[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out

2024-03-02 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 20, Issue 4 – 2 March 2024 -- News and notes: Wikimedia enters US Supreme court hearings as "the dolphin inadvertently caught in the net" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2024-03-02/News_and_notes Recent research: Images

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out

2024-02-13 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 20, Issue 3 – 13 February 2024 -- News and notes: Wikimedia Russia director declared "foreign agent" by Russian gov; EU prepares to pile on the papers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2024-02-13/News_and_notes

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out

2024-01-31 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 20, Issue 2 – 31 January 2024 -- News and notes: Wikipedian Osama Khalid celebrated his 30th birthday in jail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2024-01-31/News_and_notes Opinion: Until it happens to you

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Osama and Ziyad

2024-01-22 Thread Andreas Kolbe
+1. Thank you very much, FJ. This is good to see, especially in such an unhappy time as the present one. Deserves to be shared widely. Andreas On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 7:09 PM Farah Jack Mustaklem wrote: > Dear Wikimedia community, > Today marks our friend Osama's thirtieth birthday, which,

[Wikimedia-l] The first Signpost issue of 2024 is out!

2024-01-12 Thread Andreas Kolbe
As we start 2024, here is the first Signpost issue of the New Year ... and it also marks the Signpost's 19th birthday: The Signpost – Volume 20, Issue 1 – 10 January 2024 -- >From the editor: NINETEEN MORE YEARS! NINETEEN MORE YEARS!

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out!

2023-12-04 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 23 – 4 December 2023 -- News and notes: Beeblebrox ejected from Arbitration Committee following posts on Wikipediocracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-12-04/News_and_notes In the media: Turmoil on Hebrew

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out!

2023-11-20 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 22 – 20 November 2023 -- In the media: Propaganda and photos, lunatics and a lunar backup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-11-20/In_the_media News and notes: Update on Wikimedia's financial health

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out

2023-11-06 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 21 – 6 November 2023 -- Arbitration report: Admin bewilderingly unmasks self as sockpuppet of other admin who was extremely banned in 2015 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-11-06/Arbitration_report In the

[Wikimedia-l] A new-ish Signpost issue is out

2023-10-26 Thread Andreas Kolbe
I seem to be a couple of days late announcing the latest issue of your favourite newspaper in this corner of cyberspace, The Signpost. Well, if you haven't read it yet, here are links to this issue's articles: The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 20 – 23 October 2023 --

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Osama and Ziyad

2023-10-14 Thread Andreas Kolbe
t; > >> > On Oct 8, 2023, at 6:34?PM, Christophe Henner < >> christophe.hen...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > ?Bassel was at a time when there was little to none activity on those >> topics. >> > >> > Since then the approach got professionalized.

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Osama and Ziyad

2023-10-08 Thread Andreas Kolbe
" >>>> >>>> If the Foundation staff has prohibited itself from engaging with the >>>> public on freeing jailed wikipedians, orchestrating letter writing >>>> campaigns, or coordinating with other NGOs and government agencies, >>>

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out

2023-10-04 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 19 – 3 October 2023 -- News and notes: Wikimedia Endowment financial statement published https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-10-03/News_and_notes In the media: History is written by whoever can harness the

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Osama and Ziyad

2023-10-03 Thread Andreas Kolbe
*Wikimedia Steward* >> >> Am Montag, 25. September 2023 um 21:20:21 MESZ hat Andreas Kolbe < >> jayen...@gmail.com> Folgendes geschrieben: >> >> >> Dear all, >> >> As there was a recent press mention of Osama and Ziyad[1] (see "In the >&g

[Wikimedia-l] Osama and Ziyad

2023-09-25 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear all, As there was a recent press mention of Osama and Ziyad[1] (see "In the Media" in the current Signpost issue) – does the WMF's Human Rights Team (cc'ed) have any update on their situation? Has anyone else heard any news? If I recall correctly, Osama had married not long before being

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out

2023-09-16 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 18 – 16 September 2023 -- News and notes: Wikimedia power sharing – just an advisory role for the volunteer community? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-09-16/News_and_notes In the media: "Just flirting",

[Wikimedia-l] Post-Wikimania Covid cases

2023-09-08 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Hi all, I've heard from a couple of Wikimania attendees that they got ill with Covid after Wikimania Singapore. Just wondering – are those exceptional cases, or did this happen to a substantial number of participants? Best, Andreas ___ Wikimedia-l

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out

2023-08-31 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 17 – 31 August 2023 -- >From the editor: Beta version of signpost.news now online https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-08-31/From_the_editor News and notes: You like RecentChanges?

