Re: [Wikimedia-l] There's a wikipedia dress now! ;-)

2012-04-20 Thread Strainu
!) An idea for a T-shirt design? The upper or the lower part? ;) BTW, one should be warned that the 9gag dress is NSFW (at least at my work). Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimedia-l] TomTom does a Britannica

2012-05-29 Thread Strainu
it will. (Garmin also has some GPS apps for iPhone, but not for Android. I have no idea if you can load OSM maps on those apps) Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] TomTom does a Britannica

2012-05-29 Thread Strainu
imagery), but the level of details doesn't even come close, and geolocation is at street level for both. Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] TomTom does a Britannica

2012-06-12 Thread Strainu
2012/5/29 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com: On 29 May 2012 13:08, Anthony wikim...@inbox.org wrote: Yes, TomTom is dying.  But it's because of Google, not because of OSM. I'd actually flag smartphones as the culprit. Well, the empire strikes back:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Update on IPv6

2012-06-13 Thread Strainu
and linked to your Ethernet adapter. Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

2012-08-17 Thread Strainu
wikipedia?”. I find this distinction is nowadays a little pedantic. Strainu 2012/8/8, Peter Gervai grin...@gmail.com: On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Michel Vuijlsteke wikipe...@zog.org wrote: Well, it's certainly a possible starting point for discussion: http://www.wikipediaredefined.com

Re: [Wikimedia-l] : Copyright of deep space objects (DSOs) outside of the solar system

2012-09-17 Thread Strainu
Have you searched for it? http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Archive/2012/09#Potential_deletion_of_all_deep_space_objects 2012/9/17 John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com: Where is the onwiki discussion about this? I could find '[1]' Or a wikipedia page that describes the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikivoyage project launch/migration update

2012-10-16 Thread Strainu
Hi Erik, What languages are you launching with and what is the procedure for launching new languages? Thanks, Strainu 2012/10/16 Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org: Hi folks, a quick update on the launch of a travel project under the WMF umbrella, and the import of the existing Wikivoyage

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikivoyage project launch/migration update

2012-10-17 Thread Strainu
from now they are just like any other new project in a language. But how about languages already existing in Wikitravel? They already have the content, if not the community. Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikivoyage project launch/migration update

2012-10-17 Thread Strainu
2012/10/17 Roland Unger roland.un...@soziologie.uni-halle.de: 2012/10/17 Juergen Fenn schneeschme...@googlemail.com: 2012/10/17 Deryck Chan deryckc...@wikimedia.hk: I think Strainu is referring to languages that exist on Wikitravel but not Wikivoyage. Probably a practical question

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Big data benefits and limitations (relevance: WMF editor engagement, fundraising, and HR practices)

2012-12-31 Thread Strainu
Hi Pine, It might be because of the alcohol I've ingested these last days, but - what are you proposing exactly? Hapy new year, strainu 2012/12/30, ENWP Pine deyntest...@hotmail.com: I'm sending this to Wikimedia-l, Wikitech-l, and Research-l in case other people in the Wikimedia

[Wikimedia-l] Adopt a page

2013-03-29 Thread Strainu
. Thanks, Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Adopt a page

2013-03-30 Thread Strainu
Guys, I think you're reading more into it than it is. When you're adopting an animal you don't get to decide what and how much it gets to eat. Similarly adopting a wiki page wouldn't mean you pay for having a say on the content. At the bottom end of the reward scale you could get a badge you

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Adopt a page

2013-03-30 Thread Strainu
What do they get when they donate? What do they get when they adopt wildlife? Still, some people are donating and/or are adopting wildlife. Strainu 2013/3/30 Peter Southwood peter.southw...@telkomsa.net Why would anyone want to sponsor a page? What would they get out of it? Cheers, Peter

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in blacklist trouble again

2013-05-08 Thread Strainu
is Romanian. Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in blacklist trouble again

2013-05-08 Thread Strainu
is. I've never ever heard that name before. Like Anthony said, there are many other places where Russian is currently spoken, throughout Eastern Europe. Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in blacklist trouble again

