Wikimedia-l October 2012

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WMF core and non core expenses
by Itzik Edri 10 Oct '12

10 Oct '12

Hi, As agreed, the WMF is also sending their non-core program to the FDC approval, you can see their proposal here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2012-2013_round1/Wikim… But I'm asking myself, that's all what we consider as non-core? I didn't really done a deep research in the WMF budget (as every item in the WMF budget is like the whole big chapter budget and there are no breakdown), but for example what jumped in my mind immediate: Merchandise store (311,000$=Wikimedia Magyarország + Wikimedia Israel + Wikimedia Argentina annual budget) - what make it core? or research (324,000$) and others (again, can't go deeply with that as the items in the budget are general..). Itzik

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[Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 8, Issue 41 -- 08 October 2012
by Wikipedia Signpost 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

News and notes: Education Program faces community resistance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-10-08/News_a… Discussion report: Closing RfAs: Stewards or Bureaucrats?; Redesign of Help:Contents http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-10-08/Discus… WikiProject report: Ten years and one million articles: WikiProject Biography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-10-08/WikiPr… Featured content: A dash of Arsenikk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-10-08/Featur… Technology report: The ups and downs of September and October, plus extension code review analysis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-10-08/Techno… Single page view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single PDF version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-10-08 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 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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proposal for a wiki collaboration project ( wikiproblems)
by mohammed salih 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

Dear all wikilems is an abbreviation to ( wikiprolems ) , which is a Global , multilingual , updated , platform to share , update and solve problems . you can write in it about the proplems around you and publish it to the world , others wheatehrs they are indviuduals , NGOs or Corporations will heve access to your propblem and try to solve it . I want from you to study and critisize the Idea , I have already listed it in board. Regards M.H.Saleh Founder and Coordinator of Wikilems

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Wiki Loves Monuments 2011 officially broke world record!
by Lodewijk 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

Hi all, We have seen it coming for a while, but now it is official: Wiki Loves Monuments has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the Worlds Largest Photography Competition! With 168,208 submissions we squashed the previous record by roughly 50%. For 2012 we will likely squash our own record, but it will need some time to become official. Please find the blog post on the Wiki Loves Monuments blog here: http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/wiki-loves-monuments-2011-officially-brok… Thank you all for making this possible! It was a great journey and I am very glad that all your work gets some extra touch this way! Best, Lodewijk

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[FDC] 12 FDC proposals open for community review; deadline e.o.d UTC October 22
by Anasuya Sengupta 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

Hi everyone, As most of you know by now, the first round of the Funds Dissemination Committee is now underway! We’ve had many entities submit proposals, and now it’s time for the hard work of evaluating these proposals and making recommendations on a funds allocation to begin. The FDC and FDC staff are both in the process of doing just this. The staff, in particular, will be completing the Staff Proposal Assessment forms over the next few weeks, and the FDC will be meeting at the end of the month (October 28-31) to discuss and deliberate on these proposals. The deadline for the FDC recommendations to the Board is November 15. We hope that you will all be involved with this process as well between now and October 22nd (over the next two weeks). *The proposals are open for community commentary, and we ask you to read and review the proposals and provide questions, comments, and other feedback on the respective proposal talk pages*. While the deadline was October 1, we found that with this being the first ever time we were doing this process, we had requests for an extension of the deadline (WMFR) as well as partially completed proposals (WMAT and WMAU, as well as WMIT and WMPH). We asked all these entities to either withdraw or explain the delays on the Discussion page of their proposal hubs. We are being flexible about the deadline for this first time, as it is a learning process for all of us. We believe that *deadlines do matter* and want to be respectful and appreciative of all the entities that did close their eligibility gaps and submit their proposals on time: congratulations to you all! For now, WMIT and WMPH have withdrawn their proposals, and we have 12 completed proposals [1]. While the community review process is meant to be two weeks as per the Framework [2], we have extended this period in order to make sure this process is as vibrant and effective as possible. We understand that proposals in English are always going to be a constraint for non-English speaking community members, and that is a movement-wide issue that the FDC cannot solve immediately; we do ask for your patience and generosity on this front. Please reach out to others who might help you with this, and start reviewing soon so that the entities can see and respond to your comments right away. Your feedback will be a critical part of the proposal review process, and we hope that you will be active reviewers of the proposals. Also, if there are any questions or comments on the FDC or the proposal process itself, please provide them here [3]. Warmly, Anasuya, on behalf of the FDC team [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_… [3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Questions_for_FDC_staff -- ***Anasuya Sengupta Director of Global Learning and Grantmaking Wikimedia Foundation* * * Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! Support Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Logo for new travel guide
by James Heilman 08 Oct '12

08 Oct '12

Okay I guess it would be nice but not necessary to have a new logo for launch. It is fairly clear at this point what name the new project will be going with. Thus I see no reason why we cannot begin looking at logos now. James Heilman

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September report: Wikimedia Deutschland
by Michael Jahn 08 Oct '12

08 Oct '12

Dear all, in the unlikely case that Wikimedia Deutschland's report pages[1] are not on your personal Meta-Wiki watchlist, you might have missed our September issue. Well, here's an email taxi to pick you up and take you to an overview of what we've been working on in the past few weeks. Please find the full report here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Deutsc… The September issue includes an invitation to join the discussion of WMDE's annual plan 2013 draft version. There's an English translation on Meta and you're most welcome to share your thoughts on the draft's talk page![2] More from this month's report: Our Nicole Ebber recently introduced WMDE's new International Affairs Unit in September. She posted her introductory notes on the annual plan talk pages, as well, so check them out for detailed information on her upcoming work[2, again]. [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Deutsch… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Deutschland/2013_annual_plan… Best Michael -- Michael Jahn Öffentlichkeitsarbeit Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstraße 72 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 260 http://wikimedia.de <http://www.wikimedia.de> Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch freien Zugang zu der Gesamtheit des Wissens der Menschheit hat. Helfen Sie uns dabei! *Helfen Sie mit, dass WIKIPEDIA von der UNESCO als erstes digitales Weltkulturerbe anerkannt wird. Unterzeichnen Sie die Online-Petition:* http://wikipedia.de/wke/Main_Page?setlang=de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.

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FDC Proposals
by Itzik Edri 08 Oct '12

08 Oct '12

Hi, Yesterday was the last day to submit proposals to the FDC for round 1 (and it strange that we didn't saw any reminder email about it..). I think it's a great opportunity to see (and give opinion about) the chapters & foundation (core) programs and budget plans for 2013 (although it seem like not everyone finished filling out the forms): https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals Itzik

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New font for accessibility to dyslexics
by ENWP Pine 07 Oct '12

07 Oct '12

Could someone look into how readers and editors could be given an option to use the “OpenDyslexic” font? This would seem to be a good fit with WMF’s mission of making knowledge be globally accessible. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19734341. Thanks, Pine

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What is the status of the WCA?
by Thomas Dalton 06 Oct '12

06 Oct '12

What is the current status of the WCA? The last update I can find is an email from Ziko to this list on 24 August (a month and a half ago) saying there would be a full report soon. Have I missed that report or are we still waiting for it?

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