[Wikimedia-l] Re: "Jimmy is back..."

2023-08-29 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Todd, Romaine and all, Julia Brungs generally puts up sample emails for review here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising#Current_fundraising_activities Copies of Dutch sample emails are linked there. I remember there were discussions between Wikimedia Netherlands, the community and the

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sharing an update on the Wikimedia Foundation Knowledge Equity Fund’s grantees

2023-08-19 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear all, There is something that had slipped my mind ... Victoria Doronina said in November last year, on-wiki: "Equity Grants were an idea of the previous CEO who is no longer with the Foundation so

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sharing an update on the Wikimedia Foundation Knowledge Equity Fund’s grantees

2023-08-18 Thread Andreas Kolbe
I confess I am feeling a little conflicted. For example, I find it hard to begrudge kids in Dominica the chance to develop some digital skills. If the money were used effectively to that end, I would be very happy to see that. The US and UK projects I'm struggling more with. You are telling users

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out!

2023-08-15 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 16 – 15 August 2023 -- News and notes: Dude, Where's My Donations? Wikimedia Foundation announces another million in grants for non-Wikimedia-related projects

[Wikimedia-l] Re: The Endowment, again

2023-08-06 Thread Andreas Kolbe
> Chief Financial Officer > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. Donate. > <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>* > > > On Mon, Jul 3,

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out ...

2023-08-01 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 15 – 1 August 2023 -- News and notes: City officials attempt to doxx Wikipedians, Ruwiki founder banned, WMF launches Mastodon server https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-08-01/News_and_notes In the media:

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out

2023-07-17 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 14 – 17 July 2023 -- News and notes: Big bux hidden beneath wine-dark sea as we wait for the Tides to go out? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-07-17/News_and_notes In the media: Tentacles of Emirates plot

[Wikimedia-l] Re: The Endowment, again

2023-07-03 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear all, A full year has now passed since the WMF received IRS approval for its new, transparent 501(c)(3) organisation, set up to take over the Wikimedia Endowment and end almost a decade of financial non-transparency.[1] Let us not forget – Caitlin Virtue told us over two years ago, in April

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out

2023-07-03 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 13 – 3 July 2023 -- News and notes: Online Safety Bill: Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia UK launch open letter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-07-03/News_and_notes Disinformation report: Imploded

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out

2023-06-19 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 12 – 19 June 2023 -- News and notes: WMF Terms of Use now in force, new Creative Commons licensing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-06-19/News_and_notes In the media: English WP editor glocked after BLP

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out!

2023-06-05 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 11 – 5 June 2023 -- News and notes: Wikimedia Russia director forks new 'pedia, birds flap in top '22 piccy, WMF weighs in on Indian gov's map axe plea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-06-05/News_and_notes

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out!

2023-05-22 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 10 – 22 May 2023 -- News and notes: Golden parachutes: Record severance payments at Wikimedia Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-05-22/News_and_notes In the media: History, propaganda and

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Form 990 for FY 2021-2022 now on-wiki

2023-05-10 Thread Andreas Kolbe
On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 10:01 AM Paulo Santos Perneta < paulospern...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a bit lost on this, probably because I'm not familiar with US Work > laws. Why did Katherine Maher received $623,286 on severance pay? Was she > fired? > > Best, &g

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Form 990 for FY 2021-2022 now on-wiki

2023-05-09 Thread Andreas Kolbe
on this though (understandably). > > Lodewijk > > On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 10:03 AM Andreas Kolbe wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> Page 49 of the new Form 990 (2021) shows the following total compensation >> figures for former CEO Katherine Maher and Janeen Uzzell in that year

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Form 990 for FY 2021-2022 now on-wiki

2023-05-09 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear all, Page 49 of the new Form 990 (2021) shows the following total compensation figures for former CEO Katherine Maher and Janeen Uzzell in that year: *$798,632 and $515,553 *respectively. Both figures far exceed all prior records.

