Why isn't it a department of Wikimedia Russia, if apparently it's basically a cell of Wikimedia Russia?
It's a curious precedent. Paulo Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> escreveu no dia quinta, 3/10/2019 à(s) 20:41: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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>
