Re: [Wikimedia-l] June 4 1800 Maggie Dennis office hour (with a twist)

2020-06-06 Thread Pine W
Hello, I'm trying to respond to this calmly here. I request we think about the issues from some more angles. I feel somewhat defensive, but not combative. I hope that this makes sense. English Wikipedia took an enormous amount of volunteer effort to build, and volunteers are people too. Some

Re: [Wikimedia-l] June 4 1800 Maggie Dennis office hour (with a twist)

2020-06-05 Thread Pine W
Agreed that office hours are a nice idea, although 1. For privacy reasons,I don't think that they need to be on video. Sue had them on IRC. In the Wikimedia Cafe several of us use audio only. 2. I'm digesting what Maggie said about the incidents of last July. I'm not sure that the version of

[Wikitech-l] Fwd: [MediaWiki-l] New version of "Working with MediaWiki" released

2020-06-03 Thread Pine W
Forwarding. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Yaron Koren Date: Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 8:42 PM Subject: [MediaWiki-l] New version of "Working with MediaWiki" released To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Hi everyone, I'm

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "What's making you happy this week?" emails paused

2020-05-30 Thread Pine W
n happened. I would be glad to see other people write similar emails. Thank you for reading, Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 6:42 PM Pine W wrote: > > Hello colleagues, > > I am pausing "What's making you happy this week?" emai

Re: [Wikimedia Education] Help quantify the education program’s impact on new active editor numbers!

2020-05-29 Thread Pine W
Hi, There might be some legal issues with this. Has anyone looked into whether GDPR permits this information to be shared if a user's information is protected by GDPR? More generally, I'm not comfortable with this idea for privacy reasons. Unless a user has consented to this type of information

Re: [Translators-l] Tech News standard phrases

2020-05-29 Thread Pine W
Hi Johan, I wish that I had time to comment on this in detail because I think that the suggestions are being made in good faith. In general I think that you do a very good job with Tech News. There can always be improvements, uses of language change over time, and so on, but in general I trust

Re: [Wikitech-l] "Library" for sharing useful resources for learning technical topics

2020-05-28 Thread Pine W
Hi Amir, This sounds like a good idea. For what it's worth, on Meta there is the Learning Patterns Library at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Learning_patterns. Perhaps a technical resource library could be integrated into the LPL, or a technical resource library could borrow ideas from the LPL.

Re: [Wikitech-l] Wikimedia Café online meeting for May 2020

2020-05-28 Thread Pine W
你好,* A reminder that this month's Wikimedia Café will start 48 hours from now. This month's meetup will focus on the recently announced 2030 strategy recommendations. (See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations.) Mehrdad Pourzaki, who is the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Café online meeting for May 2020

2020-05-28 Thread Pine W
你好,* A reminder that this month's Wikimedia Café will start 48 hours from now. This month's meetup will focus on the recently announced 2030 strategy recommendations. (See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations.) Mehrdad Pourzaki, who is the

[Wikimedia Education] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Language Showcase, May 2020

2020-05-25 Thread Pine W
This might be of interest to some Research and Education folks too. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Amir E. Aharoni Date: Mon, May 25, 2020 at 7:22 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Language Showcase, May 2020 To: wikimedia-l Hello,

[Wiki-research-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Language Showcase, May 2020

2020-05-25 Thread Pine W
This might be of interest to some Research and Education folks too. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Amir E. Aharoni Date: Mon, May 25, 2020 at 7:22 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Language Showcase, May 2020 To: wikimedia-l Hello,

[Wikipedia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Language Showcase, May 2020

2020-05-25 Thread Pine W
Forwarding. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Amir E. Aharoni Date: Mon, May 25, 2020 at 7:22 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Language Showcase, May 2020 To: wikimedia-l Hello, This is an announcement about a new installment of the

[Translators-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Language Showcase, May 2020

2020-05-25 Thread Pine W
Forwarding. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Amir E. Aharoni Date: Mon, May 25, 2020 at 7:22 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Language Showcase, May 2020 To: wikimedia-l Hello, This is an announcement about a new installment of the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Trust and safety on Wikimedia projects

