Re: [Wikimedia-l] Harassment and blaming the victim

2016-06-06 Thread Sydney Poore
Hi James, I more or less agree with your comments and suggestions. But one consideration is the damage that comes from ideas left unchallenged and the readers of the ideas feel dispirited or alienated that no one spoke up pointing out the problems/concerns. That is the reason that take the time

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Harassment and blaming the victim

2016-06-06 Thread Sydney Poore
Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight suggested Annual Training during the Harassment Consultation, 2015. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Harassment_consultation_2015/Ideas/Annual_training If you've not seen it, it is worth your time to read the talk page discussion. Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Harassment and blaming the victim

2016-06-06 Thread Pine W
I have created https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Training_for_administrators and would welcome feedback there. On the subject of block evasion, I have some ideas but would defer to our experienced CheckUsers. Pine ___ Wikimedia-l mailing

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Harassment and blaming the victim

2016-06-06 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
Thank you, Sydney/FloNight. More outspoken editors with attitudes like yours would help make Wikipedia in general and the Inspire Campaign in specific a safer and more welcoming space for editors from diverse backgrounds. - Pax On 6/6/16 3:10 PM, Sydney Poore wrote: Thank you,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Harassment and blaming the victim

2016-06-06 Thread Sydney Poore
Thank you, Pax/Funcrunch, for bringing this topic to the broad wikimedia community. I'm sorry that you've had a bad experience contributing to Wikipedia. And I'm glad that you are staying around to add and improve content, and also to offer your ideas about how to address harassment. I appreciate

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Form 990 for FY 2014-2015 now on-wiki

2016-06-06 Thread Lodewijk
From Sue's response to a similar question in 2009 I found the following link with some stats: http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/knowledgebase/detail.php?linkID=214=118=2579 it seems it is quite common to get the extensions, and I'm assuming the WMF did that again in the past years. But someone from

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Form 990 for FY 2014-2015 now on-wiki

2016-06-06 Thread James Heilman
Looking at things further, appears we always file around 6 months late. Apr 30, 2015 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/7/76/Form_990_-_FY_13-14_-_Public2.pdf Apr 30 2014 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/5/5c/Form_990_-_FY_12-13_-_Public.pdf So I imagine each

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Form 990 for FY 2014-2015 now on-wiki

2016-06-06 Thread James Heilman
Upon reviewing this 990 form: It says May 9th 2016 on the bottom which I assume is the date of filing. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/27/Form_990_FY_2014-2015_-_Public.pdf Publication was the 18th of May

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost – Volume 12, Issue 19 – 5 June 2016

2016-06-06 Thread JP Béland
It looks to me the PDF link is not working. JP aka Amqui Le dim. 5 juin 2016 14:14, Wikipedia Signpost a écrit : > News and notes: WMF cuts budget for 2016-17 as scope tightens > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-06-05/News_and_notes

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] 72 hours with Rodin editathon in Mexico City

2016-06-06 Thread Hasive N. Chowdhury
Great to know Ivan. All the best for Wikimedia Mexico. Hasive WMBD On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 5:43 AM, Ivan Martínez wrote: > Hi everyone. > > This June, Wikimedia Mexico will run the editathon* 72 hours with Rodin* > a huge journey from June 9 to 12 at Museo Soumaya[1]. This