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Anno Domini MMIX Week III Number CIV<br>
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=== Technical news ===<br>
<br>
[Upload size] - The maximum allowed upload size of files in increased<br>
from 20 megabytes to 100 megabytes. That is especially important for<br>
Commons that now can receive more easy video. Brion says there is now<br>
48 terabyte of storage space for the media. 5 terabyte is used<br>
currently.<br>
<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/011309-wikipedia-digital-media.html" target="_blank">http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/011309-wikipedia-digital-media.html</a><br>
<br>
[Time zone] - in the user preferences, section "Date and time", is<br>
there now an option to select your location. This way the correct<br>
local time can be used automatically.<br>
<br>
=== Request for help ===<br>
<br>
[Wikimania] - volunteers are requested for taking care of the<br>
scholarship applications that will come for next Wikimania.<br>
<a href="http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/35468" target="_blank">http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/35468</a><br>
<br>
=== Foundation ===<br>
<br>
[ $:) ] - The WMF succeeded in collecting the 6 million dollar in<br>
the fundraiser. According to the WMF more then 130,000 donors from<br>
around the world are responsible for that result. 4 million of the 6<br>
came from small donations, the rest from major sponsors. After the<br>
very successful request for donations by Jimmy Wales is the "thank<br>
you" message now also presented by Jimmy. The WMF has now the funding<br>
to carry out all the plans for 2009.<br>
<a href="http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/01/02/" target="_blank">http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/01/02/</a><br>
<a href="http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate/ThankYou/en" target="_blank">http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate/ThankYou/en</a><br>
<a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/31/1315209" target="_blank">http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/31/1315209</a> -- some /.<br>
discussion about it<br>
<br>
[Wikimania 2009] - We knew next Wikimania would be in Argentina,<br>
Buenos Aires. Now we also know it will take place on August 26th, 27th<br>
and 28th.<br>
<a href="http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/35409" target="_blank">http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/35409</a><br>
<a href="http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org" target="_blank">http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org</a><br>
<br>
[Steward election] - A new steward election is coming up. The first<br>
candidates have already showed up. Confirmation of the current<br>
stewards will also take place. It is supposed to start on the first<br>
of February.<br>
<a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009" target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009</a><br>
<br>
[Board update] - the term of 3 board members; Jimmy Wales, Jan-Bart de<br>
Vreede, and Stu West expired end of 2008. The terms of all 3 are<br>
renewed by the board. Work is in process to select a couple of other<br>
people to join to board by appointment. Being a WMF-board member is an<br>
unpaid position. (some media suggested otherwise recently)<br>
<a href="http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/35398" target="_blank">http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/35398</a><br>
<br>
[Job openings] - the WMF is looking for 3 persons to work on the<br>
"Wikipedia Usability Initiative" in San Francisco.<br>
<a href="http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/01/09/" target="_blank">http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/01/09/</a><br>
<a href="http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings" target="_blank">http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings</a><br>
<br>
[Advisory board] - A new member is added to the WMF advisory board,<br>
Roger McNamee. For some reason the blog "The Register" finds that<br>
interesting. But this item is more to remind that such a thing as the<br>
WMF Advisory board actually exist.<br>
<a href="http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/01/13/welcome-roger/" target="_blank">http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/01/13/welcome-roger/</a><br>
<a href="http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Advisory_Board" target="_blank">http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Advisory_Board</a><br>
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/14/macnamee_joinds_wikiboard/" target="_blank">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/14/macnamee_joinds_wikiboard/</a><br>
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=== Agenda ===<br>
<br>
[Wikipedia Day] - it is again 15 January, Wikipedia Day, Wikipedia's<br>
