[Wikimedia-l] Re: Next Conversation with the Trustees, 21 March

Hi, I believe there was a mention that answers to questions that the WMF didn't get to during the meeting would be posted on meta. Does anyone have the link to those responses? Thank you! Lodewijk On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 1:29 PM Elena Lappen wrote: > Hi all, > > A reminder that this call is

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Mopping with the tap open

Thanks Benoit, This sounds like a good step in the right direction. We'll need to try out several of these approaches, but also improve our own documentation on nl.wikipedia. My impression is that it is currently far too hard to add a reference, to expect that this is done by most new

[Wikimedia-l] Re: We need more interactive content: we are doing it wrong

Thanks Asaf, very true: I can totally see how the copyright issue would remain a big problem, even if you solve the technical challenges... I can see one solution to that (albeit farfetched): an analogue to a super rigorous referencing approach. I am imagining it's possible to verify in an

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Recognition of Wikimedians of Japan User Group

I'm glad to hear there's now a user group active in Japan, and I hope that it will successfully support the Japanese communities! Lodewijk On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 11:02 AM Bobby Shabangu wrote: > Sending my congratulations from Wikimedia South Africa and looking forward > to collaborating with

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimania sessions now on Commons

Thanks for this work - the documentation of these sessions is useful and not trivial, unfortunately. It's a challenge every year. I remember trying to help out at some point, and getting stuck, giving up for the day, returning later and getting stuck in a different way. The process is definitely

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Osama and Ziyad

This does indeed seem to make some assumptions: * That WMF is not already in contact with relevant human rights organizations * That including these individuals in a writing campaign is indeed considered the best approach to help them at this point * That a public association of this type is

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Osama and Ziyad

Thanks for this response - as little content as it may have. I can totally understand it. As I was reading the questions in this thread, I felt uneasy with the questions, because I can imagine that there are people working on these issues in our movement (whether in the WMF or not) who may have a

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Sharing an update on the Wikimedia Foundation Knowledge Equity Fund’s grantees

I'm very interested to see this develop further, and can understand some of the tensions that Steven has articulated. It's tricky to experience that we can't fund everything we want to do that has direct impact on our own work, and yet fund projects that don't feel like they directly support other

[Wikimedia-l] Re: The Endowment, again

Thank you Jaime for this response and for the commitment on making a further update next quarter. Lodewijk On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 9:39 AM Jaime Villagomez wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > We have posted an update on the Endowment talk page [ >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: activity around Wikimedia.ru

I think Yaroslav was reasonably open about his conflict with Vladimir Medeyko. I can appreciate that. Thanks also for the update with links, I really appreciate it because it's hard to follow these stories/events if you don't speak the language and don't even know where to start. Kolya, thanks

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Request for Transparency Regarding WMF Staff in India

Hi Jayantilal, as I'm reading this, mostly as an outsider from a different community who has great appreciation for everything that has been accomplished in various communities in India, I can feel the tension. This is unfortunately nothing new, and it's an ongoing balance that has to be struck

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Form 990 for FY 2021-2022 now on-wiki

I'm sure someone at the Foundation will have a better response, and you may have puzzled this together yourself already, but we've seen in previous years that the reported salary went up in the last year of someone's service, possibly due to consulting fees and severance packages. Both Maher and

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Deror Lin passed away

I have more fond memories of Deror than I can immediately recall - I remember him as a force of positive energy both on and off stage, usually in connection to Wikimania. My earliest memories are probably in 2010 Gdansk where Deror was part of the Haifa team trying to soak up as much experience

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation launches Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards on World Press Freedom Day

Hi Olushola, thanks for working on efforts like this. I think it's definitely our African communities that should be the judge of what shape works best for an award like this. Out of curiosity, as a way for us all to learn and maybe for Africans among us who want to participate in this

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Local enforcement of the Universal Code of Conduct

Hi Andreas, interesting questions. I don't think your assumption "As you are no doubt aware, a Wikimedian and a non-Wikimedian co-author recently published..." is true. I was definitely not aware of it, and I doubt many others are either. I was able to piece together some of your claims, but not

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Graph Extension

I'm confident that the posters in this thread are already aware of this, but maybe not all people who read along. The announcement of this disabling by Seddon included a link to this ticket in case people want to follow along and be updated: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T334940 Best,

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

I agree that these are valid concerns, as is the point that we should consider how the 'homewiki' (or whatever demographic you choose to follow) distribution across those votes impacts the outcome. I think there will be general agreement that more participation would be great (although I feel that

