[Wikimedia-l] Re: Launch of the course "OpenRefine for Wikimedia Commons: the basics"

Wonderful news! Thanks for working on it and sharing. Shani. On Thu, Apr 4, 2024, 14:47 Ndahiro Derrick Alter wrote: > Wow this is a great initiative . > > derrick > > > On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 at 13:12 Joris Darlington Quarshie < > billionairegeneration...@gmail.com>

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikidata] A collaboration between three Wikimedia affiliates to advance the technical capacities of the movement around Wikidata

Wonderful news. Thanks for sharing! Shani. Shani Evenstein Sigalov <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/> Vice Chair, Board of Trustees Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> On Tue, 21 Jun 2022 at 19:43, Samuel Klein wrote: >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Have you heard? We have a sound logo!

making it into a ringtone, and I look forward to learning about additional creative ways we can use it to promote our work on free and open knowledge to everyone. Best, Shani Shani Evenstein Sigalov <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/> Vice Chair, Board of Trustees Chai

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees votes to ratify the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines

tone in creating a safer, more welcoming space, for all participants and contributors to our projects . Best, Shani, on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Shani Evenstein Sigalov <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/> Vice Chair, Board of Tru

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

discussing next steps with the rest of the Board. Shani, on behalf of the CAC. Shani Evenstein Sigalov <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/> Vice Chair, Board of Trustees Chair, Community Affairs Committee Wikimedia Foundation <h

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

in the process. *I encourage you all to have a listen and a say in selecting the sound* *that will represent us* for many years to come. So if you haven't already, I hope you consider participating and vote. One more week to go! With gratitude, Shani. Shani Evenstein Sigalov <ht

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Open Conversation with the Board of Trustees on December 15th

Here's a correct link to the Live YouTube Stream <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLGxiwCveQQ_channel=WikimediaFoundation> ... Shani. Shani Evenstein Sigalov <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/> Vice Chair, Board of Trustees Wikimedia Found

[Wikimedia-l] Open Conversation with the Board of Trustees on December 15th

y, you are welcome to *pre-submit questions* for the Board via the same email, ask...@wikimedia.org. Knowing in advance what is on your mind will help us give you more informed answers during the call. So for now, save the date and sign up!. Thank you and we look forward to seeing as many of you there,

[Wikimedia-l] Open Conversation with the Board of Trustees on 20 October

nk you and we look forward to seeing you there! Best, Shani, on behalf of the CAC. Shani Evenstein Sigalov <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/> Vice Chair, Board of Trustees Chair, Community Affairs Committee Wikimedia Foundation <http

[Wikimedia-l] Update on the UCoC Policy (addendum to section 3.1)

by a number of people to be directly harmful to the policy’s goals and unnecessary for the function of the policy. For that reason, we have expedited review and action. We want to thank everyone who contributed to conversations on this text and worked to improve the UCoC policy. Best, Shani Evenstein

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Goodbye and see you around

Biyanto, Thank you for all your work and contribution to the movement so far, and much luck and success on your new path, both in Sweden (which has an amazing Wiki community), and in DH. It's an exciting field and I look forward to following your work there. :) All the best, Shani. Shani

[Wikimedia-l] 14 July Conversation with the Trustees

.org. We will add the agenda to the event Meta page and send it here in the coming weeks. For now, please save the date and register for the Zoom room. Hope you see you all there, Shani. Shani Evenstein Sigalov <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/> Vice Chair, Boar

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

e ratification process can start with a strong preliminary approach. On behalf of the Board, Shani Evenstein Sigalov Vice Chair, Board of Trustees. Chair, Community Affairs Committee. Shani Evenstein Sigalov <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/> Vice C

[Wikimedia-l] Next Conversation with the Trustees on 17 February

ty more regularly (every other month). You will find the planned dates of future meetings throughout the year <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee#Upcoming_events> on Meta, so you can hopefully "save the date" in advance. Hoping to see as ma

