[Wikimedia-l] State of Wikipedia Maps

The Discovery's maps team would like to share the progress we have been making, and our future goals. * Kartographer extension is getting closer to being deployed. It will allow editors to insert a map and add article specific data into wiki pages. Kartographer has a neat Visual Editor interface

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2016 Ombudsman Committee

That could indeed happen, James. :) Apropos, thanks to everyone currently or formerly at WMF who worked with (and for ;) ) us during that time! It was a pleasure. And, of course, congrats to the new and remaining members of the OC! Th. 2016-02-01 20:13 GMT+01:00 James Alexander

Re: [Wikimedia-l] ESEA Newsletter January 2016

So useful!!! Thanks for shharing! 2016-02-01 15:45 GMT-03:00 Tito Dutta : > Interesting. Thanks for sharing. > > On 2 February 2016 at 00:09, Addis Wang wrote: > > > Hi Community! > > > > Here is the latest issue of ESEA (East and Southeast Asia)

[Wikimedia-l] Why take grants? (was: Can we see the Knight grant application and grant offer?)

On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 11:43 AM, MZMcBride wrote: > One part of this arrangement still confuses me. In the linked post, you > write, "With this grant we brought the idea to the funder and they > supported our work with this grant." > > Why ask for and take the money? The

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2015 Harassment Survey - Results Report

Maggie Dennis wrote: > In the time I've worked at the Wikimedia Foundation, I have > (unsurprisingly, given its reported prevalence) come across this kind of > harassment in my work with Support and Safety (formerly Community > Advocacy). There have been cases where

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2016 Ombudsman Committee

Thanks Patrick for all your work on this and Congratulations to everyone coming on board! Thank you Thogo, PhilKnight, Avraham and Alhen for your work over the past years. I know I'll see you all around still :). James Alexander Manager Trust & Safety Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Wikiradio

(at least on my inbox, this does not seem to have made it to Wikimedia-l, so forwarding.) A. -- Forwarded message -- From: Wilfredor Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:59 AM Subject: [Wikimania-l] Wikiradio To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia at 15 & its African language editions

Couple of notes and pointers I have added the link to the blog post here : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Statistics_related_to_Africa#Use_and_knowledge_of_Wikipedia_in_Africa Please do not hesitate to drop information related to Africa in those pages. Thank you Don for the info. The

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please stick to the 30-post limit

A summary of the total number of posts from people going over the 30 post limit in the last 4 months, with one person having gone over 30 posts for 3 months running: October: none November: 39 December: 33, 35 January: 31, 32, 32 The discussion about other ways of viewing posts, appears to have

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2016 Ombudsman Committee

Thanks Patrick for the announcement. Congratulations to the new members as well as the returning members! Regards, Tanweer On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 10:00 PM, Patrick Earley wrote: > Hello, everyone. > > I'd like to announce the new and returning members of the 2016

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia at 15 & its African language editions

It's quite true, sadly. One thing that that blog post doesn't mention is that the periods of growth in Yoruba and Malagasy happened mostly thanks to bots :( There is some hard-to-notice, but real and organic growth in the number of articles in Xhosa in the last year. I know it because I traveled

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Voting formula was Appointment of María Sefidari to Wikimedia Foundation Board

"We are fully committed to filling the open community-selected seat through a transparent proces (...)" (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/James_Heilman_removal_FAQ#Will_the_Board_support_and_accept_the_next_community-selected_member.3F) So it wasn't true

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Voting formula was Appointment of María Sefidari to Wikimedia Foundation Board

I think an analysis of the past Wikimedia community election results, with a variety of different voting (and counting) methods, could show the best path toward achieving diversity in elected seats, without necesarilly resorting to quotas or separate contests. Thanks, Pharos On Sun, Jan 31, 2016

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of María Sefidari to Wikimedia Foundation Board

Congratulations and welcome back Maria! best, Subha On 1/30/2016 1:44 PM, Nurunnaby Chowdhury (Hasive) wrote: > Congratulations Maria! > > On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Anthony Cole wrote: > >> Welcome back Maria. Recent events have shed a much-needed bright light on >>

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2016 Ombudsman Committee

Congratulations to all new members. On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 1:13 AM, James Alexander wrote: > Thanks Patrick for all your work on this and Congratulations to everyone > coming on board! Thank you Thogo, PhilKnight, Avraham and Alhen for your > work over the past years.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Wikiradio

Thank you! I love this! <3 On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Asaf Bartov wrote: > (at least on my inbox, this does not seem to have made it to Wikimedia-l, > so forwarding.) > >A. > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Wilfredor >

[Wikimedia-l] ESEA Newsletter January 2016

Hi Community! Here is the latest issue of ESEA (East and Southeast Asia) Newsletter. Checkout some recent work done by the ESEA community. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEA_Hub/Seasonal_Newsletter/Jan_2016 Here is the outline: - 4,310 articles in 41 language versions of Wikipedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] ESEA Newsletter January 2016

Interesting. Thanks for sharing. On 2 February 2016 at 00:09, Addis Wang wrote: > Hi Community! > > Here is the latest issue of ESEA (East and Southeast Asia) Newsletter. > Checkout some recent work done by the ESEA community. > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please stick to the 30-post limit

Il 01/02/2016 14:54, Fæ ha scritto: A summary of the total number of posts from people going over the 30 post limit in the last 4 months, with one person having gone over 30 posts for 3 months running: October: none November: 39 December: 33, 35 January: 31, 32, 32 Then the trend is getting

[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia at 15 & its African language editions

FYI, a recent blog post looking at African language editions of Wikipedia that may be of interest: "Wikipedia at 15 and African languages" (31 Jan 2016) http://niamey.blogspot.com/2016/01/wikipedia-at-15-african-languages.html Am interested in feedback on accuracy, as well as observations or

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia at 15 & its African language editions

On 2016-02-01 16:18, Don Osborn wrote: Am interested in feedback on accuracy, as well as observations or comments from people active in any of the African language Wikipedias or other Wikimedia projects about their experience and hopes. Thanks in advance, Don Osborn I was following Hausa

[Wikimedia-l] 2016 Ombudsman Committee

Hello, everyone. I'd like to announce the new and returning members of the 2016 Ombudsman Commission (OC), the small group of volunteers who investigate complaints about violations of the privacy policy, and in particular concerning the use of CheckUser and Oversight[1] tools, on any Wikimedia