[Wikimedia-l] Re: Call for Candidates for the Charter Election Commission - EXTENSION

2024-04-14 Thread Risker
The call for candidates for the Charter Election Commission has been extended to April 22, 2024. Risker/Anne For the MCDC On Mon, 1 Apr 2024 at 01:03, Risker wrote: > The Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) invites qualified > Wikimedians to apply as volunteer members of the C

[Wikimedia-l] Call for Candidates for the Charter Election Commission

2024-03-31 Thread Risker
The Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) invites qualified Wikimedians to apply as volunteer members of the Charter Election Commission (CEC). The MCDC will select five (5) individuals for this role. The selected candidates will come from a variety of Wikimedia projects. The CEC is a

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Urgent attention required because Commons is blocked in Pakistan

2024-03-20 Thread Risker
to tell us exactly which projects are currently blocked, and whether or not any of the originally blocked projects have now had blocks lifted. Risker/Anne Risker/Anne On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 at 11:21, Saqib Qayyum wrote: > I remember this statement was issued when Wikipedia was briefly bloc

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Urgent attention required because Commons is blocked in Pakistan

2024-03-19 Thread Risker
strategy only. Risker/Anne On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 at 13:17, Saqib Qayyum wrote: > Hello Mr James > > Certainly, using a VPN is a workaround, but it's worth noting that > obtaining an IP block exemption is still necessary to edit Commons, and > this is not always feasible for all

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Africa Wiki Challenge 2024 Organizers Virtual Office Hours

2024-03-08 Thread Risker
Apologies for letting through that obvious advertisement. The account has now been blocked. Risker/Anne (List admin) On Fri, 8 Mar 2024 at 08:56, wrote: > Attention to all the https://elitewikiwriters.com;>best > Wikipedia experts out there! If you're looking to dive into t

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Arabic Wikipedia day of action

2023-12-23 Thread Risker
in the Middle East. Messages that are not constructive will be rejected and/or discarded. Risker/Anne (One of the list administrators) On Sat, 23 Dec 2023 at 14:02, Dan Rosenthal wrote: > An utterly shameful decision. I guess Israeli and Jewish lives aren't > worth standing up for, acc

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Post-Wikimania Covid cases

2023-09-08 Thread Risker
ss similar to influenza. And this is a good reminder for all of us to go wash our hands. Again. Risker/Anne On Fri, 8 Sept 2023 at 20:28, Neurodivergent Netizen < idoh.idreamofhor...@gmail.com> wrote: > It would be hard to know where you picked it up from. Certainly the longer > you?re i

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Africa Day Campaign 2023 Winners

2023-08-30 Thread Risker
Wow, this is a really impressive result. Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all of the participants. Risker/Anne On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 at 11:56, Eugene Masiku wrote: > Hello everyone, > > The African Knowledge Initiative > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Spe

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Tribute to Ingo Koll (User:Kipala)

2023-07-11 Thread Risker
Kipala was a great example as a Wikimedian, and his absence will be felt in many corners of the movement. My sympathies to his family and his colleagues. Risker/Anne On Tue, 11 Jul 2023 at 17:57, Samuel Klein wrote: > Oh, I will miss him!! I've had many conversations with Kipala o

[Wikimedia-l] Re: ChatGPT as a reliable source

2023-05-18 Thread Risker
(Apologies, accidentally deleted, content recovered) From: Jimmy Wales To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Bcc: Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 14:48:06 +0100 Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Re: ChatGPT as a reliable source On 2023-05-17 19:05, Samuel Klein wrote: > > I think any generative tools used

[Wikimedia-l] ChatGPT as a reliable source

2023-05-18 Thread Risker
( Apologies, accidentally deleted, content recovered) From: danboy12342 Mui To: Wikimedia Mailing List Cc: Bcc: Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 22:37:01 +0100 Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] ChatGPT as a reliable source I think that there is a difference between "ChatGPT told me the sky is red and that is my

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Could the broad use of ChatGPT mean more accesses to Wikipedia?

2023-05-18 Thread Risker
(Apologies - accidentally deleted, content recovered) From: Maryana Pinchuk To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Bcc: Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 23:59:20 - Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Could the broad use of ChatGPT mean more accesses to Wikipedia? Hi Anders & Ziko, I do think you're right

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Could the broad use of ChatGPT mean more accesses to Wikipedia?

2023-05-18 Thread Risker
(Apologies, this was accidentally deleted but we have recovered the content) -- Forwarded message -- From: Maryana Pinchuk To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Bcc: Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 23:39:43 - Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikianswers Proposal Hi all, Just a quick

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikianswers Proposal

2023-05-15 Thread Risker
he project being proposed will require a lot of technical/developer/engineer work, it would be very useful to talk to the people who already have been working and researching in this topic area to determine if the proposed project is viable. Risker/Anne On Mon, 15 May 2023 at 20:41, Adam Sobieski w

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikianswers Proposal

2023-05-15 Thread Risker
and as a potential new project - for failure. Risker/Anne On Mon, 15 May 2023 at 13:53, Ilario valdelli wrote: > I think that here the proposal is to have a new sister project ( > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_projects). > > There is a long list: > https://meta.wik

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikianswers Proposal

2023-05-15 Thread Risker
their existence. I am all in favour of being visionary - but I'm also in favour of planting these visions in solid ground. Risker/Anne On Mon, 15 May 2023 at 12:19, Ilario Valdelli wrote: > I like the idea. > > Sometimes people need a simple answer. > > At the moment to receive an answer

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Deror Lin passed away

2023-05-07 Thread Risker
It was always a pleasure to work with Deror, to hear him speak with such passion for the Wikimedia community and its work, to just be in his company. He will be missed by so many. May his memory be a blessing. Risker/Anne On Sat, 6 May 2023 at 06:59, itzik Edri wrote: > Dear friends, >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee: Call for New Members

2023-04-23 Thread Risker
(Forwarding on behalf of Zita) Hello everyone, Thank you to everyone who expressed interest in joining the Elections Committee. If you would like to volunteer for this role, please submit your candidacy on Meta at Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee/Nominations/2023

[Wikimedia-l] Re: The Endowment, again

2023-03-02 Thread Risker
use of limited resources. It's not causing any form of disruption to make these changes in a deliberate and thoughtful manner. Everyone can take a deep breath. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: ht

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Results of the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines Vote

2023-02-13 Thread Risker
smaller projects) suggest for SecurePoll. Thanks, Xavier, for raising the issue. Risker/Anne On Mon, 13 Feb 2023 at 15:49, Stella Ng wrote: > Hello Xavier, > > Thank you for your email, and sharing your observations and concerns. Many > other movement initiatives face similar chal

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Chat GPT

2022-12-30 Thread Risker
d had less than 1% of the computing power of each of them.[1] The cost will go down once the technology gets better and more stable. Risker/Anne [1] Comparison of 1990 to 2022 dollars. On Fri, 30 Dec 2022 at 01:40, Yaroslav Blanter wrote: > Hi, > > just to remark that it superficially

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Vote for your favourite sound logo

2022-12-06 Thread Risker
Wow, I'm really impressed at the quality of these proposed sound logos. It's going to be hard to choose! Thank you to all of the contributors, organizers, and volunteer screeners. Risker/Anne On Tue, 6 Dec 2022 at 11:53, Festus Yemi wrote: > This sounds very interesting to me. I Can't w

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Announcing Wiki Loves Africa 2022 International Winners!!!

2022-10-10 Thread Risker
What wonderful images and videos! Congratulations to all of the winners. Risker/Anne On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 at 09:20, Ceslause Ogbonnaya wrote: > Dear all, > > 2022 Winners Announced: Exquisite views of what “Home” means across Africa > are expressed in the International Wiki Loves

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

2022-10-03 Thread Risker
. I'd really like to encourage that other newsletter links be posted on this list. Risker/Anne On Mon, 3 Oct 2022 at 07:31, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > The problem with the arguments made in the Signpost is that they represent > English Wikipedia and adhere to what some consider wha

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Reflections about Visa situation for Wikimedians