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees new resolution on branding

to the Wikimedia movement. I look forward to watching these plans come to life and invite the community to actively participate in these discussions and decisions as they unfold. Sincerely, Shani Evenstein Sigalov Chair, Brand Committee Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation [1]: https

[Wikimedia-l] Join the Conversation with Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees on October 20

n the zoom room, but can still participate by watching live and sending questions in real-time. Please help us spread the word by sharing this message with your community. Hoping to see as many of you as possible, Shani Evenstein Sigalov, on behalf of the CAC. Shani Evenstein Sigalov <https://

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

Welcome, Maryana! So happy to have you join the Wikimedia family. Exciting times! Shani. On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 6:43 PM Dariusz Jemielniak wrote: > Let me be one of the first ones to say "welcome"! I'm so delighted to see > you take the helm! > > best, > > dj >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Conflict of Interest - Transition from Trustee to Staff

To those who could not make it -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQTND98b_Yg And yes. A formal decision will follow up in the coming days (as soon as possible). Shani. Shani Evenstein Sigalov <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/> Acting Vice Chair,

[Wikimedia-l] 2021 Creative Commons Summit: Call for Proposals is Open!

ack4OpenGLAM - *Policy and Advocacy promoting the Commons* – Strategies for legal action and copyright reform Would be wonderful to have a strong Wiki presence there and celebrate with our colleagues from CC. So please share, apply and engage. :) C

[Wikimedia-l] An invitation to a Q & A session on Abstract Wikipedia

ive, but still want to engage, *feel free to send in questions *(again replying to this email privately). The session will also be recorded, so if you cannot make it to the live session, you will be able to watch later on YouTube (I will be sharing the recording later). Looking forward to your que

Re: [Wikimedia-l] First Community Affairs Committee office hour on May 13

:) Noted, Mike. Indeed, the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees, and no other (as is evident from the original mail). But we'll be sure to flag it more clearly next time. ;) Hope you can join us! Shani. Shani Evenstein Sigalov <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenst

Re: [Wikimedia-l] First Community Affairs Committee office hour on May 13

questions live (via Meta / YouTube / Facebook / Telegram), and of course watch later. Looking forward to seeing you all, Shani, on behalf of the Community Affairs Committee. Shani Evenstein Sigalov <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/> Board of Trustees Wik

[Wikimedia-l] First Community Affairs Committee office hour on May 13

room, but can still participate by watching live and sending questions in real-time. Please help us spread the word by sharing this message with your local / online communities. Hoping to see as many of you as possible, Shani Evenstein Sigalov Chair, Community Affairs Committee

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing VideoCutTool version 0.4

Happy to read about this. Great work! Shani. Shani Evenstein Sigalov <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/> Board of Trustees Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 at 23:05, James Heilman wrote: > Gopa th

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Bengali Wikipedia is now 100K+ articles strong

Wonderful news! Congrats! On Sat, 26 Dec 2020, 15:50 Shabab Mustafa, wrote: > Dear Friends, > > The year 2020 is full of woes and wonders. Just before the ending of 2020, > Bengali Wikipedia[1][2] has passed a significant milestone of passing 100K > articles. > > Bengali, an Indo-Aryan language

Re: [Wikimedia-l] #SheSaid

This is really great, Flo! Hope many join this initiative and we are able to improve these stats. Thanks for leading this important work. Shani. On Tue, 3 Nov 2020, 06:37 Heather Knox via Wikimedia-l, < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > This is wonderful! Thank you for putting

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Wikidata Query Service Tutorial

Congrats, WM-IL! And right on time for Wikidata's 8th Birthday celebrarions! Looking forward to integrating this tool in my academic courses this year. Shani On Wed, 21 Oct 2020, 22:44 Revital Poleg, wrote: > In 2019 Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) decided to develop instructional mater

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia CEE Online Meeting 2020

Thanks for the reminder, Kiril. Looks like a really great online program! Good luck to all the speakers and looking forward to CEEing some of you there. :) Shani. On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 11:06 PM Kiril Simeonovski < kiril.simeonov...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > I would lik

