[Wikimedia-l] addressing paid advocacy

The Foundation should actively solicit paid advocacy as undercover mystery shoppers in order to expose the perpetrators and their activity patterns. In many cases it wouldn't be necessary to actually turn over any money if insider partners at e.g. XYZ corporation can "ask for references" from previ

[Wikimedia-l] The Wikinewsie Group News - Edition 5, November 8, 2013

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikinewsie_Group/Newsletter/5 The Wikinewsie Group News Edition 5, November 8, 2013 Project news - The Wikinewsie Group/Local Wikinews policiesis the start of a guide that expla

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Interactive WMF org chart

FYI -- Forwarded message -- From: Erik Moeller Date: Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 10:24 AM Subject: Interactive WMF org chart To: WMF staff Before Mark Holmquist moved on to projects like Parsoid, EtherEditor, BetaFeatures & MultimediaViewer, he worked on a small project for an interact

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Interactive WMF org chart

Very nice! It does need a lot of scrolling, though - it would be nice if it had a simple collapse/expand function (the zoom function’s a bit clunky). A human-friendly URL would be good too. Thanks, Mike On 8 Nov 2013, at 18:24, Erik Moeller wrote: > FYI > > > -- Forwarded message --

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Interactive WMF org chart

It would also be really useful if this could exist for the other Wikimedia organisations too - is that possible using this installation of the tool, or does it only work for one organisation at a time? (Apologies for the wishlist - organograms are nifty!) Thanks, Mike On 8 Nov 2013, at 18:33,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Interactive WMF org chart

On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Michael Peel wrote: > It would also be really useful if this could exist for the other Wikimedia > organisations too > - is that possible using this installation of the tool, or does it only work > for one organisation > at a time? It supports multiple documents

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Interactive WMF org chart

Very nice, useful overview. Thanks a lot. Ziko Dr. Ziko van Dijk voorzitter / president Wikimedia Nederland Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland Postbus 167 3500 AD Utrecht http://wikimedia.nl -

[Wikimedia-l] WMF Online Store Promotion

Hello everyone, As you may already know, the Wikimedia Foundation supports a small but growing online store meant to give editors a chance to wear their passion for Wikipedia in shirts, scarves, backpacks, and more. This November, we will be running a short campaign for logged-in users in the US o

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Online Store Promotion

Good to know that the WMF is still fully committed to keeping Wikipedia advert-free (or maybe not). Michael > On 8 Nov 2013, at 21:22, Caitlin Cogdill wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > As you may already know, the Wikimedia Foundation supports a small but > growing online store meant to give ed

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [cultural-partners] When was the first...? Your input is needed

The first Wiki photo competition (that I'm aware of) was Wikipedia Takes Manhattan in Spring 2008. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Manhattan/Spring_2008 Ryan Kaldari On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Sarah Stierch wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I know we have some "wiki histori

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Online Store Promotion

Caitlin Cogdill, 08/11/2013 22:22: After we work out the kinks in this campaign, we’ll investigate the possibility of similar international campaigns in the future. Can you please define "international"? As for internationalisation in the software sense, the shop is hardcoded in English: https

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Program Evaluation & Design] When was the first...? Your input is needed

Sarah Stierch, 08/11/2013 18:06: Your participation is important, as I'll be using this...oral history of sorts - to write brief histories of these three programs for our upcoming Data Collection Survey Report* that the Program Evaluation & Design team is writing. And hopefully these histories wi

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia DC Annual Plan for 2013-14

Hello everyone, Wikimedia DC has released its Annual Plan for 2013-14. The plan can be found on our wiki at http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Annual_plan_(2013–2014); a copy will also be posted on meta shortly. As always, any comments or suggestions would be very welcome. Cheers, Kirill -- Kirill Lo

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 9, Issue 44 -- 06 November 2013

News and notes: Alleged 'outing' of an editor's personal information leads to Wikipedia ban http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-11-06/News_and_notes Featured content: Five years of work leads to 63-article featured topic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_