Wow. Really impressive, modern and colorful. The type look quite bold and the overall flow is pleasant. The theme somehow felt a bit like Mozilla sites as well (in a good way). Congratulations comms. <3
Subhashish On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 7:21 AM, Gregory Varnum <gvar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello, > > After many months of work by over 100 individuals around the organization > and movement, the Wikimedia Foundation's new website soft launched this > week! > > You can check it out for yourself here (you may need to clear your > browser's cache): https://wikimediafoundation.org/ > > > So what comes next? > > Throughout this week, the Communications department and core website team > will be doing final tweaks and quality assurance testing in preparations > for translations. > > Over the coming weeks we will be working with affiliates and contributors > around the world to make the site in available in Arabic, Chinese, French, > German, Russian, and Spanish - in addition to the English version soft > launched today. Once the translations are completed, we will be doing a > more public announcement regarding the new website and begin more formally > implementing usage of it. > > Additionally, we will be holding office hours in the coming weeks. > > > What about the old website? > > The old website (aka Foundation Wiki) will be given new life in the coming > weeks as the Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki - where it will continue > to house important documentation for the Wikimedia Foundation like > policies, board resolutions and minutes, legal documents, etc. Additional > information on the changes coming to that wiki and the plans for migrating > archived content to Meta-Wiki will be available in the coming weeks. > > > What else should I know? > > There is a lot of great things about this new website we are excited to > share with all of you! More information about office hours will available > in the coming weeks. Until then, we encourage you to take a look and > contact me directly if you find any bugs, typos, or have any comments. > > > Thank you! > > The Communications department greatly appreciates all of the discussions, > work, and patience everyone has put into this gigantic undertaking. We are > very close to the finish line, and today marks a significant step which was > only possible with the help of the 100+ people involved. > > On behalf of the Communications department and core website team (Heather, > Zack, Katherine, Mel, and Greg), > > -greg > > ------- > Gregory Varnum > Communications Strategist > Wikimedia Foundation > gvar...@wikimedia.org > Pronouns: He/Him/His > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>