2013-05-09 Thread Strainu
Yes, it is :) I'm not sure the actual point you were trying to make stands, though. Even if Russian would only be spoken in Russia, it still wouldn't be a reason to give in to censorship pressure. But of course, I'm talking from a country who doesn't have these problems so openly... Strainu 2013

Re: [Wikimedia-l] OSM Funding Drive success, extension

2013-06-26 Thread Strainu
2013/6/26 Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org: You can also donate via Bitcoin. It's not immediately obvious to me how I can do that. Care to elaborate? Thanks, Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Wikimedia-l] OSM Funding Drive success, extension

2013-06-26 Thread Strainu
2013/6/26 Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk: Their bitcoin address is listed at the bottom of the donate page: it's 1J3pt9koWJZTo2jarg98RL89iJqff9Kobp Thanks, I hadn't scrolled all the way down :) Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Staff Images

2013-07-12 Thread Strainu
of Tux, but I'm worried Rory will eat him. Well, I think the real real issue is that 10 emails in 2 hours is lame for a Friday Flame :) I say we try again. Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

[Wikimedia-l] Navigation pattern data (was: Suggestion for solving the disambiguation problem)

2013-07-17 Thread Strainu
2013/7/16 Jon Robson jdlrob...@gmail.com: When a user clicks on a link that is a disambiguation page and then clicks on a link on that page we log an event that contains * page user was on before * page user is on now If we were to collect this data it would allow us to statistically

Re: [Wikimedia-l] About the concentration of resources in SF (it was: Communication plans for community engagement

2013-07-24 Thread Strainu
a bunch - just not always aligned with the WMF priorities. Perhaps outsourcing some resources to local developers would help solve some of the long-opened bugs for projects related to a certain project. Strainu Otherwise I believe there is no point for any chapter to build out any software

Re: [Wikimedia-l] It's time to reclaim the community logo

2013-09-26 Thread Strainu
Hi, Can the WMF still enforce the trademark during the cool-off period? Thanks, Strainu 2013/9/26 John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com: Hi, Further to our announcement on September 21, the opposition has been formally filed before the European Union’s Office of Harmonization

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Someone wants to put their promotional photo on Wikipedia. What's best practices?

2013-10-11 Thread Strainu
For this category of people we have OTRS: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/OTRS#Licensing_images:_when_do_I_contact_OTRS.3F :) If you want to cut the queue, just contact a volunteer to have the ticket processed. Strainu 2013/10/11 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com: I just got a phone call

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Someone wants to put their promotional photo on Wikipedia. What's best practices?

2013-10-11 Thread Strainu
, but couldn't find it ATM. Thanks John. Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe

[Wikimedia-l] Is the capability to delete usernames compatible with the CCBYSA license?

2013-10-23 Thread Strainu
usernames offensive? Shouldn't we instead credit the user *at least* with a pseudonym? Thanks, Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikipedia Adventure, alpha testers needed

2013-10-29 Thread Strainu
because I only got 1): the first one was put in the middle of the page (horizontally) Are there any technical details on the game and the difficulty of implementing it on other wikis? Thanks, Strainu 2013/10/28 Katherine Casey fluffernutter.w...@gmail.com: Some thoughts upon running through

[Wikimedia-l] Increase in page views for the last 3 months

2013-11-22 Thread Strainu
changed in the reporting or the visit patterns for these Wikipedias? It looks pretty weird to have a 100% increase for Romanian in just 3 months [1]. Thanks, Strainu [1] http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/SummaryRO.htm ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community consultation + Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director selection process

2014-01-22 Thread Strainu
workings of the community is scarce at best. I reckon (without any proof though) that this distribution of seats is at least in part responsible for the alienation between the Foundation and the community in 2009-2012. Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wiki Loves Monuments] New Program Evaluation report: Wiki Loves Monuments

2014-01-25 Thread Strainu
2014-01-25 rupert THURNER rupert.thur...@gmail.com: On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 4:37 PM, LiAnna Davis lda...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 4:45 AM, rupert THURNER rupert.thur...@gmail.comwrote: lianna, where did you get that number from? I want credit for this report to go

