Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] Recognition of Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda

[Tanweer Morshed]

Congratulations to the Wikimedians from Uganda! All the best :)

Regards,
Tanweer


On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 1:20 PM, Sam Oyeyele  wrote:

> Congratulations to the Ugandan team. Welcome to the club! :)
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

[Tanweer Morshed]

Hi Sailesh,

Thanks for the news. This is really a great initiative from the Odisha
government and this will definitely be marked as a model to be followed by
others around the world for the purpose of making knowledge free and
available. Thanks to the entire Odia community.

Regards,
Tanweer


On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 6:32 PM, Sailesh Patnaik <
sailesh.patnaik...@gmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi everyone,
> I'm happy to share that, Two more websites by Government of Odisha are now
> under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Both the
> websites were launched by Govt. marking the 70th anniversary of Bhubaneswar
> as the capital city of the state and till date Govt. has made seven of its
> websites under CC.
> Ps: This is the first time we didn't approach the officials for doing it
> and they've done it of their own will.
>
>
>1. http://bhubaneswar.me/
>2. http://www.smartcitybhubaneswar.gov.in/
>
> Thanks
>
> ---
> *Sailesh Patnaik*  "*ଶୈଳେଶ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ "*
> *LinkedIn* : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sailesh-patnaik-551a10b4
> *Twitter*: @saileshpat
>
> On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 12:06 AM, Sailesh Patnaik <
> sailesh.patnaik...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thank you, Ravi and Isaac!|
> >
> > I'm happy to share that, continuing the collaboration with the Odia
> > community, Today, the Government of Odisha has announced to release the
> > content of two major departments;  Information and Public Relations and
> ST
> > & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Dept.  under
> > Creative Commons license. Both the department has a huge collection of
> > content and will help in improving a lot of Wikipedia articles.
> > It was announced by the I&PR dept. and also by the Chief Minister's
> > Office, https://twitter.com/CMO_Odisha/status/947838684874792960. The
> > required changes will be made in the upcoming week.
> >
> > ---
> > *Sailesh Patnaik*  "*ଶୈଳେଶ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ "*
> > Community Advocate, Access To Knowledge Program
> > Centre for Internet and Society
> > Phone: +91-7537097770
> > *LinkedIn* : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sailesh-patnaik-551a10b4
> > *Twitter*: @saileshpat
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 8:42 PM, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu <
> > rayyakka...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Sailesh and all Odia community members,
> >>
> >> This is an impressive accomplishment! Congrats!
> >>
> >> Especially, the short turn-around time to take the decision is
> remarkable
> >> and it was a smart move to ask the social media account to be freely
> >> licensed.
> >>
> >> Ravi
> >>
> >> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 6:04 PM, Nurunnaby Hasive 
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Wow! Congratulations!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Hasive
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 7:03 AM, Zachary McCune <
> zmcc...@wikimedia.org>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Very exciting news Sailesh! Congrats on this wide-reaching
> >> collaboration.
> >> > >
> >> > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Sailesh Patnaik <
> >> > > sailesh.patnaik...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > Thank you, Katy!!
> >> > > >
> >> > > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 at 12:27 AM, Katy Love 
> >> > wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > > Hi Sailesh,
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > What great news!! What a remarkable achievement! Thanks for
> >> sharing
> >> > > this
> >> > > > > with us. I really like the blog post, too. Congratulations!!
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Katy
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:09 AM, Sailesh Patnaik <
> >> > > > > sailesh.patnaik...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > > Hello Everyone,
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > I am glad to share a recent collaboration of Odia Wikipedia
> >> > community
> >> > > > > with
> >> > > > > > the Government of Odisha.
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > After releasing the content of 2017 Asian Athletics
> >> Championships (
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/07/28/digest-asia-
> >> > > > athletics-championships/
> >> > > > > > ) another initiative by the Government of Odisha to bridge the
> >> > dearth
> >> > > > of
> >> > > > > > Information about Odisha on Wikipedia by releasing its social
> >> media
> >> > > > > > accounts under CC-BY 4.0.
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > Earlier this week, the community members met the Government
> >> > officials
> >> > > > > > regarding this, and after understanding the value of Open
> >> Content,
> >> > it
> >> > > > > took
> >> > > > > > only 24hrs to release the social media channels under CC-BY
> 4.0
> >> > > > license.
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > As a pilot project, 8 social media accounts from Government of
> >> > Odisha
> >> > > > are
> >> > > > > > under CC-BY 4.0,Now, the content is free for everyone to use,
> >> > share,
> >> > > > and
> >> > > > > > build upon their work.
> >> > > > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/09/18/odisha-social-
> >> > > > media-free-license/
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > The community is also planning to take the collaboration
> further
> >> > and
> >> > > > > > relicense some of the website

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Chapters] New Wikimedia Italia board and activities

[Tanweer Morshed]

Hi Lorenzo,

Thanks for sharing the news. Congratulations and best wishes to the new
board of Wikimedia Italia! And thanks to the ones who ended their term.

Regards,
Tanweer


On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 4:14 PM, Lukas Mezger 
wrote:

> Dear Lorenzo,
> Caro Lorenzo,
>
> Thanks for sharing these news. Congratulations to the new members of the
> board of Wikimedia Italia! Also, it's great to hear that so many members
> participated in the general assembly. Good luck all for the work ahead!
> Grazie per queste notizie. Auguri ai nuovi membri del consiglio direttivo
> di Wikimedia Italia! È bello sentire che così tanti soci abbiano
> partecipato all'assemblea generale. In bocca al lupo tutti per il lavoro
> futuro!
>
> Kind regards, and see you in Berlin!
> Tanti saluti, e a presto a Berlino!
>
> Lukas
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> Dr. Lukas Mezger
> Mitglied des Präsidiums / member of the Supervisory Board
>
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> -24 |
> 10963 Berlin
> Tel. (030) 219 158 260
> http://wikimedia.de
>
> Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen
> Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei!
> http://spenden.wikimedia.de
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.
> Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
> der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
> Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
>
>
> 2018-04-17 8:56 GMT+02:00 Lorenzo Losa :
>
> > Dear all,
> > on April 7th, Wikimedia Italia held its general assembly, where a new
> > board has been elected. It is composed as follows:
> > * Lorenzo Losa, President
> > * Valerio Perticone, Vice-president
> > * Carlo Benini, Secretary
> > * Saverio G. Malatesta, Treasurer
> > * Maurizio Napolitano
> >
> > I wish to thank Federico Leva, Giuseppe Profiti and Paola Liliana
> > Buttiglione, who ended their term, for their invaluable work in the
> board.
> >
> > The general assembly drew a very good participation, with 89 voting
> > members (the most participated general assembly in the last ten years!),
> > and unanimously approved the 2017 annual report (currently in Italian
> only;
> > an English version is planned).
> > 
> >
> > A few highlights from the 2017 report:
> > * Two new WIRs have started working at the Ministry of Culture (ICAR and
> > ICBSA). Some portals of the central archives administration have already
> > adopted the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license as well as the public domain charter!
> For
> > more links see:
> > 
> > * We got more than 3.000 researchers to archive their articles in green
> > open access (in just two months!):
> >  > rs-make-over-3000-articles-green-open-access-via-dissemin/>
> > * OpenStreetMap activities are strengthening, reaching more than double
> > the people we expected.
> >
> > From the structural point of view, since July 2017, after almost a year
> of
> > intense discussions with members and staff, we have started implementing
> > changes while going towards a reduced workload for the board. We have
> > mutually agreed to part ways with our former ED. Since then, three new
> > employees have started working with us: Giovanna Ranci, for the education
> > program; Marta Arosio, for GLAM partnerships; Teresa Scorza, for
> > administration and bookkeeping.
> >
> > Looking forward, the 2018 budget and annual plan, written by 37 members
> > and employees together, is increasing the support for Wikimedia
> volunteers
> > (financially and otherwise), while reducing expenses for salaries and
> > administrative services.
> > 
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Lorenzo
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Norge's new board

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Congratulations to the new WMNO board! Wish you all the best.

On Monday, March 5, 2018, Jon Harald Søby  wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> Wikimedia Norge just had its general assembly this Saturday. We have a
> staggered board system, so half the board is elected one year, and the
> other half the next year. The half that was up for election this year was
> re-elected, with the addition of one new member. The board therefore
> currently consists of the following newly (re)elected members for the
> 2018–2020 term:
>
> * Hogne Neteland (User:Hogne, chair), re-elected
> * Sigrun Espe (User:Sigrunespe), newly elected
> * Andrea Hegdahl Tiltnes (User:AndreaHT, secretary), re-elected
> * Tore Sætre (User:Tsaetre), re-elected
>
> As well as the following members who were elected at last year's GA for the
> 2017–2019 term:
> * Guro Faller (User:Fiolen, deputy chair)
> * Harald Groven (User:H@r@ld)
> * Trond Trosterud (User:Trondtr, treasurer)
>
> And finally Jorid Martinsen (User:Jorid Martinsen (WMNO)) who is observer
> to the board elected from and by us employees.
>
> Thank you very much to the re-elected members for their continued
> willingness to serve, and to the new member Sigrun for joining the board!
>
> --
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>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the 2018 Ombuds Commission members

[Tanweer Morshed]

Wow! It's a team of highly experienced and committed Wikimedians.
Congratulations!!


On Thursday, February 1, 2018, Samuel Klein  wrote:

> I was thinking the same thing.  :)
>
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 7:16 PM, Philippe Beaudette  >
> wrote:
>
> > Great group!  This is such an important role, it's good to see serious
> > people filling it.
> >
> > On Jan 31, 2018 3:47 PM, "Karen Brown"  wrote:
> >
> > > Apologies for the broken formatting in my original message! I forgot
> how
> > > Mailman handles HTML in messages. Please see below for (hopefully) a
> more
> > > legible version of the announcement:
> > > ---
> > >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I am happy to announce the new and returning members of the 2018
> > Ombudsman
> > > Commission (OC), the small group of volunteers who investigate
> complaints
> > > about violations of the privacy policy, and in particular concerning
> the
> > > use of CheckUser and Oversight[1] tools, on any Wikimedia project for
> the
> > > Board of Trustees.
> > >
> > > [1]
> > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Amending_
> > > the_Scope_of_the_Ombudsman_Commission
> > >
> > > I apologize for the length of the announcement. :)
> > >
> > > The application period for new commissioners for 2018 recently closed.
> > The
> > > Wikimedia Foundation is extremely grateful to the many experienced and
> > > insightful volunteers who offered to assist with this work. This year
> we
> > > received applications representing the widest variety of languages,
> > > projects, and regions I’ve seen since I started working with the
> > committee
> > > three years ago.
> > >
> > > Given the increasing caseload OC has been handing year over year, we
> have
> > > decided to take advantage of the opportunity the diverse candidate pool
> > > afforded us and expand the committee by one seat; this year’s OC will
> > > consist of eight, rather than seven, members, with a two-member
> advisory
> > > team who will guide the new commission.
> > >
> > > I am pleased to announce the composition of the 2018 OC. First, the
> *new
> > > members* are:
> > >
> > > *Billinghurst*
> > > Billinghurst () is
> a
> > > long-term Metapedian/Wikimedian who served as a steward from 2012 to
> 2016
> > > and still serves as a global sysop. He considers his home wiki to be
> the
> > > English Wikisource where he's performed over 260,000 edits and focuses
> on
> > > transcribing biographical reference data from the 19th and early 20thC.
> > In
> > > addition, however, to serving as a local administrator on Wikisource he
> > > also holds the sysop hat on Commons, Meta and the English Wikipedia
> > racking
> > > up almost 700,000 edits across the projects with almost a million edits
> > > when you count his bot. He claims to still have a bit of wisdom and
> > > knowledge to give.
> > >
> > > *Jamie Tubers*
> > > Sam, who edits as Jamie Tubers (<
> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jamie_Tubers>), joined the
> English
> > > language Wikipedia community in 2011 and has over the years expanded
> his
> > > activities into a wide range of movement activities including
> co-founding
> > > the Wikimedia user group Nigeria and helping to organize events like
> Wiki
> > > Loves Africa and Wiki Loves Women. He is dedicated to correcting our
> > > content gaps and biases related to Africa and raising awareness of the
> > > projects on the continent.
> > >
> > > *Dyolf77*
> > > Habib () started editing
> > in
> > > 2010 and has been heavily engaged in community affairs, both onwiki and
> > as
> > > part of user groups, for years. A native of Tunisia, he has been a
> > > free-culture advocate on a wide range of issues in and beyond the
> > movement.
> > > Onwiki, you can mainly find him helping out on Commons, where he is a
> > > sysop, as well as the Arabic and French language editions of Wikipedia.
> > >
> > > *Saileshpat*
> > > Saileshpat () started
> > > editing Wikipedia in 2012 and soon became deeply involved in the Odia
> > > community. He has helped organize outreach events and worked to spread
> > > awareness in his region. In addition he was one of the co-organizers of
> > > WikiConference India 2016. Saileshpat has helped in a content
> relicensing
> > > process, where the Government of Odisha decided to release content
> under
> > > Creative Commons licenses. Online he is mainly active on the Odia
> > Wikipedia
> > > and Commons.
> > >
> > > *Elmacenderesi*
> > > Elmacenderesi ()
> has
> > > been working on Wikimedia projects since 2007, primarily on the Turkish
> > > Wikipedia. There, he has been a CheckUser and a Bureaucrat since 2008
> and
> > > an Oversighter since 2011. He is also a member of Wikimedia OTRS and
> > serves
> > > as a global outreach coordinator, working with academic institutions
> an

Re: [Wikimedia-l] User Halibutt has passed

[Tanweer Morshed]

I am sad to hear this news. His contributions will be remembered by the
Polish and other communities around the world.


On Saturday, February 3, 2018, Md. Ibrahim Husain  wrote:

>  I am very sorry to hear such a sad news. May his soul rest in peace.
> Meraj
> On Friday, February 2, 2018, Sam Oyeyele  wrote:
>
> > This is quite sad. May his soul rest in peace.
> >
> >
> > Sam.
> >
> > 
> > From: Wikimedia-l  on behalf of
> > Shlomi Fish 
> > Sent: 01 February 2018 09:32:14
> > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] User Halibutt has passed
> >
> > On Wed, 31 Jan 2018 22:24:09 +0100
> > Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska  wrote:
> >
> > > I am sad to inform you that today Krzysztof Machocki (user:Halibutt)
> has
> > > passed away. With his passing our community loses a brilliant and
> > > passionate Wikimedian and Wikimedia Polska loses a valued spokeperson.
> > But
> > > what is the most important - many of us lose a beloved, beloved friend.
> > >
> > > Krzysztof was known for his joy and passion. For his faith in how
> > Wikipedia
> > > makes the world better.
> > > We lose him but let us not lose that faith.
> > >
> > > There is a memorial page on Polish Wikipedia. You can leave your
> > > condolences there and we will give them to Krzysztof's family.
> > >
> > > https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedysta:Halibutt/Ksi%C4%99ga
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Sorry to hear about that.
> >
> > --
> > -
> > Shlomi Fish   http://www.shlomifish.org/
> > http://shlomifishswiki.branchable.com/Self-Sufficiency/
> >
> > Chuck Norris once wrote a 10 million lines C++ program in Microsoft
> Notepad
> > without having to use the backspace key. And it compiled without errors
> or
> > warnings, and was 100% bug‐free.
> >
> > Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2019

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Congratulations Wikimedia Sverige! WMSE is one of the very active and
robust chapters, and I believe they will present a very successful
Wikimania in 2019.

On Thursday, February 8, 2018, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel <
it...@wikimedia.org.il> wrote:

>  Congratulations Wikimedia Sweden!
>
> WMSE is one of the strongest and most creative chapters and I'm sure
> Wikimania 2019 will be an amazing event!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Itzik Edri*
> Chairperson
> it...@wikimedia.org.il
> +972-54-5878078
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 3:58 AM, Ellie Young  wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *All,On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and the Wikimedia
> > Foundation, I am pleased to announce that we have decided to have
> Wikimania
> > located in Sweden in 2019. The proposal
> >  from the
> > Wikimedia Sweden chapter was accepted. The committee appreciates and
> values
> > the long standing interest of Wikimania Sweden to host an event, and we
> > believe that hosting Wikimania will be an opportunity to boost Wikimedia
> > projects there with a specific focus on public art, a field in which the
> > Swedish Sverige team has been particularly active.  The exact location of
> > the conference will be confirmed at a later date.The Wikimania Committee
> > reviewed and discussed four very strong proposals
> >  to host Wikimania in
> 2019.
> > We would also like to thank the proposers from Sweden, Armenia, Perth,
> and
> > Prague for all their efforts in putting together materials for our
> > consideration and their time spent discussing the possibilities. It is
> very
> > encouraging to have so much interest from our community from individuals
> > who wish to lead and contribute to Wikimania.Please join us in
> > congratulating the Wikimedia Wikimedia Sverige!
> > Sincerely,Ellie YoungWMF Events
> > ManagerOn behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimedia
> > Foundation*
> >
> >
> > ​
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Diversity Award for the mentoring program of the 2017 Wikimedia Hackathon in Vienna

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Congratulations to Wikimedia Austria!




On Thursday, September 28, 2017, Sandra Rientjes - Wikimedia Nederland <
rient...@wikimedia.nl> wrote:

> Congratulations!
>
> Sandra Rientjes
> Directeur/Executive Director Wikimedia Nederland
>
> tel.(+31) (0)30 3200238
> mob. (+31) (0)6  31786379
>
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> 2017-09-28 15:39 GMT+02:00 Claudia Garád  >:
>
> > Hello everyone!
> >
> > We wanted to share some good news with you: Our international team around
> > the Wikimedia Hackathon mentoring program won the first Austrian Open
> > Source Award in the category "Diversity" [1].
> >
> > The Austrian Open Source Award was established this year in order to
> raise
> > awareness and visibility for our local Open Source Communities and their
> > projects. The jury consisted of representatives from across the various
> > Open Communities in Austria (Open Knowledge, Linux, and Drupal among
> > others) and honoured outstanding projects in the categories Open Data,
> Open
> > Software, Open Hardware, and Diversity.
> >
> > The Jury particularly mentioned our comprehensive documentation under a
> > free license which enables other event organizers to apply our ideas and
> > concepts and to build on them [2] [3].
> > We are very happy about this positive signal for inclusive events, which
> > make it easier for all newcomers to join our great communities and we
> hope
> > it encourages even more people to also make our other Wikimedia events
> more
> > and more newcomer friendly. A special thanks goes to our awesome mentors
> > who were the heart and soul of the mentoring program and the Hackathon!
> >
> > For more information about what we learned around the mentoring program
> > you can also check out our post from the Wikimedia Blog [4].
> >
> > [1]: https://www.openminds.at/
> > [2]:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hackathons/Handbook
> > [3]:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2017/
> > Mentoring_Program
> > [4]: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/05/31/vienna-hackathon-learnings/
> > --
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> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Encyclopedic Writing Guide

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Hi Michal,

Thanks for the resource. Such a guide is indeed essential for producing
quality content in Wikipedia. But the website seems to be in Hebrew only,
is there an English version of the guide?