2022-08-16 Thread Risker
, even more important. Risker/Anne On Tue, 16 Aug 2022 at 13:51, Mike Peel wrote: > Hi, > > Rather than worrying about visa problems, why not use the experiences > we've learnt over the last few years with virtual meetings? Make sure > that the meeting is fully hybrid - with r

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Reflections about Visa situation for Wikimedians

2022-08-16 Thread Risker
itate visa applications. Those are just off the top of my head. Risker/Anne On Tue, 16 Aug 2022 at 12:36, Željko Blaće wrote: > This is sad to hear and brings back memories of filling similarly myself. > > To keep thinks very pragmatic I would advise that IFA.de and/or local

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

2022-06-28 Thread Risker
Apologies, this was my moderation mistake. Risker/Anne On Tue, 28 Jun 2022 at 12:01, Rexogamer wrote: > The site's certificate seems to have expired and this doesn't seem > on-topic..? > > On Tue, 28 Jun 2022 at 16:26, wrote: > >> >> https://generaltech.org/2022/06

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Join the new Movement Strategy Forum community review

2022-06-13 Thread Risker
w wish to return to your previous discussions about where to talk about this election. Please excuse my interruption. /s Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Selena Deckelmann joins as Chief Product & Technology Officer

2022-06-13 Thread Risker
those of us in the non-tech/non-product areas. Risker/Anne On Mon, 13 Jun 2022 at 13:24, Selena Deckelmann wrote: > Hello! > > I’m so excited to join you all, and I am grateful to Maryana and the many > people I’ve met on my journey to today’s announcement. Thank you for this &

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Accessing data on editing from a geographical area

2022-05-29 Thread Risker
them write bots that can work cross-wiki. Risker/Anne [1] https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org/contributing/active-editors-by-country/normal|map|2022-04-30~2022-05-01|(activity-level)~5..99-edits|monthly On Sun, 29 May 2022 at 16:59, Heather Knox via Wikimedia-l <

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Open proxies and IP blocking

2022-04-20 Thread Risker
cretionary sanctions, articles about today's news or are being discussed in the dark corners of social media, articles that have been subject to significant disinformation). In almost all cases, the person trying to edit is directed to the talk page. Risker/Anne On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 at 18:53,

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Legacy maintenance

2022-04-19 Thread Risker
a. We have individual images on Commons that probably have been used more often than that (although many of the uses may be by third parties). Risker/Anne On Tue, 19 Apr 2022 at 13:09, Benjamin Lees wrote: > I don't think "slower budget growth" means spending less. It just means >

[Wikimedia-l] Announcing the 2022 Wikimedia Hackathon

2022-03-07 Thread Risker
(re-sending on behalf of Haley Lepp) Hello everyone! Your friendly neighborhood Hackathon committee is thrilled to announce the 2022 Global Wikimedia Hackathon! We invite you to join us for three days of collaborating, interactive sessions, and social fun from May 20-May 22. The Hackathon will

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Media coverage in Germany: Enterprise / Advocacy

2022-01-29 Thread Risker
mpensation will add into that. There's no reason whatsoever to believe that the employee numbers remained static the following year; in fact, in your other statement, your figures would suggest you think the WMF currently has about 650-675 staff. Risker/Anne On Sat, 29 Jan 2022 at 21:37, And

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Media coverage in Germany: Enterprise / Advocacy

2022-01-29 Thread Risker
F itself and the WMF and affiliates together, I think these statements are exaggerations. Risker/Anne [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019/Annual_Plan_2021-2022 On Sat, 29 Jan 2022 at 20:04, Alex Monk wrote: > Do you have a source for that number? > &

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Board statement endorsing community voting on the enforcement guidelines for Universal code of Conduct (UCoC)

2022-01-29 Thread Risker
to the election retained by someone outside of the direct Wikimedia community (e.g., someone from EFF) who can be available to decode the results once the standard checks are done. Risker/Anne On Sat, 29 Jan 2022 at 16:17, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > Shani, > > The prospect of potentially severa

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia France - New board and Annual report

2022-01-28 Thread Risker
(Forwarding on behalf of Diane Ranville) Hello dear Wikimedia community, We are very happy to present you the latest annual report of Wikimedia France (attached). We would also like to introduce you to our new board, elected at our last general meeting, with 4 new members and a new directing

[Wikimedia-l] Re: "content was" when deleting pages - is it useful?