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Generated texts

2014-02-07 Thread Strainu
and in the extrapolations made by the script (like pictures identified as linked to that item). In that case it is pretty obvious that the data is still unusable, but what if the 3-5-10 articles I check are OK? Are there any guidelines on that? Thanks, Strainu 2014-02-07 17:42 GMT+02:00 Gerard

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 24 TB for User:Dispenser on Tool Labs please

2014-07-03 Thread Strainu
2014-07-03 14:12 GMT+03:00 James Salsman jsals...@gmail.com: Can someone please explain to me why the Foundation can't give User:Dispenser 24 TB on Tool Labs? Context please? Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Review of grantmaking costs and outcomes for APG, PEG, and IEG

2014-08-01 Thread Strainu
2014-07-31 23:39 GMT+03:00 Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com: WMF Metrics and Activities Meeting Hi, Are the slides available anywhere? I'm especially interested in the heat map. Is there an interactive version online (or at least the data behind it)? Thanks, Strainu

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The reader, who doesn't exist

2014-08-21 Thread Strainu
of these problems. It's just a matter of when will this future be. Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The reader, who doesn't exist

2014-08-21 Thread Strainu
2014-08-21 15:03 GMT+03:00 Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk: On 21 August 2014 10:31, Strainu strain...@gmail.com wrote: and significantly alter some infoboxes because it doesn't look good. I'd not noticed this; can you give examples, please? It seems this is not the case at en.wp

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons copyright extremism

2014-12-12 Thread Strainu
to Wikipedia and figure it out over there. Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons copyright extremism

2014-12-12 Thread Strainu
it should be much easier to get external people to contribute to Commons and then to Wikipedia than the other way around. Unfortunately, we are currently light-years away from this, and this is easily visible in the percentage of conversions from WLM. Strainu

Re: [Wikimedia-l] How to fix Commons

2014-12-15 Thread Strainu
and more as a mistake. It's too late to complain about it, but it's not too late to move away from the project Commons to the repository Commons, with each project administering the images it uses and an Arbitration committee handling the contentious deletions. Strainu

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing WikiProject X

2015-01-14 Thread Strainu
. Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Become a Digital object identifier (DOI) registarnt

2015-01-21 Thread Strainu
occurs for articles moved without redirect, that's why the oldid exist. I too believe that it's every site's responsibility to offer permalinks and 3rd party services are risky, because out of both the site's and reuser's control. Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Patrolling photographs of living people

2015-03-13 Thread Strainu
recommend more admins add the report to their watch-list. Fae, you are aware that this is NOT the list for en.wp, right? Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Patrolling photographs of living people

2015-03-13 Thread Strainu
I think we can agree to disagree - I don't want to clutter other people's inboxes even more. Still, I'll hold you to this PoV next time I'll feel the need to constantly remember other people about my initiatives. Best regards, Strainu 2015-03-13 15:30 GMT+02:00 Andy Mabbett

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Patrolling photographs of living people

2015-03-13 Thread Strainu
2015-03-13 11:56 GMT+02:00 Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk: On 13 March 2015 at 09:06, Strainu strain...@gmail.com wrote: Fae, you are aware that this is NOT the list for en.wp, right? Perhaps you missed the part of Fae's email which read: I did not. The place for such announcements

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

2015-03-04 Thread Strainu
2015-03-03 18:45 GMT+02:00 Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk: I have replied to Carcharoth off-list :-) Why off-list? :) Lacking a dedicated mailing list for keeping up with the work of our lobbyists, Wikimedia-l sounds like the next best thing. My2c, Strainu

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments in Italy largely blocked by WMF fundraising

2015-08-24 Thread Strainu
September. * The local team of Wiki Loves Monuments in Italy is organising the contest in Italy and needs a banner as well. Why not use the sitenotice? Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cebuano and Waray-waray Wikipedias among Top 10

2015-07-12 Thread Strainu
possible thanks to Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Statistics/Wikipedia shows you what kind of topics different Wikipedias cover. The differences are enlightening. I see the data source quoted there. Is there somewhere I can see the code that created that data? Thanks, Strainu