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out

2023-05-07 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 9 – 8 May 2023 -- News and notes: New legal "deVLOPments" in the EU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-05-08/News_and_notes In the media: Vivek's smelly socks, online safety, and politics

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Local enforcement of the Universal Code of Conduct

2023-05-06 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Hi Jonathan, Great post! Thank you for introducing a fresh and compelling perspective into the conversation, though I would suggest that this needs adjusting to take into account that Wikimedians' circumstances are vastly different depnding on where they live – a point I will return to below.

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation launches Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards on World Press Freedom Day

2023-05-06 Thread Andreas Kolbe
less of intent. >> >> From, >> Emily >> She/her >> >> >> >> >> >> On May 5, 2023, at 8:05 AM, The Cunctator wrote: >> >> While I share the concerns expressed, I'm personally enthusiastic about >> the thoughtfulness an

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation launches Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards on World Press Freedom Day

2023-05-05 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Hi Lodewijk, In your reply to Olushola you said: "I hope you can perhaps also clarify whether 'in English' means that the original article has to be available in English, or that some translation should be available in English." As Shola hasn't provided any clarification on this, note that the

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation launches Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards on World Press Freedom Day

2023-05-04 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear all, Yesterday's WMF press release announced an African journalism award: *Africawide – The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Local enforcement of the Universal Code of Conduct

2023-05-03 Thread Andreas Kolbe
> implications would be (based on the current UCoC) and maybe then there > could a conversation be had if that is indeed what we wanted to achieve. > > Lodewijk > > > > > On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 6:01 AM Andreas Kolbe wrote: > >> Dear Wikimedia Foundation Trustees and al

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Local enforcement of the Universal Code of Conduct

2023-05-02 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear Brock and all, You mention academic standards. In academic contexts it is perfectly normal to level personal critiques at opposing scholars. And naming the institutions where scholars with opposing viewpoints teach is arguably essential, as well as a matter of professional courtesy. But the

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out!

2023-04-26 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 8 – 26 April 2023 -- News and notes: Staff departures at Wikimedia Foundation, Jimbo hands in the bits, and graphs' zeppelin burns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-04-26/News_and_notes In the media:

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Local enforcement of the Universal Code of Conduct

2023-04-24 Thread Andreas Kolbe
a material difference, as far as the letter of policy is concerned. For even back then, WP:OUTING expressly required the *posting of a link*. A. On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 2:00 PM Andreas Kolbe wrote: > Dear Wikimedia Foundation Trustees and all, > > The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) has bee

[Wikimedia-l] Local enforcement of the Universal Code of Conduct

2023-04-24 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear Wikimedia Foundation Trustees and all, The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) has been in force for some time. The Enforcement Guidelines have now been endorsed by the community. But as with any new document, shared understandings and clarifications must develop over time. Until then,

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out!

2023-04-03 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 7 – 3 April 2023 -- >From the editor: Some long-overdue retractions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-04-03/From_the_editor News and notes: Sounding out, a universal code of conduct, and dealing with AI

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out!

2023-03-20 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 6 – 20 March 2023 -- News and notes: Wikimania submissions deadline looms, Russian government after our lucky charms, AI woes nix CNET from RS slate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-03-20/News_and_notes

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out

2023-03-09 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 5 – 9 March 2023 -- News and notes: What's going on with the Wikimedia Endowment? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-03-09/News_and_notes

[Wikimedia-l] Re: The Endowment, again

2023-03-03 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Anne, It's now transpired that the WMF actually received IRS approval for the new non-profit organisation intended to take over the Endowment over eight months ago, in June 2022.[1] The October 2022 announcement that approval had been received was made four months after the fact. Two years ago,

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out

2023-02-21 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 4 – 20 February 2023 -- News and notes: Terms of Use update, Steward elections, and Wikipedia back in Pakistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-02-20/News_and_notes

[Wikimedia-l] New Signpost issue 4 February 2023

2023-02-04 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 3 – 4 February 2023 -- >From the editor: New for the Signpost: Author pages, tag pages, and a decent article search function http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-02-04/From_the_editor

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia UK Strategic Report for 21/22

2023-02-03 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Wow, what a gorgeously designed report! Beautiful to look at. Love it. Andreas On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 11:03 AM Lucy Crompton-Reid < lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Dear all > > > Wikimedia UK has just published our Strategic Report for the financial > year 2021/22. Excitingly,

