Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia.org portal page update!

On Mar 11, 2016 19:32, "Dan Garry" wrote: > > I plan to worry more about the user experience implications that I > mentioned once we're a bit closer to solving the technical feasibility > questions. Fair enough! Great once more to see this update. It makes this a much more

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cross-wiki notifications beta feature now available on all wikis

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cross-wiki notifications beta feature now available on all wikis

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cross-wiki notifications beta feature now available on all wikis

Wow! Its really awesome. It was much needed. Thanks, team. -- Bodhisattwa ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia.org portal page update!

Let me elaborate my case a little bit: Here is the scenario: *I spent a lot of time luring fresh internet users into the terrains of free knowledge, principally WM projects, and specifically WP, in a bustling Global South region, interlaced with several local language projects. *I have always

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia.org portal page update!

On 11 March 2016 at 16:09, Samuel Klein wrote: > > Perhaps you could do this w two queries, one to a composite index that is > only updated weekly. > Indeed, there are mechanisms that can make cross-wiki searching more feasible. In fact, one mechanism we are in the very early

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cross-wiki notifications beta feature now available on all wikis

Thank you very much, Catrope! This is indeed very helpful for people who are mostly active on one wiki, but want to check meta and commons every now and then, too. One dream is fulfilled. The, next, to be able to have wikidata items in the watchlist of my home wiki (=bgwiki) is in line. Best

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia.org portal page update!

Lovely work. On Mar 11, 2016 5:32 PM, "Dan Garry" wrote: > > On 11 March 2016 at 10:52, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) wrote: > > > > Failed my dream :( > > > > Any string in any language in any wikipedia project. How far is my dream? > > > > I share your dream!

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia.org portal page update!

Good work :D 2016-03-11 19:39 GMT-04:30 Samuel Klein : > Lovely work. > > On Mar 11, 2016 5:32 PM, "Dan Garry" wrote: >> >> On 11 March 2016 at 10:52, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) > wrote: >> > >> > Failed my dream :( >> > >> > Any string in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cross-wiki notifications beta feature now available on all wikis

I actived this new beta feature and I find messages on wikis since one year or more. xD Is a wonderful feature, good work! 2016-03-11 18:50 GMT-04:30 Pete Forsyth : > I've enjoyed finding some messages I never knew were there, such as a > welcome message from two years ago

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cross-wiki notifications beta feature now available on all wikis

Strongly desired product. Great to see it finally here. Congrats to all involved. J On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 4:20 PM, Pete Forsyth wrote: > I've enjoyed finding some messages I never knew were there, such as a > welcome message from two years ago on Basque Wikipedia, and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cross-wiki notifications beta feature now available on all wikis

I've enjoyed finding some messages I never knew were there, such as a welcome message from two years ago on Basque Wikipedia, and a substantive reply I had missed on Wikinews for 4 months. It's refreshing for a new feature to make me immediately feel more connected to other volunteers. Well done!

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Access and Participation in the ASBS

I have been involved with efforts to translate medical content into as many languages as possible since 2012 in collaboration with Translators Without Borders, donations of translation time by for-profit translation companies, and movement volunteers.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia.org portal page update!

On 11 March 2016 at 14:22, Pete Forsyth wrote: > Thank you to the Discovery team -- it seems to me that your work has been > largely overshadowed by political concerns in recent months (which may have > been necessary, but not pleasant). > > I'm delighted to see working

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cross-wiki notifications beta feature now available on all wikis

Awesome news!!! I really appreciate this new feature. Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 2:07 AM, Roan Kattouw wrote: > In late 2015 and early 2016, the Collaboration team worked on building a >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia.org portal page update!

On 11 March 2016 at 10:52, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) wrote: > > Failed my dream :( > > Any string in any language in any wikipedia project. How far is my dream? > I share your dream! :-) Unfortunately, the dream is quite far away from reality. Querying every search index would

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia.org portal page update!

Thank you to the Discovery team -- it seems to me that your work has been largely overshadowed by political concerns in recent months (which may have been necessary, but not pleasant). I'm delighted to see working and useful software emerge, in spite of the challenging environment that has

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cross-wiki notifications beta feature now available on all wikis

Thank you - this is wonderful. On Mar 11, 2016 15:25, "Roan Kattouw" wrote: > In late 2015 and early 2016, the Collaboration team worked on building a > cross-wiki notification feature: listing notifications from other wikis in > the notification panel. We made this

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia.org portal page update!

