Re: [Wikimedia-l] Increase participation [WAS: The first three weeks]

2014-05-31 Thread Risker
On 1 June 2014 01:39, Fæ wrote: > On 1 June 2014 04:26, James Salsman wrote: > ... > >>... selects strongly against women. > > > > Where is the evidence that women have more difficulty understanding > > wikitext than men? > > (Probably drifting to "Increase participation by women") > > As someon

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Increase participation

2014-05-31 Thread ENWP Pine
> Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 06:39:38 +0100 > From: Fæ > To: Wikimedia Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Increase participation [WAS: The first > three weeks] > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On 1 June 2014 04:26, James Salsman wrote: > ... > >>...

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia movement affiliates liaisons

2014-05-31 Thread Delphine Ménard
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 1:01 AM, Bence Damokos wrote: > On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 12:57 AM, Risker wrote: > >> I'm still stuck on "bylaws". Why is AffCom asking for bylaws? >> > Depends on the context. > > We do review them, or at least try to, whenever a group (chapter, user > group, thematic orga

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Increase participation [WAS: The first three weeks]

2014-05-31 Thread
On 1 June 2014 04:26, James Salsman wrote: ... >>... selects strongly against women. > > Where is the evidence that women have more difficulty understanding > wikitext than men? (Probably drifting to "Increase participation by women") As someone who has run editathons on women focused topics, I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Increase participation [WAS: The first three weeks]

2014-05-31 Thread James Salsman
> (non-CS) engineer friends ... upon hitting that edit button, > basically went "Gak! No way!" Wikitext is simpler than what phototypesetter operators in the 1960s-1990s had to deal with, and they had a much better gender balance. > Wikitext resitricts editing to pretty much only "computer scien

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Increase participation [WAS: The first three weeks]

2014-05-31 Thread Marc A. Pelletier
On 05/31/2014 08:27 PM, James Salsman wrote: > Individual editors' skill with wikitext should be independent of > almost all of the systemic biases from which we suffer [...] Seriously? I have (non-CS) engineer friends that, upon hitting that edit button, basically went "Gak! No way!" Wikitext

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Increase participation [WAS: The first three weeks]

2014-05-31 Thread James Salsman
> "being able to figure out wikitext" might be a good attribute, > but making it a requirement pretty much sacrifices any hope > we have of getting rid of our systemic bias Individual editors' skill with wikitext should be independent of almost all of the systemic biases from which we suffer e

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Bad usage of money in Brazil

2014-05-31 Thread Lodewijk
Hi Rodrigo, asking questions about a WLM competition would be the right time now indeed. But then you should phrase your questions that way: are they still planning to organize a WLM, how can you help them and what are they planning budget/prize wise. You could also suggest to plan an evaluation m

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Bad usage of money in Brazil

2014-05-31 Thread Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton
Well Lodewijk, they announce the values during the WLE, not before to discuss (I wrote that in Meta), and more, they are trying to do a event after the WLE that will cost ~9000 USD. And they promised to do a WLM too, how much money they will spend on that too. Furthermore, I tried to do in the soft

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC related announcements: Letter of Intent, Selection of New Members, FDC Advisory Group Review

2014-05-31 Thread Lodewijk
As you're sending this announcement email on June 1 (well, in my timezone) and as that is a Sunday (in my timezone, a day off), I guess June 8 would definitely be more reasonable, even though I expect most FDC-chapters will have been working on the letter already. I'm guessing the email got delaye

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia movement affiliates liaisons

2014-05-31 Thread Bence Damokos
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 12:17 AM, Leigh Thelmadatter wrote: > > Obviously, having more user groups would be great, but we do not > currently > > know how many are not being created due to the process. > > It is entirely possible, that the creation of active user groups (without > > further investm

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia movement affiliates liaisons

2014-05-31 Thread Bence Damokos
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 12:57 AM, Risker wrote: > I'm still stuck on "bylaws". Why is AffCom asking for bylaws? > Depends on the context. We do review them, or at least try to, whenever a group (chapter, user group, thematic organisation) decides to have them, in order to make sure they comply

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia movement affiliates liaisons

2014-05-31 Thread Risker
I'm still stuck on "bylaws". Why is AffCom asking for bylaws? Risker > > > > > ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia movement affiliates liaisons

2014-05-31 Thread Leigh Thelmadatter
> Obviously, having more user groups would be great, but we do not currently > know how many are not being created due to the process. > It is entirely possible, that the creation of active user groups (without > further investments and interventions into seeding communities) is > currently maxed o

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Free online course on open knowledge

2014-05-31 Thread Salvador A
Thanks for share Bishakha. I joined. 2014-05-31 1:16 GMT-05:00 Bishakha Datta : > I signed up out of interest, so sharing. It's free and begins 3 Sept. > > > http://online.stanford.edu/course/openknowledge-changing-global-course-learning?utm_source=email%20broadcast&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Unvisited App for easier photo collection

2014-05-31 Thread Alice Wiegand
Great, now I know where to go tomorrow! Alice. On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 10:23 PM, HaeB wrote: > There is more information at > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Unvisited_app . > > 2014-05-31 12:26 GMT-07:00 Kevin Rutherford : > > Hey all, > > > > I realized at the Wikimedia Conference

