Re: [Wikimedia-l] Passing of User:Belissarius

[Samir Elsharbaty]

So sorry to hear that!
On Nov 6, 2015 9:45 PM, "Lila Tretikov"  wrote:

> condolences
>
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 11:50 PM, Shlomi Fish 
> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 5 Nov 2015 13:52:54 -0800
> > Pine W  wrote:
> >
> > > Colleagues,
> > >
> > > The Wikipedia community has received news of the passing of
> > > User:Belissarius. He spoke Polish natively and English at a high level
> of
> > > proficiency. He wrote about himself on his Wikipedia user pages at
> > > https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedysta:Belissarius
> > > and  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Belissarius. Confirmation of
> his
> > > passing appeared in the *Polish Daily News *at
> > > http://dziennikzwiazkowy.com/polonia/red-piotr-domaradzki-nie-zyje/
> > >
> >
> > Sorry to hear about that.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Shlomi Fish
> >
> > > A self-portrait of him appears here:
> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pulkownik_P.JPG
> > >
> > > His record includes 107,753 edits to Polish Wikipedia, and over 1000
> > edits
> > > each to English Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons:
> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Belissarius
> > >
> > > May he rest in peace.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Pine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Commons-l] TPP - copyright

[Gergő Tisza]

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 9:22 AM, Ryan Kaldari  wrote:

> I don't see anything in the TPP requiring retroactive application of
> copyright terms. We'll have to wait and see how the various countries
> choose to apply the new terms. Applying terms retroactively is uncommon,
> but possible. We also have no idea when these countries are actually going
> to apply the new terms.
>

I don't think it's uncommon, the US is the odd one out on this (or almost
out, since in the end it did apply Berne  terms retroactively). For example
the EU Copyright Directive prescribes a death + 70 copyright term so
countries joining the EU restore copyright to all works for which they had
shorter protection. International copyright treaties tend to be retroactive
by default; "works shall be protected for X years after the death of the
author" applies to all works, whether they are in the public domain
currently or not.

From the regulator's point of view this is reasonable; the point of these
treaties is harmonization of the law, and harmonizing the protection term
of one group of works but leaving another group protected in some countries
and unprotected in others doesn't really make sense. The alternative would
be a rule of the shorter term, but the US does not have that, and they are
the driving force behind TPP, so...
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Commons-l] TPP - copyright

[Isaac David]

Le ven. 6 nov. 2015 à 11:22, Ryan Kaldari  a 
écrit :

Applying terms retroactively is uncommon, but possible.


Already happened.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sonny_Bono_Copyright_Term_Extension


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New Wikimedia France board

[Katy Love]

Congrats! Welcome, Édouard!

Thanks for sharing this update.

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 2:34 AM, Pierre-Selim Huard <
pierre-selim.hu...@wikimedia.fr> wrote:

> Dear movement fellows,
>
> Wikimedia France held its Annual General Meeting on October 24th, 2015.
> During this AGM, we elected 4 board members, of which 1 is new.
>
> Alexis Marise Bique, Ludovic Péron, Benoît Evellin and Léa Lacroix were not
> running for a new term.  Wikimedia France board is grateful for their
> service.
>
> Emeric Vallespi, Guillaume Goursat were running again and were
> reelected. Florian
> Pépellin who was appointed in May and was this time candidate for a full
> term. As a reminder:
>
> * Émeric Vallespi is 28, a banker living in Montpellier. He served on the
> board for three years. He is especially interested in governance issues,
> internal control and strategy topics.
> * Guillaume Goursat is 30, and is based in Dakar (Senegal) where he works
> as an economist in water and sanitation. He served as a treasurer since May
> 2012 and is interested in internal control and projects in Africa − he
> organized Wiki Loves Monuments in Cameroon back in 2013.
> * Florian Pépellin is 26, living in Chambéry. An editor since 2005 and
> chapter member since 2011, his regular attendance over the years to
> Wikimedian meetups all over France has earned him the nickname of « Floflo
> of all cabals ». He has just finished his studies in accounting and
> research in economy/management. His professional background and his
> interest for strategy work prompted us to appoint him to the board 6 months
> ago, and he is now elected for a full term.
>
> Now, we would like to welcome a new board member:
>
> * Édouard Hue, 32, is a software architect living in Rennes. He has been an
> editor for six years and joined Wikimedia France after meeting chapter
> members at Wikipedia's ten years celebrations. He helped his local cabal
> grow with the estabilshment of their first partnership with the local
> university. After participating in two editions of Wiki Loves Monuments, he
> was a juror in two more editions and eventually set up the first edition of
> Wiki Loves Earth in France this year with his fellow chapter members. He
> also built a Wikimedia Commons software client that Wikimedia France is
> looking upon to enable its GLAM partners to upload their content by
> themselves. Being more and more involved in Wikimedia France's internal
> affairs, Édouard decided to apply as a board member with a focus on local
> development and members empowerment.
>
> Our board is now structured as follow:
> * Christophe Henner, Chair
> * Émeric Vallespi, Vice chair
> * Guillaume Goursat, Treasurer
> * Sébastien Beyou, Deputy treasurer
> * Pierre-Selim Huard, Secretary
> * Jean-Frédéric Berthelot, Deputy secretary
> * Édouard Hue,
> * Samuel Le Goff,
> * Florian Pépellin
> * Benoît Prieur,
>
> Please welcome the newcomer and do not hesitate to join us in expressing
> your gratitude to our former board members!
>
> Sincerely,
> Pierre-Selim
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Passing of User:Belissarius

