Re: [Wikimedia-l] Meta is apparently down

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T124804 Pine On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Lane Rasberry wrote: > "Looks like some new code went wonky (needless to say). Operations is aware > and working on reverting it. Everyone take deep breaths and hug a kitten > while we wait for them to fix things!

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Message from Arnnon Geshuri to the Wikimedia Community

Arnnon, My impression from the available public evidence is that your membership on the Board presents significant and unnecessary risks to WMF (particularly to fundraising, as well as for HR and PR). The evidence available to date suggests to me that you were a willing and key participant in ille

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Update from the Board

I hope that the Board will make clear in its longer statement that the value of competence is an unacceptable trade for the value of integrity, and will explain how the Board reconciles the history of this trustee with the values of WMF and the Wikimedia movement. Personally, I have great difficult

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Was the Wikimedia Foundation's removal of membership in 2006 legal?

It would be interesting to know if the people who participated in that decision actually had the legal authority to make it. They might have, but this would be worth further inquiry. Pine On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 11:03 PM, SarahSV wrote: > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Adam Wight > wrote: >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why take grants? (was: Can we see the Knight grant application and grant offer?)

I have a couple of comments, mostly directed to WMF, about fundraising and governance matters: As a matter of good governance, I would not encourage WMF to be seeking large external partners who do solid due-diligence about their grantees until WMF demonstrates that it can complete an annual plann

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why take grants? (was: Can we see the Knight grant application and grant offer?)

> On the general topic, the restricted grants received by the WMF have a > beneficial effect that we could wish extended throughout its operations: > because it is responsible to the grantor for producing the results demanded > under the terms of the grant, the outcomes are much more likely to be >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] how big the foundation should be, was: Why take grants?

I'm thinking similarly in terms of distributing tasks broadly among an array of Wikimedia affiliates instead of concentrating so many of them in a single entity. Recent events have highlighted the systemic problems that happen when WMF takes a stance against its volunteer communities (such as with

[Wikimedia-l] "9 annoying nonprofit trends that need to die"

I think that a number of us may appreciate this article, specifically people who are involved with Wikimedia affiliates, grant committees, and WMF Community Engagement including CR and PC&L. http://nonprofitwithballs.com/2015/06/9-annoying-nonprofit-trends-that-need-to-die/ Pine _

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "9 annoying nonprofit trends that need to die"

the difference is that > the robot actually gets listened to. > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 8:59 PM, Pine W wrote: > > I think that a number of us may appreciate this article, specifically > > people who are involved with Wikimedia affiliates, grant committees, and > > W

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "9 annoying nonprofit trends that need to die"

19:10 GMT+01:00 Pine W : > > > A marketing slogan that I'd like WMF to banish is that Wikipedia is 100% > > written by volunteers. That's simply false. > > > I find that point of view entirely wrong. The WMF does not pay anybody to > edit, so editors are vol

[Wikimedia-l] WMF Program Capacity & Learning consultation

In case others are interested, WMF PC&L is having a public consultation. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_Capacity_and_Learning Subjects that are under discussion include the PC&L "criteria " as well as: - 1 Program

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Farewell <3

Anna, I will miss you! Your encouragement meant a lot to me. I hope that you will keep in touch. Regards and best wishes for your next steps, Pine On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 9:49 AM, Anna Koval wrote: > Dear friends, > > During the past three years, I have been privileged to be a part of this > mov

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Seddon joins the Advancement team

Welcome Seddon. I'll start off right away with a request. (: Can you ask FR to share the methodology and assumptions that it's using to project WMF revenues for the next 3 years for purposes of annual planning? Thanks! Pine On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Lisa Gruwell wrote: > Hi All- > > > I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Reducing the net cost of Wikimania

From a US perspective, even here in the global north we have plenty of students and middle-class participants for whom $1500 in travel, food and lodging plus 5 days away from work, family, or school amounts to a significant or impossible sacrifice. Perhaps someone could tell us the statistics for

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community Engagement reorg - the official announcement

I've been stewing for awhile to sort out my thoughts about the search for a new department lead for CE. Since I might be busy on Friday, and the choice of the new department is likely a topic of broad public interest, I'll share some thoughts here: 1. This is a highly public community facing role.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Changes in the Board

I am bumping this thread because I am very much interested in the questions about the nature of the "new, open approach" to Board member recruiting that led to the situation with Arnnon. Also, it is regrettably difficult to avoid asking questions about the extent to which Boryana knew of Arnnon's b

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Can we see the Knight grant application and grant offer?