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Trust and safety on Wikimedia projects

ent of clear metrics to measure success, *development of training tools and materials* (*including building communities’ capacities around harassment awareness and conflict resolution*), and consultations with international experts on harassment, community health and children’s rights, as well as additional

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Comment Open on U.S. Open Access Policy

Jake, well written and nicely put. Is this online somewhere, where we can share it further? Best, Shani. --- *Shani Evenstein Sigalov* * Lecturer, Tel Aviv University. * EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Serbia board members

president! I look forward to continue seeing great work and innovation from the Serbian Chapter. With much appreciation, Shani. --- *Shani Evenstein Sigalov* * Lecturer, Tel Aviv University. * PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Collaboration with Indonesian Air Force

Wonderful news! Congratulations and good luck with this project! Shani. --- *Shani Evenstein Sigalov* * Lecturer, Tel Aviv University. * EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. * PhD

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Not in the other language, Wiktionary edition"

nary and Wikisource people ate there. Cheers, Shani On Fri, 23 Aug 2019, 16:27 Amir Sarabadani Hey, > During Wikimania, Shani told me the famous "Not in the other language" > tool [1] doesn't work for Wiktionary (because the tool is based on Wikidata > but Wiktionary uses something

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Medicine: Changes in Board Compositions

University. Best, Shani Evenstein. ___ 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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikipedia & Education User Group: Changes in Board Composition

Davis - Treasurer Shani. On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 3:16 AM Shani Evenstein wrote: > Dear all, > > As some of you may know, I will soon be joining the Board of Trustees > (August 15), and am therefore required to resign my formal role as Chair of > the Wikipedia & Education Use

[Wikimedia-l] The Wikipedia & Education User Group: Changes in Board Composition

an even stronger board and look forward to seeing how this organization evolves. I'll remain involved as an 'adviser to the board' and will continue contributing to EDUWiki initiatives as a volunteer, educator, researcher and Open Education advocate.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing our newest chapter, Wikimedia Colombia

Great news! Congrats! Shani. --- *Shani Evenstein Sigalov* * Lecturer, Tel Aviv University. * EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. * PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing our newest thematic organisation, Wikimedia Medicine

to contact us at: wikiproject...@gmail.com We look forward to meeting some of you in the Health Space at Wikimania <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Health>, where you'll be able to find out more about what we've been doing and how you can join forces with us. Best, Shani Evenstein Chair

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Belated update from Wikimedia Portugal

Wonderful news! Thanks for the update. Shani. --- *Shani Evenstein Sigalov* * Lecturer, Tel Aviv University. * EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. * PhD Candidate, School

[Wikimedia-l] EDUWiki Open Meeting next Monday!

ocus on the tech tools survey we are planning * Updates on the Education Space at Wikimania * 2 featured speakers * Q & A *Looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible! * Shani, on behalf of The Wikipedia & Education User Group. --- *Shani Evens

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Grupo de Usuários Wiki Movimento Brasil

What excellent news! This group has been doing amazing and innovative work, so it's a joy to see this community finally re-recognized as an affiliate. As it should be. :) Best of luck to all of you with your future projects. I'll keep following your work with excitement. Shani

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Feedback requested for draft code of conduct for user group

ht I'd bring this to your attention again, so anyone with a passion for community health will have a chance to add comments in the discussion page <https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Talk:WikiJournal_User_Group/Code_of_conduct/Draft> . Best, Shani. --

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New action to lift Wikipedia block in Turkey

Wonderful news! Thanks for sharing. Shani. --- *Shani Evenstein Sigalov* * Lecturer, Tel Aviv University. * EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. * PhD Candidate, School

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New Board WMNL

Congrats! Very happy to see Lizzy joining the board. Shani. On Fri, 10 May 2019, 10:49 Frans Grijzenhout yep, we are a little eco-friendly as well, frans > > *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair > +31 6 5333 9499 > -- > *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* > Mariaplaats 3

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annual Report 2018: Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey

Basak, Congrats on your achievements in an almost impossible situation! We all appreciate your efforts and continued persistence regardless of circumstances. Waiting for the moment when you'll be freed <3 Best to all of you, Shani. --- *Sh

