Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Board skill grid 2014

2014-07-09 Thread Pine W
I find the terminology and scoring here to be pretty obscure. Can someone explain in detail what the definitions of each criterion are and what the different scores mean applied to each criterion? For example, what does Geographic diversity for the board as a whole mean as a skill? Thanks, Pine

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Board skill grid 2014

2014-07-09 Thread
On 09/07/2014, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: I find the terminology and scoring here to be pretty obscure. Can someone explain in detail what the definitions of each criterion are and what the different scores mean applied to each criterion? For example, what does Geographic diversity for

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Board skill grid 2014

2014-07-09 Thread Pine W
I largely agree, and I also think this chart shows that the Board badly needs people with management expertise. Pine On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 12:47 AM, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: On 09/07/2014, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: I find the terminology and scoring here to be pretty obscure. Can

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Board skill grid 2014

2014-07-09 Thread Pierre-Selim
Thank you Alice for sharing this with the community. 2014-07-09 9:56 GMT+02:00 Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com: I largely agree, and I also think this chart shows that the Board badly needs people with management expertise. Pine On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 12:47 AM, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Board skill grid 2014

2014-07-09 Thread Pine W
Yes thank you for sharing, and I apologize if I sound short-tempered, but this is the kind of report I am used to reading from consultants and I lost patience with them a long time ago. (: Pine On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 12:59 AM, Pierre-Selim pierre-se...@huard.info wrote: Thank you Alice for

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Wikimedia Hackathon(s) 2014-2015

2014-07-09 Thread Quim Gil
So far there are no candidates to organize the next Wikimedia Hackathon in Europe. If any chapter, thorg, or group of volunteers is thinking about applying, please let us know. We want to announce the new host at Wikimania. Very important: the budget for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2015 will be

[Wikimedia-l] Subject for Wikimedia Hackathon(s) 2014-2015: CoSyne

2014-07-09 Thread Romaine Wiki
As a subject of one/more hackathons I would like to recommend CoSyne [1]. CoSyne is translation and multilingual synchronisation tool. The project was set up by Wikimedia Netherlands together with several universities and other partners, including the EU. The tool makes it possible to translate

[Wikimedia-l] [Reminder] Language Engineering IRC Office Hour on July 9, 2014 (Wednesday) at 1700 UTC

2014-07-09 Thread Runa Bhattacharjee
Hello, A quick reminder that the Language Engineering office hour is happening in a few hours (1700 UTC) on #wikimedia-office. Please see below for the original announcement, including local time and agenda. Thanks Runa Monthly IRC Office Hour: == # Date: July 09, 2014

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Human Resources Office Hour with Gayle

2014-07-09 Thread Patrick Earley
Thanks for forwarding to wikitech-l, Pine. I agree that we should get notices out sooner - two weeks would be a good number. Hope you can make it to this one, On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 9:30 PM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Patrick, Can I request that there be a policy that from now on

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Subject for Wikimedia Hackathon(s) 2014-2015: CoSyne

2014-07-09 Thread Antoine Musso
Le 09/07/2014 14:33, Romaine Wiki a écrit : As a subject of one/more hackathons I would like to recommend CoSyne [1]. CoSyne is translation and multilingual synchronisation tool. The project was set up by Wikimedia Netherlands together with several universities and other partners, including

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Subject for Wikimedia Hackathon(s) 2014-2015: CoSyne

2014-07-09 Thread Runa Bhattacharjee
On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Antoine Musso hashar+...@free.fr wrote: Hello, Seems it is very similiar to the content translation Wikimedia i18n team is working on: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation Demo video:

[Wikimedia-l] Reminder - Human Resources Office Hour with Gayle

2014-07-09 Thread Patrick Earley
Just a reminder: Shortly, the Foundation's Chief Talent and Culture Officer, Gayle Karen Young, http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Gyoung will be answering questions in an IRC Office hour. The topic will be Experiencing Transition: an org perspective. Please join us for the discussion!

