Wikimedia-l March 2014

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] ED transition responsibility
by Carlos M. Colina 25 Mar '14

25 Mar '14

Sometimes I have the perception that it is not just not aligned but diverting more and more as time passes by.. M Sent from Samsung Mobile -------- Original message -------- From: James Salsman <jsalsman(a)gmail.com> Date: 25/03/2014 02:23 (GMT+02:00) To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>,Gayle Karen Young <gyoung(a)wikimedia.org> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] ED transition responsibility Hi Gayle, During the ED transition, who is responsible for insuring that Foundation advocacy is aligned with the interests of Foundation volunteers? Thank you! _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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ED transition responsibility
by James Salsman 25 Mar '14

25 Mar '14

Hi Gayle, During the ED transition, who is responsible for insuring that Foundation advocacy is aligned with the interests of Foundation volunteers? Thank you!

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Mid Year Financial Statements
by James Salsman 25 Mar '14

25 Mar '14

Hi Garfield, Looking over https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/2e/Jul-Dec%2713_Mid-yea… and https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/b/b6/Mid_Year_Financials_… it seems that the Foundation has been earning 0.9% on its liquid asset holdings. Is that correct? While I applaud the near doubling since last year, have there been any objections to the Foundation investing a portion of its cash in international multisector high-yield bond mutual funds? Thank you!

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Setting ticket prices
by Carlos M. Colina 24 Mar '14

24 Mar '14

Definitely a cultural thing -I still don't understand why someone can feel intimidated or harassed by that e-mail....I'd better not go into details because it can be understood as I'm attacking an ethnic/linguistic group of wikimedians :-) Sent from Samsung Mobile -------- Original message -------- From: James Alexander <jalexander(a)wikimedia.org> Date: 23/03/2014 23:47 (GMT+02:00) To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Setting ticket prices On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Carlos M. Colina <maorx(a)wikimedia.org.ve>wrote: > Wait, are we in kindergarden? I think Rupert's email was sent off-list, so > basically there is no need to bring it up to the list, regardless how > related it is to the thread. Private discussions between two people should > remain that, _private_, no? > > I just don't get it. > > M. > While in general that is the goal (private emails staying private) I would say that in a case like this, no, you have no expectation of privacy when you go 'off list' to, in my opinion, harass and intimidate someone about what they did on the list. I think Nathan was completely reasonable to bring it back on list and that MZs comment is completely correct. It's like 'taking it outside' of a bar to have a fight, the bar is completely reasonable in banning you for it and it's still illegal. Rupert's email was completely unacceptable and I'm glad Nathan brought it to our attention rather then either getting into a prolonged off-list debate that helps no one or letting it lie so that no one else was aware of the attacks. James > El 23/03/2014 04:33 p.m., MZMcBride escribió: > > I just wanted to chime in here to say that, at least in a vacuum, I found >> Rupert's e-mail to be highly inappropriate and I found Nathan's response >> to it to be wholly appropriate. >> >> Rupert, I hope to never see a repeat of this incident, in which you >> attempt to badger a list participant and Wikimedia volunteer off-list with >> uninformed and irrelevant questions under the guise of "saving bandwidth" >> and faux concern. Cut it out. >> >> MZMcBride >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list >> Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> > > -- > "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua > junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain." > Carlos Manuel Colina > Vicepresidente > A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela > RIF J-40129321-2 > +972-52-4869915 > www.wikimedia.org.ve > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Update on search for the WMF Executive Director
by Steve Zhang 24 Mar '14

24 Mar '14

Hi all, It probably means nothing, but the other day I noticed that the Executive Director post had been removed from the Job Openings page on the WMF wiki ( https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings#Office_of_the_Executive_D…) and was curious. Has there been an update on the search for the new ED, has Sue decided to stay or was it all just a coincidence and nothing has changed? :) Steve

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[Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Mexico report of February
by Salvador A 24 Mar '14

