[Wikimedia-l] Re: 100$ million dollars and still obsolete
I was going to write something similar to Jonathan, but now I can just support what he said. If there are folks in the communities who desire changes to the sites, building a group of supporters and/or becoming invested in what it is really like to make those changes *socially* not technically, is likely to be more effective than pointing at WMF and saying they are not interested, not capable, or not resourced enough. Thanks, Jmo! On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 2:35 PM Jonathan Morgan wrote: > It's not an issue of "WMF can't hire enough designers" or "WMF can't hire > good designers". > > I worked for WMF in a design-adjacent role for the better part of a > decade. WMF has *excellent *designers, and in sufficient numbers to build > a modern user interface on desktop--one that *looks* modern and also > prioritizes the needs of Wikipedia's readers (editors can always load up an > old skin if they don't like the new one). > > The mobile site and Wikipedia apps have a much more modern look-and-feel > and are clearly focused on making Wikipedia "work" for its largest set of > users: readers. If the desktop site lags on the design side, that may be > because when WMF has tried to make UI changes to the desktop site in the > past, or even just proposed them, they've received loud and angry push back > from members of a second (smaller, but equally important) set of users: > editors. > > WMF, understandably, tries to avoid angering editors (believe it or not). > > At the software company I work for now, if we make a change that annoys > our users--pretty much all of whom are "power users" with needs every bit > as complex and idiosyncratic as your average Admin--we hear about it. But > no one threatens to disable that change across the platform. And it's > relatively rare for a user to accuse us of being stupid or lazy or > malicious--at least, its rare on for that to happen on public mailing lists > or in our own forums. > > That doesn't mean the stakes are any lower: if we make the software worse, > we probably lose customers. But we have the autonomy to make the changes in > the first place, see what happens, and then build from there or fix our > mistakes or even roll things back if we need to. > > WMF product teams work in an environment where their competence and good > faith are frequently, and publicly, called into question. An environment > where one set of end users (editors) has a great deal of both *soft* and > *hard* power to block changes, even when those changes are intended > for--and indeed, primarily affect--a different set of end users (readers). > > Speaking as someone who worked inside of that environment, I can say that > it can feel like even targeted, clearly motivated and well-justified > changes aimed at improving the reader experience aren't worth the cost. > > There are plenty of other factors at play, but I'm sure I've already said > enough to anger plenty of you, so I'll leave it there. > > I no longer work for WMF and my opinions are my own. > > Cheers, > Jonathan Morgan > User:Jtmorgan > formerly, User:Jmorgan_(WMF) > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 11:34 AM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga < > galder...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> Today I learned that, despite having $100 million in the Endowment fund, >> we can't have a design team big enough to make our websites not look like >> they're stuck in 2001. I don't know if anyone is behind the wheel, but the >> car is expensive. >> >> Sincerely, >> Galder >> >> ___ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/NJUPLU2TDWLM5N5JFKQSODNCIIUW6ON7/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XHB6JPWGITR4KGPMY3KBS56FMHL4VEG6/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/2WGJ3C6RRGVIZZ3K37LTNVPILSXQQJRV/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Brand Project] Rescheduling Naming Convention Proposal community review
Hi all, I wanted to quickly follow up and thank you for being patient. Zack, Essie, Samir, Elena, and the entire project team was eager, working very very hard, and prepared to share the planned Naming Convention Proposals this week. Our colleagues across the Foundation, particularly in Legal, were also tightly involved in this project that is both important and close to our hearts. Rescheduling feels a bit disappointing to us all, but we are excited at the chance for us to add more to the future review, and to set up a stronger discussion across our Movement about the limits and possibilities of new naming systems. Thanks, Heather On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 11:34 AM Zack McCune wrote: > Hi everyone- > > Today, we are rescheduling the Naming Convention Proposal community review > planned for May 7 - 21, including tomorrow's live presentation. This > critical part of the Movement Brand Project is designed to share and > review compelling, > unifying naming proposals that would sustain our free knowledge mission far > into the future. [1] > > We are incredibly excited to talk NAMES with our communities. We know how > important naming is to the Movement, and together we’ve made considerable > progress on options that would allow us to invite and inspire people to > join us. People join the movements that move them, and we want our Naming > Convention Proposals to be both