Congratulations to all new members.
On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 1:13 AM, James Alexander
wrote:
> Thanks Patrick for all your work on this and Congratulations to everyone
> coming on board! Thank you Thogo, PhilKnight, Avraham and Alhen for your
> work over the past years. I know I'll see you all aro
Thank you! I love this! <3
On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Asaf Bartov wrote:
> (at least on my inbox, this does not seem to have made it to Wikimedia-l,
> so forwarding.)
>
>A.
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Wilfredor
> Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:59 AM
> Subject: [Wik
Couple of notes and pointers
I have added the link to the blog post here :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Statistics_related_to_Africa#Use_and_knowledge_of_Wikipedia_in_Africa
Please do not hesitate to drop information related to Africa in those pages.
Thank you Don for the info.
The wri
(at least on my inbox, this does not seem to have made it to Wikimedia-l,
so forwarding.)
A.
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From: Wilfredor
Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:59 AM
Subject: [Wikimania-l] Wikiradio
To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <
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Maggie Dennis wrote:
> In the time I've worked at the Wikimedia Foundation, I have
> (unsurprisingly, given its reported prevalence) come across this kind of
> harassment in my work with Support and Safety (formerly Community
> Advocacy). There have been cases where perfectly harmless pictures of
On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 11:43 AM, MZMcBride wrote:
> One part of this arrangement still confuses me. In the linked post, you
> write, "With this grant we brought the idea to the funder and they
> supported our work with this grant."
>
> Why ask for and take the money? The Wikimedia Foundation can
The Discovery's maps team would like to share the progress we have been
making, and our future goals.
* Kartographer extension is getting closer to being deployed. It will allow
editors to insert a map and add article specific data into wiki pages.
Kartographer has a neat Visual Editor interface t
That could indeed happen, James. :)
Apropos, thanks to everyone currently or formerly at WMF who worked with
(and for ;) ) us during that time! It was a pleasure.
And, of course, congrats to the new and remaining members of the OC!
Th.
2016-02-01 20:13 GMT+01:00 James Alexander :
> Thanks Patr
Thanks Patrick for all your work on this and Congratulations to everyone
coming on board! Thank you Thogo, PhilKnight, Avraham and Alhen for your
work over the past years. I know I'll see you all around still :).
James Alexander
Manager
Trust & Safety
Wikimedia Foundation
(415) 839-6885 x6716 @jam
So useful!!! Thanks for shharing!
2016-02-01 15:45 GMT-03:00 Tito Dutta :
> Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
>
> On 2 February 2016 at 00:09, Addis Wang wrote:
>
> > Hi Community!
> >
> > Here is the latest issue of ESEA (East and Southeast Asia) Newsletter.
> > Checkout some recent work done by
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
On 2 February 2016 at 00:09, Addis Wang wrote:
> Hi Community!
>
> Here is the latest issue of ESEA (East and Southeast Asia) Newsletter.
> Checkout some recent work done by the ESEA community.
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEA_Hub/Seasonal_Newsletter/Jan_
Hi Community!
Here is the latest issue of ESEA (East and Southeast Asia) Newsletter.
Checkout some recent work done by the ESEA community.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEA_Hub/Seasonal_Newsletter/Jan_2016
Here is the outline:
- 4,310 articles in 41 language versions of Wikipedia contrib
It's quite true, sadly.
One thing that that blog post doesn't mention is that the periods of growth
in Yoruba and Malagasy happened mostly thanks to bots :(
There is some hard-to-notice, but real and organic growth in the number of
articles in Xhosa in the last year. I know it because I traveled
Thanks Patrick for the announcement. Congratulations to the new members as
well as the returning members!
Regards,
Tanweer
On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 10:00 PM, Patrick Earley
wrote:
> Hello, everyone.
>
> I'd like to announce the new and returning members of the 2016 Ombudsman
> Commission (OC), t
Hello, everyone.
I'd like to announce the new and returning members of the 2016 Ombudsman
Commission (OC), the small group of volunteers who investigate complaints
about violations of the privacy policy, and in particular concerning the
use of CheckUser and Oversight[1] tools, on any Wikimedia pro
On 2016-02-01 16:18, Don Osborn wrote:
Am interested in feedback on accuracy, as well as observations or
comments from people active in any of the African language Wikipedias
or other Wikimedia projects about their experience and hopes.
Thanks in advance,
Don Osborn
I was following Hausa Wi
FYI, a recent blog post looking at African language editions of
Wikipedia that may be of interest:
"Wikipedia at 15 and African languages" (31 Jan 2016)
http://niamey.blogspot.com/2016/01/wikipedia-at-15-african-languages.html
Am interested in feedback on accuracy, as well as observations or
c
Il 01/02/2016 14:54, Fæ ha scritto:
A summary of the total number of posts from people going over the 30
post limit in the last 4 months, with one person having gone over 30
posts for 3 months running:
October: none
November: 39
December: 33, 35
January: 31, 32, 32
Then the trend is getting
A summary of the total number of posts from people going over the 30
post limit in the last 4 months, with one person having gone over 30
posts for 3 months running:
October: none
November: 39
December: 33, 35
January: 31, 32, 32
The discussion about other ways of viewing posts, appears to have c
I think an analysis of the past Wikimedia community election results, with
a variety of different voting (and counting) methods, could show the best
path toward achieving diversity in elected seats, without necesarilly
resorting to quotas or separate contests.
Thanks,
Pharos
On Sun, Jan 31, 2016
"We are fully committed to filling the open community-selected seat through a
transparent proces (...)"
(https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/James_Heilman_removal_FAQ#Will_the_Board_support_and_accept_the_next_community-selected_member.3F)
So it wasn't true w
Congratulations and welcome back Maria!
best,
Subha
On 1/30/2016 1:44 PM, Nurunnaby Chowdhury (Hasive) wrote:
> Congratulations Maria!
>
> On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Anthony Cole wrote:
>
>> Welcome back Maria. Recent events have shed a much-needed bright light on
>> the board, and it wou
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