2022-01-17 Thread Risker
Thanks for flagging this, Amir. You're right, the reasoning isn't particularly well documented. I've commented on the ticket about the reason English Wikipedia did this, which may be helpful. Risker/Anne On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 at 09:19, Amir E. Aharoni wrote: > Hallo! > > There

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Save the date: Movement Strategy Co-Creation Workshop on "Hubs" on November 27

2021-11-10 Thread Risker
Thank you, Cornelius. Is there any chance that there will be a Round 2 for this? Risker/Anne On Wed, 10 Nov 2021 at 13:21, Cornelius Kibelka wrote: > Registration is now open and closes on November 25. > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 12:48 PM Cornelius Kibelka < > ckibelka-...@wikim

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Marketing Mail] Re: Small gratitude to our fellow wikimedians

2021-11-09 Thread Risker
of individual projects, which all have slightly different cultures, developing their own process, but I'd suggest it be a guideline rather than a policy. Risker/Anne On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 at 10:19, Alessandro Marchetti via Wikimedia-l < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Small gratitude to our fellow wikimedians

2021-11-08 Thread Risker
condolences or serves as an obituary, would be helpful. I think it might be better to express condolences at the local rather than the global level, but that is simply my opinion. I hope this might prove helpful to colleagues on all projects who may have to deal with this situation in the future.

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Manavpreet Kaur's role in AffCom's issues

2021-10-26 Thread Risker
I think at this point it is time to take this matter off this mailing list. I think we have all learned more than we ever expected to know about the Wikimedia Slovakia user group. It is unfortunate that the software doesn't permit locking of threads. Risker/Anne

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Subject: Re: Manavpreet Kaur's role in AffCom's issues

2021-10-26 Thread Risker
I think at this point it is time to take this matter off this mailing list. I think we have all learned more than we ever expected to know about the Wikimedia Slovakia user group. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Investigation of possible AffCom's violations - your input welcomed!

2021-10-24 Thread Risker
KuboF, I have read your email, but I am none the wiser. Please explain precisely what your concerns are. In what way is AffCom not following the WMF guiding principles? Risker/Anne On Sun, 24 Oct 2021 at 18:18, Michal Matúšov wrote: > Hi wikimedians, especially functionaries of affiliati

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Movement Charter Drafting Committee elections are now open!

2021-10-18 Thread Risker
per-wiki rule) will still result in filing all the seats. Risker/Anne On Mon, 18 Oct 2021 at 12:47, effe iets anders wrote: > There's that, +1 for sure. > > But even within the current limitations, there are some configuration > options that could have been chosen to improve user

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

2021-10-14 Thread Risker
And yes, I know full well how very hard this is, for everyone involved. It's not a criticism of anyone participating in this thread. Risker/Anne On Thu, 14 Oct 2021 at 17:35, Jonathan Morgan wrote: > It's not an issue of "WMF can't hire enough designers" or "WMF can't hire &g

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Movement Charter Drafting Committee elections are now open!

2021-10-14 Thread Risker
mongst candidates (at least on the surface) is that they could be representative of a pretty broad consensus throughout the global community on some points. Risker/Anne On Thu, 14 Oct 2021 at 09:26, Adam Wight wrote: > On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 12:02 PM Kaarel Vaidla > wrote: > >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: WMF Product department transition

2021-10-12 Thread Risker
or editors and readers. This can be a big challenge, because I wouldn't exactly say the community is unified in what they consider "improvements". I wish you well on your continuing journey. Risker/Anne On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 at 13:36, Toby Negrin wrote: > Hi all, > > I’m writi

[Wikimedia-l] Re: calculating autoconfirmed age and edit count

2021-10-04 Thread Risker
m/trolling accounts being left unused. It made them easier to spot. I believe they also reduced the move vandalism that we were experiencing at a ridiculous rate at the time. I'm sure you'd be able to find similar discussions at other projects; I just remember this one because I participated in i

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Encyclopedic Coverage of American Elections

