Wikimedia-l April 2014

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Timothy Sandole and (apparently) $53, 690
by ENWP Pine 03 Apr '14

03 Apr '14

I'll discuss my original email to Arbcom more specifically. I asked them to check if Sandole had been using an undisclosed account for Harvard-related editing and if discussing that account on this list would have amounted to outing. However, I no longer have a reason to think that Sandole was using that account, so I don't see a need for Arbcom involvement and neither does WTT. He has given me permission to say on this list that "it's not committee business and therefore we won't be commenting on the matter". There are still unanswered questions but none that need to involve Arbcom at this time. Pine > Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 07:32:23 -0400 > From: Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Timothy Sandole and (apparently) $53, 690 > of WMF funding > Message-ID: > <CAPXs8yTt4ZOLE0YbNqpYp1HPip0bFius-1N9J_wxewWg5=uAoQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I'm still a bit confused as to why you "reported" this to Arbcom (Wikipedia > in residence programs, paid editing, and general review of accounts are all > outside of their purview), or what they're supposedly looking at. This is > a community and WMF issue, and I do not see anything at all for Arbcom to > do here. In fact, I'd be concerned if they're poking around on this when > there are several matters well within their mandate that are not apparently > being addressed. > > Risker/Anne > > > On 2 April 2014 03:07, ENWP Pine <deyntestiss(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Although much of my original email to Arbcom about this situation is > > outdated, I can report that Arbcom is having a look at this situation. I > > don't think there is any action needed on their part at the moment. I am > > only relaying my personal views and not speaking on their behalf. > > > > While we wait for further answers and documentation about this issue, I > > hope those who have some spare time will look at the proposed Annual Plan > > for the next fiscal year. I am glad WMF is providing good opportunities for > > community and public input. > > > > Pine

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Invitation to WMF March 2014 Metrics & Activities Meeting: Thursday, April 3, 18:00 UTC
by Praveena Maharaj 03 Apr '14

03 Apr '14

Dear all, The next WMF metrics and activities meeting will take place on Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 6 PM UTC (11 AM PDT). The IRC channel is #wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net and the meeting will be broadcast as a live YouTube stream. The current structure of the meeting is: * Review of key metrics including the monthly report card, but also specialized reports and analytic * Review of financials * Welcoming recent hires * Brief presentations on recent projects, with a focus on highest priority initiatives * Update and Q&A with the Executive Director, if available Please review https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings for further information about how to participate. We'll post the video recording publicly after the meeting. Thank you, Praveena -- Praveena Maharaj Executive Assistant to the VP of Engineering & Product Development +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6689 www.wikimedia.org

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1 week reminder: Wikimania 2014 – Call for Submissions
by James Forrester 03 Apr '14

03 Apr '14

On 2 January 2014 04:24, James Forrester <jdforrester(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Everyone, > > I would like to invite submissions[0] proposing presentations, panels, > tutorials and workshops for Wikimania 2014 in London this coming August. > > Note that the deadline is the end of March; we hope to have final > decisions about the programme by the end of April. > > [0] – https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions > All, A reminder that this deadline is just over *one week away* – by the end of 31 March. Note that a complete submission is required, including an abstract of 300 words or more that explains to the Programme Committee why you think your proposal should be accepted over others. (For the curious, we will accept submissions up to 23:59 UTC−12:00 on 31 March 2014, which is 11:59 UTC on 1 April 2014, but not later.) Yours, -- James D. Forrester Chair, Programme Committee Wikimania 2014 jdforrester(a)gmail.com [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal capacity)

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Fwd: Wikimania Budget (related to chapters and WMF)
by Itzik Edri 03 Apr '14

