[Wikimedia-l] LangCom work now fully transparent

2013-04-17 Thread Milos Rancic
The [new] list of the Language committee [1] is now open for read-only subscribers. The new archives will be open. During the previous two years any valid member of the community could apply for observer status. Since a week ago, everybody can follow the list. (I'm not quite sure if this

Re: [Wikimedia-l] LangCom work now fully transparent

2013-04-17 Thread Samuel Klein
Wonderful. Thank you for the update, Milos. On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: The [new] list of the Language committee [1] is now open for read-only subscribers. The new archives will be open. During the previous two years any valid member of the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] LangCom work now fully transparent

2013-04-17 Thread Yaroslav M. Blanter
On 17.04.2013 10:42, Milos Rancic wrote: The [new] list of the Language committee [1] is now open for read-only subscribers. The new archives will be open. During the previous two years any valid member of the community could apply for observer status. Since a week ago, everybody can follow the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Lack of community involvement in WMF budget planning

2013-04-17 Thread Samuel Klein
Hello Tomasz, We do need a more active public discussion about the WMF budget. Both before and after it is approved. (The best input to the next year's plan is often input on what is happening in the current year; and continuous feedback that reaches some resolution is more helpful than a burst

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Amical Viquipèdia Report, March 2013

2013-04-17 Thread Samuel Klein
Thank you David, for another excellent update. Sam. On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 9:00 PM, David Parreño Mont - Comunicació comunica...@wikimedia.cat wrote: Dear fellows, The following message is just to keep you informed about the activities developed during the last month by Amical Viquipèdia.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: The value of Wikipedia for the economy

2013-04-17 Thread Lodewijk
Thanks a lot for sharing! I didn't reply yet, because I didn't have had time to read through it properly (hopefully next week) 2013/4/11 Plyd wiki.vinc...@amplyd.com Hi, It looks like nobody received this email, so I try again! Vincent -- Forwarded message -- From: Plyd

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: The value of Wikipedia for the economy

2013-04-17 Thread Plyd
don't hesitate if you have any question, I don't have it for english wikipedia, but it is easy to do! On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgwrote: Thanks a lot for sharing! I didn't reply yet, because I didn't have had time to read through it properly (hopefully

[Wikimedia-l] Office hour with WMF researchers

2013-04-17 Thread ENWP Pine
Hi everyone, WMF researchers have agreed to participate in an office hour about WMF research projects and methodologies. The currently scheduled participants are: * Aaron Halfaker, Research Analyst (contractor) * Jonathan Morgan, Research Strategist (contractor) * Evan Rosen, Data

[Wikimedia-l] New design for the list info page?

2013-04-17 Thread Thehelpfulone
Hi all, Last week I noticed a nice design for the list info page of the WLM-US mailing list that I tweaked for this mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/cabal-l What do you think? Mentally replace all instance of cabal-l with wikimedia-l and compare to

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 9, Issue 15 -- 15 April 2013

2013-04-17 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
Op-ed: How do we fix RfA inactivity? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-15/Op-ed News and notes: Another admin reform attempt flops http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-15/News_and_notes Featured content: The featured process swings

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New design for the list info page?

2013-04-17 Thread Deryck Chan
You mean, there is a cabal-l? How I wish I was invited! ;-) On 17 April 2013 21:30, Thehelpfulone thehelpfulonew...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Last week I noticed a nice design for the list info page of the WLM-US mailing list that I tweaked for this mailing list:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New design for the list info page?

2013-04-17 Thread Quim Gil
Beautiful! Instant love (not that difficult actually, compared to the dated default Mailman design). On 04/17/2013 01:30 PM, Thehelpfulone wrote: Any objections to changing it? No objections to have this design becoming the new standard for all our lists. :) Or at least you are welcome

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New design for the list info page?

2013-04-17 Thread MZMcBride
Thehelpfulone wrote: Last week I noticed a nice design for the list info page of the WLM-US mailing list that I tweaked for this mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/cabal-l Unquestionably a major improvement over the default mailman theme. I'm not sure I love the black

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New design for the list info page?

2013-04-17 Thread J Alexandr Ledbury-Romanov
We can debate the details, but the principle of giving the front end a lick of paint appeals. What would make me very happy would be changes in the administrative interface, which currently reminds me of the old Honeywell 6000 series I first used. Alex 2013/4/17 MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com

[Wikimedia-l] Tweet this page from some or all sites???

2013-04-17 Thread billinghurst
I am wondering why there is no tweet this page capability through the WMF sites? It is so widely available through the web, and here is a range of sites that would be a prime place to do it, and NADA, no capacity. Even if we had it for something like https://blog.wikimedia.org/ would be a good

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Tweet this page from some or all sites???

2013-04-17 Thread K. Peachey
Discussion about this has occurred on en.wiki at least multiple times, info can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Perennial_proposals#Share_pages_on_Facebook.2C_Twitter_etc. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Tweet this page from some or all sites???

2013-04-17 Thread Tilman Bayer
On blog.wikimedia.org, some social media sharing buttons will be implemented (in a privacy-friendly way) as part of the upcoming redesign. On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 7:28 PM, billinghurst billinghu...@gmail.com wrote: I am wondering why there is no tweet this page capability through the WMF sites?

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Tweet this page from some or all sites???

2013-04-17 Thread James Alexander
I tend to think that they can be incredibly useful and reader friendly. I've always found it a bit disappointing we don't have it as they are probably the bigger reader request I've ever seen. That said I know that enWiki has had multiple discussions about it ending in failure. The issues

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Tweet this page from some or all sites???

2013-04-17 Thread Sarah Stierch
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 8:00 PM, James Alexander jalexan...@wikimedia.orgwrote: I tend to think that they can be incredibly useful and reader friendly. I've always found it a bit disappointing we don't have it as they are probably the bigger reader request I've ever seen. That said I know that