[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 9, Issue 07 -- 11 February 2013

2013-02-13 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
Op-ed: An article is a construct – hoaxes and Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-02-11/Op-ed News and notes: UK chapter governance review marks the end of a controversial year http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-02-11/News_and_not

[Wikimedia-l] Massive open online course(s) about Wikipedia Fwd: [Wikimedia Education]

2013-02-13 Thread Everton Zanella Alvarenga
-- Forwarded message -- From: Sage Ross Date: Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:18 AM Subject: [Wikimedia Education] Massive open online course(s) about Wikipedia To: Wikimedia Education Hey folks! I just put up an Individual Engagement Grant proposal for an idea I've been kicking around f

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian internet censorship

2013-02-13 Thread Marco Fleckinger
If you're big enough you might not have a problem in Russia. But, BTW: How do we deal with such cases? If a country doesn't want specific content, are this sites blocked either by Wikimedia or a Big Firewall like in China. Cheers Marco On 02/12/2013 04:11 PM, Виктория wrote: There was an a

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] WM Nederland report January 2013

2013-02-13 Thread Sandra Rientjes
Interested in finding out what Wikimedia Nederland has been doing? The report for January 2013 is now available: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Nederland/201301 Sandra Rientjes Wikimedia Nederland ___ Please note:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian internet censorship

2013-02-13 Thread Fred Bauder
We don't block or censor stuff from the center, however, self-censorship by the editing community undoubtedly goes on at language Wikipedias both to conform to the views of the editing community and to avoid obvious trouble. Fred > If you're big enough you might not have a problem in Russia. > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organize Wiki Loves Public Art in your country!

2013-02-13 Thread John Andersson
And again there were problems. Here are the links again: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Public_Art_2013 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Public_Art_2013/FAQ#Bringing_Museums_into_the_mixture_-_what_will_have_to_be_done_differently.3F http://wikilov

[Wikimedia-l] New members for the Affiliations Committee

2013-02-13 Thread Lodewijk
Dear all, As you may have noticed, in December there was a call for new members for the affiliations committee. The affiliations committee is entrusted to advise the Board of Trustees on matters of recognition of new movement affiliates, such as Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups. I

[Wikimedia-l] IEGrants Committee

2013-02-13 Thread Siko Bouterse
Hi all, I'm happy to announce selection of the first members of the Individual Engagement Grants Committee, who will be serving through February 2014. This committee will review proposals for IEGrants and make recommendations for funding to WMF. Committee members: Ansumang Bobrayner Doc James Gr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] IEGrants Committee

2013-02-13 Thread Sarah Stierch
Congrats everyone - I'm happy to see a nice diverse group of people from around the world participating in this! -Sarah On 2/13/13 12:14 PM, Siko Bouterse wrote: Hi all, I'm happy to announce selection of the first members of the Individual Engagement Grants Committee, who will be serving thro

Re: [Wikimedia-l] IEGrants Committee

2013-02-13 Thread Tonmoy Khan
Congratulations to everyone of the new committee:) Best Ali Haidar Khan (tOnmOy) Treasurer Wikimedia Bangladesh "ভাবুনতো এমন এক পৃথিবীর কথা, যেখানে প্রতিটি মানুষ সমস্ত জ্ঞান বাধাহীন ভাবে আদান প্রদান করতে পারবে। এটাই আমাদের অঙ্গীকার।" On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 2:15 AM, Sarah Stierch wrote: > Co

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New members for the Affiliations Committee

2013-02-13 Thread Balázs Viczián
Congrats to all! Just one small thing: you put 2012 in the header of the meta page, but it's 2013 for some time now :) Balazs 2013/2/13 Lodewijk > Dear all, > > As you may have noticed, in December there was a call for new members for > the affiliations committee. The affiliations committee i

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New members for the Affiliations Committee

2013-02-13 Thread Karthik Nadar
Congratulations to all :) On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 3:03 AM, Balázs Viczián wrote: > Congrats to all! > > Just one small thing: you put 2012 in the header of the meta page, but it's > 2013 for some time now :) > > Balazs > > > 2013/2/13 Lodewijk > > > Dear all, > > > > As you may have noticed, in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] IEGrants Committee

2013-02-13 Thread Karthik Nadar
Congratulations everyone :) On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 1:51 AM, Tonmoy Khan wrote: > Congratulations to everyone of the new committee:) > > Best > > Ali Haidar Khan (tOnmOy) > Treasurer > Wikimedia Bangladesh > > "ভাবুনতো এমন এক পৃথিবীর কথা, যেখানে প্রতিটি মানুষ সমস্ত জ্ঞান বাধাহীন ভাবে > আদান প্রদ

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New members for the Affiliations Committee

2013-02-13 Thread phoebe ayers
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Lodewijk wrote: > Dear all, > > As you may have noticed, in December there was a call for new members for > the affiliations committee. The affiliations committee is entrusted to > advise the Board of Trustees on matters of recognition of new movement > affiliates

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New members for the Affiliations Committee

2013-02-13 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Congratulations to all of you, to the former members and the new ones! Felicidades a Salvador y Carlos y también a Damián! Que lo hagan chévere, wey :) Osmar Valdebenito G. 2013/2/13 phoebe ayers > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Lodewijk > wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > As you may have notic