[Wikimedia-l] You can now vote in the Community Wishlist Survey

[Johan Jönsson]

Hey everyone,

The voting phase of the 2017 Community Wishlist Survey has now started.
Read the proposals and support the ones you want to support to make the
wikis better:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey

Click on the categories to find the proposals. The voting will close on
December 10.

That's the important part of this email. Feel free to follow the link above
and starting voting right now.

The longer version:

The Community Wishlist Survey decides what the Wikimedia Foundation
Community Tech team will work on over the next year. The team is responsible
for addressing the top 10 wishes on the list, as well as some wishes from
smaller groups and projects that are doing important work, but don't have
the numbers to get their proposal into the top 10. The Wishlist is also
used by volunteer developers and other teams, who want to find projects to
work on that the community really wants.

Come help set the agenda.

If you want to see what the team has done in 2017, see the status report
from last month:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Status_report_1

What you can do now:

*) Vote. This is the most important thing.

*) Spread the word. We really want people to find this, of course, and
we'll work on finding the best balance between spreading the news to
everyone and not being annoying, but please do help to spread the
information in your local community – Village Pump equivalents, IRC
channels, social media groups and so on.

*) Help translating the pages. We want the process to be as available as
possible for everyone. It's not every available if it's only in English.

*) If you want to get short updates through the notification system, you
can sign up for the Community Tech Newsletter:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Newsletter:The_Community_Tech_Newsletter

//Johan Jönsson
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[Wikimedia-l] English Fundraiser Launch - Tues 28th November

[Joseph Seddon]

Hey all!

I wanted to send a quick reminder that our English language fundraiser is
officially launching tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday 28th November, at 16.00
UTC) with some final systems tests running between now and then.

---Banners and Ideas---

You can see the all of our current most effective fundraising banners on
our Fundraising Ideas page where you can also contribute any specific ideas
or stories we should tell via social media, banners, emails etc:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2017-18_Fundraising_ideas

---Blog Posts---

We've recently published two blog posts about our fundraising work. The
first covers how we try to limit the disruption to our readers during
campaigns. The second is a recent tranche of research conducted into what
our readers think about our fundraising. Take a look!

Banner limiting:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/10/03/fundraising-banner-limit/

Donor research:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/11/17/fundraising-donor-learnings/


---Reporting Issues---

If you see any technical issues with the banners or payments systems please
do report it on phabricator:

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/create/?template=118862

If you see a donor on a talk page, OTRS, or social media with questions
about donating or having difficulties in the donation process, please refer
them to: donate{{at}}wikimedia.org

Here is also the ever present fundraising IRC channel to raise urgent
technical issues: #wikimedia-fundraising

http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=%23wikimedia-fundraising=d4


---Next Updates---

There will be a further launch announcement on the Wikimedia blog tomorrow
and I will give a brief update at the end of the week with our progress and
hopefully some interesting initial lessons learnt. A more substantial
update will follow later in the week.

Finally, I’d like to thank the community here in advance for your help and
patience over the coming weeks. From here on out, wish us luck!

Many Thanks

-- 

Seddon

Community & Audience Engagement Associate

Advancement (Fundraising), Wikimedia Foundation
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Looking for advises regarding a public conference about the Wikimedia movement on the topic "Dissemination of Knowledge: What Limits" [Fwd: Re: Conférence Wikipédia]

[mathieu stumpf guntz]

So, I did it somewhat in a quick and dirty fashion, the first page that 
I simply copied from the template went badly resized, but apart from 
that, it should make the job.


https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diffusion_des_connaissances_-_quelles_limites_%3F.pdf

If you have any feedback, you have still a few hours.


Le 26/11/2017 à 23:40, Gergő Tisza a écrit :

On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 8:32 AM, mathieu stumpf guntz <
psychosl...@culture-libre.org> wrote:


Also I'm wondering where I could find the nice blue or green background
that I see used in many first page of Wikimedia presentations


https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Brand > Presentations
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Net neutrality

[Gnangarra]

What Net Neutrality is talking about is not creating a payTV format where
you pay for channels(sites)  more you pay the more you can access.
 Wikipedia Zero is different as its focus isnt on accessing the site its
about making that access free from mobile/cell data charges in place where
the primary net connection is via mobile/cell services.