2021-09-21 Thread Risker
, this is an international mailing list, and there are better places to talk about American politics. Oh...incidentally. That photo had no impact at all. The election was yesterday, and the results were pretty much as predicted at least a week ago; there were no surprises. Risker/Anne [1] https

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Encyclopedic Coverage of American Elections

2021-09-18 Thread Risker
e is your target audience here, is edited more by people outside the US than those inside it. Risker/Anne On Sat, 18 Sept 2021 at 14:50, Adam Sobieski wrote: > Wikimedia, > > > > I have a psephological and election historical observation that I would > like to share with Wiki

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Accessing wikipedia metadata

2021-09-16 Thread Risker
Mike's suggestion is good. You would likely get better responses by asking this question to the Wikimedia developers, so I am forwarding to that list. Risker On Thu, 16 Sept 2021 at 14:04, Gava, Cristina via Wikimedia-l < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-14 Thread Risker
Welcome, Maryana. We can all look forward to getting to know you better, and for you to get to know us, too. Feel free to reach out to people with your questions, your ideas, and your concerns. Risker/Anne On Tue, 14 Sept 2021 at 11:36, Maryana Iskander wrote: > Dear All, > >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Results for the most contended Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election

2021-09-07 Thread Risker
. I will look forward to more details of the voting populace. Risker/Anne On Tue, 7 Sept 2021 at 14:17, Tito Dutta wrote: > Hello, > Thanks for the announcement. I was expecting/hopeful to see a little more > diverse result (continent/region etc,) > Anyway, thanks to the org

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Join us at COSCUP 2021 - Conference for Open Source Coders, Users and Promoters

2021-07-29 Thread Risker
Just a note that the Wikimedia sessions are in fact on JULY 31, not July 1. Good luck with these presentations, it looks very interesting. Risker On Thu, 29 Jul 2021 at 23:08, Joyce Chen wrote: > Hello Wikimedians, > > Just one day before the 2021 Conference for Open Source Code

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Foundation org chart

2021-07-05 Thread Risker
Projects don't belong there. Risker/Anne On Mon, 5 Jul 2021 at 22:24, Bill Takatoshi wrote: > Hi Anne, > > Thank you for both of your excellent questions. > > 1) In Germany, rank-and-file employees are required to be represented > in seat(s) on corporate boards of directors. Em

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Foundation org chart

2021-07-05 Thread Risker
Two questions, Bill. 1) Labour representation? Huh? 2) Where are the actual Wikimedia projects? I meanall of this is hubris if the projects aren't on the org chart. They're the raison d'etre of every aspect of the community. Risker/Anne On Mon, 5 Jul 2021 at 19:03, Bill Takatoshi wrote

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Appropriate promotion OR Appropriate canvassing protocol/policy

2021-06-25 Thread Risker
or not to read these statements. Risker/Anne On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 at 15:06, Benjamin Lees wrote: > On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 3:05 AM টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta > wrote: > >> In such a situation there is a possibility that if a candidate has many >> social media or contacts an

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming María Sefidari as a Foundation consultant. :)

2021-06-23 Thread Risker
he movement message out to new and existing communities into a really difficult position. Risker/Anne On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 at 00:51, wrote: > Hello, All, > I’m Amanda Keton, the General Counsel of the Foundation, and I’d like to > clarify some of the questions and comments that have bee

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Announcing an academic conference on Wikipedia translation

2021-05-27 Thread Risker
projects. I hope that the conference goes well. Risker/Anne On Thu, 27 May 2021 at 03:42, Željko Blaće wrote: > Also interested in contributing, but registration fee is something that > puts me off when approaching academic conferences, especially now when > online so much of the cost i

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Join the new Regional Committees for Grants

2021-05-21 Thread Risker
Thank you for doing that, Tanveer and the rest of the team. I was just thinking that it would be good to centralize the discussion. Risker/Anne On Fri, 21 May 2021 at 13:12, Tanveer Hasan wrote: > Hi Florence, > > I wanted to bring to your attention that the CR team has responde

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Join the new Regional Committees for Grants

