Ziko: Yes, it is about the major Russian city. And one of its listed contacts is the longstanding president of Wikimedia Russia itself.
Philip: this is not an example of a large country being "split up", since Wikimedia Russia is still around, and was not broken up. It is also not the first user group operating within Russia, nor even the first group with a geographic remit.[1] A. [1] e.g. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Don_Wikimedians_User_Group On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 10:34 PM Ziko van Dijk <zvand...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Philip, > > I was asking the same question - isn't there already a Wikimedia Rossiya - > but I guess this is the User Group of Saint Petersburg in Florida (USA), > not Sankt Peterburg in Russia. > Oh wait... this IS about the city in Russia! > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Saint_Petersburg_User_Group > > Kind regards > Ziko > > Am Do., 3. Okt. 2019 um 16:15 Uhr schrieb Philip Kopetzky < > philip.kopet...@gmail.com>: > > > Hi Kirill, > > > > so it seems like geographically large countries are being split up into > > different user groups - do you think that this is a viable model for the > > future or just happened because of certain circumstances within the > Russian > > community? Would your template allow a User Group from Rome, Paris, > Munich > > or Sydney for example? > > > > Best, > > Philip > > > > On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 at 12:20, Kirill Lokshin <kirill.loks...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone! > > > > > > I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has > recognized > > > [1] the Wikimedians of Saint Petersburg User Group [2] as a Wikimedia > > User > > > Group. The group aims to unite Wikimedians living in St. Petersburg, to > > > support the development of content on topics related to St. Petersburg > > > across different Wikimedia projects, to promote the Wikimedia projects > > and > > > movement in St. Petersburg, and to build partnerships between the > > Wikimedia > > > community and cultural, scientific, educational, and media institutions > > in > > > St. Petersburg. > > > > > > Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group! > > > > > > Regards, > > > Kirill Lokshin > > > Chair, Affiliations Committee > > > > > > [1] > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognition_of_Saint_Petersburg_User_Group > > > [2] > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Saint_Petersburg_User_Group > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Affiliates mailing list > > > affilia...@lists.wikimedia.org > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/affiliates > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > 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: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ 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: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