What I'm reading is a conflagration between freely accessing Wikipedia as a
site(or any other site) and getting that data free as in beer.   Its like
driving a car on the road net neutrality is being able to drive on the road
without tolls and WP0 is about fuel economy of the vehicle you drive

On 27 November 2017 at 16:29, Todd Allen  wrote:

> It is rather unfortunate that we went ahead with things like "Wikipedia
> Zero" without objection. It rather undermines our moral authority to demand
> net neutrality, and now that's really needed. Someone could easily say "But
> you support non-neutral schemes when it benefits you!", and not be far
> wrong.
>
> Todd
>
> On Nov 26, 2017 2:49 AM, "Vi to"  wrote:
>
> > I have to rely upon my knowledge of plans in EU, I may be wrong with
> other
> > "rich Countries", if so please make me aware of.
> >
> > Time-based tariffs are in "rich countries" are almost out of business.
> Also
> > data, cheaper data plans currently includes enough data to make surfing
> WMF
> > sites impact very few upon overall consumption. How can you tell "who" is
> > eligible for WP0? By "who" I mean which countries/places, telco users,
> etc.
> > A line between "rich" and "poor" countries is "easy" to draw, others
> > aren't.
> >
> > Making zero-carrier a default for all of the World would make me drop my
> > objections. But we firstly need to find a safe and cheap (in terms of
> > efforts) way to stop abuses, though most of abuses come from Countries
> > where data traffic is really expensive.
> >
> > Finally a question: do we have reports about WP0? I mean, traffic, number
> > of users served, pages delivered, costs?
> >
> > Vito
> >
> > 2017-11-26 4:32 GMT+01:00 Gerard Meijssen :
> >
> > > Hoi,
> > > While the USA is considered a developed country, the people in the USA
> > who
> > > have least to spend are probably as deserving of zero rated Wikimedia
> > > service as many of the people who do get Wikipedia Zero elsewhere. The
> > > article indicates that our mission is to bring information to people
> and
> > > that is no different in the USA.  With Wikipedia and its sister
> projects
> > > considered as a way to bring quality, neutral point of view
> information,
> > it
> > > would even serve as a means to combat the misinformation that will
> > benefit
> > > from zero rating of information.
> > >
> > > Zero rating is bad in so many ways but your argument does only say that
> > it
> > > was originally intended for developed countries. When there is a
> benefit
> > to
> > > our readers I only see upsides in promoting the use of Wikimedia
> content
> > in
> > > this way and no reason not to have Wikimedia Zero in the USA.
> > > Thanks,
> > >   GerardM
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 26 November 2017 at 03:56, Mz7  wrote:
> > >
> > > > The relationship between net neutrality and the Wikimedia Foundation
> > has
> > > > been described as “complicated” – see [1]. Considering the that the
> > > > Wikimedia Foundation has a zero-rating program of its own (see
> [2][3]),
> > > I’m
> > > > not exactly sure how much this would affect Wikimedia, whether
> > positively
> > > > or negatively. On the one hand, we could take advantage of the change
> > by
> > > > expanding Wikipedia Zero into the United States. On the other hand,
> > > that’s
> > > > probably not a good idea because the program is designed to promote
> > > access
> > > > to free knowledge in developing countries, where access to the
> Internet
> > > may
> > > > be prohibitively expensive. In a developed country such as the United
> > > > States, that’s not really a prioritized issue.
> > > >
> > > > Mz7
> > > >
> > > > [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/
> > > > 11/25/wikipedias-complicated-relationship-with-net-neutrality/
> > > > [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero
> > > > [3] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mz7
> > > >
> > > > > On Nov 24, 2017, at 5:06 AM, Gerard Meijssen <
> > > gerard.meijs...@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hoi,
> > > > > With the demise of net neutrality in the USA, have their been
> > > > consideration
> > > > > for the impact it may have for the services provided by the
> Wikimedia
> > > > > Foundation?
> > > > >
> > > > > We are reliant on servers in the USA, as the quality of the service
> > in
> > > > the
> > > > > USA is no longer a given, what are the risks?
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >  GerardM
> > > > > 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Net neutrality

