Re: [Wikimedia-l] documentaries about Wikipedia

2016-12-09 Thread Andy Cruz y Corro
Over here there's also a 30-min documentary about Wikimania 2015 [1] and a 9-min teaser [2]. If you want shorter videos, maybe the Wikimedia Mexico Youtube channel might help [3] Cheers [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2015_documentary.webm [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/w

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: Abraham Taherivand appointed Interim Executive Director

2016-12-09 Thread Nurunnaby Hasive
Congratulation Abraham! -Hasive WMBD @nhasive On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 2:46 AM, Arthur Richards wrote: > Congrats to you both, Christian and Abraham! > > > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 1:43 PM Katy Love wrote: > > > > > Congratulations, Abraham, on this important interim role!! > > > > > > Katy > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] documentaries about Wikipedia

2016-12-09 Thread Victor Grigas
Hi everyone, My first suggestion - this documentary from Wikimania 2013 is slightly outdated but does explain the basics of the Wikimedia movement in about 30 minutes, and is appropriate for a 'theater' setting: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2013_in_Hong_Kong_(no_subtitles).web

Re: [Wikimedia-l] documentaries about Wikipedia

2016-12-09 Thread Gnangarra
some of these perhaps https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:The_Impact_of_Wikipedia On 10 December 2016 at 05:50, Mardetanha wrote: > Dear all, > We (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Wikimedians_User_Group) have > been invited to talk about Wikipedia in one of Iranian well-known an

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Statement by Wikimedia Board on Healthy Community Culture, Inclusivity, and Safe Spaces

2016-12-09 Thread C. Scott Ananian
Oh, and I should mention that the proposal at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T149665 is orthogonal to the good work in connection with the Community Wishlist described by Patrick. There will also be dev summit sessions for wishlist items which receive a large number of votes, so by all means pa

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Statement by Wikimedia Board on Healthy Community Culture, Inclusivity, and Safe Spaces

2016-12-09 Thread C. Scott Ananian
I hope to continue this discussion, focusing on technical features/UX/affordances, at the 2017 Dev Summit in January. I welcome comments & ideas at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T149665. --scott On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 3:18 PM, Christophe Henner wrote: > Hello everyone, > > As many of you

[Wikimedia-l] documentaries about Wikipedia

2016-12-09 Thread Mardetanha
Dear all, We (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Wikimedians_User_Group) have been invited to talk about Wikipedia in one of Iranian well-known and respected academic gatherings. As part of this we have 40 minute time to show a film (preferably a documentary ) about our movement, I am aware o

[Wikimedia-l] Public call for applications for 2016-17 Ombuds Commission

2016-12-09 Thread Karen Brown
Hi all, It's coming close to time for annual appointments of community members to serve on the Ombudsman commission. This commission works on all Wikimedia projects to investigate complaints about violations of the privacy policy, especially in use of CheckUser and Oversight tools, and to mediate

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Passing of User:Coyau

2016-12-09 Thread Shlomi Fish
On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 09:22:26 -0800 Guillaume Paumier wrote: > Dear all, > > It is with great sadness that I must share the news of the passing of > User:Coyau, a pillar of the francophone Wikimedia community. > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Coyau > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:C

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Statement by Wikimedia Board on Healthy Community Culture, Inclusivity, and Safe Spaces

2016-12-09 Thread Chris Keating
Thanks Christophe and Patrick - it's good to know both that the WMF views this as a serious issue, and to hear what is actually happening to tackle it! Chris On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 8:30 PM, Patrick Earley wrote: > I want to thank the Board for this letter, and for their focus on this > problem.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Early Update - Fundraising

2016-12-09 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Good article on Wikimedia fundraising: http://associationsnow.com/2016/12/lessons-wikipedias-annual-donation-strategy/ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lis

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Early Update - Fundraising

2016-12-09 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Thanks, Seddon. Jimmy Wales, in his inimitable style, was a little more definite on this idea of stopping the fundraiser when the targeted amount of money is in the bank. Rich Farmbrough had asked,[1] Once upon a time, unless I imagined it, we used to run the annual fund-raiser until we had r