functional and appealing. > > We are particularly interested in “Wiki” as a potential direction, often > suggested by the community and widely used in our Movement. However, there > are significant practical issues with "Wiki" due to the relevant trademark > landscape. We do not want to present to you an option that we could not > make work. The fastest thing to do would be to remove it from the > possibilities, but we hear your preferences and we don’t want to do that. > Instead, we need more time to expand the research and risk evaluation with > our Legal team and the Board to fully understand what opportunities we > have. > > We recognize that changing timing may appear to avoid a necessary and > promised discussion. Nothing could be further from our intentions. We want > to meet our commitment to you to present the best options based on the > conversations we’ve had so far, instead of a more limited set of options > that we had to narrow in order to meet our deadline. We want to have more > exploration and clarity on the risks, costs, and rewards of naming changes > to share with you at this critical phase. > > Collaborating with our Legal team and the Board, we will work to have more > details to share with you soon. The Project Team will meet with the Board > of Trustees during their May 22nd summit, and will follow up as soon as we > can after. > > Yours in branding, > > - Zack, Essie, Elena, Samir, Rupika and the entire Brand Project team > [1] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project > > -- > > Zack McCune (he/him) > > Director of Brand > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Heather Walls Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Update on Wikimedia site and system outages
Hello again, As a follow-up to my last note on the September 6th DDoS attack, we wanted to provide you with an update. There have been no further attacks in the last week and our sites are now running normally. Our SRE team is continuing to monitor the situation. Based on what we learned in this attack, our security and engineering teams are researching and putting together plans for more protection of our infrastructure to address any potential attacks in the future. We appreciate everyone’s support, particularly the folks on the SRE team, in helping to restore access. Yours, Heather On Sat, Sep 7, 2019 at 4:25 PM Heather Walls wrote: > Hello everyone, > > By now you are likely aware that the Wikimedia sites suffered from a > relatively significant botnet driven DDOS attack on September 6th, taking > them offline in several countries throughout the day. This primarily > affected Wikipedia access in Europe and the Middle East. We posted a short > update of the event on our website.[1] > > I would like to thank everyone who stepped up to support the restoration > of our projects, including the fast reporting of community members > throughout the world and our security and engineering teams who worked long > hours to address many complex issues surrounding the attack and our > response—the Site Reliability Engineering team in particular. > > The Wikimedia Foundation leadership team is proud to work with such > talented and dedicated staff and supporters. > > Yours, > Heather > > > 1. > https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/09/07/malicious-attack-on-wikipedia-what-we-know-and-what-were-doing/ > > "Today, Wikipedia was hit with a malicious attack that has taken it > offline in several countries for intermittent periods. The attack is > ongoing and our Site Reliability Engineering team is working hard to stop > it and restore access to the site. > > As one of the world’s most popular sites, Wikipedia sometimes attracts > “bad faith” actors. Along with the rest of the web, we operate in an > increasingly sophisticated and complex environment where threats are > continuously evolving. Because of this, the Wikimedia communities and > Wikimedia Foundation have created dedicated systems and staff to regularly > monitor and address risks. If a problem occurs, we learn, we improve, and > we prepare to be better for next time. > > We condemn these sorts of attacks. They’re not just about taking Wikipedia > offline. Takedown attacks threaten everyone’s fundamental rights to freely > access and share information. We in the Wikimedia movement and Foundation > are committed to protecting these rights for everyone. > > Right now, we’re continuing to work to restore access wherever you might > be reading Wikipedia in the world. We’ll keep you posted." > > > -- > > Heather Walls (she/her) > > Chief Creative Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > https://wikimediafoundation.org > > > -- Heather Walls (she/her) Chief Creative Officer Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] Update on Wikimedia site and system outages
