Re: [Wikimedia-l] Pebble smartwatch tool for finding Wikipedia photo opportunities

2016-11-11 Thread Sage Ross
Thanks everyone for the feedback! I just published version 1.3; Albin added Wikidata support to the wmflabs API, and Diderot now queries Wikidata if no nearby unillustrated articles are found on Wikipedia. (You can also now customize the color of the time text.) -Sage On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 5:2

Re: [Wikimedia-l] DEITYBOUNCE and reader logs (was Re: Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer)

2016-11-11 Thread Dario Taraborelli
If you want to hear about the results of this research collaboration, or have additional questions about the data collection approach or the analysis, I invite you to come and join us at our upcoming showcase on *Wednesday 11/16. * https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/analytics/2016-November/0055

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter to the new CTO

2016-11-11 Thread rupert THURNER
On Nov 9, 2016 20:26, "C. Scott Ananian" wrote: > > I'm going to take the bait and respond in part, to defend the teams and > projects I work with: > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 2:47 PM, Rogol Domedonfors > wrote: > > > they are summarised by the four words > > *under-ambitious, > > under-resourced

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter to the new CTO

2016-11-11 Thread Pine W
Hi Rogol, I wish I could comment in depth. The one comment that I will make is that Katherine's tone toward the community has generally been receptive, and so far we (meaning WMF, the community, and the affiliates) have not had large-scale conflicts since she became the interim ED, which I conside

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to review: Design Statement of Purpose

2016-11-11 Thread Pine W
Overall I like the statement on wiki. Quick question though: "rigorous research" can be very time consuming, very expensive, and probably difficult to do well given Wikimedia's vast number of languages, number of projects, and multiple platforms. Could this be made more nuanced? Other than that, I