Re: [Wikimedia-l] Offline Medical Wikipedia in Spanish

2016-08-17 Thread Peter Southwood
Good going. P -Original Message- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of James Heilman Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 7:12 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Offline Medical Wikipedia in Spanish Hey All We launched an offline

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2016 call for Board Governance Committee Volunteer and Advisory members [results]

2016-08-17 Thread Katherine Maher
Similarly - really delighted to see so many excellent people supporting this important committee. Thank you to everyone who volunteered! Katherine On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 7:38 AM, Dariusz Jemielniak wrote: > +1, and also I'm amazed how many outstanding people are willing to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FW: My final email

2016-08-17 Thread Marc-Andre
On 2016-08-17 06:13 AM, Peter Southwood wrote: Problem? Vague and unspecific information and suggestion of possible unspecified consequences. Unfortunately this is the kind of language I have come to expect from Jimmy, and why I don't take anything he writes at face value. The problem of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] First French WikiConvention

2016-08-17 Thread Kevin Payravi
This is awesome to hear, Pierre. Best of luck to the event! Kevin SuperHamster on en.wiki Sent via mobile On Aug 17, 2016 11:11 AM, "Pierre-Yves Beaudouin" < pierre.beaudo...@wikimedia.fr> wrote: > Dear all, > > We are proud to announce that the first ever French-speaking Wikimedia > projects

Re: [Wikimedia-l] First French WikiConvention

2016-08-17 Thread Gordon Joly
On 17/08/16 16:10, Pierre-Yves Beaudouin wrote: > The 1st Francophone WikiConvention will take place in an eco-friendly > rehabilitated place called the Halle Pajol in the 18th arrondissement of > Paris. I like the name, WikiConvention. Still not happy about "Wikimania" since "mania" is a

[Wikimedia-l] Offline Medical Wikipedia in Spanish

2016-08-17 Thread James Heilman
Hey All We launched an offline medical version of Wikipedia in Spanish today. You can download it at Google Play here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixcustomwikimedes Have attached a press release we have put together. We continue to see exponential growth in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FW: My final email

2016-08-17 Thread Peter Southwood
Thank you Caitlin, that actually addresses the problem, and I think that will be a significant improvement. It would also be nice if I didn’t have to opt out of something I don’t think I ever opted into. Cheers, Peter -Original Message- From: Wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FW: My final email

2016-08-17 Thread Peter Southwood
You know this to be the case? Peter -Original Message- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Marc-Andre Sent: Wednesday, 17 August 2016 4:04 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] FW: My final email On 2016-08-17 06:13 AM,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FW: My final email

2016-08-17 Thread Caitlin Cogdill
Hi Peter, I can appreciate that the text on the page seems vague in terms of defining to what list the opt-out will apply. We're going to edit the header on the page to specifically say "Fundraising email". I hope that helps clarify for other donors on multiple Wikimedia lists. Thanks, Caitlin

[Wikimedia-l] First French WikiConvention

2016-08-17 Thread Pierre-Yves Beaudouin
Dear all, We are proud to announce that the first ever French-speaking Wikimedia projects editors gathering will take place on August 19-20-21 in Paris, France. Supported by WikiFranca and organized locally by Wikimedia France, it's a "dream come true" as the first idea of this event goes back to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2016 call for Board Governance Committee Volunteer and Advisory members [results]

2016-08-17 Thread Dariusz Jemielniak
+1, and also I'm amazed how many outstanding people are willing to help! 17.08.2016 2:34 AM "Christophe Henner" napisał(a): > I hope nobody will mind, but I'll "Yay" with you too. > > Thanks and kuddos to Natalia for bringing the idea up, leading the process, > and making

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FW: My final email

2016-08-17 Thread Lodewijk
And, I presume, password reminders, Wikipedia system emails, talkpage notification emails, incidental invitations for research participation etc? That would at least be the by me expected behaviour. I guess there's a more accurate description for the unsubscribe link imaginable in that case

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FW: My final email

2016-08-17 Thread Joseph Seddon
Hey Peter, So you can unsubscribe from the fundraising and WMF newsletter emails via that form and you will remain on lists such as Wikimedia-l. Hope that helps. Regards Seddon On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Peter Southwood < peter.southw...@telkomsa.net> wrote: > That link says

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FW: My final email

2016-08-17 Thread Peter Southwood
That link says "Unsubscribe from Wikimedia Email" I am subscribed to a whole lot of email from Wikimedia. I only want to unsubscribe from that specific one. Problem? Vague and unspecific information and suggestion of possible unspecified consequences. Unfortunately this is the kind of language I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FW: My final email

2016-08-17 Thread Peter Southwood
Every year he says it is the final email, so far that has not turned out to be the case. If I click on the unsubscribe link and it actually does what it claims, it will be a serious inconvenience to me. Cheers, peter -Original Message- From: Wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2016 call for Board Governance Committee Volunteer and Advisory members [results]

2016-08-17 Thread Christophe Henner
I hope nobody will mind, but I'll "Yay" with you too. Thanks and kuddos to Natalia for bringing the idea up, leading the process, and making it happen so quickly. And thanks to everyone who volunteered to join bgc on top of their other volunteers position :) Christophe On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FW: My final email

2016-08-17 Thread John Mark Vandenberg
What is https://www.pages04.net/ ? WMF has given them a copy of (a subset of..?) the donor email list, as this link has Peter's email address on the page: https://www.pages04.net/wikimedia/WMFUnsubscribe/Unsubscribe?spMailingID=52077018=Mzk5NjI0Mzk2ODUS1=OTgyOTg3MDUyS0=OTgyOTg3MDUyS0 If you

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2016 call for Board Governance Committee Volunteer and Advisory members [results]

2016-08-17 Thread Delphine Ménard
Anders said it all. This announcement is so many kind of cool I don't know where to begin. So just YAY! Thanks for the initiative, thanks for volunteering. Delphine On 16 August 2016 at 20:57, Anders Wennersten wrote: > I joined the movement in 2007. I was then

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FW: My final email

2016-08-17 Thread Craig Franklin
Well, he *did* say it was his final email! I'd imagine the unsubscribe link would get you off the "former donors we can spam" list without removing you from this august list. Cheers, Craig On 17 August 2016 at 18:52, Peter Southwood wrote: > Is there any way to

[Wikimedia-l] FW: My final email

2016-08-17 Thread Peter Southwood
Is there any way to unsubscribe from these annoying and in my opinion misleading spam mails purporting to come from Jimmy Wales without unsubscribing from any other Wikimedia mailing lists or e-mail notifications? Cheers, Peter From: ji...@wikipedia.org [mailto:don...@wikimedia.org] Sent: