Wikimedia-l April 2012

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Reminder: IRC office hours with Garfield Byrd, Chief of Finance and Administration at the WMF
by Steven Walling 13 Apr '12

13 Apr '12

Just a reminder this is happening in #wikimedia-office in about 15-20 minutes. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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. :) -- 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> -- Steven Walling https://wikimediafoundation.org/

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Travel Guide Wiki
by James Heilman 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

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. -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian

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Reminder: Volunteers wanted for FDC Advisory Due April 16
by Barry Newstead 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

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 -- 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! http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

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[Foundation-l] Volunteers Wanted: Funds Dissemination Process Advisory Group
by Barry Newstead 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

Dear all, Following up on the Wikimedia Foundation's Board resolution on Funds Dissemination[1], we are launching work on the design of the Funds Dissemination Committee[2] To help in the design and implementation work ahead, we are creating an Advisory Group which will begin work very soon. Information on the nomination process for the formation of the Advisory Group is available on meta [3] and we would encourage interested candidates who meet the criteria to consider applying. Please also pass this information on to people in the wider community. [1] http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Funds_Dissemination_Committee [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee [3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/FDC_Advisory_G…<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/FDC_Advisory_G…> Best, Barry -- 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! http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

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Wiki Travel Guide
by James Heilman 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

@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. -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian

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Wikidata logo
by Mono 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

Can we please have a Wikidata logo contest? They're such a waste of time, but they've made some really great logos and are always fun/

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www.wikimedia.org (Re: [Foundation-l] New Project Process)
by Erik Moeller 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

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 -- Erik Möller VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

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Wikimedia mobile application development
by MZMcBride 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

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

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This Kit changed all my life.
by Ernesto García 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] foundation-l is now wikimedia-l
by Federico Leva (Nemo) 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

Does the old adress redirect to the new one? Nemo

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