My impression of this whole situation with the Knight Foundation is that the WMF's strong tendency toward closed-door and closed-loop processes are hurting WMF more than helping it. If WMF had been transparent with the community about this situation in the first place and a consultation with the co

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Program Capacity & Learning consultation

I just want to say that, from my perspective, Rosemary and her team are doing an exemplary job with their community consultation regarding their planning for the next fiscal year. The PC&L consultation is a welcome breath of fresh air, and I would encourage other departments to think about adapting

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Can we see the Knight grant application and grant offer?

Lisa, thank you. I am getting the sense from the available information about this grant that the Knight Foundation is well intentioned. My concerns here, and I think that the concerns from other community members, are primarily related to WMF's handling of this situation. I for one would be happy

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Can we see the Knight grant application and grant offer?

Dariusz, thanks for continuing to engage here. Besides the good questions that others have asked, I'll add a few: 1. If the Knowledge Engine is such an important project, why is it not mentioned in https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2015-16? 2. I realize that as a pe

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Fwd: February 2016 Lightning Talks

ps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Lightning_Talks#February_2016 > > On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 4:59 PM, Pine W wrote: > >> Boldly forwarding* in case others would like to view or present a >> lightning talk. I plan to give a lightning talk about the video series >> <https://meta.

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: [Wmfall] February 2016 Lightning Talks

Lightning talks start in about 5 minutes. Public link at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3fyCgBWvFc Optional IRC participation in #wikimedia-tech. (Note, not #wikimedia-office) Cheers, Pine -- Hi everyone, Just a reminder that the February Lightning Talks

[Wikimedia-l] "BuzzFeed: Days of Counting Pageviews and Unique Visitors Are Over"

An interesting article in Fortune: http://fortune.com/2016/02/19/buzzfeed-metrics/. "One of the biggest challenges in online publishing, Nguyen says, is the continual process of re-evaluating what criteria the company should be looking at in order to gauge its effectiveness in reaching an audience,

[Wikimedia-l] Transition plans for WMF leadership

I would hope that the Board is now planning an executive transition for WMF. I would like to ask the Board to be transparent about this, including making timely posts to this mailing list and proactively posting documents and timelines on Meta and Commons. I would hope that people skills, communic

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Transition plans for WMF leadership

I appreciate the many constructive comments in this thread. I wish that we knew that the Board was having similar discussions, and that these discussions were transparent. > I don't think it would be wise to have a total simultaneous Board step-down > though - at least a situation of zero continui

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "BuzzFeed: Days of Counting Pageviews and Unique Visitors Are Over"

gt; expanding > > to new platforms—including Instagram.[7] > > > > Best, > > --Ed > > > > [1] http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/02/17/scalia-wikipedia/ > > [2] > > > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/30/improving-wikipedia-texas-revolution/ > > [3

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thank you for our time together.

Thank you, Lila. Pine On Feb 25, 2016 10:46, "Lila Tretikov" wrote: > Dear fellow Wikimedians, > > > > It is with great respect that I have tendered, and the board has accepted, > my resignation as Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation earlier > this week. I am both inspired by, and pro

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I am going to San Francisco

If I may make an even bolder proposal: these chats with Brion and Jimmy can be, with the consent of everyone involved in each particular meeting, video-recorded. Asking for the videos to be posted in public might be a step that's too uncomfortable for some people (although I think that the transpar

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I am going to San Francisco

I admit to being surprised by the depth of the division between the ED and staff that we are hearing about. Thanks to the Signpost and internal leaks we in the community knew about the low marks in the staff survey, but I guess I didn't appreciate that the situation involved more than widespread pr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I am going to San Francisco

Something that I would like to understand is why so much WMF information is cloaked under NDAs. It seems to me that this is philosophically at odds with the values of the community, makes for poor governance, and provides cover for opportunities for mischief. I hope that recent events will prompt W

[Wikimedia-l] add use of wikimetrics to my resume

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] add use of wikimetrics to my resume

Sorry, that was intended as a note to self. On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 4:51 AM, Pine W wrote: > > ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

[Wikimedia-l] Where should we organize ideas for the Strategic Plan update?

Heh. That was not my first time when I started typing my email address and instead Gmail autofilled wikimedia-l. This is what I get for choosing wiki.pine instead of pine.wiki. I need some coffee or more sleep. Anyway, this is what was supposed to go to Wikimedia-l: Do we have a central place for

Re: [Wikimedia-l] add use of wikimetrics to my resume

quot;Liam Wyatt" wrote: > Note to self: > Add "Familiarity with dangers of the 'reply-all' and 'auto-complete > address' functions in e-mail clients. > > ;-) > > -Liam > > On 5 September 2014 13:52, Pine W wrote: > > > Sorry, that

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Next steps regarding WMF<->community disputes about deployments

FWIW, ironically the tangled discussions about MediaViewer across multiple pages have made me think that having a more organized way to read discussions would be a good idea. My understanding is that this is one of Flow's objectives. If Flow can achieve this in a way that is helpful and non-disrupt

Re: [Wikimedia-l] AffCom - Call for candidates 2015 [UPDATE]

Hi Varnet, I have emailed Affcom or individual members on more than one occasion for an update about the Cascadia Wikimedians user group application. We finished our response to Affcom's last question on August 7, which was almost a month ago. We have projects that we would like to start that are

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Next steps regarding WMF<->community disputes about deployments

Something that that would be useful is a video demonstration of Flow in action. I like the goal of VE in principle, and I hear lots of comments to the effect that it is improving over time. MediaViewer seems to be on the road to improvement. I understand where both of those are headed. But I am tr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] To Flow or not to Flow -> it does not flow

rik, I appreciate your engaging with this *early* enough for design decisions to be adjusted before Flow gets to major rollouts. Romaine, if the Dutch uses of features like templates are not being taken into account in how features are designed, I suggest contacting the Engineering community liais

Re: [Wikimedia-l] To Flow or not to Flow -> it does not flow

Tim, I read that a bit differently. "Flow is an *experimental* but already feature rich alternative..." "We will aim to cover one major set of new deployments per quarter, *carefully picking use cases*." This looks to me like the kind of incremental rollout that is appropriate. The idea of users

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Next steps regarding WMF<->community disputes about deployments

I would suggest aiming for a series of base hits. (: An attempt was made to hit VE out of the park. We know how well that worked. I think a lot of the work of capturing suggestions is supposed to be done by the project manager and the engineering community liaisons. It would be interesting to hav

Re: [Wikimedia-l] To Flow or not to Flow

A problem that I would like Flow to solve is the high amount of labor needed to read over a dozen pages across four wikis in order for the reader to access most of the MediaViewer discussions. Pine On Sep 8, 2014 12:22 AM, "David Gerard" wrote: > On 8 September 2014 05:46, John Mark Vandenberg

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Where should we organize ideas for the Strategic Plan update?

Klein wrote: > How about a category on Meta with a set of infobox templates like those on > the strategy wiki? With a summary kept updated at [[m:strategy]] > On Sep 5, 2014 5:03 AM, "Pine W" wrote: > > > Heh. That was not my first time when I started typing my emai

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals

Hi, I just tried the Try a new tool to create your proposal" button and it works for me. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Heather_Walls_should_get_a_design_award Siko, feel free to delete that page as a test edit. Pine On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Nasir Khan wrote: > Dear Siko,

[Wikimedia-l] Individual Engagement Grants Committee recruiting for members

Dear all, The Individual Engagement Grants Committee is seeking new members. We are diverse, consensus-based committee with members on five continents and a variety of skills. As a group we speak 16 languages and have over 500,000 edits to a variety of Wikimedia sites. We review grant applications

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Where should we organize ideas for the Strategic Plan update?

be > an iterative, participatory process from the ground. Let us know if you'd > like to participate in setting up the pages themselves. > > L > > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Pine W wrote: > > > SJ, OK, currently we have mostly the 2010-15 strategy and chapter >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] wikipedia access traces ?

Hi Valerio, This kind of request is a better fit for the Research mailing list. I've included the email for that list in the To: line of this email reply. Pine On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 4:15 AM, Valerio Schiavoni < valerio.schiav...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear WikiMedia foundation, > in the context

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2015

I like the idea of having this event be a pre-conference for Wikimania. That may reduce total travel costs and travel time for the people who usually attend both events. This may also simplify planning for people and thorgs. Pine On Sep 11, 2014 5:25 PM, "Pete Forsyth" wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2015

May I suggest that this discussion move to [1] where, among other things, people may create RfCs about the name, scope, and timing of the event? I'm looping in Alex Wang from Grantmaking to see if she has any comments about where and how this discussion should take place, since I think PEG provide

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2015

alleviate some of the bad feeling, but there will inevitably be > some as long as there are fewer places than people. > > Ed Saperia > Conference Coordinator Wikimania London > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 12 Sep 2014, at 01:44, Pine W wrote: > > > > I like th

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2015

Regional conferences are easier to attend for the locals, but... * There would be less mixing of people and thematic organizations from different regions * WMF's travel costs would skyrocket if it tried to send the same number of people to several regional events, and WMF would also likely have si

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cascadia Wikimedians

Thank you very much, Kirill and Affcom. (: Just a small amendment: we also have likely members in the British Columbia Province of Canada, and we are proud to include them in our membership if they wish to affiliate with Cascadia Wikimedians. Our most frequent activities occur in the Seattle and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia: Ghana User Group

Hello Ghana Wikimedians, A few years ago I volunteered with a nonprofit that supported education in Africa, and I have some knowledge about your country. Congratulations on your achievement. Pine On Sep 15, 2014 2:55 PM, "Enock Seth Nyamador" wrote: > Thanks for all your welcome messages :-). >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Jessie's IDEO adventure

I'll repeat what I said earlier on the IEGCom email list: I appreciate Jessie's positive approach to program evaluation. Also, the detail and scope of evaluation reports has ramped up significantly over the past year, which has been great to see. Thanks for all your work, Jessie. Pine On Thu, Sep

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to beta-test HHVM

Do we have a published guideline somewhere about MediaWiki quality standards for pre-alpha, alpha, beta, and production releases of elements like MediaViewer, VisualEditor, Flow, Winter, and HHVM? Pine On Sep 20, 2014 12:14 AM, "Jon Work" wrote: > :} I am always impressed by those of you for w

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Surveys

Rand, I have raised this issue previously and I believe that large scale surveys stopped because they were expensive and updates are felt by WMF to be of low value. This issue might be revisited as strategic planning gets underway, so I'm a asking Philippe for an update. The strategic plan update i

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Surveys

communiation to your job description; it's probably easier and more rewarding than your usual work anyway, and you can add the experience as another feather in your cap. ;) Pine On Sep 20, 2014 11:37 PM, "Philippe Beaudette" wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Pine W w

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to beta-test HHVM

Thanks, but I'm looking for something that is more specific to MediaWiki and that commits development teams to specific, standardized, and transparently measured quality metrics as products advance or regress in their path to production release. Pine ___

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to beta-test HHVM

Given longtime experience with problematic releases of MediaWiki features, I think that published quality standards that products must meet in order to become production releases could help to limit the number and seriousness of additional troubled launches. These standards would also reduce the a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to beta-test HHVM

Just a few thoughts: * I agree that the tone of the email that started this discussion about software quality standards was unnecessarily critical. Even in production releases, users may find occasional bugs. * The intent of HHVM implementation and James' quick response to the problem report are

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Sponsorship/donations to other organizations

I can't recall the details of the discussion, but I think the suggestion was made for these grants to go through GAC in the future. I still think that makes sense, if GAC has the technical knoweledge to make informed decisions about these kinds of grants. Thanks, Pine On Sep 23, 2014 12:09 AM, "Er

[Wikimedia-l] ***Security notice*** for IRC: vulnerability prior to September 15, change passwords

All, As you may have heard, Freenode found some compromised servers on their networks. Network traffic, including SSL traffic, may have been sniffed by a third party. This likely affects many Wikimedia IRC users, including users who do not speak English, so please forward this notice and translat

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Be part of the most epic data collection and analysis of Wikimedia programs!

Hi Anasuya, Thanks for this announcement. It will be interesting to see what we learn from this round. I have a few questions. * People may feel more comfortable with providing reports in languages that are familiar to them. Are responses allowed in languages other than English? * The "Start Da

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF September 2014 Metrics & Activities Meeting: Thursday, October 2, 18:00 UTC

Hi Praveena, Can you provide a little more detail about what this meeting is likely to include? I am particularly interested in knowing if Lila will share a timeline and milestones for development of the Strategic Plan, and if we'll get an update from Analytics about accounting for mobile readersh

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Be part of the most epic data collection and analysis of Wikimedia programs!

ed response. Answers in line! > > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 8:24 PM, Pine W wrote: > > > Hi Anasuya, > > > > Thanks for this announcement. It will be interesting to see what we learn > > from this round. > > > > I have a few questions. > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF September 2014 Metrics & Activities Meeting: Thursday, October 2, 18:00 UTC

;t see the topics you'd like discussed on the > agenda, then please join the meeting next Thursday and ask questions on > IRC. > > Thanks, > Praveena > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Pine W wrote: > >> Hi Praveena, >> >> Can you provide a little m

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF September 2014 Metrics & Activities Meeting: Thursday, October 2, 18:00 UTC

r in mind > that we might not be able to address your inquiries this week -- it depends > on how many topics are already in the pipeline for the next meeting. > > Thanks, > Praveena > > On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Pine W wrote: > >> Hi Praveena, >> >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Damon Sicore joins WMF as Vice President of Engineering

Thanks for this good news that's timely for Strategic Plan development. Damon, it would be nice if you would set up an IRC office hour for Q&A with the community. Cheers, Pine On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 10:40 AM, James Forrester wrote: > On 29 September 2014 13:38, Lila Tretikov wrote: > > > We

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Individual Engagement Grant funding available

G_Round_Two_-_2014/ja> • ‎ русский <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/IEG_Round_Two_-_2014/ru> Pine On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Pine W wrote: > Forwarding from Siko Bouterse: > > Greetings! The Wikimedia Foundation Individual Engagement Grants program > is accepting

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF September 2014 Metrics & Activities Meeting: Thursday, October 2, 18:00 UTC

Sounds good, thanks Erik. Pine On Sep 29, 2014 10:02 PM, "Erik Moeller" wrote: > On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Pine W wrote: > > Thanks Praveena. For future meetings, could you set up a place on Meta > > where people can make requests and suggestions for presen

[Wikimedia-l] Individual Engagement Grants Committee membership appointments

The Individual Engagement Grants Committee (IEGCom) is pleased to announce that the following contributors are appointed as new members of the Committee: Calliopejen1 Kirill Lokshin Poupou l'quourouce Rjensen Thepwnco For the Committee, Pine ___ Wikime

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections

Hi Itzik, If I understand you correctly, you are asking about whether WMF and thematic organization bylaws should allow employees to vote in trustee elections for their own orgs. I can see how this could create interesting conflict-of-interest problems. However, in all non-autocratic republics t

[Wikimedia-l] Quarterly review for Grantmaking

Tilman, thanks for those notes. There was discussion awhile ago about involving the community in quarterly reviews, and I have some questions and comments about this review, mostly for Lila. However, I would like to see the notes from the "group" mentioned at the end of the quarterly review befor

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections

How are we doing on SUL finalization anyway? If I remember correctly the lead on this is Dan so I'm pinging him. Pine ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org U

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Quarterly review for Grantmaking

rs to refer to the publication of the > minutes from the quarterly review meeting for the Wikimedia > Foundation's Grantmaking team, announced in a separate thread at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-October/074824.html > ) > > On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 1:14 AM, Pi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Quarterly review for Grantmaking

ity of the team will receive a > response. > > Risker/Anne > > > > > > > > On 5 October 2014 14:13, Pine W wrote: > > > Hi Tilman, > > > > Thanks for redirecting the thanks to Anna and Maria. > > > > Erik mentioned quarterly reviews

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections

Thanks Dan. Can you share an approximate completion date? (What is with half of the WMF staff responding to routine emails on weekends? All you workaholics and overachievers...) :) Pine On Oct 5, 2014 8:55 PM, "Dan Garry" wrote: > On 5 October 2014 10:00, Pine W wrote: > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Jake Orlowitz/Ocaasi comes onto the Grantmaking team at WMF with The Wikipedia Library

It's great to hear that this is official, Ocaasi and colleagues. Thanks also to Siko and Anasuya for supporting this. [COI declaration: I'm on IEGCom and I sonewhat passionately believe that we "grow the awesome". :) ] Pine ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Wikimedia Phabricator is now open for everyone

Forwarding good news. Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: "Quim Gil" Date: Oct 6, 2014 2:35 PM Subject: [Wikitech-l] Wikimedia Phabricator is now open for everyone To: "Wikimedia developers" Cc: Today we celebrate an important milestone in the Phabricator project: https://phabri

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call to Action

Hi Lila, May I request a Tech Talk about efficiency and quality of Wikimedia software development? It would be interesting to have you, Erik and Damon as presenters. Thanks, Pine On Oct 7, 2014 9:07 AM, "Lila Tretikov" wrote: > Are you in? Or are you out? That is the question. > > > Lila > > P

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Intoduction for OPW Round 9 (Wikimedia Identities Editor)

Hi Divyanshi, Let me ask Quim to point you in the right direction. Pine On Oct 7, 2014 6:48 AM, "Divyanshi Kathuria" wrote: > Hello Everyone, warm greetings to you all. This is Divyanshi Kathuria > and I am currently pursuing BTech 2nd Year in Computer Science > Engineering. I wish to join this

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Nobel Peace Prize announcement and editathon

Hm. Given Wikimedia's roles in global communication, education, diplomacy, activism, and journalism, I hope for a day when we will be considered for the Peace Prize. (: Pine On Oct 8, 2014 3:12 PM, "Ivan Martínez" wrote: > Congratulations, Jon, sounds great! > Regards. > > 2014-10-08 16:07 GMT-

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call to Action

I'm sure a Board member, Lila, or Erik will correct me if I am mistaken, but my understanding is that there is internal agreement at Board level that the Product side of the org needs some systemic changes, that Lila was chosen with the goal of making those changes, and that some changes are alread

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call to Action

can address or should I ask Garfield? Thanks, Pine On Oct 9, 2014 4:44 AM, "Erik Moeller" wrote: > On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Pine W wrote: > > > I'm sure a Board member, Lila, or Erik will correct me if I am mistaken, > > but my understanding is that the

[Wikimedia-l] Quarterly goals for WMF Legal

Dear Geoff, In light of the above discussion about quarterly reviews on Wikimedia-l, can we find a set of quarterly goals for Legal somewhere? In particular I personally feel that the following would be helpful as goals for Legal this quarter: * Establishing timeline commitments for Affcom to re

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call to Action

Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Pine W wrote: > > > Thanks for the detailed comments, Erik. > > > > As someone who spent several volunteer hours reviewing the current Annual > > Plan, I would appreciate getting an understanding of how the change of > > emphas

