Wikimedia-in-WB September 2014

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FW: [Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] The Wikimedia Foundation hires Damon Sicore as Vice President of Engineering
by Nahid Sultan 29 Sep '14

29 Sep '14

FYI, Nahid Sultan User:NahidSultan twitter.com/nahidunlimited From: kmaher(a)wikimedia.org Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:49:55 -0700 To: press-release(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] The Wikimedia Foundation hires Damon Sicore as Vice President of Engineering This press release is also available online here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/The_Wikimedia_Foundatio… Wikimedia Foundation hires Damon Sicore as Vice President of Engineering New role strengthens Foundation’s commitment to excellence in engineeringThe Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce that Damon Sicore will be joining the Foundation in the newly created role of Vice President of Engineering. Damon brings nearly two decades of engineering and product experience to Wikimedia, the non-profit organization responsible for Wikipedia -- the world’s fifth most visited website, serving half a billion readers every month.Damon will manage the Foundation’s engineering team dedicated to ensuring the development, scale, and reliability of Wikimedia’s technical architecture. Before joining Wikimedia he spent six years at Mozilla Corporation, three of them as Vice President of Engineering, where he led a team of more than 600 open source software engineers, technical leads, managers, and directors in developing Mozilla Firefox, the Mozilla open source platform, Firefox for Android and Firefox OS. Under his leadership Mozilla delivered some of their most significant browser releases and launched Mozilla’s entry into mobile with Firefox OS.“Damon has extensive experience with high-scale, open source technologies and an intrinsic understanding of our mission and values,” said Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director, Lila Tretikov. “He brings organizational and scaling skills necessary to improve and innovate for our communities of contributors and the next generation of knowledge seekers.”Most recently, Damon led engineering at Edmodo, an emerging platform for sharing educational content for teachers and students, where he oversaw and grew the company’s web, platform, and mobile engineering, security, IT operations, support, and QA efforts."The Wikimedia projects are front and center in the fight for free knowledge, and that’s why I am here,” said Damon Sicore. “I'm looking forward to challenging us to ensure our software is up to the task. We need to move fast and produce the high quality software and services our users will love. It's what the world expects and deserves from us.”Damon joins the Wikimedia Foundation as part of planned growth of the organization’s technical capacity, first announced in November 2012. Erik Moeller, who has filled the role of Vice President of Product and Engineering since 2011, will continue to focus on product in the role of Vice President of Product and Strategy.About the Wikimedia Foundationhttps://wikimediafoundation.org https://blog.wikimedia.org/The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Across its 287 language versions, Wikipedia contains more than 32 million articles. Every month, roughly 80,000 active volunteers contribute to Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects. According to comScore Media Metrix, the projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive 413 million unique visitors per month on desktop alone, making them the fifth-most popular web property worldwide (July 2014). Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants.Wikimedia Foundation Press Contact:Katherine Maher+1 415-839-6885 ext 6633katherinewikimedia.org (To be unsubscribed from this press release distribution list, please reply with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in the subject line) _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l

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FW: [Wikimedia Announcements] ***Security notice*** for IRC: vulnerability prior to September 15, change passwords
by Nahid Sultan 24 Sep '14

24 Sep '14

FYI, Nahid Sultan User:NahidSultan Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:45:59 -0700 From: wiki.pine(a)gmail.com To: wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org; wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org; Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org; security(a)wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] ***Security notice*** for IRC: vulnerability prior to September 15, change passwords All, As you may have heard, Freenode found some compromised servers on their networks. Network traffic, including SSL traffic, may have been sniffed by a third party. This likely affects many Wikimedia IRC users, including users who do not speak English, so please forward this notice and translate as needed for the benefit of other Wikimedians. If you have not changed your nickserv password on September 15 or later, please do so now. >From the Freenode blog: "Before changing your password, please check your email address in /msg nickserv info and, if needed, update it – see /msg nickserv help set email (remember to check your new email for the verification key). This will ensure that we can send you a password reset email should, for whatever reason, your password change not work properly. If you have no email set on your account or an email set that you cannot access, we cannot send password resets to you, so do please keep this up-to-date. "To change your password use /msg nickserv set password newpasshere "Since traffic may have been sniffed, you may also wish to consider any channel keys or similar secret information exchanged over the network." Please direct questions to Freenode IRC ops. They are voiced in the #freenode channel. Pine _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l

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Re: [Wikimedia-in-WB] Wikimedia-in-WB Digest, Vol 43, Issue 5
by Ayan Choudhury 17 Sep '14

