Another trolling I think. A "Wikimedia Lesbians" group this time. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "toby.dollmann (Google Groups)" wikimedia-l+noreply@googlegroups.com Date: Jan 9, 2015 10:36 AM Subject: Google Groups: You've been added to Wikimedia-l To: sarah.stierch@gmail.com Cc:
Some disturbing news entered my mailbox the past days. The grant making team is going to shut down the grantmaking process for Project and Event Grants (PEG) and Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) for three full months!
They have decided that they want to focus only on a specific strategic priority: the gender gap, and that all other good projects are refused for 3 months (February-April)
Good projects to be ignored, just because the WMF think those are less important. They say this is a positive campaign, but this sounds as a negative campaign to me. This discourages many volunteers in doing projects.With increasing vandalism and disruption the WMF seems looking to close some mailing lists for lack of volunteers. This is a negative signal to all those volunteers who are currently working on project plans.
As LGBT related proposals will presumably be amongst the first to be rejected, a small actively moderated external mailing list for action is formed of engaged Wikimedians.
About this group:
A group for Wikimedian Lesbians The owner of the group has set your subscription type as "Email", meaning that you'll receive a copy of every message posted to the group as they are posted. Visit This Group http://groups.google.com/d/forum/wikimedia-l?hl=en [image: Visit Google Groups] https://groups.google.com/?hl=en
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yes, I've been subscribed several time to it over the past few days.
Sydney
Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stierch@gmail.com wrote:
Another trolling I think. A "Wikimedia Lesbians" group this time. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "toby.dollmann (Google Groups)" < wikimedia-l+noreply@googlegroups.com> Date: Jan 9, 2015 10:36 AM Subject: Google Groups: You've been added to Wikimedia-l To: sarah.stierch@gmail.com Cc:
Some disturbing news entered my mailbox the past days. The grantmaking team is going to shut down the grantmaking process for Project and Event Grants (PEG) and Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) for three full months!
They have decided that they want to focus only on a specific strategic priority: the gender gap, and that all other good projects are refused for 3 months (February-April)
Good projects to be ignored, just because the WMF think those are less important. They say this is a positive campaign, but this sounds as a negative campaign to me. This discourages many volunteers in doing projects.With increasing vandalism and disruption the WMF seems looking to close some mailing lists for lack of volunteers. This is a negative signal to all those volunteers who are currently working on project plans.
As LGBT related proposals will presumably be amongst the first to be rejected, a small actively moderated external mailing list for action is formed of engaged Wikimedians.
About this group:
A group for Wikimedian Lesbians The owner of the group has set your subscription type as "Email", meaning that you'll receive a copy of every message posted to the group as they are posted. Visit This Group http://groups.google.com/d/forum/wikimedia-l?hl=en [image: Visit Google Groups] https://groups.google.com/?hl=en
Start your own group http://groups.google.com/d/creategroup?hl=en, unsubscribe from this group http://groups.google.com/d/forum/wikimedia-l/unsubscribe/P7gvqhQAAABonccx-O4-0bg_FUisIR3XFNjJ6aDtACudYo8Pf2wyCQ?hl=en, or stop invitations like this http://groups.google.com/d/optout?hl=en. or report spam http://groups.google.com/d/abuse/YQAAAKBXSy7zAAAAf5nKiUUAAABPi6LFT8Iru9AmBRmFMHh3EYnhZfs?hl=en.
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Just copy-pasting this from another thread on Wikimedia-L, where similar events are happening in relation to members of that list:
"
I think it will be better if most of us can "Report the Group".
Yes, please do this. We're also talking with Google about trying to resolve the issue, but my understanding is that reporting that you've been fraudulently subscribed will help move that conversation along.
[Same applies to the fake gender-gap list.]
Thanks- Luis
-- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810"
On 9 January 2015 at 13:51, Sydney Poore sydney.poore@gmail.com wrote:
yes, I've been subscribed several time to it over the past few days.
Sydney
Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stierch@gmail.com wrote:
Another trolling I think. A "Wikimedia Lesbians" group this time. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "toby.dollmann (Google Groups)" < wikimedia-l+noreply@googlegroups.com> Date: Jan 9, 2015 10:36 AM Subject: Google Groups: You've been added to Wikimedia-l To: sarah.stierch@gmail.com Cc:
Some disturbing news entered my mailbox the past days. The grantmaking team is going to shut down the grantmaking process for Project and Event Grants (PEG) and Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) for three full months!
