Hey David, Thanks! This is a known bug and I'm fixing it this weekend. If
you make an edit, you can see the rest of the game. This is first priority
for fixing, though. Thanks again! Jake (Ocaasi)
Hi.
Readers of this list may be interested in this piece that a colleague sent
me earlier this week: <http://www.technologyreview.com/node/520446/>.
There wasn't much new information in the article, but it provides a decent
high-level view of some editor engagement issues from the past few years.
Somewhat unrelated to the above, I read this piece from a different
colleague this past week and I feel compelled to share it as it was
incredibly interesting and thought-provoking:
http://nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/nov/07/are-we-puppets-wired-world
MZMcBride
Wikimedia[ns] should also consider taking a public position on
copyright reform. We have some of the most thorough and wide-ranging
perspective on how overbroad copyright law can limit the spread of
knowledge.
Sam.
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This release is also available online at
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Airtel_joins_Wikipedia_…
Airtel Partners With Wikimedia Foundation to Bring Free Access to Wikipedia
to 70 Million People in 17 Countries
Partnership will introduce innovative ways to access Wikipedia on mobile
devices in Sub-Saharan Africa
* Airtel customers to access multilingual content on Wikipedia mobile site
free of data charges
* First-of-its-kind pilot initiative in Africa will provide free access to
Wikipedia via text messages (SMS and USSD)
Nairobi, Kenya and San Francisco, California, October 24, 2013 -- Airtel,
and the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates Wikipedia, today
announced a strategic partnership to provide Airtel's customers access to
the knowledge and information available on Wikipedia through their mobile
phones free of data charges.
This partnership is part of the Wikimedia Foundation's Wikipedia Zero
program, which focuses on reaching the billions of people around the world
whose primary opportunity to access the internet is via a mobile device.
The partnership between Airtel and the Wikimedia Foundation will help
provide Wikipedia to 70 million new users in the region, starting in Kenya.
Airtel customers with Internet-enabled handsets can now access the
Wikipedia mobile site on their mobile browsers without incurring data
charges by going to m.wikipedia.org
For customers who do not have Internet-enabled handsets, Airtel will offer
Wikipedia by text message as a pilot program in Kenya. This unique service
will allow customers to search Wikipedia using a plain text menu, without
the need for a mobile browser. The service, available for GSM subscribers,
utilizes USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) technology and
allows users to dial *515# to search Wikipedia and receive article
summaries via SMS.
"We are thrilled that Airtel has joined us in removing two major barriers
to accessing Wikipedia on mobile phones. Not only are we making it freely
available on the mobile web but we are are also launching our first
Wikipedia via text service that will allow people without data enabled
phones to access Wikipedia," said Kul Takanao Wadhwa, Head of Mobile,
Wikimedia Foundation. "Improving access to the Wikimedia projects in
Sub-Saharan Africa is a strategic priority for the Wikimedia Foundation and
this partnership is another step forward in our mission to enable everyone
on the planet to access free knowledge."
Andre Beyers, Chief Marketing Officer, Airtel Africa said "Airtel is
committed to using its infrastructure to expand knowledge across the
countries that it operates in. Due to the fact that most of the population
has access to a cell phone, it is the best way to reach out and educate our
communities. We will offer this service free of charge to our customers to
enable access to all."
About Bharti Airtel
Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company with
operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Headquartered in New
Delhi, India, the company ranks amongst the top 4 mobile service providers
globally in terms of subscribers. In India, the company's product offerings
include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce, fixed line
services, high speed DSL broadband, IPTV, DTH, enterprise services
including national & international long distance services to carriers. In
the rest of the geographies, it offers 2G, 3G wireless services and mobile
commerce. Bharti Airtel had over 276 million customers across its
operations at the end of August 2013. To learn more, please visit:
www.airtel.com.
Airtel Africa media contact
Michael Okwiri
Vice President
Corporate Communications
Airtel Africa (Nairobi, Kenya)
Email: michael.okwiri(a)airtel.com
About the Wikimedia Foundation
http://wikimediafoundation.orghttp://blog.wikimedia.org
The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix,
Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation
receive 500 million unique visitors per month, making them the fifth-most
popular web property world-wide (comScore, August 2013). Available in 287
languages, Wikipedia contains more than 29 million articles contributed by
a global volunteer community of roughly 80,000 people. Based in San
Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3)
charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants.
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Hi folks! For the next round of Individual Engagement Grants from the WMF,
Keilana and myself are proposing ''Generation Wikipedia'', a pilot,
week-long summer conference for young Wikipedians and Wikimedians from
around the globe, to develop skills, leadership, and community in a safe
environment. Please come and check it out and share your thoughts.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Generation_Wikipedia
Cheers, Jake (Ocaasi)
A Wikimania committee has been formed to ensure that the legacy of knowledge is effectively and efficiently passed on to the organising teams and to ensure a smooth and successful Wikimania. For more details on the committee and its charter see:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Committeehttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Committee/Charter
This committee can also be reached at
wikimania-com(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Committee members:
• James Forrester (Chair)
• Ellie Young (Secretary)
• Carlos Barcenilla
• Jeromy-Yu Chan (representing WM 2013)
• Florence Devouard
• Orsolya Virág Gyenes (representing WM 2012)
• James Hare
• Deror Avi (representing WM 2011)
• Manuel Schneider
• Muhammad Yahia
hello,
below I'm copying the letter I've just sent to Sue on behalf of the Funds
Dissemination Committee, related to the way we see WMF should participate
in the FDC process.
