Re: [Wikimedia-l] Bridges across Cultures - 3rd edition!

2019-12-02 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Oops! I forgot to add the link to Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bridges_across_Cultures El lun., 2 de dic. de 2019 a la(s) 20:43, Osmar Valdebenito ( b1mbo.wikipe...@gmail.com) escribió: > Hi all! > > I'm glad to announce that the 3rd edition of the Bridges Across Cultures

[Wikimedia-l] Bridges across Cultures - 3rd edition!

2019-12-02 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
and break the bias towards Western European and North American contents. Hope you can all join! Osmar Valdebenito Wikimedia Chile ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Greener travel and the ethics of carbon offset for Wikimedia community events

2019-10-14 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Maybe it's cheap... for European participants in a conference. People coming from developing nations tend to live further and require longer trips to participate in events and conference, mostly hosted in Europe or the US. So, not only you are asking us to spend larger hours on flights but also pay

[Wikimedia-l] Iberoconf 2019 - Declaration of Santiago regarding affiliates' rights and responsabilities

2019-02-21 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
nd regards, Osmar Valdebenito G. Wikimedia Chile trustee Iberoconf 2019 organizer ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: W

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Freedom of panorama today approved by Belgian parliament

2016-06-17 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Congratulations to all the people involved! Finally we will have the Atomium! El vie, jun 17, 2016 12:30, Alex Wang escribió: > Wonderful news!! Congrats! > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 7:15 AM, James Heilman wrote: > > > Hopefully this is just a start and the rest of Europe will follow > Belgium'

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

2016-03-11 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Congratulations, Katherine! I hope this great announcement can help us to move forward building trust again within our movement :) 2016-03-11 1:18 GMT-03:00 Amy Elder : > You truly deserve this, Katherine, congratulations! I'm excited for and > confident in the next chapter! > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2

[Wikimedia-l] [Affiliate-selected Board seats] Osmar Valdebenito candidacy

2016-03-03 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Hi everyone, I would like to inform you that I have published my candidacy to the Affiliate-Selected Board Seats. You can see my declaration and résumé in https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016/Nominations/Osmar_Valdebenito You can ask me some questions here: https://

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of María Sefidari to Wikimedia Foundation Board

2016-01-29 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Congratulations María! I'm sure that her experience and support from the community (given she had the most favourable votes in the election a few months ago) will be important to bring the Board back on track after so many unfortunate decisions in the past weeks. 2016-01-29 13:15 GMT-03:00 Ad Huik

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC funds allocation recommendation is up

2014-11-26 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Ilario, nobody has said that chapters should become fundraiser entities. We have been very emphatic that the main focus of APG proposals should be delivering impact in the projects and we maintain that. What we have said is that chapters that have the opportunities to fundraise and reduce their dep

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC funds allocation recommendation is up

2014-11-25 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
2014-11-25 18:09 GMT-03:00 Liam Wyatt : > These points imply to me that the the FDC believes it has a duty to oversee > the manner in which funds are raised by the Chapters from external sources, > not just how the money that is requested from the WMF is used. (of course > these points are linked

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Au Revoir from WMUK CEO

2014-11-13 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Thanks Jon for your work with Wikimedia UK and welcome to the ex-EDs group :) 2014-11-13 9:04 GMT-03:00 Jon Davies : > Thanks Erik. > > On 12 November 2014 17:42, Erik Moeller wrote: > > > Jon -- > > > > Thank you all the hard work for the movement, and for building a great > team > > and great

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The tragedy of Commons

2014-06-17 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
If you take a look at the undeletion requests after the URAA discussion, most of the images restored were deleted afterwards anyway.[1][2] The only exception that I've seen are some German stamps that haven't been deleted (yet). The problem is that, at this moment, most of the people whose valid im

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Airtel Offers Nigerians Free Access to Wikipedia

2014-06-01 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Regarding the news from Chile, the QZ article is pretty misleading regarding the decision taken by the Subtel. I've been talking with some people that have been more involved in net neutrality discussions in Chile and they say that the decision doesn't forbid zero-rated programs in general. It just

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement regarding Host for Wikimania 2015

2014-04-21 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
¡Viva México! Felicitaciones a todo el equipo detrás de la candidatura. Also, thanks to the Cape Town and Monastir team. I hope they will bid for next year! Osmar Valdebenito G. 2014-04-21 18:47 GMT-03:00 Patricia Pena : > ¡Felicitaciones Wikimedia México! :) > > > On Mon, Apr 2

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Argentina report: February 2014

2014-03-13 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
s position in a statement suggesting to stop massive deletions of images. We hope to see an end to this discussion soon, not without finding a solution that mirrors the prevailing rights on every jurisdiction. --- Kind regards, *Osmar Valdebenito G.* Director Ejecutivo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

2014-02-27 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
ile:Carlos_Trillo.jpg [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Le%C3%B3n_Gieco_1980.jpg [3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Massive_restoration_of_deleted_images_by_the_URAA *Osmar Valdebenito G.* Director Ejecutivo A. C. Wikimedia Argentina 2014-02-27 0:28 GMT-03:00 Av