[Wikimedia-l] Re: The Endowment, again

Hi Lane, maybe I'm just reading this differently, but doesn't "we are in the process" typically mean "no, not yet. But we are going towards that new situation"? If you don't feel this answers your question, it might be beneficial to spell out the question a bit more explicitly. Re-reading the

[Wikimedia-l] Re: The Endowment, again

Hi Andreas, I will support the underlying questions of this type (it's helpful to have conversations about our organizational structure, and how it works - clarifications are great!) but I would really hope that you could leave aside insinuations of the type "If it isn't, and the money is still

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Tom Lehrer blanket PD declaration

This is really lovely! I hope that we will be able to host all this material on Commons, it would be a great showcase. Lodewijk On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 12:45 PM Samuel Klein wrote: > A number of projects could benefit. Doesn't mention CC0 but seems like a > superset (affirms that he held

[Wikimedia-l] How does the selection of WMF expert board members happen?

Given that the actual appointment is about a year ago, it may make sense to shift this conversation and these great questions into a more general domain: what is the current procedure the WMF follows when encountering a vacancy for an expert board member? I imagine we could rephrase some of these

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Luis Bitencourt-Emilio Joins Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

I'm probably missing some context. I've seen earlier references to this NFT in light of his appointment. What I somehow missed (sorry if I overlooked it) is a clear indication how he would have supported this NFT, and especially whether he supported problematic aspects of it specifically. Also:

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Grants budgets

y/>. >> We will also soon be publishing both a regional learning sessions on >> grantee self reported programming and impact report, as well as, a report >> on the feedback from applicants and committee members from the second round >> of funding from the first year

[Wikimedia-l] Grants budgets

Hi, Over the past year I've had the pleasure to serve on one of WIkimedia's regional funding committees . Together, these committees get to allocate several millions of grant funding on behalf of our movement. As I tried to have conversations

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikipedia: Community Meetup South Africa 23

Hi Shupai, thanks for being active in this community. I'm not sure if this is the best venue to share these announcements, because they are very specific to South Africa. You may want to consider announcing these on lists that are more targeted. You're currently sending your announcements to the

[Wikimedia-l] Re: The 2022 Board of Trustees election Community Voting period is now open

I doubt that this would have had any influence on the outcome. Given that Massly is a member of the oversight committee, it would be good to get a quick clarification on the record (I'm assuming there's a totally reasonable explanation). Lodewijk On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 4:42 PM Envel Le Hir

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

Given how few community driven publications there are in our universe, I actually appreciate these announcement emails. They are pretty sparse and seem to often contain relevant content to the wider Wikimedia community too. If it were a daily publication, I would probably feel differently about

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Taiwan’s statement on the office actions of the Wikimedia Foundation on Chinese Wikipedia

Hi Ktsquare, I'm not sure if I fully understand what you're trying to say. Could you rephrase it? If someone else understands the point, thanks to a better knowledge of the context, could clarify, that would be appreciated too. Lodewijk On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 11:10 PM ktsquare wrote: >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Leadership Development Working Group is ready for community feedback!

I definitely acknowledge the need for our movement to better facilitate capacity development, which feeds into leadership qualities. For many years I have been part of various working groups and communities that have struggled to find volunteers that were willing to take up leadership roles and

[Wikimedia-l] Re: The 2022 Board of Trustees election Community Voting period is now open

Hi Dariusz, I appreciate that this is not the best time to have this conversation. However, at the same time I feel it would be fair to state that this is not the first time we talk about having a conversation about the election (or any other periodic process) procedures at a 'more convenient

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimania program is now live

I agree with the mild disappointment with regards to the number of accepted sessions. The fact that the amount of content went down this much (we have this year about 75h of content over all content sessions) is a bit sad, and would suggest that the quality of the proposals was bad this year or a

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Announcing the six candidates for the 2022 Board of Trustees election

Thank you Jackie for the update. I hope (and assume) that you will be able to include this in a list of decisions to take by the Elections Committee before the next selection process(es). The level of expected transparency might be a useful standard decision item anyway? Warmly, Lodewijk On

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Maryana Iskander interview in San Francisco Examiner

I have some doubts if it is really this helpful to spell out these interviews on this list, and point out how certain details were perhaps not presented exactly to your liking. I don't know if it arrives at the right people, but it definitely arrives at a lot of people who are probably less

