Greetings,
The latest tech newsletter is ready for early translation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2014/34
I'm planning to send the newsletter on Monday morning (UTC), as usual. The existing translations will be posted on the wikis in that language.
Note that due to people traveling back from Wikimania, and others being on vacation, this week's issue is fairly short.
I may make a few edits tomorrow, but the content should generally remain fairly stable. I'll let you know tomorrow in any case.
Let me know if you have any questions, comments or concerns. As always, I appreciate your help and feedback.
Thanks!
Hi again, as a follow-up to my previous e-mail as well as to the e-mail I sent out on Sunday — and as I wrote to some of you on Meta-Wiki — I strongly suggest that you consider /not/ translating Tech News this week in protest against the recent actions of the Foundation.
I have explained my reasoning in detail in my previous e-mail, so I won't repeat it here: I'll only say that /not/ translating Tech News this week is a good method of bearing pressure on the Foundation, as it goes against the goals that they set themselves as an organization.
It might be just a small gesture, but we are seeing similar protests and strikes from all sides of the Wikimedia community — admins resigning or going inactive, regular users withdrawing article namespace contributions, OTRS agents stopping their work.
As the saying goes, little strokes fell greats oaks, so if you disagree with what the Foundation has done (and keeps doing), please consider not translating Tech News this week.
Let's all hope that the Foundation reverse their decision so we can get back to work and make the Wikimedia movement better through discussion and consensus rather than through the threat and use of force.
Thank you!
Tomasz W. Kozlowski a.k.a. [[user:odder]] volunteer Wikimedia contributor
I'm not sure that all of us, translators, know about odder's call, but I fully agree and will try to reach others on my home wiki.
*Vira Motorko*
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2014-08-15 19:13 GMT+03:00 Tomasz W. Kozłowski twkozlowski@gmail.com:
Hi again, as a follow-up to my previous e-mail as well as to the e-mail I sent out on Sunday — and as I wrote to some of you on Meta-Wiki — I strongly suggest that you consider /not/ translating Tech News this week in protest against the recent actions of the Foundation.
I have explained my reasoning in detail in my previous e-mail, so I won't repeat it here: I'll only say that /not/ translating Tech News this week is a good method of bearing pressure on the Foundation, as it goes against the goals that they set themselves as an organization.
It might be just a small gesture, but we are seeing similar protests and strikes from all sides of the Wikimedia community — admins resigning or going inactive, regular users withdrawing article namespace contributions, OTRS agents stopping their work.
As the saying goes, little strokes fell greats oaks, so if you disagree with what the Foundation has done (and keeps doing), please consider not translating Tech News this week.
Let's all hope that the Foundation reverse their decision so we can get back to work and make the Wikimedia movement better through discussion and consensus rather than through the threat and use of force.
Thank you!
Tomasz W. Kozlowski a.k.a. [[user:odder]] volunteer Wikimedia contributor
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Abuse. I see two options: not creating an issue at all or creating an issue and translating it as usual. There is no midpoint. The sugested midpoint is another support of the idea that everybody must know English to work normally in WMF projects. People are forced to know English to learn about tech news in the case. I won't stand it and just my being offline for long prevented me to translate the issue in time. I'll make sure that even if Vira won't translate issues there will be Ukrainian translation available in further. There are better and worse ways to defy WMF. This way is not mine.
--Base
15.08.2014 19:36, Vira Motorko написав(ла):
I'm not sure that all of us, translators, know about odder's call, but I fully agree and will try to reach others on my home wiki.
/Vira Motorko/
Help save natural resources – please think twice before printing this e-mail or any attachments.
2014-08-15 19:13 GMT+03:00 Tomasz W. Kozłowski <twkozlowski@gmail.com mailto:twkozlowski@gmail.com>:
Hi again, as a follow-up to my previous e-mail as well as to the e-mail I sent out on Sunday — and as I wrote to some of you on Meta-Wiki — I strongly suggest that you consider /not/ translating Tech News this week in protest against the recent actions of the Foundation. I have explained my reasoning in detail in my previous e-mail, so I won't repeat it here: I'll only say that /not/ translating Tech News this week is a good method of bearing pressure on the Foundation, as it goes against the goals that they set themselves as an organization. It might be just a small gesture, but we are seeing similar protests and strikes from all sides of the Wikimedia community — admins resigning or going inactive, regular users withdrawing article namespace contributions, OTRS agents stopping their work. As the saying goes, little strokes fell greats oaks, so if you disagree with what the Foundation has done (and keeps doing), please consider not translating Tech News this week. Let's all hope that the Foundation reverse their decision so we can get back to work and make the Wikimedia movement better through discussion and consensus rather than through the threat and use of force. Thank you! Tomasz W. Kozlowski a.k.a. [[user:odder]] volunteer Wikimedia contributor _______________________________________________ Translators-l mailing list Translators-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Translators-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l
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Hi,
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Guillaume Paumier gpaumier@wikimedia.org wrote:
The latest tech newsletter is ready for early translation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2014/34
The newsletter now has the final text, and you can translate safely! There will be no more changes before publication on Monday.
There are 2 additional items about Wikidata, and also one item about Wikisource that wasn't tagged for translation yet.
As usual, let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for your help on behalf of all the Wikimedians who receive Tech News in their language, and who can stay informed of technical changes that concern them thanks to you :)
Hi,
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Guillaume Paumier gpaumier@wikimedia.org wrote:
The latest tech newsletter is ready for early translation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2014/34
Thank you all for your precious help, as always. The newsletter is now being delivered in 10 languages to subscribers across wikis.
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