17 Sep '14

Thankx Jayanta Da.. For attending the event.. And willing to celebrate the 10th year of Bengali Wikipedia with a blast.. :) With Thanks & Regards... Ayan Choudhury Department of Information Technology Techno India, Salt Lake On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 5:31 PM, < wikimedia-in-wb-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimedia-in-WB mailing list submissions to > wikimedia-in-wb(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-wb > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimedia-in-wb-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimedia-in-wb-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimedia-in-WB digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Bengali wikipedia 10th years Celebration (Jayanta Nath) > 2. Mozilla Maker party kolkata (Jayanta Nath) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 23:15:18 +0530 > From: Jayanta Nath <jayanta(a)wikimedia.in> > To: Souvik Mukherjee <souvik.eng(a)presiuniv.ac.in> > Cc: Wikimedians West Bengal <wikimedia-in-wb(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-WB] Bengali wikipedia 10th years > Celebration > Message-ID: > < > CAFHOmqva3FT8eocjFnCgCmC0+jOSt+UyQ_o98Jgd-mtwjtW7cA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear Mr Mukherjee, > > As per our community discussion, we are finalized the date for our > celebration program on 12, 13 December 2014. So please book the conference > room as we had discussed already. I shall send the official proposal > letter within 2 days. > > Regards, > Jayanta Nath > > > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Souvik Mukherjee < > souvik.eng(a)presiuniv.ac.in> wrote: > > > Dear Mr Nath, > > > > Thanks for your email. I did say we preferred January as December is > > already looks very crowded. However, in any case, we will need you to > firm > > up the dates so I can present the proposal to the vice chancellor. > > > > Thanks and regards, > > > > Dr Souvik Mukherjee > > Assistant Professor, Department of English & Convener, Website Committee > > Presidency University, Kolkata > > > > website: http://presiuniv.academia.edu/SouvikMukherjee > > email: souvik.eng(a)presiuniv.ac.in > > > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 12:18 AM, Jayanta Nath <jayantanth(a)gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Dear All, > >> > >> Today I and Rangan Datta met with Dr Souvik Mukherjee professor of > >> Presidency University. We are planned for our upcoming venue selection > for > >> our Bengali wikipedia 10th years Celebration. > >> > >> We have planned for tentative days 5th December (Friday) & 6th December > >> (Saturday) as a celebration day. > >> > >> The Presidency University gives us ground logistics , conference hall > and > >> basic infrastructure. We will setup a core committee and advisory > >> committee within one week before submitting Grants. > >> > >> All suggestions/opinions/comments are welcome. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Jayanta Nath > >> > >> > > >

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Mozilla Maker party kolkata
by Jayanta Nath 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

On 13th September I had attended Mozilla Maker party at Kolkata events at GNNIT, Sodepur! [1] It was nice program organized by Mozilla kolkata team ! I had presented a small wiki introduction towards Mozilla community! Thank you again all of kolkata Mozilla community for organize this events and invite me ! Specially thanks to Ayan Choudhury , Biraj Karmakar , Sukanta , Sumantra, Koustav.... Regards, Jayanta Nath 1) https://wiki.mozilla.org/Maker_Party_Kolkata_2014

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Re: [Wikimedia-in-WB] Bengali wikipedia 10th years Celebration
by Jayanta Nath 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

Dear Mr Mukherjee, As per our community discussion, we are finalized the date for our celebration program on 12, 13 December 2014. So please book the conference room as we had discussed already. I shall send the official proposal letter within 2 days. Regards, Jayanta Nath On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Souvik Mukherjee < souvik.eng(a)presiuniv.ac.in> wrote: > Dear Mr Nath, > > Thanks for your email. I did say we preferred January as December is > already looks very crowded. However, in any case, we will need you to firm > up the dates so I can present the proposal to the vice chancellor. > > Thanks and regards, > > Dr Souvik Mukherjee > Assistant Professor, Department of English & Convener, Website Committee > Presidency University, Kolkata > > website: http://presiuniv.academia.edu/SouvikMukherjee > email: souvik.eng(a)presiuniv.ac.in > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 12:18 AM, Jayanta Nath <jayantanth(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> Today I and Rangan Datta met with Dr Souvik Mukherjee professor of >> Presidency University. We are planned for our upcoming venue selection for >> our Bengali wikipedia 10th years Celebration. >> >> We have planned for tentative days 5th December (Friday) & 6th December >> (Saturday) as a celebration day. >> >> The Presidency University gives us ground logistics , conference hall and >> basic infrastructure. We will setup a core committee and advisory >> committee within one week before submitting Grants. >> >> All suggestions/opinions/comments are welcome. >> >> Regards, >> Jayanta Nath >> >> >