2020-05-22 Thread Pine W
Hello, I share the Board's interest in many of these matters. However, I remind the WMF Board that it exists to serve the Wikimedia community, not the other way around. Also, I recommend that the Board take great care in approaching these matters diplomatically and with appreciation for the

[Wikimedia-l] Preventing conflicts of interest in Wikimedia organizations' employment and financial relationships

2020-05-20 Thread Pine W
Awhile back I saw a joke that when reading a newspaper someone had difficulty distinguishing between the business section and the crime section. These days, the politics section could cause similar confusion. Recently I have wondered about the extent to which WMF and the affiliates take steps to

[Wikitech-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Etherpad upgrade and a new skin

2020-05-20 Thread Pine W
Forwarding an announcement. Feedback can go to Alexandros, who may or may not be subscribed to a mailing list where you see this email, so if you have something to say on list you may also want to include Alexandros' email address in the to: field. (By the way, on one previous occasion I saw a

[Design] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Etherpad upgrade and a new skin

2020-05-20 Thread Pine W
Forwarding an announcement. Feedback can go to Alexandros, who may or may not be subscribed to a mailing list where you see this email, so if you have something to say on list you may also want to include Alexandros' email address in the to: field. (By the way, on one previous occasion I saw a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons

2020-05-19 Thread Pine W
For what it's worth, I think that devoting WMF staff time and/or consultant time to developing a strategy for Commons and possibly another sister media project would be well worth considering. I would likely support redirecting resources from the branding project to such a strategy project. Pine

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons

2020-05-17 Thread Pine W
If memory serves me correctly, as Steinsplitter said, there has been pushback on Commons regarding allowing NC-licensed images on Commons, but I can't recall if there was a consensus regarding having a site that is an alternative to Commons and allow images with NC licenses. I'm not sure how much

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons

2020-05-16 Thread Pine W
Personally, I wish that Commons permitted images with licenses that restricted the images to noncommercial use only. There are some media files that I would have uploaded to Commons if this was the case. I have seen at least previous discussion about this but I can't remember what happened to it.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Café online meeting for May 2020

2020-05-16 Thread Pine W
I remembered to adjust US Pacific time for DST but forgot to do the same for US Eastern time. The US Eastern time will be 12:30. Sorry about that. As you may have noticed, we are holding the UTC constant regardless of DST changes. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )

Re: [Wikitech-l] Wikimedia Café online meeting for May 2020

2020-05-16 Thread Pine W
I remembered to adjust US Pacific time for DST but forgot to do the same for US Eastern time. The US Eastern time will be 12:30. Sorry about that. As you may have noticed, we are holding the UTC constant regardless of DST changes. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Café online meeting for May 2020

2020-05-16 Thread Pine W
Hello colleagues, == Announcements for this month == The next Wikimedia Café meetup will occur on 30 May 2020 at 9:30 AM Pacific / 11:30 AM Eastern / 4:30 PM UTC / 10 PM IST. This month's meetup will focus on the recently announced 2030 strategy recommendations. See

[Wikitech-l] Wikimedia Café online meeting for May 2020

2020-05-16 Thread Pine W
Hello colleagues, == Announcements for this month == The next Wikimedia Café meetup will occur on 30 May 2020 at 9:30 AM Pacific / 11:30 AM Eastern / 4:30 PM UTC / 10 PM IST. This month's meetup will focus on the recently announced 2030 strategy recommendations. See

[Commons-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] New Feature from Community Tech: Enhanced Password Reset

2020-05-16 Thread Pine W via Commons-l
Forwarding to project email lists. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Ilana Fried Date: Mon, May 11, 2020 at 10:01 PM Subject: [Wikitech-l] New Feature from Community Tech: Enhanced Password Reset To: Hello everyone, The

[Wiktionary-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] New Feature from Community Tech: Enhanced Password Reset

2020-05-16 Thread Pine W
Forwarding to project email lists. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Ilana Fried Date: Mon, May 11, 2020 at 10:01 PM Subject: [Wikitech-l] New Feature from Community Tech: Enhanced Password Reset To: Hello everyone, The

