On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Pine W wrote:
> Hi Luis,
>
> Thank you for agreeing to consider grant funding for software projects.
>
> It sounds like you also plan a broader review of funding for community
> needs and growth.
Yes. The timeline is still somewhat up in the air, but "soon" - l
Hi Luis,
Thank you for agreeing to consider grant funding for software projects.
It sounds like you also plan a broader review of funding for community
needs and growth. I have a list of requests for changes, which boil down to
removing policy barriers and greatly improving communications and wor
Hoi,
I alone have contributed millions of edits thanks to Magnus's tools. The
whole GLAM phenomenon relies on our volunteers and on the GLAM-wiki
toolset. When you consider their proven importance it is difficult, if not
impossible, to understand why all such tools have been given the Cinderella
t
I also think that we should revisit this policy. Any IEG should have a
feasibility plan. In GSoC / Outreachy usually the mentors are the ones
guaranteeing code review. In IEG that guarantee should be provided in other
ways, but it is possible to provide it.
For what is worth,
https://www.mediawiki
On 2/21/15, Pine W wrote:
> (Now continuing this discussion on Wikimedia-l also, since we are
> discussing grant policies.)
>
> For what it's worth, I repeatedly advocated for allowing IEG to support a
> broader range of tech projects when I was on IEGCom. I had the impression
> that there was a l
On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 5:39 PM, Erik Moeller wrote:
> Damon, Luis and members of their teams will need to weigh in on this,
> and will want to think through the implications for their respective
> areas, but it's a good conversation to have -- keeping in mind that
> Luis is just starting in his
On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 4:19 PM, MZMcBride wrote:
> Erik seems to be pushing toward a model that favors using OAuth and the
> MediaWiki API over "deep integration" that comes with a MediaWiki
> extension. He recently mentioned this here:
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/glamtools/2015-Febr
Brian Wolff wrote:
>Maybe the grant includes funds for hiring code review resources (ie
>non-wmf people with +2. We exist!).
For what it's worth, you're exactly the type of person I would like to have
working at the Wikimedia Foundation. I love your posts here; thank you for
taking the time to wri