Hello everyone, By now you are likely aware that the Wikimedia sites suffered from a relatively significant botnet driven DDOS attack on September 6th, taking them offline in several countries throughout the day. This primarily affected Wikipedia access in Europe and the Middle East. We posted a short update of the event on our website.[1] I would like to thank everyone who stepped up to support the restoration of our projects, including the fast reporting of community members throughout the world and our security and engineering teams who worked long hours to address many complex issues surrounding the attack and our response—the Site Reliability Engineering team in particular. The Wikimedia Foundation leadership team is proud to work with such talented and dedicated staff and supporters. Yours, Heather 1. https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/09/07/malicious-attack-on-wikipedia-what-we-know-and-what-were-doing/ "Today, Wikipedia was hit with a malicious attack that has taken it offline in several countries for intermittent periods. The attack is ongoing and our Site Reliability Engineering team is working hard to stop it and restore access to the site. As one of the world’s most popular sites, Wikipedia sometimes attracts “bad faith” actors. Along with the rest of the web, we operate in an increasingly sophisticated and complex environment where threats are continuously evolving. Because of this, the Wikimedia communities and Wikimedia Foundation have created dedicated systems and staff to regularly monitor and address risks. If a problem occurs, we learn, we improve, and we prepare to be better for next time. We condemn these sorts of attacks. They’re not just about taking Wikipedia offline. Takedown attacks threaten everyone’s fundamental rights to freely access and share information. We in the Wikimedia movement and Foundation are committed to protecting these rights for everyone. Right now, we’re continuing to work to restore access wherever you might be reading Wikipedia in the world. We’ll keep you posted." -- Heather Walls (she/her) Chief Creative Officer Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] More politics: "WMF Annual Report"
uk> wrote: > > > > > > > As an example, anthropogenic climate change is a politically > sensitive > > > > issue, but how can a consensus-driven movement not take into account > > that > > > > 97% of climate scientists acknowledge its existence > > > > ? > > > > [1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate > > _change> > > > > Accepting a scientific consensus just isn’t a political position. > > > > > > It isn't, but I think it's still worth thinking about context and > > > presentation. There are organizations whose job it is to directly > > > communicate facts, both journalistic orgs like ProPublica and > > > fact-checkers like Snopes/Politifact. In contrast, WMF's job is to > > > enable many communities to collect and develop educational content. > > > > > > If the scientific consensus on climate change suddenly starts to > > > shift, we expect our projects to reflect that, and we expect that the > > > organization doesn't get involved in those community processes to > > > promote a specific outcome. The more WMF directly communicates facts > > > about the world (especially politicized ones), rather than > > > communicating _about_ facts, the more people (editors and readers > > > alike) may question whether the organization is appropriately > > > conservative about its own role. > > > > > > I haven't done an extensive survey, but I suspect all the major > > > Wikipedia languages largely agree in their presentation on climate > > > change. If so, that is itself a notable fact, given the amount of > > > politicization of the topic. Many readers/donors may be curious how > > > such agreement comes about in the absence of top-down editorial > > > control. Speaking about the remarkable process by which Wikipedia > > > tackles contentious topics may be a less potentially divisive way for > > > WMF to speak about what's happening in the real world. > > > > > > I do think stories like the refugee phrasebook and Andreas' arctic > > > photography are amazing and worth telling. I'm curious whether folks > > > like Risker, George, Pine, Chris, and others who've expressed concern > > > about the report agree with that. If so, how would you tell those > > > stories in the context of, e.g., an Annual Report? > > > > > > Erik > > > > > > ___ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > ___ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik > > i/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- *Heather Walls * Wikimedia Foundation annual.wikimedia.org <https://annual.wikimedia.org/2014/> ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Marketing jobs at the Wikimedia Foundation
% > > D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B8_2016 > > > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 5:33 PM, Gerard Meijssen < > > gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hoi, > > > Yes. It is indeed another area where we could do a lot better. We do > not > > > show how effective the work is that people do. We do not inform them > how > > > many reads were done for new articles. All things that are really easy > to > > > do when we think of it. But we do not. > > > > > > So yes we need marketing to get new people and we need marketing to > keep > > > the people that appear. That is also something that is of what > marketing > > > people do; how to get and keep a market. > > > Thanks, > > > GerardM > > > > > > On 28 August 2016 at 17:19, David Goodman <dgge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Marketing can get someone to buy a product once; the problem is to > get > > > > them to buy another, and that depends on the quality of the product. > It > > > is > > > > much easier to get new first time editors than to give them the > > > > encouragement and satisfaction to keep them going. > > > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 