24 Mar '14

Dear community, By means this mail I want to announce you, on behalf Wikimedia Mexico, our monthly report of February. You can read it online on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Mexico… In spanish in our wiki: https://mx.wikimedia.org/wiki/Informes/Febrero_2014 And here the transcription: *February 2014* February 1 - Transmission of episode 14/02 of Moebius 90.9<https://mx.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proyectos:Moebius_90.9> at 90.9 FM and ibero909fm. February 5 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CONABIO.JPG> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CONABIO.JPG> Workshop as an introduction about Wikipedia at Conabio - Wikipedia editing workshop at Conabio<https://mx.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proyectos:CONABIO/Primer_taller_CONABIO> February 7 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Programa_de_Educaci%C3%B3n_de_Wikipedi…> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Programa_de_Educaci%C3%B3n_de_Wikipedi…> During the class given by Ernesto Priani, Ph.D. - Introduction to Wikipedia and the values of free knowledge for Ernesto Priani's students at UNAM's School of Philosophy and Literature (de Educación de Wikipedia Wikipedia Education Program<https://mx.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programa> ). - Reviewing advances and new students who will comply with the social service program at the same school with professor Pablo Miranda Quevedo (Estudiantil FFyL UNAM FFyL-UNAM Students Wikiclub<https://mx.wikimedia.org/wiki/Club> ). February 8 - Transmision of episode 14/03 of 90.9 Moebius 90.9<https://mx.wikimedia.org/wiki/Moebius> at 90.9 FM and ibero909fm. February 10 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charla_sobre_Wikipedia_durante_la_Sema…> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charla_sobre_Wikipedia_durante_la_Sema…> Talk about Wikipedia during the Week Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of CEUAMI (UAM Iztapalapa's Center of Students) - Talks by Carmen Alcázar and Gustavo Sandoval Kingwergs of WMMX about copyright/copyleft, Wikipedia and wikitranslations. Department of Electric Engineering, the Department of Undergraduate Courses on Computer Sciences and the Computer Science Student Chapter at the Autonomous Metropolitan University-Iztapalapa (CEUAMI). February 12 - Assisting Pablo Miranda to load the files created during the Social Service Program/Wikipedia Club at UNAM's School of Philosophy and Literature. Article: Eugenia Meyer<https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenia_Meyer#Obras>, written by Rodrigo Calleja. February 14 - Wikipedia workshop by professors Francisco Barrón, Iván Salgado García, Adriana Sánchez and Óscar Santana, fromWikipedia Education Program<https://mx.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programa_de_Educaci%C3%B3n_de_Wikipedia>, at UNAM's School of Philosophy and Literature. February 15 - Semiannual report of activities accomplished by University of Ecatepec's Club WikiUNE. This student group has been editing Wikipedia and Wikisource during several months regarding Mexican laws and legal issues. The authorities of San Cristóbal Ecatepec school attended the event, which took place at the auditorium: professor [Usuario:Jorge Luis Esquivel Zubiri Jorge Luis Esquivel Zubiri], who is the project's coordinator and an ambassador of Wikipedia in the university, and Guadalupe García García, the club's coordinator. Club WikiUNE has already sent its formal application to obtain its recognition as a student organization before Wikimedia México. *Read more about this project at the Wikimedia Foundation's global blog. >> <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/02/20/wikimedia-mexico-education-program/>*.February 18 - Mounting WikiLovesMonuments México 2013's winning photographs at UNAM's School of Philosophy and Literature. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exposici%C3%B3n_WLMMX_2013.JPG> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exposici%C3%B3n_WLMMX_2013.JPG> Inauguration, at UNAM's School of Philosophy and Literature, of the travelling exhibition of WLMMX 2013's winning photographs. February 20 - Meeting with Campus Party in order to plan Campus Party 2014 edition and the participation of Wikimedia México - Inauguration of the exhibit of WikiLovesMonuments México 2013's winning photographs at UNAM's School of Philosophy and Literature <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inauguraci%C3%B3n_exposici%C3%B3n_itin…> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inauguraci%C3%B3n_exposici%C3%B3n_itin…> Inauguration the exhibition of WikiLovesMonuments México 2013's winning photographs February 21 - Meeting and definition of activities at Reunión y definición de actividades en el de Cultura Digital Centro de Cultura Digital Estela de Luz <https://mx.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proyectos:Centro>. Read the minute de Cultura Digital/Minutas:Reunión 20 de febrero de 2014 here<https://mx.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proyectos:Centro> . February 22 - New emission of episode 14/03 of 90.9 Moebius 90.9<https://mx.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proyectos:Moebius> at 90.9 FM and ibero909fm - Monthly Wikipedia workshop: in order to reinforce the participation in the Wikimedia Foundation's best known project, we decided to start offering a monthly Wikipedia workshop, an activity which seeks to establish a periodic meeting for those people who wish to start participating in the project, improve the edition abilities of the current members of the chapter and generate more members in the community. February 24 - Annual planning meeting with Eva Gómez, from Centro Cultural de España en México. February 25 - Workshop for professor Adriana Sánchez Álvarez's students, as part of the de Educación de Wikipedia Wikipedia Education Program<https://mx.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programa> at UNAM's School of Philosophy and Literature. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taller_mensual_de_Wikipedia_febrero_-_…> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taller_mensual_de_Wikipedia_febrero_-_…> Our volunteer Andrés (user:Andycyca) in our montly workshop of February. February 28 - Project planning meeting with Soumaya Soumaya Museum<https://mx.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proyectos:Museo>. Read the minute Soumaya/Minutas:Reunión 28 de febrero de 2014 here<https://mx.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proyectos:Museo> *.* During the month of February - Supporting the translation into Spanish of the Wikimedia Foundation's social networks. - Planning the implementation of MediaWiki with UNAM's School of Philosophy and Literature's translation module. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guadalupe_Garcia_y_Jorge_Luis_Esquivel…> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guadalupe_Garcia_y_Jorge_Luis_Esquivel…> Guadalupe, president of student club WIKIUNE and Jorge, law professor and Wikipedia embassador. Highlights[editar<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wik…> ]WikiUNE students club[editar<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wik…> ] Leaded by one teacher that received some talks from Wikimedia Mexico, a group of students of the University of Ecatepec started some activities related to mexican law in the Wikimedia projects. They have uploaded the text of some mexican laws and acts to spanish Wikisource, they made up a course of Law of obligations in Wikiuniversity and write down some articles in Wikipedia about legal topics. They worked all the past semester and on February, 2014 they invited WMMX board members and school authorities to be in a presentation about the achievements of the club. The group is now called "*WikiUNE Club*" and is asking for be recognized as official club affiliated to Wikimedia Mexico. The teacher and lawyer Jorge Luis Esquivel Zubiri <https://mx.wikimedia.org/wiki/Usuario:Jorge_Luis_Esquivel_Zubiri>is now interested in create a new club in other university where he is teacher either. *Read the post in Wikimedia Blog >> <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/02/20/wikimedia-mexico-education-program/>*Wiki Loves Monuments México 2013 exhibition[editar<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wik…> ] As we did the last year, we organized an exhibition of the ten winner photographs of Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in Mexico. The images were printed out in big format and the exhibition room was donated by our partners of the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In the inauguration attended the principal of faculty, some winners of the contest and WMMX board members and volunteers. The exhibition was there till March 15th, and in the next months it will start a tour inside Mexico city and around other cities of this country. Wikipedia Education Program in Mexico[editar<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wik…> ] Since last year we launcher a pilot education program with some universities of Mexico in which we are teaching how to use Wikipedia in the classroom, how to edit it and evaluation techniques. So far, we have implemented this program in: - Facultad de Estudios Superiores Aragón de la UNAM. - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la UNAM. - Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, campus Iztapalapa. - Universidad de las Américas Puebla. Now, we are on talks with Wikimedia Argentina to interchange experiences in this field and create a sort of syllabus to standardize the contents and teachings of this program. Besides we are introducing the use of the education program extension to measure the successful of these efforts. *Proyectos:Programa Educativo UDLAP >> <https://mx.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proyectos:Programa_Educativo_UDLAP>**Programa de Educación de Wikipedia >> <https://mx.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programa_de_Educaci%C3%B3n_de_Wikipedia>*Monthly Wikipedia workshop[editar<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wik…> ] This year we started a new project which consist in a monthly Wikipedia workshop. The point is to have a regular activity in fixed dates and place to announce it permanent activity and allow people to attend, learn how to edit Wikipedia and know some mexican wikipedists. This workshop will be give independently of the number of new people that assist because it will be used also as permanent meeting of volunteers for teaching each other their own experiences in Wikimedia projects. -- *Salvador Alcántar* _______________________________________________ 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] Timothy Sandole and (apparently) $53, 690 of WMF funding
by ENWP Pine 23 Mar '14

