Re: [Wikimedia-l] UC Berkeley hires Wikipedian in Residence

2014-03-20 Thread Kevin Gorman
Hi Russavia - I'll copyedit it for clarity later, but I see absolutely no contradiction between what I wrote and what I've said since. Your last email contained a pretty substantial suggestion that doesn't seem to be backed up by anything I've written anywhere. Honestly, from your last email,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UC Berkeley hires Wikipedian in Residence

2014-03-19 Thread Russavia
Pine, This isn't the first paid Wikipedian-in-Residence position you know :) Russavia On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 3:00 PM, ENWP Pine deyntest...@hotmail.com wrote: This was covered by the Associated Press and a number of other news organizations. According to these stories UC Berkeley is the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UC Berkeley hires Wikipedian in Residence

2014-03-19 Thread Richard Symonds
No, but it's the first paid one at a US educational institution I believe... and possibly the first paid one worldwide at a traditional university. But that doesn't change the impact that the position will have. Congratulations! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UC Berkeley hires Wikipedian in Residence

2014-03-19 Thread Tomasz W. Kozlowski
Richard Symonds wrote: No, but it's the first paid one at a US educational institution I believe... and possibly the first paid one worldwide at a traditional university. Neither of these is true: Wikimedia Foundation hired a paid Wikipedian-in-Residence at the Belfer Center for Science and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UC Berkeley hires Wikipedian in Residence

2014-03-19 Thread
On 19 March 2014 13:11, Tomasz W. Kozlowski tom...@twkozlowski.net wrote: Neither of these is true: Wikimedia Foundation hired a paid Wikipedian-in-Residence at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, a research center within the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UC Berkeley hires Wikipedian in Residence

2014-03-19 Thread
Is there an on-wiki description of the WIR project and its planned outcomes? I would have thought that to use the term Wikipedian for an official position, that there should be suitable transparency. If nothing else, this ensures that the Wikimedia community can help make the project a success.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UC Berkeley hires Wikipedian in Residence

2014-03-19 Thread Ivan Martínez
I published a note about Kevin in FayerWayer, a well-known Spanish technology site: http://www.fayerwayer.com/2014/03/berkeley-y-harvard-contaran-con-wikipedistas-residentes/ Regards. 2014-03-19 7:08 GMT-06:00 Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk : No, but it's the first paid one

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UC Berkeley hires Wikipedian in Residence

2014-03-19 Thread Andrew Lih
This is the only thing approaching a complete list I've seen. Kevin is on it, but the information is stale. https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence Update please! -Andrew On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: On 19 March 2014 13:11, Tomasz W.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UC Berkeley hires Wikipedian in Residence

2014-03-19 Thread Kevin Gorman
Hi all - Thanks :) Fae: there isn't currently an on-wiki page fully summarizing what I'll be doing, partly just for the simple fact that I haven't had time to write one yet. I'm hoping to have one up in the near future, the first couple months I've spent here (and it's also only a part-time

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UC Berkeley hires Wikipedian in Residence

2014-03-19 Thread Russavia
Kevin, I am intrigued by your comments in relation to Belfer. Whilst your paid position at Berkeley is a great opportunity, and congrats on that, I can't help but think that you haven't been exactly forthcoming with the media. Or you are in denial about numerous things. I see at