5:38 AM, Gerard Meijssen < > > > > gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hoi, > > > > > At the research mailing list two relevant activities were mentioned > > > that > > > > do > > > > > not adequately take place. > > > > > > > > > > * *Gamified interfaces for microcontributions à la Wikidata game* > > > > > ** **Ubiquitous outreach, supported by dedicated technology* > > > > > > > > > > The notion exists that it is possible to do all kind of > technological > > > > > things to make things stand out more but the big problem is imho > not > > > > > technological. It is not content, it is the awareness that > marketing > > is > > > > > more than selling things. > > > > > > > > > > A respected Wikimedian made the bold statement that "Wikipedia > could > > > > > absolutely have 100x the number of editors it has now".I would > argue > > > that > > > > > this is correct > > > > > > > > > > My question is not could marketing methods make a difference but > what > > > > > objectives do we have that will benefit from a marketing approach. > > What > > > > > does it take to be more pro-active towards our objectives? > > > > > Thanks, > > > > >GerardM > > > > > ___ > > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/ > > mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject= > unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > David Goodman > > > > > > > > DGG at the enWP > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DGG > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG > > > > ___ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/ > mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > ___ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > ___ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- *Heather Walls * Wikimedia Foundation annual.wikimedia.org <https://annual.wikimedia.org/2014/> ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] 15 years! Help us add what's missing
Dear everyone, Help us collect the 15 best things about the Wikimedia movement (and Wikipedia) from the last 15 years! Community members all over the world and the Communications team, have been preparing to celebrate the start of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement. On January 15, 2016, it will have been 15 years of collaborating, collecting, verifying, and making knowledge free for the whole world. As part of our annual report, we plan to once again share stories -- this time celebrating the joy of knowledge and discovery. We want to include some of the most amazing, strange, cool, and unbelievable things about the last 15 years. There is a page started on Meta.[1] We know they balance to enWP right now, so we are especially appreciative of additions about the rest of the movement. Please add things we've missed, make corrections to anything that's not correct, and commenting on your favorite. Thanks so much for taking the time to improve this! The WMF Communications team 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_15/15_years -- *Heather Walls *Wikimedia Foundation annual.wikimedia.org <https://annual.wikimedia.org/2014/> ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Copyright status of the mobile application button icons?
Hi everyone, I've made an attempt to correct the licensing, as the W is a Wikimedia trademark. Feel free to assist if I've made any mistakes. Heather On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 12:10 PM, James Alexander jalexan...@wikimedia.org wrote: The WMF Logos are now all or almost all released under cc-by-sa 3.0 now as well rather then All Rights Reserved. I think you should be fine but if you want to be double sure you can email tradema...@wikimedia.org with what you're thinking and they are very good at getting back to you. James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Dan Garry dga...@wikimedia.org wrote: On 18 April 2015 at 11:32, Aleksey Bilogur aleksey.bilo...@gmail.com wrote: I want to use it to illustrate something I'm building in the Wikipedia domain on the en-wiki, so I'd like to know this for sure. Who's a good person to ask; or, will they come here instead? :) I thought that WMF logos can be used freely within the projects, however that's arranged legally, and thought it was strange that this would be an exception. You can use Wikimedia trademarks on a Wikimedia site without asking anyone. See here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_policy#trademark-allowed Dan -- Dan Garry Associate Product Manager, Mobile Apps Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Heather Walls Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street I San Francisco, CA 94105 annual.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] Annual Report from the Wikimedia Foundation