On Monday, September 25, 2017, FULBERT  wrote:

> This looks great; I can only wish it were in English!!
>
> Perhaps it is and I missed a link for it? Sounds like a useful resource!!
>
> -
>
> With Incredulity toward Metanarratives,
>
> Jeffrey
> User:FULBERT
> fulb...@fulbert-avebury.com 
>
> > On Sep 25, 2017, at 12:13 PM, Michal Lester  > wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I’m excited to share with you our new interactive tool *teaching
> > encyclopedic writing*[1]. Encyclopedic writing differs from other kinds
> of
> > writing, such as academic, journalistic, or creative writing. In order to
> > learn how to contribute substantial content to Wikipedia, it is not
> enough
> > to learn the technicalities of using Wikipedia's interface, as taught by
> > the interactive educational software[2]. The Encyclopedic Writing Guide
> was
> > born of a need to instruct participants in our Educational projects, as
> > well as the general public, on the principles of encyclopedic writing,
> and
> > specifically those of Wikipedia. The guide is aimed at teaching the rules
> > and "best practices" that apply at various stages of contributing content
> > to Wikipedia: from choosing a topic for an article, to finding sources,
> to
> > structuring the article, and finally, the required writing style. The
> guide
> > thus teaches how to asses the encyclopedic importance of a topic, how to
> > find independent and reliable sources on that topic, how to structure the
> > information according to Wikipedia's article format, and how to produce
> > neutral and succinct writing.
> >
> > The guide is built as a website. Users are invited to choose between two
> > tracks: a track for expanding existing articles and a track for writing
> new
> > ones. In both tracks, each of the four stages is presented on a different
> > page, where the related information, tips, examples and practical tools
> are
> > concentrated. The information is presented in a basic concise form, and
> the
> > users are invited to open links and pop-ups to obtain more information
> and
> > practical examples.
> >
> > Editing Wikipedia is not just a technical skill. While learning how to
> use
> > Wikipedia's interface is necessary, it is not sufficient in order to
> learn
> > how to contribute substantial content to the platform. The Encyclopedic
> > Writing Guide is the first tool of its kind teaching how to create
> > encyclopedic content.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > *Michal Lester,*
> >
> >
> >
> > *Executive DirectorWikimedia Israel*
> > [1] https://guide.wikimedia.org.il/
> > [2] http://www.wikimedia.org.il/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%94/
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Presentation of Wikimédia France new Board members

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Goodluck to the elected board members. It's great to see WMFR moving
forward out of the persistent trouble. All the best :)

On Monday, September 25, 2017, Pierre-Selim  wrote:

> Thank you Nadine for the update,
>
> Kudos to all the newly elected board and lots of courage for the months to
> come.
> It won't be easy, but it will be interesting.
>
> 2017-09-25 6:49 GMT+02:00 Natacha Rault >:
>
> > Dear Nadine,
> >
> > As a member of Wikimedia France and a Wikimedian, I want to thank you for
> > your two last mails on behalf of the WMFR board. While reading you, I
> feel
> > confident that we have wonderful people to overcome past turmoil, and I
> > also feel very grateful that you wrote back to the chapters offering
> > support.
> >
> > We are a global movement, and knowledge is not something that remains
> > stuck at the boarders, fortunately!
> >
> > Good luck to all board members, past and new.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Natacha / Nattes à chat
> >
> > > Le 24 sept. 2017 à 17:59, Nadine Le Lirzin  > a
> > écrit :
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Here is a brief presentation of the six new Board members elected on
> > > September 9, plus one appointment decided by the previous Board and
> > > ratified during this same Exceptional General Assembly called on
> > > request of Wikimédia
> > > France members.
> > >
> > >
> > > — Pierre-Yves Beaudouin (Pyb), 37, is a communication consultant,
> > > WikiCheese evangelist, taphophile and member of the Association for 10
> > > years. His appointment runs until October 2018.
> > >
> > > — Kropotkine_113 is 40 years old and is a teacher. Wikimedian for more
> > than
> > > 10 years, he has already been a Board member of Wikimedia France in
> > > 2011-2012, during the first phase of professionalization of the
> > > association. His appointment runs until October 2018.
> > >
> > > — Charlotte Matoussowsky, 26, is a translator and a lecturer. She
> joined
> > > WMFr in 2011 and mostly edits Wikipedia. Her appointment runs until
> > October
> > > 2018.
> > >
> > > — Nadine Le Lirzin lives in Paris and translates works of philology and
> > > literary criticism, as well as political, ethical and moral philosophy.
> > She
> > > has been a Wikipedian for almost ten years and joined the Association
> in
> > > 2009. Her appointment runs until October 2018.
> > >
> > > — Kvardek du, 22, has been contributing to Wikimedia projects for 7
> years
> > > and organizes events like Art+Feminism editathons in Paris. Their PhD
> > > research focuses on operational management in transportation. Their
> > > appointment runs until October 2017.
> > >
> > > — Lucas Lévêque, 29, a librarian and a passionate wiktionarist, arrived
> > in
> > > the association in 2014. He co-founded Lingua Libre and he registers
> > > regional languages for the Wiktionary. His appointment runs until
> October
> > > 2017.
> > >
> > > — Florence Raymond, 37, is an assistant curator, at the initiative of
> > > Wikimuseum Project since 2016. She works for a better place of common
> > goods
> > > (photos and contents) in cultural structures. Her ratified appointement
> > > runs until October 2017.
> > >
> > >
> > > The remaining members of the previous Board announced their intention
> to
> > > accompany the transition before leaving.
> > >
> > >
> > > The first Board meeting took place this week-end, September 23-24, the
> > new
> > > executive bureau is composed of:
> > >
> > > President: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin (Pyb)
> > > Vice-President: Charlotte Matoussowsky
> > > Treasurer: Kvardec du
> > > Secretary: Nadine Le Lirzin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Nadine Le Lirzin
> > >
> > > *Board member*
> > > *Wikimédia France*
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Odisha Government's Social media accounts are now under CC-BY 4.0

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Great news indeed. Thank you Sailesh and other members of the Odia
community who worked on this!

On Thursday, September 21, 2017, Nurunnaby Hasive  wrote:

> Wow! Congratulations!
>
>
>
> Hasive
>
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 7:03 AM, Zachary McCune  >
> wrote:
>
> > Very exciting news Sailesh! Congrats on this wide-reaching collaboration.
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Sailesh Patnaik <
> > sailesh.patnaik...@gmail.com > wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you, Katy!!
> > >
> > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 at 12:27 AM, Katy Love  > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Sailesh,
> > > >
> > > > What great news!! What a remarkable achievement! Thanks for sharing
> > this
> > > > with us. I really like the blog post, too. Congratulations!!
> > > >
> > > > Katy
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:09 AM, Sailesh Patnaik <
> > > > sailesh.patnaik...@gmail.com > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello Everyone,
> > > > >
> > > > > I am glad to share a recent collaboration of Odia Wikipedia
> community
> > > > with
> > > > > the Government of Odisha.
> > > > >
> > > > > After releasing the content of 2017 Asian Athletics Championships (
> > > > >
> > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/07/28/digest-asia-
> > > athletics-championships/
> > > > > ) another initiative by the Government of Odisha to bridge the
> dearth
> > > of
> > > > > Information about Odisha on Wikipedia by releasing its social media
> > > > > accounts under CC-BY 4.0.
> > > > >
> > > > > Earlier this week, the community members met the Government
> officials
> > > > > regarding this, and after understanding the value of Open Content,
> it
> > > > took
> > > > > only 24hrs to release the social media channels under CC-BY 4.0
> > > license.
> > > > >
> > > > > As a pilot project, 8 social media accounts from Government of
> Odisha
> > > are
> > > > > under CC-BY 4.0,Now, the content is free for everyone to use,
> share,
> > > and
> > > > > build upon their work.
> > > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/09/18/odisha-social-
> > > media-free-license/
> > > > >
> > > > > The community is also planning to take the collaboration further
> and
> > > > > relicense some of the websites under CC-BY 4.0.
> > > > > --
> > > > > ---
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> > > > > Community Advocate, Access To Knowledge Program
> > > > > Centre for Internet and Society
> > > > > Phone: +91-7537097770
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome the new Board of Wikimedia Argentina!

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Hi Anna,

Thanks for sharing the auspicious news. Congratulations to the new WMAR
board! And a big thanks to Galileo :)

Regards,
Tanweer


On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 10:44 PM, Jorge Vargas 
wrote:

> ¡Mis más sinceras felicitaciones a todos y todas en WMAR!
>
> Anna: tu trabajo es y ha sido excepcional. Gracias por tanto que haces por
> Iberocoop y por nuestro movimiento.
>
> Abrazos,
> Jorge
>
> On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 9:14 AM, Anna Stillwell 
> wrote:
>
> > Congratulations to the entire board.
> > /a
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:13 AM, Cristian Consonni 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On 19/09/2017 16:27, Anna Torres wrote:
> > > > Last Saturday, September 16, the General Assembly of Wikimedia
> > Argentina
> > > > took place. This was an election year and new authorities were
> chosen.
> > > The
> > > > new Board was define as follows:
> > > >
> > > >  * President: Ivana Lysholm
> > > > * Vice-president: Galileo Vidoni
> > > > * Secretary: Mariano Pérez
> > > > * Deputy Secretary: Ivana Molena
> > > > * Treasurer: Nicolás Giorgetti
> > > > * Deputy Treasurer: Patricio Molina
> > > > * Board members: Esteban Zárate, Andrea Kleiman, Jorge Abreu
> > > > * Deputy Board members: Beatrice Murch, Leandro Kibisz
> > >
> > > ¡viva viva la presidenta!
> > >
> > > Congratulazioni!
> > >
> > > Cristian
> > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia France short update

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Thanks to all who have made effort to move forward out of problematic
situations in WMFR. Hope the transition will take place smoothly and wish
the new board all the best.


On Monday, September 11, 2017, Patricio Lorente 
wrote:

> Thanks, Florence, for the info. Wish the best to the new Board and to
> Wikimedia France.
>
> El dom., 10 de sep. de 2017 a la(s) 21:13, Florence Devouard <
> anth...@anthere.org > escribió:
>
> > I thought the electoral commission would forward the results but over
> > 24h hours after the GA closed... apparently not.
> >
> >
> > So very brief summary:
> >
> >
> > Saturday, Wikimedia France held a full day General Assembly.
> >
> >
> > The agenda was here :
> >
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimédia_France/
> Assemblée_générale/septembre_2017
> >
> > Results of votes are available there :
> > https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/WMFR_
> AG_2017-09-09.pdf
> >
> >
> > Key points
> > * Emeric (chairman until end of June) resigned the day prior to the
> > General Assembly
> > * the remaining board (5 people) was constituted of Samuel (Chair),
> > Marie-Alice (Vice Chair), FloFlo (treasurer), Edouard and Florence
> > Raymond (not me...)
> > * Raymond, who was an appointed board member, was confirmed by the
> > General Assembly
> > * the General Assembly voted by 73% the "lack of trust" in the previous
> > board
> > * however, the General Assembly voted to retain the remainer of the
> > previous board despite the distrust, in order to allow transfer of
> > information and to support the new board during the audit.
> > * Floflo and Edouard will finish their term in 6 weeks (may resign
> > earlier). Samuel and Marie-Alice indicated they would resign at the
> > earliest convenience, only staying to help the transition and the audit
> >
> > * 6 new people were elected on the board. 4 for slightly more than a
> > year, 2 for a duration of 6 weeks. All of those are experienced members,
> > including former board members and former president (I suppose
> > presentations will follow next week)
> > * the chapter mailing list is reopened
> > * the members whose new memberships or renewal had been rejected will be
> > invited to re-apply
> > * the prior vote passed in July to expell members will be cancelled
> > * the GA also voted to support the adoption of a non-discrimination
> > policy, for a complete revamping of the conflict of interest committee,
> > and for a financial audit to be done.
> >
> > Sides notes
> >
> > Next General Assembly will take place around 20th of October and will be
> > the opportunity to elect new board members to fill the remaining seats.
> > Except for the appointed board member, it is likely the board will be
> > entirely renewed in the next few weeks (compared to this last summer
> one).
> >
> > Also, WMF published two documents to guide the next few months
> >
> >
> > WMFr site visit report - septembre 2017
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMFr_site_visit_report_-_septembre_2017
> >
> > Grant expectations for Wikimedia France - 2017-2018
> >
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grant_expectations_for_
> Wikimedia_France_-_2017-2018
> >
> > I wish the best to the new board. They have a lot of work to do to
> > rebuild the complete mess left by the previous management. Please, help
> > them as much as you can.
> >
> > Florence
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New feature: LoginNotify

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That's awesome. Thanks to the tech team!

On Tuesday, August 22, 2017, Nurunnaby Hasive  wrote:

> Cool!
>
> Hasive
>
> On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 1:02 PM, Nabin K. Sapkota <
> nboycreationne...@gmail.com > wrote:
>
> > Sound's great :)
> >
> > On Aug 22, 2017 12:13 PM, "James Heilman"  > wrote:
> >
> > > Once again great stuff from the community tech team. Many thanks :-)
> > >
> > > James
> > >
> > > On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 2:46 AM, Gnangarra  > wrote:
> > >
> > > > thats a great outcome, thanks to those that have made this happen
> > > >
> > > > On 19 August 2017 at 07:19, Todd Allen  > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Great to see this, thanks!
> > > > >
> > > > > Todd
> > > > >
> > > > > On Aug 18, 2017 5:15 PM, "Danny Horn"  > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi everyone,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The Community Tech team has released a new security feature this
> > > week:
> > > > > > LoginNotify, which gives you a notification when someone tries
> and
> > > > fails
> > > > > to
> > > > > > log in to your account. This project was wish #7 on the 2016
> > > Community
> > > > > > Wishlist Survey [1].
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Here’s how it works:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If someone tries and fails to log in to your account from a
> device
> > or
> > > > an
> > > > > IP
> > > > > > address that hasn’t logged into your account recently, then
> you’ll
> > > get
> > > > an
> > > > > > on-wiki notification at the first attempt. For a familiar device
> or
> > > IP
> > > > > > address, you’ll get an on-wiki notification after 5 failed
> logins.
> > > This
> > > > > is
> > > > > > on by default, but you can turn it off in your preferences; you
> can
> > > > also
> > > > > > turn on email notifications.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It’s also possible to turn on email notifications when there’s a
> > > > > successful
> > > > > > login from a new device or IP address. This is turned off by
> > default,
> > > > but
> > > > > > it might be useful for admins or other functionaries who are
> > > concerned
> > > > > that
> > > > > > their user rights could be misused. This means that you’ll get a
> > > > > > notification every time you log in from a new device or IP
> address.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We want to take this opportunity to thank Brian Wolff for all his
> > > work
> > > > in
> > > > > > writing the underlying extension for this feature.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > There’s more information on the feature on the Community Tech
> > project
> > > > > page
> > > > > > on Meta, and please feel free to post questions on the talk page:
> > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/LoginNotify
> > > > > >
> > > > > > PS: If you’re wondering what happened to the Syntax Highlighting
> > beta
> > > > > > feature that we deployed a couple weeks ago and then had to roll
> > > back:
> > > > > > it’ll be back soon!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [1]: 2016 Community Wishlist Survey:
> > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Community_Wishlist_
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Winning photographs of Nepal

[Tanweer Morshed]

Hi Biplab,

Thanks for sharing the winning photographs. Those are really amazing!

Regards,
Tanweer


On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 6:55 AM, Wn Cenjary khan 
wrote:

> Hello!  Cool Biplab Cool.  Drcenjary
>
> On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 11:07 AM, Biplab Anand 
> wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> > On behalf of Wiki Loves Earth 2017 in Nepal team, I am glad to share the
> > result of the competition. Our national jury carefully reviewed the
> > uploaded photos and chose the top 10 photos from total uplaoded- 4,179
> > photos. The top 10 photos
> > made to the international competition of Wiki Loves Earth.
> >
> > Here are all key metrics of the competition-
> > Number of participants- 233[1]
> > Number of photos uploaded- 4179[2]
> > Uploaders registered after competition start- 184 (78%)
> > Images used in Wikimedia projects- 871 (20.81%)[3]
> > Quality images- 42[4]
> > Featured images- 2
> >
> > Please see the results and enjoy!-
> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_
> > 2017_in_Nepal/Winners
> >
> > 1. http://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiloves/country/Nepal
> > 2.
> > http://tools.wmflabs.org/ptools/uploadersincat.php?
> > category=Images+from+Wiki+Loves+Earth+2017+in+Nepal
> > 3. https://tools.wmflabs.org/glamtools/glamorous.php
> > 4.
> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_
> > 2017_in_Nepal/Valued_and_Quality_Images
> >
> > Best
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Katherine Maher is making me happy this week

[Tanweer Morshed]

Thank you Micru for bringing the talk of Katherine in the mailing list, I
probably wouldn't have watched it if you didn't post it here.

I'd like to thank Katherine for the charismatic presentation at University
of Melbourne, depicting the essence of the Wikimedia movement in the
perspective of our times. We value your leadership in the movement and your
effort to highlight the goodness of millions of Wikimedians across the
world. This isn't very common that we acknowledge the positivity and
contribution of people around us, which we should do more to encourage and
assure them that they are doing great, thus uplifting the energy within
them. Thank you Katherine!