most important holiday. On this day we remember the eviction of the<br>
seed of the project from the late Nupedia encyclopedia project and<br>
birth of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, under this name as an<br>
independent project.<br>
The oldest of all projects is now just only 8 years old .... and is<br>
also the 8th most popular website globally. Applause.<br>
<br>
=== Community ===<br>
<br>
[Year in review] - also EN Wikinews made an overview of the news of<br>
the year 2008. And there is also a News Quiz of the year 2008 to see<br>
how short term your memory is.<br>
<a href="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews%27_overview_of_the_year_2008" target="_blank">http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews%27_overview_of_the_year_2008</a><br>
<a href="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Dynamic_quiz/quiz/2009/01" target="_blank">http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Dynamic_quiz/quiz/2009/01</a> -- quiz<br>
<br>
[ZH Wikinews] - the Chinese wikinews is reported to be blocked in<br>
China. EN WIkinews is not blocked.<br>
<a href="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Chinese_version_of_Wikinews_gets_blocked_in_China" target="_blank">http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Chinese_version_of_Wikinews_gets_blocked_in_China</a><br>
<br>
=== Awards ===<br>
<br>
[Knight Anthere] - the French National Order of Merit has been awarded<br>
by President Sarkozy of France to [[w:fr:User:Anthere]] (Florence<br>
Devouard). She received the rank of knight as "chair of an<br>
international foundation" (= WMF).<br>
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/9ytx8p" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/9ytx8p</a><br>
<br>
=== Media ===<br>
<br>
[Jimbo gossip] - the story has come up that Jimmy Wales was not longer<br>
a WMF-board member. The term for the seat on the board of Jimmy did<br>
indeed expired end of 2008. But his term is extended as usual by the<br>
board. Jimmy Wales was and is a WMF board member and Chair Emeritus of<br>
the WMF.<br>
<a href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/5122766/wikipedias-jimmy-wales-out-of-a-job" target="_blank">http://valleywag.gawker.com/5122766/wikipedias-jimmy-wales-out-of-a-job</a><br>
<br>
[Bad edit] - one year ago (2008-01-18) some anonymous user added<br>
some POV-info to the Dutch language edition of the Mohamed article (an<br>
edit that was reverted one minute later). The edit was done by people<br>
working for the Dutch justice department. Several large newspapers in<br>
the Netherlands and Belgium have now one year later reported this<br>
event as "news". In the meantime is discovered that the bureaucrats<br>
who did the edit where punished by there superiors by blocking access<br>
to Wikipedia for 2 months. A block that was lifted later because the<br>
need Wikipedia for there work.<br>
<a href="http://www.telegraaf.nl/digitaal/2978623/__Ambtenaren_knoeien_weer_met_Wikipedia__.html" target="_blank">http://www.telegraaf.nl/digitaal/2978623/__Ambtenaren_knoeien_weer_met_Wikipedia__.html</a><br>
<br>
=== Stats ===<br>
<br>
[Wikigeits] - [[user:Tookam]] has created Wikigeits. It is an attempt<br>
to build the Wikipedia equivalent of Google's Hot Trends. It tracks,<br>
aggregates, ranks and reports the page views on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org</a>.<br>
<a href="http://www.wikigeist.com/" target="_blank">http://www.wikigeist.com/</a><br>
<br>
[Survey results] - A personal survey was handed out to many of the<br>
attendees at Wikimania 2008. These are the results of that survey.<br>
<a href="http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Survey_results" target="_blank">http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Survey_results</a><br>
<br>
# The Simple English Wikipedia has reached 50,000 articles.<br>
# The Old Belarusian Wikipedia has reached 15,000 articles.<br>
<br>
=== Other news ===<br>
<br>
[Wikizine licence] - for compatibility with Wikinews has changed<br>
Wikizine by request its license. This newsletter is from this edition<br>
on, in all versions, dual licensed GNU/FDL and also Creative Commons<br>
Attribution 2.5 Generic License.<br>
<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/</a><br>
<br>
[VisualWikipedia] - A website that provides as the say themselves "a<br>
visual, intuitive, and interactive web interface to encyclopedic<br>
knowledge/information."<br>
<a href="http://visualwikipedia.com/" target="_blank">http://visualwikipedia.com/</a><br>
<br>
=== Quote ===<br>
<br>
Max Planck: May I ask you a very serious question? What if God were to<br>
say you were mistaken? If he said "Stop. Newton is right"?<br>
Albert Einstein: Then I would thank God for his POV, and we would<br>
agree to differ, and I would be left feeling very sorry for God.<br>
<br>
from;<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_and_Eddington" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_and_Eddington</a><br>
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