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
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
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
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
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
in the Middle East. Messages that are not constructive will be
rejected and/or discarded.
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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
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
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
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
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On 2023-05-17 19:05, Samuel Klein wrote:
>
> I think any generative tools used
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and that is my
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Hi Anders & Ziko,
I do think you're right
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Hi all,
Just a quick
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
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
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
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,
>
(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
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.
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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
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
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
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
. 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
, 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
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
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
w wish to return to your previous discussions about where to talk
about this election. Please excuse my interruption. /s
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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
&
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 <
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,
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
>
(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
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
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?
>
&
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
(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
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
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
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:
>
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.
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
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.
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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
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
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
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:
>
>
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
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
, 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
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
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
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,
>
>
.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
>
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-
>
>
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
&
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
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
, 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
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
.
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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.
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On Fri, 28 Feb 202
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
. 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
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
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
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
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:
>
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
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
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.)
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
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:
>
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.
>
nly reviews and provides
feedback on the draft annual plan.
Risker/Anne
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