Hi all, We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has
constructively participated in the ongoing trademark practices consultation
that we started several months ago. Please feel free to continue your
participation there, since all issues continue to remain open for
discussion.[1] We would also like to invite community members to join the
ongoing discussion regarding the trademark protection of the Community logo
that we posted on Monday:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Logo/Request_for_consultation.
Our goal is to obtain clear direction from the community on how we should
proceed with respect to the registration of the Community logo and whether
we should pursue a collective membership mark for the community. Our
current consultation is part of an ongoing discussion regarding this logo.
We joined this discussion on the talk page for the Community logo and
Wikimedia thematic organizations.[2] We then initiated a broader discussion
on trademarks in June, where the discussion on the Community logo
continued.[1] That trademark practice discussion remains open and active,
and we have been responding to a wide array of important issues thanks to
community comments. We were first notified this weekend of a potential
opposition to the trademark registration,[3] a proposal not raised earlier
in the community consultation on trademark practices even though the
deadline for the opposition was not until December 22. We accordingly
initiated a community consultation on Monday about how you would like us to
handle this.[4] Indeed, this is consistent with the legal team’s ongoing
efforts over the last two years to include the community in important legal
decisions and policy proposals. We have put a strong emphasis on a close
working relationship with the community, such as in our discussions on the
Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy, the Conflict of Interest Guidelines, the
Legal Fees Assistance Program, the Political Affiliation Policy, and now
the Trademark Policy.[5] In our ongoing consultation regarding the
Community logo, we have asked the community to let us know whether to seek
a collective membership mark (which will help maintain protection against
misuse by others, while allowing free use by community members) or to
abandon the registration of the trademark and its protection by WMF.[4]
Collective membership mark is an idea that we started researching a couple
of months ago in light of community comments in the trademarks discussion.
To be clear, we have no emotional investment in the outcome. This
consultation is the community's opportunity to let us know how the mark
should or should not be protected. As we stated before, we are fine
abandoning the trademark registration to put our limited resources against
other priorities, but this decision belongs to you and the Board [6]. To
ensure full community participation, we have invited users from all across
the world to take part in this and continue to encourage that.[4] Our
actions will be based on the community consultation underway and the Board,
not on an extra-community legal action. We understand that an opposition
against the Community logo trademark has been filed, and we will handle it
as we do all litigation. The litigation deadlines are a non-issue to us
because we will do what the community and Board tell us. Our goal is to
determine the broader community intent through a community consultation
that is open to everyone. If the community and Board tell us that we should
abandon registration, we will do so; if you want it protected, let us know.
Please join in at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Logo/Request_for_consultation
and tell us what you would like us to do. Also please feel free to
participate in the more comprehensive discussion with the
community<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trademark_practices_discussion>on
trademark practices. Thanks for your thoughts on this,
Geoff <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Geoffbrigham> &
Yana<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:YWelinder_(WMF)>[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trademark_practices_discussion (trademark
statement) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Trademark_practices_discussion
(trademark discussion) [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Logo
and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_thematic_organizations#Is_it…
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php
?title=Talk%3ACommunity_Logo%2FReclaim_the_Logo&diff=5823947&oldid=5823876
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Logo/Request_for_consultation
[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Terms_of_use, https://meta.
wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Privacy_policy,
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Guidelines_on_potential_conflicts_of_i…,
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Legal_and_Community_Advocacy/Legal_Fee…,
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Legal_and_Community_Advocacy/Foundatio…
[6] Board approval is probably necessary since we registered the logo in
light of a Board resolution. After the Community logo was adopted as the
official Meta logo, it was added to the list of Wikimedia logos in
September 2008. In April 2009, the Board of Trustees adopted a
resolution<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Trademark_statement>directing
WMF staff “to register and protect the Wikimedia marks.” The Board can
provide clarification whether we should or should not register the
Community mark based on the results of the community consultation.* *
Hello Ole,
A lot of thanks for your brief but rather informative report. There is one
point (of your report) that is of most interest for us in WMUA:
> *The general assembly criticised the board soundly*
Would you please provide some idea (with some details if possible) what was
the main topics/subjects of the criticism? ...was that criticism unexpected
(so Board members were sudden) or there was something in advance - in
chapter mailing list or elsewhere?
You are the Formand at Wikimedia Danmark, right? I presume it's equivalent
to Chairman of the Board or President of WMDK. What is your own perception
of the criticism (particularly on Wikidag 2013) and critics?