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Argentina report: January 2014

2014-02-07 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
nization with new tools to understand the way we face these projects. The document is available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Promoción_de_Instituciones_Culturales.pdf === Resignation of our Executive Director === Osmar Valdebenito, current Executive Director of Wikimedia Argentina,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome 3 employees of Wikimedia Norway

2014-01-31 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Great news! Congratulations from Argentina! *Osmar Valdebenito G.* Director Ejecutivo A. C. Wikimedia Argentina 2014-01-31 Stevie Benton : > Welcome from the UK! > > Stevie > > > On 31 January 2014 09:47, Gryllida

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

2014-01-28 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
members of Wikimedia Argentina and their support all these months. I'm sure they will continue the great work we have done lately. Kind regards, *Osmar Valdebenito G.* Director Ejecutivo A. C. Wikimedia Argentina ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikime

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Argentina report: December 2013

2014-01-10 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
arted on Wikisource, but there are still many documents to transcribe. During 2014, these scanners will be moved to new institutions, thus we can bring the process of digitization further, and continue to promote Argentina's written heritage. --- Kind regards, *Osmar V

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Argentina report: November 2013

2013-12-09 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
ected by Osmar Valdebenito, and other about Pywikibot and Mediawiki's API, directed by Jonas. The second day of the hackathon started with the creation of a map of edits located within the City of Buenos Aires. This allows the location in a visual timeline where are the most edited a

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Argentina report: September 2013

2013-10-08 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
rgentina, trying to show to teachers how they can use Wikipedia as a teaching tool. ------- Kind regards, *Osmar Valdebenito G.* Director Ejecutivo A. C. Wikimedia Argentina ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia France] Welcome to Nathalie, our new ED

2013-10-01 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Bienvenue! Welcome on board, Nathalie! :) *Osmar Valdebenito G.* Director Ejecutivo A. C. Wikimedia Argentina 2013/10/1 Nurunnaby Chowdhury > Congratulations & Welcome, Nathalie! > > > On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 10:27 PM, Nicole Ebber >wrote: > > > Congratulations

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Argentina report: August 2013

2013-09-10 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
presented by Evelin Heidel and Beatriz Busaniche, members of Wikimedia Argentina. The summit was organized by the Education Technology Area of the institution and the local chapter. --- Kind regards, *Osmar Valdebenito G.* Director Ejecutivo A. C. Wikimedia Argentina

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-08-29 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Thanks Asaf, I've updated WMAR website with the new presentation. *Osmar Valdebenito G.* Director Ejecutivo A. C. Wikimedia Argentina 2013/8/29 Asaf Bartov > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:30 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > > > > > The first section was removed? I got excited

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: The most controversial topics in Wikipedia: A multilingual and geographical analysis

2013-07-22 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
pedia has. They seem consistent and I think there is a lot of things that we can learn from it. *Osmar Valdebenito G.* Director Ejecutivo A. C. Wikimedia Argentina 2013/7/22 Taha Yasseri > Thanks Tilman. > > Especially for your effort to resolve the misunderstandings, which most of > the

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Argentina report: June 2013

2013-07-09 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
iting option in Wikipedia before the event. During the first day, Osmar Valdebenito and Nicolás Georgetti made an introduction to the students about Wikipedia, the Wikimedia projects, and how the community works to improve the contents on the free encyclopedia. Some tests were carried out in the clas

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Erik Zachte on bot-generated articles

2013-06-27 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
e the solution and they will always have some particular issues, but please, focus the discussion if the content created by bots are useful or not, just like any other kind of article, and not about topics that only are important for those who love (like me) statistics and are reeeally involved o

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Approval of Wikimedians of Nepal user group

2013-05-30 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Congratulations!!! *Osmar Valdebenito G.* Director Ejecutivo A. C. Wikimedia Argentina 2013/5/30 Arnau Duran > Congratulations guys! wish you all the success! > > > *Arnau Duran Ferrero > *arnaudu...@gmail.com | www.arnauduran.net > Telèfon personal: (+34) 696475418 > [i

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Spanish Wikipedia first million

2013-05-27 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Thanks for the announcement, Salvador. It was a really hard work to coordinate the recordings in Buenos Aires, Puebla, Jerusalem and La Paz, but I think we did a good job :) *Osmar Valdebenito G.* Director Ejecutivo A. C. Wikimedia Argentina 2013/5/26 Salvador A > Also, it's in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Spanish Wikipedia first million

2013-05-17 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
o to https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Anuncio_del_art%C3%ADculo_1_000_000 Thanks, *Osmar Valdebenito G.* ** Director Ejecutivo A. C. Wikimedia Argentina [1] https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Votaciones/2013/Conmemoraci%C3%B3n_del_mill%C3%B3n_de_art%C3%ADculos_de_Wikipedia 2013/5/17 Shlomi Fish

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resignation announcement, and a parting remark to everyone