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Announcing the six candidates for the 2022 Board of Trustees election

I appreciate that there are some concerns for the wellbeing of individuals and affiliates. I'm sure there are always all kind of accusations about engaging with foreign organizations, and if that would hold us back, we could equally not allow ourselves to publish annual reports to the movement, or

[Wikimedia-l] Re: @Wikipedia losing opportunities in Twitter

How is @Wikipedia (and similar accounts) being managed right now? I'm mostly curious about the process how the tweets are decided upon - is this a staff-driven process or is there some community engagement? Is it planned out long in advance, or reactive (or somewhere in between)? Are there

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Inc. design staff

17, 2022, at 9:08 AM, effe iets anders > wrote: > > How would you propose to measure 'output' in a somewhat objective way? > It is of course easy to identify that our own pet projects don't get the > attention we feel they deserve, but given that the priorities of the WMF > are

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Inc. design staff

How would you propose to measure 'output' in a somewhat objective way? It is of course easy to identify that our own pet projects don't get the attention we feel they deserve, but given that the priorities of the WMF are so much broader than those of you and me personally, that may not be entirely

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Simplifying governance processes

The proposals that you list are a bit double edged. It may be necessary, but they have downsides. For example, there are in a few cases very good reasons to go back to the drawing board when we're talking about foundational documents. It is annoying that it takes so long, but with time we also

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Simplifying governance processes

Mostly agree with SJ here, with one exception: I do think that some standing committee to rule on conduct issues is necessary to be community elected (not sure if I understood SJ correctly that he was not in favor of this though). Lets call it some version of separation of powers, and a necessary

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Are you considering running for the 2022 Wikimedia Foundation board elections?

If you want to have a discussion about the term 'diversity' in the context of Wikimedia (I doubt it will remain limited to the board selections), it might be helpful to start a new thread for that. The challenge at hand is to get sufficient high quality candidates for this election that can add

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

Hi Danny, this is great thinking. There's one more angle that I'd like to offer, but it would come with plenty of risks and downsides, so I'm not sure if it is actually viable (I guess it falls in the 'mitigate harm' category). But just to put it out there: One of the main reasons that we block

[Wikimedia-l] Re: UCoC Phase 2 Ratification Results Announcement

Thank you Stella, Thank you for sharing, I'm looking forward to an evaluation of how this vote was executed, so that we can use these methods for more topics/decisions in a constructive way. I'm pleased to see how the process has seen various types of community engagement, and this seems a good

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Emerging human rights concern related to invasion of Ukraine

My thoughts go out to the communities struggling to keep doing their 'work'. It must be incredibly challenging to maintain a neutral encyclopedia in light of government censorship, split populations, threats and violence. I know WMF is trying hard to do the right thing for editors under threat,

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Form 990 clarification request (for the attention of WMF accounts staff)

Perhaps a conversation about the most optimal location for WMF (which I imagine is more relevant in a strategy framework) is more constructive in its own thread. I imagine that this has been part of plenty strategic conversations over the past years, and will be in the future - meaning that there

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Annual activity report of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group for 2021-2022

Thanks for sharing! This is a very easy to digest report, kudos for that! Lodewijk On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 6:34 AM Bodhisattwa wrote: > Hello, > > On behalf of the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group, I am pleased to > submit and share with you it's 2021 annual activity report, which can be >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Learn how to develop bots in small wiki toolkit workshops

I love this idea! Thank you for organizing this! I look forward to the videos produced for this too. Warmly, Lodewijk On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 6:07 PM Srishti Sethi wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Thank you all for signing up for the bot workshops! :) > > The first workshop on the topic of

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month: We are back in 2022!

The list archive probably has an answer to your question on 9 feb 2021. But regardless, writing about Ukrainian culture is never more prudent than when it is under threat. Whatever one's personal opinion on this war, I don't think anyone will deny that Ukrainian cultural heritage is at risk?

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Adding Wiki Love Folklore to Wiki Loves Competition Tools

Hi Toni, I suspect you'll be better able to get a helpful response when you email the wikilovesmonuments or wikilovesearth mailing list. Besides the update of the module on commons, I believe this may also require a change on github (similar to this one

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

The main advantage I can see, is that it requires a conscious decision to not be transparent, rather than a conscious effort to be transparent. There are many cases where deletion is warranted, but the content is not of the type that including a sample would be harmful. So from the point of view

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

Just for quick context: I was mostly trying to say that any *simple* system may have benefits in the scenario when you don't have the resources to make a complex system work properly (read: userfriendly). A 7-member district was intended as shorthand for "out of these 70 people, pick 7 favorites".