On 11 March 2016 at 11:35, Adam Baso wrote: > Hi there - speaking to one thing I'm familiar with, with respect to image > selection, we believe https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124225 should > address fair use ("non-free") images, although page reparses will happen >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [African Wikimedians] Wikimania 2016 Schorlarship

I hear you, Olaniyan, and understand you are feeling alienated and demotivated by not receiving a scholarship. Regarding your assertion that the selection criteria are unfair, I think that to agree with it would require you to present an actual argument against one or more of those criteria, and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cross-wiki notifications beta feature now available on all wikis

Roan, Hartelijk dank voor je bericht. De notificaties over de grenzen van wikis werken, dank je wel. Ik wens je een rustig en fijn weekend toe, Met vriendelijke groeten, Ad Huikeshoven Op 11 mrt. 2016 21:25 schreef "Roan Kattouw" : > In late 2015 and early 2016, the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Congratulations, Katherine! I hope this great announcement can help us to move forward building trust again within our movement :) 2016-03-11 1:18 GMT-03:00 Amy Elder : > You truly deserve this, Katherine, congratulations! I'm excited for and > confident in the next

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Congratulations, Katherine, and thank you! Great news! :) On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 7:49 AM, Aaron Halfaker wrote: > Congrats Katherine! This is certainly welcome news. :) > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 9:10 AM, Victor Grigas > wrote: > >> What a

[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia.org portal page update!

Hello! I'm very pleased to announce that we've updated the Wikipedia.org portal page with a brand new search box that is more prominent and will now display meta data with images (as available) in the search results (see attached image). This was a large effort by the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

You truly deserve this, Katherine, congratulations! I'm excited for and confident in the next chapter! On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 8:15 PM, Rosemary Rein wrote: > Thank you Katherine for your service and leadership at this critical > junction for the organization and our

[Wikimedia-l] Cross-wiki notifications beta feature now available on all wikis

In late 2015 and early 2016, the Collaboration team worked on building a cross-wiki notification feature: listing notifications from other wikis in the notification panel. We made this feature available on a small set of wikis [1] initially, and about six hours ago we made it available on all

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia.org portal page update!

> > The image thumbnail thing fails to filter our fair use images along > with the usual lack of author and licensing information. Hi there - speaking to one thing I'm familiar with, with respect to image selection, we believe https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124225 should address fair use

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia.org portal page update!

On 11 March 2016 at 18:18, Deborah Tankersley wrote: > We're interested in hearing your feedback or if you have any questions! (Note > 2: My apologies for not getting this email out yesterday, but I had had > issues with size limitations of my screenshots.) > > On

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia.org portal page update!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%BB+%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BB=Go Failed my dream :( Any string in any language in any wikipedia project. How far is my dream? On 11 March 2016 at 23:48,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

2016-03-11 3:59 GMT+01:00 Katherine Maher : > Thank you, Patricio. > > I want to thank the Board for this opportunity, and for their confidence in > the Foundation. I also want to thank community members and staff for > continuing to be such committed advocates for our

[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia.org portal page update!

Hello! I'm very pleased to announce that we've updated the Wikipedia.org portal page with a brand new search box that is more prominent and will now display meta data with images (as available) in the search results (link

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Profile of Magnus Manske

Andreas, Of course it is a Wikipedia-centric analysis, because citing the article you provide (bold in the original): *Wikidata presents Wikipedia as structured data* Wikidata does not exist in isolation. In symbiosis with existing projects it acts as a catalyst, or at least that is one of the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Congratulations Katherine. May the force be with you  K. On Friday, 11 March 2016, Jack Rabah wrote: > Congratulations Katherine! Mabrook. > > On Friday, March 11, 2016, C. Scott Ananian >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliate-selected Board seats update

I don't like the idea of others chapters influence others with their votes. We have many candidates and a lot of politics behind. WMIL will have their board meeting at the end of the month, but if the case is that the votes are public, I'll advice my board to not publish his vote until the last

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Access and Participation in the ASBS

