Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annual Report from the Wikimedia Foundation

2015-01-29 Thread Austin Hair
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 5:43 PM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Jan 29, 2015 4:35 AM, Austin Hair adh...@gmail.com wrote: On an unrelated note, is there a particular reason we're highlighting two of our (more than two) former board members in the bottom section? Yes: it is that

[Wikimedia-l] Its not goodbye, but au revoir

2015-01-29 Thread Pavel Richter
Dear Friends of Free Knowledge, today is my last day at the office as the former Executive Director of Wikimedia Deutschland. For 2012 days, I had the great opportunity and the tremendous pleasure to work for one of the greatest causes I can think of: Free Knowledge for everybody. What Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annual Report from the Wikimedia Foundation

2015-01-29 Thread Asaf Bartov
On Jan 29, 2015 4:35 AM, Austin Hair adh...@gmail.com wrote: On an unrelated note, is there a particular reason we're highlighting two of our (more than two) former board members in the bottom section? Yes: it is that unlike the other former board members, those two were on the board during

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annual Report from the Wikimedia Foundation

2015-01-29 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, This is a celebration of Wikipedia.. It is as if all the other projects do not exist. If that is the Wikimedia Foundation, I feel very much left out. It is as if everything else the Wikimedia Foundation stands for does not matter. Thanks, GerardM On 28 January 2015 at 21:07, Heather

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annual Report from the Wikimedia Foundation

2015-01-29 Thread John Mark Vandenberg
https://annual.wikimedia.org/2014/#editcounterinfo says The edit counter is a live count of all edits across all databases in Wikimedia’s servers. How does it work? Every five minutes or so, the system queries the databases in the Wikimedia cluster for the sum total of all edits on the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia France] WikiCheese crowdfunding - Let's photograph 'em all

2015-01-29 Thread Christophe Henner
Hi everyone, The first WikiCheese event happened last week. You can find the first selected photos there : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:WikiCheese or you can wander in the WikiCheese categories to see more pictures of the first evening :

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annual Report from the Wikimedia Foundation

2015-01-29 Thread Austin Hair
I know Gerard is always saying this, but... wow. Yeah. It kind of hits you in the face. On an unrelated note, is there a particular reason we're highlighting two of our (more than two) former board members in the bottom section? Austin On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 10:11 AM, Gerard Meijssen

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Its not goodbye, but au revoir

2015-01-29 Thread Vishnu
Dear Pavel, Best wishes for day 2013 and onward! See you around. Vishnu On 01/29/2015 11:50 PM, Andrea Zanni wrote: Goodbye Pavel, it has been a pleasure. And as you said last Chapters Conference, please take care of yourself. Of course, we hope to see you around :-) Aubrey On Thu, Jan

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Its not goodbye, but au revoir

2015-01-29 Thread Ivan Martínez
Good luck, Pavel! All the best. 2015-01-29 12:39 GMT-06:00 Vishnu visdav...@gmail.com: Dear Pavel, Best wishes for day 2013 and onward! See you around. Vishnu On 01/29/2015 11:50 PM, Andrea Zanni wrote: Goodbye Pavel, it has been a pleasure. And as you said last Chapters

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Its not goodbye, but au revoir

2015-01-29 Thread Asaf Bartov
Dear Pavel, you have always been a great ally and an able partner in serving this movement. Whenever our paths crossed, it has always been a joy to work with you, and your professional and yet warm attitude was a constant in any room you were in. Best wishes in your next career steps, and see

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia France] WikiCheese crowdfunding - Let's photograph 'em all

2015-01-29 Thread Austin Hair
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Christophe Henner christophe.hen...@gmail.com wrote: PS: no cheese pun in this email, but there was an abondance of puns above. You decided to have Murcian us? That's too bad; we're whey overdue in the humor department. Austin

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Its not goodbye, but au revoir

2015-01-29 Thread Jan-Bart de Vreede
Dear Pavel ( everyone) Its hard to describe the incredible positive impact that you have had on WMDE and the Wikimedia Movement as a whole. While every affiliates contributes differently it is fair to say that under your leadership WMDE has contributed a lot to our movement by facilitating

[Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF January 2015 Metrics Activities Meeting: Thursday, February 5, 19:00 UTC

2015-01-29 Thread Praveena Maharaj
Dear all, The next WMF metrics and activities will take place on Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 7:00 PM UTC (11 AM PST). The IRC channel is #wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net and the meeting will be broadcast as a live YouTube stream. Each month at the metrics meeting, we will: * Welcome

[Wikimedia-l] The Signpost – Volume 11, Issue 4 – 28 January 2015

2015-01-29 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
From the editor: An editorial board that includes you http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-01-28/From_the_editor Special report: Traffic in the fog—2014's most popular articles include death, Facebook, and Ebola

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost – Volume 11, Issue 4 – 28 January 2015

2015-01-29 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
From the editor: An editorial board that includes you http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-01-28/From_the_editor Special report: Traffic in the fog—2014's most popular articles include death, Facebook, and Ebola