[Wikimedia-l] Re: News about some CTeam transitions in Wikimedia Foundation

2021-07-26 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Hi Lodewijk, I could not locate the email you mentioned on the Wikimedia-l list. Has it been sent to some other list? This reply is a matter of interest to all here, since the query has been raised on this list. I would appreciate the url about this in case it's addressed to another list. Thanks

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Suggestion] Feedback/Request for Comments: On Closing the Loop on a Consultation

2021-12-21 Thread Ashwin Baindur
It would be great if each person who posts the first post in a thread asking for feedback, closes the loop. Request all our Indian Wikimedian friends to adhere to this best practice. :) AshLin ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.o

[Wikimedia-l] Re: To make apodictic articles

2022-05-19 Thread Ashwin Baindur
This is a meaningful and praiseworthy goal which is near impossible to achieve but it's more important that we work at it than focus on the fact that it can't be completed due to the nature of the platform. What I don't understand is the use of the adjective "apodictic" seeing that Wikipedia is ab

[Wikimedia-l] Re: @Wikipedia losing opportunities in Twitter

2022-07-16 Thread Ashwin Baindur
The responses from the Communication department is FoundationSpeak. The figures mentioned by Galder show that the output from those managing the @wikiopedia account is pedestrian at best. From the sentiment of the responses, it's really time community volunteers got into the act and tweeted items

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Announcement] Establishment of Wikimedians of the Asia Pacific User Group

2023-05-27 Thread Ashwin Baindur
+1 to Subhashish's points of view. I have another point about the nomenclature. How can three Wikimedians from just one country, Bangladesh in this case, get to form a group that by its very nomenclature represents a complete region, which includes a very large number of communities, without any e

[Wikimedia-l] Re: We need more interactive content: we are doing it wrong

2024-02-07 Thread Ashwin Baindur
I agree with Butch Bustria. Considering that the WMF is not short of funds, and there appears to be adequate funds to establish fund deposits outside WMF and fund third party organisations not directly involved in the core vision of the Movement, i.e. to make the sum of human knowledge available t

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia CEE Online Meeting 2021

2021-08-27 Thread Ashwin Baindur - User AshLin
Hi Kiril, What would be the language of communication? Regards, Ashwin Baindur (User:AshLin on en:WP) On Fri, 27 Aug 2021 at 01:52, Kiril Simeonovski wrote: > Dear all, > > I would like to announce the Wikimedia CEE Online Meeting 2021 > <https://meta.wik

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Results for the most contended Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election

2021-09-10 Thread Ashwin Baindur - User AshLin
The voting system (single transferable vote) chosen reflects the electorate's choice fairly. In this case, the primarily Global North electorate prefers to elect Global North candidates, so the election system has faithfully expressed the voting outcome of that behaviour. So, I do not blame the ele

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

2021-09-15 Thread Ashwin Baindur - User AshLin
Welcome, Maryana. We hope you have a successful tenure and take the community along with you. We have a lot of expectations and hope. All the very best. On Tue, 14 Sep, 2021, 9:22 pm Nataliia Tymkiv, wrote: > Dear all, > > I am pleased to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees