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WebCite Proposal
by Thehelpfulone 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

Hi all, It's been a while since anything's been posted to this list, but I'd like to notify you of a new proposal for the "WebCite" tool becoming a sister project. The proposal's at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WebCite, and there's also related discussion on the English Wikipedia Village pump<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#a_heads-up…> and Maggie Dennis' talk page<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mdennis_(WMF)#WebCite_about_to_die> . Essentially they're looking to fundraise $50,000 to keep the service running (we currently have ~182,000 links to their service on the English Wikipedia) and modernise it, or it will be shutting down towards the end of 2013. The user has proposed that WebCite becomes a sister project under the Foundation's wing to "*finance the necessary modernization of the service*". Now I'm not entirely sure what our stance is on this, but there's already some support <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WebCite#People_interested> on the proposal page in a couple of days, so I left a respond on Maggie's talk page saying I'd make the Committee aware of the proposal and asked a couple of questions with regards to whether WebCite is willing to become a sister project and what they'd do with $50,000. Feel free to add your comments to the proposal's talk page<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WebCite> or on this mailing list. -- Thehelpfulone http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone

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WikiFocus
by Yaroslav M. Blanter 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

Dear all, Today, the WikiFocus proposal was added as a perspective sister project. [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Proposals_for_new_projects&curi…] The project already exists and is owned by Vladimir Medeyko, the director of Wikimedia.RU. This is a closed project, with invitations given only by Mr. Medeyko. The project, available in Russian and Ukrainian, has the stated purpose of describing Wikipedia and associated activities. In practice, most of the articles are about Russian Wikipedia participants and describe their activity in the project, with the collection of diffs, from the point of view of the circle supporting Mr. Medeyko. It has an excellent potential for outing (though outing is formally prohibited there) and is most likely illegal according to Russian laws. Vladimir Medeyko has a highly ambiguous reputation in Russian Wikipedia, having his bureacrat flag removed by the community decision, being strongly admonished on several occasions by Arbitration Committee, and once being elected to serve on the Arbcom. Recently, ha has almost zero activity in Russian Wikipedia itself, but is extremely active on wikipedia-related closed communication channels. He has his established circle of supporters. I should also note that I believe he was one of the people who made my further participation in Russian Wikipedia impossible (I voluntarily gave the mop in in May 2011), and he knows this, therefore every criticism from my side he takes as harassment. The event was apparently announced on Russian Wikipedia (which I am currently not a part of), which immediately caused a polarization, with strongly-worded supports and opposes,all by Russian speakers. I was already called troll on the talk page of the proposal by someone I, to the best of my knowledge, never intersected with on any WMF project. I known that right now we have no official capabilities, but if the application could be reviewed as soon as possible and shut down the nomination, this could prevent some conflicts. I am obviously biased and already left my opinion, so that I can not do it, but any help would be appreciated. Cheers Yaroslav

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Travel Guide: final steps?
by Samuel Klein 09 Aug '12

09 Aug '12

Could someone new take a look at the Travel Guide proposal, which is now in final form? We should decide whether to recommend the Board reviews it at the upcoming Board meeting. Also: what should our process be for running a site-wide notice for such a final-stage proposal? We should do it now for this one; even a few days of sitenotice would drive interest and attention. And lead to a mention in next week's signpost and Kurier. (dropping a line on the cafes / pumps of a few major languages, in this case including en, it, and de, might also be a good idea to include in our recommended process). Regards, SJ -- Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266

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OpenMeetings.org
by George Chriss 27 Jun '12

27 Jun '12

Hi SPcom, I've drafted a new proposal as part of the new projects process: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OpenMeetings.org Early-stage comments on this proposal are most welcome -- be the first! Pose challenging questions, tell me what isn't quite clear, or provide feedback that will help see the proposal through to a positive outcome. (I'm still drafting text for the "Features" section, but the figures and live website are quite educational.) I'm on IRC and en: as User:GChriss. Sincerely, George

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Greetings to the list
by Yaroslav M. Blanter 23 May '12

23 May '12

Me here Cheers Yaroslav

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Greetings to the list
by Samuel Klein 20 May '12

20 May '12

Hello, I just joined this list; thanks for setting it up. I posted a notice about the committee, including this list, to the WM Forum. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Forum#New_project_process_and_sist… Warmly, SJ

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