[Wikisource-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] New Feature from Community Tech: Enhanced Password Reset

2020-05-16 Thread Pine W
Forwarding to project email lists. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Ilana Fried Date: Mon, May 11, 2020 at 10:01 PM Subject: [Wikitech-l] New Feature from Community Tech: Enhanced Password Reset To: Hello everyone, The

[Wikidata] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] New Feature from Community Tech: Enhanced Password Reset

2020-05-16 Thread Pine W
Forwarding to project email lists. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Ilana Fried Date: Mon, May 11, 2020 at 10:01 PM Subject: [Wikitech-l] New Feature from Community Tech: Enhanced Password Reset To: Hello everyone, The

[Wikipedia-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] New Feature from Community Tech: Enhanced Password Reset

2020-05-16 Thread Pine W
Forwarding to project email lists. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Ilana Fried Date: Mon, May 11, 2020 at 10:01 PM Subject: [Wikitech-l] New Feature from Community Tech: Enhanced Password Reset To: Hello everyone, The

[WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] New Feature from Community Tech: Enhanced Password Reset

2020-05-16 Thread Pine W
Forwarding to project email lists. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Ilana Fried Date: Mon, May 11, 2020 at 10:01 PM Subject: [Wikitech-l] New Feature from Community Tech: Enhanced Password Reset To: Hello everyone, The

[Wikipedia-l] Fwd: [Wiki-research-l] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] May 20, 2020: Human in the Loop Machine Learning

2020-05-16 Thread Pine W
Forwarding. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Janna Layton Date: Fri, May 15, 2020 at 8:05 PM Subject: [Wiki-research-l] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] May 20, 2020: Human in the Loop Machine Learning To: , , Hi all, The next

[WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Wiki-research-l] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] May 20, 2020: Human in the Loop Machine Learning

2020-05-16 Thread Pine W
Forwarding. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Janna Layton Date: Fri, May 15, 2020 at 8:05 PM Subject: [Wiki-research-l] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] May 20, 2020: Human in the Loop Machine Learning To: , , Hi all, The next

Re: [Wikitech-l] New Feature from Community Tech: Enhanced Password Reset

2020-05-11 Thread Pine W
Thank you. I'm short on good news at the moment, and this is nice to see. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

[Translators-l] Translators: brief request for feedback regarding a possible change for WMYHTW

2020-05-11 Thread Pine W
Hello translators, I would appreciate some brief feedback from you. * Background * I am pausing the "What's making you happy this week?" emails on Wikimedia-l, but I hope to return to writing those sometime in the next several weeks, possibly on on alternating weeks. Your translations of the

[Wikimedia-l] "What's making you happy this week?" emails paused

2020-05-10 Thread Pine W
Hello colleagues, I am pausing "What's making you happy this week?" emails; however, other people are welcome to start threads. More detailed information follows. I hope to resume publishing emails but I do not know when this will happen. I might send emails on alternating weeks. Also, I am

[Wikimedia Education] Fwd: [libraries] CFP. Wikipedia and Academic Libraries: A Global Project

2020-05-08 Thread Pine W
Forwarding. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Bridges, Laurie Date: Fri, May 8, 2020 at 9:10 AM Subject: [libraries] CFP. Wikipedia and Academic Libraries: A Global Project To: librar...@lists.wikimedia.org Call for Chapter

[Wiki-research-l] Fwd: [libraries] CFP. Wikipedia and Academic Libraries: A Global Project

2020-05-08 Thread Pine W
Forwarding. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Bridges, Laurie Date: Fri, May 8, 2020 at 9:10 AM Subject: [libraries] CFP. Wikipedia and Academic Libraries: A Global Project To: librar...@lists.wikimedia.org Call for Chapter

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Updates from Wikimedia Foundation Board

2020-05-05 Thread Pine W
I mostly agree with Risker up until her last paragraph. It is true that Wikipedia has received a some positive coverage in the press recently. I think that this is largely due to the good work of employees in WMF's Technology and Audiences departments, and volunteers who participate in subjects

