning to respond to this. Lucas: So one of the biggest changes in Latin American was that the fundraising tech team integrated a new payment processor to accept both local currency and payment methods in a number of Latin America

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Looking for the admin of CentralNotice on meta

Hey Florence, There are several central notice administrators but I'll get to your request asap :) Seddon On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 7:27 PM, Florence Devouard wrote: > Hello everyone > > I am looking for the admin of CentralNotice on meta. >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] GPS data shift

So on this issue I currently only speak on the "bulk updating" issue and I would like to note that I do not speak for the discovery team who have the most focus on both geodata and Wikidata. However I do have a decent passing knowledge about this: This is a pretty complex issue compounded that

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - Japan - Focus Group and Survey Findings

naire, focus group guidelines used) freely accessible somewhere on > Meta or Commons? > > Cheers, > Christof > > 2016-08-31 10:29 GMT+02:00 Michael Jahn <michael.j...@wikimedia.de>: > > > Thanks a lot for sharing, Seddon! > > Michael > > >

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - Japan - Focus Group and Survey Findings

Hello wikimedia-l! Back in February of 2015, the fundraising team engaged Lake Research Partners (LRP) to conduct a detailed survey of English language Wikimedia readers . As we look to continue

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FW: My final email

Hey Peter, So you can unsubscribe from the fundraising and WMF newsletter emails via that form and you will remain on lists such as Wikimedia-l. Hope that helps. Regards Seddon On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Peter Southwood < peter.southw...@telkomsa.net> wrote: > That link says

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board level strategic planning?

Hey Pine, The Wikimedia Endowment is specifically set up to *"act as a permanent safekeeping fund to generate income to support the operations and activities of the Wikimedia projects in perpetuity". [1]* The Endowment acts as the online projects safety net. It will be independent of the

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing - High Traffic Experiment #2 - 4th July (USA)

Wikimedia-l! Last month you'll remember I told you about an experiment where we used related banner content for fundraising, an idea suggest by User:Wittylama [1], and in that case taking the pop culture line with Game of Thrones. [2] Unfortunately the content specific large banner saw a drop in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] REMINDER: Invitation to upcoming office hours with WMF interim Executive Director

A reminder that this is currently happening now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XazXyL-Ybjo - WMF Executive Director Office Hours Regards Seddon On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 6:22 PM, Gregory Varnum wrote: > Greetings, > > A quick reminder that the first office hours with

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

e can be set per country, per project and per > language. Do this banner add also the possibility to set it by content? > > Kind regards > > > On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 6:34 PM, Joseph Seddon <jsed...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > Greetings all, > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

hers, such as from > the Game of Thrones trademark owners? > > Pine > On May 6, 2016 09:34, "Joseph Seddon" <jsed...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > Greetings all, > > > > I wanted to give you a heads up about a small test WMF Online Fundraising

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

Greetings all, I wanted to give you a heads up about a small test WMF Online Fundraising will be running over this weekend. Following a suggestion from User:Wittylama we are for the first time going to be testing fundraiser banners that are content specific. [1] From now until Monday 9th May we

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Foundation ED search steering group created

Does Dariusz as a community selected board member not count? Seddon On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Tanweer Morshed wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I agree with Pine on his 3rd proposal. Including a representative from the > affiliates and another from the community into

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Who runs the Wikimedia Shop ?

Hey John et. al Apologies for the delaying in responding to the last few emails. I want to try and cover a couple of the points that been raised. I'll first start with the history. I am very much aware of the background surrounding merchandise, in particular the chapters and the changes in the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Who runs the Wikimedia Shop ?

Hi Fae, Apologies for the length. I'll take your question into two parts: Firstly about how we use the funds. We are extremely explicit about how the proceeds are used: On the front of the store: *"We use the proceeds from the store to send thank you gifts to the volunteers who make Wikipedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Who runs the Wikimedia Shop ?

> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Who runs the Wikimedia Shop ? > > > > How many orders are handled by this shop? > > > > Rupert > > On Mar 21, 2016 17:32, "Joseph Seddon" <jsed...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > > > In an ideal world th

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Who runs the Wikimedia Shop ?

: $29,933.74 Regards Seddon On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 4:41 PM, rupert THURNER <rupert.thur...@gmail.com> wrote: > How many orders are handled by this shop? > > Rupert > On Mar 21, 2016 17:32, "Joseph Seddon" <jsed...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > In an ide

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Who runs the Wikimedia Shop ?

In an ideal world then I would definitely be pushing for a fully wikimedia hosted online shop. I completely agree with the principles you've raised. But moving in-house would require resources for building and maintaining an ecommerce workflow that I don't think we collectively can justify. The

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Who runs the Wikimedia Shop ?

What your saying makes sense. I'll take a look into this Jon and get back to you as soon as I can. Seddon On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 5:28 PM, Joseph Seddon <jsed...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hey Florence, > > Regarding your first question the shop is Foundation owned and run but >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

As a community member I found Katherine to be open, approachable and that she saw me, a volunteer, as an equal partner in the movement. As a staff member she has shown an exemplary level of professionalism, to have a real passion for Wikimedia, and solid understanding of the importance of trust,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I am going to San Francisco

Similarly the following remark was made by Patricio at the all staff meeting in November: *"I want all of you know that the Board unanimously agreed to support our current leadership."* I would ask for the sake of the staff and community that a speedy and clear explanation of whatever vote

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Anybody alive?

I got distracted by a passing sheep. Seddon On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 6:47 PM, Richard Symonds < richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > I'm not actually here, I'm a sockpuppet using my wife's laptop. > > Richard Symonds > Wikimedia UK > 0207 065 0992 > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by

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

In fact the rabbit whole goes far far deeper down the rabbit hole :P Seddon On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 12:42 AM, Joseph Seddon <jsed...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > SarahSV, the rabbit whole goes far far beyond "mistaken ideas about the > Knowledge Engine". > > Seddon >

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

SarahSV, the rabbit whole goes far far beyond "mistaken ideas about the Knowledge Engine". Seddon On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 12:36 AM, SarahSV wrote: > On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 5:16 PM, James Alexander > wrote: > It is probably best for me not to get

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Facebook marketing inside pt.wikipedia

of service related reason this can't happen. > > Cheers, > Craig > > On 19 February 2016 at 16:28, Joseph Seddon <jsed...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > Hey Rodrigo, > > > > I don't know of any example where Site Notice has been used in the past > to > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Facebook marketing inside pt.wikipedia

> > determine whether this is appropriate for the Portuguese Wikipedia are > the > > users of the Portuguese Wikipedia. Perhaps with a veto by the WMF Legal > > Team if there's some terms of service related reason this can't happen. > > > > Cheers, > > Craig > &g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Facebook marketing inside pt.wikipedia

Hey Rodrigo, I don't know of any example where Site Notice has been used in the past to point people to facebook. Although the intentions behind what is being proposed are good ones, I think there are probably issues that surround neutrality and with the very different privacy policy of

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

I must echo Ori. We have some brilliant, brilliant people who really are doing some fantastic work. The trouble is that as Brandon Harris has already confirmed on the Wikipedia Weekly facebook group. People are looking to leave. Actively. On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 6:33 PM, Ori Livneh

[Wikimedia-l] FW: [Wikimediauk-l] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK

I believe this recent statement from the board of WMUK is of interest to this list. Seddon From: michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:02:36 -0700 To: wikimediau...@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of

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