[Wikimedia-l] WikiProject Med Board Election Results

he new board and their roles are: 1. *Shani Evenstein* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Esh77> (until 2022) *Chairperson (Re-elected)* 2. *Doug Taylor* <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:RexxS> (until 2022) *Secretary*, *Strategy Liaison * *(Re-elected)*

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikidata] [GLAM] Wikimedia Sverige receives a total of USD 500, 000+ in funding for three new projects, and a cost reduction of USD 30, 000/year

Amazing news indeed! Congrats and well done to the whole team. Best, Shani. --- *Shani Evenstein Sigalov* * Lecturer, Tel Aviv University. * EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

Re: [Wikimedia-l] CIS-A2K January Newsletter

This is great! So wonderful to see such wonderful activity from India! Keep up the good work! Shani. --- *Shani Evenstein Sigalov* * Lecturer, Tel Aviv University. * EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School of Medicine

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New Affiliations Committee appointments

Thanks both of you and good luck to new members! I'm hopeful that together you can help march AffCom forward and help with the obvious workload. Best, Shani. On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 20:26 Paulo Santos Perneta Satdeep & Tanvir stepped down, 2 reappointments, and 3 new appointments - > 13

[Wikimedia-l] WikiProject Medicine Foundation: updates and coming elections

ally are), but if you're passionate about medical content on Wikimedia projects (both on and offline) like we are. We also hope it might inspire more of you to get involved in the coming year. Wishing all of us a fruitful and joyous 2019, Shani Evenstein Sigalov Chairperson, WikiProject Medi

[Wikimedia-l] Participation in Celebrating Public Domain Day

Dear all, I'm forwarding a request from Natalia Mileszyk re participating in Public Domain Day. We hope you can spread the word in your local communities and join the celebrations around the world! Cheers, Shani. *JOIN COMMUNIA FOR THE PUBLIC DOMAIN WEEK

Re: [Wikimedia-l] GLAM-Wiki 2018 session videos

This is *so* great! Thanks for taking the time to do this. You and Andrew rock. Would be great if each speaker can link the right video to their submission in the program, including the PP itself. Best, Shani. --- Shani Evenstein Sigalov EdTech

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2019: New name, new concept, eligbility criteria

and money to bring everyone together? Thanks for shedding some light on this issue. Best, Shani. On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 12:20 AM, Cornelius Kibelka < cornelius.kibe...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > Dear Pine, > > yes, "the organized part of the movement" is another te

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [GLAM] Wikimedia Sverige receives $324k+ in funding for the project FindingGLAMs

Amazing news! Congrats, Wikimedia Sverige! Well done. Shani. On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 1:48 PM, John Andersson wrote: > Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be the recipient of $324,500 in support from > the Swedish Postcode Foundation for our project FindingGLAMs > <https://meta.wikime

[Wikimedia-l] The Wikipedia & Education User Group Board Election

kimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group/User_Group_election_2018-2020> to see the instructions and nominate yourself or suggest someone else as a nominee (after getting their consent, of course). Please help us spread the word and share widely. :) Good luck to everyone! Shani Evenst

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [GLAM] Wikimedia Sverige receives $65k+ in funding for our Library Data project

Great news! Congrats! :) Shani. On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 4:54 PM, Art + Feminism wrote: > Congratulations, Wikimedia Sverige! > > McKensie > Director, Art+Feminism > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 3:51 PM, Mardetanha > wrote: > >> This is a wonderful news, congra

[Wikimedia-l] Stats re new users per gender per year in Hebrew Wikipedia

in our community. So to all those running workshops, GLAM / EDU projects, contests etc -- keep up the good work, because your work matters. These numbers are merely one way of demonstrating that. A lovely weekend, everyone! Shani Evenstein Sigalov Volunteer, WM-IL. Stats generated by this Quarry

[Wikimedia-l] GLAMWiki Conference 2018: Extension of Content Submission Deadline Till May 7th.

by others in the GLAM community. GLAM on, Shani. On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 4:33 PM, Shani Evenstein <shani.e...@gmail.com> wrote: > [[Sorry for x-posting]] > > Dear all, > > I'm happy to report that the content submission process > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2

Re: [Wikimedia-l] GLAMWiki Conference 2018: Content submissions are now open!