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Updates from Wikimedia Foundation Board

2020-05-02 Thread Pine W
Andy, I was going off of this statement: "In order to ensure sustained community representation on the Board, we are extending the terms of the three community-selected trustees currently occupying those seats (María, Dariusz, and James) for up to a year until we are all ready to run the postponed

[Wikimedia-l] Passings of Users Tsirel, Muidlatif, Dmitrismirnov, and Ronhjones

2020-05-02 Thread Pine W
Hello Wikimedia-l colleagues, It has come to my attention that the following four contributors have passed on. The obituaries here are adapted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians/2020, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians/2019, and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Brand Project: Preparing for feedback on naming convention proposals

2020-05-02 Thread Pine W
I would like to hear from the WMF Board what their thoughts are regarding what is happening here. In particular, I would like to hear the Board's explanation for why they think that this a good use of donated money and everyone's time. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )

[Wikitech-l] Fwd: [Talk-us] OSM Foundation’s Call for Microgrant Applications

2020-05-01 Thread Pine W
Forwarding. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Clifford Snow Date: Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 8:06 PM Subject: [Talk-us] OSM Foundation’s Call for Microgrant Applications To: talk-us In case you missed this announcement, I'm reposting

[Wikidata] Fwd: [Talk-us] OSM Foundation’s Call for Microgrant Applications

2020-05-01 Thread Pine W
Forwarding. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Clifford Snow Date: Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 8:06 PM Subject: [Talk-us] OSM Foundation’s Call for Microgrant Applications To: talk-us In case you missed this announcement, I'm reposting

[Maps-l] Fwd: [Talk-us] OSM Foundation’s Call for Microgrant Applications

2020-05-01 Thread Pine W
Forwarding. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Clifford Snow Date: Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 8:06 PM Subject: [Talk-us] OSM Foundation’s Call for Microgrant Applications To: talk-us In case you missed this announcement, I'm reposting

[Wiki-research-l] Fwd: [Talk-us] OSM Foundation’s Call for Microgrant Applications

2020-05-01 Thread Pine W
Forwarding. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Clifford Snow Date: Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 8:06 PM Subject: [Talk-us] OSM Foundation’s Call for Microgrant Applications To: talk-us In case you missed this announcement, I'm reposting

[Wiki-Medicine] Fwd: [Talk-us] OSM Foundation’s Call for Microgrant Applications

2020-05-01 Thread Pine W
Forwarding. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Clifford Snow Date: Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 8:06 PM Subject: [Talk-us] OSM Foundation’s Call for Microgrant Applications To: talk-us In case you missed this announcement, I'm reposting

[GLAM] Fwd: [Talk-us] OSM Foundation’s Call for Microgrant Applications

2020-05-01 Thread Pine W
Forwarding. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Clifford Snow Date: Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 8:06 PM Subject: [Talk-us] OSM Foundation’s Call for Microgrant Applications To: talk-us In case you missed this announcement, I'm reposting

[Wikimedia-l] Passing of User:Kattenkruid

2020-04-27 Thread Pine W
Dear Wikimedia-l colleagues, I am writing to share the news of the passing of User:Kattenkruid. He was an administrator on Dutch Wikipedia who made over 73,000 contributions. His final edit to Dutch Wikipedia placed a welcome template on another user's talk page. His user talk page on Dutch

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Café - Sat 25 April 2020...

2020-04-24 Thread Pine W
Hi RhonosF1, Thanks for the comment. I like the idea too. Coincidentally, a subject for discussion at the upcoming Café is obtaining non-WMF funding for community projects. A constant problem is that the community has a limited supply of people and time, and an extensive list of tasks and

[Wikimedia-l] คุณมีความสุขกับอะไรในสัปดาห์นี้? / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 19 April 2020)

2020-04-23 Thread Pine W
Hello colleagues, Continued sympathies to those who are in challenging situations. Some changes are under consideration for these emails for the purpose of making them be more relatable to people who are in a wide variety of circumstances. More information regarding possible changes may be

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Early thoughts regarding a global code of conduct and a GCC committee

2020-04-22 Thread Pine W
Hi, Thanks for the comments here. I'm busy with off-wiki activities today and can't respond with as much specificity as I would wish. I request that you copy these comments to the talk page on Meta for discussion there. Please keep in mind that this process is in the early stages. There are

[Wikitech-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Café - Sat 25 April 2020...