Dear everyone! I’m happy to share with you the Annual Report from the Wikimedia Foundation for 2014 -- Knowledge is a foundation https://annual.wikimedia.org.[1] We published last Wednesday, but I'm just catching up enough to send the email. (Pardon me.) This year, we are telling the story of Wikimedia in the context of free knowledge, and releasing it as web version (wiki, too!) so that we can share that story with even more people. Knowledge is a foundation. It is a foundation for human potential, a foundation for freedom, a foundation for opportunity. Our mutual project, Wikipedia, is part of the global support structure for free knowledge. Most importantly, people are the foundation of Wikipedia. We are inspired by thousands of contributors who support the projects, and are excited to share a little bit about Dr. Netha Hussain, Jacek Halicki, Dumisani Ndubane, Dr. Adrianne Wadewitz, Ihor Kostenko, Dorothy Howard, Ram Prasad Joshi, and Jake Orlowitz. Thank you for the myriad of contributions you make, from coding to writing, editing to programs, and uploads to donations. We've written a blog post about the process we went through this year, and how we settled on the concept of 'knowledge as a foundation.'[2] You can participate in the wiki version of the report here, and soon help with translations [3] Thank you very very much, Heather the Wikimedia Foundation Communications team 1. https://annual.wikimedia.org 2. http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/21/annual-report/ 3. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Annual_Report/2013-2014 -- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager I Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street I San Francisco, CA 94105 heat...@wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedian-In-Residence at NIOSH
Congratulations Emily! That sounds amazing. On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Keilana keilanaw...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Wikimedia Community, I am excited to announce that I am starting today as the Wikipedian-in-Residence for NIOSH, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a subsidiary of the CDC. NIOSH is a research institution dedicated to the prevention of illness and injury related to work, and they have a wealth of information just begging to be used by Wikimedia. Our missions are very much aligned, especially with WikiProject Medicine, and have the potential to create a huge impact worldwide. As Wikipedian-in-Residence, I will be helping to connect NIOSH and the WIkimedia communities, creating a WikiProject NIOSH, and helping to organize content on occupational health and use NIOSH's public domain resources to improve Wikimedia. I will not, in the foreseeable future, be editing anything about NIOSH itself or any of its scientists. Nevertheless, for full disclosure, I'll be placing a comprehensive COI notice on my user page and keeping a separate account (as many other WIR's do) at [[User:Emily Temple-Wood (NIOSH)]] on any project I'm working on. I'm very excited to work on this project and am always happy to accept feedback. You can read more about NIOSH at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_for_Occupational_Safety_and_Health , and see my personal userpage at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keilana . All the best, Emily Temple-Wood ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager I Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street I San Francisco, CA 94105 heat...@wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] Paid wiki-design contract position with WMF
We need your help making it easier for Wikimedians to participate in the movement and with each other! Travel and Participation Support Grantshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Supportis looking for someone to help design and build a new portal on meta-wiki to make this grants program easier to navigate and more fun to use. You'd be working with me, to make something suitable for this program that fits with other grants pages on meta-wikihttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start. We'd prefer someone with wiki and template experience (this would outweigh other experience). Please seehttp://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?c=qSa9VfwQcs=9UL9Vfwtpage=Job%20Descriptionj=ottiYfwWthe job descriptionhttp://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?c=qSa9VfwQcs=9UL9Vfwtpage=Job%20Descriptionj=ottiYfwWfor details, pass it along to anyone you know, and feel free to ask me or Siko (sboute...@wikimedia.org) if you have any questions. We look forward to speaking with you! (We're posting around the community because we'd love to hire a Wikimedian and thought some people here might be interested - if you apply, please include some info about your Wikimedia experience!) http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?c=qSa9VfwQcs=9UL9Vfwtpage=Job%20Descriptionj=ottiYfwW -- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org heat...@wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Snake on a magic towel... help needed transforming a shitty logo into something wonderful
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Brandon Harris bhar...@wikimedia.orgwrote: I love everything about this. I do, too. I was just afraid to say it. -h On Jul 16, 2013, at 4:11 PM, David Cuenca dacu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! This morning I presented a submission (if you can call it that...) for a Wikivoyage logo... actually it flies and it's alive :) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikivoyage/Logo_2013/Submissions#Option_19_-_Snake_on_a_magic_towel It promised not to eat Rory nor Tux... yet :) If only someone could make it look at least as good as Brandon's profile pic! It would be amazing Feel free to change anything you want. It can't get any worse! Micru ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Heather Walls + Communications Design Manager + Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