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Using non-free elements vs our values (Apple Maps vs Wikipedia iOS app)

2017-03-21 Thread Strainu
a secondary activity (and a very well funded one IMO), it should not make the same mistake. Spreading free knowledge must come first, technical considerations second. Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikime

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Using non-free elements vs our values (Apple Maps vs Wikipedia iOS app)

2017-03-21 Thread Strainu
În 21 martie 2017 20:24:49 EET, Dan Garry <dga...@wikimedia.org> a scris: >On 21 March 2017 at 18:02, Strainu <strain...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 2017-03-21 18:17 GMT+02:00 Dan Garry <dga...@wikimedia.org>: >> > On 21 March 2017 at 14:34, Gerard Meijssen

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Communicating plans and consultations

2017-03-22 Thread Strainu
the ideas I have mentioned there, in the context of changes which require community involvement was to encourage communities to subscribe their village pump to the tech news. Tech news come on a predictable schedule and include 95% of the important changes (with the percentage set to increase after the Guid

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Core content policy

2017-08-03 Thread Strainu
to change the rules there by consensus would be much more difficult for small communities. Strainu 2017-08-02 17:05 GMT+03:00 John Erling Blad <jeb...@gmail.com>: > Nearly all Wikipedia projects has virtually the same core content policies, > but with slightly different wording. Nearly all, b

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Core content policy

2017-08-08 Thread Strainu
unity. >> > > > > > >> > > > > > By having a base set of simple policies in the Incubator that are >> > > > > > atuomatically created when a project starts up you give them the >> > best >> > > > > guide >&g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] June 23: Update on Wikimedia movement strategy process (#19)

2017-06-24 Thread Strainu
n from day 1. If the WMF team is efficient enough is a totally different question, on which I don't have an opinion. Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikime

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Copyright enforcement?

2017-06-07 Thread Strainu
check out the wiki page [2] and the mailing list [3]. Regards, Strainu [1] https://policy.wikimedia.org/ [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_policy [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailin

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Emerging Communities: a proposed new definition

2017-09-28 Thread Strainu
for their particular purposes. Strainu În 27 septembrie 2017 20:28:52 EEST, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> a scris: >Dear Wikimedians, > >Years ago, as part of the first Strategy process of 2009-2010, a >distinction entered our lives, between Global North and Globa

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Funding the endowment

2017-08-21 Thread Strainu
far-fetched based on available information. It sounds more like an opportunity that either appeared or was created after the $5M target had been set. Strainu 2017-08-21 23:49 GMT+03:00 James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com>: > My personal position is it is critical to have a stable organizati

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

2017-08-26 Thread Strainu
identities limited to five (5) > posts per month > This is a risky proposal and I would not support it without further data to justify it. List maintainers should not become checkusers or do real-life police work. Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l m

[Wikimedia-l] Banners for logged-in users (was:How can we fix the two-stage page loading problem?)

2017-09-05 Thread Strainu
bile just last month, while being logged in. Strainu > > Regards > Seddon > > > > On 5 Sep 2017 08:33, "Lodewijk" <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> wrote: > >> Hey Ori, >> >> I like the creative thinking :) For the fundraising that could

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Facebook test features Wikipedia

2017-10-05 Thread Strainu
video in the original announcement that Toby linked to. It's pretty cool indeed, but might put pressure on smaller communities whenever extended to other languages. Strainu > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > ___

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [GLAM] Rapid Grants Closure May 14 - June 30, 2018

2018-05-02 Thread Strainu
omise from the WMF that the grants will be granted or refused withing the same calendar month? Regards, Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Hard spaces being added by the hundreds

2017-12-23 Thread Strainu
ee why you consider it as worse). I would suggest dropping wikiEd at once for one of the more modern editors, such as the syntax highlighting feature or the 2017 source editor. It will probably break your workflow for a while, but in the long term the benefits will outweigh the issues. Strainu 20

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Creation of separate user group for editing sitewide CSS/JS

2018-07-10 Thread Strainu
fine. I agree with the proposal, but it seems rather orthogonal to the transition period. There are all kinds of possible situations and communities are rather responsive more than pro-active on these subjects. As someone pointed out on the talk page, there is no real