2020-04-22 Thread Pine W
Forwarding to Wikitech-l. Sorry about the late notice this month. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Lane Rasberry Date: Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 9:29 AM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Café - Sat 25 April 2020... To: Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Café - Sat 25 April 2020...

2020-04-22 Thread Pine W
Hi RhinosF1, The Café previously has been held on weekday mornings (US Pacific time). The schedule was moved to its current time after a suggestion that more people from India would attend at the new time. The average attendance has been significantly higher at the new time slot, so I think that

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Early thoughts regarding a global code of conduct and a GCC committee

2020-04-19 Thread Pine W
Hello, I have published a draft proposal at the bottom of https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct. Discussion is welcome. A difficult issue is how to support diversity of expressions and opinions, even when those expressions or opinions may offend others, while also supporting

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Brand Project: Who are we as a movement?

2020-04-15 Thread Pine W
Hmm. As Deskana has pointed out in the past, painting everyone at WMF with the same brush is problematic. It can demoralize people who do good work. At the same time, it's difficult to escape the conclusion that the same problems occur at WMF year after year. As the saying goes, "The more things

[Wikimedia-l] Що робить вас щасливими цього тижня? / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 5 April 2020)

2020-04-15 Thread Pine W
* Preface * Hello, I regret that I need to start this email by communicating that Clovermoss is on an unplanned absence. [1] I hoped that she would return by now and that she would send this email. I think that one WMYHTW thread is enough for one week, so I will not start a thread for the week

[OSM-talk] In the news: Humanitarian OpenStreetMap, Covid-19, and artificial intelligence

2020-04-12 Thread Pine W
FYI: https://www.wired.com/story/satellite-data-reveals-the-pandemics-effects-from-above Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[Wiki-Medicine] In the news: Humanitarian OpenStreetMap, Covid-19, and artificial intelligence

2020-04-12 Thread Pine W
FYI: https://www.wired.com/story/satellite-data-reveals-the-pandemics-effects-from-above Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) ___ Wikimedia-Medicine mailing list Wikimedia-Medicine@lists.wikimedia.org

[Maps-l] In the news: Humanitarian OpenStreetMap, Covid-19, and artificial intelligence

2020-04-12 Thread Pine W
FYI: https://www.wired.com/story/satellite-data-reveals-the-pandemics-effects-from-above Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) ___ Maps-l mailing list Maps-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/maps-l

Re: [Translators-l] Request for translation: Foundation message regarding COVID-19

2020-04-12 Thread Pine W
Hi Vira, I need to preface my comments here by saying that when I've been sleep-deprived and/or in a hurry, I've sent emails that I've later wished were more coherent and had fewer errors. I would recommend that Katherine rewrite that paragraph for greater clarity and improved flow. If you want

[Wikimedia-l] Early thoughts regarding a global code of conduct and a GCC committee

2020-04-07 Thread Pine W
Hello, This topic has been in the back of my mind for awhile. Occasionally it comes up in conversations, and it has been discussed as part of the 2030 strategy process (see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20). I have a few early thoughts that I'd like to share. I

[Wikimedia-l] 这个星期让您感到开心的是什么? / What’s making you happy this week (Week of 29 March 2020)

2020-03-28 Thread Pine W
* From Pine * I would like to express gratitude to people who, instead of running away from the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic [1], are "running toward the fire", especially people who voluntarily accept personal risks. This includes many health care workers and people who have other public service

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikimedia Technical Talks] Understanding Wikimedia Maps and its challenges, 25 March 2020 at 5 PM UTC

2020-03-28 Thread Pine W
num...@gmail.com> wrote: > There's not usually a compelling reason to put an hour-long talk > recording on Commons. I'm sure it could be arranged if there's a need > for it. > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 4:56 PM Pine W wrote: > > > > Hi Sarah, > > > > Thanks

Re: [Wiki-research-l] NEEDS COMMENT ASAP: Wikimedia Project Grant Proposal to address BIAS!

2020-03-28 Thread Pine W
Stuart, As far as I know, grant applicants for WMF grants have never been required to comment or share information regarding grant proposals other than their own. I think that in the past, WMF staff or grant review committee members have solicited feedback for groups of grants. I think that

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikimedia Technical Talks] Understanding Wikimedia Maps and its challenges, 25 March 2020 at 5 PM UTC

2020-03-26 Thread Pine W
Hi Sarah, Thanks for sharing this announcement. Will the video also be published to Commons? Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 3:56 PM Sarah R wrote: > > Hi All, > > Just a reminder that we will be broadcasting this Technical Talk on *25 > March 2020 at

[Wikisource-l] Fwd: [Wikidata] Internet Archive has launched a National Emergency Library

2020-03-24 Thread Pine W
Forwarding to the WikiSource list also. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Mark Graham Date: Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 3:55 PM Subject: [Wikidata] Internet Archive has launched a National Emergency Library To: wikicite-discuss , On top

Re: [Wikimedia Education] [Wikidata] Internet Archive has launched a National Emergency Library

2020-03-24 Thread Pine W
Forwarding. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 3:55 PM Mark Graham wrote: > > On top of our efforts to add links to citations, in Wikipedia articles, to > digital versions of referenced book available from archive.org (150K books > from 10 Wikipedia

Re: [libraries] [Wikidata] Internet Archive has launched a National Emergency Library

2020-03-24 Thread Pine W
Forwarding. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 3:55 PM Mark Graham wrote: > > On top of our efforts to add links to citations, in Wikipedia articles, to > digital versions of referenced book available from archive.org (150K books > from 10 Wikipedia

Re: [GLAM] [Wikidata] Internet Archive has launched a National Emergency Library

2020-03-24 Thread Pine W
Forwarding. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 3:55 PM Mark Graham wrote: > > On top of our efforts to add links to citations, in Wikipedia articles, to > digital versions of referenced book available from archive.org (150K books > from 10 Wikipedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Brand Project: Who are we as a movement?

2020-03-22 Thread Pine W
Hello, I heard indirectly that the rebranding work is being paused due to the issues with COVID-19. Is anyone able to confirm this? I would be relieved if WMF is pausing and will reconsider what it's doing with regards to rebranding. To reiterate a comment that I made previously, I am OK in

[Wikidata] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] The Corona dead

2020-03-22 Thread Pine W
I'm forwarding this, although I wish that the circumstances were better. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Gerard Meijssen Date: Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 2:46 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] The Corona dead To: Wikimedia Mailing List Hoi,

[Wikipedia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] The Corona dead

2020-03-22 Thread Pine W
I'm forwarding this, although I wish that the circumstances were better. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Gerard Meijssen Date: Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 2:46 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] The Corona dead To: Wikimedia Mailing List Hoi,

[Translators-l] Request for short translations into indigenous languages of the Americas

2020-03-22 Thread Pine W
Hello colleagues, You may be familiar with the "What's making you happy this week?" emails that User:Clovermoss and I send to Wikimedia-l. If you are able to do this or to reach out to someone with the necessary knowledge, I would appreciate having someone add one or more translations of the

[Wikimediaus-l] Request for short translations into indigenous languages of the Americas

2020-03-22 Thread Pine W
Hello colleagues, You may be familiar with the "What's making you happy this week?" emails that User:Clovermoss and I send to Wikimedia-l. If you are able to do this or to reach out to someone with the necessary knowledge, I would appreciate having someone add one or more translations of the

[Wikimedia Cascadia] Request for short translations into indigenous languages of the Americas

2020-03-22 Thread Pine W
Hello colleagues, You may be familiar with the "What's making you happy this week?" emails that User:Clovermoss and I send to Wikimedia-l. If you are able to do this or to reach out to someone with the necessary knowledge, I would appreciate having someone add one or more translations of the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal

2020-03-20 Thread Pine W
Hi Dumisani, Thank you for the response. My concern is mainly regarding the idea of WMF unilaterally making a decision to implement protection of information or assets on Meta. The distinction that I am making is between a request and a unilateral action. If WMF thinks that there is a reason for

[Wikitech-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Café - Sat 28 March 2020...

