Fantastic news and long overdue - I hope the women editors will receive all the support they need.
On 19 July 2015 at 14:43, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Wikimedia-l mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimedia-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Recognition of WikiWomen's User Group (Katherine Casey) > 2. Geohack (Nou Nouill) > 3. press edit in facebook to edit wikipedia, how many? > (rupert THURNER) > 4. Re: 400 days of lila tretikov and 60 million dollars spent - > where is mobile editing? (rupert THURNER) > 5. Re: Recognition of WikiWomen's User Group (Jan-Bart de Vreede) > 6. Re: Recognition of WikiWomen's User Group (Shlomi Fish) > 7. Re: Recognition of Wikimedia Community UG Belarus > (Raymond Leonard) > 8. Re: Recognition of Iranian Wikimedians UG (Raymond Leonard) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 08:36:19 -0400 > From: Katherine Casey <[email protected]> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of WikiWomen's User Group > Message-ID: > <CA+arXE_-G1MVF38+ephoNvFAb6TweHc-qj8uznRQ= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Awesome news, I'm always glad to see more efforts to be welcoming to women! > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 14:26:30 +0200 > From: Nou Nouill <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Geohack > Message-ID: > < > caa6runxjbkg1uted9ajs9u2-nxbckkaybvpftcjcv+qxqpr...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi ! > > So today Geohack don't work few hours, once gain. It has been many times > that Geohack is down these last months (and years). The previous issue was > linked with the Tools labs problems (but not today, Tools Labs was > working). > > In addition to that maintenance problem, I don't see Geohack evolve those > last years. The tool have a old design. It has different configurations for > each language, so when a user do translation, he has to adapt to each > configuration. > Moreover, in plenty of language, Geohack have long lists of hundred links, > with lot of useless links, because languages communities want to describe > exhaustively web mappings service. So the presentation of Geohack is often > very weighed down. > > For me, Geohack is the more useful tools on Tools Labs with a massive > visibility for the viewers (each coordinate on WM use Geohack and there are > several hundred thousands coordinates). Geohack is also use by contributors > (when I translate a article with a coordinate, It's usually more practice > to check coordinate in Geohack). > > So, I want to ask if the Foundation have a plan to improve Geohack ? I have > the impression when I see https://tools.wmflabs.org that Geohack was > mainly > maintain by volunteer, but for me Geohack is a core item of the Wikimedia > sphere. So I don't understand that situation since few years. I hope it's > the place to do this comment. > > Nouill. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 15:02:37 +0200 > From: rupert THURNER <[email protected]> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] press edit in facebook to edit wikipedia, how > many? > Message-ID: > < > cajs9az-ass4+f5y8jerktmbfgsqjyszmoizgouvqdcgtwh_...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > hi, > > for the first time i tried pressing edit in facebook and came out in > the wiki-text editor. are there statistics available how many persons > come along this way? > > best, > rupert > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 15:12:35 +0200 > From: rupert THURNER <[email protected]> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]>, Dan > Garry <[email protected]>, Luis Villa <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] 400 days of lila tretikov and 60 million > dollars spent - where is mobile editing? > Message-ID: > <CAJs9aZ8mBiHgiK3VZ3Axhx= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > i created two tasks in phabricator for it, hope that is ok like this: > * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T106266 > * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T106267 > > i did not find the correct project though? > > best, > rupert > > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 11:02 PM, rupert THURNER > <[email protected]> wrote: > > hi dan, > > > > many thanks for the quick reaction! i need to make a correction as > > well, i was redirected to > > > https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Offener_Brief_an_die_Mitglieder_des_Europ%C3%A4ischen_Parlaments_zur_Erhaltung_der_Panoramafreiheit > > which was opened with the android chrome browser, so not the wikipedia > > app. i did not find any support in the mobile skin to do basic edits, > > e.g. add a link with reference, and sign. it is the first contact > > function for many people. i am sorry that this made me explode as it > > is still not fixed despite it was hinted from numerous persons > > multiple times, for quite some time. > > > > i tried the app as well now, but i did not find any application > > support for "signature" or "link" ? so i have to know the syntax and > > type it? > > > > best, > > rupert > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 9:44 PM, Dan Garry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Rupert, > >> > >> I was the product owner > >> < > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web/Team/Roles_and_responsibilities#Product_owner > > > >> for the Wikipedia app from before it launch until April last year, so I > can > >> answer your question. Editing is supported on the native mobile apps, > and > >> has been since their launch last year (June 2014 for Android, July 2014 > for > >> iOS). The reason it did not work for you in this case is because of a > >> formatting error in the wikitext of that specific page. I fixed the > problem > >> in the wikitext > >> < > https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Offener_Brief_an_die_Mitglieder_des_Europ%C3%A4ischen_Parlaments_zur_Erhaltung_der_Panoramafreiheit&diff=143559219&oldid=143559146 > >, > >> and successfully added my signature as a test > >> < > https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Offener_Brief_an_die_Mitglieder_des_Europ%C3%A4ischen_Parlaments_zur_Erhaltung_der_Panoramafreiheit&diff=prev&oldid=143559243 > > > >> (which > >> I then reverted since I don't want to interfere in the discussion). You > >> should be able to add your signature now. (I skipped over the exact > details > >> of what the issue was, let me know if you want hear them) > >> > >> As an aside, I would note that the way you communicated this question > was > >> suboptimal and unnecessarily combative. The title of your email is > >> provocative, and makes unnecessary, exaggerated, and incorrect > >> implications. It would be nice if you avoided doing this in the future, > as > >> people will be more willing to involve themselves in a discussion if > they > >> do not feel like they are being attacked. