Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Café - Saturday 25 Jan 2020 4:30 PM UTC...

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Next steps on Wikimedia Space

Phase V confirmed! -- I hope this means related features (a calendar + forum :) are getting included in mediawiki propre... 🌍🌏🌎🌑 On Tue., Feb. 18, 2020, 5:31 a.m. Quim Gil, wrote: > Last year, the Wikimedia Foundation launched Wikimedia Space to experiment > with new ways to connect volunteers,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Treatment of newbies with mild CoI

It would be nice to have a tool for long standing editors to clean up a newbies talk page for them, leave messages for the overeager templaters, and help them out / welcome them in untemolsted language. Then a little ML could go a long way in guessing which newbies are in this situation and genera

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why renaming to Wikipedia will wreak havoc on other projects

Thanks for this clarity Paulo. Is there a way to move more of the underlying policies onto a public wiki rather than a closed one, to limit some of this confusion? 🌍🌏🌎🌑 On Wed., Feb. 26, 2020, 5:36 a.m. Paulo Santos Perneta, < paulospern...@gmail.com> wrote: > The OP is misleading. The issue is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] April could be our Wikimedia month of kindness

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Brand Project: Who are we as a movement?

Hello Essie, Given all of the feedback so far, it seems we need a strong brand *network*, more than a struggle over a single brand; and strong shared identity *within* the communities and their contributors. I am glad that recent discussions seem to be grounded in identity and clarity. If we wan

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiProject COVID-19 (English Wikipedia) is started

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Message to readers from the Wikimedia Foundation regarding COVID-19

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] COVID-19 & EduWiki response: Wikipedia & Education User Group Open Meeting

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF political activism

Everyone supports Earth Day. Earth Day Live was confusingly different... in a strange time. On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 10:42 PM Chris Gates via Wikimedia-l < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Adding onto this, it appears the WMF is proudly and publicly displayed on > the participants, which

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Is the Wikimedia-movement apolitical?

Very well put. S 🌍🌏🌎🌑 On Sat., Apr. 25, 2020, 10:06 p.m. Gnangarra, wrote: > Kaya > > From my perspective we have always been political, from the moment we > started with the concept of Free Knowledge, Eduardo listed many of the > aspects that go with it. We are doing so much more we want >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annoying ads

> > If you're browsing in a private-window, this means the browser cannot > remember (save in a cookie) that you clicked "close" or saw the banner > already, hence you might be seeing more banners than most readers would. > Worth mentioning each time it comes up: This seems like an instance of whe

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annoying ads

> > This is a complaint about multiple banners on the same page. > I believe it would be better to put the add on the lower part of the > viewport, for all users, and for a limited time. Posting ads at random > locations I couldn't figure out how to experience this feature -- can you share a s

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal for a multilingual Wikipedia

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons

Commons needs iterative workflows that tag problems and modify what reuses / transfusions are supported, rather than making everything a crude delete/keep decision. Else it will always struggle w scaling to these uses. 🌍🌏🌎🌑 On Mon., May 18, 2020, 9:48 a.m. Alessandro Marchetti via Wikimedia-l, <

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Trust and safety on Wikimedia projects

> A former steward fellow and I > discussed this topic at the Safety Space at Wikimania. Due to the nature of > the space, the discussion have not been documented but you can find the > presentation with backgrounds of the situation and open questions on > Commons > < > https://commons.wikimedia.or

Re: [Wikimedia-l] IMPORTANT: Entire list on moderation and notes on conduct

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paid API?

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] 3, 000, 000 Wikidata Infoboxes in Commons categories

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: general assembly and new Supervisory Board

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board Update on Branding

Brad: this was brilliant, thank you. I have been thinking about how to phrase this all week, and you touched it with a needle. The Foundation's one undelegable role is to protect the community identity through its marks. That is a foundation upon which all else rests. There are many ways we can

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board update on Branding: next steps

Thanks WSC; elegantly put. On survey process: seconding what others have said, if you have gotten ~1000 of a desired 4000 responses, and haven't asked two questions that you realize are essential, yes it is absolutely worth running a new survey w the new options. You can even identify cross-surve

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

Best news all year. Thank you for moving swiftly on this :) It has been a fine thing too, to see WikiLambda experiments on Wikispore. https://wikispore.wmflabs.org I hope this may Herald a new wave of new and complementary projects. There are yet so many types of knowledge that have not found a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paid API?

+1 This sounds like an ideal approach. ! Else: surprised that noone mentioned public cloud options running on OpenStack. Is there no obvious place to start there? 🌍🌏🌎🌑 On Mon., Jul. 20, 2020, 3:19 p.m. Victoria Coleman, < vstavridoucole...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 Kunal! The WMF Cloud Services te

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New essay on the ambiguity of NC licenses

I don't think we should mix NC with free-knowledge licenses . I do absolutely think we should maintain an archive, visible to the public with at most a simple hoop to jump through, of material that is offered to us in any legal way but not yet free. This would include: material currently under a CC

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

I applaud this idea. Preferably a language family with a large community of practice, 'minority' in the sense of coverage and support by modern tools and scaffolding, not in the sense of limited use. We used to have a roughly weighted list of major world languages by (spoken, written; primary, sec

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New essay on the ambiguity of NC licenses

Il venerdì 7 agosto 2020, 08:52:31 CEST, Erik Moeller < > eloque...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > > On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 3:52 PM Samuel Klein wrote: > > > I don't think we should mix NC with free-knowledge licenses . > > I do absolutely think we should maintain an archive,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A Universal Code of Conduct draft for review

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] A Universal Code of Conduct draft for review

Dear anonymus, The problem starts when the administrators who are called to > perform those rules are the harrashers themselves and don' t get punished. > A code of conduct should preempt this. > For example [users who can] fly under the rader and be likeable. [users who] run the annual contes

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [feedback requested] Taxonomy of knowledge gaps

Wow. Thanks for doing this. a) did you mine emijrp's subconscious yet? b) what meta-gaps are you aware of (areas where the gap analysis itself might have blind spots) c) this seems appropriate for a wikijournal of knowledge... 🌍🌏🌎🌑 On Thu, Sep 10,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Covid-19] Introducing a new risk assessment tool and guidelines for in person gatherings

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustees elections, membership, quorum, and

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [feedback requested] Taxonomy of knowledge gaps

Thank you Leila -- I appreciate the reflection and the update here. The paper is thorough and methodical in its approach, which makes it easier for me to see a problem (for my own ideas): I don't see a focus on the primary tremendous *gaps *-- which for content is depth + breadth + freshness, and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Moving the technical infrastructure out of the US

We should have technical partners in multiple other jurisdictions that could help in a crisis, and load bearing infrastructure in at least one of them, and a plan for how and when to switch. (The walkthrough of what would be needed for a smooth transfer send most important, and useful for general r

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Updates from Wikimedia Foundation Board

Dear Nataliia -- Any update on the first two points? Does the BGC recommend a Bylaws update or an election this calendar year? Posting minutes for the last 3 meeting

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call for feedback about Wikimedia Foundation Bylaws changes and Board candidate rubric

The replacement of an explicit voting process with an unspecified process + schedule seems unnecessarily vague. Especially since the current ElecComm does not seem to have been party to the decisions around this year's delay. Drawing from the current Bylaws language, it would be better to add some

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call for feedback about Wikimedia Foundation Bylaws changes and Board candidate rubric

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New collaboration with the World Health Organization

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Wikidata Query Service Tutorial

ly the site is in English but we are open for collaborations to >> add >> > the tutorial in other languages. >> > We are also keen to hear feedback from those involved in Wikidata >> > Outreach. >> > >> > We hope you'll find it useful. >>

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please join Wikimedia UK and the Wikimedia Foundation for an English Wikipedia community conversation

reet, London > SE1 0NZ > > The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate > Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent > non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility > for its contents. > __

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Save the date! Coolest Tool Award 2020: December 11th, 17:00 UTC

zones in >>> timeanddate.com >>> <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20201211T17> >>> -- >>> Joaquin Oltra Hernandez >>> Developer Advocate - Wikimedia Foundation >>> >> >> >> -- >> J

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF transfers $8.7 million to "Wikimedia Knowledge Equity Fund"

imedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> > > > -- > > Lisa Seitz Gruwell > > Chief Advancement Officer > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://w

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Bylaws amendments and upcoming call for feedback

Yair, thanks for looking it over carefully. On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 6:35 PM Yair Rand wrote: > Those "loopholes" people mentioned are still there, with the addition of > at least one new one. > Hm. Maria, an easier-to-read diff like the one Laurentius made for the proposal, would be most welco

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board Ratification of Universal Code of Conduct

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thanks for all the fish! / Stepping down April 15

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Idea of a new project: Wikifacts ?