2021-05-21 Thread Risker
I am very concerned that you think you're going to get about 80 qualified and committed volunteers to do this work within the next few weeks. This is unrealistic. I also agree with Florence's concerns. Risker/Anne On Fri, 21 May 2021 at 08:33, Florence Devouard wrote: > Hello Julia >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Affiliations Committee Call for Candidates - June 2021

2021-05-16 Thread Risker
of conflict resolution tools will be available to the conflict subcommittee? These were the first questions that came to me when I first saw your email. I would not be surprised if others have more questions. Risker/Anne On Sun, 16 May 2021 at 15:03, Jeffrey Keefer wrote: > Risker- > >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Affiliations Committee Call for Candidates - June 2021

2021-05-15 Thread Risker
Jeffrey, could you please link to a description of the roles and responsibilities of members of the two subcommittees? You've mentioned the expected skillset for each, but have not explained what they are actually expected to be responsible for. Thanks, Risker/Anne On Sat, 15 May 2021 at 14:41

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Deutschland’s new Executive Director: Christian Humborg

2021-05-12 Thread Risker
Congratulations to Wikimedia Deutschland and to Christian. I wish them much continued success. Risker/Anne On Mon, 10 May 2021 at 13:18, Mardetanha wrote: > Excellent to find out the newly elected ED is a Christian Humborg. I wish > him success in his new role. > > > Mardetan

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Authorities in Myanmar blocks all languages of Wikipedia, says internet freedom watchdog = Qiuwen

2021-03-13 Thread Risker
Anecdotally, we on English Wikipedia have received multiple requests for IP block exemption from residents of Myanmar, including requests for both local and global IP On Sat, 13 Mar 2021 at 19:56, Kunal Mehta wrote: > Hi, > > On 2/19/21 1:08 PM, 《求闻》编译组/Qiuwen WMCug wrote: > > Netblocks

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Surveys using third party tools on Wikimedia projects

2021-02-14 Thread Risker
of the four people who have commented on this thread so far all have Gmail email addresses. Risker/Anne On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 at 00:24, Gnangarra wrote: > I agree with Fae's proposal if we are using tools that exclude community > members out of safety and privacy concerns then we arent fulf

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

2021-02-04 Thread Risker
will be missed. I wish you the best in your future endeavours. All the best, Risker/Anne On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 at 12:48, Katherine Maher wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Earlier today, I announced to my colleagues at the Wikimedia Foundation my > intention to step down as CEO later this s

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board Ratification of Universal Code of Conduct

2021-02-02 Thread Risker
e users of the websites, and the content managers/editors/etc (what we often call "the community"). Risker/Anne On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 at 17:28, Yair Rand wrote: > The community has not approved the WMF's UCoC. It is not a Wikimedia > policy, it is not binding, it has no authority. Th

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Foundation commitment of support for LGBT+ volunteers

2020-12-08 Thread Risker
tatement, and also thank our colleagues for arranging translations into other languages. Risker/Anne On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 at 19:07, Phil Nash via Wikimedia-l < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Great news. Vulnerable contributors to Wikimedia projects should be owed a > dut

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New feature from Community Tech: Watchlist Expiry

2020-12-01 Thread Risker
Thank you! Risker/Anne On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 at 19:26, Ilana Fried wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm very excited to announce a new feature created by the Community Tech > [1] team: Watchlist Expiry. With this feature, you can optionally select > to watch a page for a temporary

Re: [Wikimedia-l] online meetings

2020-11-16 Thread Risker
e that has been in place for a couple of years, and I believe the WMF maintains only a skeleton crew for at least a week during that period. Risker/Anne On Mon, 16 Nov 2020 at 18:46, Gnangarra wrote: > Kaya Jan > > Yes I agree, I'm not asking for an absolute ban on all meetings, just &

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustees elections, membership, quorum, and

2020-10-08 Thread Risker
Functionaries (checkusers, oversighters, stewards, OTRS members, and people with similar advanced permissions) have not been required to provide their personal information - name, DOB, address - for years. They simply sign off a type of confidentiality agreement with their username. Risker/Anne

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustees elections, membership, quorum, and