2013-04-30 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
n the latest years (correct me if there is any other chapter too), which are medium-sized chapters, probably similar to HK.You should take a look at their/our experience and that can be helpful to imagine what you can do. *Osmar Valdebenito G.* Director Ejecutivo A. C. Wikimedia Argentina 2013/4/30 J

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Comments on compliance and the FDC Round 2 decisions

2013-04-30 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
ce, too bad the idea came too late. Maybe a panel for Wikimania? Osmar Valdebenito G. 2013/4/30 Craig Franklin > I wonder if it will be accepted to apply to GAC for temporary position > > for the person responsible for preparation of FDC application :-) > > > That's prob

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New members for the Affiliations Committee

2013-02-13 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Congratulations to all of you, to the former members and the new ones! Felicidades a Salvador y Carlos y también a Damián! Que lo hagan chévere, wey :) Osmar Valdebenito G. 2013/2/13 phoebe ayers > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Lodewijk > wrote: > > Dear all, > > &

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Argentina Monthly Report, December 2012

2013-01-04 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
on with the ten winners of the local contest, along with the winner of the international edition of Wiki Loves Monuments. Osmar Valdebenito G. Director Ejecutivo A. C. Wikimedia Argentina ___ Wikimedia-l mai

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

2013-01-03 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Great! Osmar Valdebenito G. 2013/1/3 Patricio Lorente > 2013/1/3 Gerard Meijssen : > > Hoi, > > The Portuguese Wikivoyage has been created. :) > > Thanks, > > GerardM > > And also the Spanish Wikivoyage! > http://es.wikiv

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Wikipedia in the classroom" in Guarani language

2012-12-17 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Even in São Paulo, for instance, we have some indigeous who > speak Guarani. Let's hope some volunteers from Wikimedia Brasil can > use them in the classroom! > > Saludos! > > Tom > > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Osmar Valdebenito > wrote: > > This week,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Wikipedia in the classroom" in Guarani language

2012-12-17 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
atec was one of them). Wikimedia Chile contacted several Mapuche organizations for the development of the Mapudungun Wikipedia and Wikimedia Argentina has been doing the same in the past years. Osmar Valdebenito G. 2012/12/16 M. Williamson > I think an even better initiative would be to involve nativ

[Wikimedia-l] "Wikipedia in the classroom" in Guarani language

2012-12-16 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
the Guarani edition to be distributed in schools and other educational institutions, and we expect to publish new editions in other indigenous languages in 2013. Kind regards, Osmar Valdebenito G. Director Ejecutivo A. C. Wikimedia Argentina [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vikipet%C3%A3_

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC recommendations on funds allocation, Round 1, 2012-13

2012-11-16 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
gt; the non-native speakers of English within the FDC wants to use this as an > excuse for the lack of long detailed recommendations for each of the > entities. > > dariusz > > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Osmar Valdebenito < > os...@wikimediachile.cl> wrote: > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC recommendations on funds allocation, Round 1, 2012-13

2012-11-16 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
ve (and we do hope it will be even more so, also from the > chapters' side). > > best, > > Dariusz > > > > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Osmar Valdebenito > wrote: > > > I agree that better and much more detailed reports would be great. I >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC recommendations on funds allocation, Round 1, 2012-13

2012-11-16 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
e to write long reports, speak and engage in discussions when you have the privilege to be a speaker of the "global language", but it is not easy for all of us. This is something that must be considered if we are talking about "global movement", "inclusion of developing count

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC recommendations on funds allocation, Round 1, 2012-13

2012-11-16 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
'for free'. Osmar Valdebenito G. 2012/11/16 Thomas Dalton > I was also expecting a much more detailed report. I remember having a > discussion with Anasuya about the timetable and I pointed out that she > hadn't scheduled enough time for writing up the report. If she was &g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Indigenous Languages

2012-08-29 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Great idea! In Iberocoop we have discussed a lot about the topic so it will be really helpful a project like this. I'll forward this to Iberocoop-l 2012/8/29 JP Béland > Good day, > > I'm pleased to announce you the creation of Wikimedia Indigenous Languages > (WIL). WIL is the coordinating bo

[Wikimedia-l] Iberoconf 2012

2012-06-04 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
expect anxiously next summit in 2013 and, as a general recommendation, I public encourage our fellow chapters to start ambitious projects like this one. Kind regards, Osmar Valdebenito Gaete Presidente de Wikimedia Chile http://www.wikimediachile.cl

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong

2012-05-02 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Congratulations to Hong Kong! El 02-05-2012 19:52, "James Forrester" escribió: On behalf of the Wikimania 2013[0] selection Jury[1], I can announce that we have awarded the conference to Hong Kong. Congratulations to the bidding team, and to the London team who also did a particularly excellent

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Translations of WMF documents [was: Re: Wikimedia Foundation Report, March 2012 [was: Re: Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 97, Issue 43]]

2012-04-16 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
translations that can hurt it. Volunteers do a great job, but not the professional one we expect from the WMF. Every respected international organization publishes in different languages... when will the Wikimedia Foundation start doing it? Osmar Valdebenito Gaete Presidente de Wikimedia Chile http