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] March 17: Curiosity

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

Dear Brion, your comments in this thread were wonderfully clear. Thank you. On Feb 26, 2016 8:15 PM, "Brion Vibber" wrote: > Just a quick note: > > * some of the big staff conversations are indeed being very carefully > note-taken or recorded internally. We are being very careful to plan and > co

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Executive transition planning

And another is the reigning world champion in Nomic... On Mar 9, 2016 11:19 AM, "Gordon Joly" wrote: > On 09/03/16 15:00, WereSpielChequers wrote: > > With Computers coming down in price and Artificial Intelligence programs > > steadily improving > > Yes, indeed. A machine beat a man at Go! > > G

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cross-wiki notifications beta feature now available on all wikis

Thank you - this is wonderful. On Mar 11, 2016 15:25, "Roan Kattouw" wrote: > In late 2015 and early 2016, the Collaboration team worked on building a > cross-wiki notification feature: listing notifications from other wikis in > the notification panel. We made this feature available on a small s

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia.org portal page update!

Lovely work. On Mar 11, 2016 5:32 PM, "Dan Garry" wrote: > > On 11 March 2016 at 10:52, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) wrote: > > > > Failed my dream :( > > > > Any string in any language in any wikipedia project. How far is my dream? > > > > I share your dream! :-) > > Unfortunately, the dream is quit

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia.org portal page update!

On Mar 11, 2016 19:32, "Dan Garry" wrote: > > I plan to worry more about the user experience implications that I > mentioned once we're a bit closer to solving the technical feasibility > questions. Fair enough! Great once more to see this update. It makes this a much more engaging page to set as

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia NYC proposal to broaden WMF nominations - submit today

I really appreciated your public effort, it also made the whole process much clearer to those of us not part of a single regional chapter. SJ On Mar 18, 2016 14:03, "Pharos" wrote: > Hi fellow Wikimedians, > > We held our chapter's public meeting and open vote on March 16, and we > found all the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [FDC] Wikimédia France Annual Plan Grant - 2015-2016 R2

Great. Thanks for sharing while it is still in progress, Emeric. On Mar 25, 2016 06:44, "Emeric Vallespi" wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > Since 2 years, Wikimédia France provides its "APG" proposal in advance on > meta, even if some parts are still in progress and other require > improvements. > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Research findings on “New Readers” in Mexico

Thanks Anne & all, this looks really interesting. On Mar 30, 2016 16:41, "Anne Gomez" wrote: > Hello all, > > Please join us tomorrow during the Metrics meeting as we share findings > from a recent user research trip to Mexico. Background on this research > project can be found on MediaWiki, wher

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] March 2016 minutes of the Board of Trustees

Thank you! On May 12, 2016 2:52 PM, "Stephen LaPorte" wrote: > Hi all, > > The Board of Trustees has published minutes from the Board meeting on > March 21, 2016. You can find the Board's minutes on the Foundation Wiki: > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2016-03 > > Best, > Stephen >

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

I really appreciate your sharing this (last winter and now). Kindness is indeed a higher calling, and tightly bound to sharing & protecting the rights and opportunities of others. Sj On May 18, 2016 14:21, "Jake Orlowitz" wrote: Hi, In light of yesterday's public call for help from one of our e

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan FY2016-2017

Awesome — thanks for the update and the work! On May 27, 2016 21:20, "Katherine Maher" wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm pleased to share that the Wikimedia Foundation has now posted a > revised version of our FY2016-2017 Annual Plan. [1] This revised version > has been updated based on feedback from

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] WMF Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

Thank you Patricio! It is great to see these updates. ×SJ On Jun 23, 2016 19:34, "Tanweer Morshed" wrote: > Thanks to Patricio for your service in the movement. Congratulations to > Christophe, Maria on being elected to the positions, as well as to > Nataliia. :) > > On Thursday, June 23, 2016,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Board appointment of Executive Director

Brilliant news for the foundation! Thank you for resolving this so swiftly. ~SJ On Jun 24, 2016 11:26, "James Heilman" wrote: > Wonderful news. Katherine is an amazing selection. Congrats and thanks to > all those involved. > > James > > On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 11:15 AM, Patricio Lorente < > p

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board Governance Committee update

On Jun 28, 2016 00:42, "MZMcBride" wrote: > > Dariusz Jemielniak wrote: > >this is an update on the work of the Board Governance Committee over the > >last months that some of you have requested. > > > >[...] > > Thank you for this update! Warmly seconded. Following up on one of the threads from

Re: [Wikimedia-l] With my thanks to everyone ...