Regards,
Tanweer


On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 10:00 AM, David Cuenca Tudela 
wrote:

> Hello everybody,
>
> Normally in our community we used to send angry emails when we were not
> happy with how things are going, and we were not sending enough emails of
> satisfaction and encouragement. I don't know who started it, but the "what
> is making​ you happy this week" series might be one of the best social
> achievements our movement has reached.
>
> To continue on that line I would like to tell you what made me happy this
> week, but about Katherine Maher, our current leader. In particular about
> this video:
> https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8BuyKmjy7Rw
>
> If you haven't watched it, do it now and get to know Katherine. I think we
> as a community don't deserve a leader like her, at least not yet. The
> reason is because she's​ way more advanced than us at seeing how the world
> is going and what is there to be done about it.
>
> We can have as many Strategy Talks as we want, but as long as we as a
> community are not ready to rally to put ourselves behind Katherine and
> fully support her with her mission, it will be all for nothing.
>
> The way I perceive Katherine is a charismatic leader full of light, but her
> light is not reaching us fully because we are not giving her enough power
> yet. I want to invite all of you as individuals to reflect upon this and
> ask yourself if you are as ready as me to support Katherine for the
> personal benefit and the whole movement benefit.
>
>
> I have never done this before but allow me some tolerance to speak on
> behalf of the community. Not because I have been elected but because I love
> it so much and I want the best for it. So if I were to speak on behalf of
> the community I would tell this to Katherine: stop having so much patience
> with us.
>
> There was a time when patience was good and necessary, but not anymore. Set
> yourself free and do as you please, because I see no possible harm in your
> intentions. Don't be afraid about going too fast. The community needs
> challenges to grow and if you don't bring them forward, we will not grow
> enough to face the world of tomorrow, or today, or yesterday.
>
> We are behind in our progress because of you, Katherine. We need that you
> bring to the table ALL what you can do, but you need to do it wisely, and
> you lack a bit of that too.
> So my advice is to challenge us, but ask first wise people in the movement
> first. There are a few of them, but they do exist: Andrea Zanni, Asaf
> Bartov, even Délphine (never meet her properly) are clear examples of wise
> people. Over time and with practice you will be able to find more, and in
> the end you will be wise enough to enlighten us all.
>
> In my more than 10 years in the movement and my particular involved in
> leadership, I could have never imagined that we would be so lucky to find a
> leader like Katherine. When by chance she was here in Belgium, I live in
> Leuven, I asked to meet her. Of course it was not possible, but I use the
> opportunity to tell her what I wanted to in that meeting: Katherine, I love
> you, not in a romantic way, but the way you are as a person, don't be
> afraid if others cannot see you for who you are, you are just great the way
> you are.
>
> In a past Conference I brought some gifts to people I cared about, but I am
> lucky that I won't be attending this Wikimania (only the Wikidata
> conference this year). I feel lucky because I will not have to bring a gift
> for Katherine, the only person who was deserved my admiration this year,
> and it would be too hard to pick an appropriate gift for her... The Moon?
> The stars? They are hard to transport, anyway.
>
> Please forgive me for my ramblings. I just think that Katherine is great
> and that she deserves more emails like this one.
>
> Cheers,
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] March 10: Update on Wikimedia movement strategy process (#10)

[Tanweer Morshed]

Hi Katherine,

Thank you for ths regular updates. It's been quite useful to learn how the
ambitious movement strategy process is going forward.


Regards,
Tanweer Morshed


On Saturday, March 11, 2017, Pine W  wrote:
> Thanks Katherine. It's nice to see how this process is coming along. The
> weekly updates are helpful.
>
> If I may highlight a point: I very much like Victor's video. I think it
has
> good perspective(s) on this ambitious project.
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2030.wikimedia.org.webm.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcoming 19 long-time Wikimedians as Coordinators for Movement strategy

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Welcom to all the 19 Wikimedians! I see, most of the names are familiar to
me. Thank you all for your dedication for the movement.


Regards,
Tanweer


Regards,
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On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Guillaume Paumier 
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> As most of you are aware, the Wikimedia movement has embarked on an
> ambitious initiative to discuss our collective future and determine a
> movement-wide strategic direction. [1]
>
> The movement is composed of people in many different roles, notably
> individual contributors who may not be affiliated with any organized
> group. It can be challenging to reach individual contributors and
> involve them in strategy discussions, since they may not monitor the
> usual communication channels, and they may not think that strategy
> discussions are relevant to them.
>
> For this year’s movement strategy process, the Wikimedia Foundation
> has decided to hire 19 part-time discussion coordinators to better
> bridge the gap between the strategy discussions and local communities
> of contributors.
>
> Today, I am thrilled to announce that we have concluded the search and
> assembled a stellar team of 19 long-time Wikimedians, who have agreed
> to join the movement strategy efforts in this capacity.
>
> As you go through the team’s page on Meta-Wiki, you will see many
> familiar names. [2] The team is composed of Abbad, Bohdan, Chico,
> Gereon, Jonatan, Ran, Marco, Nahid, Niccolò, Tomasz, Robin, Samuel,
> Satdeep, Szymon, Oleg, Takashi, Todd, Tuan, and Venus. Because of the
> team’s geographic distribution, Jan Eissfeldt, from the Foundation’s
> Support and Safety team, has agreed to help lead the day-to-day
> activities of the group of Asian language coordinators.
>
> All the coordinators started on Monday for a 3-month contract, and
> they have already been hard at work, translating materials on Meta and
> organizing the outreach to their local communities. [3] Some will
> focus their efforts on specific language communities [4], and others
> will support an array of smaller communities.
>
> If you are interested in working with the coordinators to bridge the
> gap with your local communities, I invite you to take a look at the
> description of the coordinator role, and sign up using the form on
> that page. [5] You can also contact them directly via their talk page.
>
> I want to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who was involved in
> this ultra-fast hiring process, most notably the Foundation’s Talent &
> Culture team, who handled the recruiting and administrative onboarding
> masterfully, and the Community Engagement department, who reached out
> to their contacts, thoroughly reviewed applications, and made this
> ambitious wave of recruiting ridiculously easy for me.
>
> Please join me in welcoming Venus, Tuan, Todd, Takashi, Oleg, Szymon,
> Satdeep, Samuel, Robin, Tomasz, Niccolò, Nahid, Marco, Ran, Jonatan,
> Gereon, Chico, Bohdan, and Abbad in their new role.
>
>
> Guillaume Paumier
>
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
>
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> movement/2017/People/Strategy_coordinators
>
> [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> movement/2017/Track_B/Outreach/Map
>
> [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia_
> movement/2017#Language_list_in_development
>
> [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> movement/2017/Toolkit/Discussion_Coordinator_Role
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia 16 across Bangladesh

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Dear all,

We are happy to let you know that Wiki(p/m)edians across 7 cities in
Bangladesh celebrated the 16th anniversary of Wikipedia. Wikipedia's
anniversary was celebrated with much spontaneity by so many enthusiastic
Wiki(p/m)edians in the country. They organized meetups on the occasion
where educators, senior citizens and people from diverse background took
part in the celebration. Photos of the events can be found in the
Commons[1].

[1]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Day_2017_in_Bangladesh



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

[Tanweer Morshed]

This is indeed a great opportunity to develop structured environment in
Commons as well as its allied projects!

Regards,
Tanweer


On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 1:49 AM, Andrea Zanni 
wrote:

> This is great news.
> Very excited for the future :-)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Aubrey
>
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 8:48 PM, Wes Moran  wrote:
>
> > Hello Wikimedia community,
> >
> > It’s our delight to inform you that we received a US$3,015,000 grant from
> > the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
> >  [1] to
> expedite
> > development of structured data on Commons. The grant will be given over
> the
> > course of three years, and will allow us to develop a team, in
> > collaboration with the Wikidata team at Wikimedia Deutschland, that can
> > focus on integrating the structured data features of Wikidata into
> > describing the media files on Commons.
> >
> > This work will allow us to expedite features both on the Wikidata
> > development roadmap, and in other products supported by the Wikimedia
> > Foundation. The grant also provides funding to ensure that movement
> > stakeholders, like Wiki Loves Monuments and GLAM-Wiki program leaders,
> and
> > external partners who contribute heavily to Commons, such as GLAMs, can
> be
> > involved in the development.
> >
> > We have drafted a high level overview of the grant and its scope,
> available
> > on Commons
> > 
> > [2]. A blog post about the grant is also available on the Wikimedia blog
> > 
> > [3].
> >
> > We are currently in the process of identifying the technical lead for the
> > project. If you have questions, Alex Stinson, the Foundation’s GLAM-Wiki
> > strategist, will be leading the community engagement and communications
> for
> > the project until we hire a community liaison as part of the grant. Stay
> > tuned for more details about the project in the coming months.
> >
> > We’re excited to be able to support this project, and look forward to
> your
> > participation in its development.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Wes Moran and Maggie Dennis
> >
> > *Wes Moran, Vice President of Product*
> > *Maggie Dennis, Interim Chief of Community Engagement *
> > *Wikimedia Foundation*
> >
> > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Sloan_Foundation
> > [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/
> Sloan_Grant
> > [3] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/01/09/sloan-foundation-
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annual report Wikimedia Argentina

[Tanweer Morshed]

Dear Anna,

I find the report magnificent in terms of presentation and aesthetics,
though I can't read it due to being Spanish. Thanks for such a cool yearly
report!

All the best! :)


Regards,
Tanweer
Wikimedia Bangladesh

On Wednesday, January 4, 2017, Àlex Hinojo  wrote:
> Hi All. Anna, your report is great! Is there anyway we could copy or reuse
> the template adapting to our own affiliations? I've seen is CCBYSA :P
>
>
>
> El dc., 4 de gen. 2017 a les 16:14, Anna Torres () va
> escriure:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> On behalf of Wikimedia Argentina we hope the new year find you all well!
>>
>> Moreover and like every year, we have launched our annual activities
>> report. Even though it is in Spanish, we hope you can enjoy it!
>>
>> Please find the report here <
http://www.wikimedia.org.ar/memoriaanual2016/
>> >.
>>
>> Hugs!
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMDE-update: Christian Rickerts might become Undersecretary of State

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This is surely a great news and a positive matter for WMDE. Wish Christian
all the best.


Regards,
Tanweer

On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 5:09 PM, attolippip  wrote:

> Wow. Good luck with all this :)
>
> Best regards,
> antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
>
> 2016-12-05 13:06 GMT+02:00 Tim Moritz Hector  de
> >:
>
> > Dear Wikimedians,
> >
> > On Saturday, the Green Party has resolved the coalition agreement for the
> > future Berlin government and nominated their future government officials.
> > The
> > new designated Minister of economics, Ramona Pop, asked Christian to
> become
> > her Undersecretary of State for the new Berlin ministry of economy,
> energy
> > and enterprises. Now things are going to happen quite quickly: The future
> > senate is scheduled to be constituted on December 8th. Right after that,
> > Christian would take on the new responsibility.
> >
> > The Supervisory Board of Wikimedia Deutschland and Christian agree that
> > this is a great opportunity that he should accept. I also see this as a
> > huge compliment to our work at Wikimedia Deutschland.
> >
> > We are aware that this opportunity brings a lot of change for our
> > organisation for the near future as well. Christian and I are currently
> > working on the next steps together with our staff and community. We will
> > provide you with regular updates regarding the transition process.
> >
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[Wikimedia-l] Winning photos of Wiki Loves Monuments Bangladesh 2016

[Tanweer Morshed]

Deal all,

We are very happy to announce the top 10 winning photos[1] of Wiki Loves
Monuments Bangladesh 2016. These 10 photos will compete in the
international stage of the competition.

This was the first time Wiki Loves Monuments was organized in Bangladesh. A
total 7532 photographs of 452 archaeological sites and buildings were
uploaded. Congratulations to all the winners. And a big thanks to the
volunteers who were involved in organizing the competition.

[1]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_in_Bangladesh/Winning_photos



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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] New Wikimedia DC Board Members

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Congratulations Kelly and Rosie :)

On Monday, October 31, 2016, Nurunnaby Hasive 
wrote:
> Congratulations Dear Rosie and Kelly.
>
>
> -Hasive
> WMBD
>
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Natacha Rault  wrote:
>
>> Dear Rosie, dear Kelly,
>>
>> Bravo for this new function, it is certainly good news for anyone
>> dedicated to the gender gap!
>> Good luck in these new responsibilities to both of you,
>>
>> Nattes à chat / Natacha
>>
>> > Le 30 oct. 2016 à 21:27, Kirill Lokshin 
>> a écrit :
>> >
>> > Hello everyone,
>> >
>> > I'm very pleased to announce that Kelly Doyle and Rosie
>> Stephenson-Goodknight have joined the Wikimedia DC Board of Directors.
>> >
>> > I'm sure that most of you already know Kelly and Rosie; for anyone who
>> doesn't, Kelly currently serves as the Wikipedian in Residence for Gender
>> Equity at West Virginia University Libraries, while Rosie is a co-founder
>> of WikiProject Women in Red and the WikiWomen's User Group, among many
>> other projects.
>> >
>> > Please join me in congratulating them on their new roles!
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Kirill
>> >
>> > --
>> > Kirill Lokshin
>> > President
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2016 call for Board Governance Committee Volunteer and Advisory members [results]

[Tanweer Morshed]

Great to see such excellent people willing to volunteer. Congratulations to
the board for such initiative and the elected members for their enthusiasm!



Thanks and regards,
Tanweer
Wikimedia Bangladesh

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 1:45 PM, Jan-Bart de Vreede  wrote:

> Hi
>
> Great news, thank you so much for all of you for volunteering and to the
> board for taking a novel approach to having more external expertise
> involved :)
>
> Thank you Natalia!
>
> Jan-Bart
>
>
> > On 16 Aug 2016, at 15:47, Nataliia Tymkiv  wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am honestly delighted to announce the results of the public call for
> > Board Governance committee volunteer and Advisory members, announced on
> > July 15, 2016  [1]. We received nine applications, and after discussing
> > them with BGC and reviewing the committee's needs and interviewing a
> short
> > list of candidates,I have chosen five volunteer advisory members for the
> > committee. I'd like to extend my thanks to everyone who offered to serve
> on
> > the committee.
> >
> > Please find below a short introduction for our new volunteer advisory
> > members. They are all quite well known in the movement and I think their
> > insights would be helpful. They join the Committee once they sign the
> > documents that Stephen LaPorte, our Interim Secretary, sent to them (the
> > same ones as the Board members sign - the confidentiality agreement
> >  agreement_of_the_Board_of_Trustees>
> > , code of conduct
> >  the_Board_of_Trustees>
> > , conflict of interest disclosure
> > ).
> >
> > === Gayle Karen Young ===
> >
> > Gayle Karen Young is a WMF's former Chief Talent and Culture office. In
> her
> > time at Wikimedia, she was accountable for building the current HR team
> and
> > had an active hand in board development and staffed the board HR
> committee.
> > She brings experience with the Wikimedia movement, with the workings of
> the
> > Foundation, and through her own consulting work in leadership and board
> > development with organizations in both the for-profit and non-profit
> space,
> > and in technology and human rights.
> >
> > === Kat Walsh ===
> >
> > Kat Walsh is a former member of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees,
> > 12/2006-8/2013 (Chair, 2012-2013; Executive Secretary, 2009-2010). Now
> she
> > works as an attorney specializing in copyright, Internet law, and free
> and
> > open source software.
> >
> >
> > === Tim Moritz Hector ===
> >
> > Tim Moritz Hector is Chair of the Board of Wikimedia Deutschland since
> > 2014. Tim has been an active Wikimedian for more than eight years and was
> > engaged in several positions on national and international level. His
> most
> > recent engagement (with Frans Grijzenhout from WMNL) is focussed on
> > building the capacities of board members in all Wikimedia-organizations.
> He
> > is going to finish his B.A. in politics and german philology this month
> and
> > shall work as an advisor to the ED at the "Academy for volunteerism" in
> > Berlin beginning in September.
> >
> > === Ido Ivry ===
> >
> > Ido Ivry is a board member of Wikimedia Israel. He has extensive NGO
> > experience, as well as business understanding, both in large corporates,
> > NGOs, GLAM institution (National Library of Israel), and is currently a
> CTO
> > in his own startup, developing open data solutions for city governments.
> > Ido has been active on the Grants Advisory Committee and as part of the
> > Simple APG Committee, working with many organizations in our movement on
> > carrying out their missions successfully and effectively.
> >
> > === Ira B. Matetsky (User:Newyorkbrad) ===
> >
> > Ira Brad Matetsky (User:Newyorkbrad) is a long-time editor,
> administrator,
> > and former arbitrator on English Wikipedia as well as a board member of
> > Wikimedia New York City.  Professionally, he has been a litigation
> attorney
> > in New York City since 1987.  He has broad experience with board and
> > community governance issues, best practices, and legal requirements from
> > serving with and representing a number of organizations.
> >
> > [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-
> July/084756.html
> >
> > Best regards,
> > antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Farsi Wikipedia

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That's a fabulous news! Heartfelt congratulations to all the Farsi
Wikipedians :)

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 12:34 AM, Shani  wrote:

> Wonderful news! Congrats!
>
> Shani.
> On 27 Jul 2016 21:32, "Cornelius Kibelka" 
> wrote:
>
> > Congratulations, great news!
> > !تبریک می گویم!
> >
> > C.
> >
> > On 27 July 2016 at 20:27, Ivan Martínez  wrote:
> >
> > > Congratulations!
> > >
> > > 2016-07-27 13:15 GMT-05:00 Kevin Payravi :
> > >
> > > > Awesome to hear, Mardentanha! Congratulations to you and the rest of
> > the
> > > > Farsi Wikipedia editors.
> > > >
> > > > Kevin Payravi
> > > > W: www.kevinpayravi.com
> > > > E: kevinpayr...@gmail.com
> > > > P: (330) 554 - 3397
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Asaf Bartov 
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Fantastic news!  Congratulations to all Farsi contributors! \o/
> > > > >
> > > > >A.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Mardetanha <
> > > mardetanha.w...@gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I would to let everyone know, after 13 years and millions of
> edits,
> > > > > Finally
> > > > > > Farsi Wikipedia has reached 500,000 article. This is a very
> > historic
> > > > > moment
> > > > > > for all us in Farsi Wikipedia.
> > > > > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Offline medical app

[Tanweer Morshed]

That's definitely a great news! Thanks for all you've done.

On Wednesday, July 20, 2016, James Heilman  wrote:

> Hey All
>
> Today we launched a second language of our offline medical app (Chinese).
> It can be downloaded from google play here
> <
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixcustomwikimedzh
> >
> .
>
> The English version
> <
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixcustomwikimed
> >
> has now been downloaded more than 15k times with about 80% of downloads
> being from the developing world. The app currently only works for android.
> We hope to come out with further language versions soon. Email me if you
> are interested in getting involved.
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-JeTxBPmfeA_4CONBOguQCXYbJOgmi-Aj3yFpn6ar5w/
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Direction] WMF Board of Trustees 2016 priorities

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Thank you Christophe for letting us know the key decisions from the Board
meeting. We hope the Board would foster the movement in a way that it
needs, considering the challenges of upcoming days.


Best regards,
Tanweer

On Wednesday, June 29, 2016, attolippip  wrote:

> Dear Chris,
>
> A quick answer:
> Yes, all Board Committees have been updated.
> I guess it just takes some time to update the pages with all the changes :)
>
> Best regards,
> antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
>
> 2016-06-28 23:48 GMT+03:00 Chris Keating  >:
>
> > Thanks Christophe!
> >
> > Just a quick question...
> >
> > >
> > > The HR committee[2] will work toward that end, and the Board as whole
> is
> > > ready to take any steps necessary to provide her, and the staff, with
> the
> > > best environment possible.
> > > [2] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/HR_Committee
> >
> >
> > Has the HR Committee been updated to reflect the new Board - does it
> still
> > consist of Patricio, Guy and Jimmy?
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Board appointment of Executive Director

[Tanweer Morshed]

Congratulations Katherine! Great to see you as the new ED. And thanks to
the search committee for the wonderful decision.