On 2016-03-11 18:00, Sydney Poore wrote: Hello Yaroslav Thanks for your reply. My point is that there is no clear strategy or process for prioritizing which pages get translated. So, perhaps it is easy for some people to be mixed up. But I'm pretty confident that I understand the issues,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Access and Participation in the ASBS

Hello Yaroslav Thanks for your reply. My point is that there is no clear strategy or process for prioritizing which pages get translated. So, perhaps it is easy for some people to be mixed up. But I'm pretty confident that I understand the issues, and I'm not getting anything mixed up. :-)

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 9:59 PM, Katherine Maher wrote: > We are committed to delivering the first version of the 2016-2017 Annual > Plan no later than April 1st for community and FDC review > It might be best if you can manage to deliver it on March 30th. ;) The next day

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

I second that On 11-03-16 16:10, Victor Grigas wrote: What a good message to wake up to! I'd like to politely suggest along with any decision making ahead, that the board please leave the door open to considering Katherine as permanent executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation. --

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Profile of Magnus Manske

Micru, That seems a very Wikipedia-centric analysis, as though Wikidata were only there to feed Wikipedia. I think most re-users of Wikidata will be elsewhere, and indeed be passive consumers and commercial rebranders whose audience is unlikely to feed back into Wikidata. The following article

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Excellent ! All my support Katherine ! Anthere PS: Hopefully the list will regain a bit of peace and be productive again ? Le 11/03/16 03:59, Katherine Maher a écrit : Thank you, Patricio. I want to thank the Board for this opportunity, and for their confidence in the Foundation. I also

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Thank you, Katherine! This announcement has me breathing a huge sigh of relief and fills me with optimism for what's to come. On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 7:52 AM, Maria O'Neill wrote: > Congratulations, Katherine, and thank you! Great news! :) > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 7:49

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Congrats Katherine! This is certainly welcome news. :) On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 9:10 AM, Victor Grigas wrote: > What a good message to wake up to! > > I'd like to politely suggest along with any decision making ahead, that > the board please leave the door open to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Access and Participation in the ASBS

Hi, 2016-03-11 15:58 GMT+01:00 Sydney Poore : > I agree with antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv that broader translation of WMF BoT > election pages is important. I agree. FWIW I havce asked in the WM-IT members mailing list if somebody can help with Italian translation. As a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Access and Participation in the ASBS

On 2016-03-11 15:58, Sydney Poore wrote: I agree with antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv that broader translation of WMF BoT election pages is important. To reach the goal where "every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge" the wikimedia movement needs to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

What a good message to wake up to! I'd like to politely suggest along with any decision making ahead, that the board please leave the door open to considering Katherine as permanent executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation. On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 5:36 AM, Tanweer Morshed

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Access and Participation in the ASBS

I agree with antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv that broader translation of WMF BoT election pages is important. To reach the goal where "every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge" the wikimedia movement needs to prioritize translation as a regular part of

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2016 Schorlarship

Hi All, I am writing this mail in solidarity with all active Wikipedians in Africa . I felt rather alienation and de-motivated by the announcement of the result of Wikimania Scholarship 2016.  I have reviewed the parameters for the selection of candidacy for the above mentioned event and I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Access and Participation in the ASBS

Nataliia, You asked the WMF to fund and commission translations for the election. I am not the WMF and do not know what they might think, but I wanted to carry on the conversation. One part of your concern that I would like to address is pricing. You suggested that for a small amount of money,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Profile of Magnus Manske

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > Wikidata and Wikipedia have very different purposes: Wikipedia is an > encyclopedia to be read; Wikidata is a database. No one reads a database. > The whole purpose of a database is to have its content multiplied and >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Dear Katherine, So glad to see you're going to be working with the BoT and WMF employees to help us move forward! Also, quite relieved to see all this positivity on Wikimedia-l, finally :-) Wishing you and the WMF team success - it's apparent from the transition update that things are moving in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

On 2016-03-11 04:28, Pine W wrote: I think it's a possibility that's worth considering seriously. (: We'll see how things go. Pine I am sure Katherine is an excellent choice currently for an interim ED, with the first task to rebuild trust between staff, the Board, and the community.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliate-selected Board seats update

It would be interesting to see how affiliates do make decision in this process as we have only 6 weeks(4 after the endorsements are finalised) from close of nominations to final voting Wikimedia Australia has invited it members to consider the list of nominations and whether the community will

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Profile of Magnus Manske

Why Anthony On 26 January 2016 at 20:46, Anthony Cole wrote: > Yes, Aubrey. It would be way too onerous to expect us to make each > citation a Wikidata item. If you use the currently available templates to format your citation then its possible to extract this information

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Profile of Magnus Manske

Hoi, It is becoming boring. Andreas, quality is not in sources. They are often horrible. Your notion that only sources are good is off. It has been argued too often that quality is in much more than only sources. The argument that Wikidata is immature has been made all frequently and the point is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliate-selected Board seats update

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:31 PM, Cristian Consonni wrote: > Il 11/Mar/2016 11:50, "Gordon Joly" ha scritto: >> Do Chapters have to ask their membership, or are they empowered to vote >> without going back to the members? > > Practices vary widely.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Profile of Magnus Manske

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Magnus Manske wrote: > Be careful with that "obvious" word... > > http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=378 Hi Magnus, Things have been busy of late, and I never had time to properly respond to this blog post of yours. (For anyone

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliate-selected Board seats update

Il 11/Mar/2016 11:50, "Gordon Joly" ha scritto: > Do Chapters have to ask their membership, or are they empowered to vote > without going back to the members? Practices vary widely. Some chapters discuss how to vote in their (annual) general assemblies and they finally

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 10:48 PM, aude wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Patricio Lorente < > patricio.lore...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I’m happy to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation leadership team has >> proposed an interim Executive Director,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliate-selected Board seats update

On 11/03/16 10:05, Chris Keating wrote: > Hi Itzik, > > When the process was being discussed in the Autumn, there wasn't any > consensus to change it to a fully secret ballot. So, as last time, votes > will be cast on a wiki-table on the Chapters wiki. > > Regards, > > Chris Do Chapters have

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Community Village and Meetups at Wikimania 2016

Hi Ginevra, No scholarship was awarded to any member of the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria. This is worrisome as Nigeria will not be represented at Wikimania. I don't think this is a good idea and I wonder why American and European countries have more representative than Africa. This is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Community Village and Meetups at Wikimania 2016

Hi Ginevra, No scholarship was awarded to any member of the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria. This is worrisome as Nigeria will not be represented at Wikimania. I don't think this is a good idea and I wonder why American and European countries have more representative than Africa. This is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Congratulations to Katherine for taking up the responsibility! And at the same time, thanks to the Board and C-levels for coming up with a thoughtful and acceptable decision. It's great to see someone taking up the charge, who has been involved with the movement for a long time. Regards, Tanweer

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Congratulations, Katherine, and thank you for taking on this responsibility! I am glad to read all those congrats and wonderful emails from people involved. And thank you to the C-level team and Board for making this decision, and for making it quickly and transparent. I look forward to working

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

OMG! Many congratulations, Katherine! El dv., 11 març 2016 a les 4:00, Katherine Maher () va escriure: > Thank you, Patricio. > > I want to thank the Board for this opportunity, and for their confidence in > the Foundation. I also want to thank community members and staff

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliate-selected Board seats update

Hi Itzik, When the process was being discussed in the Autumn, there wasn't any consensus to change it to a fully secret ballot. So, as last time, votes will be cast on a wiki-table on the Chapters wiki. Regards, Chris On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 6:52 PM, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel <

[Wikimedia-l] Community Village and Meetups at Wikimania 2016

Hi people, it's finally time to send your applications for the Community Village at Wikimania 2016: https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_village And you can also start planning your meetups: https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetups Finally, remember that the calls for

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Congratulations, Katherine! I hope that you have a good start in your new position, and that the challenges ahead don't overwhelm you. Good luck, Micru On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Steven Crossin wrote: > What Oliver said. Katherine was my pick for interim ED as well. Im

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

What Oliver said. Katherine was my pick for interim ED as well. Im sure she will do an amazing job Steve On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 2:10 pm Oliver Keyes wrote: > \o/\o/\o/\o/ > > So glad to see this wonderful choice! > > ...if we're gonna have Katherine as the interim...do we