[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming María Sefidari as a Foundation consultant. :)

Hi Amanda, > It is obvious that despite our best intentions, the Board and Transition > Team did not have all the relevant facts and circumstances in mind when > this decision was made. I'm trying hard to understand how the Board and Transition team failed to realize the WMF expects standards

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Tuesday Foundation office hour

The office hour starts in about 30 min, here on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQTND98b_Yg_channel=WikimediaFoundation Cheers Cornelius On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 9:44 AM Maggie Dennis wrote: > Hello, folks. > > I'm sorry for the quick self-correction. As implied in yesterday's email, >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming María Sefidari as a Foundation consultant. :)

Thank you for sharing the link to the recording, unfortunately I could not follow it live. I am reassured by the open approach and speed taken to transparently address the issue and hope that the commitments promised will be followed through. With the high turnover at the WMF and many leadership

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Conflict of Interest - Transition from Trustee to Staff

On Tue, 29 Jun 2021 at 23:39, F. Xavier Dengra i Grau via Wikimedia-l wrote: > > Dear all, > > I have been reading and closely following this and many other similar topics > for a long time. I am sorry to say that for me, organising a concept like an > "Office Hour" and doing so via Youtube for

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag

The name of the file is free Palestine but the picture is just the flag of the country without any political aspects. Even though I don't find anything wrong in adding a political point of view to a userpage. Best في الأربعاء، ٣٠ حزيران، ٢٠٢١ ١:٠٤ ص Gereon Kalkuhl كتب: > Dear 4nn1|2, > >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag

If anyone is interested to know about this incident. Send me a private message and I can explain better. Best On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 8:17 PM 4nn1l2 <4nn1l2.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > Persian Wikipedia has reached a new level in their arbitrary and nonesense > adminship.

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Conflict of Interest - Transition from Trustee to Staff

+1 to this - thank you to the senior staff who led the call, as well as the team that organised it at short notice, and to the Board members who attended. I would like to echo Jan-Bart's sentiments. Mistakes will always be made where human judgement is involved, but it seems that this one is

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Conflict of Interest - Transition from Trustee to Staff

To those who could not make it -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQTND98b_Yg And yes. A formal decision will follow up in the coming days (as soon as possible). Shani. Shani Evenstein Sigalov Acting Vice Chair, Board of

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Conflict of Interest - Transition from Trustee to Staff

Dear all, I have been reading and closely following this and many other similar topics for a long time. I am sorry to say that for me, organising a concept like an "Office Hour" and doing so via Youtube for a concern of these dimensions (that affects the whole reputation of the movement), is

[Wikimedia-l] Blocking users for Palestinian flag

Dear Wikimedians, Persian Wikipedia has reached a new level in their arbitrary and nonesense adminship. They have blocked me for placing a Palestinian flag on my userpage (of course they have already removed it from my userpage and you need to see a previous revision of my userpage).

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Conflict of Interest - Transition from Trustee to Staff

I'm sure a statement will be forthcoming, but in short (and these are my notes and may not accurately reflect others' words in detail) - the WMF are deciding today whether to revoke or postpone Maria's appointment, with a strong hint they will do one or another - the WMF will also review its own

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Conflict of Interest - Transition from Trustee to Staff

Hi, I want to take this opportunity to thank all Foundation staff involved in the office hour that was organised today on this topic. Thank you for being transparent and open in what was a difficult conversation for everyone involved. Like everyone I wish that there was an easy solution, but

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Conflict of Interest - Transition from Trustee to Staff

On Tue, 29 Jun 2021 at 20:58, Chris Keating wrote: > Mistakes will always be made where human judgement is involved, but it seems > that this one is being remedied and learned from both quickly and openly. For those of us not on the call; how so? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag

Dear 4nn1|2, Thank you for informing us about the incident. But to be clear: You write that it's about a Palestinian flag. Yet actually it's about a flag with a statement: free Palestine. There's a difference. And a member of the Persian Wikipedia removed the deletion request on Commons and

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Blocking users for Palestinian flag

Just seeking clarity: Is there anything wrong with expressing a political opinion on a userpage? A lot of our badges, flags, icons might have some or the other political history behind them, just that these are seen as more "normal" by today's standards. At one time, slavery too was considered

[Wikimedia-l] Signpost

Dear Lisa, Megan and all, The current issue of the Signpost contains an interview about my recent Daily Dot article on WMF fundraising.[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2021-06-27/Forum The piece has sparked quite substantial discussion, and there is a pretty good