Regards,
Tanweer Morshed
Wikimedia Bangladesh

On Friday, June 24, 2016, Gregory Varnum  wrote:

> 
>
> Nope - even with my wild imagination - it is simply not possible for me to
> be more pleased and excited by this news!!!
>
> Congratulations, Katherine! I think this is fantastic news for the
> Foundation and movement!
>
> -greg (User:Varnent)
>
>
> > On Jun 24, 2016, at 4:56 PM, Peter Southwood <
> peter.southw...@telkomsa.net > wrote:
> >
> > Looks like a good choice.
> >
> > Good luck, Katherine
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
> >
> > From: WikimediaAnnounce-l [mailto:
> wikimediaannounce-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org ] On Behalf
> Of Patricio Lorente
> > Sent: Friday, 24 June 2016 11:16 AM
> > To: wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org 
> > Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Board appointment of Executive
> Director
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> >
> >
> > It is our great pleasure to share that during the Board meeting at
> Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario, we unanimously voted to appoint Katherine
> Maher as Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. This is effective
> as of our resolution dated Thursday, 23 June.
> >
> >
> >
> > Katherine served as interim Executive Director for the past three
> months, during which time she consistently and repeatedly demonstrated the
> kind of leadership our organization needs. She is deeply committed to our
> movement’s values, and brings expertise in civic technology and
> international development that will be an asset to the Wikimedia Foundation
> and the movement.
> >
> >
> >
> > We came to this conclusion after an intensive discovery process led by
> the ED search committee. Our decision was also informed by direct feedback
> from staff and community, and our own experience working closely with
> Katherine.
> >
> >
> >
> > In March, we assembled an Executive Director search committee[1]
> consisting of four Board members¹ who were chosen to represent different
> perspectives and capacities.² Additionally, the Board asked the
> Foundation’s Chief Advancement Officer Lisa Gruwell to represent the
> executive team, and Foundation staff member Katie Horn was selected by her
> peers as someone who could represent staff perspectives. The committee was
> charged with keeping the process on track and on time, engaging important
> stakeholders, and facilitating transparency in communications. Their first
> tasks were to identify a search firm, and define the position description.
> You can review the committee’s updates on Meta.[2]
> >
> >
> >
> > The committee recruited Viewcrest Advisors,³ to identify our leadership
> needs and design a hiring process. Kathleen Yazbak of Viewcrest worked with
> the committee to conduct interviews with every Foundation department, the
> executive, the Board, and nearly 20 additional one-on-one interviews with
> staff. Kathleen attended the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin, collecting
> feedback from community members and affiliates. The committee launched a
> community survey in June, receiving more than 1,600 responses about the
> qualities needed in the next ED; they also asked for feedback on Meta.[3]
> Taking all of this into account, the transition team developed a profile
> and requirements for the next Executive Director that reflect our values
> and our communities.
> >
> >
> >
> > Throughout this process, the Board and the transition team received very
> clear and often unsolicited feedback from both staff and community members
> that Katherine embodies the values of our movement and the traits needed in
> our next ED. This feedback was only reinforced by the latest Foundation
> engagement survey results, which showed a strong shift toward renewed trust
> in leadership. After taking this all into account, and considering what the
> organization needs at this moment of transition, we moved to appoint
> Katherine now.
> >
> >
> >
> > In just three months as interim ED, Katherine worked with the
> organization and community to make huge strides in management, execution,
> and transparency. She brought much-needed clarity to our strategic
> direction, and mobilized the organization to clearly communicate that
> direction through this year’s annual plan.
> >
> >
> >
> > After her appointment, she worked with the leadership team to swiftly
> identify the organization’s priorities during the transition period and
> 

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

[Tanweer Morshed]

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, Galileo Vidoni  wrote:

> Congrats to Christophe and María. We're sure the Foundation will be in good
> hands ;).
>
> Gracias Patro!
>
> Galileo Vidoni
> Presidente
> A. C. Wikimedia Argentina
> Thank you for all of your work,
> nice persons are leaving, nice persons are joining.
>
> You know that for me you be always Patricio, Natalia, Cristophe, Maria,
> Frieda, Alice. All Wikipedians.
>
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Patricio Lorente <
> patricio.lore...@gmail.com > wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I am happy to share that as of today, Christophe Henner and Nataliia
> > Tymkiv have formally joined the Board of Trustees as affiliate
> > Board-selected members. They both bring deep expertise in the Wikimedia
> > community, and in their respective fields. I’m confident they will serve
> as
> > excellent contributors, rooted in the values of our movement. You can
> learn
> > more about them in an announcement we made in May:
> >
>
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/05/24/affiliate-selected-board-trustees-election/
> >
> >
> > Today the Board also voted to appoint Christophe Henner as Chair, and
> > María Sefidari as Vice Chair. Both Christophe and María have a long
> history
> > of involvement in the Wikimedia community, and have held leadership roles
> > at Wikimedia France and Wikimedia Spain, respectively.
> >
> > More about Christophe, María, and Natallia is below. I hope you will join
> > me in congratulating them on their new positions and wish them success in
> > their terms ahead.
> >
> >
> > I would like to thank my friend Alice for working with me in her role as
> > Vice Chair, and many thanks to you all for your support during my time as
> > Chair.
> >
> > Patricio Lorente
> >
> >
> > About Christophe Henner
> >
> > Christophe Henner is the former Chair of Wikimedia France and current
> > deputy CEO of Webedia 's gaming division, the
> > international digital media group headquartered in France.
> >
> > He has deep and varied experience across the marketing sector, including
> > leadership roles at at Webedia and L'Odyssée Interactive.
> >
> > Christophe has been an active member of the Wikimedia community for more
> > than 12 years. In 2007, he joined the Board of Wikimedia France
> >  and has remained an active Board member in
> > various positions for the past ten years. He has served as both Chair and
> > Vice Chair of the Board of Wikimedia France. During his time on the
> > Board, Christophe helped lead Wikimedia France through a significant
> period
> > of growth. This included leading the development of the chapter’s brand,
> > and supporting the development of a clear organizational strategy and
> > vision for the chapter.
> >
> >
> >
> > About Maria Sefidari
> >
> > Maria is a professor in the Digital Communications, Culture and
> > Citizenship Master's degree program  of Rey Juan
> > Carlos University
> >  at the
> > MediaLab-Prado . María
> > graduated with a Psychology degree from Universidad Complutense de Madrid
> > , and
> > later a Master's degree in Management and Tourism at the Business faculty
> > of the same university.
> >
> >
> > María started contributing to the Wikimedia projects in 2006, and has
> > since served in many different roles across the Wikimedia movement. She
> was
> > a founding member of Wikimedia España
> >  and Wikimujeres
> > Grupo de Usuarias , and
> also
> > created Spanish Wikipedia's LGBT Wikiproject
> > . She has served on
> > several Wikimedia governance committees, including the Affiliations
> >  and Individual
> > Engagement Grants 
> > committees. In her time on the Affiliations committee, María served as
> the
> > first Treasurer of the committee, effectively overseeing and monitoring
> > disbursement of the committee's budget. Maria served a prior term on the
> > Wikimedia Foundation board from 2013 to 2015.
> >
> >
> >
> > About Nataliia Tymkiv
> >
> > Nataliia currently serves as Financial Director of the Centre for
> > Democracy and Rule of Law, a Ukrainian media policy and human rights
> > nonprofit. Nataliia has a Masters degree in Public Administration and a
> > Specialist degree in Records Management and Information Activities.
> >
> > She has in-depth experience in executive leadership and financial
> > management. Prior to her current role as Financial Director, Nata

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to “Engaging local Wikipedians” and “German Wikipedia” Workshop at Wikimania

[Tanweer Morshed]

Hi Martin,

Thanks for sharing the news. I am keen to participate at the “Engaging
local Wikipedians” workshop. Would you please ensure me whether I can share
some of the learning we (as a community in Bangladesh) have attained
regarding engaging the diverse local Wikipedians?


Regards,
Tanweer

On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 3:50 AM, Martin Rulsch 
wrote:

> Hi Wikimaniacs!
>
> Wikimania is just around the corner and many people looking forward to the
> wide range of topics. Following the general idea of sharing knowledge about
> best practices, the Volunteer Support Department of Wikimedia Deutschland
> warmly invites you to the pre-conference workshops “Engaging local
> Wikipedians” and “German Wikipedia”.
>
> *“Engaging local Wikipedians” workshop*
>
> The German Chapter supports several groups with the installation, funding,
> and support of local spaces where community members can sozialize, write
> articles, plan projects, share knowledge, start cooperations, teach new
> editors, and so one. These are places where Wikipedians have a face.
>
> Several local groups will hold lightning talks about their activities.
> Further, a study by Wikimedia Deutschland on the local spaces will be
> presented. Nevertheless, getting local Wikipedians together does not only
> work in actual rooms but in several other ways, fitting to the respective
> needs of the communities and general conditions. One solution for example
> is the Kumusha Bus that educates several communities in Africa about the
> Open Movement. Of course, organizing student groups for Wikipedia in
> several cities is another one.
>
> We warmly invite you to share your experiences in this workshop. Learning
> from each other is the main goal of this workshop.
>
> Basic information for “Engaging local Wikipedians” workshop:
>
>- Date: Thursday, 23 June
>- Time: 9.30–13.00
>- Place: Villa Rogo (20 min away from the center)
>- Find more information on
>
> https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Workshop:_Engaging_local_Wikipedians
>
> *“German Wikipedia” workshop*
>
> The community of the German-language Wikipedia is one of the most active
> ones in the Wikiverse. Several volunteers will attend Wikimania this year
> and prepared presentations on a broad variety of topics they are interested
> in, from a presentation of the Young Wikipedians group to a photography
> workshop focused on flashes.
>
> They warmly invite you into the German house, the Villa Rogo, to the
> “German Wikipedia” workshop that follows the previous “Engaging local
> Wikipedians” workshop (we plan to serve Italian pasta for you in our
> kitchen ;-)).
>
> If you ever wanted to know what the German community is doing, or when you
> are curious what their affairs of the heart are, join this workshop and be
> excited!
>
> Basic information for “German Wikipedia” workshop:
>
>- Date: Thursday, 23 June
>- Time: 14.00–18.00
>- Place: Villa Rogo (20 min away from the center)
>- Find more information on
>https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Workshop:_German_Wikipedia
>
> If you have any question, please don't hesitate to contact me.
>
> Best,
> Martin
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fresh data on the gender gap in content

[Tanweer Morshed]

Hi Asaf,

I asked Ganesh Paudel, one of the veteran Nepali Wikipedians, to know their
story behind such astonishing statistics (48% women biographies). Here is
what he said:

'We have been conducting WikiWomen editathon since march 2013. That was
focused to increase quality n quantity of women related issues. This
focused approach might have grown the contents.'



Thanks.

On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 1:14 AM, Asaf Bartov  wrote:

> Hullo everyone.
>
> I was asked by a volunteer for help getting stats on the gender gap in
> content on a certain Wikipedia, and came up with simple Wikidata Query
> Service[1] queries that pulled the total number of articles on a given
> Wikipedia about men and about women, to calculate *the proportion of
> articles about women out of all articles about humans*.
>
> Then I was curious about how that wiki compared to other wikis, so I ran
> the queries on a bunch of languages, and gathered the results into a table,
> here:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ijon/Content_gap
>
> (please see the *caveat* there.)
>
> I don't have time to fully write-up everything I find interesting in those
> results, but I will quickly point out the following:
>
> 1. The Nepali statistic is simply astonishing! There must be a story
> there.  I'm keen on learning more about this, if anyone can shed light.
>
> 2. Evidently, ~13%-17% seems like a robust average of the proportion of
> articles about women among all biographies.
>
> 3. among the top 10 largest wikis, Japanese is the least imbalanced.  Good
> job, Japanese Wikipedians!  I wonder if you have a good sense of what
> drives this relatively better balance. (my instinctive guess is pop culture
> coverage.)
>
> 4. among the top 10 largest wikis, Russian is the most imbalanced.
>
> 5. I intend to re-generate these stats every two months or so, to
> eventually have some sense of trends and changes.
>
> 6. Your efforts, particularly on small-to-medium wikis, can really make a
> dent in these numbers!  For example, it seems I am personally
> responsible[2] for almost 1% of the coverage of women on Hebrew Wikipedia!
> :)
>
> 7. I encourage you to share these numbers with your communities.  Perhaps
> you'd like to overtake the wiki just above yours? :)
>
> 8. I'm happy to add additional languages to the table, by request.  Or you
> can do it yourself, too. :)
>
>A.
>
> [1] https://query.wikidata.org/
> [2] Yay #100wikidays :) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/100wikidays
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fresh data on the gender gap in content

[Tanweer Morshed]

Hi Asaf,

The table is quite interesting! This is the first time I could imagine the
actual situation about the coverage of women biographies in various
Wikipedias, especially in my home Wiki, the Bengali Wikipedia. I'm going to
spread this statistics among the community.

And I have asked Ganesh, one of the veteran Nepali Wikipedian, as to why
the statistics of Nepali WP is that much astonishing. I'll convey his reply
to this thread.


Thanks.

On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 6:01 AM, Florence Devouard 
wrote:

> I think the project evolved over time. It may be that this page did not
> exist in the first version.
>
> Clearly, the site has been modified recently because the name changed from
> WIGI to WHGI. And I see the main four pages has been updated.
>
> If you look at "Gender by language" for example, it mentions "As of
> January 2016 about 98% of biographies were attached to at least one
> Wikipedia site, so this data is mostly complete."
>
> Gender by date of birth and death mentions "As of January 2016, only about
> 72% and 36% of biographies, had date of birth and date of death data,
> respectively, so this data is incomplete."
>
> Gender by country mentions "As of January 2016, only about 30% of
> biographies, had place of birth, so this data is incomplete."
>
> and "As of January 2016, only about 65% of biographies, had culture, so
> this data is incomplete."
>
> Recently, these dates were much further in the past. I know because I
> noticed and ask Max for fresher data
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/wigi-project/CCLSKN2tmQE
> A small table published there may answer part of your questions.
>
> Ant
>
> Le 17/06/16 à 00:22, Asaf Bartov a écrit :
>
> Thanks, Florence!
>>
>> I was aware of the WIGI research project (and have linked to it in the
>> ==See Also== section of my page), but I was not aware of this page.  Neat!
>> So I won't need to update my own page. :)
>>
>>A.
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Florence Devouard 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Asaf
>>>
>>> Just making sure that you knew about WHGI :
>>> http://whgi.wmflabs.org/gender-by-language.html
>>>
>>> Do you know if there are differences in analysis between the two
>>> analysis ?
>>>
>>> I checked a few figures and it fits pretty well.
>>>
>>> Flo
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 16/06/16 à 21:14, Asaf Bartov a écrit :
>>>
>>> Hullo everyone.

 I was asked by a volunteer for help getting stats on the gender gap in
 content on a certain Wikipedia, and came up with simple Wikidata Query
 Service[1] queries that pulled the total number of articles on a given
 Wikipedia about men and about women, to calculate *the proportion of
 articles about women out of all articles about humans*.

 Then I was curious about how that wiki compared to other wikis, so I ran
 the queries on a bunch of languages, and gathered the results into a
 table,
 here:
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ijon/Content_gap

 (please see the *caveat* there.)

 I don't have time to fully write-up everything I find interesting in
 those
 results, but I will quickly point out the following:

 1. The Nepali statistic is simply astonishing! There must be a story
 there.  I'm keen on learning more about this, if anyone can shed light.

 2. Evidently, ~13%-17% seems like a robust average of the proportion of
 articles about women among all biographies.

 3. among the top 10 largest wikis, Japanese is the least imbalanced.
 Good
 job, Japanese Wikipedians!  I wonder if you have a good sense of what
 drives this relatively better balance. (my instinctive guess is pop
 culture
 coverage.)

 4. among the top 10 largest wikis, Russian is the most imbalanced.

 5. I intend to re-generate these stats every two months or so, to
 eventually have some sense of trends and changes.

 6. Your efforts, particularly on small-to-medium wikis, can really make
 a
 dent in these numbers!  For example, it seems I am personally
 responsible[2] for almost 1% of the coverage of women on Hebrew
 Wikipedia!
 :)

 7. I encourage you to share these numbers with your communities.
 Perhaps
 you'd like to overtake the wiki just above yours? :)

 8. I'm happy to add additional languages to the table, by request.  Or
 you
 can do it yourself, too. :)

A.

 [1] https://query.wikidata.org/
 [2] Yay #100wikidays :) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/100wikidays



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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Freedom of panorama today approved by Belgian parliament

[Tanweer Morshed]

Great news indeed! Thanks to the people who worked to promote FoP.

On Friday, June 17, 2016, Omar David Sandoval Sida 
wrote:

> Good news, congratulations!
> El 17/06/2016 9:54 a.m., "Shani" >
> escribió:
>
> > Wonderful news! Congrats!
> > On 17 Jun 2016 02:38, "Romaine Wiki"  > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Great news!
> > >
> > > Freedom of panorama has been voted today in the Belgian parliament.
> > > A mayority voted in favour of freedom of panorama, including commercial
> > > use.
> > >
> > > Soon images of artworks and modern buildings in Belgium can be restored
> > on
> > > Commons.
> > >
> > > But first the law needs to be published in the Staatsblad, and ten days
> > > later it will be official, but that is just a formality. (Will keep you
> > > updated on that.)
> > >
> > >
> > > Article in the news in Dutch:
> > > http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/politiek/1.2685852
> > >
> > >
> > > In the past weeks, as well as since the campaign in Europe last year,
> we
> > > from Wikimedia Belgium have worked hard on this subject and
> communicated
> > > with the members of the parliament informing what this subject means
> for
> > > Wikipedia.
> > >
> > > With the founding of Wikimedia Belgium in 2014, this subject was a
> > priority
> > > for us.
> > >
> > > Thanks all for the support!
> > >
> > > Let's get this implemented elsewhere too!
> > >
> > > Greetings from Belgium,
> > > Romaine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimédia France board update

[Tanweer Morshed]

Congratulations to the New Chair and Vice Chair! All the best to the new
board :)


Tanweer
Wikimedia Bangladesh

On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Tim Moritz Hector <
tim-moritz.hec...@wikimedia.de> wrote:

> Congratulations, Emeric and Samuel!
> Looking forward to work together with you, and with Christophe in his new
> role of course.
>
> Best
> Tim Moritz Hector
>
> Chair of the Board
> Wikimedia Deutschland
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | D-10963 Berlin
> Tel: +49 (0)30 - 219 158 260
> http://www.wikimedia.de
>
>
>
> 2016-05-30 12:18 GMT+02:00 Jean-Frédéric Berthelot <
> jean-frederic.berthe...@wikimedia.fr>:
>
> > Dear fellow Wikimedians,
> >
> > As you may know Christophe Henner, the Chair of Wikimédia France, has
> > resigned from the board, as he is moving on to his next challenge at the
> > Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation. We won't even try to
> > summarise in a few sentences everything Christophe has brought to
> Wikimédia
> > France in his 10 years stint as a board member ; let us just deeply thank
> > him for his service!
> >
> > Our board of trustees had a meeting last week-end, during which we
> elected
> > new officers of the board, following the resignation of Christophe.
> >
> > * Samuel Le Goff is our new Vice-chair,
> > Samuel is 42 years old and lives in Paris. He works as a journalist,
> former
> > parliamentary assistant for many years. He has been in the board since
> late
> > 2014. He helps volunteers to deal with French governmental and public
> > organization relationships, public consultations, and to expose Wikimedia
> > positions in public debates. He will be in charge of internal
> organization
> > and governance too.
> >
> > * Emeric Vallespi is our new Chair,
> > Emeric is 29 years old and lives in Montpellier (south of France). He
> works
> > as a Branch director in a bank. He has been at the board since late 2012,
> > serving as Vice-chair since 2014. He's involved in internal organization,
> > governance and international affairs and is interested in internal
> control,
> > finance and strategy topics.
> >
> > Pierre-Selim Huard, our Secretary, will be in charge of the international
> > affairs too. Other current officers are continuing in their functions.
> >
> > Our board is now structured as follow:
> >
> > * Emeric Vallespi, Chair
> > * Samuel Le Goff, Vice-chair
> > * Guillaume Goursat, Treasurer
> > * Sébastien Beyou, Deputy treasurer
> > * Pierre-Selim Huard, Secretary
> > * Jean-Frédéric Berthelot, Deputy secretary
> > * Edouard Hue, Board member
> > * Benoît Prieur, Board member
> > * Florian Pepellin, Board member
> >
> > Cheers,
> > --
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> > Secrétaire-adjoint | Wikimédia France
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Foundation ED search steering group created

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Hi everyone,

I agree with Pine on his 3rd proposal. Including a representative from the
affiliates and another from the community into the search steering group
should help including the input from wider Wikimedia community. This would
be positive both for the search process and the recruitment.


