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Al-Jazeera English "Fault Lines" report on SOPA
by Matthew Roth 10 Aug '12

10 Aug '12

This is a segment in the Fault Lines series on AJE about SOPA, the Blackout and other issues around "Controlling the Web." Features some footage of the WMF offices and clips from Jimmy, among many others. http://youtu.be/6FD9urcUWXw thanks Matthew -- Matthew Roth Global Communications Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 ext 6635 www.wikimediafoundation.org *https://donate.wikimedia.org*

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new report on Wikipedia sources
by Heather Ford 10 Aug '12

10 Aug '12

We've just published the report for the Understanding Sources ethnographic study of Wikipedia sources - including the case study of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution article and an analysis of social media sources on Wikipedia http://scr.bi/NfsKQg The Understanding Sources project is detailed on meta here: http://bit.ly/NfuSY3 I'd be really interested in any feedback from folks on this list -- especially re. the table on page 50... Best, Heather. Heather Ford Ethnographer: Ushahidi / SwiftRiver http://ushahidi.com | http://swiftly.org @hfordsa on Twitter http://hblog.org

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Wikimedian in Latvia or Lithuania
by Nicole Ebber 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

Dear all, our department for education and knowledge is looking for a contact person in Latvia or Lithuania who is active within the field of "Wikipedia and Education". We are planning a Wikipedia workshop with a German partner organisation there and would be glad to find someone to share experiences with. We asked various persons already, but our search has not been successful, yet. Does any of you probably know someone from a chapter or the local communities who might be interested? If so - or if you are interested yourself, of course :) - please get in touch with my colleague Elly Koepf (CCed). Thank you very much, best regards from Berlin, Nicole -- Nicole Ebber Projektmanagerin Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | NEU: Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin Tel. +49 30 219158 26-0 http://wikimedia.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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[Wikimedia Announcements] Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation
by Barry Newstead 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

Dear Wikimedia friends and colleagues, It is bittersweet for me to share with all of you that I will be leaving the Wikimedia Foundation at the end of August to relocate to Australia for personal reasons. It is difficult for me to leave Wikimedia and particularly leave the Global Development team, which I’ve had the pleasure of building and leading over the past two years. I am proud of what we have accomplished in raising the priority of much of the globe within the Wikimedia movement, strengthening our mobile strategy and education program, globalizing communications, and tackling the difficult movement roles issues that I hope can be put in the past. It hasn’t been easy or uncontroversial, but I truly believe that we are heading in the right direction. One of the great joys of my work has been the opportunity to travel and meet many amazing Wikipedians and to share the Wikimedia story with the world. It is so inspiring to hear first hand how much people love our projects and the amazing things that so many people do in support of the movement. This is what helped me survive the many long flights and jetlag-filled nights. It was an honour representing the Wikimedia Foundation and often the Wikimedia movement in so many places. I am confident that the Global Development work will thrive with the team in place and with all of the dedicated community members who see us as partners. I look forward to becoming a volunteer member of the movement and supporting the work in new ways. Sue will share plans for the transition shortly. Many thanks to all who have supported me and our work. Kind regards, 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! Donate to Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/> _______________________________________________ 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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[Wikimedia Announcements] Follow-up to Barry's note
by Sue Gardner 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

Hi folks, I want to thank Barry for everything he’s done for the Wikimedia movement, and express my regret that he’s leaving the Foundation. Barry’s done a lot for the movement. He's been involved for three years: first, as the Bridgespan lead for our strategy project, and afterwards as Chief Global Development Officer for the Foundation. He was a major contributor to the five-year strategic plan, and as CGDO he’s set up and launched a number of key projects that arose as a direct result of that plan, including the catalyst initiatives and Wikipedia Zero. He’s also done some tough and useful work helping Wikimedia grapple with issues related to movement roles and funds dissemination -- the fact that we're now in a position to launch the Funds Dissemination Committee is very much a credit to Barry. I want to thank him for everything he’s accomplished for the movement, and wish him all the best in the future. I know he plans to stay involved as a volunteer, and I'm happy about that. Here’s a quick summary of what will happen next: Barry’s last day with the Wikimedia Foundation will be August 31. It will likely take 4-6 months for us to complete the recruitment process for his successor. Beginning August 31 therefore, Global Development will be co-managed by Frank Schulenburg and Anasuya Sengupta. Anasuya will be responsible for grantmaking and the catalyst projects: Asaf Bartov, Jessie Wild, and Winifred Olliff will report to her, and she will manage our relationships with CIS for India, with Oona Castro for Brazil, and with the Arabic Language Initiative. Frank will continue, of course, to hold responsibility for the Global Education Program, and will also now newly take on responsibility for fellowships and Wikipedia Zero, with Siko Bouterse and Kul Wadhwa reporting to Frank. I want to thank Frank and Anasuya for agreeing to take on, on an interim basis, these extra responsibilities. Also, we’re moving Communications to Legal and Community Advocacy from Global Development: Jay Walsh will now report to Geoff Brigham. This is independent of Barry’s departure. Why? There’s lots of natural synchronicity between Community Advocacy and Communications -- both groups need to understand and support the Wikimedia communities and ensure good communications between them and the Wikimedia Foundation, including coordinating translations with and for the non-English-speaking communities. And, unlike the rest of Global Development but like Legal, Communications is a service department that supports the entire organization/movement. So it makes sense to me that Communications should move over to become a part of LCA. I also want to note, because I'm not sure if it's been announced outside the staff, that beginning August 5 Winifred will move into a new position. She has been the Program Assistant for Global Development: as of August 5, she will be Grants Administrator for that team, responsible for administering Wikimedia Foundation grants, funds awarded by the Funds Dissemination Committee and other Wikimedia Foundation volunteer support programs, and for supporting the Wikimedia Foundation grants program in the areas of program development, communications, relationship-building, compliance, and community engagement. Again: I want to thank Barry for everything he's done for the movement, and I look forward to his continued involvement from Australia :-) Thanks, Sue -- Sue Gardner Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation 415 839 6885 office 415 816 9967 cell Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org/ _______________________________________________ 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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[Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 8, Issue 32 -- 06 August 2012
by Wikipedia Signpost 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

