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Planet Wikipedia
by Анатолій Гончаров 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

A main belt asteroid No. 274301 was named after Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The minor planet was discovered by the team of astronomers of Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory (A50) in Ukraine. At first it was observed by that team on August 25, 2008. The name was proposed by the Wikimedia Ukraine Board member Andriy Makukha. For details see: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_belt_asteroid_No._274301_named_Wikipedia -- Анатолій Гончаров mailto:ahonc@wikimediaukraine.org.ua ICQ: 364-176-156

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Learning & Evaluation
by Jessie Wild 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Siko Bouterse <sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org>wrote: > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 11:42 PM, > <sgardner(a)wikimedia.org<wikimedia-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > Anasuya will be responsible for running all grantmaking processes (for > > > both individuals and entities) and for helping movement entities, like > > > chapters and thematic organizations, to develop and mature. Reporting > > > to Anasuya will be Asaf Bartov, Jessie Wild, Oona Castro and Siko > > > Bouterse, as well as a Senior Program Officer for the FDC (a new > > > position that will be filled within the next month or so). > > > * The Senior Program Officer will be responsible for facilitating the > > > FDC process, which recommends funding allocations for the largest and > > > wealthiest Wikimedia organizations such as Wikimedia Germany and > > > Wikimedia France. > > > * Asaf continues to be responsible for the Wikimedia Grants Program, > > > supporting younger, smaller Wikimedia organizations like Wikimedia > > > Venezuela and Wikimedia Mexico, and for finding non-Wikimedia > > > organizations that we can fund to carry out good programmatic > > > activities in developing countries, particularly where there are no > > > chapters. > > > * Jessie will be responsible for evaluation and learning for all our > > > grantmaking --- both helping us internally optimize our processes, and > > > helping us and the grant recipients assess organizations? development > > > (for Anasuya) and the impact of the programs funded by movement > > > dollars (for Frank). > > > * Oona will continue to run the Brazil program. Consistent with the > > > Narrowing Focus plan, she is actively seeking a partner to continue > > > the work in Brazil within a grants structure similar to the one we > > > recently negotiated with CIS in India. > > > * Siko is taking over responsibility from Asaf for all funding for > > > individuals. This will make it possible for us to grow our individual > > > grant-making, and it will also free up Asaf to do more small > > > organization development. Siko will also be responsible for > > > documentation and analysis of all grants except the ones funded by the > > > FDC. It?s important for us to grow grantmaking to individuals because > > > individuals create 99% of the value in the projects. They do it with > > > practically no funding, but in some cases a little money will be able > > > to make something great happen. > > > > Hi all, > As Sue mentioned, we're looking at growing WMF's grant-making to > individuals. This allows us to accomplish the goals of narrowing focus (on > WMF's capacity as grant-makers, in this case), while finding new ways to > support projects led by individual community members. Some more specifics > are on meta: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Individual_Engagement_Grants > Please share your thoughts on-wiki if possible. > Thanks! -- > Siko Bouterse > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > Likewise, we're starting to put up some initial thinking regarding Learning & Evaluation for Grantmaking & Evaluation! https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grantmaking_and_Programs/Learning_%26_Evalu… Feel free to jump in on-wiki as it is being developed; definitely work in progress :) Jessie -- *Jessie Wild* *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/>

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF January 2013 Metrics and Activities Meeting: Thursday, Feb. 7, 19:00 UTC
by ENWP Pine 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Hi Praveena, Will Philippe's talk that was dropped from the January meeting be added to the agenda for the February meeting? Thanks, Pine

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[Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 9, Issue 05 -- 28 January 2013
by Wikipedia Signpost 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

In the media: Hoaxes draw media attention; Sue Gardner's op-ed; Women of Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-01-28/In_the… News and notes: Khan Academy's Smarthistory and Wikipedia collaborate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-01-28/News_a… Recent research: Lessons from the research literature on open collaboration; clicks on featured articles; credibility heuristics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-01-28/Recent… Discussion report: Administrator conduct and requests http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-01-28/Discus… WikiProject report: Checkmate! — WikiProject Chess http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-01-28/WikiPr… Featured content: Listing off progress from 2012 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-01-28/Featur… Arbitration report: ''Doncram'' continues http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-01-28/Arbitr… Technology report: Developers get ready for FOSDEM amid caching problems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-01-28/Techno… Single page view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single PDF version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-01-28 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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Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Big data" benefits and limitations (relevance: WMF editor engagement, fundraising, and HR practices)
by ENWP Pine 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

> > Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:19:25 +0200 > From: Strainu <strainu10(a)gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: "wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, > "wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org" > <wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Big data" benefits and limitations > (relevance: WMF editor engagement, fundraising, and HR practices) > Message-ID: > <CAC9meR+Ap=3Pn5Jn4yADjMaGzSnbLNTw8iQrMjksupgR5nM1CQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi Pine, > > It might be because of the alcohol I've ingested these last days, but > - what are you proposing exactly? > > Hapy new year, > strainu > I wasn't proposing any specific action. I was thinking, "Big Data is a cool topic, it's a big topic in its own right, it's relevant to several aspects of Wikimedia, and other people might be interested in reading about it or thinking about it in relation to work that they're doing or priorities that they have". Happy new year, Pine

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"Legalised Piracy"
by Richard Symonds 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Very interesting things happening in Antigua and the US: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21247683 Essentially, the World Trade Organization (WTO) have ruled that the islands have the right to suspend US intellectual property rights. It all stems from a trade dispute in 2003, where the US effectively banned electronic interstate gambling, which in turn damaged Antigua's economy." This has led to one thing and another, and "...on Monday the WTO's dispute settlement body gave final authorisation for Antigua to sell movies, music, games and software via a store that would be able to ignore US copyright and trademark claims." I'm not sure what this means for the movement - I'm sure there will be a long and lively discussion - but it's a very interesting turn of events in IP law. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*

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COI versus OUTING
by James Heilman 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

A not really hypothetical question: Let say one is the director of marketing at a 16 billion dollar company and decides to come to Wikipedia in an attempt to alter its coverage of one of your companies key products (which has been hit fairly hard lately by the evidence). One also invites 50 of your best friends (most of which are on your pay role to join you in this effort). Let say you are trying to do it anonymously but both you and your associates send out a whole bunch of intimidating emails to a long standing editor. Than this long standing editor without any real difficulty figures out who you are (as you sort of did email him). You than "vanish" from Wikipedia. What if this long standing editor decided to either hand the story over to the press or write something up for publication in a peer review journal as said editor does not stand for intimidation easily? And this long standing editor believes that the world / patients might be better off if this behavior become more widely known. How would the Wikimedia community apply the above two policies / guidelines (WP:COI and WP:OUTING)? -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com

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Following MediaWiki & Wikimedia tech news
by Quim Gil 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

Hi, just a note to let you know that you can follow the MediaWiki / Wikimedia tech news highlights through several channels: * http://identi.ca/mediawiki * https://twitter.com/#!/MediaWiki * https://www.facebook.com/MediaWikiProject * https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/103470172168784626509/103470172168784626509/p… And of course http://mediawiki.org homepage. Or reverse-transcluding: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:MediaWiki_News As you can see from the entries, we try to keep the feed alive almost on a daily basis, but without overwhelming. We are also flexible with the scope: from Wikimedia data center migration to a new Android app from an individual contributor or a cool demo video from a 3rd party MediaWiki user. Your follows, likes, circles, RTs etc are welcome. You can propose news as well. -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil

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[Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia UK monthly report - December 2012
by Stevie Benton 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