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cheat sheets visual editing on Wikipedia

2018-07-10 Thread Strainu
Hi Arne, I'm also interested in translating these in Romanian, but I can't really work with Illustrator. Strainu 2018-07-10 12:31 GMT+03:00 Arne Wossink : > Hi all, > > For WMNL I've been working on several 1-page cheat sheets on how to edit > Wikipedia in visual editing mode, to be

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cheat sheets visual editing on Wikipedia

2018-07-11 Thread Strainu
effort a lot. Strainu Pe joi, 12 iulie 2018, Nick Wilson (Quiddity) a scris: > Traditionally, the centralized spot is at > https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bookshelf > I've added an item for that, to the Wikimedia Resource Center. > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 2:31 AM Co

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

2018-03-17 Thread Strainu
Thank you for letting us know early on. I would also want to see a post-mortem on this and I hope the steps taken to mitigate the risk will be consistent with the ones taken on the recent fa.wiki criptocurrency case. Strainu În 17 martie 2018 03:57:28 EET, Gregory Varnum <gvar...@wikimedia.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] About Facebook Linked in some of Wikimedia projects

2018-03-01 Thread Strainu
done similar experiments and would be willing to share their experience. Strainu > > Erik > > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal regarding norms for meeting/deadline announcements

2018-10-17 Thread Strainu
move the conversation > to Meta. Overall, I would like to suggest that people unhappy with the current activity level should consider alternatives to their workflows, such as digests and smarter mail clients, rather than impose rules on others.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal regarding norms for meeting/deadline announcements

2018-10-24 Thread Strainu
u can also "mark as read" by subject using filters. Look them up, the first Google results should clarify the usage. It won't take you more than half an hour to get rid of reminders for good. Strainu Pe miercuri, 24 octombrie 2018, 80hnhtv4agou--- via Wikimedia-l < wikimedia-l@lists

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Is the death of Wikipedia imminent?

2018-12-30 Thread Strainu
I know WMSE has done some work in this domain. Would an audio of the introduction help? What about reading the whole article? This is a major topic, we should probably try to extract 2-3 ideas that can be pushed forward from it. Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedians of Romania and Moldova annual report

2019-01-18 Thread Strainu
Hello everyone, I am happy to announce that the first-ever annual report from the Wikimedians of Romania and Moldova User Groups (WMROMD) is now available on Meta. [1] Looking forward to any feedback you might have. Strainu on behalf of WMROMD. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Bylaws changed plus next steps

2019-02-21 Thread Strainu
r groups have established internal policies and decision-taking procedures on par with smaller chapters. I urge all of the chapter representatives to give up the fearmongering and work with the interested parties to make this dialogue a showcase of openness and collaboration "à la Wikimed

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Reviewing our brand system for our 2030 goals

2019-03-06 Thread Strainu
ing the changes to outsiders will be easy, we'll see how it goes with insiders. Strainu > > > > > On Feb 25, 2019, at 7:13 PM, Zack McCune wrote: > > > :: Apologies for cross-posting to multiple mailing lists. We want to > ensure > > we spread the word abou

[Wikimedia-l] WMF C-level turnover

2019-03-08 Thread Strainu
some context. Thank you, Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Reviewing our brand system for our 2030 goals

2019-04-10 Thread Strainu
the results of the study, which confirm anecdotic data that almost anyone doing outreach knows. This is not a matter to be left at the foundation's sole discretion (although I personally approve the proposals to various degrees). Strainu > > You will notice that there is no mention of ch

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Supporting Wikinews [was: Reviewing our brand system for our 2030 goals]

2019-04-27 Thread Strainu
it late to change history, but it's not too late to admit some of the projects are a failure in the current form and start again - or just drop them. As somebody else in the conversion put it "we must have ways to try and fail fast". Strainu [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] VideoWiki Tool