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Quarterly goals for WMF Legal

akeholders > internally and externally, and that may add to the response time as well. > > As I say, please feel free to email me, and we will try to expedite a > response to your specific question. > > Best, > Stephen > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 9:15 PM, Pine W wrote:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [AffCom] Quarterly goals for WMF Legal

n Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Asaf Bartov wrote: > That's correct. And for completeness, I am the primary staff liaison to > AffCom, with Stephen LaPorte providing support on legal matters. > >A. > On Oct 10, 2014 3:40 PM, "Kirill Lokshin" > wrote: > &g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [AffCom] Quarterly goals for WMF Legal

ed to get agressive, angry or insulted because it takes > long. It might well be that your liaison is busy at work, or even that it > ended up in their spam filter. A friendly reminder goes a long way. > > Best regards, > > Lodewijk > (outgoing AffCom member, not speaking on b

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [AffCom] Quarterly goals for WMF Legal

Hi Nemo, Cascadia Wikimedians' current discussions with Affcom and WMF Legal are about some wording on the Affiliation Agreement document. We have not discussed becoming a chapter in any great detail, and as you note the WMF Board created a longevity requirement. We have had informal meetings in Ca

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Audit - June 30, 2014

Hi Garfield, Thanks for the update. Is there public documentation somewhere about WMF investment policy? Who manages the investments, how was that firm or people chosen, and how often is the performance and risk of the portfolio and the investment manager reviewed by the Board? I am particularly

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Audit - June 30, 2014

Thanks Asaf, but I have enough volunteer work to do already (: I am simply interested in understanding what is already being done. Pine On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Asaf Bartov wrote: > On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Pine W wrote: > > > > > reviewed by the Board?

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Audit - June 30, 2014

Hi Nathan, there was some discussion about this around the most recent Annual Plan. While I think we need to make sure that hiring is aligned with needs and strategy, the personnel issue that worries me the most is the active editor decline. We may wish to address both of these issues in the new st

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Audit - June 30, 2014

oices with organizational values. I think WMF's donors would appreciate having a policy that they could look at, especially when considering a possible WMF endowment. Pine On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 3:23 PM, James Alexander wrote: > On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Pine W wrote: > > > Hi G

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimediaus-l] Wikimedia DC Annual Plan for 2014-15

Hi Kirill, Thanks for the info. I looked at this to get ideas for Cascadia. What are WMDC's current financials, what is its budget for the 14-15 plan year, and what are its sources of funds for last year and the 14-15 year? Can you quanitify the amount of volunteer and staff hours last year? Do

[Wikimedia-l] Happy Ada Lovelace Day

Ada Lovelace Day is celebrated on October 14 this year. Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (born in the year 1815) was a mathematician and computer programmer who worked on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. She foresaw how computers could evolve into devices that perform tasks more sophisti

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Audit - June 30, 2014

014 3:18 PM, "Risker" wrote: > Which organizational values are you speaking about, Pine? The identified > Wikimedia values[1] do not really speak to financial investment strategy. > > Risker > > [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Values > > On 14 Octob

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference[1] 2015

Hi, I can speak only in a personal capacity. My occasional readings of information about WMCH have been positive. I anticipate that visa problems will be no greater than they were at Wikimania London. The admittedly limited information about the bid sounds reasonable, as far as it goes. I assume

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Audit - June 30, 2014

Hi Garfield, This might be a good discussion to have on Meta. Would the investment team be willing to set up a page for discussion? The guidance developed there could optionally be used by thematic organizations as well, and could be used for the WMF endowment. WMF Fundraising might want to be inv

[Wikimedia-l] Editor interaction data sets and visualizations

Dear colleagues, As you may have heard, https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Editor_Interaction_Data_Extraction_and_Visualization is an individual engagement grant proposal. I am working on this proposal with volunteer assistance and advice from Aaron Halfaker (WMF), Haitham Shammaa (WMF), a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Experimenting on Wikimedians

Forwarding to Research and Analytics for discussion. Pine On Oct 30, 2014 8:13 PM, "MZMcBride" wrote: > Hi. > > Splitting this out from the GLAMs/Chapters thread, I continue to regularly > wonder whether we need stricter guidelines and guidance in the area of > experimenting on Wikimedians. > >

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