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

>> the >> code review, here is the link to the tool in GitHub >> <https://github.com/open-election-compass/client>. >>- We are truly grateful to the community members who have stepped in >>and tried to make the information regarding the candidates

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

This is a horribly problematic election. Not only does it take hours to go through the candidates if you actually want to rank them, but you would also need to be willing to spend about a lot of time to enter them into the broken voting interface (which works great for up to 5 candidates - not for

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

Welcome to the movement, Maryana, I'm confident that there is much we can learn from your background and experience. I'm also glad that you take your time to get acquainted, and it feels right when people take the time to complete their obligations at their previous organization - even when it's

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Regarding a series of serious office actions / 有关于一系列的办事处行动

Thank you Maggie, for the announcement. It's a sad day, and I'm sure there were many sad actions that resulted in this. Two questions from my end: * Could you commit to making a better translation available (through community processes or otherwise) for the record? I think this decision may be

[Wikimedia-l] Re: News about some CTeam transitions in Wikimedia Foundation

Hi Philip, just to make sure, are you aware of the email under the topic "REPLY TO: News about CTeam transitions from Wikimedia Foundation" ? I believe that was sent within the day. Best, Lodewijk On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 2:18 PM Philip Kopetzky wrote: > I find it quite worrying that after a

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Announcing The New Grants Strategy for the Wikimedia Foundation

Dear Kassia, thank you for sharing this on the list. I hope that the implementation phase will help us remove some of the artificial boundaries that we have created over the years, and rethink them, rather than just inherit from existing programs. Recently, we have been talking on this list in a

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

Hi Maggie, Maria, while I'm sure everything is above board legally, and it follows all HR policies that the WMF has in place, it does have a weird whiff when I read this. While I think it's great for Maria to be able to put her experience to good use and while the WMF board probably benefits from

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

Thanks Katherine, it was always a good feeling to see you at work navigating the complexities of our movement and trying to bring people together with your words. I'm curious to see what will be your next challenge. Warmly, Lodewijk On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 2:58 PM Patricio Lorente wrote: >

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

I would like to suggest to move away from the 'membership organization' question, and possibly bring that to a dedicated thread. It's a huge topic. Lodewijk On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 1:37 PM Michael Peel wrote: > That the WMF *isn’t* a membership organisation already is rather weird. It > may be

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resolution to pause Movement Brand Project through March 2021

Hi Samir, First of all, thank you for sharing the detailed analysis and for publishing the raw data after a review. I appreciate the efforts made on that front. I wanted to quickly acknowledge (as you are undoubtly aware from open question responses) that there were a number of reports of people

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

; > 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: > > >

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

Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but I think the point of this message is to say that nothing virtual will be organized either (we already knew no physical meeting was going to happen). Which brings lots of questions as to how that affects the strategy implementation. Lodewijk On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Moderation notice

Hi Lukas, I appreciate you opening up on this. I have a hard time following the line of argument. I can appreciate that it can be stressful to see someone generalize opposition to this extent, and I dont think it is helpful to the conversation, because it basically rejects all solutions out of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Covid-19] An update on in-person gatherings

a.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference > > -- > *Lydia Hamilton* (she/her) > Director of Operations > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 3:31 AM effe iets anders > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >&

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Covid-19] An update on in-person gatherings

input ealy on." > > -- Yes. We will be evaluating and testing the guidance with selected > affiliates prior to release on Meta. > > Kind Regards, > Lydia > > Lydia Hamilton (she/her) > Director of Operations > Wikimedia Foundation > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 2

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's discuss first features of Desktop Improvements coming to Vector

I don't think the approach "we are going to see resistance anyway, so lets make it a bigger change" has proven to be terribly helpful in the past year or so. These layout changes are hard for sure, but there are definitely ways to bring people on board. The thing is, not every exciting change is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Covid-19] An update on in-person gatherings

Thank you Katherine for this update, I'm much looking forward to a more nuanced policy. I think it is clear that the standing policy (no in-person activities of any size, around the world) is past its expiration date and can't realistically be maintained any longer in its broad interpretation.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Operation and oversight of OTRS system

ate of > arrival and maybe if it is regarding some content or some other topic?) > 6. is there a open log of OTRS operators, where we can see when they got > the flag, a link to the request and how many queue they are handling? > > I think it's enough for now. > > Alex > Il l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Operation and oversight of OTRS system