Regards,
Tanweer

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Oliver Keyes  wrote:

> So you're suggesting we don't find an ED for the biggest org in the
> movement because there's a thread on a mailing list about spinning bits of
> it off?
>
> I think hiring an ED can be done safely. Spinning elements off the WMF is
> something that has already been done, repeatedly, be it duties (the FDC,
> ish) or departments (see the WikiEd Foundation). In neither case did senior
> leadership suddenly find they had nothing to do.
>
> I guarantee that finding three executive directors is not an easier task
> than finding one, however you split the duties.
>
> On Monday, 18 April 2016, Pine W  wrote:
>
> > Lisa,
> >
> > Good to hear. Thanks.
> >
> > I'm aware that my first question might feel like it's a lot for the Board
> > to digest while it's got so many other urgent issues. However, it seems
> to
> > me that any ED candidate would want to know if spinoffs or a breakup are
> > under consideration, and that if these are likely or planned then the
> > selection process will need to take theses issues into account when
> trying
> > to find a candidate with optimal fit. Also impacting the search process
> is
> > that it might be  easier to find two or three EDs for two or three
> > separate, smaller, and more focused orgs than to try to find a single ED
> > who can handle the wide and deep complexity of WMF in its current form. I
> > have faith in Katherine as an interim ED and perhaps even as the ultimate
> > selection, and I think that Katherine's abilities will provide us all
> some
> > time and breathing room to think through questions about possible
> spinoffs
> > and/or breakup. So, we can take some time to think carefully about the
> > spinoff/breakup issue before proceeding further with selecting an ED for
> an
> > organization that is currently very complex and is a significant systemic
> > risk in the Wikimedia ecosystem.
> >
> > Pine
> > On Apr 17, 2016 18:51, "Lisa Gruwell"  > > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Pine-
> > >
> > > I can answer your second question for you.  We are moving forward with
> > > hiring the CTO, VP of HR, and VP of Community (in that order) during
> the
> > > interim.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Lisa
> > >
> > > On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Pine W  > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Alice,
> > > >
> > > > Thank you for moving forward with this.
> > > >
> > > > Questions:
> > > >
> > > > 1. One of the characteristics listed is "Experience in leading an
> > > > organization as ED or CEO, very preferably an NGO or F/L/OSS
> > > > (Free/Libre/Open Source Software) organization, with 250 people or
> > more."
> > > > But recent discussions have included the possibility of spinning off
> > > > components of WMF and/or a breakup of the WMF organization, partly
> as a
> > > way
> > > > to mitigate the systemic risk from a dysfunctional or underperforming
> > > WMF.
> > > > So, should we be looking for an ED with the expectation that he or
> she
> > > will
> > > > manage an organization with 250+ employees, or should we look for
> > someone
> > > > who has experience with spinoffs and/or breakups?
> > > >
> > > > 2. Will the hiring for execs for HR, Tech, and Community wait until
> > after
> > > > the new ED is selected, or will those recruiting processes happen
> > > > independent of the ED hiring process?
> > > >
> > > > 3. For the search steering group. would you consider adding a
> > > > representative elected from the affiliates, and a representative
> > elected
> > > > from the community, who are not WMF board members and can therefore
> be
> > > > responsive to the affiliate and community constituencies without
> > > potential
> > > > conflict with WMF interests?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > Pine
> > > >
> > > > Pine
> > > > On Apr 17, 2016 11:37, "Alice Wiegand"  > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > Finding the next Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director is a clear
> > > > > priority for the Board. To address this challenge, the Board has
> > > created
> > > > a
> > > > > steering group tasked with crafting the actual job description,
> > > planning
> > > > > and conducting the search, and finding ways to include community
> > > > > perspectives. This steering group will be regularly consulting with
> > the
> > > > > Board throughout the search process.
> > > > >
> > > > > Please see the ED transition team page on meta [1] to find more
> > > > information
> > > > > about the steering group, and get the latest updates. We have also
> > > > included
> > > > > three questions on the participation page to help us start forming
> a
> > > > better
> > > > > understanding of the community’s various opinion

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Fwd: Hello Mr. ccc, Now you can have your own Wikipedia page

[Tanweer Morshed]

Ridiculous! Would like to see one of the company's creation in Wikipedia.

On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 2:45 AM, Keegan Peterzell 
wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Cristian Consonni  >
> wrote:
>
> > 2016-04-06 22:06 GMT+02:00 Florence Devouard :
> > > A relationship of mine received the email below and forwarded it to me.
> > > http://yourprmanager.com/
> >
> > This is appalling.
>
>
> ​Heh. 
> ​> and the testimonials page.
>
> Browsing around, the entire site looks like corporate catfishing [0].
>
> 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catfishing​
> ​
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

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Congratulations to Katherine for taking up the responsibility! And at the
same time, thanks to the Board and C-levels for coming up with a thoughtful
and acceptable decision.
It's great to see someone taking up the charge, who has been involved with
the movement for a long time.


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On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 4:25 PM, Nicole Ebber 
wrote:

> Congratulations, Katherine, and thank you for taking on this
> responsibility! I am glad to read all those congrats and wonderful
> emails from people involved.
>
> And thank you to the C-level team and Board for making this decision,
> and for making it quickly and transparent.
>
> I look forward to working with you, and to warmly welcoming you in
> Berlin in April!
>
> Cheers,
> Nicole
>
> On 11 March 2016 at 11:18, David Parreño Mont 
> wrote:
> > OMG! Many congratulations, Katherine!
> >
> > El dv., 11 març 2016 a les 4:00, Katherine Maher ( >)
> > va escriure:
> >
> >> Thank you, Patricio.
> >>
> >> I want to thank the Board for this opportunity, and for their
> confidence in
> >> the Foundation. I also want to thank community members and staff for
> >> continuing to be such committed advocates for our future -- your passion
> >> and belief in our movement and purpose have been tremendous things to
> >> behold.
> >>
> >> As a movement, we’ve had some challenges lately. We’ve started on a
> process
> >> of change, but as Lydia Pintscher (User:Lydia Pintscher (WMDE)) recently
> >> reminded us,[1] “Change happens at the speed of trust.” We will need to
> >> work together over these coming months to build that trust, and open
> >> critical lines of communication and accountability. I get the sense from
> >> many people that that’s exactly what they’d like to do: absorb the
> lessons
> >> we’ve learned, re-engage with each other, and get back to advancing our
> >> global movement.
> >>
> >> At the Foundation, we have an opportunity to center around our values,
> and
> >> practice open and collaborative communication. During the interim
> period, I
> >> want to get things working well and improve transparency and
> communication,
> >> both internally and with the communities. We will work to create a
> >> supportive, fair environment where people can get things done, engage
> with
> >> their colleagues and community members, and understand how their work
> has
> >> an impact on our mission. This includes delivering on important
> deadlines
> >> for the Annual Plan and strategy,[2] filling key roles, and making
> progress
> >> on issues raised in our recent engagement survey.
> >>
> >> We are committed to delivering the first version of the 2016-2017 Annual
> >> Plan no later than April 1st for community and FDC review, and are on
> track
> >> to meet this deadline. The WMF 2016-2018 strategy development is also
> >> underway, with a draft version open for comments until March 18.[3] Over
> >> the coming weeks, we’ll be moving forward with our Chief Technology
> Officer
> >> (CTO) search, and working with the Talent and Culture team to reinvest
> in
> >> our culture. As new other emerge, we’ll work together to prioritize
> them.
> >>
> >> To accomplish all of this, we are going to need your help. I want to
> hear
> >> from you about what you would like to achieve in this interim period.
> This
> >> includes how we can collaborate together to prepare the organization and
> >> movement to welcome our next Executive Director. The Foundation is
> prepared
> >> to actively support the Board in the search, and we will work closely
> with
> >> them to share important information and create opportunities to give
> >> feedback throughout the process.
> >>
> >> Just a few weeks ago, we marked the 15th birthday of the movement.[4]
> >> Millions of people around the world shared their love for Wikimedia. It
> was
> >> a celebration of why we do what we do, and how much joy the movement
> brings
> >> people everywhere. That’s something I try to keep in mind every day.
> >>
> >> Yours sincerely,
> >> Katherine
> >>
> >> [1] https://twitter.com/nightrose/status/660043284841107457
> >> [2]
> >>
> >>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Strategy/Combined_strategy_and_annual_plan_timeline
> >> [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Strategy/Draft_WMF_Strategy
> >> [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_15
> >>
> >> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 6:55 PM, Patricio Lorente <
> >> patricio.lore...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hello all,
> >> >
> >> > I’m happy to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation leadership team
> has
> >> > proposed an interim Executive Director, and the Board has given our
> full
> >> > support. Starting on March 14th, current Chief Communications Officer
> >> > Katherine Maher (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Katherine_(WMF)
> )
> >> > will step into the role of interim Executive Director. We thank the
> >> > C-levels for their careful consideration in this process, and
> Katherine
> >> for
> >> > stepping up during this period of transition.
>

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Meeting in Berlin (was: Executive transition planning)

[Tanweer Morshed]

Thanks Tim for addressing the burning issues. Let's focus on these issues
along with regular topics in Berlin. We hope, we would come up with
constructive, positive and forward-looking sustainable solutions at the
conference.


Regards,
Tanweer

On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 3:50 AM, Sam Klein  wrote:

> This is an excellent approach, thank you.   SJ
>
> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Tim Moritz Hector <
> tim-moritz.hec...@wikimedia.de> wrote:
>
> > Dear fellow Wikimedians,
> >
> > I have been closely following the developments of the previous weeks. A
> lot
> > of things have been said, concerns and frustration have been raised, hope
> > has been voiced, and many many questions have been brought up. It’s hard
> to
> > keep up with all the voices on all the different digital channels these
> > days, and hard to find solutions and agreement in an unfacilitated
> stream.
> >
> > The first chance for many of us to personally meet, vent, and look ahead
> > will be the the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin. Wikimedia Deutschland is
> > hosting the event, and welcoming movement affiliates, committees and
> board
> > and staff of the Wikimedia Foundation from April 20-24.
> >
> > The movement is standing at a crossroad, but I am confident we can find
> the
> > best path if we work together. Wikimedia Deutschland has gone through
> > turbulent times in the past as well, and we would like to offer our
> > experience and full support as host and facilitator of an essential part
> of
> > this process. With your participation and contribution, Wikimedia
> > Conference can be a platform for exchange and progress.
> >
> > Let us use this opportunity to jointly figure out how we want to move
> > forward as a network of partners. The conference is the ideal platform to
> > discuss and define next steps to find answers to questions like: How do
> we
> > imagine a movement striving for free knowledge and what structure and
> > framework best serve these needs? How do the WMF and affiliates define
> > their role and responsibilities on a global and local level? How shall an
> > revamped search process for a new executive leadership of the WMF look
> > like, and what are the main qualifications new candidates should bring?
> How
> > will the strategy process for the WMF evolve and how can affiliates
> > contribute? How do we involve our stakeholders from within and outside of
> > the movement in this process? How do we manage to look ahead rather than
> > repeating the old narratives?  How do we create consensus on all these
> > questions?
> >
> > In light of the current situation, we would like to dedicate a whole
> > conference track to these issues. Of course, the initial conference
> topics
> > of impact and capacity building are still important and will be covered
> as
> > well.
> >
> > We have set up a page on meta and encourage you to share your questions,
> > ideas, and concerns[1]. We intend to work closely with WMF and affiliate
> > representatives in the coming eight weeks and create the program along
> > their input.
> >
> > Looking forward to seeing you in Berlin in April,
> > Tim Moritz Hector
> >
> > [1]
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016/Program_Design_Process/Track
> > :
> > How to move forward
> >
> > --
> > Tim Moritz Hector
> > Chair of the Board
> >
> > Wikimedia Deutschland e. V.
> > Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | D-10963 Berlin
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] What it means to be a *volunteer* organization

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Hi David,

I wholeheartedly support your words. The Wikimedia movement relies on the
energy and enthusiasm of the Wikipedians or the volunteers from around the
world. Technology is a tool in this case, but not the driving agent. The
other tools which you mentioned are indeed important in the movement.

Regarding the practices that are running now, it's actually like, not
everything's wrong or negative. Of course there is way to explore new ideas
or practices, and that would definitely come out of spontaneous discussion
among volunteers. The movement is ever changing, so new practices and ideas
should come along the way and we must welcome such interactions or
discussions. The decision to accept or disregard of new ideas would also
rely upon the unanimous opinion. In some cases, some idea might work in a
specific part of the world, and not everywhere.


Thanks,
Tanweer

On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 8:25 PM, Anders Wennersten 
wrote:

>
>
> Den 2016-03-01 kl. 11:01, skrev David Emrany:
>
>> The credibility of Wikipedia as a brand is going down the tubes
>> rapidly as fresh scandals emerge with alarming frequency. More enemies
>> of the movement are being created daily.
>>
>
> We all live in different realities, so please be careful to indicate that
> your reality is everyones reality
>
> In Sweden we have had the most profound increase in trust in Wikipedia the
> last six month, not least in conjunction to the 15 year anniversary  There
> have been several articled in our main media reporting both with good
> insight and giving credibility to Wikipedia. We have seen a continuous
> strong support from the Glam sector and also a significant change from
> School authorities, which now are staring to look mostly how to make best
> use of Wikipedia, and not as before only indicating the need to be
> observant of sources being used
>
> The affiliate here has just received the biggest grant yet on more then
> 300KUSD to put the result of wikipedia loves word heritage onto WIkidata.
> And  also our community is working better then ever and seeing regularly
> new editor (but we still have a problem of too few new ones)
>
> So here there is no scandal being known and what is happening around SF is
> not reported or known her in our media
>
> Anders
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 3/1/16, David Cuenca Tudela  wrote:
>
>> Hi David,
>>>
>>> you say that "A large number of these persons are paid editors / PR -SEO
>>> "consultants" who have worked themselves up to positions of
>>> administrators".
>>> Although there is no clear evidence, there is a lot of mistrust and
>>> suspicion about "paid editing". Since people need to make a living, they
>>> find a way to market their skills, sometimes honestly and other times
>>> dishonestly. Not everybody can combine a job and take positions of
>>> responsibility in the movement without burning out after a while.
>>>
>>> However you come to say that the WMF should "purge all rogue editors"
>>> and I
>>> consider that it is wrong to consider the WMF as the police of the site.
>>> It
>>> is right to have assistance in legal matters when the community requests
>>> it, but it would compromise the autonomy of the movement if the wmf would
>>> take an interventionist role. It would do more damage than good >>
>>> https://xkcd.com/1217/
>>>
>>> I do advocate for an evolution in the culture of the community, but that
>>> cannot come from external sources, it has to come from volunteers
>>> themselves taking more responsibility, increasing the partnership with
>>> the
>>> professional arm of the movement, and creating in the process more trust
>>> to
>>> take appropriate action - and there is never a solid definition of what
>>> it
>>> constitutes.
>>>
>>> When I started the tread I mentioned other volunteership models (like
>>> WOOF,
>>> or workaway) that could help create more trust. It is unclear if it could
>>> work for us, or if it would be scalable, but given the state of the
>>> movement perhaps it doesn't hurt so much to try new things and see how it
>>> goes.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Micru
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2016 Ombudsman Committee

[Tanweer Morshed]

Thanks Patrick for the announcement. Congratulations to the new members as
well as the returning members!