[[Sorry for x-posting]] Dear all, This is a gentle reminder that you have 1 week left (till April 30th) to submit your proposals for the GLAM-Wiki global conference, which will take place in November in Tel Aviv. Cheers, Shani. On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 4:33 PM, Shani Evenstein <shan

[Wikimedia-l] GLAMWiki Conference 2018: Content submissions are now open!

submissions, Shani (on behalf of the organizing team and the program committee). ___ 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:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] RFC on wikimedia-l posting limits

pace to “be the conversation you would like to see in the list”. A flourishing of constructive, collegial conversation would do much to reduce the relative significance of problematic or unpleasant contributors. Sincerely, The Wikimedia-l admin team. On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 8:08 PM, Shani Evenstein <

Re: [Wikimedia-l] RFC on wikimedia-l posting limits

you all for your patience, and again, urge you to take a step back, not focus on individual cases and respond constructively to the 4 points that were raised in John's original mail. Shani. On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 7:12 PM, Robert Fernandez <wikigamal...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am

Re: [Wikimedia-l] RFC on wikimedia-l posting limits

elp reduce the noise substantially. Do keep on debating. We are trying to intervene as little as possible at this point and let the debate run its course. Best, Shani Evenstein, on behalf of the Wikimedia-l Admins. On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 8:52 PM, James Salsman <jsals...@gmail.com> wrote: >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Trace of Soul (WLM+WLE) in Republic of Srpska

Very happy for you! Good luck! :) Shani. On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 12:17 PM, WМ RepublikaSrpska < wmrepublikasrp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Ivana! Thanks Pine W! :) > > *Замислите свет у коме свака особа на планети има слободан приступ > целокупном људском знању. То је оно

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

pate and support from all ends of the world. Best, Shani. On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 6:16 PM, Christophe Henner <chen...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > As is customary, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees met right > before Wikimania and appointed new trustees an

[Wikimedia-l] Join the WikidataCon, 28-29 October in Berlin

Dear all, I'm forwarding this email from ​ Léa Lacroix to the list about the WikidataCon. Best, Shani. -- Forwarded message -- From: Léa Lacroix <lea.lacr...@wikimedia.de> Date: 20 June 2017 at 14:34 Subject: Join the WikidataCon, 28-29 October in Berlin To: wikim

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Wikimedia Tool Developers Group

Very exciting news. Good luck to this group! Looking forward to collaborating with you regarding EDU-Wiki & Wiki-Med tools if you're up to it.. :) Cheers, Shani. On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 4:32 AM, Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Congratulations. > /a > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Results of the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election

Congrats to all elected members! Best, Shani. On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 3:36 AM, James Alexander <jalexan...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Forwarding to WM-l since the auto forward doesn't always work. > > -- Forwarded message - > From: matanya moses <mata...@fo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Wiki Loves Women explainer video

Great work, ladies. Shared by me as well. Cheers, Shani. On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Anna Torres <d...@wikimedia.org.ar> wrote: > Thanks Isla and Florence! > > This is so cool! We should work closer to improve in Spanish African women > in Wikipedia :) Let's talk? > &

Re: [Wikimedia-l] List management

I can do it if necessary. Shani. On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 1:20 AM, Austin Hair <adh...@gmail.com> wrote: > We've just had a bit of turnover of our list administrators. In order > to get moderation going smoothly again, I've added Asaf Bartov as an > admin. I don't thin

[Wikimedia-l] WikiProject Medicine Foundation: New Board Elected

Dear all, I'm happy to announce that the user group "WikiProject Med Foundation" has a new board <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med/Board> elected, which includes: 1) *James Heilman* - chair 2) *Shani Evenstein* - vice chair; membership admin. 3) *Doug Taylo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New tools: pronuncify and pronuncify.net