On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 7:55 AM Andy Mabbett wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 at 09:03, effe iets anders > wrote: > > > > I rather have > > that people make their assumptions explicit so that you have an > opportunity > > to clarify, and use that as the basis for f

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Operation and oversight of OTRS system

We're dealing with a diverse community here, and at the same time people often want to imply information without making it explicit. I rather have that people make their assumptions explicit so that you have an opportunity to clarify, and use that as the basis for further conversation. My reading

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Diff – a blog by and for the Wikimedia volunteer community

The editorial team has been the status quo for years. I'd like to see it expanded over time with volunteers, but at this point it would be unfair to look down at this development for that reason. To keep things constructive here: are there specific guidelines or procedures that you would like to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New essay on the ambiguity of NC licenses

The question is however as well: how many open licensed content creators would switch to NC if they were aware that this would be 'good enough' for Wikipedia - even if that means in reality only English Wikipedia (but who cares about other languages) and without actually allowing to build on top

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Operation and oversight of OTRS system

Jonatan: Implying that there's more secrecy than necessary, is unhelpful. I would dare say that if the policies that Andy is looking for exist (given his inquiry he's looking for a specific set), they should and would be available on meta. If that is not the case, that is more likely due to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

I guess that depends on whether you count WikiVoyage to be launched in 2003 or 2013 :) On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 10:55 AM Christophe Henner < christophe.hen...@gmail.com> wrote: > That is a great news!!! Congratulations :) > > Just so we are all on the same page, the last approved project was

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board update on Branding: next steps

Thank you Nat, Thank you for pushing up the timeline a bit on having this conversation - I agree that it's probably better not to stretch the conversation too much, before an updated process is decided upon. Will you invite any other people to present additional information to the board? I think

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Internet Archive BOT

Hi Pascal, all, this is being discussed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Cyberpower678 THe last response was June 16, and it seems to focus on geo-blocking as the cause for blacklisting (in case anyone feels called to help out the developer). This bot performs incredible work and I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] An encyclopedia must be conservative (?)

In good encyclopedic tradition, a reference to that quote in context, is probably in order. Ziko, I suspect you got this quote from this 2010 chapter? https://reagle.org/joseph/2010/gfc/chapter-2.html If I look at this post, he talks about progressivism in the context of methodology and

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

How is a one-off ban comparable in any way with a structured effort to develop a policy in consultation with the community, and then implement it together? Lodewijk On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 10:02 PM Todd Allen wrote: > Worked out great the last time WMF tried to pull something like this, >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Preventing conflicts of interest in Wikimedia organizations' employment and financial relationships

From what I understand, you're mostly concerned about fraud and conflicts of interest. First of all: wholly agree with Andy. I am not aware of any organization that would monitor the bank account transactions of its board members. Self-reporting interests, sure. I'm curious what kind of

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

international experts on harassment, community health > and children’s rights, as well as additional hiring." > > Best, > Shani. > > >> >> From: effe iets anders >> Date: Sat, May 23, 2020 at 4:26 AM >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Trust and safety on Wikimedi

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

Thanks for this step - I wish that it wouldn't be necessary. I'm not sure of all the implications, but was mostly wondering: will this be primarily a stick, or is the foundation also going to invest more heavily in carrots and education? I get the impression that we have much progress to make in

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia branding

It looks like this list was skipped in providing an update in asking for feedback (or I missed something - in which case, my apologies). I'm just a random passer by who was wondering why this wasn't shared yet. The Wikimedia branding process seems to have moved to yet another phase on March 1 (I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2020 Wikimania Scholarships now open

As very practical question for the scholarships: should people be spending time on the scholarships right now, or would it be fair to postpone the deadline until a bit after this hard decision has been made? Best, Lodewijk On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 6:27 AM Gnangarra wrote: > Kaya Toni and the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal

Thanks for the update Dimi. The system seems reasonably flexible (assuming the links can be both internal and external). There are two things I'd suggest: - Please track language versions. If multiple languages are available, it would be nice if they can be connected. It would also be helpful to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FY1819 Fundraising Report

+1 On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 9:46 AM Philip Kopetzky wrote: > Hi Chuck, > > since this is hopefully a less busy season of the year, have the internal > discussions yielded anything that might help in breaking these numbers down > a little bit more? :-) > > Best, > Philip > > On Wed, 16 Oct 2019

