Wikimedia-l January 2012

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[Foundation-l] ACTA analysis?
by Kim Bruning 28 Jan '12

28 Jan '12

I would like to thank Geoff Brigham for the excellent job he did analysing the consequences of SOPA for wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Legal_overview Would it be possible to analyse ACTA in a similar manner? This is apparently the treaty text: http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/assets/… Possibly we've already done so, and I've missed it? :-) I'm especially interested in the following questions: * What issues, if any, does ACTA raise, for wikipedia? * what points would be wise to point out to legislature, to ensure wikipedia does not come to harm, if implemented anyway? We can then proceed to engage with the diverse members of the diverse committees in .eu (as required), or engage with our local legislature (as required) Once appropriate for us, note that La quadrature du net is taking action, and has collected all relevant phone numbers and addresses etc: https://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/How_to_act_against_ACTA#Contact_your_Elec… The window for action on ACTA is now very narrow, time is short. sincerely, Kim Bruning --

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Re: [Foundation-l] WMF Board of Trustees meeting agenda
by WereSpielChequers 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

Hi Phoebe, Often the most interesting thing about an agenda is what it omits. So the first board meeting after the SOPA blackout is not going to discuss blackouts, SOPA and lobbying? WereSpielChequers Message: 9 > Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:22:56 -0800 > From: phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki(a)gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List > <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Foundation-l] WMF Board of Trustees meeting agenda > Message-ID: > <CAAi3vqFM1b2JdkPixsR7B2b8JauWH6CVr7qF5YO5FOQYVeMm4Q(a)mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi all, > > The WMF Board of Trustees is planning our winter meeting for next > weekend. The draft agenda is posted here for comment: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Board_Meetings/February_3-4,_2012 > > This is a very full agenda, focusing on three main topics: the WMF > annual planning process for 2012/2013, fundraising and funds > dissemination models, and the movement roles process. > > -- Phoebe > (Board of Trustees Secretary, 2011-2012) > > -- > * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers > <at> gmail.com * > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > End of foundation-l Digest, Vol 94, Issue 74 > ******************************************** >

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Re: [Foundation-l] WMF Board of Trustees meeting agenda
by Béria Lima 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

Phoebe, this meeting is not the one to approve or not the Recomendations from Sue, right? I always imagined that would be AFTER the meeting in Paris. _____ *Béria Lima* <http://wikimedia.pt/>(351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho. <http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos>* On 27 January 2012 17:22, phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > The WMF Board of Trustees is planning our winter meeting for next > weekend. The draft agenda is posted here for comment: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Board_Meetings/February_3-4,_2012 > > This is a very full agenda, focusing on three main topics: the WMF > annual planning process for 2012/2013, fundraising and funds > dissemination models, and the movement roles process. > > -- Phoebe > (Board of Trustees Secretary, 2011-2012) > > -- > * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers > <at> gmail.com * > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >

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[Foundation-l] WMF Board of Trustees meeting agenda
by phoebe ayers 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

Hi all, The WMF Board of Trustees is planning our winter meeting for next weekend. The draft agenda is posted here for comment: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Board_Meetings/February_3-4,_2012 This is a very full agenda, focusing on three main topics: the WMF annual planning process for 2012/2013, fundraising and funds dissemination models, and the movement roles process. -- Phoebe (Board of Trustees Secretary, 2011-2012) -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers <at> gmail.com *

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[Foundation-l] POV in Chechen Wikipedia
by Yaroslav M. Blanter 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

I opened a RFC request on Meta, http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/POV_in_Chechen_Wikipedia In my view, this is a situation similar to the one in Acehnese Wikipedia, which we had recently - when a group of users basically "hijack" a WMF project and start to promote goals incompatible with the WMF mission. Whereas we still need to listen to all sides of the conflict and I might be wrong on that, I still find the situation alarming and I would like to get reactions. Note that I was not involved (and I would prefer not to be involved), I am just an observer. Cheers Yaroslav

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[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] WMF Global Development Midyear report 2011-12
by Tilman Bayer 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

Hi all, the Wikimedia Foundation's Global Development department has recently published a midyear report on its activities, regarding the 2011-12 annual plan. You can find it on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Global_Development_Midyear_report_2011-… -- Tilman Bayer Movement Communications Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects. For more information about Foundation-L: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l

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[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Official Wikipedia Android App Released
by Erik Moeller 26 Jan '12

26 Jan '12

In case you missed our blog post or reports in the tech media: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/26/announcing-the-official-wikipedia-andr… https://market.android.com/details?id=org.wikipedia We recently released the first version of a Wikipedia smartphone app for Android phones. It's based on Apache Cordova (AKA Phonegap), and of course fully open source. I'm really proud of our mobile team; it's a great app and if you haven't tried it already, you should. :-) This is still an early release and lots of fixes and enhancements are yet to come. All best, Erik -- Erik Möller VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects. For more information about Foundation-L: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l

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[Foundation-l] Article Feedback Tool - Office Hours, 27th January, 19:00 UTC
by Oliver Keyes 26 Jan '12

26 Jan '12

Hey guys We'll be holding another AFT office hours session at 19:00 tomorrow, in #wikimedia-office; hope to see a lot of you there :). If you can't make it, drop me an email and I'll send you the logs. Thanks! -- Oliver Keyes Community Liaison, Product Development Wikimedia Foundation

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[Foundation-l] Adding a comment section under every Wikipedia article
by Yao Ziyuan 26 Jan '12

26 Jan '12

Hello All, I just filed a feature request which I think is of strategic interest to Wikipedia: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33889 Bug 33889 - Request to add a comment section under every Wikipedia article By providing a comment section under every Wikipedia article, we can enable people interested in that topic to talk with each other, make friends and exchange external resources pertaining to that topic (e.g. books, products, jobs, external references, etc.). Wikipedia is not just an encyclopedia; it is also a very valuable "topic navigation and positioning service" that navigates you to any conceivable topic in your mind, and once you're at that topic's Wikipedia article, the article's URL becomes a unique address that "positions" that topic. With this position, we can do many useful things (such as the ones mentioned in the previous paragraph), just like we can do many useful things with a geographic information system (GIS) such as Google Earth. There are many MediaWiki extensions that can add a comment section to every Wikipedia article. Just go to http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_Matrix/AllExtensions and search for "comment" or "discussion". Best Regards, Ziyuan Yao

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[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 8, Issue 04 -- 23 January 2012
by Wikipedia Signpost 26 Jan '12

26 Jan '12

News and notes: SOPA blackout, Orange http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-01-23/News_a… In the news: World watched as Wikipedia shut down for SOPA blackout http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-01-23/In_the… WikiProject report: The Golden Horseshoe: WikiProject Toronto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-01-23/WikiPr… Featured content: Interview with Muhammad Mahdi Karim and the best of the week http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-01-23/Featur… Arbitration report: Four open cases, proposed decision in Muhammad images, AUSC call for applications http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-01-23/Arbitr… Technology report: Looking ahead to MediaWiki 1.19 and related issues http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-01-23/Techno… Single page view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single PDF version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-01-23 http://identi.ca/wikisignpost / https://twitter.com/wikisignpost -- Wikipedia Signpost Staff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects. For more information about Foundation-L: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l

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