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Bengali wikipedia 10th years Celebration
by Jayanta Nath 10 Sep '14

10 Sep '14

Dear All, Today I and Rangan Datta met with Dr Souvik Mukherjee professor of Presidency University. We are planned for our upcoming venue selection for our Bengali wikipedia 10th years Celebration. We have planned for tentative days 5th December (Friday) & 6th December (Saturday) as a celebration day. The Presidency University gives us ground logistics , conference hall and basic infrastructure. We will setup a core committee and advisory committee within one week before submitting Grants. All suggestions/opinions/comments are welcome. Regards, Jayanta Nath

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedia Commons celebrates its 10th anniversary
by Nurunnaby Hasive 08 Sep '14

08 Sep '14

Blog post about Wikimedia Commons 10 year: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/09/05/celebrating-the-10th-anniversary-of-w… Bengali news about Wikimedia Commons 10 year published today at Prothom Alo: http://www.prothom-alo.com/technology/article/313096 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tilman Bayer <tbayer(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 5:54 AM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedia Commons celebrates its 10th anniversary To: press-release <press-release(a)lists.wikimedia.org> (This press release is also available online here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_Commons_celeb… ) Wikimedia Commons celebrates its 10th anniversary - *22 million+ images make Wikimedia Commons world’s largest freely licensed educational media repository.* (San Francisco, USA) September 5, 2014 -- This Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of Wikimedia Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page>. Its creation was officially announced on September 7, 2004. More than 22 million media files have been uploaded by the Wikimedia volunteer community over the decade since Commons came into being. The Wikimedia Foundation is extremely grateful to have a dedicated community of creators and institutions who continue to share their images and other media so that the project has flourished and will continue to thrive. Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Lila Tretikov said: “Many people don’t know that the incredible, freely-licensed images that illustrate Wikipedia are curated and maintained by the volunteer community of Wikimedia Commons editors. Wikimedia Commons is the visual engine of the Wikimedia projects, and we look forward to its next decade of contributions, collaboration, and sharing.” In the past ten years, creators have contributed to Commons in a variety of ways, including the annual Wiki Loves Monuments contest, which is currently inviting submissions through the end of September. The Guinness Book of World Records named Wiki Loves Monuments the largest photo contest in the world, and it has inspired more 900,000 image uploads since 2010. On this occasion we also celebrate the partnerships with dozens of cultural institutions (GLAM) from around the world that have donated portions of their collections. Their contributions have allowed Wikimedia Commons to become a vital resource for educational and historical content, and ensured the increasing depth and richness of the illustrations for articles on Wikipedia. The Foundation recognizes the vibrant Wikimedia Commons community, which is responsible for increasing the availability of freely licensed images and information to the public. The Commons community takes its role as a guardian of the rights of creators extremely seriously, working diligently to confirm authorship and licensing status of the media uploaded to Commons. This work is reflected in the low number of DMCA takedown requests received by the Wikimedia Foundation every year. Erik Moeller, then a volunteer Wikimedian, first proposed the Commons in March 2004 as a common repository for the images that Wikipedians had begun uploading to illustrate the free online encyclopedia’s growing collection of articles. Today, Moeller is the Wikimedia Foundation’s Deputy Director and VP of Engineering, and Commons is the world’s largest repository of freely licensed educational media on the internet. “The Wikimedia Commons community is the reason these freely-licensed images exist for everyone to enjoy." said Moeller. “Our next steps are to prepare Wikimedia Commons for the future, including support for rich, structured metadata; a massively improved user experience for uploading media; better tools for editing media content through the web; and better support for video. The first decade was just the beginning.” The Foundation is thrilled to be celebrating these and many more achievements of the project’s first decade. About the Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org https://blog.wikimedia.org/ The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix, Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive 413 million unique visitors per month, making them the fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, July 2014). Available in 287 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 32 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of roughly 80,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. Wikimedia Foundation Press Contact: Communications, Wikimedia Foundation +1 415-839-6885 ext 6633kmaher[image: @]wikimedia.org (To be unsubscribed from this press release distribution list, please reply with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in the subject line) _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. 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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals
by Vishnu 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

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WLM 2014
by Biswarup Ganguly 01 Sep '14

01 Sep '14

Dear Friend, Please see this communication <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#WLM_2014_Participati…> for the WLM 2014 Participation from India Regards, -- Biswarup Ganguly Phones: +919830022449 +919433005886

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