[Wikimedia-l] Re: The Endowment, again

2023-01-28 Thread Andreas Kolbe
n.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Remit_of_Planned_Gifts_to_the_Wikimedia_Endowment?tableofcontents=0 On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 11:08 PM Andreas Kolbe wrote: > Dear Caitlin, > > Thank you for the clarification. Is there any chance we might see audited > financial statements covering the Endowment

[Wikimedia-l] Re: The Endowment, again

2023-01-27 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear Caitlin, Thank you for the clarification. Is there any chance we might see audited financial statements covering the Endowment's past seven years, in a format comparable to the annually published, audited financial statements detailing the revenue and expenses of the Foundation,[1] and

[Wikimedia-l] Re: The Endowment, again

2023-01-25 Thread Andreas Kolbe
e >> movement and Wikipedia’s editing model were represented correctly.Best >> regards JBrungs (WMF) (talk) 07:11, 24 January 2023 (UTC)" >> >> Thanks, >> Lane (for the avoidance of doubt, I have no connection to Wikipedia >> Signpost) >> >> On Tue,

[Wikimedia-l] Re: The Endowment, again

2023-01-20 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear Sam, Money cannot be in two places at the same time. Either it has been moved, or it has not been moved. The Rai journalists specifically asked *"Why the Wikimedia Foundation didn't move it to a separate 501e3 entity?" * Here is the complete question again: Q: *The Wikimedia Endowment is

[Wikimedia-l] The Endowment, again

2023-01-19 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear all, The WMF appears to have made contradictory statements about the Wikimedia Endowment. Earlier this week, Rai 3, a channel of the Italian national broadcaster, aired a program about Wikimedia and Wikipedia.[1] On their website, they also link to responses the WMF gave to various questions

[Wikimedia-l] Re: @Wikipedia losing opportunities in Twitter

2023-01-18 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear all, The obvious question surely is: Why not let volunteers (co-)run the Wikipedia Twitter account? A number of Wikipedia language versions (French, Catalan, Portuguese, Basque, Waray, etc.) seem to have volunteer-managed Twitter accounts that are doing fine. If volunteers are good enough

[Wikimedia-l] A new Signpost issue is out

2023-01-16 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Our New Year's resolution at The Signpost has been to go back to a fortnightly publication schedule. Accordingly, somewhat earlier than expected, here is the next Signpost issue! The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 2 – 16 January 2023 -- >From the team: We heard zoomers

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Recent press around December Office Action

2023-01-10 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Hi all, It is a bit unfortunate that there is a palpable sense of resentment here on the part of the Wikimedia Foundation towards DAWN and SMEX. As far as Osama's and Ziyad's best interests are concerned, I would suggest DAWN and SMEX's judgment should not be dismissed lightly. They have local

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Recent press around December Office Action

2023-01-08 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear all, Fjmustak (Farah Jack Mustaklem, a recent candidate for the WMF board) has uploaded a picture of the two jailed Wikipedians, Osama Khalid (User:OsamaK) and Ziyad Alsufyani (User:Ziad), to Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Osama_Khalid_and_Ziyad_Alsufyani.jpg Andreas

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Recent press around December Office Action

2023-01-07 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear all, Has there been any comment at all from the Wikimedia Foundation about the two former Saudi Wikipedia admins who were sentenced to 32 and 8 years in prison respectively?[1] (I say "former" admins because both were desysoped for lack of admin activity years before their 2020

[Wikimedia-l] New Year's edition of The Signpost

2023-01-01 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear all, 2023 has arrived, and so has a new Signpost issue. Happy New Year! The Signpost – Volume 19, Issue 1 – 1 January 2023 -- News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation ousts, bans quarter of Arabic Wikipedia admins

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Foundation Trust & Safety action in the MENA Region

2022-12-07 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear T team, You speak of conflict-of-interest editing on behalf of "external parties". Were these commercial or political/ideological entities? Andreas On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 9:04 PM Clover Moss wrote: > That's actually the first thing I did when I saw the email, as I wasn't > previously

[Wikimedia-l] The new Signpost issue is out!

