Just a reminder this is happening in #wikimedia-office in about 15-20
minutes.
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From: Steven Walling <swalling(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:51 AM
Subject: IRC office hours with Garfield Byrd, Chief of Finance and
Administration at the WMF
To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Hi everyone (and hi to the new list too...)
I just wanted to announce that Garfield Byrd, the Chief of Finance and
Administration at the Wikimedia Foundation, will be at his first IRC office
hours this Thursday, April 12th, at 23:00 UTC in #wikimedia-office.
Time conversion and other necessaries are on Meta.[1] As for the topic,
Garfield wants to hold a general Q&A about WMF finance, as well as
introduce what his department is and who works in it.
Thanks, and hopefully we'll talk to you on Thursday. :)
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Steven Walling
https://wikimediafoundation.org/
1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#Upcoming_office_hours>
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Steven Walling
https://wikimediafoundation.org/
With respect to audience, on Wikipedia we write for a general audience yet
our medical content is still used by 50-70% of practicing physicians.
Lonely planet lists hotels in different section based on price. On
Wikipedia we use editorial judgement about what to include and what not to
include. We have subjective policies like [[WP:DUE]]. Just because
something is subjective does not mean it cannot be done. There are books
like the 1000 must see places before you die.
http://www.1000beforeyoudie.com/ Referencing of this content is possible.
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James Heilman
MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
Hi -
Just a reminder that we are still looking for volunteers to be nominated
for the Funds Dissemination Committee Advisory Group. This group will help
shape the initial setup of an important new committee to support funds
flows within the movement and will provide valuable advice and counsel to
the Funds Dissemination Committee over the first couple of years of its
existence.
The time commitment is about 4 hours per week to contribute to the on-wiki
discussions and meetings every 5-6 weeks with a couple of in-person
meetings per year (likely, but dependent on how the Group prefers to
function).
Please complete the nominations here [1] by Monday, April 16 and feel free
to email me offlist with questions or post them on the talk page.
[1]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/FDC_Advisory_G…
Best,
Barry
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Barry Newstead
Chief Global Development Officer
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!
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@Yaroslov
1) A merger within a WMF project is supported by admins from both WT and
WV. WV is going to be meeting on the possibility of merging June 9th in
Germany
2) Wikimedia's mission is to provide freely available educational content I
am not sure which "WMF principles" you do not see such a site as being
compatible with? You mention that a good travel guide selects information.
A good encyclopedia sections information as well. I am not sure why we
would encounter any differences? We deal with spam here on Wikipedia all
the time.
2a) Not catering to a specific audience is one of the criticisms of
Wikipedia. The proposed travel guide would write for a general audience.
Wikipedia has written for a general audience with some success.
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James Heilman
MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:48 AM, Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> - Also, could we look at merging the OutreachWiki, the StrategyWiki and
> MetaWiki? Maybe they could all live at the (currently extremely
> under-utilised) domain of http://www.wikimedia.org/
I've put some initial brainstorming notes about how this could be done here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia.org
Please weigh in :-)
Erik
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Erik Möller
VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation
Support Free Knowledge: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate
Hi.
I've been having difficulty wrapping my head around Wikimedia's (relatively)
recent efforts in mobile application development. I understand that reaching
users on mobile platforms is important to the Wikimedia Foundation and I've
read <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Projects/strategy> and related
pages.
Mobile seems to have two branches these days: (1) the mobile versions of the
sites; and more recently (2) specific mobile applications. Branch 1 is
fairly understandable. What I'm having difficulty understanding is branch 2.
The idea behind free and open content is that the content can be taken and
reused and redistributed by others without issue. That's part of the great
beauty of Wikimedia wikis. With a vibrant app market for both Androids and
iPhones, why is Wikimedia getting involved in mobile application
development? Isn't this something best left to third parties (which, as I
understand it, have already filled the "Wikipedia app" niche with a variety
of options for both platforms) or interested volunteers?
MZMcBride