Some our (WMUA) Board members tend to treat criticism as their
'demotivation', 'trolling to distract from creative&productive work', even
'shooting into the head from behind' etc. What about that in WMDK? I was
intend to ask such question anyhow, but my doubts vaporised when I noticed
this
https://twitter.com/kim_bach/status/382750945794600960
twit and (with help of Google Translate) grasped Kim Bach' blog post.
Sincerely,
Pavlo
On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 9:52 PM, Ole Palnatoke Andersen
<ole(a)palnatoke.org>wrote:
> Hi!
>
> We have just concluded "Wikidag 2013" in Denmark, a conference day ending
> with the general assembly of Wikimedia Danmark.
>
> We had six external speakers - three from various organisations, one from
> OpenStreetMap, and two of my personal favourite
> women-on-the-net-with-an-agenda.
>
> The crowd was kinda small, but the discussions were great.
>
> The general assembly criticised the board soundly, yet ended up reelecting
> everybody except the alternate auditor.
>
> Links:
> Call + programme: https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikidag_2013
> Storify thingie: http://storify.com/kim_bach/wikidag2013
> Hashtags: #wikidag and #wikidag2013
> Recap (in progress): http://dk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidag_2013
>
> Everything is in Danish, and if your favourite translation service won't
> help, just ask :-)
>
> regards,
> Ole, Wikimedia Danmark
>
>
> --
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>
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Sometimes I see Wikimedians mention Google Summer of Code when they want
to find someone to work on a code project. (Example: [0]) This makes
sense sometimes. If you think your idea might be a good project for a
student -- or you want help to make it that -- please do put it on the
"possible projects" page, and Quim or others will help you refine it.[1]
Now's a good time to do that, so that Outreach Program for Women
applicants can consider your idea when they apply for the January-March
round.
For the three-month programming internships, such as GSoC and some OPW
projects, we have to cut down how much they try to do, to make sure it
gets done and gets onto the site. So sometimes we'll need to take only
the simplest part of your idea and turn it into the project idea.
But the only way we can help you get some of your idea made is if we
hear about it! So if you have the seed of an idea, please go ahead and
put it on the "possible projects" page[1] instead of just saying to
yourself "oh it sounds way too big".
Also, check out what some past Outreach Program for Women interns have
done.[2] Maybe your community could use help in systems administration,
marketing, template-making, writing automated tests, or other work that
GSoC won't let us have as a GSoC project.
[0]
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2013-March/thread.htm…
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects
[2] https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen#Previous_Participants
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P.S. After this email, I'm unsubscribing from the wikimedia-l list as
I prepare for my sabbatical, which starts this weekend - more info at
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-August/071542.html
. If you need to talk about Wikimedia technical community stuff or
communication before January, please consult Quim Gil, qgil at wikimedia
dot org, or Guillaume Paumier, gpaumier at wikimedia dot org. Thanks!
Looking forward to coming back in January.
Hello,
This is reminder that the Wikimedia Language Engineering team will be
hosting an IRC office hour from 1700 to 1800UTC later today on
#wikimedia-office (FreeNode). Please see below for the event details.
Thanks
Runa
=== Event Details ===
What: WMF Language Engineering Office hour
When: September 25, 2013 (Wednesday). 1700-1800 UTC
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20130925T1700
Where: IRC Channel #wikimedia-office on FreeNode
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From: Runa Bhattacharjee <rbhattacharjee(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 12:49 AM
Subject: Language Engineering IRC Office hour on September 25, 2013 at 1700 UTC
To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia
Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>,
wikitech-ambassadors(a)lists.wikimedia.org, MediaWiki
internationalisation <mediawiki-i18n(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
[Cross-posted]
Hello,
The Wikimedia Language Engineering team will be hosting an IRC office
hour on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 between 17:00 - 18:00 UTC. (See
below for timezone conversion and other details.) We will be talking
about some of our projects that are in development, a short round up
from Google Summer of Code and then taking questions for the remaining
time.
If there are things that you would like to bring to our attention then
this would be a good time to do so. Questions can also be sent to me
directly before the event. See you there!