A little background:
In the first year, the WMF submitted part of its annual plan 2012-2013
budget as its proposal to the FDC. WMF also submitted the proposal for its
current fiscal year, so when the proposal was funded, implementation of
that plan had been ongoing for six months. Reviewing a partial plan and
after implementation had started was ultimately not deemed viable neither
by the FDC nor by WMF.
In April 2013 the Board, WMF and FDC agreed that WMF budget for 2013-2014
should not be handled by FDC in Round 1 2013-2014, in order not to repeat
to discuss a plan under implementation. Instead it was agreed that FDC
should discuss WMF budget in Round 2 2013-2014, in this case then the WMF
budget for 2014-2015.
After internal considerations within FDC and discussion with key
stakeholders including Sue herself, FDC has now taken the below position
regarding WMF participation in FDC process.
best,
Dariusz Jemielniak ("pundit")
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Date: Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 12:58 PM
Subject: WMF in FDC process
To: Sue Gardner <sgardner(a)wikimedia.org>
Dear Sue,
I am writing to you to present the FDC's view on WMF participation in the
FDC process. We believe that it would be best if the FDC was commenting on
the whole WMF budget, in its 1.4 or 1.5 version, and recommending
cuts/increases basing on the overall evaluation of the plan (while pointing
to specific areas, when appropriate).
The advantages of the approach are numerous:
- It goes along the same lines as chapters are treated,
- It gives opportunity to comment on any part that the FDC is interested
in,
- It is not limited by a fixed amount or percentage - gives us more
decision power and influence,
- It better allows the whole community the opportunity to participate in
an organized review if the WMF budget.
The proposed approach clearly shows that WMF does not get a
special/preferential treatment. What is even better is that it takes a lot
of burden from the finance department (much less preparations specifically
for the FDC process).
We understand that to make this project work, ideally the timeline for
application should change. Thus, we would recommend that the timeline
shifts by a month, from March submissions of proposals to April
submissions. The initial checkup with several entities who might apply in
Round 2 indicates that it should not pose a problem for them.
best,
on behalf of the Funds Dissemination Committee
Dariusz Jemielniak ("pundit")
Hi,
Someone brought up an interesting issue: is it moral for the vandals
to be credited as contributors to articles (especially when exporting
the article as pdf)? After experimenting a little, it turns out that
deleting the usernames from the history removes them from the
contributor list.
While morality is a subjective matter, a more interesting question is:
is this behavior compatible with the CCBYSA license? Say we have
version A of a text, vandalised in version B and reverted in revision
C. Then version C is a work derived from version B, shouldn't it
credit the full author list of version B?
Going further, say that someone with an offensive username (or even
just an username unaccepted on wikipedia, such as a company name)
actually makes a valid edit, which is not reverted, but the name is
removed from the history. Is it fine to ignore the license just
because we find some usernames offensive? Shouldn't we instead credit
the user *at least* with a pseudonym?
Thanks,
Strainu
Hi all,
When I'm not editing Wikimedia projects, I work for Mondelez
International, and our Social Media team has contacted me for advice
on responsible engagement with Wikipedia. I know that different
language projects have different rules on whether company
representatives should:
* Edit pages directly or only ever edit talk pages
* Edit under their own names or under company names
What are the rules for the Nordic languages?
Thanks,
David
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HI Patricio: Thank you very much for sending along this updated list of
your new authorities. I have updated our internal list. Will you please
send along the email addresses for these new officers. You will remember
that this information is for internal use only.
Ivana Molena
Esteban Zarate
Juan Ignacio Iglesias
Alberto Robles
Malena Lorente
Leandro Kibisz
Thank you, Amy
On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Patricio Molina
<patriciomolina(a)gmail.com>wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> Yesterday we had our Annual Assembly in Wikimedia Argentina, and it's my
> great pleasure to announce our new authorities for the next two years
> (2013-2015). The new Board is composed as follows:
>
> President: Galileo Vidoni
> Vicepresident: Ivana Lysholm
> Secretary: Patricio Molina
> Deputy Secretary: Ivana Molena
> Treasurer: Nicolás Giorgetti
> Deputy Treasurer: Mariano Pérez
> Board Member: Beatrice Murch
> Board Member: Esteban Zárate
> Board Member: Juan Ignacio Iglesias
> Deputy Board Member: Nahuel Kahles
> Deputy Board Member: Alberto Robles
> Statutory Auditor: Leandro Ferrari
> Statutory Auditor: Malena Lorente
> Statutory Auditor: Leandro Kibisz
>
> Sincerely,
>
> *Patricio Molina*
> Secretario
> A. C. Wikimedia Argentina
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