Dear Geoff – What a beautiful note. YouTube is in for a treat, as you are yourself a source of trust and stability and safety. The initiatives and examples you have set will serve Wikimedia for some time to come. Warmly, Sam ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Peter Baldwin joins the Wikimedia Endowment Advisory Board

Wonderful news! Thank you for the update. On Sep 9, 2016 16:00, "Marc H. Brent" wrote: > Hi all, > > I wanted to share an announcement that I’ve posted to the Wikimedia blog > . > The > Wikimedia Endowment Advisory Board has a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Agenda for the November 13, 2016 Board Meeting

Thank you, Stephen. On Nov 12, 2016 6:37 PM, "Stephen LaPorte" wrote: > Hi all, > > The agenda for the next Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees meeting is > now available on Meta Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia. > org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_board_agenda_2016-11 > > Thank you, > Stephen > > --

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

Thanks Wes and Lisa, this is really wonderful news. Just the sort of area where Commons can and should point the way forward for all the world's archives. And thanks to Sloan for the support and Commonists for maintaining one of the quiet, consistent wonders of theodern Web. Sam ___

Re: [Wikimedia-l] don't run away from the mess we've made, fix it (Re: Concerns in general)

LopeCosby used to be xx legit before their Soylent Green period. Not surprised their depressed fans would turn to petty counterfactualism. //$ On Jan 27, 2017 2:08 PM, "Liam Wyatt" wrote: > What a coincidence! "longstanding, pervasive, counter-factual, systemic > bias towards supply side trickl

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Politics

Katherine: Thank you, that was beautifully written. We all have our work cut out for us to preserve the free sharing of knowledge and experience across borders, and the very notion of reliable sources. Mike, your perspective is deeply welcome. Sharing the world's knowledge is fundamentally polit

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Innovation

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[Wikimedia-l] West Virginia U. is hiring a Wikipedian in residence

A one-year position, starting this fall: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/07/17/west-virginia-u-hire-gender-gap-focused-wikipedian-residence ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Departure

On Sep 10, 2015 6:44 PM, "Brandon Harris" wrote: > > Who is going to be the best dancer at any Wiki event from now on, then? This. Garfield, it has been a pleasure to work with you over the years, thank you for everything. I hope to see you again before long. SJ

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Q1 Fundraising Update

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Leila Zia wrote: > Thank you for the update and all the hard work the team has done during Q1. > My comments below. > Thanks likewise, Megan. I'm always impressed by your team's work. > > Better performing banners are required > > to raise a higher budget with

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing the Wikimedia Affiliates mailing list

several advantages... > most of the ones > that "work" effectively and are good methods for sharing information are > ones with very specific and narrow functions that deal with information > that is covered under the access to nonpublic information policy. -- Samuel K

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

Goodness, yes. Lodewijk, what a fitting thread. We spend more time reflecting on mistakes made, but JB and Stu were often responsible for the things that were done well, and without fanfare. They could always be relied upon to consider the impact of decisions on the movement and society, and not

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement about changes to the Board

On Jan 10, 2016 12:33, "Florence Devouard" wrote: >>> Could you please make a serious declaration of interests as is being >>> discussed at [1]. This will help set a ethical model for the rest of >>> the WMF board to follow without needing a year to think about it. If >>> you want to check some b

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

Wonderful news — welcome, Jaime! On Jan 11, 2016 12:39 PM, "Tanweer Morshed" wrote: > Welcome Jamie, at WMF. Congratulations for being a member of the Wikimedia > family :) > > > Regards, > Tanweer > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 2:28 AM, Lila Tretikov wrote: > > > Dear Wikimedians, > > > > > > Shar

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Better thankspam

On Jan 14, 2016 8:35 PM, "Luis Villa" wrote: > > I agree that thankspam is somewhat irritating, but it is also a good way to > make people feel welcome and appreciated. An alternative is to consider > moving wikimedia-l to a tool like discourse.org Thanks for that idea. Discourse looks great. Ma

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikisonnets!

What a delight! A truly glorious commemoration. Thanks to Cassie T and to Asaf for sharing this with us, transmuting prose to timeless poetry. On Jan 16, 2016 18:32, "Asaf Bartov" wrote: > On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 3:08 PM, Johan Jönsson > wrote: > > > > > > > http://wikison.net/ > > > > The statu

[Wikimedia-l] Reducing the net cost of Wikimania

I found this the most interesting part of the recent IdeaLab discussion about changing the Wikimania framework. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Towards_a_New_Wikimania "*The total spend by WMF for Wikimania 2014 in London and 2015 in Mexico, including all travel, accommodations,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Reducing the net cost of Wikimania

10, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Tomasz Ganicz wrote: > 2016-02-10 6:06 GMT+01:00 Samuel Klein : > > > FUDCons > > Also it is hard to compare Wikimanias with FUDCons as it is > a) much smaller (usually bo more than 200 attendees) > b) divided by regions - for example in 2015 there were

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Can we see the Knight grant application and grant offer?

Thanks for sharing, always interesting to see these processes in detail. On Feb 11, 2016 19:53, "Anthony Cole" > I fully support both improving internal search and later offering the > reader the option of including reliable outside sources in their search. > > And I support the ED's right - oblig

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Reducing the net cost of Wikimania

o the summary pages of these conferences on meta. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Chris >> > >> > [1] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2014> >> > [2] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015> >> > >&g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Candidates - Affiliate Selected members of the WMF Board

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Executive transition planning

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Florence Devouard wrote: > + 1 Brad. > > And I would like to say thank you Lila for your efforts and best of luck > for the future. > +1 Florence. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org

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

Fantastic. On Feb 25, 2016 7:44 PM, "Anna Torres" wrote: > Congrats Katy! You are the best and the right person!! > > So happy for you! > El feb 25, 2016 9:27 PM, "Cristian Consonni" > escribió: > > > Congrats Katy! > > > > C > > ___ > > Wikimedia-l ma

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Where should we organize ideas for the Strategic Plan update?

How about a category on Meta with a set of infobox templates like those on the strategy wiki? With a summary kept updated at [[m:strategy]] On Sep 5, 2014 5:03 AM, "Pine W" wrote: > Heh. That was not my first time when I started typing my email address and > instead Gmail autofilled wikimedia-l.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] To Flow or not to Flow -> it does not flow

On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 6:33 PM, Erik Moeller wrote: < Flow is a long term bet that an architecture of structured comments > will ultimately have fewer hard and fast limitations on how > collaboration in wikis can work, and will accrue usability benefits > very quickly (as it already has done, lik

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Azerbaijani Wikimedians User Group

Welcome! Pyb: nice segue, good luck. Pyb wrote: > > I would like cover the European Games organized in Baku for Wikimedia > Commons. I'll try to obtain an accreditation pass but I'm not against help > from the Azerbaijani Wikimedians User Group ;) ___

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Brasil] Jessie's IDEO adventure

.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) >> > Open Knowledge B

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to beta-test HHVM

ing you mentioned, but we can build on it and >> improve it. >> > > > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > U

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's fix templates

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

Likewise, thank you for your wonderful contributions and insights. You will be missed here, though we will likely be appreciating your work elsewhere soon in new incarnations! > P.S.: I recommend reading Sumanas blog post about her reasoning. And for that matter her previous blog posts. Sam ___

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

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Finance Fellows to develop first-ever movement-wide financial report and metrics

Walter, Arda, Lene & Seyi: welcome! Thank you for tackling this project, I hope you will share further thoughts about it. On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Richard Symonds wrote: > They're worries - hypothetical worries in some cases - but they impact > directly on the work > I do and it would be

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata wins the ODI Open Data Award

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia France] WikiCheese crowdfunding - Let's photograph 'em all

Pierre-Yves Beaudouin writes: > > I'm the project leader of WikiCheese. >> KissKissBankBank Christophe writes: > Thanks again, I tried to remain brie-f I had a dream like this last week, full of smoke and gorgons. Kudos à Pyb, Christophe and all: this looks delicious. __

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banners (again)

te donor stats... go on!) > > > > MZMcBride > > > > > > > > _______ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

Thanks Anasuya! That's quite a comprehensive survey but instructive to fill out. On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:46 AM, John Mark Vandenberg wrote: > > No, .. from the survey itself: > > "Throughout, we use the phrase “Wikimedia Organization” to refer to > chapters, thematic organizations, and us

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: New board elected, annual plan postponed.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banners (again)

This is a good thread -- it's important to be unified in our message, proud of it, and aware of how broadly it spreads. Every campaign both raises some funds for the project, gives supporters an opportunity to talk about Wiki*edia with their friends, and shifts public perception of who we are, wha

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