2020-03-20 Thread Pine W
Hello, I'm forwarding an invitation to the Wikimedia Café meetup for this month. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Lane Rasberry Date: Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 10:43 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Café - Sat 28 March 2020... To:

[Wikitech-l] Thank you for the reliability and performance of WMF technical infrastructure

2020-03-20 Thread Pine W
Hello, This is a brief and very unofficial note to say thanks for what appears to be good reliability and performance of WMF's technical infrastructure during the current global public health environment and the swarms of contributing and reading activity on ENWP and elsewhere. My guess is that

Re: [Wikimedia Education] Responding to school closures related to Covid-19

2020-03-18 Thread Pine W
Anna, it's great to see you. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 6:29 PM Anna Koval wrote: > > Thanks, Nichole, for reaching out about how Wikimedia might engage our > community and support learners, educators, and movement volunteers impacted > by school

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal

2020-03-17 Thread Pine W
Hello Dumisani , I would like to remind you of the questions in this thread, although I understand that there may be some delays in getting responses due to the issues with Covid-19. I have not looked into the new portal and I don't have an opinion about it, but I hope that affiliates will find

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Places for cross-project and multilingual coordination for Covoid-19 related topics

2020-03-17 Thread Pine W
* Covid-19. It helps if I'm not trying to do multiple things at once. Sorry about that. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 8:37 PM Pine W wrote: > > Hello, > > I'd like to suggest a few places where people can do cross-project and &g

Re: [Wikipedia-l] Places for cross-project and multilingual coordination for Covoid-19 related topics

2020-03-17 Thread Pine W
* Covid-19. It helps if I'm not trying to do multiple things at once. Sorry about that. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 8:37 PM Pine W wrote: > > Hello, > > I'd like to suggest a few places where people can do cross-project and &g

Re: [Wiki-Medicine] Places for cross-project and multilingual coordination for Covoid-19 related topics

2020-03-17 Thread Pine W
* Covid-19. It helps if I'm not trying to do multiple things at once. Sorry about that. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 8:37 PM Pine W wrote: > > Hello, > > I'd like to suggest a few places where people can do cross-project and &g

[Wiki-Medicine] Places for cross-project and multilingual coordination for Covoid-19 related topics

2020-03-17 Thread Pine W
Hello, I'd like to suggest a few places where people can do cross-project and multilingual coordination for Covoid-19 related topics. * The Wikimedia Medicine mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-medicine * On Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/COVID-19. This

[Wikimedia-l] Places for cross-project and multilingual coordination for Covoid-19 related topics

2020-03-17 Thread Pine W
Hello, I'd like to suggest a few places where people can do cross-project and multilingual coordination for Covoid-19 related topics. * The Wikimedia Medicine mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-medicine * On Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/COVID-19. This

[Wikimedia-l] Waar word jij blij van deze week? / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 15 March 2020)

2020-03-16 Thread Pine W
== Preface == Mindful of the ongoing 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic [1], the tone of this week's email is more somber than some emails of the past. Let us hope that public health actions being taken in many places throughout the world are effective at "flattening the curve" [2], so that health care

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiProject COVID-19 (English Wikipedia) is started

2020-03-15 Thread Pine W
Hello, May I suggest that the discussion regarding the name take place somewhere other than Wikimedia-l? I think that a talk page of one of the relevant articles on English Wikipedia, a WikiProject Medicine talk page, or the WikiProject Medicine Mailing List, would all be reasonable venues. Pine

[Wiki-research-l] In the press: Wikipedia, WikiProject Medicine, and misinformation

2020-03-15 Thread Pine W
FYI: *https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wikipedia-coronavirus *https://www.wired.com/story/how-wikipedia-prevents-spread-coronavirus-misinformation/ Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) ___ Wiki-research-l mailing list