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Dan > >> > >> On 28 June 2015 at 03:44, rupert THURNER <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> hi, > >>> > >>> now we are approaching 400 days of lila tretikov at the helm of the > >>> wikimedia foundation, and 60 million us dollars spent, i was not able > >>> to sign a simple wikipedia page via the mobile app. i think something > >>> is going seriously wrong here :( > >>> > >>> what was the use case? the european union wants to harmonize the > >>> freedom of panorama: > >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama#European_Union. the > >>> german wikipedia had a wikipedia banner to sign a petition, and also > >>> wrote mails about it. which i thought is a nice idea. i am reading > >>> mails on the phone following links to wikipedia, i tried it this time > >>> as well, and i was not able to accomplish the most simple task of > >>> contribution - to add my signature at the bottom of a list. earlier in > >>> the year i already tried to add a link and i could not do it - but i > >>> admit that is a much more difficult task in the mobile app. > >>> > >>> the german links: > >>> * sign here: > >>> > https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Offener_Brief_an_die_Mitglieder_des_Europ%C3%A4ischen_Parlaments_zur_Erhaltung_der_Panoramafreiheit > >>> * > >>> > https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Initiative_f%C3%BCr_die_Panoramafreiheit > >>> > >>> just as a side note, up to know this page collected close to 4'000 > >>> signatures. > >>> > >>> best, > >>> rupert > >>> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 08:13:16 -0500 > From: Jan-Bart de Vreede <[email protected]> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of WikiWomen's User Group > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Congratulations ! > > Jan-Bart > > > > On 19 Jul 2015, at 06:24, Carlos M. Colina <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Dear all, > > > > I am pleased and honoured to announce on behalf of the Affiliations > Committe the recognition [1] of a new member of the family of Wikimedia > affiliates: The WikiWomen's User Group. Among their goals are providing a > collaborative space for women to work on projects, discuss gender-related > issues (but not limited to) and work towards the increase in content and > contributor diversity. > > > > Please, join us in welcoming them!! :-) > > > > > > 1: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/WikiWomen's_User_Group_-_Liaison_approval,_July_2015 > > -- > > "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua > junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain." > > Carlos M. Colina > > Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 | > www.wikimedia.org.ve <http://wikimedia.org.ve> > > Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee > > Phone: +972-52-4869915 > > Twitter: @maor_x > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 16:35:34 +0300 > From: Shlomi Fish <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of WikiWomen's User Group > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 14:24:55 +0300 > "Carlos M. Colina" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > I am pleased and honoured to announce on behalf of the Affiliations > > Committe the recognition [1] of a new member of the family of Wikimedia > > affiliates: The WikiWomen's User Group. Among their goals are providing > > a collaborative space for women to work on projects, discuss > > gender-related issues (but not limited to) and work towards the increase > > in content and contributor diversity. > > > > Please, join us in welcoming them!! :-) > > > > Congratulations, welcome aboard and good luck! > > Regards, > > Shlomi Fish > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ > Emma Watson Factoids - http://shlom.in/emwatson-facts > > Chuck Norris finished building the bike-shed by the time people stopped > arguing what its colour should be. > — http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/facts/Chuck-Norris/ > > Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 08:40:59 -0500 > From: Raymond Leonard <[email protected]> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Community UG > Belarus > Message-ID: > <CAOTiT= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Welcome to the Wikimedians of Wikimedia Community User Group Belarus! > > Yours, > Peaceray <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Peaceray> > Cascadia Wikimedians User Group <http://cascadia.wiki> > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Asaf Bartov <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Congratulations, Belarusian colleagues! > > > > A. > > > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Carlos M. Colina < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > It is an honour and a pleasure to announce on behalf of the > Affiliations > > > Committee the recognition [1] of the newest Wikimedia User Group: > > Wikimedia > > > Community User Group Belarus. Among their objectives are to represent > > both > > > Belarusian Wikipedias (classical and academic) in international > > relations; > > > to widen media presence and public awareness about Belarusian > Wikipedias' > > > community activities; and to make collaborative projects with other > > > interest groups, social initiatives, NGOs and local communities in > > Belarus > > > and abroad. > > > > > > Please join us in welcoming a new member of the family! :-) > > > > > > > > > 1: > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Belarus_-_Liaison_approval,_July_2015 > > > -- > > > "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee > wayuukanairua > > > junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya > junain." > > > Carlos M. Colina > > > Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 | > > www.wikimedia.org.ve > > > <http://wikimedia.org.ve> > > > Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee > > > Phone: +972-52-4869915 > > > Twitter: @maor_x > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Asaf Bartov > > Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> > > > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > > sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > > https://donate.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 08:43:09 -0500 > From: Raymond Leonard <[email protected]> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Iranian Wikimedians UG > Message-ID: > <CAOTiT= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Welcome to the Iranian Wikimedians User Group! > > Yours, > Peaceray <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Peaceray> > Cascadia Wikimedians User Group <http://cascadia.wiki> > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 3:44 AM, Shlomi Fish <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 13:20:56 -0700 > > Asaf Bartov <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Congratulations and much success! > > > > > > A. > > > > > > > Congratulations, good luck, and welcome aboard! > > > > Regards, > > > > Shlomi Fish > > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ > > Summer Glau Facts - http://shlom.in/sglau-facts > > > > When Chuck Norris receives an E-mail signed “Sent from my iPhone”, he > makes > > sure that iPhone won’t be able to send any more E-mails — to Norris or > > otherwise. > > — http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/facts/Chuck-Norris/ > > > > Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply > . > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > End of Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 136, Issue 47 > ******************************************** > -- Jon Davies [email protected] 07976 935 986 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
