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

2020-10-23 Thread Gabriel Thullen
Great work to you all and great news from the WHO. I live and work in Geneva not far from the WHO HQ, and am quite willing to help out in any way I can. Best regards Gabe On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 10:44 AM Joy Agyepong wrote: > Super excited about this collaboration the movement is indeed

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Remember Wikipedia Zero.. Where is the research about the effects of its demise?

2019-12-01 Thread Gabriel Thullen
Top-down and Bottom-up: Wikipedia relies on volunteers and can really be considered to be a "bottom-up" encyclopedia project, where the readers can also add content and become part of the project. I consider that the Kiwix offline Wikipedia is also very democratic in that anyone can copy and share

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation joins the global climate strike

2019-09-23 Thread Gabriel Thullen
> > > > > > Yes > > > > > > > > We dont give all scholarships for that reason while for regional > > Wikicon we > > > > receive more requests and we fill the amount immediately. > > > > > > > > It's not an opinion tha

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation joins the global climate strike

2019-09-23 Thread Gabriel Thullen
I am a Swiss member, and I did go to Wikimania (and did a small presentation). I think that you need to clarify you statement: "In Wikimedia CH we cannot give scholarships for Wikimania because people would not do long trips." When looking up what was sais for Wikimania 2019 I read: "Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the extension of funding by the Basque Government

2019-09-19 Thread Gabriel Thullen
Great news Galder! Your fantastic education program should inspire other laguage communities here in Europe. It is a really great way to help the encyclopedia grow. Keep up the good work! Gabe On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 10:47 PM Dennis Tobar wrote: > Enhorabuena Galder. Muy buenas noticias para

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New board for Wikimedia Belgium + evaluation behaviour WMF

2019-06-17 Thread Gabriel Thullen
Thank you WMBE for your long report. I was at Wikimania 2018 and I was deeply troubled by the actions taken by the Trust & Safety team. I now have a much clearer understanding of what went on, and I feel that there really needs to be some introspection done by the Trust & Safety team. I am also

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikidata now officially has more total edits than English language Wikipedia

2019-03-20 Thread Gabriel Thullen
Sorry about this mail, I hate to rain on somebody's parade but: Ever since Wikidata was set up, there have been more edit made by bots than by humans (registered contributor + anonymous contributor), except for a few periods in 2017 and 2018. On the other hand, the activity of the bots on the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Anti-viruses [was Re: Information on "Multiple failed attempts to log in" emails]

2018-05-07 Thread Gabriel Thullen
v Shlomi Fish <shlo...@shlomifish.org>: > > > Hi Gabriel, > > > > On Mon, 7 May 2018 14:02:44 +0100 > > Gabriel Thullen <gabr...@thullen.com> wrote: > > > > > I am also a Linux advocate, and have been so for years (decades?). That > > > been sai

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Anti-viruses [was Re: Information on "Multiple failed attempts to log in" emails]

2018-05-07 Thread Gabriel Thullen
I am also a Linux advocate, and have been so for years (decades?). That been said, I imagine that there are still more people using Windows XP than there are people using Linux. Last time I checked (october 2017) it was something like 5% using XP and less than 1% using linux, all distros included.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paid translation

2018-02-25 Thread Gabriel Thullen
I should have joined in this discussion a little earlier. I work a lot with the French Wikipedia, and we do not just translate articles from English (6 million articles) to French (only 2 million articles). The French community is large and active, and provide a unique local perspective on the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The other side of the crisis at WMFR

2017-11-23 Thread Gabriel Thullen
Dear Sylvain, Thank you for your message and thank you for showing us that our Wikimedia employees are white collar workers, and as such they also have the right to be part of an organized labor movement. For those who do not know me well, I am a board member of the Geneva public sector labor

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Wikimania '18 Program Committee Members

2017-11-20 Thread Gabriel Thullen
Hello Ellie, You can count me in as well. I would like to help make this a great Wikimania, I am looking forward to work with the African community. I was planning on submitting a few proposals for the program as well, I hope that this will not be a problem. The colleagues I am planning to do

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The other side of the crisis at WMFR

2017-10-20 Thread Gabriel Thullen
Thank you Katherine for your long and thoughtful message on this difficult subject. I feel that the Foundation took the necessary steps to ensure that all parties concerned were treated fairly. I also tend to trust the Foundation board when they say that there was "no merit to the charges". This

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Update on Wikimédia France

2017-08-08 Thread Gabriel Thullen
esmehappythisweek > > > Le 4 août 2017 à 21:46, Devouard (gmail) <fdevou...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > > > Le 04/08/2017 à 18:17, Gabriel Thullen a écrit : > >> What is important here is that trust has to be rebuilt between the > chapter > >> members on on

