Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Foundation's FY18-19 Annual Plan is on Meta-wiki

2018-07-04 Thread James Salsman
Pine, Thanks for your reply. Can you say more about which kind of SMART you prefer? According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_criteria the definitions have drifted since original publication of the term, including by authors who seem to have eclipsed the original's popularity. The T =

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Foundation's FY18-19 Annual Plan is on Meta-wiki

2018-07-01 Thread Pine W
Hi James, Let me start with something positive to say before I discuss problems. I think that there were some good intentions with this plan. Also, I think that some good things will happen this year, such as with Structured Data on Commons and with the Audience Department's Growth Team,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Foundation's FY18-19 Annual Plan is on Meta-wiki

2018-07-01 Thread rupert THURNER
< wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Foundation's FY18-19 Annual Plan is > on Meta-wiki > The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce that our final FY18-19 > Annual Plan[1] is now available on Meta. > [1] > https://me

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Foundation's FY18-19 Annual Plan is on Meta-wiki

2018-06-30 Thread James Salsman
Dissemination Committee > List , "Staff (All)" , > wikimediaannounce-l Subject: Re: > [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Foundation's FY18-19 Annual Plan is > on Meta-wiki > Hi all, > > The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce that our final FY18-19 > Annual Plan[1] is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Foundation's FY18-19 Annual Plan is on Meta-wiki

2018-06-29 Thread Pine W
Wikimedia Foundation's FY18-19 Annual Plan is on Meta-wiki Hi all, The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce that our final FY18-19 Annual Plan[1] is now available on Meta. The Annual Plan was approved by the Board of Trustees on June 12th. This Annual Plan remains organized around t

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Foundation's FY18-19 Annual Plan is on Meta-wiki

2018-06-29 Thread Katherine Maher
Hi all, The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce that our final FY18-19 Annual Plan[1] is now available on Meta. The Annual Plan was approved by the Board of Trustees on June 12th. This Annual Plan remains organized around three goals that focus on making critical improvements to our

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Foundation's FY18-19 Annual Plan is on Meta-wiki

2018-04-03 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Yes, MediaWiki is used for 290+ languages but that does not imply that it is developed with these other languages in mind. The project descriptions are firmly with the best known (ie English) implementation in mind and it is the use and the users of the most used English implementation that

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Foundation's FY18-19 Annual Plan is on Meta-wiki

2018-03-31 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, There is much in the 2018/19 plan that I like. What I like is that it aims to align all Wikimedia efforts into one coherent plan. There are a few things where a different approach can be considered. Michael Peel made a good suggestion and complementary to this I would increase the fund

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Foundation's FY18-19 Annual Plan is on Meta-wiki

2018-03-31 Thread Caroline Becker
Hi and thank you for your input, Please note that the WMF budget supports diversity in two ways : _software and technical support, the most basic exemple being Mediawiki which exists in a huge variety of languages _grants to non-US projects, such a rapid grants and project grants. Also, there is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Foundation's FY18-19 Annual Plan is on Meta-wiki

2018-03-30 Thread Robert Fernandez
Could we not conflate the US with the WMF? There are a large number Wikimedia volunteers in the US who fuel a robust group of chapters, user groups, conferences, and individual outreach efforts who act independently of the WMF just like affiliates in the Global South. On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Foundation's FY18-19 Annual Plan is on Meta-wiki

2018-03-29 Thread Michael Peel
Hi, This seems to be an increase of $15 million USD in the WMF’s budget, with a $0.2 USD million increase in the international Wikimedia budget (through grants to chapters and other affiliates). That goes against the movement direction of "As a social movement, we will focus our efforts on

[Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Foundation's FY18-19 Annual Plan is on Meta-wiki

2018-03-29 Thread Katherine Maher
Hi everyone, I'm delighted to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan for FY18-19 is now on Meta[1]. This year, we have organized our efforts around three goals that focus on making critical improvements to our systems and structures to ensure that we’re better positioned for our