[Lila Tretikov]

condolences

On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 11:50 PM, Shlomi Fish  wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Nov 2015 13:52:54 -0800
> Pine W  wrote:
>
> > Colleagues,
> >
> > The Wikipedia community has received news of the passing of
> > User:Belissarius. He spoke Polish natively and English at a high level of
> > proficiency. He wrote about himself on his Wikipedia user pages at
> > https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedysta:Belissarius
> > and  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Belissarius. Confirmation of his
> > passing appeared in the *Polish Daily News *at
> > http://dziennikzwiazkowy.com/polonia/red-piotr-domaradzki-nie-zyje/
> >
>
> Sorry to hear about that.
>
> Regards,
>
> Shlomi Fish
>
> > A self-portrait of him appears here:
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pulkownik_P.JPG
> >
> > His record includes 107,753 edits to Polish Wikipedia, and over 1000
> edits
> > each to English Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons:
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Belissarius
> >
> > May he rest in peace.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Princess of Asturias Awards pics

[Pine W]

Nice photos. I'll see if I can squeeze a few into a Signpost gallery.

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Orsolya Gyenes <
gyenes.orso...@wiki.media.hu> wrote:

> Thank you VERY much, these are great ones!
>
> I was the one who asked for it. :-)
>
> *~Orsolya*
>
> 2015-11-06 17:23 GMT+01:00 Salvador A :
>
> > Hi community.
> >
> > I don't know if somebody already shared this. I remember some of you
> asked
> > for photographs of the last Princess of Asturias Awards ceremony. You can
> > find some in the next category in Commons:
> >
> >
> >
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Princess_of_Asturias_Awards_2015_ceremony
> >
> > I want to congratulate Wikimedia Spain for the magnificent idea of
> > introducing a volunteer as oficial photographer in the ceremony
> authorized
> > by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, and obviously to the photographer
> > Ruben Ortega. There are some pictures from other volunteers that also
> > atendeed to the ceremony, thanks to them too.
> >
> > AFAIK there is still some pendants photographs to be uploaded, but we
> have
> > already those to use in Wikipedia, media and posts.
> >
> > Congratulations to all again!
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Princess of Asturias Awards pics

[Orsolya Gyenes]

Thank you VERY much, these are great ones!

I was the one who asked for it. :-)

*~Orsolya*

2015-11-06 17:23 GMT+01:00 Salvador A :

> Hi community.
>
> I don't know if somebody already shared this. I remember some of you asked
> for photographs of the last Princess of Asturias Awards ceremony. You can
> find some in the next category in Commons:
>
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Princess_of_Asturias_Awards_2015_ceremony
>
> I want to congratulate Wikimedia Spain for the magnificent idea of
> introducing a volunteer as oficial photographer in the ceremony authorized
> by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, and obviously to the photographer
> Ruben Ortega. There are some pictures from other volunteers that also
> atendeed to the ceremony, thanks to them too.
>
> AFAIK there is still some pendants photographs to be uploaded, but we have
> already those to use in Wikipedia, media and posts.
>
> Congratulations to all again!
>
> --
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Advertising in Central notice?

