Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] New members of the Affiliations Committee

2017-01-17 Thread Keilana
Thank you all for your well wishes, it's been a wonderful experience and I hope to come back someday. Congratulations to the new members (and Kirill! :P) and I can't wait to see where you take things in the next years. :) All the best, Emily On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 1:16 AM, NC Hasive

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Congratulation, Hebrew Wikipedia

2016-12-29 Thread Keilana
Congratulations & Mazel Tov! What a lovely way to start off 2017. On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Nabin Sapkota wrote: > Congratulations and thanks for sharing :) > > Cheers, > Nabin K. Sapkota > Wikimedians of Nepal > > On 29 December 2016 at 22:22, Sailesh

Re: [Wikimedia-l] How to get help (an essay)

2016-05-21 Thread Keilana
Jake, thank you for sharing this. It's important, beautifully written, and a great reminder of who we really are. emily On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 12:21 PM, Jake Orlowitz wrote: > Hi, > > In light of yesterday's public call for help from one of our editors, I'd > like to

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia DC Book Grant Program Announcement

2016-03-28 Thread Keilana
Hello all! (Apologies for cross-posting!) I’m pleased to announce the second round of Wikimedia DC Book Grants, a pilot program in which we help provide editors with resources they need to improve Wikimedia projects. If you live in the United States and actively edit Wikimedia projects, you are

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Book Grant program

2015-08-06 Thread Keilana
and you'll hear back from us within a couple days.) Best, Emily On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 1:34 AM, Magnus Pharao Hansen magnuspha...@gmail.com wrote: What is the process through which one is notified of grants awards or declines? On 21 July 2015 at 05:09, Keilana keilanaw...@gmail.com wrote: Re

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Book Grant program

2015-07-20 Thread Keilana
@example.org or something like that on the Book Grant page too ( http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Book_Grants), non-members and non mailing list readers can easily contact from there. On 19 July 2015 at 22:15, Keilana keilanaw...@gmail.com wrote: Announcing: Wikimedia DC's Exciting New Program: BOOK

[Wikimedia-l] Book Grant program

2015-07-19 Thread Keilana
Announcing: Wikimedia DC's Exciting New Program: BOOK GRANTS! http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Book_Grants We are offering book grants to people in the United States to support their editing. Please contact me at keilanaw...@gmail.com if you have any questions. -Emily Temple-Wood

Re: [Wikimedia-l] What's cool?

2015-06-11 Thread Keilana
That's such a wonderful, sweet project! :) It seems likely infeasible for bigger projects but as a way to build a strong small wiki community, I think it's amazing! Kudos to you! -Emily On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 2:35 PM, attolippip attolip...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, Liam, you are right :) We

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki Loves Cinema editathon

2015-02-10 Thread Keilana
Wow, congratulations on this effort! It looks like a great partnership and great idea with a fruitful future. :) On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 2:32 AM, Victor Grigas vgri...@wikimedia.org wrote: This is awesome On Feb 9, 2015, at 10:04 AM, Ivan Martínez gala...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, we

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF is shutting down grantmaking for good projects for 3 months for no reason

2015-01-09 Thread Keilana
It's not denying attention or funds. It's focusing attention and funds on a badly needed area for 3 months out of the year, and the rest of the projects get the full 9 months. Inviting people to focus their proposals on the gender gap (which, btw, doesn't need scare quotes, as I assure you it's

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why WMF should reconsider the 3-month gender gap project-related decision

2015-01-08 Thread Keilana
Hearing people whine “what about the men” because, God forbid, men might not get *every single* grant this time (as they did in the pilot round of IEGs), is incredibly tiresome. On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Peter Southwood peter.southw...@telkomsa.net wrote: If you take it entirely at face

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedian-In-Residence at NIOSH

2015-01-02 Thread Keilana
, Keilana wrote: Dear Wikimedia Community, I am excited to announce that I am starting today as the Wikipedian-in-Residence for NIOSH, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a subsidiary of the CDC. NIOSH is a research institution dedicated to the prevention of illness and injury

[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedian-In-Residence at NIOSH

2015-01-02 Thread Keilana
Dear Wikimedia Community, I am excited to announce that I am starting today as the Wikipedian-in-Residence for NIOSH, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a subsidiary of the CDC. NIOSH is a research institution dedicated to the prevention of illness and injury related to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedian-In-Residence at NIOSH

2015-01-02 Thread Keilana
is the first federal science/technology/medicine agency with a WIR. Thank you! -Emily On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 3:52 PM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 2 January 2015 at 21:00, Keilana keilanaw...@gmail.com wrote: I am excited to announce that I am starting today

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Jake Orlowitz/Ocaasi comes onto the Grantmaking team at WMF with The Wikipedia Library

2014-10-06 Thread Keilana
A big big congratulations to Jake! His work is so important to our mission. -Emily On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 10:07 PM, Anasuya Sengupta asengu...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear friends and colleagues, I am delighted to announce that Jake Orlowitz (User:Ocaasi, User:Ocaasi (WMF)) is joining the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Egypt Wikimedians User Group

2014-08-01 Thread Keilana
!!مبروك يا مصريون On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to the Egyptian Wikipedians for their swift responses to Signpost inquiries, this week's Signpost Education Report will include a focused discussion about Egypt, in addition to the planned report about