They have decided that they want to focus only on a specific strategic priority: the gender gap, and that all other good projects are refused for 3 months (February-April)
Good projects to be ignored, just because the WMF think those are less important. They say this is a positive campaign, but this sounds as a negative campaign to me. This discourages many volunteers in doing projects.With increasing vandalism and disruption the WMF seems looking to close some mailing lists for lack of volunteers. This is a negative signal to all those volunteers who are currently working on project plans.
As LGBT related proposals will presumably be amongst the first to be rejected, a small actively moderated external mailing list for action is formed of engaged Wikimedians.
About this group:
A group for Wikimedian Lesbians The owner of the group has set your subscription type as "Email", meaning that you'll receive a copy of every message posted to the group as they are posted. Visit This Group http://groups.google.com/d/forum/wikimedia-l?hl=en [image: Visit Google Groups] https://groups.google.com/?hl=en
Start your own group http://groups.google.com/d/creategroup?hl=en, unsubscribe from this group http://groups.google.com/d/forum/wikimedia-l/unsubscribe/P7gvqhQAAABonccx-O4-0bg_FUisIR3XFNjJ6aDtACudYo8Pf2wyCQ?hl=en, or stop invitations like this http://groups.google.com/d/optout?hl=en. or report spam http://groups.google.com/d/abuse/YQAAAKBXSy7zAAAAf5nKiUUAAABPi6LFT8Iru9AmBRmFMHh3EYnhZfs?hl=en.
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Glad to see WMF Legal is on this, I was just about to suggest we reach out to them :)
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Risker risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
Just copy-pasting this from another thread on Wikimedia-L, where similar events are happening in relation to members of that list:
"
I think it will be better if most of us can "Report the Group".
Yes, please do this. We're also talking with Google about trying to resolve the issue, but my understanding is that reporting that you've been fraudulently subscribed will help move that conversation along.
[Same applies to the fake gender-gap list.]
Thanks- Luis
-- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810"
On 9 January 2015 at 13:51, Sydney Poore sydney.poore@gmail.com wrote:
yes, I've been subscribed several time to it over the past few days.
Sydney
Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stierch@gmail.com wrote:
Another trolling I think. A "Wikimedia Lesbians" group this time. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "toby.dollmann (Google Groups)" < wikimedia-l+noreply@googlegroups.com> Date: Jan 9, 2015 10:36 AM Subject: Google Groups: You've been added to Wikimedia-l To: sarah.stierch@gmail.com Cc:
Some disturbing news entered my mailbox the past days. The grantmaking team is going to shut down the grantmaking process for Project and Event Grants (PEG) and Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) for three full months!
They have decided that they want to focus only on a specific strategic priority: the gender gap, and that all other good projects are refused for 3 months (February-April)
Good projects to be ignored, just because the WMF think those are less important. They say this is a positive campaign, but this sounds as a negative campaign to me. This discourages many volunteers in doing projects.With increasing vandalism and disruption the WMF seems looking to close some mailing lists for lack of volunteers. This is a negative signal to all those volunteers who are currently working on project plans.
As LGBT related proposals will presumably be amongst the first to be rejected, a small actively moderated external mailing list for action is formed of engaged Wikimedians.
About this group:
A group for Wikimedian Lesbians The owner of the group has set your subscription type as "Email", meaning that you'll receive a copy of every message posted to the group as they are posted. Visit This Group http://groups.google.com/d/forum/wikimedia-l?hl=en [image: Visit Google Groups] https://groups.google.com/?hl=en
Start your own group http://groups.google.com/d/creategroup?hl=en, unsubscribe from this group http://groups.google.com/d/forum/wikimedia-l/unsubscribe/P7gvqhQAAABonccx-O4-0bg_FUisIR3XFNjJ6aDtACudYo8Pf2wyCQ?hl=en, or stop invitations like this http://groups.google.com/d/optout?hl=en. or report spam http://groups.google.com/d/abuse/YQAAAKBXSy7zAAAAf5nKiUUAAABPi6LFT8Iru9AmBRmFMHh3EYnhZfs?hl=en.
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