[Pete Forsyth]

This is under discussion on Meta Wiki, and I made some changes this
morning. Please be sure any significant comments are put on-wiki, where
Meta admins and community are more likely to see them.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Requests_for_help_from_a_sysop_or_bureaucrat#Re:_Survey_powered_by_Qualtrics

-Pete

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 8:02 AM, Patrick Earley 
wrote:

> Hi Itzik,
>
> We placed that note as it is standard practice to let users know when a
> link will be taking them outside the Wikimedia projects.  We linked to the
> Qualtrics privacy statement, as we felt that users should have access to
> that if they wanted to read it.
>
> Petefosyth has made some changes to it, based on this discussion [1].  It
> now reads "Survey data handled by a third party".
>
> Best,
>
>
> [1]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Requests_for_help_from_a_sysop_or_bureaucrat#Re:_Survey_powered_by_Qualtrics
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 5:28 AM, Mardetanha 
> wrote:
>
> > ​it was strange for me too, we never did such thing before​
> >
> > Mardetanha
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Bence Damokos 
> wrote:
> >
> > > My first guess would be that the company is mentioned as a way to
> notify
> > > users that they will be sending data to an outside company if they
> click
> > on
> > > the link (but the text you quote is not that clear on the privacy
> aspect
> > > here).
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Bence
> > >
> > > 2015-11-06 12:33 GMT+01:00 Itzik - Wikimedia Israel <
> > > it...@wikimedia.org.il>
> > > :
> > >
> > > > "We invite you to participate in a survey about online harassment on
> > > > Wikimedia projects.
> > > > *Survey powered by Qualtrics"*
> > > >
> > > > It's not the the first survey runs through the Qualtrics, but that's
> > the
> > > > first time I see credit to them. We most of the time, even in GLAM
> and
> > > > others partnerships trying to avoid as much as we can mentions
> > > > organizations names, as it can be consider to be advertising.
> > > >
> > > > But mention a company (that we even paid them), and linking to their
> > > > website? that's new and concern a bit. I'll be happy if someone
> related
> > > to
> > > > this decision can give more information about the idea behind it.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > *Regards,Itzik Edri*
> > > > Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel
> > > > +972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Commons-l] TPP - copyright

[Ryan Kaldari]

I don't see anything in the TPP requiring retroactive application of
copyright terms. We'll have to wait and see how the various countries
choose to apply the new terms. Applying terms retroactively is uncommon,
but possible. We also have no idea when these countries are actually going
to apply the new terms. It took the UK 100 years to apply the terms of the
Berne Convention after signing it. If a country proposes a retroactive
copyright extension as part of their compliance legislation, it is still
possible to fight the retroactive provision (regardless of what BoingBoing
says). In other words, it's way too early to start talking about deleting
files from Commons. Even the URAA took 18 years from the time it was passed
until Commons had to actually deal with it (due to the *Golan v. Holder*
decision).

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 5:22 AM, Gnangarra  wrote:

> We have a new problem to face in the coming months assuming countries
> ratify the Trans Pacific Partnership
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Partnership
>
> The text of the agreement has been released in the last 24 hours, early
> commentary is indicating that copyright changes will occur restoring
> copyright to some works that are currently PD.
> http://boingboing.net/2015/11/06/how-tpp-will-clobber-canadas.html
>
> According reports this will affect media sourced in Canada where copyright
> will be extended from 50-70 years meaning that image sin this period may
> need to be deleted both on commons and on en:wp, Australian sourced images
> face a similar issue as will other countries.
>
> Rather than a piece meal commons copyright battle, and a duplicate one on
> en:wp being lead by  unqualified wikilawyers resulting in project
> discrepancies. I'm calling on the community to take  more holistic approach
> and request that the WMF ask for its legal eagles to give an edict we can
> take or communities to explain what will happen in each jurisdiction as the
> TPP is ratified.
>
> This will also give us guidance as to how Affiliates can approach and
> support activities locally  to ensure material that is already freely
> available remains so.
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] TPP - copyright

[rupert THURNER]

Europe harmonized it's copyright as well to 70 yrs for everything. It did
not change an existing copyright state at the time when it is ratified by a
countries law makers.

Rupert
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[Wikimedia-l] Princess of Asturias Awards pics

[Salvador A]

Hi community.