2022-11-28 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 18, Issue 11 – 28 November 2022 -- News and notes: English Wikipedia editors: "We don't need no stinking banners" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2022-11-28/News_and_notes

[Wikimedia-l] Re: WMF financial statements for 2021-2022 published

2022-11-09 Thread Andreas Kolbe
M Ad Huikeshoven wrote: > The WMF does not invest in stocks, only in bonds. > > Op wo 9 nov. 2022 21:51 schreef Andreas Kolbe : > >> Dear Steven, >> >> Thank you for your explanation. I had naively assumed the investment >> income in the "Support and revenue&qu

[Wikimedia-l] Re: WMF financial statements for 2021-2022 published

2022-11-09 Thread Andreas Kolbe
ssion_FY21-22_Q3.pdf=5 On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 7:36 PM Steven Walling wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 10:37 AM Andreas Kolbe wrote: > >> Dear WMF Finance staff, >> >> I inquired over a week ago on Meta-Wiki why the WMF is reporting a >> negative investment i

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Grants budgets

2022-11-09 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear Kassia, Thank you very much. I am currently struggling to square the figures in the reports on Meta with the figures provided in the Form 990. For example, the Form 990 for the 2020-2021 financial year lists grantmaking activities for various regions on pages 30–31 (with the same figures

[Wikimedia-l] Re: WMF financial statements for 2021-2022 published

2022-11-09 Thread Andreas Kolbe
e=File%3AF%26A_Tuning_Session_FY21-22_Q3.pdf=5 On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 3:45 PM Andreas Kolbe wrote: > Dear all, > > The WMF's audited financial statements are now available here: > > > https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/26/Wikimedia_Foundation_FY2021-2022_Audit_Report.pdf > &

[Wikimedia-l] WMF financial statements for 2021-2022 published

2022-11-01 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear all, The WMF's audited financial statements are now available here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/26/Wikimedia_Foundation_FY2021-2022_Audit_Report.pdf Some key figures from the page numbered 4 (page 6 in the pdf): – Net invest income was negative: –$12M (down $16M) –

[Wikimedia-l] The October Signpost is out!

2022-10-31 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 18, Issue 10 – 31 October 2022 -- >From the team: A new goose on the roost http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2022-10-31/From_the_team

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Late publication of quarterly WMF tuning sessions

2022-10-19 Thread Andreas Kolbe
_Annual_Plan/End_of_year_report_2022 > > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 3:42 AM Andreas Kolbe wrote: > >> Dear Nadee, >> >> Could you kindly provide us with an update on the outstanding tuning >> session decks (see below)? >> >> It would be good to know i

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Late publication of quarterly WMF tuning sessions

2022-10-18 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear Nadee, Could you kindly provide us with an update on the outstanding tuning session decks (see below)? It would be good to know if and when they will be published. Best, Andreas On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 1:53 PM Andreas Kolbe wrote: > Dear all, > > The Wikimedia Foundation has

[Wikimedia-l] Late publication of quarterly WMF tuning sessions

2022-10-14 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear all, The Wikimedia Foundation has for many years published the presentation decks from its quarterly "check-ins" – a kind of progress report of each department – on Commons.[1] Each check-in or "tuning session", as they have been called in recent years, covers the relevant department's work

[Wikimedia-l] Re: The new Signpost is out!

2022-10-04 Thread Andreas Kolbe
out Wikimedia Commons rather than Wikipedia. >>>>> >>>>> WSC >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Message: 2 >>>>>> Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2022 16:35

[Wikimedia-l] The new Signpost is out!

2022-10-01 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 18, Issue 9 – 30 September 2022 -- News and notes: Board vote results, bot's big GET, crat chat gives new mop, WMF seeks "sound logo" and "organizer lab" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2022-09-30/News_and_notes

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Leadership Development Working Group is ready for community feedback!

2022-09-18 Thread Andreas Kolbe
It's not exactly volunteer time. According to the documentation on Meta-Wiki[1] each of the 16 listed working group members is appointed for one year, and receives a stipend of $600 per year for their participation (estimated at 5 hours per week). I am surprised to see that the working group

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Leadership Development Working Group is ready for community feedback!