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Scholarship for 2020 Wikimania now open

For clarification, from the website: * Deadline for applying for scholarships: *17 March 2020* 23:59 UTC-12:00 * Apply here: https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_81GOJ9AFVdPHZgp and frequently asked questions:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Movement Strategy: Recommendations and community conversations launching next week

informs the strategy for community members to follow: try to engage in an argument/conversation, or in activist petitions, if they would have concerns with some recommendation. Lodewijk On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 11:42 AM effe iets anders wrote: > Hi Nicole, > > Last round (or was it the rou

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Movement Strategy: Recommendations and community conversations launching next week

Hi Nicole, Last round (or was it the round before that?) there were some disappointed community members because their feedback did not really spark any conversation/exchange in a timely manner. I don't want to go back to focus on things that coulda woulda shoulda been better though. However, I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] default import sources

I remember bringing this up several years ago at Dutch Wikipedia, and from what I recall, there were people that don't want the import function to be active on their wiki for more fundamental reasons (they don't want old versions to exist that were not created on their own wiki). So I'm pretty

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Donating to Wikipedia

Yeah, I've been getting this feedback each year for at least the past years too. I am pretty sure that most of the people who were alarmed and told me, did not thoroughly read the message, but mostly picked up on cues. It may be that I have more of such people in my circle of acquaintances than

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

Hi Gerard, It would be great if you could keep a slightly more constructive tone in your messages. On one hand, you seem genuinely interested to help access to free knowledge in Africa, but in your second email, you seem to jump (after one response) to conclusions already. If you like to get real

[Wikimedia-l] Yahoo/AOL warning

(I'm not the most technical person, so feel free to correct imprecisions or add better suggestions) It feels like a blast from the past, but it turns out there's still a fair amount of Yahoo/AOL users that are part of our community. Just a fair warning: as has been known for a while now (at least

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] Recognition of the Wikimedians of Saint Petersburg User Group

personal conflicts > > within a chapter or user group and AffCom perpetuating these conflicts by > > setting up competing affiliates (the situation in Albania being a recent > > example of this). > > > > Best, > > Philip > > > > > > On Fri, 4 O

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] Recognition of the Wikimedians of Saint Petersburg User Group

I would like to note that one of the contacts of this user group is Vladimir Medeyko, the director of Wikimedia Russia. I'm assuming comfortably that this application happened in full coordination with Wikimedia Russia. The question about process is still an interesting one though (what is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community feedback and next steps on movement brand proposal

Now imagine trying to explain the difference between a chapter, the Foundation and the community when they have the same name... Lodewijk On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 1:41 PM Isaac Olatunde wrote: > We sometimes spend several minutes trying to explain to potentials partners > the difference between

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming Ryan Merkley to the Wikimedia Foundation

Congrats Ryan! The main question here at Wikimania is really... Will you be more like Leo McGarry or like Doug Stamper as far as it comes to problem solving? :) Lodewijk On Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 07:33 Rajeeb Dutta wrote: > Congrats Ryan & all my best wishes, thanks Katherine for the update. > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement from the Board of Wikimedia Belgium (WMBE)

Thanks for the update Geert. I'll join you in thanking Romaine for the vast amounts of work that he has done over the past years in Belgium. I think this was a great trigger to get the chapter to where it is now - even if I have only seen the tip of the activities from my comfortable outsider

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

Thanks for the update - I'm glad this got resolved. Lodewijk On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 8:50 AM Rajeeb Dutta wrote: > Great news and many many congratulations to all the winners. > Thanks Gonçalo for the update. > > Best Regards, > Rajeeb. > (U: Marajozkee) > Sent from my iPhone > > > On

Re: [Wikimedia-l] fallout from 2018 Wikimedian of the Year announcement

Hey Farhad, really impressive how you managed to leverage this opportunity. Thank you for putting in all this effort, it's heart warming to see you and your colleagues so busy. Lodewijk On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 1:16 PM Фархад Фаткуллин / Farhad Fatkullin < f...@yandex.com> wrote: > Dear

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open Letter to Affiliations Committee : Wikimedia India's Demand For A Fair And Transparent Hearing

Thank you Kirill for outlining the procedural component. That is helpful, and paints a better picture. I know Affcom us always balancing in a tough position, not only between interests but also between different levels of transparency expectations. The piece of information that I'm struggling to

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