Re: [Wikimedia-l] Next steps regarding WMF<->community disputes about deployments

Philippe, can you address what you were talking about here last fall -- was the draft feature, and the way it directed new contributors toward the Articles for Creation process, the thing you alluded to, that WMF did in response to ACTRIAL? If so -- has there been any study of whether its intended

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections

On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 2:10 AM, Asaf Bartov wrote: > So do I. :) (Indeed, I have had occasion to remind, uh, a colleague, that > editing Wikipedia or its sister projects is a bit of an unusual hobby, and > that it's Perfectly Fine to not choose to volunteer to do that on your > personal time.)

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Design of BoT election banner

The banner without the ribbon is good, but the ribbon is unnecessary and too flashy IMHO, I asked several people and didn't get even one positive feedback. And my friends agreed it is the ribbon. We could use something else to make the banner noticeable, now it's noticeable but in a bad way. Best

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation quarterly reviews

Analytics/UX/Product and TPG are here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Analytics-Product-UX-TPG-Quarterly_Report_Q3_FY14-15.pdf -Toby On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 9:53 PM, Tilman Bayer wrote: > Hi all, > > the quarterly reviews for the past quarter (January-March 2015) took > place last wee

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Next steps regarding WMF<->community disputes about deployments

Hi Pete, Philippe is on vacation, so I'm forwarding this to Rachel. Pine On Apr 22, 2015 11:59 PM, "Pete Forsyth" wrote: > Philippe, can you address what you were talking about here last fall -- was > the draft feature, and the way it directed new contributors toward the > Articles for Creation

[Wikimedia-l] Names of Wikimedia languages and other matrix

Cross-list posting, as it's relevant to Wiktionary and Wikimedia as a whole. First of all, please go to Meta page "Names of Wikimedia languages" [1] and do the best to proofread or translate items. That's strategically important set of lists for the movement. We have to know the names of Wikimedia

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 11, Issue 16 -- 22 April 2015

Special report: Sony emails reveal corporate practices and undisclosed advocacy editing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-04-22/Special_report News and notes: Call for candidates as the movement approaches the Wikimedia Board elections http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] This week on the Wikimedia Blog

Hi folks, Here are some of the stories featured this week on the Wikimedia Blog: • Celebrity photographer Allan Warren shares the big shots on Wikipedia https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/23/allan-warren-and-the-big-shots/ • First 2015 Wikimedia Programs Evaluations reports examine Wiki Loves M

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Nederland annual report 2014

The Wikimedia Nederland annual report for 2014 is available : Dutch version (plain text - illustrated pdf will follow soon) English version

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Next steps regarding WMF<->community disputes about deployments

I don't know that there is a next step. The WMF has clearly indicated they will not budge on the solution that the high-level Wikipedia community says is needed. I have qualms myself about the way the community operates at times but covering ACTRAIL and New Page Patrol at the Signpost felt like an

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Next steps regarding WMF<->community disputes about deployments

James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Pine W wrote: > Hi Pete, > > Philippe is on vacation, so I'm forwarding this to Rachel. > > Pine > He pops in every once in a while during his break but while he is away Mag

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Next steps regarding WMF<->community disputes about deployments

Sure, and from what I hear it helped, but it was no panacea, especially since it's a solution that still relies on a still-declining editor base. Not like turning the valves would be, and that's clearly not going to happen. Hence why I doubt there's much more room for improvement on this issue. New

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 11, Issue 16 -- 22 April 2015

For several weeks the link to the single page view has been broken. Please fix. Cheers, P -Original Message- From: wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Wikipedia Signpost Sent: 24 April 2015 12:43 AM To: wikimediaannounce-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Next steps regarding WMF<->community disputes about deployments

I agree with the statement "New tech can only do so much to fix the problem." Our retention rate for new editors was <1% the last time I checked. What we should do about that should probably be the subject of a different thread. We've had multiple discussions about vital statistics for the editor p