Hello everyone, I've just published the Wikimedia UK activity report for December, which was a shortened month for the office due to the winter break. You can find the report at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2012/December For those of you who prefer plain text, this is below. Thanks and regards, Stevie Reports/2012/December Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report for the period 1 to 31 December 2012. If you want to keep up with the chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our blog, join a UK mailing list, and/or follow us on Twitter. If you have any questions or comments, please drop us a line on this report's talk page. Community The office hosted a shared lunch in December for staff and volunteers. Everyone who came brought some food and drink along and we spent some time enjoying each other's company and getting to know each other a little. A very pleasant and useful afternoon! GLAM activities Wikimedians in Residence program resulting from our November 2012 recruitment has been progressing with Wikimedia UK in negotiations with the institutions taken forward. We are working with Natural History Museum and Science Museum, National Library of Scotland, Black Cultural Archives in cooperation with Equiano Centre, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. Technology During December we spent time setting up the new infrastructure and began migrating Wikimedia UK properties. For example, the board, office and other private Wikis were moved to a new server - and preparations were made to move Civi CRM and email in the new year. Other activities Microgrants Information about microgrants that are currently running, and how to submit a microgrant application of your own, are at Microgrants/Applications. UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20680725 http://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-12-11/wikipedia-we-want-those-start-ups… http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9736665/Wikipedia-founders-… http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/williamhenderson/100008453/wikipedi… http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/us-news-blog/2012/dec/19/cards-against… http://www.wired.com/geekmom/2012/12/cards-against-humanity-holiday-stats/ http://tyneandwear.sky.com/newcastleunited/article/50706 http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=f3fc3be1-0146-4b64-a4c5-d9792… http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/20865218 http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2012/dec/24/technology-links-news… http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9764719/Wikipedia-co-founde… http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/378829/breakfast-briefing-outlook-features-stri… http://metro.co.uk/2012/12/29/most-read-wikipedia-pages-revealed-facebook-o… http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/20/cash_rich_wikipedia_chugging/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2012/dec/26/koh-wikipedia-apple-s… http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2012/dec/27/wikipedia-most-viewed http://www.itv.com/news/2012-12-28/wikipedias-top-10-viewed-articles-in-201… http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/facebook-tops-list-of-most-viewed-wikipedi… http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20858333 http://video.sky.com/news/related/55523/0/Wikipedia%20Boss%20Hope%20For%20O… http://www.breakingnews.com/item/ahZzfmJyZWFraW5nbmV3cy13d3ctaHJkcg0LEgRTZW… http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p8g6s Upcoming activities in January and February January 08 - Board meeting - call 12 - Manchester meetup 13 - London meetup 13 - Oxford meetup 14 - AHRC Wikipedia training workshop at the British Library 16 - IRC office hours 20 - Reading Meetup February 08 - Introduction to Wikipedia workshop at the British Library 09–10 - Board meeting - in person 10 - London meetup 16 - Liverpool meetup 17 - Coventry meetup 20 - IRC office hours 23–24 - Training the Trainers/February 2013 event - Manchester For events in March 2013 and onwards, please see Events. Administrative activities Board activities There was a meeting of the Executive Working Group, and the minutes are in the process of being drafted. Work continued with Compass Partnership on our Governance Review. News from the Chief Exec For information on Jon's activities this month, see News from the Office. Communications Links to December's press coverage can be found higher up this page. In general December was a fairly quiet month for Wikimedia UK communications. In part this is because the chapter didn't participate directly in the Wikimedia Foundation annual fundraising campaign. It was also a short month in terms of office activity as the winter break began on 22 December. There were interesting blog posts on the first stage implementation of the new visual editing tool for Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons reaching the landmark of hosting 15 million files and a Manchester Girl Geeks editing event. Also covered by the blog were a training session for editors in Stanford and an update on the Communications Data Bill. We experimented a little with video this month, using the festive season as an opportunity to record a message from staff to the community, accompanied by a written message from Jon. This was well received so we'll be looking to try out more video in the future. Also in keeping with the festive season we designed and distributed some festive e-cards, which we hope you enjoyed. A loose framework has been created for this year's Annual Review. You can see the top level page here. Each section breaks down into its own page. Please do get involved in helping to shape this report and all content contributions are welcome. In more general terms Stevie has been trying to build networks and relationships with organisations that share our broad objectives. During December he met with Creative Commons, attended a Google-hosted event called Interactivism and met with the Shoreditch Network. This work carries over into January. Fundraising and Membership Fundraising This month, we received £13,128.78 in one-off donations, with 49 individual donations, of which 3 were defined as major gifts (over £1000). Removing those from consideration, the average donation amount was £39.69 - 75% of these donors have had Gift Aid Declarations made and matched with their records. If anyone would like a full (but anonymised) csv file with more information, please get in touch with katherine.bavage(a)wikimedia.org.uk and let her know your requirements. There were 5,783 successful direct debits this month, bringing in a total of £23,817.37. Membership Up to 31st December 2012: 138 new (membership commenced in preceding three months) and current members. 123 'grace' members (membership within six months after date membership should be renewed) This adds up to 261 members who are eligible to vote 124 Expired members A reminder was sent to all members in the January 2013 members newsletter to renew their membership. Results of this will be included in the January 2013 monthly report. -- Stevie Benton Communications Organiser Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* _______________________________________________ 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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Editor Engagement list
by David Gerard 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

via Steven Walling: the internal team list, now a public list. https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/ee - d.

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