Wonderful! I still think Erik's suggestion long ago that there should just be an Amazon bot that automatically approves & logs book orders from long-time editors, was a great one. There might still be a need for these higher-overhead programs (possibly e.g. for people who want more privacy about their request?) but this would be a lovely service in many regions.
SJ On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Kirill Lokshin < [email protected]> wrote: > We did a preliminary assessment of the first pilot's outcomes in December, > with very promising results (50+ new articles created, 10+ articles > promoted to GA, and solid plans for continuing work). Our plan is to > conduct a more detailed evaluation in August/September and include those > results in our annual report. > > Kirill > > -- > Kirill Lokshin > President > Wikimedia District of Columbia > [email protected] > https://wikimediadc.org > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Asaf Bartov <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Excellent. :) > > > > Does that mean there have been (positive?) conclusions from the first > > pilot? Is that assessment documented somewhere? > > > > A. > > > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Keilana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello all! (Apologies for cross-posting!) > > > > > > > > > I’m pleased to announce the second round of Wikimedia DC Book Grants, a > > > pilot program in which we help provide editors with resources they need > > to > > > improve Wikimedia projects. If you live in the United States and > actively > > > edit Wikimedia projects, you are eligible; you do not have to be a > member > > > of WMDC or edit English projects. > > > > > > Applications are open for one week, from today through Monday, April 4. > > We > > > expect to let people know by April 10 whether or not their grant > request > > > has been funded. > > > > > > More information is available on the Wikimedia DC website [1]. > > > > > > Apply for a grant here: https://podio.com/webforms/14722557/986696 > > > > > > > > > [1] https://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Book_grants > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Emily Temple-Wood > > > Vice President, Wikimedia District of Columbia > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > New messages to: [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 > > New messages to: [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 > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
