[Wikitech-l] Brian Wolff's summer gig, with Wikimedia!

2013-06-03 Thread Rob Lanphier
Hi everyone, Many of you already know Brian Wolff, who has been a steady contributor to MediaWiki in the the past several years (User:Bawolff), having gotten a start during Google Summer of Code 2010[1]. Brian is back for another summer working with us, working generally to improve our

Re: [Wikitech-l] Brian Wolff's summer gig, with Wikimedia!

2013-06-03 Thread Roan Kattouw
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Rob Lanphier ro...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi everyone, Many of you already know Brian Wolff, who has been a steady contributor to MediaWiki in the the past several years (User:Bawolff), having gotten a start during Google Summer of Code 2010[1]. Brian is back

Re: [Wikitech-l] Brian Wolff's summer gig, with Wikimedia!

2013-06-03 Thread Platonides
Rob Lanphier wrote: Hi everyone, Many of you already know Brian Wolff, who has been a steady contributor to MediaWiki in the the past several years (User:Bawolff), having gotten a start during Google Summer of Code 2010[1]. Brian is back for another summer working with us, working

Re: [Wikitech-l] Brian Wolff's summer gig, with Wikimedia!

2013-06-03 Thread Matthew Flaschen
On 06/03/2013 03:50 PM, Rob Lanphier wrote: Brian is back for another summer working with us, working generally to improve our multimedia contribution and review pipeline. In addition to his normal GMail address, he's also available at bawo...@wikimedia.org, and is on Freenode as bawolff.

Re: [Wikitech-l] Brian Wolff's summer gig, with Wikimedia!

2013-06-03 Thread James Alexander
Someone else can very much correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding is that the difference is that this is as a normal contractor in that he's doing what is directed/needed rather then an accepted project on his own under a mentor like GSoC. James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy

Re: [Wikitech-l] Brian Wolff's summer gig, with Wikimedia!

2013-06-03 Thread Greg Grossmeier
quote name=Rob Lanphier date=2013-06-03 time=12:50:12 -0700 Welcome Brian! (again! \o/) Welcome indeed! -- | Greg GrossmeierGPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E | | identi.ca: @gregA18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D | ___ Wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] Brian Wolff's summer gig, with Wikimedia!

2013-06-03 Thread Rob Lanphier
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 2:29 PM, James Alexander jalexan...@wikimedia.org wrote: Someone else can very much correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding is that the difference is that this is as a normal contractor in that he's doing what is directed/needed rather then an accepted project on his