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On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 10:00 PM, Patrick Earley 
wrote:

> Hello, everyone.
>
> I'd like to announce the new and returning members of the 2016 Ombudsman
> Commission (OC), the small group of volunteers who investigate complaints
> about violations of the privacy policy, and in particular concerning the
> use of CheckUser and Oversight[1] tools, on any Wikimedia project for the
> Board of Trustees.
>
> [1]
>
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Amending_the_Scope_of_the_Ombudsman_Commission
>
> I apologize for the length of the announcement. :)
>
> The application period for new commissioners for 2016 recently closed. The
> Wikimedia Foundation is extremely grateful to the many experienced and
> insightful volunteers who offered to assist with this work.
>
> As it has for the past few years, this year’s OC will consist of seven
> members, with a two-member advisory team who will guide the new commission.
>
>
> I am pleased to announce the composition of the 2016 OC. First, the new
> members are:
>
> -
> User:Alan, who has been a registered Wikimedian for more than three years,
> but an anonymous editor since 2006, working primarily across Spanish
> language projects. He is a global sysop and global rollbacker, an
> administrator on Commons, as well as having been an OTRS volunteer for ~3
> years. In the past he has served as an administrator and bureaucrat on
> Spanish Wikivoyage.
>  -
>
> User:NahidSultan, who has been volunteering on Wikimedia projects since
> 2012. He is mostly active on Bengali Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Meta,
> where he holds administrator rights. Besides these roles, he is also part
> of OTRS, a small wiki monitoring team member and a global administrator.
> Other than his online contributions to the movement, he is also active
> doing Wikimedia work offline, working actively for the Wikimedia Bangladesh
> chapter, where he currently serves as a Board member.
>  -
>
> User:Pajz, who has been an active contributor to the Wikimedia projects for
> almost a decade. Formerly a bureaucrat on the German-language Wiktionary,
> he has since mainly focused on contributing to Wikipedia (mostly on topics
> from economic theory and copyright law) and helping out on the Volunteer
> response team ("OTRS team"). He became a Wikipedia administrator and a
> Volunteer response team member in 2007, and has served as one of the OTRS
> administrators.
>
>  -
>
> User:Taketa, who has been a Wikimedian since 2008. He mostly works on the
> Dutch Wikipedia, writing content and organising projects. He was a member
> of the Dutch Wikipedia Arbitration Committee in 2009/10 and 2012/13.
> Currently, he helps as Wikimedia steward, nlwiki bureaucrat, listadmin for
> the nlwiki admins and bureaucrats, OTRS volunteer and Wikidata admin.
>
>
> Returning members:
>
> User:Barras, who is primarily active on the Simple English Wikipedia and
> Meta. He’s a steward, an Oversighter on Simple English and Meta, and also a
> Checkuser on Simple and Meta. Barras joined the OC in 2015.
>
>
> User:Polimerek, who primarily edits Polish Wikipedia (where he is an admin
> and former arbitrator), Polish Wikibooks and Wikimedia Commons. He also
> serves the Wikimedia movement as the president of Wikimedia Poland and on
> the Grant Advisory Committee. He is a former Checkuser. Polimerek joined
> the OC in 2014.
>
>
> User:Rubin16, who primarily edits the Russian Wikipedia, where he is a
> bureaucrat and administrator. He is formerly a member of their Arbitration
> Committee. He is an administrator on Wikimedia Commons and is a Central
> Notice and translation admin on Meta. (He is also a translation admin on
> Commons.) He is a member of Wikimedia Russia, responsible for press
> contacts and financial reporting.
>
> The 2016 OC’s advisors (this advisory role provides expertise when needed,
> but does not participate in all discussions) are:
>
> -
>
> User:Gnom, who primarily edits German Wikipedia. Gnom, a licensed attorney,
> has previously served Wikimedia as a legal intern for the Wikimedia
> Foundation. In 2014, he was elected to the Board of Wikimedia Deutschland,
> where he serves as co-Vice Chair. Gnom joined the OC in 2014.
>
> -
> User:Huji, who primarily edits Farsi Wikipedia, where he is an
> administrator, bureaucrat and former Checkuser. He has also contributed
> substantially to Simple Wikipedia, English Wikipedia and Meta and is a
> Wikimedia developer contributing to MediaWiki and WMF Labs projects.
>
> -
> These volunteers' willingness to remain, to bring their familiarity with
> processes and their experience to the new arrivals, is greatly appreciated!
>
>
> Please join me in thanking the following outgoing volunteers, who have
> given substantially of their time to serve the commission:
>
> -
> User:Alhen, who primarily edits Spanish projects. He is a bureaucrat and
> adminis

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal for New Project - Wikilore

[Tanweer Morshed]

Yeah, I do think the same as well. Wikisource is a good option for that.


Regards,
Tanweer Morshed

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 9:17 PM, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This proposal can fit well into Wikisource and Wikibooks. I dont think,
> another new domain is needed for this purpose.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
>
> On 17 January 2016 at 08:17, Satdeep Gill  wrote:
>
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I have proposed a new Wikimedia project on Meta. I hope you guys can take
> > a look and give your views.
> >
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikilore
> >
> > Regards
> > Satdeep Gill
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia Workshop for student of Fountain University

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> Il 17/01/2016 00:49, Risker ha scritto:
> > Hmm.  The majority of those crawlers are from search engines - the very
> > search engines that keep us in the top 10 of their results (and often in
> > the top 3), thus leading to the usage and donations that we need to
> > survive. If they have to pay, then they might prefer to change their
> > algorithm, or reduce the frequency of scraping (thus also failing to
> catch
> > updates to articles including removal of vandalism in the lead
> paragraphs,
> > which is historically one of the key reasons for frequently crawling the
> > same articles).  Those crawlers are what attracts people to our sites, to
> > read, to make donations, to possibly edit.  Of course there are lesser
> > crawlers, but they're not really big players.
> As usual you nailed it! That's why I wrote "negotiation" implying any
> extra cost should be fairly modulated but also it shouldn't force over
> the tops to leave our services.
> >
> > I'm at a loss to understand why the Wikimedia Foundation should take on
> the
> > costs and indemnities associated with hiring staff to create a for-pay
> API
> > that would have to meet the expectations of a customer (or more than one
> > customer) that hasn't even agreed to pay for access.  If they want a
> > specialized API (and we've been given no evidence that they do), let THEM
> > hire the staff, pay them, write the code in an appropriately open-source
> > way, and donate it to the WMF with the understanding that it could be
> > modified as required, and that it will be accessible to everyone.
> +1 is not enough let's +1e12
> >
> > It is good that the WMF has studied the usage patterns.  Could a link be
> > given to the report, please?  It's public, correct?  This is exactly the
> > point of transparency.  If only the WMF has the information, then it
> gives
> > an excuse for the community's comments to be ignored "because they don't
> > know the facts".  So let's lay out all the facts on the table, please.
> >
> >
>  From Lila's ongoing choices I'm pretty sure they will.
>
> Il 17/01/2016 03:11, Denny Vrandecic ha scritto:
> > To give a bit more thoughts: I am not terribly worried about current
> > crawlers. But currently, and more in the future, I expect us to provide
> > more complex and this expensive APIs: a SPARQL endpoint, parsing APIs,
> etc.
> > These will be simply expensive to operate. Not for infrequent users -
> say,
> > to the benefit of us 70,000 editors - but for use cases that involve tens
> > or millions of requests per day. These have the potential of burning a
> lot
> > of funds to basically support the operations of commercial companies
> whose
> > mission might or might not be aligned with our.
> Then a good synthesis would be "let's Google(*) fund scholarships/summer
> of codes/whatever to build new functionalities then make Google
> reimburse (**) our facilities' usage/increase our userbase(***)".
>
> Notes:
> (*) by "Google" I mean any big player
> (**) by "reimburse" I mean give us a fairly and proportionally
> determined amount of money based upon *actual* exploitation of our
> hardware/netwo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The documentary film of Wikimedia Argentina now available. Happy birthday Wikipedia!

[Tanweer Morshed]

The video is fantastic, Anna. Great job!

On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Great work, Anna.
>
> Best wishes,
> Bodhisattwa
> from Bengali Wikipedia community
> On 16 Jan 2016 18:34, "Yury Bulka" 
> wrote:
>
> > Fantastic work, Anna!
> >
> > Do you have the subtitles (*.srt) file so we can start translating the
> > subtitles? I'd like to translate in into Ukrainian and share here)
> >
> > Best,
> > Yury Bulka
> > from Wikimedia Ukraine
> >
> > Anna Torres  writes:
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > Wikimedia Argentina has been working the last 6 months on a documentary
> > > film based on the community, the editors and their work.
> > >
> > > Some weeks ago I sent you the trailer and now, after the party for the
> > 15th
> > > anniversary has passed and the film has already been launched in
> > Argentina,
> > > we are pleased to be sharing with you the result.
> > >
> > > Please, find it on the following links (all with subtitles in english)
> > >
> > > Wikimedia Commons->
> > > In spanish:  here
> > > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Soy_Wikipedista.webm>
> > > In english -> here
> > > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:I_am_a_Wikipedian.webm>
> > >
> > > Youtube->here <
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXokeuQFJnM&feature=youtu.be>
> > >
> > > Vimeo:here <https://vimeo.com/151929233>
> > >
> > > Hope you like it
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] The documentary film of Wikimedia Argentina now available. Happy birthday Wikipedia!

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Great!

On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Nurunnaby Chowdhury (Hasive) <
nhas...@wikimedia.org.bd> wrote:

> Great! Thanks for sharing Anna!
>
>
> -Hasive
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>
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 5:10 AM, Samir Elsharbaty <
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> > Thanks for sharing, Anna!
> >
> > It is really interesting!
> > On Jan 16, 2016 12:50 AM, "Anna Torres"  wrote:
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > Wikimedia Argentina has been working the last 6 months on a documentary
> > > film based on the community, the editors and their work.
> > >
> > > Some weeks ago I sent you the trailer and now, after the party for the
> > 15th
> > > anniversary has passed and the film has already been launched in
> > Argentina,
> > > we are pleased to be sharing with you the result.
> > >
> > > Please, find it on the following links (all with subtitles in english)
> > >
> > > Wikimedia Commons->
> > > In spanish:  here
> > > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Soy_Wikipedista.webm>
> > > In english -> here
> > > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:I_am_a_Wikipedian.webm>
> > >
> > > Youtube->here <
> > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXokeuQFJnM&feature=youtu.be>
> > >
> > > Vimeo:here <https://vimeo.com/151929233>
> > >
> > > Hope you like it
> > >
> > > --
> > > Anna Torres Adell
> > > Directora Ejecutiva
> > > *A.C. Wikimedia Argentina*
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Introducing Jaime Villagomez as our Chief Financial Officer

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Welcome Jamie, at WMF. Congratulations for being a member of the Wikimedia
family :)


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On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 2:28 AM, Lila Tretikov  wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
>
> Sharing this from our internal WMF list for your visibility...
>
>
>
> I'd like to introduce Jamie Villagomez, our incoming Chief Financial
> Officer. He brings more than 20 years of experience leading finance in
> small startups and large companies, and supporting non-profits as a
> volunteer and an advisor. Jaime will be joining us February 1st, overseeing
> our Finance, Administration, and OIT teams.
>
> Most recently, Jaime served as CFO at two startups: AnyCOMM, a smart cities
> startup, and Karum Group, which focused on extending credit services to
> underserved, unbanked communities in Mexico. Before then he was Vice
> President of Finance at Advent Software, QRS, and Northpoint
> Communications. He held senior strategy and finance roles at several large
> telecommunication companies, including AT&T, Lucent Technologies, and
> Pacific Bell, often acting as an ambassador to local communities they
> served.
>
> Jaime is a first generation San Franciscan. He speaks fluent Spanish, and
> has strong connections to his extended family in Latin America. Jaime holds
> a deep appreciation for diversity, the importance of learning environments,
> and the urgency of advancing the lives of those in need. He is committed to
> bringing his experience to these issues through support for local community
> organizations and non-profits, including the Salvation Army, the San
> Francisco Conservation Corps, the San Francisco Hispanic Chamber of
> Commerce, and Arriba Juntos, a San Francisco-based educational and
> vocational training organization.
>
> Jaime’s work gives him an important perspective on our current needs and
> future opportunities. He has experience in small companies and large global
> organizations, has planned and budgeted for major technology and
> programmatic work, has led and developed strong finance and operating
> teams, and mentored non-profits with a focus on integrity, accountability,
> authenticity, and trust. He is a great fit for our values and needs.
>
> Jaime has a BS in electrical engineering from Stanford University and an
> MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He lives with his
> wife and their two children in Walnut Creek. He loves to spend time with
> family and friends, travel to Latin America, and support the adventures and
> passions of his children.
>
> I would like to thank everyone involved in this search, especially Amy
> Elder and Boryana , who managed the recruiting process through a new, open
> approach. We had more than 200 candidates, interviewed 34 people, and
> followed up with six finalists. Everyone who spoke with Jaime throughout
> the process gave unanimously positive feedback (a combination of staff,
> executives and board members). Jaime will be reporting directly to me.  We
> are very excited to have him as a part of the Foundation’s leadership team.
>
> Please join me in welcoming Jaime.
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thank you, Jan-Bart and Stu

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Congratulations to the first four organizations to receive Simple Annual Plan Grants!

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Congratulations to the grantees and the committee members, who have helped
throughout the process!


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> ...And thank you Winifred, for working tirelessly to facilitate this
> process, and overcome the difficulties of having to coordinate 8 different
> timezones, as well as improving the S-APG process on-the-fly. Remarkable!
>
> I look forward to participating in the next cycle ;)
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement about changes to the Board

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Removing a board member is definitely a serious issue. The community
wants to know every aspect of the incident, why suddenly James has
been removed.


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

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Removing a board member is definitely a serious issue. The community
wants to know every aspects of the incident, why suddenly James have
been removed.


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia Weekend in Tirana 2015

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Hi Greta,

Thanks for letting us know about the Wikipedia Weekend. It's great that the
event was organized for the second time, please share the positive and
negative aspects of the event, so that other program leaders from around
the world could learn from your experiences.
Wish you all the best.


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia Weekend in Tirana 2015

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Hi Great,

Thanks for letting us know about the Wikipedia Weekend. It's great that the
event was organized for the second time, please share the positive and
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia User Group China

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A warm welcome and congratulations to the Wikimedia User Group China!


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] New board of Wikimedia DC

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Congratulations to the new board!

On 12/6/15, James Hare  wrote:
> All,
>
> Following our annual board election and our first-ever round of board
> appointments, I am happy to announce that Wikimedia DC has a new Board of
> Directors, comprising:
>
> * Kirill Lokshin, President
> * Emily Temple-Wood, Vice President
> * James Hare, Secretary
> * Walter Gómez Segura, Treasurer
> * Rob Fernandez
> * Peter Meyer
> * John Sadowski
> * Diane Shaw
> * Rebecca Williams
>
> Congratulations to all our new directors, and especially to Kirill and
> Walter on becoming President and Treasurer!
>
> Today we also enacted our annual plan for Fiscal Year 2015–16, available
> here: <https://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Annual_plan_(2015%E2%80%932016)>. We
> look forward to another year of outreach!
>
>
> —
> James Hare
> Secretary, Wikimedia DC
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Khalid Mahmood is gone

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Condolences to friends and family and dear ones of Khalid. That it
definitely a irreparable loss.

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On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Lila Tretikov  wrote:

> Thank you Asaf. A huge loss. Condolences to all who were close.
>
> sent from mobile. please excuse typos.
> On Nov 1, 2015 4:47 AM, "Tito Dutta"  wrote:
>
> > Sad news. :(
> > I agree with Bodhisattwa that it is a huge loss.
> >
> >
> >1. His English Wikipedia userpage is fully protected (WP:DECEASED
> >guideline #1)
> >2. His name is added here:
> >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians/2015
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > On 1 November 2015 at 16:16, Shlomi Fish  wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 21:14:11 -0700
> > > Asaf Bartov  wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear friends,
> > > >
> > > > Our colleague User:Khalid Mahmood, the most prolific contributor to
> the
> > > > Western Punjabi Wikipedia[1], has died earlier this month, after long
> > > > illness.
> > > >
> > >
> > > sorry to hear about that. My condolences go to his family and friends.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Shlomi Fish
> > >
> > > --
> > > -
> > > Shlomi Fish   http://www.shlomifish.org/
> > > http://youtu.be/xZLwtc9x4yA - Anime in Real Life!! (Parody)
> > >
> > > Vizzini: He didn’t fall?! Inconceivable!
> > > Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what
> you
> > > think it means.
> > > — http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Princess_Bride_%28film%29
> > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Community User Group Nigeria

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Congratulations Nigerian Wikimedians :)

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On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Richard Symonds <
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> Congratulations from all at WMUK! We look forward to working with you in
> future :-)
>
> Richard Symonds
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> 0207 065 0992
>
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
> movement. 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.*
>
> On 29 September 2015 at 06:56, Nurunnaby Chowdhury <
> nhas...@wikimedia.org.bd
> > wrote:
>
> > Congratulations!
> >
> >
> > -Hasive
> > WMBD
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 6:48 AM, Wong Rover  wrote:
> >
> > > Congratulations :)
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Rover Wong
> > > WMHK
> > > 2015年9月29日 上午4:45於 "Nasir Khan" 寫道：
> > >
> > > > Congratulations. :D
> > > >
> > > > Nasir Khan
> > > > Http://nasirkhn.com
> > > > On Sep 29, 2015 12:51 AM, "Shlomi Fish" 
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Mon, 28 Sep 2015 20:44:56 +0300
> > > > > "Carlos M. Colina"  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Dear all,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On behalf of the Affiliations Commitee, I am pleased to announce
> > the
> > > > > > recognition [1] of Wikimedia Community User Group Nigeria [2].
> > Among
> > > > > > their goals is to increase the usage of the different WIkimedia
> > > > projects
> > > > > > in Nigeria not just as viewers, but as editors/contributors and
> > > > organize
> > > > > > in-person gatherings and edit-a-thons.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Welcome to the family, guys!
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Congratulations and good luck!
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > -
> > > > > Shlomi Fish   http://www.shlomifish.org/
> > > > > Free (Creative Commons) Music Downloads, Reviews and more -
> > > > > http://jamendo.com/
> > > > >
> > > > > Chuck Norris was the 1,000,000,000th viewer of the Gangnam Style
> > video
> > > on
> > > > > YouTube. Summer Glau was the preceding 100 million views.
> > > > > — http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/facts/Summer-Glau/
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> > User: Hasive <http://meta.wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of WikiWomen's User Group

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Congratulations WikiWomen's UG! Hope you'll put great efforts towards
reducing gender gap in Wikimedia projects.


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On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Carlos M. Colina 
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> Dear all,
>
> I am pleased and honoured to announce on behalf of the Affiliations
> Committe the recognition [1] of a new member of the family of Wikimedia
> affiliates: The WikiWomen's User Group. Among their goals are providing a
> collaborative space for women to work on projects, discuss gender-related
> issues (but not limited to) and work towards the increase in content and
> contributor diversity.
>
> Please, join us in welcoming them!! :-)
>
>
> 1:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/WikiWomen's_User_Group_-_Liaison_approval,_July_2015
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Iranian Wikimedians UG

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Great news! Congratulations to Iranian UG :)

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Korea as a Wikimedia User Group

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Congratulations dear Korean Wikimedians!


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On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 10:02 PM, Asaf Bartov  wrote:

> Congratulations, Korean Wikimedians!
>
>Asaf
>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 8:50 AM, Carlos M. Colina 
> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > We have another group of wikimedians being recognised [1], the
> Wikimedians
> > of Korea User Group. They have been around for some time and among their
> > main interests is the development of educational content in South Korea
> > available for all, along with supporting the development of other
> Wikimedia
> > projects.
> >
> > Welcome!!
> >
> > 1:
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Wikimedians_of_Korea_User_Group_-_Liaison_approval,_July_2015
> > --
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> > junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain."
> > Carlos M. Colina
> > Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
> www.wikimedia.org.ve
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Albanian Language as a Wikimedia User Group

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Congratulations to the Albanian User Group, welcome to the Wikimedia family
of affiliates!