Op-ed: The Athena Project: being bold http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-08-06/Op-ed News and notes: FDC portal launched http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-08-06/News_a… WikiProject report: Summer sports series: WikiProject Martial Arts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-08-06/WikiPr… Featured content: Casliber's words take root http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-08-06/Featur… Arbitration report: No pending or open arbitration cases http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-08-06/Arbitr… Technology report: Wikidata nears first deployment but wikis go down in fibre cut calamity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-08-06/Techno… Single page view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single PDF version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-08-06 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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Outage: what I'm telling the press
by David Gerard 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

... so I might as well tell you too. Info gathered by joggling the elbows of the people on #wikimedia-tech actually doing the work: This was two overland cables between Tampa and Virginia (Washington DC, to be precise). *Both* cables were cut, near the Tampa end. The "redundant" fibre wasn't redundant. Currently awaiting the vendor postmortem. The cables were broken for 1 hour 6 minutes, but it's taken another hour to bring up basic service. Some stuff's still broken. Search and API (hence mobile) are back now. It'll all be back in due course. The WMF office in San Francisco should be getting into work in the next hour or so ... should have more detail then. - d.

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This afternoon's system outage
by WereSpielChequers 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

Hi, after crashing an hour or so ago EN Wikipedia has started to come back but with a really strange appearance - less usable than Vector. Rumour has it that someone cut through a fibre optic cable in Florida, so far none of the parties to various incidents on the Dwamah boards have fessed up as responsible. If anyone in the know could give more details it would be nice. TTFN WSC

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conversations between WMF and non-English projects
by Amir E. Aharoni 05 Aug '12

05 Aug '12

Hi, In the 2012-13 WMF plan document I saw an interesting thing: "We’ve hosted key community stakeholders such as English Wikipedia’s ArbCom and Portuguese Wikipedia’s top contributors, in an effort to better understand and respond to issues they're facing." (page 41). I was very happy to read this. In general, I hope that such focused meetings will be held with more language communities. I don't think that I need to explain why :) I don't know how did the meeting with the Portuguese Wikipedians go; I suppose that it was good. I don't remember that I read anything about it in blogs or mailing lists, but I may have missed it. Maybe what I'm about to write is known already, but I'll say it anyway. An important thing in such meetings is to have a community member who contributes to the Wikipedia in that language AND to the English Wikipedia. This is needed because the Foundation people are probably familiar with policies, customs and jargon in the English Wikipedia. Even simple terms, like "Village Pump", are not necessarily familiar to people who primarily edit in other languages; not all Wikipedias have ArbComs; not all Wikipedias prohibit voting; etc. Such a person will be able to "translate" between the English Wikipedia terms and the local Wikipedia terms. Without such a person misunderstandings will definitely happen, even if everybody knows the English language well. That's it, hope it helps. -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬

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Trent Franks quotes Wikipedia in the house of representatives
by Mike Dupont 04 Aug '12

04 Aug '12

Hi there, It looks like Trent Franks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Franks) is a fan of wikipedia, but needs some information about how it works. He quotes Wikipedia, ``One year after the Fort Hood shooting, the motivations of the perpetrator were not yet established.'', maybe he needs to learn how to update the article if he has more information about it. Why would quoting wikipedia here be something that is a good idea? As if the article is always the most up to date. I think that quoting the sources are more import. He could add tags as well. Maybe someone should sit down with him and give him some tutoring. mike See : http://origin.www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2012-08-03/html/CREC-2012-08-03-pt… https://scout.sunlightfoundation.com/item/speech/CREC-2012-08-03-pt1-PgE141… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Hood_shooting http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2012/07/30/newt-gingrich-wikipedia-michele-bac… ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Scout (Sunlight Foundation) <scout(a)sunlightfoundation.com> Date: Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 2:20 PM Subject: wikipedia - 1 speech To: "jamesmikedupont(a)googlemail.com" <jamesmikedupont(a)googlemail.com> Aug 3, 2012 - Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) said: "...o avoid confronting his acts as inspired by his support for radical Islamism. An American of Palestinian descent, Hasan had been in touch with a radical American cleric in Yemen, Anwar al-Awlaki. He declared Hasan a hero. Al-Awlaki was himself declared a ``specially designated global terrorist'' and, with presidential approval, was killed by a predator missile. Yet, despite the evidence, Wikipedia reports, ``One year after the Fort Hood shooting, the motivations of the perpetrator were not yet es..." http://scout.sunlightfoundation.com/item/speech/CREC-2012-08-03-pt1-PgE1416… -- James Michael DuPont Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova http://flossk.org Saving wikipedia(tm) articles from deletion http://SpeedyDeletion.wikia.com Contributor FOSM, the CC-BY-SA map of the world http://fosm.org Mozilla Rep https://reps.mozilla.org/u/h4ck3rm1k3

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