I don't know if somebody already shared this. I remember some of you asked
for photographs of the last Princess of Asturias Awards ceremony. You can
find some in the next category in Commons:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Princess_of_Asturias_Awards_2015_ceremony

I want to congratulate Wikimedia Spain for the magnificent idea of
introducing a volunteer as oficial photographer in the ceremony authorized
by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, and obviously to the photographer
Ruben Ortega. There are some pictures from other volunteers that also
atendeed to the ceremony, thanks to them too.

AFAIK there is still some pendants photographs to be uploaded, but we have
already those to use in Wikipedia, media and posts.

Congratulations to all again!

-- 
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*@salvador_alc*
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] TPP - copyright

[David Gerard]

Takes out the GPL too: http://keionline.org/node/2363

(yep, the TPP is every bit as good as we were expecting)

I anticipate a sudden tech coalition at that one, which we should get in on.


- d.


On 6 November 2015 at 12:22, Gnangarra  wrote:
> We have a new problem to face in the coming months assuming countries
> ratify the Trans Pacific Partnership
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Partnership
>
> The text of the agreement has been released in the last 24 hours, early
> commentary is indicating that copyright changes will occur restoring
> copyright to some works that are currently PD.
> http://boingboing.net/2015/11/06/how-tpp-will-clobber-canadas.html
>
> According reports this will affect media sourced in Canada where copyright
> will be extended from 50-70 years meaning that image sin this period may
> need to be deleted both on commons and on en:wp, Australian sourced images
> face a similar issue as will other countries.
>
> Rather than a piece meal commons copyright battle, and a duplicate one on
> en:wp being lead by  unqualified wikilawyers resulting in project
> discrepancies. I'm calling on the community to take  more holistic approach
> and request that the WMF ask for its legal eagles to give an edict we can
> take or communities to explain what will happen in each jurisdiction as the
> TPP is ratified.
>
> This will also give us guidance as to how Affiliates can approach and
> support activities locally  to ensure material that is already freely
> available remains so.
>
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Advertising in Central notice?

[Patrick Earley]

Hi Itzik,

We placed that note as it is standard practice to let users know when a
link will be taking them outside the Wikimedia projects.  We linked to the
Qualtrics privacy statement, as we felt that users should have access to
that if they wanted to read it.

Petefosyth has made some changes to it, based on this discussion [1].  It
now reads "Survey data handled by a third party".

Best,


[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Requests_for_help_from_a_sysop_or_bureaucrat#Re:_Survey_powered_by_Qualtrics

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 5:28 AM, Mardetanha 
wrote:

> ​it was strange for me too, we never did such thing before​
>
> Mardetanha
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Bence Damokos  wrote:
>
> > My first guess would be that the company is mentioned as a way to notify
> > users that they will be sending data to an outside company if they click
> on
> > the link (but the text you quote is not that clear on the privacy aspect
> > here).
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Bence
> >
> > 2015-11-06 12:33 GMT+01:00 Itzik - Wikimedia Israel <
> > it...@wikimedia.org.il>
> > :
> >
> > > "We invite you to participate in a survey about online harassment on
> > > Wikimedia projects.
> > > *Survey powered by Qualtrics"*
> > >
> > > It's not the the first survey runs through the Qualtrics, but that's
> the
> > > first time I see credit to them. We most of the time, even in GLAM and
> > > others partnerships trying to avoid as much as we can mentions
> > > organizations names, as it can be consider to be advertising.
> > >
> > > But mention a company (that we even paid them), and linking to their
> > > website? that's new and concern a bit. I'll be happy if someone related
> > to
> > > this decision can give more information about the idea behind it.
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *Regards,Itzik Edri*
> > > Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel
> > > +972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il
> > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
> the
> > > sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment!
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Superprotect is gone

[Neil Harris]

On 05/11/15 17:35, Quim Gil wrote:

Superprotect [1] was introduced by the Wikimedia Foundation to resolve a
product development disagreement. We have not used it for resolving a
dispute since. Consequently, today we are removing Superprotect from
Wikimedia servers.

Without Superprotect, a symbolic point of tension is resolved. However, we
still have the underlying problem of disagreement and consequent delays at
the product deployment phase. We need to become better software partners,
work together towards better products, and ship better features faster. The
collaboration between the WMF and the communities depends on mutual trust
and constructive criticism. We need to improve Wikimedia mechanisms to
build consensus, include more voices, and resolve disputes.