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On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 9:49 PM, Carlos M. Colina 
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> Dear all,
>
> On behalf of the Affiliations Committee, it is an honor for me to announce
> the recognition [1] of Wikimedians of Albanian Language as a WUG. They are
> working hard to increase (in quantity and quality) the free knowledge
> available in albanian, as well as collaborating with other fellow
> wikimedians in areas of the Balkans outside of Albania where their language
> is also spoken. Hence their name :-)
>
> Welcome!
>
> 1:
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> --
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> Carlos M. Colina
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Albanian Language as a Wikimedia User Group

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Congratulations to the Albanian User Group, welcome to the Wikimedia family
of affiliates!

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 9:49 PM, Carlos M. Colina 
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> Dear all,
>
> On behalf of the Affiliations Committee, it is an honor for me to announce
> the recognition [1] of Wikimedians of Albanian Language as a WUG. They are
> working hard to increase (in quantity and quality) the free knowledge
> available in albanian, as well as collaborating with other fellow
> wikimedians in areas of the Balkans outside of Albania where their language
> is also spoken. Hence their name :-)
>
> Welcome!
>
> 1:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Wikimedians_of_Albanian_Language_User_Group_-_Liaison_approval,_July_2015
> --
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> junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain."
> Carlos M. Colina
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcoming Lucy Crompton-Reid as new CEO of Wikimedia UK

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Congratulations Lucy! A warm welcome in the Wikimedia movement :)


Tanweer Morshed
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On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 2:51 AM, Pine W  wrote:

> Thanks for this announcement, Michael.
>
> Lucy, welcome. I look forward to occasional collaborations with you  across
> the Atlantic.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pine
> Executive Director
> Cascadia Wikimedians User Group
> (Oregon, Washington State and British Columbia)
>  On Jul 13, 2015 10:44 AM, "Michael Maggs"  wrote:
>
> > Dear all
> >
> > I am very pleased to be able to announce today that Wikimedia UK has been
> > been fortunate enough to secure as our new CEO Lucy Crompton-Reid,
> > currently Director of the national live literature charity Apples and
> > Snakes. Lucy brings extensive experience in volunteer engagement,
> > organisational development, working with strategic partners, media,
> > education, and securing external fundraising from trusts and foundations.
> >
> > Over the course of her career Lucy has worked in both the charitable and
> > public sectors, including most recently Head of Outreach at the House of
> > Lords where she was strategic and operational lead for education and
> > outreach activities. Before that, she worked at Arts Council England,
> > initially developing strategic partnerships before setting up a new area
> > office with local government and schools partnerships. As Refugee Week
> > National Co-ordinator for the British Refugee Council, Lucy chaired the
> UK
> > steering group of NGOs and charities, led on media activities, and
> > facilitated hundreds of volunteer cultural events each year. Lucy is
> > passionate about education and learning and is deeply committed to
> ensuring
> > open access to knowledge and information.
> >
> > Lucy will be joining us in early October. In the meantime, our interim
> > CEO, D'Arcy Myers, will remain in post and will be working with Lucy to
> > ensure a smooth handover.
> >
> > Please join me in offering Lucy a very warm welcome.
> >
> > Lucy says
> >
> > /I'm delighted to be joining Wikimedia UK this October as the charity's
> > new Chief Executive, and look forward to working with the staff team,
> board
> > and volunteer community -- as well as national and international partners
> > -- to develop the work of the organisation. This is a significant time
> for
> > Wikimedia and for the open knowledge sector more broadly, with the
> > potential to create unparalleled access to educational content, coupled
> > with threats to limit public access to information and knowledge. With
> > nearly 18 years' experience in the arts, charitable and public sectors,
> I'm
> > passionate about participation, and excited about the opportunity to
> > facilitate greater public engagement with online content and information
> > through Wikipedia and its sister projects, and other Wikimedia UK
> > initiatives./
> >
> > 
> >
> > Michael Maggs
> >
> > Chair, Wikimedia UK
> >
> >
> > [The Wiki version of this announcement can be found here:
> >
> https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Engine_room#Welcoming_Lucy_Crompton-Reid_as_CEO
> > ]
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikiquote chemistry competition

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Hi Andy,

That's fantastic! I really want to participate in the competition. But I am
from Bangladesh, can I participate?

Thanks,
Tanweer Morshed
Wikimedia Bangladesh

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 5:22 PM, Andy Mabbett 
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> As Wikimedian in Residence at the Royal Society of Chemistry, I'm
> working with our Wikiquote colleagues to raise awareness of that
> project, though a competition:
>
>
> http://prospect.rsc.org/blogs/cw/2015/07/09/quotable-chemistry-a-chemistry-world-competition/
>
> to source quotes about chemistry.
>
> Your participation would be welcome; as would help in informing
> interested parties, not least by re-tweeting:
>
>https://twitter.com/ChemistryWorld/status/619151566927310849
>
> Good luck with your entries!
>
> I also wonder if this is the first time that a Wiki[p|m]edian in
> Residence has worked with Wikiqoite?
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Securing access to Wikimedia sites with HTTPS

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But won't the people in Iran or China would be able to access the Wikimedia
sites through http instead of https? And what about accessing through https
within Wikipedia Zero? Is cost-free access available through https?

On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 12:54 PM, geni  wrote:

> On 14 June 2015 at 05:21, Comet styles  wrote:
>
> > China and Iran blocks https (and WMF thinks https is more secure than
> > http when it can be EASILY blocked lol)
>
> China is currently blocking HTTP and has done so quite frequently. The
> ability to block is largely unrelated to security.
>
>
>
> > so people in these countries
> > used wikipedia on http, so some here think that these countries are
> > spying on them by forcing them to use http, but that https block in
> > this countries was NOT to target wikipedia, it was to target social
> > networking sites and  american based email sites like yahoo and gmail
> > etc..but now by moving to HTTPS, we have now become a target for those
> > countries..well done..
>
>
> That doesn't make sense. HTTPs doesn't hide the domain. The country can
> still tell that someone is visiting wikipedia rather than say facebook.
> What becomes more difficult is telling what a person is viewing on
> wikipedia.
>
>
>
> > and to add to that, people who used
> > wikipedia in those countries to find the "truth" about whats happening
> > in their country and other regions can no longer do so since its
> > blocked..Well Done again WMF..
>
>
> Well actually no they couldn't if they had a government with active
> blocking measures. With HTTP traffic governments and ISPs can (and did)
> block individual pages that they don't like.
>
>
>
> >
> > Someone has to be fired for this.
> >
> >
> That would seem to be something of an over reaction even if you disagree
> with the decision.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of North Carolina Triangle Wikipedians User Group

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Congratulations and welcome North Carolina Triangle Wikipedians!


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On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 12:16 AM, David Cuenca Tudela 
wrote:

> Congratulations, new user group members!
>
> On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 11:17 PM, Carlos M. Colina  >
> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > On behalf of the Affiliations Committee, I am honored to announce the
> > recognition [1] of a new User Group in the United States - the North
> > Carolina Triangle Wikipedians. As their name implies, they are mostly
> > active in the region known as the Research Triangle, or simply "The
> > Triangle". They have already organized activities in the region,
> especially
> > at Duke and UNC related to MediaWiki, edit-a-thons and the Education
> > Program. We'll see more of that in the near future :-)
> >
> > So please, let's welcome the newest member of the family of affiliates!
> > Congrats!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Carlos
> >
> > 1:
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/North_Carolina_Triangle_Wikipedians_User_Group_-_Liaison_approval,_May_2015
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Kourosh Karimkhany, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships

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Welcome to Kourosh! Wikimedians around the world have already been creating
partnerships under various programs including GLAMs and with universities,
institutions etc. This is rational from the sense that this new department
(Strategic Partnerships) would address all these issues along with further
ways for improvement. Looking forward to Kourosh and his team's endeavors,
hope they bring meaningful and impact-driven partnerships for Wikimedia
movement. :)

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> On Fri, 27 Mar 2015 23:17:20 +0100
> Cristian Consonni  wrote:
>
> > Welcome, Kourosh!
> >
> > Cristian
>
> Welcome, Kourosh, and good luck!
>
> Regards,
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Veteran Malayalam Wikipedian BabuG signed off...

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 Indian Wikimedia Communities, in 2011:
> >>>
> >>> G. Balachandran, a septuagenarian who lives outside of Ernakulum in
> >>> Kerala
> >>>
> >>>> state, said that working on Malayalam Wikipedia helped him recover
> after
> >>>>
> >>> a
> >>>
> >>>> stroke left him paralyzed. “He’s much sharper now,” said his wife
> >>>>
> >>> Jagadamma
> >>>
> >>>> K. “He’s made a lot of new friends, and that’s been good for his
> >>>> health.”
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> For us in Malayalam Wikipedia, today is a black day, for having lost a
> >>> great beacon on our voyage to ultimate openness and freedom in
> knowledge
> >>> and wisdom.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Yet, we feel, BabuG has made his life stamped immortal for ever and has
> >>> shown us the pathway we should follow in continuing our humble
> >>> contributions to the ultimate cause of mankind.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -ViswaPrabha
> >>> (On behalf of Malayalam Wikimedia Community)
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New ED of Wikimedia Norway

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Congratulations Astrid for being ED! Wish you and WMNO a prosperous
future ahead.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New ED of Wikimedia Norway

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] 200 000 articles on Slovak Wikipedia

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Congratulations to the Slovak community!

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Honorary degree for Wikipedia + meeting

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As Wikipedia is getting a doctorate degree after all these years (it's
actually stepping into 14th birthday on that day), it will facilitate to
collaborate with the higher educational institutions under the Education
Program. Will the universities keep ignoring Wikipedia as an
unconventional, baseless and non-reliable encyclopaedia ? :P

Congratulations to Dr. Wikipedia!

On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 2:26 AM, James Alexander 
wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Romaine Wiki 
> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Thursday 15 January Jimmy is in Amsterdam for a symposium. After the
> > symposium we have organised a wikimeet in this building:
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waag,_Amsterdam
> > (It is said to be the oldest remaining non-religious building in
> > Amsterdam.)
> >
>
> That is an awesome looking building, I'm very jealous.
>
> Congrats Jimmy and the entire Dutch community who did much of the work
> which led to people respecting WP in the Netherlands enough to want to do
> this.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Awareness of Wikipedia and its usage patterns in Israel

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Hi Michal

Thanks for the survey you conducted and sharing the info. But could you
find the reason why Arab-speaking people use Wikipedia more than the
Hebrew-speaking people?

Regards,
Tanweer

On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 10:25 PM, Sydney Poore 
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> Thanks for sharing the information.
>
> Sydney
>
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> On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 3:25 AM, Shlomi Fish 
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> > Hi Michal,
> >
> > On Wed, 24 Dec 2014 10:01:19 +0200
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> >
> > > Several months ago, Wikimedia Israel conducted a survey on attitudes of
> > the
> > > Israeli public towards Wikipedia. 751 respondents, which provides
> > > arepresentative
> > > sample of the population of Israel, responded to the questionnaire.We
> > paid
> > > particular attention to the fact that the sample included a
> > representation
> > > of young people and the Arabic-speaking population in Israel.
> > >
> >
> > thanks for sharing! These results are interesting.
> >
> > Happy Chanukah / Christmas / etc.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Royal Society of Chemistry journal donation

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Excellent!

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>
> Illustrated by a Heather Walls special, no less.  Excellent news, thank
> you.
>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Andy Mabbett 
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> > The Royal Society of Chemistry (disclosure: I'm Wikimedian in
> > Residence there) has made a massive journal subscription donation to
> > Wikipedia Library:
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.rsc.org/news-events/rsc-news/articles/2014/dec/gold-journals-donation-for-wikipedia-editors/
> >
> > Please visit that page for details, to check your eligibility, and to
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia India Chapter Announcements:Executive Committee for 2014-15 takes charge

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Congratulations to the new team, wishing all the best!

Tanweer
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On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Jayanta Nath  wrote:
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> Date: Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 12:54 AM
> Subject: Wikimedia India Chapter Announcements:Executive Committee for
> 2014-15 takes charge
> To: Wikimedia Members List , "Discussion
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> Dear Wikimedia India Chapter members and other interested stakeholders in
> the list,
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> Dear members,
>
> At the outset, on behalf of Wikimedia India Executive Committee for
> 2013-14, I would like to thank you all for the support for the Chapter
> during the past year, as we strive hard to complete the difficult phase of
> the Chapter. I am glad to report that the huddle phase is now complete, as
> the Chapter is financially healthy, staffed and has conducted AGM and
> Elections for EC of six vacancies successfully. I would like to place on
> record my thanks to all co-founders and EC team members,volunteers from
> members and community, , WMF staff,WMF board members and partners and
> consultants for all the contributions and support towards reaching this
> important milestone.
>
> Last weekend we had inducted the newly elected EC members with an EC
> induction program at Bangalore. As part of it, we have completed the office
> bearer elections for the 2014-15. I would like to introduce the new team
> that has taken charge.
>
> The results of the  office bearer elections are as follows:
>
>- Dr. Abhiraj Suryawanshi : President
>- Jayanta Nath : Secretary
>- Sanket Oswal  : Treasurer
>- Priyanka Tiwari  : Member
>- Yohann Varun Thomas  : Member
>- Dr. Ekbal Bappukunju  : Member
>- Nikhil Kawale  : Member
>
> We are confident that under the new EC's leadership Wikimedia Movement and
> Chapter in India will grow to greater heights in the year to come. We
> request you all to extend the support and actively engage with Wikimedia
> India to achieve the vision of sharing free knowledge with every one for
> building a Knowledge Society.
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> Please join me in wishing the new team all success.
> Cheers
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Community Ireland as a Wikimedia User Group

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Congratulations to Wikimedia Community Ireland!

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

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[Wikimedia-l] Literary works under public domain

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Dear all,

A workshop on Bangla Wikipedia was held yesterday (12 November 2014) at
State University of Bangladesh [1]. Students of the university and some
faculty members participated at the workshop. Wikimedia Bangladesh (WMBD)
executive members Ali Haider Khan and Tanweer, Bangla Wikipedia
administrator Nahid Sultan and Campus Ambassador Zahid Hossain spoke at the
workshop on Bangla Wikipedia, Bengali Wikimedia projects and Wikimedia
movement in Bangladesh. Later the participants were given hands-on training
about contributing to Wikipedia.

At the end of the event, prominent Bangladeshi writer Mujtoba Ahmed
Murshed, also a faculty member of the university, gave away all his
literary works under public domain to publish them at Bangla Wikisource.
Soon he will give WMBD relevant legal documents regarding copyright issues.

[1]
http://www.prothom-alo.com/technology/article/369241/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4

Photos of the workshop:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Workshop_at_State_University

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Algeria Wikimedians User Group

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Congratulations to the Algerian User Group!

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Tanweer
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2014-11-05 18:28 GMT+06:00 Enock Seth Nyamador :

> Congrats from Ghana. Good to see User Groups activated across Africa.
>
> Best,
> Enock.
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> On 11/4/14, Patricio Lorente  wrote:
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> >
> > Enviado desde mi teléfono celular
> > Disculpe la brevedad.
> > El 04/11/2014 06:56, "Pierre-Selim"  escribió:
> >
> >> Félicitations \o/
> >> Congrats
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> >> 2014-11-04 10:26 GMT+01:00 Cristian Consonni :
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New AffCom members

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Congratulations to the new AffCom members!

Regards,
Tanweer

On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Salvador A  wrote:

> Dear wikimedians,
>
> On behalf the Affiliations Committee and as a result of the call of
> candidates made on past September [1] is my pleasure to announce you that 5
> new voting members have been appointed to join us for the next two years
> and to serve to Wikimedia affiliates. [2] The new members are:
>
> * Manuel Schneider
> * Ganesh Paudel
> * Emily Temple-Wood
> * Ting Chen
> * Anirudh Singh Bhati
>
> Congratulations to them and thanks to all the volunteers that sent us their
> applications.
>
> Currently the AffCom is composed as follows:
>
> Carlos Colina, Josh Lim, Salvador Alcántar, Tanvir Rahman, Greg Varnum,
> with terms scheduled to expire at the end of 2014; Galileo Vidoni, Kirill
> Lokshin with terms scheduled to expire at the end of 2015; Manuel
> Schneider, Ganesh Paudel, Emily Temple-Wood, Ting Chen and Anirudh Singh
> Bhati, with terms scheduled to expire at the end of 2016, and serve as full
> voting members.
>
> About AffCom members:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Members
>
> Best regards!
>
> [1]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/MassMessages/Call_for_candidates_-_September_2014
> [2]
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] First-ever Wikipedia Monument unveiled in Poland

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Alessio Guidetti, Cotton

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Regrettable news indeed. Condolence for his family members, friends and
coworkers.

Tanweer
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On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 8:47 PM, Patricio Lorente <
patricio.lore...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Really sad news, I can't even believe it. My heart is with you, guys, and
> with Alessio.
>
>   Patricio
>
> 2014-10-18 10:24 GMT-03:00 Andrea Zanni :
>
> > It is with great sorrow that Wikimedia Italia announces the death of
> > Alessio Guidetti, better known on the projects as Cotton. He has been
> > treasurer of the organization for about five years, from 2009 until last
> > April.
> >
> > Alessio started to contribute to Wikipedia at the end of 2006: after a
> few
> > months he became already a sysop. He was a tireless translator of English
> > articles in the most diverse fields, and also part of the small group of
> > the patrollers -and, indeed, he continued his precious work until the
> last,
> > even if invisible for most of the editors.
> >
> > From the moment he joined Wikimedia Italia, Alessio was very keen to
> > contribute effectively, guided by his well-known pragmatism. He run for
> the
> > Board: as soon as he was elected, he took the role of treasurer, a
> > difficult task and a fundamental one for us but little recognized. It was
> > Alessio who took care of the most delicate and complicated tasks, and he
> > did so in the years during which Wikimedia Italia was starting to grow
> big,
> > the years of our quantum leap.
> >
> > This spring he decided to not run again for the Board, but he kept
> > collaborating with his successor for an effective -and not only formal-
> > handover. He took care of the accounting, donations and employees'
> > paychecks till his very last days. He has been an incredible help:
> > trustworthy, precious, always ready for a joke.
> >
> > Alessio has been a pillar of Wikimedia Italia: his pragmatism, his
> > hardworking disposition, his sense of humor were, and are, a part of our
> > organization. A part of how it was born and how it is growing. A part of
> > what we are.
> >
> > Wikimedia Italia is close to the family and the friends of Alessio in
> this
> > grievous moment.
> >
> > We will terribly miss him.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Many of you have know Alessio in Wikimanias and conferences.
> >
> > If you wish, you can leave a last goodbye here on his userpage:
> > https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussioni_utente:Cotton#Ciao.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Andrea Zanni
> >
> > on behalf of Wikimedia Italia
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Serbia Executive Director

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Welcome Ivan and congratulations to Wikimedia Serbia!

