[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation External Audit and FAQ for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2020

2020-12-11 Thread Jaime Villagomez
Dear all, In addition to our standard practice of documenting and publishing the Audit Committee meeting minutes regarding the review and approval of the *Wikimedia Foundation’s Independent Auditors’ Report* by the Audit Committee - a board subcommittee, we want to inform you that The

[Wikimedia-l] Trees and Wikimedia

2020-12-11 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Wikimedia is now associated with a project where trees are planted. In many ways the notion of planting new trees is great. However, very often it is not. In Europe grazers are actively introduced to prevent shrubs and trees from growing. Reasons for this abound. The first is that it helps

[Wikimedia-l] You are invited to a global virtual celebration for Wikipedia’s 20th birthday!

2020-12-11 Thread Nadee Gunasena
Hi all, As many of you know, Wikipedia is celebrating a big milestone next month with the 20th birthday on January 15th, 2021. In honor of the birthday, we will be hosting a virtual birthday party for the global communities on January 15th from 4-5 pm UTC (check out your local time [1])! Please

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] December 16, 2020: Disinformation and Reliability of Sources in Wikipedia

2020-12-11 Thread Janna Layton
Hello, The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed on Wednesday, December 16, at 9:30 AM PST/17:30 UTC, and will be on the theme of disinformation and reliability of sources in Wikipedia. In the first talk, Włodzimierz Lewoniewski will present recent work around multilingual approaches for

[Wikimedia-l] Annual Report for Wikimedia User Group Turkey

2020-12-11 Thread Basak Tosun
Thank you for the question! During the year our user group activities were focused on only increasing contributions to Wikipedia. In 2021 we might work on Wikisource as well; particularly Turkish Language Association was interested in taking part in projects related to Wikisource, they have