That's fantastic, represents a huge vote of confidence for the Wiki Way, 
and is a big move towards improving the relationship between the WMF and 
the community.


Thank you!

-- Neil


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Advertising in Central notice?

[Mardetanha]

​it was strange for me too, we never did such thing before​

Mardetanha

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Bence Damokos  wrote:

> My first guess would be that the company is mentioned as a way to notify
> users that they will be sending data to an outside company if they click on
> the link (but the text you quote is not that clear on the privacy aspect
> here).
>
> Best regards,
> Bence
>
> 2015-11-06 12:33 GMT+01:00 Itzik - Wikimedia Israel <
> it...@wikimedia.org.il>
> :
>
> > "We invite you to participate in a survey about online harassment on
> > Wikimedia projects.
> > *Survey powered by Qualtrics"*
> >
> > It's not the the first survey runs through the Qualtrics, but that's the
> > first time I see credit to them. We most of the time, even in GLAM and
> > others partnerships trying to avoid as much as we can mentions
> > organizations names, as it can be consider to be advertising.
> >
> > But mention a company (that we even paid them), and linking to their
> > website? that's new and concern a bit. I'll be happy if someone related
> to
> > this decision can give more information about the idea behind it.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
> >
> > *Regards,Itzik Edri*
> > Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel
> > +972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il
> > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
> > sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment!
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] TPP - copyright

[梁忠明]

Possibly Wikilivres, a site which is used to store PD works in Canada (but
copyrighted works in the USA, i.e. a work which the author died 50 yrs ago
or published by an organization 50 yrs ago), is also being affected. When
the TPP was under negotiation, I was thinking whether it should move its
base to a non-signatory of the TPP which currently shares similar copyright
terms with Canada and has a lenient censorship regime (e.g. Hong Kong).
Though I doubt whether the rule is only applicable to works published after
the agreement is in effect.

Leung Chung-ming (User:春卷柯南)
Chinese WIkipedia

2015-11-06 20:22 GMT+08:00 Gnangarra :

> We have a new problem to face in the coming months assuming countries
> ratify the Trans Pacific Partnership
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Partnership
>
> The text of the agreement has been released in the last 24 hours, early
> commentary is indicating that copyright changes will occur restoring
> copyright to some works that are currently PD.
> http://boingboing.net/2015/11/06/how-tpp-will-clobber-canadas.html
>
> According reports this will affect media sourced in Canada where copyright
> will be extended from 50-70 years meaning that image sin this period may
> need to be deleted both on commons and on en:wp, Australian sourced images
> face a similar issue as will other countries.
>
> Rather than a piece meal commons copyright battle, and a duplicate one on
> en:wp being lead by  unqualified wikilawyers resulting in project
> discrepancies. I'm calling on the community to take  more holistic approach
> and request that the WMF ask for its legal eagles to give an edict we can
> take or communities to explain what will happen in each jurisdiction as the
> TPP is ratified.
>
> This will also give us guidance as to how Affiliates can approach and
> support activities locally  to ensure material that is already freely
> available remains so.
>
>
>
> --
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> ​ideon
>
> President Wikimedia Australia
> WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra
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[Wikimedia-l] TPP - copyright

[Gnangarra]

We have a new problem to face in the coming months assuming countries
ratify the Trans Pacific Partnership
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Partnership

The text of the agreement has been released in the last 24 hours, early
commentary is indicating that copyright changes will occur restoring
copyright to some works that are currently PD.
http://boingboing.net/2015/11/06/how-tpp-will-clobber-canadas.html

According reports this will affect media sourced in Canada where copyright
will be extended from 50-70 years meaning that image sin this period may
need to be deleted both on commons and on en:wp, Australian sourced images
face a similar issue as will other countries.

Rather than a piece meal commons copyright battle, and a duplicate one on
en:wp being lead by  unqualified wikilawyers resulting in project
discrepancies. I'm calling on the community to take  more holistic approach
and request that the WMF ask for its legal eagles to give an edict we can
take or communities to explain what will happen in each jurisdiction as the
TPP is ratified.

This will also give us guidance as to how Affiliates can approach and
support activities locally  to ensure material that is already freely
available remains so.