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Ukraine's anniversary

2014-05-31 Thread Jan-Bart de Vreede
Indeed, congratulations on achieving these milestones! It is great to know that even in these turbulent times you are managing to reach new goals and have a positive effect! Sometimes in the bigger picture these seem like small steps, but they are important steps for us as a movement and socie

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Ukraine's anniversary

2014-05-31 Thread Alex Wang
Congrats! Looking forward to the future of WMUA and UKWP! Alex On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Asaf Bartov wrote: > Congratulations, WMUA and UKWP! :) > >A. > > > On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Enock Seth Nyamador > > wrote: > > > Congrats Wikimedia Ukraine and Happy 5th Anniversary.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Unvisited App for easier photo collection

2014-05-31 Thread HaeB
There is more information at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Unvisited_app . 2014-05-31 12:26 GMT-07:00 Kevin Rutherford : > Hey all, > > I realized at the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin that many people do not know > that there is a phone app that you can use on your phone that search

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Ukraine's anniversary

2014-05-31 Thread Asaf Bartov
Congratulations, WMUA and UKWP! :) A. On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Enock Seth Nyamador wrote: > Congrats Wikimedia Ukraine and Happy 5th Anniversary. > > -Enock > > > On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 7:38 PM, ENWP Pine > wrote: > > > Congratulations Wikimedia Ukraine on these milestones. > > 5

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Ukraine's anniversary

2014-05-31 Thread Enock Seth Nyamador
Congrats Wikimedia Ukraine and Happy 5th Anniversary. -Enock On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 7:38 PM, ENWP Pine wrote: > Congratulations Wikimedia Ukraine on these milestones. > 500,000 articles, 10 years as a language wiki, and 5 years > as an organization are great reasons to celebrate. > > https://

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Ukraine's anniversary

2014-05-31 Thread ENWP Pine
Congratulations Wikimedia Ukraine on these milestones. 500,000 articles, 10 years as a language wiki, and 5 years as an organization are great reasons to celebrate. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Feuerwerk_Dreiländerbrücke.jpg Pine > Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 21:13:16 +0200 > From: Rich

[Wikimedia-l] Unvisited App for easier photo collection

2014-05-31 Thread Kevin Rutherford
Hey all, I realized at the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin that many people do not know that there is a phone app that you can use on your phone that searches for places to take photos, and then provides walking directions for them. It’s still in a bit of the development stage now for the iPhone

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Ukraine's anniversary

2014-05-31 Thread Richard Ames
- оригінальне повідомлення - Тема: Wikimedia Ukraine's anniversary Від кого: Levon Azizian Кому: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Копія: Правління Вікімедіа Україна Відправлено: 31.05.2014 18:40, Today, our organization celebrates anniversary - 5 years from the date of creation. Exact

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Education] Teaching Critical Reading through Wikipedia

2014-05-31 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Asaf Bartov, 31/05/2014 20:16: Does anyone know of specific materials developed for teaching critical reading skills (either in K-12 or higher education) *through* reading Wikipedia? I vaguely remember coming across some, but don't remember the details. I'm thinking about things like "how to id

[Wikimedia-l] Teaching Critical Reading through Wikipedia

2014-05-31 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hi. Does anyone know of specific materials developed for teaching critical reading skills (either in K-12 or higher education) *through* reading Wikipedia? I vaguely remember coming across some, but don't remember the details. I'm thinking about things like "how to identify bias", "how to distil

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC related announcements: Letter of Intent, Selection of New Members, FDC Advisory Group Review

2014-05-31 Thread Anasuya Sengupta
Hi all, It's been pointed out to us that the deadline for the Letter of Intent in one place on the FDC portal (undergoing redesign) was June 8 rather than June 1, and that caused some confusion. Our apologies. We're more than happy to accommodate any organisations affected by this. Please let us k

[Wikimedia-l] Audio podcasts from Wikiconference USA

2014-05-31 Thread Andrew Lih
For those interested in what's going on at Wikiconference USA, Wikipedia Weekly podcast is back, with two episodes from the conference: Here's a wrap-up of the first day of the conference, including summary of keynotes and selected sessions: https://archive.org/details/wikipedia-weekly-110 In

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Airtel Offers Nigerians Free Access to Wikipedia

2014-05-31 Thread Jens Best
News from Chile Chile’s Subsecretaria de Telecomunicaciones just decided that zero-rating is a promotion tool which is against net neutrality. Therefore all zero-rated-related marketing deals have to stop at the 1st of June. According to a WMF-list in Chile no provider has been offering Wikipedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia movement affiliates liaisons

2014-05-31 Thread Bence Damokos
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 7:02 PM, Samuel Klein wrote: > On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Bence Damokos wrote: > > > Also, somewhat unfortunately in my view, there is a requirement for user > > groups is to have a "history of projects", which was not further defined > > but in theory makes it impo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Bad usage of money in Brazil

2014-05-31 Thread Lodewijk
Dear Rodrigo, As you probably realize, the Wiki Loves Earth competition is ongoing already - and it is highly unlikely that things will change /during/ the competition. Raising this right now, in this aggressive way (not going towards a solution) is primarily obstructive. What would be much more