2022-09-17 Thread Andreas Kolbe
t; Saya mengajak para Wikimediawan/wati yang memiliki perhatian khusus pada > hal ini untuk turut serta membantu Kelompok Kerja dalam diskusi yang > penting ini. > > On Sat, Sep 17, 2022, 14:29 Peter Southwood > wrote: > >> I, too, would appreciate such enlightenmen

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Leadership Development Working Group is ready for community feedback!

2022-09-17 Thread Andreas Kolbe
process, not an investment in navel-gazing. > > I hope this has helped alleviate some of your concerns. > > Best regards, > Rae > > > User:Vermont <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Vermont> on Wikimedia > projects > they/them/theirs (why pronouns matter >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Decentralized fundraising, centralized distribution

2022-09-08 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear Nate, You say, "By contrast, the bulk of mission-related services from the Wikimedia movement are offered to the world at large centrally by the international office (i.e. the Wikimedia projects)." Just think about this statement for a moment. It is not true. The bulk of mission-related

[Wikimedia-l] Poll of Wikipedians concludes: Wikimedia fundraising emails are misleading

2022-09-04 Thread Andreas Kolbe
A poll at the English Wikipedia’s “Village Pump” – one of the prime meeting places for the volunteer editors who write and curate Wikipedia – has overwhelmingly concluded that Wikimedia Foundation fundraising emails due to be sent to donors shortly are unethical and misleading. It is the first

[Wikimedia-l] The new Signpost is out!

2022-09-01 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The Signpost – Volume 18, Issue 8 – 31 August 2022 -- News and notes: Admins wanted on English Wikipedia, IP editors not wanted on Farsi Wiki, donations wanted everywhere http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2022-08-31/News_and_notes

[Wikimedia-l] Re: The 2022 Board of Trustees election Community Voting period is now open

2022-08-23 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The on-wiki voting instructions in all the other languages still make no mention of the videos. Andreas On Tuesday, August 23, 2022, Benjamin Lees wrote: > I'm surprised to see that this announcement includes no mention of the videos that the candidates created answering community questions[1]

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Invitation to join the Movement Strategy Forum

2022-08-21 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear Quim and all, On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 12:18 AM Quim Gil wrote: > Hi, > > If anyone finds the report > > biased, it would be helpful to share the excerpts or the absences that > prove this bias. We are happy

[Wikimedia-l] 2022 WMF board election - candidates' video answers to questions have been posted

2022-08-21 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear all, The WMF board candidates' video answers to six questions proposed and selected by the community have been posted on Meta-Wiki. You can find them here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Campaign_Videos Written answers to additional community questions

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Invitation to join the Movement Strategy Forum

2022-08-20 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear all, It's unfortunate that this has to be said, but: – A community review report should be written by the community, not the WMF. – The idea of democracy is not that the government should elect a new people. Regards, Andreas On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 5:02 PM Quim Gil wrote: > Hello

[Wikimedia-l] The new Signpost issue (Aug. 1) is out

2022-08-02 Thread Andreas Kolbe
July has ended and a new Signpost issue is out – complete with an Election Guide that includes op-eds by all six shortlisted candidates for the WMF Board, and candidates' answers to community questions on the associated talk pages. There's also detailed coverage of the recent hubbub surrounding

[Wikimedia-l] At-Large Directors for the Wikimedia Endowment Board

2022-07-26 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear Lisa, Julie and all, The WMF is apparently looking for four to eleven "At-Large Directors for the Wikimedia Endowment Board".[1][2] Could you provide the community with a little information about this role? Also, there have been no updates on the total funds held in the Endowment[3] since

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Propose statements for the 2022 Election Compass for the Board of Trustees election

2022-07-25 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Hi Jackie, Per the timeline you communicated on July 9 (quoted below), upvoting of the proposed statements for the Election Compass was meant to start on July 23rd: *July 21 - 22:* Elections Committee reviews statements for clarity and removes off-topic statements *July 23 - August 1:*

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Seven Wikimedia chapters rejected as permanent observers to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

2022-07-25 Thread Andreas Kolbe
r > Wikimedia Foundation > 1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600 > San Francisco, CA 94104 > jgerl...@wikimedia.org > > > Andreas Kolbe schrieb am Fr., 22. Juli 2022, 19:44: > >> Dear all, >> >> A week ago, the WMF issued a press release, "Seven Wik

[Wikimedia-l] Maryana Iskander interview in San Francisco Examiner

2022-07-23 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear Maryana, Jeff, and all, Allow me to raise a couple of points with respect to the interview published yesterday in the San Francisco Examiner, titled "What does the CEO who oversees Wikipedia do? We ask her."