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Update on Wikimédia France

2017-08-04 Thread Gabriel Thullen
What is important here is that trust has to be rebuilt between the chapter members on one hand and the board & senior staff on the other hand. The way I understand the situation is that the board has expelled a few vocal opponents, a few board members have resigned, one staffer was fired for

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Update on Wikimédia France

2017-08-03 Thread Gabriel Thullen
I will bi going to the September 9 GA, and for the moment I still am a member of Wikimedia France. I am posting here in spite of the risk, because I want to set a few things straight. 25% of the French chapter asked for this GA knowing full well that the annual GA was scheduled a month later in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost – Volume 13, Issue 6 – 15 July 2017

2017-07-18 Thread Gabriel Thullen
I will add my voice to those saying thank you. I am so glad to see the Signpost again ! Gabe On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 9:50 AM, James Heilman wrote: > Definitely agree. Very happy to see the signpost up and running again. > > J > > On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 1:33 AM, Àlex Hinojo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Deutschland: Annual Report 2016

2017-06-06 Thread Gabriel Thullen
Yes, that is a really great result. Switzerland is like a next-door neighbor. If Germany can do it, we should be able to do it as well ! Lets say that our goal for Switzerland should be 1'500 new members... :) On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 1:42 PM, James Heilman wrote: > +1 agree

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's set up a Tor onion service for Wikipedia

2017-06-05 Thread Gabriel Thullen
I agree that sockpuppets are a real problem, but they manage fine right now without going through Tor. There are quite a few ways to connect up using different IPs as it is now, so the real problem remains: the sockpuppeteers themselves. Gabe On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 10:20 PM, Cristian Consonni

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's set up a Tor onion service for Wikipedia

2017-06-05 Thread Gabriel Thullen
I imagine registered users could edit through TOR. That is how it works with my school IP: anonymous edits are blocked, account creation as well, but you can sign in an edit. On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 7:47 PM, John wrote: > enabling read access via Tor shouldn't be an

Re: [Wikimedia-l] May 5: Update on Wikimedia movement strategy process (#15)

2017-05-08 Thread Gabriel Thullen
and zim files for > > downloading. That would be easier than cloning Wikipedia content. > > > > However that approach will save readers but not writers. > > > > Kind regards > > > > Il 07 Mag 2017 23:36, "Gabriel Thullen" <gabr...@thullen.com> ha

Re: [Wikimedia-l] May 5: Update on Wikimedia movement strategy process (#15)

2017-05-07 Thread Gabriel Thullen
I agree with James that we need to encourage initiatives like Kiwix Wikipedia Zero. We need to be able to distribute Kiwix in countries that have blocked Wikipedia, because it is no big deal for a government to block the Kiwix.org site as well, and phone operators providing Wikipedia Zero will

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [arbcom-l] Where is WMF with pursuing companies that offer paid editing services

2017-04-25 Thread Gabriel Thullen
t; in getting a more universal collection of opinions. > > Cheers, > > Peter > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On > > Behalf Of Gabriel Thullen > > Sent: Sunday, 23 April 2017 1

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Chapter De-Recognition: Wikimedia Philippines

2017-04-23 Thread Gabriel Thullen
I also agree with Itzik and James. The chapters depend on the Wikimedia Foundation for a large part of their finances, so when something like this happens, the whole movement is concerned, not just Wikimedia Philippines. When one chapter of affiliate looks bad, everybody will get part of the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [arbcom-l] Where is WMF with pursuing companies that offer paid editing services

2017-04-23 Thread Gabriel Thullen
I suggest another question, right after your #5. Undisclosed paid editing is one thing, dealing with disclosed paid editors within our community is another. You could add the following question: "Asking if we agree to let disclosed paid editors occupy key positions within the Wikimedia movement

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [arbcom-l] Where is WMF with pursuing companies that offer paid editing services

2017-04-15 Thread Gabriel Thullen
Paid editors have been adding content to Wikipedia for a long time. Some of them might even be doing so in accordance with the rules and guidelines, but that is not what makes this case stand out. The PR agency did a total of three edits, and the third one managed to pass under the radar. They

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [arbcom-l] Where is WMF with pursuing companies that offer paid editing services

2017-04-14 Thread Gabriel Thullen
This advertising campaign is particularly interesting, it appears that this is the first time we can talk about an exploit (as is said in computer security). It has been done once so it can be done again. What worries me here is that an advertising campaign like this one, mixing TV advertising