[Todd Allen]

It is rather unfortunate that we went ahead with things like "Wikipedia
Zero" without objection. It rather undermines our moral authority to demand
net neutrality, and now that's really needed. Someone could easily say "But
you support non-neutral schemes when it benefits you!", and not be far
wrong.

Todd

On Nov 26, 2017 2:49 AM, "Vi to"  wrote:

> I have to rely upon my knowledge of plans in EU, I may be wrong with other
> "rich Countries", if so please make me aware of.
>
> Time-based tariffs are in "rich countries" are almost out of business. Also
> data, cheaper data plans currently includes enough data to make surfing WMF
> sites impact very few upon overall consumption. How can you tell "who" is
> eligible for WP0? By "who" I mean which countries/places, telco users, etc.
> A line between "rich" and "poor" countries is "easy" to draw, others
> aren't.
>
> Making zero-carrier a default for all of the World would make me drop my
> objections. But we firstly need to find a safe and cheap (in terms of
> efforts) way to stop abuses, though most of abuses come from Countries
> where data traffic is really expensive.
>
> Finally a question: do we have reports about WP0? I mean, traffic, number
> of users served, pages delivered, costs?
>
> Vito
>
> 2017-11-26 4:32 GMT+01:00 Gerard Meijssen :
>
> > Hoi,
> > While the USA is considered a developed country, the people in the USA
> who
> > have least to spend are probably as deserving of zero rated Wikimedia
> > service as many of the people who do get Wikipedia Zero elsewhere. The
> > article indicates that our mission is to bring information to people and
> > that is no different in the USA.  With Wikipedia and its sister projects
> > considered as a way to bring quality, neutral point of view information,
> it
> > would even serve as a means to combat the misinformation that will
> benefit
> > from zero rating of information.
> >
> > Zero rating is bad in so many ways but your argument does only say that
> it
> > was originally intended for developed countries. When there is a benefit
> to
> > our readers I only see upsides in promoting the use of Wikimedia content
> in
> > this way and no reason not to have Wikimedia Zero in the USA.
> > Thanks,
> >   GerardM
> >
> >
> >
> > On 26 November 2017 at 03:56, Mz7  wrote:
> >
> > > The relationship between net neutrality and the Wikimedia Foundation
> has
> > > been described as “complicated” – see [1]. Considering the that the
> > > Wikimedia Foundation has a zero-rating program of its own (see [2][3]),
> > I’m
> > > not exactly sure how much this would affect Wikimedia, whether
> positively
> > > or negatively. On the one hand, we could take advantage of the change
> by
> > > expanding Wikipedia Zero into the United States. On the other hand,
> > that’s
> > > probably not a good idea because the program is designed to promote
> > access
> > > to free knowledge in developing countries, where access to the Internet
> > may
> > > be prohibitively expensive. In a developed country such as the United
> > > States, that’s not really a prioritized issue.
> > >
> > > Mz7
> > >
> > > [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/
> > > 11/25/wikipedias-complicated-relationship-with-net-neutrality/
> > > [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero
> > > [3] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero
> > >
> > > --
> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mz7
> > >
> > > > On Nov 24, 2017, at 5:06 AM, Gerard Meijssen <
> > gerard.meijs...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hoi,
> > > > With the demise of net neutrality in the USA, have their been
> > > consideration
> > > > for the impact it may have for the services provided by the Wikimedia
> > > > Foundation?
> > > >
> > > > We are reliant on servers in the USA, as the quality of the service
> in
> > > the
> > > > USA is no longer a given, what are the risks?
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >  GerardM
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