Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paris

2015-11-14 Thread Milos Rancic
Also, non-French Wikimedians currently in Paris: May you contact WMFR and tell you are OK? (For WMFR: What's the best way to do that?) I see on Facebook one Wikimedian currently in "affected area" not "marked as safe", so I suppose there could be others, as well. On Nov 14, 2015 11:50, "Milos

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paris

2015-11-14 Thread Andrea Zanni
Megan Hernandez, from WMF, living in Paris, is well. I hope she don't mind me saying in public, but she was the only one I didn't check, and replied to me few minutes ago. Aubrey On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Christophe Henner < christophe.hen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Drop an email to me or

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paris

2015-11-14 Thread Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska
User Paterm, Polish wikipedian living in Paris is also well. Warm thoughts for all French wikipedians. What happened yesterday is a great tragedy. Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska 2015-11-14 13:16 GMT+01:00 Ilario Valdelli : > I have also checked yesterday through Internet and I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paris

2015-11-14 Thread Giuliana Mancini
Dear Nathalie, I want to express our solidariety from Italy with all of you for the awful things that happened yesterday. If we can do anything, here we are. Giuliana Il 14/11/15 04:09, Sydney Poore ha scritto: Alex, thanks for sharing this information. My thoughts are with Wikimedians and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paris

2015-11-14 Thread Christophe Henner
Hi Everyone, Sorry didn't thought of coming here (long night for me had to work). Nathalie, WMFr ED, checked all staff in. From all we could gather over the last hours, so far all parisians wikimedians are ok. Can't be 100% sure as we have some who still have to answer but so far so good. Thank

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paris

2015-11-14 Thread Milos Rancic
Christophe, thank you for the update! It's good to hear that all of you are well! On Nov 14, 2015 11:26, "Christophe Henner" wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Sorry didn't thought of coming here (long night for me had to work). > > Nathalie, WMFr ED, checked all staff in. >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paris

2015-11-14 Thread Ilario Valdelli
I have also checked yesterday through Internet and I was supported by all of your messages. I suppose that the hobbies of wiki*edians are safety hobbies (i.e.writing wikipedia). So the probability of an accident is low. Every time an accident happens we think to all people of the community

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paris

2015-11-14 Thread Christophe Henner
Drop an email to me or text me +33650664739 @Milos who is it ? Can y ou share his name in private please so I can see if we can reach out ? Thanks -- Christophe On 14 November 2015 at 12:42, Milos Rancic wrote: > Also, non-French Wikimedians currently in Paris: May you

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Analytics] On toxic communities

2015-11-14 Thread rupert THURNER
interesting. i read 90% male, 85% between 16 and 30 years of age, 12 mio players a day, 1 bio hours played a month (2012). they had a tribunal which is switched off since a year. the market is 54 mio usd a month for multiplayer online battle arena (moba) in the united states. league of legends

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Q1 Fundraising Update

2015-11-14 Thread Anna Stillwell
Andreas, Thank you for this positive feedback. I can't comment on future banner messages because I don't have the requisite knowledge. Here's where we are right now... I've seen Megan and the fundraising team really apply themselves on this concern. They've interviewed many people and they are

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Q1 Fundraising Update

2015-11-14 Thread Pine W
By the way, was there any follow up at WMF to Risker's suggestion from awhile ago that its budget get a peer review from a similarly situated organization? I've taken a peek at the discussions in the current round of FDC proposals. I have some concerns about WMF staff critiquing the budgets of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paris

2015-11-14 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Solidarity from India for this tragic incident. Good to know that Wikipedians in and from Paris are all safe. Bodhisattwa On 14 November 2015 at 12:28, Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska wrote: > User Paterm, Polish wikipedian living in Paris is also well. As is John

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paris

2015-11-14 Thread Mardetanha
my heart goes out to the families of those who have been killed and I am really hopeful All wikimedians are safe, stay safe Mardetanha On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 6:39 AM, Sydney Poore wrote: > Alex, thanks for sharing this information. My thoughts are with Wikimedians >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Analytics] On toxic communities

2015-11-14 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Thanks for the article, Denny. A couple of weeks ago, I posted a proposal to use machine learning to identify problematic talk page behaviour at the English Wikipedia's Village Pump.[1] The ideas seem roughly equivalent: the main aim is to make people aware of it when they are about to engage in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] On toxic communities

2015-11-14 Thread Benjamin Lees
This article highlights the happier side of things, but it appears that Lin's approach also involved completely removing bad actors: "Some players have also asked why we've taken such an aggressive stance when we've been focused on reform; well, the key here is that for most players, reform

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paris

2015-11-14 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 14 November 2015 at 12:28, Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska wrote: > User Paterm, Polish wikipedian living in Paris is also well. As is John Cummings, a UK citizen currently working as Wikimedian in Residence at UNESCO in Paris. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing