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

2022-02-24 Thread Florence Devouard
Thank you for your clarification Anton. I fully agree with your last statement and it is indeed worth pointing out that the articles related to Ukraine are likely to see a big increase in readership. Your effort is definitly very important. I hope everyone stays safe though. Those are very

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

2022-02-24 Thread Anton Protsiuk
Hi. We at Wikimedia Ukraine are preparing a longer response to the concerns raised here, but in brief: * The challenge overall and the CentralNotice campaign in particular were planned long before, as a general effort to enrich Wikipedia on Ukraine-related topics, not as a specific political

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

2022-02-24 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 at 00:58, 4nn1l2 <4nn1l2.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The timing of this campaign is of real concern and not prudent, I think, > especially for those of us who strive for neutrality. Neutrality doesn't mean we pander to aggressors. HTH. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing

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

2022-02-24 Thread Galder Gonzalez LarraƱaga
he current moment. Take care outside. Galder From: Gnangarra Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2022 12:48 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month: We are back in 2022! Given previous experi

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

2022-02-24 Thread Gnangarra
Given previous experience, past examples of this project editors are free to make any contributions so I see no issue with governments, institutions or even private corporations supporting knowledge sharing activity. The best time to share knowledge is now, the second best is when its under

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

2022-02-24 Thread Yaroslav Blanter
Absolutely. I am not a fan of government propaganda, but not it is not the best moment to discuss it. Best Yaroslav On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 7:23 AM effe iets anders wrote: > The list archive probably has an answer to your question on 9 feb 2021. > > But regardless, writing about Ukrainian

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

2022-02-23 Thread Matej Grochal
Dear all I am with Lodewijk on this one. Be well and may peace come soon. Matej On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 7:24 AM effe iets anders wrote: > 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 >

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

2022-02-23 Thread effe iets anders
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: [Wikimedia Announcements] Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month: We are back in 2022!

2022-02-23 Thread Kunal Mehta
Hi, On 2/23/22 21:58, 4nn1l2 wrote: This is a legitimate concern as several users have dared to ask questions as you can see at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ukraine%27s_Cultural_Diplomacy_Month We need more

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

2022-02-23 Thread 4nn1l2
This is a legitimate concern as several users have dared to ask questions as you can see at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ukraine%27s_Cultural_Diplomacy_Month We need more transparency regarding this decision. Granted, there was a campaign last year around this time, but was it advertised

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

2022-02-23 Thread Ariel Glenn WMF
This campaign was conducted last year at around the same time: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ukraine%27s_Cultural_Diplomacy_Month_2021 Let's keep any unwarranted speculations off of this list please. Ariel Glenn ar...@wikimedia.org On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 5:55 AM 4nn1l2 <4nn1l2.w...@gmail.com>

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

2022-02-23 Thread 4nn1l2
The timing of this campaign is of real concern and not prudent, I think, especially for those of us who strive for neutrality. On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 2:47 AM Samuel Klein wrote: > Thanks for sharing -- a nice idea and gorgeous page; nice to see the *wikigap > challenge* model proliferating. >

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

2022-02-23 Thread Samuel Klein
Thanks for sharing -- a nice idea and gorgeous page; nice to see the *wikigap challenge* model proliferating. On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 6:00 PM Valentin Nefedov wrote: > Hello, dear Wikipedians!Wikimedia Ukraine, in cooperation with the > Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Ukrainian