2019-05-03 Thread Strainu
This is absolutely, incredibly awesome James! Thanks to you and the team for this super nice feature! Strainu În vin., 3 mai 2019 la 04:14, James Heilman a scris: > > Hey All > > The videowiki tool for making video summaries has moved to an "all on > Wikipedia" functi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Supporting Wikinews [was: Reviewing our brand system for our 2030 goals]

2019-04-27 Thread Strainu
Pe sâmbătă, 27 aprilie 2019, Jennifer Pryor-Summers < jennifer.pryorsumm...@gmail.com> a scris: > Strainu, > > Simply leaving the world of news to others is not really an option for the > Foundation. The foundation doesn't really have a say in this. They might push real

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Reviewing our brand system for our 2030 goals

2019-04-10 Thread Strainu
her wikis (admittedly, rather larger ones). Smaller communities have already largely embraced Wikidata in infoboxes and elsewhere. This has not changed how they represent themselves and I believe that the same holds true for the renaming. Also, I believe it is mistaken to think of the branding proposal as

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community feedback and next steps on movement brand proposal

2019-09-06 Thread Strainu
y the community using an RfC. > no > assurance that this change happens or not based on the results of the > consultation. I would say that it was pretty clear the change will happen :) Strainu > > You can't figure out the benefits to the community - your key stakehol

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community feedback and next steps on movement brand proposal

2019-09-07 Thread Strainu
ced if there is enough will. The real danger comes from the strategy recommendations that explicitly ask for more coordination from the wmf regarding a range of subjects. Strainu > > Adrian Raddatz > > > On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 5:05 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga < > galder...@ho

Re: [Wikimedia-l] An updated design for the Wikimedia Foundation website

2019-07-10 Thread Strainu
e thrilled to share an updated visual design style on the > > Wikimedia Foundation website (wikimediafoundation.org)! I can't possibly express the relief I feel for not having to live with the horrifying color choices of the previous version. Welcome back to the 21st century WMF! Strainu > > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The wikisites looks like 1996

2019-12-11 Thread Strainu
e on-wiki templates and scripts that work with the current skin. There is also a question of opportunity: with less and less desktop users, it just makes more sense to invest in the mobile experience (and the beta mode there is super cool, but still breaks some templates). Strainu > > On Wed, Dec

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

2020-03-01 Thread Strainu
We don't, at least not at community level. At most, we fight for individual cases which are worth it (e.g. PR people that seem willing to learn). This got us some half-decent articles about companies. Pe miercuri, 19 februarie 2020, Andy Mabbett a scris: > I have just come across a case on

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedians of Romania and Moldova 2019 report

2020-01-24 Thread Strainu
Hello everyone, Wikimedians of Romania and Moldova has just published its report for 2019. You can find it at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Romania_and_Moldova_User_Group/2019 Feedback here or in the talk page is welcome. Strainu

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons

2020-05-20 Thread Strainu
My2c on the original question: Commons does a lot to discourage people from uploading to Commons. Everything from not allowing non-free formats (even automatically converted to free equivalents) to asking for cross-wiki uploads to be disabled and repeatedly proposing the same file for deletion is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's discuss first features of Desktop Improvements coming to Vector

2020-08-25 Thread Strainu
community dynamics than technical reasons... Thanks, Strainu În mar., 25 aug. 2020 la 20:06, effe iets anders a scris: > > I don't think the approach "we are going to see resistance anyway, so lets > make it a bigger change" has proven to be terribly helpful in the past year >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Institutional memory @ WMF

2020-08-25 Thread Strainu
) My question is: does the WMF has such a process? > > Is it https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T261133 ? > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 10:52 PM Strainu wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > It seems the WMF is going through another crisis of institutional > > memory, with the T team taki

[Wikimedia-l] Institutional memory @ WMF

2020-08-25 Thread Strainu
anything from major crisis in the past and if there is a formal way of passing to newcomers information such as when and how to contact communities, what's the difference between a wiki, a community and an affiliate etc.? Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Institutional memory @ WMF

2020-08-26 Thread Strainu
În mie., 26 aug. 2020 la 13:07, Dan Garry (Deskana) a scris: > > On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 at 22:26, Strainu wrote: > > > The pattern I'm seeing is: team gets a big project (in this case UCoC) > > -> team hires -> newbie makes good faith edits that are known to cause