Very cool. Thanks for the work & the update! Shani. On 27 Jan 2017 05:28, "Asaf Bartov" <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello, everyone. > > Following Bodhisattwa's request[1], I have added an upload feature to the > (command-line) Linux version of this

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Ray Saintonge has died

Very sad news. :( May he rest in peace. Shani. On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 8:08 PM, aude <aude.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sep 13, 2016 12:00, "Milos Rancic" <mill...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > He died yesterday. As he was an important member of our community,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2016 call for Board Governance Committee Volunteer and Advisory members [results]

Wonderful news! All very worthy, well experienced and will surely contribute a lot. Good luck to all of you on your new role and a special thanks to Antanana for her awesome work on the BoT. Cheers, Shani. On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 5:30 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Farsi Wikipedia

Wonderful news! Congrats! Shani. On 27 Jul 2016 21:32, "Cornelius Kibelka" <cornelius.kibe...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > Congratulations, great news! > !تبریک می گویم! > > C. > > On 27 July 2016 at 20:27, Ivan Martínez <gala...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Board appointment of Executive Director

Wonderful news! Well deserved. A big thank you to the board for this sensible decision and (continued) good luck to Katherine. :-) Shani. On 24 Jun 2016 11:30, "Oona Castro" <oonacas...@gmail.com> wrote: > Congratulations! Very good news indeed! > Em 24/06/2016 06:29

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Freedom of panorama today approved by Belgian parliament

Wonderful news! Congrats! On 17 Jun 2016 02:38, "Romaine Wiki" wrote: > Hi all, > > Great news! > > Freedom of panorama has been voted today in the Belgian parliament. > A mayority voted in favour of freedom of panorama, including commercial > use. > > Soon images of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fresh data on the gender gap in content

This is so cool! Thanks. :-) (CCing some wiki-women from He-Wiki). Shani. On 16 Jun 2016 23:29, "Alex Wang" <aw...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Thanks, Asaf! > > This is very useful and interesting. There is much work to be done. > > Cheers, > > Alex >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A Massive Online Open Course about Wikipedia

for those who want to start one. Best, Shani. On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 6:48 PM, Brill Lyle <wp.brilll...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am curious about the overlap -- if any -- between the WikiMOOC > initiatives and WikiEdu. It seems like these are inter-related initiatives > that duplicate

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A Massive Online Open Course about Wikipedia

ing us, please let me know. :) Cheers, Shani. - Shani Evenstein, WM-IL On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 2:38 PM, Anna Torres <d...@wikimedia.org.ar> wrote: > +1 Emeric! > > WMAR is almost ready to launch the 3rd online course with our own e > learning platform. We wi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] An Open Letter to Wikimedia Foundation BoT

loyees are saying for months now, embrace it and act on it. Respectfully, Shani. On 19 Feb 2016 01:46, "Yury Bulka" <setthemf...@privacyrequired.com> wrote: > There are certain things that affect many volunteers > directly. A slightly off-topic example: > http

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Elsevier?

Would love to hear what the Wikipedia Library Project team has to say on the issue. Pinging Jake Orlowitz & Alex Stinson. Shani. On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 5:46 AM, Pete Forsyth <petefors...@gmail.com> wrote: > As the panel moderator, I felt there was a rather strong consensus (from

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Changes in the Board

+1. Shani. On 28 Jan 2016 08:18, "Michael Snow" <wikipe...@frontier.com> wrote: > On 1/27/2016 1:44 PM, Kat Walsh wrote: > >> Thank you, Patricio. >> >> And thank you, Arnnon. I am sure this must have been difficult for >> you, that you

Re: [Wikimedia-l] How To Recover From Having Made A Mistake [a reminder]

​+1 to Asaf & Yaroslav. Well put. Shani. ​ On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 8:47 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter <pute...@mccme.ru> wrote: > On 2016-01-11 19:37, Asaf Bartov wrote: > >> Hello, everyone. >> >> It occurs to me this might be a good time to recycle this piece of