[Wikimedia-l] Seven Wikimedia chapters rejected as permanent observers to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

2022-07-22 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear all, A week ago, the WMF issued a press release, "Seven Wikimedia chapters rejected as permanent observers to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)": https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2022/07/15/seven-wikimedia-chapters-rejected-as-permanent-observers-to-wipo/ This stated,

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sharing the Wikimedia Foundation’s Human Rights Impact Assessment

2022-07-13 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear Richard and all, The recommendations from this 2020 report that you have published now make interesting reading. – Some (UCoC, Human Rights Policy) have clearly been implemented since you received the report two years ago. – Others (training for admins and rights holders) are in the process

[Wikimedia-l] The new Signpost is out

2022-06-28 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Hi all, It is the end of June and a new Signpost issue has been published: - News and notes: WMF inks new rules on government-ordered takedowns, blasts Russian feds' censor demands, spends big bucks

[Wikimedia-l] Re: The Wikimedia Enterprise API project

2022-06-21 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Dear Liam, There seem to be (at least) two types of presentations on Wikimedia Enterprise here: a PR-optimised one for public consumption, given here, and an internal one. I'd like the difference between the two to be smaller, ideally, and for the community (also) to be given the internal one, as

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Form 990 clarification request (for the attention of WMF accounts staff)

2022-06-20 Thread Andreas Kolbe
romotion of the movement to reflect the community as a valuable long term > respectable, trustworthy, reliable, and neutral partner organisation. > > > Boodarwun > Gnangarra > > > On Mon, 20 Jun 2022 at 20:06, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > >> Hi Gnangarra and all, >> >> I

[Wikimedia-l] Re: what do we do with all this opportunity?

2022-06-20 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Hi WSC, For some time now, the edit window has included the following phrase: "You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license." This has no bearing on the "share alike" part of your argument, but as far as the "attribution" part of CC BY-SA is

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Form 990 clarification request (for the attention of WMF accounts staff)

2022-06-20 Thread Andreas Kolbe
statements are very much questionable, and at the same time we > shouldn't be sending multiple requests close enough to each other that > people are complaining which means many others are just sending emails to > spam which become permanent filters. > > On Sat, 18 Jun 2022 at 23:33, Andrea

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Form 990 clarification request (for the attention of WMF accounts staff)

2022-06-18 Thread Andreas Kolbe
/Wikimedia_Foundation_2020_Form_990.pdf#page=29 On Sat, Jun 18, 2022 at 3:46 PM Dan Garry (Deskana) wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jun 2022 at 23:25, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > >> If you've spotted an error in my reasoning or think you can provide a >> better estimate, please do so and share your worki

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Inc. design staff

2022-06-17 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Hi Felipe, Funding open knowledge projects beyond Wikimedia, or other altruistic projects that have nothing to do with Wikimedia at all (the Knowledge Equity Fund is a case in point, of course ...) doesn't seem right to me. The WMF has been fundraising in India (as well as in Latin America and

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Form 990 clarification request (for the attention of WMF accounts staff)

2022-06-17 Thread Andreas Kolbe
tion_Form_990_Frequently_Asked_Questions [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:IRS_tax_related_information/2020_Wikimedia_Foundation_Form_990_Frequently_Asked_Questions#Employees_and_salary_costs [3] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/e/e4/Wikimedia_Foundation_2020_Form_990.pd

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Fact-checking Raju Narisetti in the Indian Express

2022-06-03 Thread Andreas Kolbe
i/Talk:Fundraising#Raju_Narisetti_interview:_most_of_the_money_is_flowing_into_the_Global_South> > . > > > Thank you, > > > Megan > > > On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 6:52 PM Peter Southwood < > peter.southw...@telkomsa.net> wrote: > >> This seems a reasonable

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Fact-checking where resources flow

2022-06-02 Thread Andreas Kolbe
r paradox*: Under what conditions does paying people strengthen > local community? > > We may have answers to most of these questions implicitly embedded in > current processes. But I have not seen explicit answers or discussions in > many years. > > SJ > > (apolog

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