Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Board appointment of Executive Director

Congratulations! Very good news indeed! Em 24/06/2016 06:29, "Samuel Klein" escreveu: > Brilliant news for the foundation! Thank you for resolving this so > swiftly. ~SJ > On Jun 24, 2016 11:26, "James Heilman" wrote: > > > Wonderful news. Katherine is an amazing selection. Congrats and thank

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Departure

Garfield, I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavours. It's been awesome to meet you, to work with you and to see you dancing. Thank you for all your support, ever, when we needed. I'm sure you'll missed in the Wikimedia movement. Oona 2015-09-24 18:03 GMT-03:00 Alex Wang : > Garfiel

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Board of Trustees Chair and Vice Chair positions

Very good news! Congratulations, Patricio! I'm happy for you and for Wikimedia movement! Oona 2015-07-17 15:48 GMT-03:00 Nasir Khan : > Great news! Congratulations Patricio and Alice! > > thanks > Nasir Khan > Wikimedia Bangladesh > > > -- > *Nasir Khan Saikat* > www.nasirkhn.com > > > On Fri,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Portugal's Board

Hey, Wikimedia Portugal, good news! Happy to read them. Also, congratulations for WikiLovesEarth contest. Beautiful photos there! Oona 2015-07-09 14:49 GMT-03:00 Vinicius Siqueira : > Congratulations to our friends from Portugal! We are very happy to hear > such good news. The best wishes from t

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Farewell

Dear Fabrice, it was a pleasure to collaborate with your work. You did a very good job and I enjoyed the atmosphere you created with your colleagues. wish you all the best Oona 2015-06-20 18:48 GMT-03:00 attolippip : > May you fare well! > > We have published a few blog posts and you have been a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Venture Beyond

I like reading this. Excellent, indeed! On 3 June 2014 03:50, Nurunnaby Chowdhury wrote: > +1 Lila.. > > -- > Nurunnaby Chowdhury | @nhasive > Sysop, Bengali Wikipedia | User: Nhasive > Member, IEG, WMF > Sent from my iPhone device > > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Jasper Deng > wrote: >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Ukraine's anniversary

Congrats! On 2 June 2014 15:50, Amy Vossbrinck wrote: > Very nice work!! > > Take good care, Amy > > > On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 8:10 AM, Cristian Consonni > > wrote: > > > > Today, our organization celebrates anniversary - 5 years from the date > > > of creation. > > > > > > Exactly 5 years

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Please welcome Lila Tretikov, the Wikimedia Foundation's new ED

Congratulations and a warm welcome from Brazil, Lila! Wish you all the best in such challenging and important position. Also many thanks to Sue, for all her work and vision. Please feel free to ask us anything if it's helpful in the onboarding process. Oona On 1 May 2014 16:51, Chris Keating

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Internet rights approved in Brazil

t; Now YES we can celebrate. > > > > > > > http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/04/23/brazil-marcocivil-netmundial2014-senate-approves-bill/ > > > > Cheers! > > > > Tom > > > > > > 2014-03-26 12:05 GMT-07:00 Oona Castro : > > > > > Fair enoug

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Internet rights approved in Brazil

tps://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lei_de_acesso_%C3%A0_informa%C3%A7%C3%A3o*< > https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lei_de_acesso_%C3%A0_informa%C3%A7%C3%A3o> > > http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2011-2014/2011/lei/l12527.htm > > > 2014-03-26 2:23 GMT-03:00 Victor Grigas : > > >

[Wikimedia-l] Internet rights approved in Brazil

Hello all! Subject is not 100% related to Wikimedia, but definitely important for the future of projects like ours. Marco civil da Internet (the Brazilian internet civil rights bill) has just been approved by the Brazilian Congress

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annoucement from the Executive Director of Wikimedia Argentina

Best of luck, Osmar! And congratulations for the work you've done. Let's keep in touch. Oona On 29 January 2014 07:16, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > Really sad to see you go! > Wishing you the very best in your future endeavors. > > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Michael Jahn >wrote: > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why the WP will never be a real encyclopaedia

I rarely jump in controversial topics here in Wikimedia-l, but I've decided to share my 2 cents today. I sign up for what Laura Hale said on facts & data based support for such a claim, but would like just to add a question: * what does a "real encyclopedia" look like? While I do see Rui Correia'

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 3rd Global Congress on IP & OpenAir Conference on Innovation & IP in Africa

Thanks! On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Peter Southwood < peter.southw...@telkomsa.net> wrote: > David Ricfield (User:Slashme) might be interested > Cheers, > Peter > - Original Message - From: "Oona Castro" > > To: "Wikimedia Mailing List"

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 3rd Global Congress on IP & OpenAir Conference on Innovation & IP in Africa

On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Lodewijk wrote: > Lodewijk -- Oona Castro Consultant for the Brazilian Catalyst Program at Wikimedia Foundation + 55 21 81812505 Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make i

[Wikimedia-l] 3rd Global Congress on IP & OpenAir Conference on Innovation & IP in Africa

h and global south perspectives. Would there be anyone interested in participating of this meeting this year? I strongly recommend people engaged in IP and international treaties debates join them. Perhaps someone from South Africa? Best regards Oona -- Oona Castro Consultant for the Brazilia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] What community initiatives have made an impact on editor engagement?

That's been a very complex issue. Henrique will bring more context into here. For now, it's worth mentioning the Portuguese Wikipedia community has been working on this antivandalism project http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia_Discuss%C3%A3o:Projetos/AntiVandalismoin order to build alterna

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia in jail!

That's a really nice initiative indeed! Em 19/06/2013 08:16, "Patricio Lorente" escreveu: > Charles, this is an amazing initiative. Thanks for sharing, I think we > could probably try to do something similar in Argentina. > > Patricio > > 2

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiReaders4Kids

Hi Victor, hope you're well. I found the campaign awsome and will be donating some money. I was wondering whether that would be nice to donate some of them to the global south, though import taxes might be an issue, as well as the fact that it comes with the English Wikipedia and downloading other

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Armenia

+1! On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Everton Zanella Alvarenga < t...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Exciting news! Congratulations! Tom > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Bence Damokos wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > I am happy to announce that the the WMF Board of Trustees have resolved > to > > recog

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia Zero wins!

Congratulations to all involved! On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < dimitar.parvanov.dimit...@gmail.com> wrote: > That is so cool! Congratulations! > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation named Knight News Challenge winner

+1 to what Fabrice said (not only myself but many others I know have applied a couple of times) Congratulations! Oona On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Fabrice Florin wrote: > Congrats to everyone who worked on the Knight grant! > > As someone who applied three years in a row for a News Challeng

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia ED Sue Gardner named to Global Voices Board of Directors

wonderful news! Congratulations, Sue! Oona On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:35 AM, MZMcBride wrote: > Jay Walsh wrote: > >Hi folks - happy to share this news that WMF and Global Voices are > >releasing today. Also posted on the WM Blog, > >https://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=21160 > > > >[...] > > > >SAN FR

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikivoyage project launch/migration update

Awesome, Gerard! Muito obrigada! Happy new year and great guides to Portuguese speaking countries ;-) Oona On 3 January 2013 18:28, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > The Portuguese Wikivoyage has been created. :) > Thanks, > GerardM > > > On 12 November 2012 22:31, Rodrigo Tetsuo Argento