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Institutional memory @ WMF

2020-08-29 Thread Strainu
gram based on wikimedia-l feedback. :) > > If any of you have any questions about how we are working on this, or want > to contribute ideas, please talk to me offlist! I think documenting the process should be part of the process :) That way it can be replicated or adapted by other organizati

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Chat

2020-08-30 Thread Strainu
be different for different projects. What that means is that Wikimedia Chat will be just another name in that long list of apps that people choose to use or not. It's fine if you want to maintain it, it's great if it will gain traction, but don't be too upset if it will have the same usage as Wikimed

[Wikimedia-l] Change of translation for "attribution" in CC licenses

2020-07-20 Thread Strainu
templates. What would be the easiest way to solve the problem without affecting other languages? Thanks, Strainu [1] (in Romanian) https://www.cyberculture.ro/2020/07/20/licente-creative-commons-versiunea-4-romana/ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guideli

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedians of Romania and Moldova report for 2020

2021-01-07 Thread Strainu
Hi folks, WMROMD is happy to share its activity report with the community: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Romania_and_Moldova_User_Group/2020 We're looking forward for your comments here or on the talk page. Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l

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

2021-02-05 Thread Strainu
Thank you for all your work Katherine! You will be missed. Strainu În joi, 4 feb. 2021 la 19:48, Katherine Maher a scris: > Hi everyone, > > Earlier today, I announced to my colleagues at the Wikimedia Foundation my > intention to step down as CEO later this spring. April 15th wil

[Wikimedia-l] Grants video tutorials no longer available

2021-03-11 Thread Strainu
Hey folks, I'm not sure where should I direct my question, but the video grant tutorials linked from https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Tutorial seem to be offline since at least early 2020. Is there any way to retrieve them? Strainu

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees new resolution on branding

2021-10-20 Thread Strainu
So sorry to see yet another good idea go to waste. Hopefully the new personalized approach will help some of us to fill the gap in notoriety between Wikipedia and Wikimedia. Strainu Pe joi, 14 octombrie 2021, Shani Evenstein a scris: > Dear all, > > I am happy to share

[Wikimedia-l] Re: What happened to the cc-by-sa-4.0 initiative?

2021-10-20 Thread Strainu
. Strainu P.S. I just hope that we're not pushing technical debt along with this project. În mie., 20 oct. 2021 la 17:26, Andreas Kolbe a scris: > > The question about CC 4.0 was just answered in the "Conversation with the > Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees". This

[Wikimedia-l] Re: 100$ million dollars and still obsolete

2021-10-16 Thread Strainu
wishes, why not look for other ways to improve at least your home wiki? Have a great weekend, Strainu Pe sâmbătă, 16 octombrie 2021, Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga < galder...@hotmail.com> a scris: > Thanks Christophe, > And whose responsibility is to answer to "And if you read

[Wikimedia-l] What happened to the cc-by-sa-4.0 initiative?

2021-09-29 Thread Strainu
Hi, A few years ago there was a public consultation on moving the Wikimedia license to cc-by-sa-4.0 instead of 3.0. Now, obviously that never happened but I couldn't find the decision documented anywhere. Why was the proposal scrapped? Are there any plans to revisit this? Steainu

[Wikimedia-l] Re: What happened to the cc-by-sa-4.0 initiative?

2021-09-29 Thread Strainu
Hi Isaac, See https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use/Creative_Commons_4.0 Strainu Pe joi, 30 septembrie 2021, Isaac Olatunde a scris: > Hi Strainu, > I can't find the previous discussions.Could you please provide a link to the public consultations (or proposal) you mentioned to

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Uplifting the multimedia stack (was: Community Wishlist Survery)

2021-12-30 Thread Strainu
pload Wizard. There are quite a few open items in Phab on this. I really hope you will have better luck than others with bringing this issue up in the priority list for next year - multimedia support is growing more outdated by the minute. Strainu Pe joi, 30 decembrie 2021, Samuel Klein a s

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