-- 
G
​ideon

President Wikimedia Australia
WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Advertising in Central notice?

[Bence Damokos]

My first guess would be that the company is mentioned as a way to notify
users that they will be sending data to an outside company if they click on
the link (but the text you quote is not that clear on the privacy aspect
here).

Best regards,
Bence

2015-11-06 12:33 GMT+01:00 Itzik - Wikimedia Israel 
:

> "We invite you to participate in a survey about online harassment on
> Wikimedia projects.
> *Survey powered by Qualtrics"*
>
> It's not the the first survey runs through the Qualtrics, but that's the
> first time I see credit to them. We most of the time, even in GLAM and
> others partnerships trying to avoid as much as we can mentions
> organizations names, as it can be consider to be advertising.
>
> But mention a company (that we even paid them), and linking to their
> website? that's new and concern a bit. I'll be happy if someone related to
> this decision can give more information about the idea behind it.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> *Regards,Itzik Edri*
> Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel
> +972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il
> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
> sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment!
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[Wikimedia-l] Advertising in Central notice?

[Itzik - Wikimedia Israel]

"We invite you to participate in a survey about online harassment on
Wikimedia projects.
*Survey powered by Qualtrics"*

It's not the the first survey runs through the Qualtrics, but that's the
first time I see credit to them. We most of the time, even in GLAM and
others partnerships trying to avoid as much as we can mentions
organizations names, as it can be consider to be advertising.

But mention a company (that we even paid them), and linking to their
website? that's new and concern a bit. I'll be happy if someone related to
this decision can give more information about the idea behind it.

Thank you.



*Regards,Itzik Edri*
Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel
+972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il
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[Wikimedia-l] New Wikimedia France board

[Pierre-Selim Huard]

Dear movement fellows,

Wikimedia France held its Annual General Meeting on October 24th, 2015.
During this AGM, we elected 4 board members, of which 1 is new.

Alexis Marise Bique, Ludovic Péron, Benoît Evellin and Léa Lacroix were not
running for a new term.  Wikimedia France board is grateful for their
service.

Emeric Vallespi, Guillaume Goursat were running again and were
reelected. Florian
Pépellin who was appointed in May and was this time candidate for a full
term. As a reminder:

* Émeric Vallespi is 28, a banker living in Montpellier. He served on the
board for three years. He is especially interested in governance issues,
internal control and strategy topics.
* Guillaume Goursat is 30, and is based in Dakar (Senegal) where he works
as an economist in water and sanitation. He served as a treasurer since May
2012 and is interested in internal control and projects in Africa − he
organized Wiki Loves Monuments in Cameroon back in 2013.
* Florian Pépellin is 26, living in Chambéry. An editor since 2005 and
chapter member since 2011, his regular attendance over the years to
Wikimedian meetups all over France has earned him the nickname of « Floflo
of all cabals ». He has just finished his studies in accounting and
research in economy/management. His professional background and his
interest for strategy work prompted us to appoint him to the board 6 months
ago, and he is now elected for a full term.

Now, we would like to welcome a new board member:

* Édouard Hue, 32, is a software architect living in Rennes. He has been an
editor for six years and joined Wikimedia France after meeting chapter
members at Wikipedia's ten years celebrations. He helped his local cabal
grow with the estabilshment of their first partnership with the local
university. After participating in two editions of Wiki Loves Monuments, he
was a juror in two more editions and eventually set up the first edition of
Wiki Loves Earth in France this year with his fellow chapter members. He
also built a Wikimedia Commons software client that Wikimedia France is
looking upon to enable its GLAM partners to upload their content by
themselves. Being more and more involved in Wikimedia France's internal
affairs, Édouard decided to apply as a board member with a focus on local
development and members empowerment.

Our board is now structured as follow:
* Christophe Henner, Chair
* Émeric Vallespi, Vice chair
* Guillaume Goursat, Treasurer
* Sébastien Beyou, Deputy treasurer
* Pierre-Selim Huard, Secretary
* Jean-Frédéric Berthelot, Deputy secretary
* Édouard Hue,
* Samuel Le Goff,
* Florian Pépellin
* Benoît Prieur,

Please welcome the newcomer and do not hesitate to join us in expressing
your gratitude to our former board members!

Sincerely,
Pierre-Selim


-- 
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Wikimédia France, Association pour le libre partage de la connaissance
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