This is the same problem I am facing.
Even if there is an enthusiastic employer or responsible and so on in a
GLAM or in an administrative department, there are internal oppositions or
policies to face.
In small partners the discussion may be good and can be immediate, in
bigger ones it may take
On Jul 4, 2014 7:55 AM, "Frédéric Schütz" wrote:
> Their main worry seems to be "how do we make sure that people do not use
> the pictures in a way we're not happy with"
That question qualifies as "frequently asked"; my usual answer is to the
effect that "You cannot - but anyone who is going to
In my opinion your are putting on the table an important question, dear
Barbara.
The question is how approaching the GLAM tools.
In every software there is a need, after there is a development, and after
there is an acceptance because who asked to have a tool may say that the
"functionalities" do
As ever thanks Magnus.
On 4 July 2014 05:48, Pine W wrote:
> Nice work.
>
> Pine
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Pete Forsyth
> wrote:
>
> > David, thanks for posting that link here.
> >
> > Magnus, it looks like you've made (yet another) excellent tool, and
> > described the problem it
That's really cool Gerard! thank you for sharing :)
On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 2:35 AM, Gerard Meijssen
wrote:
> Hoi,
> Congratulations..
>
> Many awards are known at Wikidata and, the "Roaring Lion Award" is now one
> of them. Given that the Israeli chapter received this award, the item for
> the
Hello,
I work at an international organization (Consumer Reports, part of
Consumers International) which has an organizational relationship with Red
Cross especially in the United States. If someone has a proposal for
partnership then I could present it to the American chapter of the Red
Cross, or
It's nice technically, but the fact that it's necessary is tragic.
The "Evacuation" title is very apt. North Korea, Iran, Russia, Brazil and
other countries are talking about creating their own internets. It's a
shame that the Wikimedia community does essentially the same thing -
dividing humanity
Quick status update: So far, not a single file has been "evacuated" to
English Wikipedia [1].
Either Commons admins don't know about it, or don't care.
[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:From_Commons
On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 1:53 PM, Amir E. Aharoni <
amir.ahar...@m
On 03/07/2014, rupert THURNER wrote:
> hi,
>
> did anybody of you already have contact with the red cross or the icrc?
> concerning wikipedia, offline, commons, maps, wikinews? would there be any
> topic interesting for a cooperation?
>
> rupert
As a case study, you may want to look at this Wikim
It seems that MayDay.us needs money:
https://mayday.us/
(I know it's political, but whoever has seen the documentary or read
Aaron's blog can understand the rationale.)
((I would ***love*** seeing the WMF step up in things like this, but I
understand it's complicated...))
Aubrey
On Thu, Jul 3,
On 07/03/2014 02:21 PM, John wrote:
> I'm in the process of working with Dispenser to get said proposal written
> and the ball rolling. However this process will take some time
Said proposal from Dispenser/Betacommand has been posted at:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Caching
On 4 July 2014 01:00, James Salsman wrote:
>> I don't think it's a donation if you're getting something (a survey) in
>> return.
>
> How could the Foundation possibly not benefit from understanding
> contributors' opinions about general strategic goals for improving
> participation?
>
> I also w
On 2 July 2014 01:08, Rjd0060 wrote:
> As for the "Volunteer Coordinator", he was Cary Bass and left the
> Foundation some time ago. See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Bastique
> or https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Cary_Bass .
It's worth remembering that Cary's duties was essentially
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