Tanweer Morshed
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On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 5:47 AM, Erlend Bjørtvedt 
wrote:

> Dobre!
>
> Welcome to the movement, Ivan!
>
> Erlend Bjørtvedt
> Wikimedia Norway
>
> Den søndag 12. oktober 2014 skrev Filip Maljković 
> følgende:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I'd like to announce Ivan Nikčević as the new Executive Director of
> > Wikimedia Serbia.
> >
> > After a two month process, and with more than 200 submissions, we finally
> > managed to narrow it down to one person, who we hope will be a great
> > contribution to our organization, and a successful leader thereof. Ivan's
> > first day was on Friday.
> >
> > Here's a short auto-bio that he provided:
> >
> > Born in the 1970, an Information Technologies engineer by education.
> During
> > his 20 years long work experience Ivan was marketing and PR manager,
> > journalist, TV producer, TV host and presenter and an editor in chief
> for a
> > weekly TV show on IT on Serbian national TV, he also was digital
> > communications consultant.
> >
> > His last post before joining Wikimedia team in Serbia was project and
> > online communications manager in Serbian Ministry of Trade, Tourism and
> > Telecommunications.
> >
> > Ivan was awarded twice for his exceptional contribution for development
> and
> > promotion of IT technologies in Serbia, by  major professional
> associations
> > from Serbian ICT sector and was an author of a documentary film “50 years
> > of ICT in Serbia”.
> >
> > Behind an amazing professional career, a proud father of 17 years old
> > daughter, a lead singer and song writer in a pop band, addicted on movies
> > and popcorn, pop music, internet and video games he lives his life online
> > and offline trying to be as one of his icons – George Carlin would say “a
> > modern man, digital and smoke-free; a man for the millennium.”
> > Cheers,
> > Filip Maljković
> > Wikimedia Serbia
> > President
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] First Wikipedia Article has been Formally Peer Reviewed and Published

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Wow! It's great a see a Wikipedia article being published in a
peer-reviewed journal! Congratulations to James and others who gave efforts
for it.It will definitely strengthen Wikipedia's reliability as an
encyclopedia.

Tanweer
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On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Peter Southwood <
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> Nice work, James
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
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> To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] First Wikipedia Article has been Formally Peer
> Reviewed and Published
>
> Article published by the journal Open Medicine
> http://www.openmedicine.ca/article/viewFile/562/564
>
> Will soon be pubmed indexed. Editorial regarding the efforts are here
> http://www.openmedicine.ca/article/view/652/565
>
> Hope these sorts of efforts will improve the reputation of Wikipedia and
> the number of contributors. I guess we will see.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Azerbaijani Wikimedians User Group

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Congratulations to all Azerbaijani Wikimedians for being recognized as a
User Group!

Tanweer
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On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 8:46 PM, Cristian Consonni 
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> 2014-09-19 16:40 GMT+02:00 Carlos M. Colina :
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am pleased to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
> > Azerbaijani Wikimedians [1] as a Wikimedia User Group [2]. They are a
> group
> > of very enthusiastic wikimedians interested in expanding the access to
> free
> > knowledge about Azerbaijan and the development of more reusable content
> in
> > the Azerbaijani language (but not exclusively).
> >
> > Let's give them a warm welcome to the family of Wikimedia affiliates!!!
>
> Benvenuti!
> Congratulazioni!
>
> Cristian
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Ghana User Group

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Warm welcome Wikimedia Ghana User Group to the Wikimedia Affiliates and
congratulations for attaining the recognition as a user group. Hope this
will further the free educational content and Wikimedia projects in Ghana!

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On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 11:31 PM, Sydney Poore 
wrote:

> That's awesome news!
>
> Sydney
>
> Sydney Poore
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> at Cochrane Collaboration
>
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 8:23 PM, Kirill Lokshin 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I'm pleased to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
> > Wikimedia Ghana User Group [1] as a Wikimedia User Group [2].  The group
> > plans to support the Ghanaian Wikimedia contributing community, to
> promote
> > Wikimedia projects and free content in Ghana, and to encourage the use of
> > Wikimedia resources in education.
> >
> > Let's welcome them to the family of Wikimedia affiliates!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Kirill Lokshin
> > Affiliations Committee
> >
> > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana
> >
> > [2]
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Wikimedia_Ghana_User_Group_-_Liaison_approval,_September_2014
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] editor retention initiatives

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Thanks James for addressing such a crucial issue. It is a vital matter but
being discussed far less than other topics, in offline or offline programs,
activities. Among measures fore retaining editors, there were some banners
that appeared on top of articles viewed by new editors or readers. I've
heard that this worked somewhat but didn't continue. In Bangladesh, we're
(Wikipedians/Wikimedians) particularly discussing and talking on how to how
to retain more editors. Many people are becoming new editors but most of
them leave after some days and become inactive. The Task recommendations
seems quite interesting, but I was unaware of it. What about its
implementation? was it ever tested on any Wikipedia and if so, how
successful was it?


On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 8:35 AM, Steven Walling 
wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 6:55 PM, James Salsman  wrote:
>
> > Is there a list somewhere of all currently active Foundation
> > initiatives for attracting and retaining active editors?  I am only
> > aware of the one project, "Task Recommendations," to try to encourage
> > editors who have made a few edits to make more, described starting at
> >  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JbZ1uWoKEg&t=60m20s
> >
>
> Task recommendations is one nascent initiative that my team is working
> on.[1] We're still in the very early prototyping and testing stages. (BTW,
> the whole video segment starts two minutes earlier at about the 58:00
> mark.)
>
> Task recommendations is far from the only thing we're doing to attract and
> retain active editors. Pretty much the entirety of the features development
> roadmap for desktop and mobile is focused on this problem. VisualEditor,
> Flow, mobile web and apps work, and more all address this problem from
> different angles. You can keep up with what the Foundation is doing by
> checking out the monthly engineering reports.[2]
>
>
> > Is there any evidence at all that anyone in the Foundation is
> > interested in any kind of change which would make non-editors more
> > inclined to edit, or empower editors with social factors which might
> > provide more time, economic power, or other means to enable them to
> > edit more?
> >
>
> We practically can't and don't take on initiatives that directly try to
> provide more free time or money to editors. We can, however, help people do
> more with the free time they have, and ask new people to become
> contributors. Both of those are things we're tackling. A central goal of
> improving the usability of the core editing experience across devices is to
> save people time and energy. My team's also trying other things to attract
> new community members, such as actually inviting people to sign up.[3]
>
> 1. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Task_recommendations
> 2. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/Report/latest
> 3.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Mexico facts about Wikipedia

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Thanks Ivan for sharing the interesting survey. After Britain, the survey
in Mexico and US unveils that Wikipedia is still a major online platform
for learning and majority of people have faith on it.

Regards,
Tanweer


On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 8:16 PM, Ivan Martínez  wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> For any interested, today appear in the blog Codigo Espagueti[1] a survey
> about the trust in Wikipedia and the use both in Mexico and the United
> States. Some facts:
>
>
>- 60% of people with internet access in Mexico has heard about
> Wikipedia.
>- 82% are very or somewhat confident. In contrast, only 16% have little
>or no credibility.
>- In Mexico 59% use this site to learn about different topics and 53% in
>USA.
>
> The blog post does not indicate the method of the survey, but is a
> interesting exercise.
>
> Cheers.
> [1] http://codigoespagueti.com/noticias/wikipedia-mexico-encuesta/
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>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliations Committee's first Secretary - Tanvir Rahman (Wikitanvir)

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Heartiest congratulations to Tanvir! Hope Tanvir will be accomplishing his
job as the first-ever Secretary in AffCom.

Regards,
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On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Nasir Khan  wrote:

> congrats tanvir :)
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> On Aug 8, 2014 7:16 AM, "Gregory Varnum"  wrote:
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> > Greetings,
> >
> > I am pleased to share that the Affiliations Committee has created a new
> > Secretary role for the committee and has elected Tanvir Rahman
> > (User:Wikitanvir) to serve in this role for the upcoming year. Tanvir
> will
> > be taking on the tough task of facilitating the documentation of the
> > committee's activities. I am confident that he is up to the task and will
> > do a fine job serving as the committee's first-ever Secretary.
> >
> > Please join me in congratulating Tanvir!
> >
> > Resolution:
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Secretary_creation_and_selection_2014
> >
> > -greg aka varnent
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia User Group China

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Congratulations to China User Group!! Wishing them all the best for
the days to come :)

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Egypt Wikimedians User Group

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Heartiest congratulaions to the Egypt User Group!! Wishing the
Egyptians all the best for the upcoming days. Would like to see you as
a chapter in the near future!

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Joint office Jakarta - Wikimedia Indonesia, HOT Open Street Map, and World Wide Web Foundation

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Vietnamese wp above 1 M articles and growing

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That's a great news that the Vietnamese Wikipedia has crossed 1M articles.
What are the significant reasons behind Vietnamese Wikipedia's such growth?
Is it just the usage of such clever Bots (that you have mentioned) or
contribution by the Vietnamese Wikipedians? And actually how does the
Cheer!-bot generate articles? Does it translate articles from English (or
other) Wikipedia? And apart from translating, can it set and maintain
correctly other aspects of Wikisyntax and coding?

Tanweer Morshed
Board member
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On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Anders Wennersten <
m...@anderswennersten.se> wrote:

> One of our most interesting projects, Vietnamese Wikipedia has now passed
> 1 M articles and has a growth just now  of almost 100k/month
>
> They use a clever bot named Cheer!-bot to generate a lot of very good
> articles. In some ways it is stronger then Lsjbot (covering more then
> spececies) but I do prefer that Lsjbot marks the generated articles with a
> template indicating they are botgenerated
>
> start page: https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trang_Ch%C3%ADnh
>
> Cheer-bot! generated articles (just now working on species like Lsjbot)
> https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90%E1%BA%B7c_bi%E1%BB%87t:
> %C4%90%C3%B3ng_g%C3%B3p/Cheers!-bot
>
> Statistics up to April http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaVI.htm
> notice active generating around one year from now
>
> As I said a lot of times, I believe it is a weakness we are not making use
> of the many excellent inititves taking place on less well known verisons
> (like the lithuanian I mentioned some time ago). I am not even sure there
> are any from viwp acrtive on this list.
>
> Also I  recommend you to look through the content of viwp by using the
>  use the Random article feature Bài vie^'t nga^~u nhiên <
> https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90%E1%BA%B7c_bi%E1%
> BB%87t:Ng%E1%BA%ABu_nhi%C3%AAn>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Ukraine's anniversary

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Congratulations to Wikimedia Ukraine on achieving the milestones. You've
got too many great milestones for celebration!

Regards,
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On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Jon Davies 
wrote:

> Well done!
>
>
> On 31 May 2014 22:21, Jan-Bart de Vreede  wrote:
>
> > Indeed, congratulations on achieving these milestones!
> >
> > It is great to know that even in these turbulent times you are managing
> to
> > reach new goals and have a positive effect! Sometimes in the bigger
> picture
> > these seem like small steps, but they are important steps for us as a
> > movement and society as a whole.
> >
> > Jan-Bart
> >
> >
> > On 31 May 2014, at 22:38, ENWP Pine  wrote:
> >
> > > Congratulations Wikimedia Ukraine on these milestones.
> > > 500,000 articles, 10 years as a language wiki, and 5 years
> > > as an organization are great reasons to celebrate.
> > >
> > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Feuerwerk_Dreiländerbrücke.jpg
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Pine
> > >
> > >
> > >> Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 21:13:16 +0200
> > >> From: Richard Ames 
> > >> To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
> > >> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Ukraine's anniversary
> > >> Message-ID: <538a29cc.7030...@ames.id.au>
> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> - оригінальне повідомлення -
> > >> Тема: Wikimedia Ukraine's anniversary
> > >> Від кого: Levon Azizian 
> > >> Кому: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> > >> Копія: Правління Вікімедіа Україна 
> > >> Відправлено: 31.05.2014 18:40,
> > >>
> > >> Today, our organization celebrates anniversary - 5 years from the date
> > >> of creation.
> > >>
> > >> Exactly 5 years ago, on May 31, 2009, in Kyiv was held the constituent
> > >> meeting, which approved the bylaws and elected its first Board of the
> > new
> > >> organization, known as Wikimedia Ukraine.
> > >>
> > >> Our community has gone through a long and difficult path. Birthday of
> > >> Wikimedia Ukraine for our community is the third remarkable date this
> > >> year. On January 30 was the 10th anniversary of the establishment of
> > >> Ukrainian Wikipedia and on May 12 Ukrainian Wikipedia has crossed the
> > >> threshold of 500 000 articles.
> > >>
> > >> We want to thank to Wikimedia Foundation Inc. for their help, to our
> > >> neighboring communities for fruitful cooperation with us and of course
> > >> to our community for their contributions!
> > >>
> > >> Regards, Levon Azizian
> > >> Deputy chair
> > >> Wikimedia Ukraine
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New Chair of the Supervisory Board – the 14th WMDE General Assembly in retrospect

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Congratulations Tim! It's great to learn that you've been selected as the
Chair of the Supervisory Board. Wishing you all the best.

Regards,
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On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Nurunnaby Chowdhury wrote:

> ​​Congratulations Tim for your new role!​
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Michael Maggs  wrote:
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> > ​​
> > Congratulations on your new role
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki Loves Earth - Brasil - Data/statistics tool

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Great to learn that Wiki Loves Earth is going to be held in Brasil. Already
a great number photos have been received!
Wish you all the best and hope you'll be able to accomplish the event!

Regards-
Tanweer,
Wikimedia Bangladesh


On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Erlend Bjørtvedt wrote:

> This is a great job! Thank you Brazil!
> And good luck with the recruitment and contest!
>
> Erlend,
> Wmno / Oslo
>
> Den onsdag 14. mai 2014 skrev Rodrigo Padula 
> følgende:
>
> > Hello guys,
> >
> > Since that is our first participation in an international photo contest,
> we
> > discussed locally about ways to have more information about what is
> working
> > well, the results and the real impact on commons of all our efforts
> around
> > Wiki Loves Earth here in Brasil.
> >
> > So, the Brazilian User Group studied and specified a tool, developed by
> > Danilo (Danilo.mac on pt.wiki and member of the user group as well) to
> read
> > database information and generate a complete report about the Wiki Loves
> > Earth, including all participating countries listed on commons.
> >
> > The tool is hosted on the server wmflabs.org under the URL
> > http://tools.wmflabs.org/ptwikis/WLE
> >
> > Through this tool you can have a general idea of what is going on: number
> > of photos uploaded, photos used on wikis, number of uploaders(with
> complete
> > list and registration date by country) and the percentage of many
> > information, including uploaders registered in May 2014 during the
> contest.
> >
> > I guess that tool can help each country to define metrics to evaluate
> local
> > efforts/results and can be useful for other local contests as well.
> >
> > That's our first time organizing this kind of project and we are
> learning a
> > lot, until now we received more than 1.000 photos with 94% of uploaders
> > registered in May 2014(200 new users for the Wikimedia Commons in 13
> days).
> >
> > Now we are planning a bot to provide guidance and keep in touch with that
> > new users after the contest ends.
> >
> > Best regards!
> >
> > Rodrigo Padula
> >
> > WLE Brazil - Coordinator
> > Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil
> > Education Program Coordinator - Ação Educativa / Brazilian Catalyst
> Program
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Concerns regarding the APG Proposal from CIS, India

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I've been seeing the discussion on the APG proposal for the past one month.
Concerns and comments from community members, Wikimedians from and beyond
India indicates that the actions of CIS in the past and what they says in
the proposal to do in future, have raised serious concerns among
Wikimedians and those involved with the movement. Those who are not yet
aware of this, please look over the situation and help take the issue in
proper way.


On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 1:17 AM, Hari Prasad Nadig  wrote:

> Fellow Wikimedians,
>
> There were several concerns raised about the CIS India's APG Proposal here:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Proposal_form
>
> Despite those, the FDC process seems to be moving on, with apparently the
> staff assessment not taking the comments from the community into account
> seriously. My concerns about this are stated here:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Staff_proposal_assessment
>
> Kindly participate in the discussion and help steer this in the right
> direction.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal - Training for Wikimedia movement boards

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Seems good initiative! I'd like to know, who will be training the people
from chapters?? It'll be more efficient if someone who specializes in
management of non-profit organization can do this job.

Regards,
Tanweer


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Balázs Viczián <
balazs.vicz...@wikimedia.hu> wrote:

> If you wish to educate board people, I think mailing lists and acronyms
> should not cover a full bulletpoint of the event because they should have
> that knowledge already
>
> I miss volunteer management in particular what is imo amongst the basic
> skills (it is totally different in many ways from paid staff mgmt) and
> fundraising. (Omg, we got a donation...what to do now? :)
>
> I'd go for general project (and time and workflow...) management instead of
> particular this and that kinda specific things. Imo first get the "big
> picture", than the specific ones (Glam, editathon, etc.)
>
> Are you plannig to hire a professional NGO trainer (individual[s])? A
> training company specialized on NGOs? Or we should educate each other?
>
> Cheers,
> Balázs
>
> 2013/8/13 Ziko van Dijk 
>
> > Hello,
> > Indeed it seems to me possible to fill a whole master studies with the
> > things a board member should know :-) but I know that he meant something
> > different. It would be a could idea to have board members going to
> > trainings to be a board member in the specific country where they live. A
> > course of a weekend, for example, would be already a good help.
> Everything
> > must remain a little bit realistic.
> > Possibly, some board members are more open to other Wikimedians than
> people
> > from the "outside world" - possibly not. Narrowing the target group down
> to
> > chapter board members to "staff chapters" is a good step, and I share the
> > arguments on the Meta page. Maybe one should let participants apply for
> the
> > seminar in a similar way as to Wikimania, in order to have those
> > participants most likely to succeed. For example, if someone is already
> > more than a year board member and likely to remain at least on a board
> for
> > another year, that would be a pro.
> > Kind regards
> > Ziko
> >
> >
> > Am Dienstag, 13. August 2013 schrieb David Gerard :
> >
> > > On 13 August 2013 15:39, Federico Leva (Nemo)  > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > True. Even worse, many do not even try to be board members (or active
> > > > chapter members, for that matter) because they (think they) don't
> have
> > > > enough experience. It's crucial to ensure the availability of growing
> > > paths
> > > > (usually informal) for volunteers or you lose them and they lose
> > > > opportunities.
> > > > For me, it's been crucial to be told by a prof. "you can learn the
> job
> > > of a
> > > > [university] board member in 6 months" (so it's inexcusable if you
> > don't,
> > > > but you must try). He was right.
> > >
> > >
> > > A very useful book: Nonprofit Kit For Dummies by Stan Hutton and
> > > Frances Phillips. I so wish I'd read it 25 years before I did. Very
> > > US-centric, but informative outside that.
> > >
> > >
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