Thanks
Runa
=== Event Details ===
What: WMF Language Engineering Office hour
When: September 25, 2013 (Wednesday). 1700-1800 UTC
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20130925T1700
Where: IRC Channel #wikimedia-office on FreeNode
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Wikimedia Foundation
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Date: 24 September 2013 12:25
Subject: [WikiEN-l] access to journals
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In an effort to enhance access options for people who aren’t
affiliated with universities, colleges, or high schools,
not-for-profit digital library JSTOR has launched JPASS, a new program
offering individual users access to 1,500 journals from JSTOR’s
archive collection. The move follows the March 2012 launch of JSTOR’s
Register & Readprogram, which allowed independent researchers to
register for a free MyJSTOR account, and receive free, online-only
access to three full-text articles every 14 days. That service has
since attracted almost one million users including independent
scholars, writers, business people, adjunct faculty, and others, and
JSTOR plans to continue offering the service in its current form.
However, in a recent survey, many of Register & Read users expressed
interest in an individual subscription model that would offer enhanced
access, encouraging JSTOR to move ahead with JPASS.
http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2013/09/digital-libraries/jstor-launches-jpa…
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Hi all,
The WMF legal team has started a Request for Consultation on whether WMF
should continue with the registration of the Community logo as a collective
membership mark:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Logo/Request_for_consultation. We
would like to invite you to voice your opinion on this question.
Many thanks for your input on this!
Thanks,
Geoff & Yana
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Hi there,
is anyone out here participating in any of the Stack Exchange projects? Do
people here still really think voting is a bad thing and wiki is the
easiest way to collaborate?
I have repeatedly had proposals for employing some voting mechanism at
least on the back-stage, but no one was listening to me...
Cheers,
Kozuch
Good luck guys. It's a shame that it has come this far, I hope this is
the wake up call for the WMF that this wasn't the smartest thing to do.
Maarten
Op 21-9-2013 12:18, Federico Leva (Nemo) schreef:
> FYI
>
> Nemo
>
> P.s.: P.s.: You can check whether the WMF protects the logo of your
> project by seeing if it's listed as "registered trademark" on
> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_trademarks>.
>
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Oggetto: [Wikimedia-l] It's time to reclaim the community logo
> Data: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 12:16:16 +0200
> Mittente: Tomasz W. Kozlowski
>
> Hello community,
> this is to inform you that in response to the trademarking of the
> Wikimedia community logo[1], created in 2006 by Artur “WarX”
> Fijałkowski, which was discussed on this mailing list[2] as well as on
> Meta[3] back in March, a small group of community members—Artur, myself,
> Federico Leva (Nemo) and John Vandenberg—have initiated a formal process
> of opposition against the registration of the trademark by the
> Foundation in order to *reclaim the logo* for unrestricted use by the
> community.
>
> We appreciate the Foundation’s protection of the other trademarks they
> have registered so far, including the logos of Wikipedia, Wikisource and
> some other sister projects. In the case of the community logo, however,
> it is our belief that the Foundation’s actions are exactly opposite to
> what the community logo stands for and contradict the purpose behind its
> very existence.
>
> We would like to make it clear that it is not our intention to damage
> anyone; our actions are a challenge against what we perceive as
> unilateral declaration of ownership of an asset that has always belonged
> to the wider community, and not to one or another organisation that is
> part of the movement. By formally opposing the registration of the
> trademark we hope to ensure the history of this logo is not disregarded,
> and we wish to protect the community against unnecessary bureaucracy
> and, to use another quote, let “groups who do not purport to represent
> the WMF”[4] to continue to be able to freely associate with a logo that
> has been part of their identity for so long.
>
> We also want to note that this is in no way a legal action against the
> Foundation, but a simple notice of opposition against the registration
> of the logo in the European Union. If we assume good faith, we can only
> be confident that the WMF, having now a formal occasion, will withdraw
> its registration of the logo rather than continue using movement
> resources to force the community into lengthy, expensive proceedings.
>
> We invite all community members interested in this issue to express
> their opinions at:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Logo/Reclaim_the_Logo
>
> If any of you would like to help us in any way (covering the costs of
> the opposition, promoting the discussion, etc.), please feel free to
> contact us off–list.
>
> Artur Fijalkowski (WarX)
> Tomasz Kozlowski (odder)
> Federico Leva (Nemo)
> John Vandenberg (jayvdb)
>
> == References ==
> * [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Community_Logo.svg
> * [2]
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-March/124715.html
> * [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Logo
> * [4]
> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-March/124730.html
>
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