23 Mar '14

Before we start thinking about the implications for WiR in general or WMF's relationship with Stanton, I think we should focus on establishing the facts of what happened here. After we have a good understanding of the facts we can discuss the implications. I'm still waiting for Arbcom to get back to me before I comment more extensively. I'm guessing that they may take awhile if they need to establish consensus among themselves before responding. Pine

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[feature suggestion] Be able to include/exclude certain page fragments based on the geographic area
by Yuri 23 Mar '14

23 Mar '14

I submitted the proposal to be able to eliminate certain parts of the articles in certain countries, where the local governments find those parts illegal: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62231 But it got rejected, and I am not sure I am clear why. The problem is that there are countries that lack the freedom of speech (most of the countries), and some of them get very aggressive about banning materials that most reasonable people wouldn't find objectionable. The very recent example, provided in the bug report above, is banning of any references of Adolf Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" in Russia. While this case may seem not as important, but I don't see why users outside Russia should be affected by such decision, when they may not even support any decisions or values of the said government. Yet, everybody's version of wikipedia page is affected, and materials are hidden. My suggestion, if implemented, would allow to hide certain parts of the articles in the country (or area) of jurisdiction of the corresponding court, while allowing users not living there to still see the original version. If such governments get their way in banning materials globally, this will effectively make wikipedia biased, and reflecting various POVs of various courts, which has never been intended by wikipedia. Yuri

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[Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 10, Issue 11 -- 19 March 2014
by Wikipedia Signpost 23 Mar '14

23 Mar '14

Interview: Nate Ott: the writer behind 71 articles in the English Wikipedia's largest-ever good topic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-03-19/Interv… Forum: Wikimedia Commons mission: free media for the world or only Wikimedia projects? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-03-19/Forum News and notes: Foundation-supported Wikipedian in residence faces scrutiny http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-03-19/News_a… Traffic report: Into thin air http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-03-19/Traffi… WikiProject report: We have history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-03-19/WikiPr… Featured content: Spot the bulldozer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-03-19/Featur… Technology report: Wikimedia engineering report http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-03-19/Techno… Single page view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single PDF version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-03-19 https://www.facebook.com/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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Annual Plan process
by ENWP Pine 22 Mar '14

22 Mar '14

Some time ago I requested a timeline for the Annual Plan process. It's now up on Meta in case anyone else is curious. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan Pine

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