Hi Pine, I do a lot of communications as ambassador for the Dutch community. I posted it already in the Dutch central discussion page and to the Dutch Wikimedia mailinglist.
Greetings, Romaine 2014-11-17 23:52 GMT+01:00 Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com>: > Thanks for this news. I'm forwarding this email by bcc to a Dutch > Wikimedian in the hope that they can forward this to the Dutch community. > > Pine > > Pine > > *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/> > > > > > > > *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of > our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we > must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in > which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad > fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not > know.* > > *—Catherine Munro* > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Romaine Wiki <romaine.w...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > A local newspaper in the Netherlands had today as headline: > > Eredocteraat voor Timmermans en Wikipedia > > > > Translated: Honory degree for Timmermans and Wikipedia > > > > > > * Who is coming to Maastricht? > > * Can we organize a wikimeet that day in Maastricht? > > > > Romaine > > > > > > > > Rough translation of the newspaper: > > > > Maastricht University (UM) awarded an honorary doctorate to Frans > > Timmermans and > > the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales. They will be honored for the > > exceptional contributions they, directly or indirectly, have made to > > academic education and research. > > > > Commissioner Frans Timmermans is praised for his great contributions to > > both > > European and international relations. The American Jimmy Wales > > Wikipedia has established > > a platform accessible to everyone, which (in particular) for students not > > to > > imagine that it does not exist as infinite source of information. The > > honorary doctorates will be awarded during the official celebration of > Dies > > Natalis, which takes place on 16 January 2015 at Sint Janskerk in > > Maastricht. Besides Timmermans and Wales, are also academics Michelle > > Craske (nominated > > by the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience) and Wolfgang Wahlster > > (nominated > > by the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences) awarded an honorary doctorate. > > > > > > > > > > Original in Dutch below: > > > > Eredocteraat voor Timmermans en Wikipedia > > > > De Universiteit Maastricht (UM) reikt een eredoctoraat uit aan Frans > > Timmermans en de oprichter van Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales. Zij worden > gehuldigd > > voor de uitzonderlijke bijdragen die zij, direct of indirect, hebben > > geleverd aan academisch onderwijs en onderzoek. > > > > Eurocommissaris Frans Timmermans wordt geprezen om zijn grote bijdragen > aan > > zowel Europese als internationale relaties. De Amerikaan Jimmy Wales > heeft > > met Wikipedia een voor iedereen toegankelijk platform opgericht, dat (in > > het bijzonder) voor studenten niet meer weg te denken is als oneindige > bron > > van informatie. De eredoctoraten worden uitgereikt tijdens de officiële > > viering van de Dies Natalis, die plaatsvindt op 16 januari 2015 in de > Sint > > Janskerk te Maastricht. Naast Timmermand en Wales worden tevens academici > > Michelle Craske (genomineerd door de Faculty of Psychology and > > Neuroscience) en Wolfgang Wahlster (genomineerd door de Faculty of > > Humanities and Sciences) onderscheiden met een eredoctoraat. > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