2020-10-08 Thread Risker
it is possible; but anything requiring a financial contribution would limit the membership to those who have the money to pay to join, which is antithetical to the movement's philosophy. Risker/Anne On Thu, 8 Oct 2020 at 13:41, Todd Allen wrote: > Why would we "not want it to be a me

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Summit 2021 in Berlin cancelled

2020-09-24 Thread Risker
, is an appropriate decision. I too am a bit disappointed that there doesn't appear to be any planning for some sort of virtual meeting, though. It will definitely affect strategy implementation. Risker/Anne On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 at 12:59, effe iets anders wrote: > Maybe I'm reading it wrong, bu

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Updates from Wikimedia Foundation Board

2020-05-03 Thread Risker
in Nataliia's message on behalf of the Board. Risker/Anne On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 19:21, Pine W wrote: > Andy, I was going off of this statement: "In order to ensure sustained > community representation on the Board, we are extending the terms of > the three community-selected trustees curre

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Practical implications of Coronavirus

2020-03-11 Thread Risker
. Risker/Anne ___ 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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Summit 2020 in Berlin cancelled

2020-02-28 Thread Risker
Thank you for informing the global community of this. More importantly, thank you for recognizing that the safety and well-being of the global community should take precedence over a meeting. This is the way to "walk the talk" about community safety. Risker/Anne On Fri, 28 Feb 202

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Next steps on Wikimedia Space

2020-02-19 Thread Risker
de platform (i.e., Meta). Experiments are always worthwhile, as they're opportunities to learn. I will trust that Quim and the rest of the Wikimedia Space team will be summarizing the positives and negatives about this particular experiment. Risker/Anne On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 at 17:49, Rebecca O'Neil

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation elections committee: Call for volunteers

2020-01-12 Thread Risker
he committee to make decisions and do the work. This is really a problem, and it's almost impossible to fix once the work of the election has started. The work for the 2020 election should be startingwell, it probably already should have started. Risker/Anne On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Ombuds Commission now accepting nominations for 2020

2019-10-09 Thread Risker
uot; committee, charged with enforcing WMF board-approved policies, most particularly the privacy policy. Risker/Anne On Wed, 9 Oct 2019 at 16:44, Pine W wrote: > Hello, > > Sorry that I'm late replying to this thread. I have been very busy in the > past few weeks. > &g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [LGBT] Best practices for awarding scholarships

2019-10-09 Thread Risker
think it's terrible use of Wikidata to use it to store what are essentially the personnel records of Wikimedia volunteers. Risker/Anne On Wed, 9 Oct 2019 at 09:52, Henry Wood wrote: > Risker > > > I'm pretty shocked at this idea; in fact, if someone created a Wikidata > > profile

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [LGBT] Best practices for awarding scholarships

2019-10-07 Thread Risker
you expect in return for the scholarship. Risker/Anne On Mon, 7 Oct 2019 at 16:39, Lane Rasberry wrote: > Hello, > > I have wished that eventually when people apply for scholarships or even > when they attend wiki events they create profiles for themselves in > Wikidata so th

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Movement Strategy: Draft recommendations are here!

2019-08-12 Thread Risker
really good ideas to me, but there are ones that I don't really think are a great idea, too. Risker/Anne On Mon, 12 Aug 2019 at 12:25, Ziko van Dijk wrote: > Am Mo., 12. Aug. 2019 um 17:51 Uhr schrieb Nicole Ebber < > nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de>: > > > Dear all,. > > &g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF commitment for a Wikimedia projects archive

2019-05-14 Thread Risker
lar aspect of the mission statement should be a recommendation that gets included in the final reports - regardless of which entity assumes responsibility for it or who pays for it. Risker/Anne On Tue, 14 May 2019 at 18:03, Nathan wrote: > The Internet Archive, incidentally, already seems to ma

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

2019-04-15 Thread Risker
r certain of our projects should be left by the wayside, but I will note that there are significant variations in the "popularity" of various projects between language groups as well as cultural groups. Risker/Anne On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 at 09:28, Philippe Beaudette wrote: > As usual, Phoebe st

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Iberoconf 2019 - Declaration of Santiago regarding affiliates' rights and responsabilities

2019-02-22 Thread Risker
ring our research. We will take these points into consideration as we develop our recommendations. Risker/Anne (As a member of the R Strategy Working Group) [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_Groups/Roles_%26_Responsibilities On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 at 2

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Farewell, Erik!