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Reminder] Language Engineering IRC Office Hour on July 9, 2014 (Wednesday) at 1700 UTC

2014-07-09 Thread Runa Bhattacharjee
On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Runa Bhattacharjee rbhattachar...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hello, A quick reminder that the Language Engineering office hour is happening in a few hours (1700 UTC) on #wikimedia-office. For those who missed, the logs are here:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Subject for Wikimedia Hackathon(s) 2014-2015: CoSyne

2014-07-09 Thread Romaine Wiki
I doubt if these tools are similar. But I do think they can benefit from each other. Romaine 2014-07-09 16:03 GMT+02:00 Antoine Musso hashar+...@free.fr: Le 09/07/2014 14:33, Romaine Wiki a écrit : As a subject of one/more hackathons I would like to recommend CoSyne [1]. CoSyne is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] 2014-15 Annual Plan of the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-07-09 Thread Alex Wang
Dear Pine, Thank you for your concern about the Grant Advisory Committee (GAC). You are correct that there is a consistently low level of participation by GAC members and we are seeking to address this issue through a revamp of the process and available resources. The Project and Event Grants

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: June 2014

2014-07-09 Thread The 'This Month in GLAM' team
*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums. You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org.

[Wikimedia-l] Offwiki

2014-07-09 Thread Wil Sinclair
Hi all, I've started a new wiki called Offwiki: http://offwiki.org. Our community discusses potential changes to Wikipedia and its Wikimedia sister projects that aren't easily discussed in forums like this mailing list. We also try new ideas that we hope will be adopted on-wiki- both social and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Offwiki

2014-07-09 Thread Katherine Casey
The standard of verification used in other offwiki venues (for instance, the en.wp UTRS unblock system, IRC cloaks, etc) is generally having the user make an edit using their wikimedia account, to their own userspace, verifying that they are the holder of account [whatever] on offwiki site

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Offwiki

2014-07-09 Thread Newyorkbrad
Wil, thank you for the announcement of your site. Although things there were in a bit of a chaotic state the last time I looked at it and there are clearly some bugs to be worked out, we will see whether it can ultimately emerge as a fruitful discussion forum. With regard to potential

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Offwiki

2014-07-09 Thread
What do users of this list feel about it being used to discuss issues, or attract more members, to non-Wikimedia websites? Checking the definition at https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l it's ambiguous as really almost anything that mentions Wikimedia could be in scope. I'm

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Offwiki

2014-07-09 Thread Newyorkbrad
Given that the purpose of the new site is discussion toward the improvement of Wikipedia/Wikimedia, I don't see a problem in principle with a post mentioning the existence of the new site. Repeated promotional e-mails would be out of line, but I trust that will not be an issue. Newyorkbrad On

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Offwiki

2014-07-09 Thread MZMcBride
Wil Sinclair wrote: Hi all, I've started a new wiki called Offwiki: http://offwiki.org. Our community discusses potential changes to Wikipedia and its Wikimedia sister projects that aren't easily discussed in forums like this mailing list. We also try new ideas that we hope will be adopted

[Wikimedia-l] Community RfCs about MediaViewer

2014-07-09 Thread Pine W
This discussion has closed on English Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_Viewer/June_2014_RfC Will WMF deactivate MediaViewer on English Wikipedia per community consensus? Also, as WMF probably knows, Commons is currently having a similar discussion:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] 2014-15 Annual Plan of the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-07-09 Thread Pine W
Thank you for the update, Alex. I find it problematic that WMF would override a community grantmaking committee that WMF previously had agreed to work with, especially if the override is to approve a proposal. I understand that WMF might find a reason to decline a grant after committee approval

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community RfCs about MediaViewer

2014-07-09 Thread K. Peachey
Has a bug request been filed? On 10 July 2014 15:03, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: This discussion has closed on English Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_Viewer/June_2014_RfC Will WMF deactivate MediaViewer on English Wikipedia per community consensus? Also,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Ukraine's anniversary

2014-07-09 Thread Saroj Dhakal
Congratulations ! It was great working with you, organizing Wiki Loves Earth 2014 in Nepal. On Jun 5, 2014 6:00 AM, Oona Castro oonacas...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats! On 2 June 2014 15:50, Amy Vossbrinck avossbri...@wikimedia.org wrote: Very nice work!! Take good care, Amy On