[WikiEN-l] In the press: Wikipedia, WikiProject Medicine, and misinformation

2020-03-15 Thread Pine W
FYI: *https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wikipedia-coronavirus *https://www.wired.com/story/how-wikipedia-prevents-spread-coronavirus-misinformation/ Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) ___ WikiEN-l mailing list

[Wiki-Medicine] In the press: Wikipedia, WikiProject Medicine, and misinformation

2020-03-15 Thread Pine W
FYI: *https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wikipedia-coronavirus *https://www.wired.com/story/how-wikipedia-prevents-spread-coronavirus-misinformation/ Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) ___ Wikimedia-Medicine mailing list

Re: [Analytics] Wiki Workshop 2020 Announcement and Call for Papers

2020-03-15 Thread Pine W
Hi Leila, Thank you for the updates. I have one small question. Will the sessions which are available on Zoom also be recorded for later viewing? On occasion, I watch or share presentations after they have occurred. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 9:43

Re: [Wiki-research-l] [Analytics] Wiki Workshop 2020 Announcement and Call for Papers

2020-03-15 Thread Pine W
Hi Leila, Thank you for the updates. I have one small question. Will the sessions which are available on Zoom also be recorded for later viewing? On occasion, I watch or share presentations after they have occurred. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 9:43

Re: [Wiki-research-l] WMF Project Grant - CCCC Wikipedia Initiative

2020-03-15 Thread Pine W
Hello Melanie, Thank you for sharing this here. Good luck with your proposal. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 4:05 PM Melanie Kill wrote: > > Hi all, > > I’m writing to ask for feedback and endorsements on a WMF project grant > proposal focused on

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Brand Project: Who are we as a movement?

2020-03-13 Thread Pine W
Although Mike and I have differences of opinion about centralizing on the "Wikipedia" brand, one way in which I agree with Mike is that there are ways to have branding discussions that are not themselves controversial. Even if consensus was not reached, I for one would be more accepting of the

Re: [Wikimedia Cascadia] March 2020 events in the Cascadia region

2020-03-13 Thread Pine W
Hi Peaceray, Thanks for the updates. Is it possible to have a remote meetup on 3/17? I'd be happy to participate on Zoom or through some other remote communications tool. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 6:46 PM Raymond Leonard wrote: > > Hello

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Brand Project: Who are we as a movement?

2020-03-13 Thread Pine W
Hello, First, a disclaimer that these comments aren't directed personally at you, Essie. Even if money was unlimited, I thought that Snøhetta deserved the community's trust, and I felt that WMF was a good steward of resources (all of which are questionable), I don't think that this project is a

[Wikidata] Fwd: [Analytics] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] March 18, 2020: Topic Modeling

2020-03-13 Thread Pine W
Thanks, Janna . I'm forwarding this to a few more lists. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -- Forwarded message - From: Janna Layton Date: Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 7:30 PM Subject: [Analytics] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] March 18, 2020: Topic Modeling To: , ,

Re: [Wiki-research-l] NEEDS COMMENT ASAP: Wikimedia Project Grant Proposal to address BIAS!

2020-03-12 Thread Pine W
For what it's worth, I'm completely fine with people requesting feedback on research-related grant proposals to WMF on Research-l, including individual proposals. My only objection here is to the use of all caps. I'm speaking only for myself and others may have different opinions. Thanks, Pine (

Re: [Wiki-research-l] NEEDS COMMENT ASAP: Wikimedia Project Grant Proposal to address BIAS!

2020-03-12 Thread Pine W
Hello, I have a request, and this is only from my personal perspective and not anything official. Please do not use all caps like this on Wikimedia mailing lists. It comes across as SHOUTING, and what is important or urgent for one person may not be important or urgent for the dozens, hundreds,

[GLAM] Catalog of Wikimedia video or interactive tutorials

2020-03-10 Thread Pine W
Hello, Some time ago, I started to gather information regarding existing and planned tutorials for Wikimedia which are in a video or interactive format. Initially this information was on Meta in a place which was difficult to find. I moved the content to

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