2019-02-07 Thread Risker
I wish you a lot of joy in your retirement, Erik. We will miss you and all of your work to help us become a more transparent organization. Risker/Anne On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 05:42, Magnus Manske via Wikimedia-l < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Erik, > > thanks for

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Survey about the Foundation's Mission

2019-01-16 Thread Risker
. I am not sure that James needs to remain a contributor to this list. Risker/Anne On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 at 11:56, James Salsman wrote: > On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 1:23 AM Kevin Payravi > wrote: > > > > I've heard confusion from a couple folks and want to make sure i

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Hiding versions because of copyright violation

2019-01-14 Thread Risker
cy is here: < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion#Criteria_for_redaction> Risker/Anne On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 at 13:20, effe iets anders wrote: > Thanks for those questions. > > Just as clarification, I'm talking about hiding revisions with the effect

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Hiding versions because of copyright violation

2019-01-14 Thread Risker
in the history. I suspect that English Wikipedia has lower thresholds for both revision-deletion and suppression because it has historically been the project that is most abused, sometimes in ways that I'd be hesitant to publicly describe. Risker/Anne (English Wikipedia oversighter) On Mon, 14

Re: [Wikimedia-l] America may go bizarro, but Wikipedia has a choice to make

2019-01-09 Thread Risker
Glenn of the WMF may be the best person to ask since they seem to be managing the process of making the files available. Risker/Anne On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 at 06:44, Fæ wrote: > Location: This is a tangent, one that has been raised before as a > /non-answer/ to the issue of actually g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Blocks which appear to demonstrate prejudice against minorities

2019-01-02 Thread Risker
ll accounts; in this case, if it disallows usernames that imply sexual preference regardless of what that preference is. It seems to me that the WMF Trust & Safety group would probably be the right group to examine this. Risker/Anne On Wed, 2 Jan 2019 at 09:42, Ariel Glenn WMF wrote: >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Page views of male/female biographies?

2018-12-05 Thread Risker
there is also an inherent bias in that there are far fewer biographical articles about women in most categories, as compared to men. Risker/Anne On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 at 18:20, David Cuenca Tudela wrote: > Hi Tilman, > > I disagree with your appraisal that there are better venues for my

Re: [Wikimedia-l] How can we fix the two-stage page loading problem?

2017-09-03 Thread Risker
out about an overarching banner, it's from someone who knows I "do" Wikipedia, and they're complaining to me. I have to disabuse them of the idea that any editor is likely to be able to change this... Risker/Anne On 3 September 2017 at 13:44, James Heilman <jmh...@gma

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New style banner - A heads up

2017-08-23 Thread Risker
er the banner that pushes down the content over the one that covers it because I could still navigate through the article. (For the record, I am on a fast computer and using the highest speed internet available for residential use in Canada - and the second banner managed to still freeze my computer.)

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

2017-06-13 Thread Risker
through hard-blocked VPNs. I can't speak for other projects, but I can say that on enwiki there are both administrators and functionaries who are liberal in their granting of IPBE. I sometimes find it odd that nobody asks me directly to help them out; I think I've granted it every time I was aske

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

2017-06-05 Thread Risker
better than nothing. And yes, the place to ask is at Global IPBE, because getting IPBE on only one project is unhelpful if one also pitches in elsewhere (Wikidata, Commons, etc.). Risker/Anne On 5 June 2017 at 19:34, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > Cristian Consonni wrote: >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Chief Communications Officer search & job description

2017-05-27 Thread Risker
to screen directly for political affiliation - and possibly illegal to do so. Risker/Anne On 27 May 2017 at 23:53, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Joady, > > Thank you for publishing this. Overall I like this draft. I would like to > offer two comments. >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Funds Dissemination Committee Recommendations - Round 2 of 2016-17

2017-05-16 Thread Risker
nly reviews and provides feedback on the draft annual plan. Risker/Anne ___ 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.w

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