03 Apr '14

[cross-posting] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Itzik Edri <itzik(a)infra.co.il> Date: Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 9:37 AM Subject: Re: Wikimania Budget (related to chapters and WMF) To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" < wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi, We are soon gonna meet again in Wikimania 2014, and as many of the chapters and the WMF already published their final financial numbers for 2013, I encourage everyone who didn't do it yet - like WMF, WMDE, WMFR, WMAT, and some others to update their numbers: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013/Budget And here also: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Scholarships/2013 The Hong Kong team is also welcome to add the conferences costs, and other financial numbers. Many thanks to everyone for supporting the transparency around Wikimania! On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 10:25 PM, Itzik Edri <itzik(a)infra.co.il> wrote: > Hi, > > I know it may be too early to ask that, but I promise to send another > notification related this issue in the coming months :) > > We started last year to make the Wikimania costs more transparent. > Wikimania is our biggest and the most expensive project. To ask our self > "how much Wikimania costs" we can't only look on the project budget, as the > total cost involve also scholarships (from WMF and chapters) > and delegations of the chapters and the WMF. > > We have tracking pages on Meta about Wikimania 2011<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011/Budget>and Wikimania > 2012 <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Budget> (sadly the > organizer team of 2012 didn't updated their costs till now...), and I > opened a new page for Wikimania 2013<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013/Budget> > . > > So again, I know to some of you this is too early to put the costs > (although the size of the chapters and WMF delegation is known and could be > update also now) - but if you can, do it now. If now, remember to do it > what you have the numbers. > > The data requested is your chapter\wmf delegation<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013/Budget#Delegations> and > the number of scholarships<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Scholarships/2013>your chapters gave. > > > Thanks, > Itzik >

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Purpose of WMConf ( was: Cost of Wikimedia Conference 2014)
by Chris Keating 02 Apr '14

02 Apr '14

Great! We are starting to have the conversation we need to have! So: What is the purpose of the Wikimedia Conference? This has never been clearly defined, in my view. I certainly found attending last year useful as it was a chance to get to know face-to-face people I only knew over email, to share some useful experience of Wikimedia UK's with other chapters, and to get an insight into how others were thinking, and have some meetings which needed to be done face-to-face. In general those are very useful things. But is that what the conference is for? Chris On 2 Apr 2014 17:17, "Cristian Consonni" <kikkocristian(a)gmail.com> wrote: > (my 2cents here, not speaking in any capacity besides my personal free > will) > > 2014-04-02 14:32 GMT+02:00 Jens Best <jens.best(a)wikimedia.de>: > > Have a nice time in Berlin, maybe I will drop by on some of the evening > > events at least. :) > > May I say? Please come by also at the conference. > I understand the point of having a rule (which we can decide if it is > a strict rule or whatever) of 2+1 representatives because it helps to > limit costs and it also assures that there isn't over-representation > of an entities over some others (which are both good arguments, btw) > but thinking of having a closed event were you can not come along if > you are interested to do so and you happen to live nearby seems Deeply > Wrong(TM) to me. > For comparison all General Assemblies of Wikimedia Italia are public, > everyone can come along and speak, of course when it comes to voting > (e.g. board elections) only members have the right to vote. We always > have some bystanders (this includes the occasional "I am painter, why > I don't have my Wikipedia page?") and, to date, our assemblies have > never being flooded by strangers :-). Moreover, for the sake of "bias" > and over-representation I think that this will not be of much more > impact than the fact of chosing to hold the event itself in Berlin. > > Cristian > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Cost of Wikimedia Conference 2014
by Fæ 02 Apr '14

02 Apr '14

Re: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014 I had thought that to ensure the cost of the conference was kept to a healthy level that organizations would send no more than 2 representatives plus one optional guest. This seems to not be the case looking at the proposed attendee list[1] with the UK sending a massive party of 8 people (excluding Wikimania representatives), significantly larger than any other Chapter or Thorg. Could we please be modest with the movement's money and than some of these proposed names are withdrawn? I propose setting an absolute maximum of 3 representatives from any chapter, thorg or user group and that is enforced rather than a vague guideline. There will be video conferencing available, costing the movement nothing. Links: 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014/Participants Fae -- faewik(a)gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Timothy Sandole and (apparently) $53, 690 of WMF funding
by ENWP Pine 02 Apr '14

02 Apr '14

Thanks Sue. I think there are ways WiRs could add valuable content directly such as doing mass uploads of archived documents to Commons, or add article content as happened here. However I don't think it's a good idea for WMF to involve itself so much with content generation, and the manner in which this project was started and managed had problems as you described. I think that WiRs need a higher level of training and supervision than happened here, especially if the WiR is not already an established Wikimedia contributor and familiar with the relevant policies for their work. Could WMF also discuss the copyright issues involved? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Timothysandole#Copyright_release_fo… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Russia%E2%80%93United_States_relations#R… https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Russia%E2%80%93United_States_rel… Thanks, Pine

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Education] ANNOUNCEMENT: Anna Koval joins Wikipedia Education Program team
by Daria Cybulska 02 Apr '14

02 Apr '14

Fab, we are looking forward to working with you! Hopefully see you in London soon. All the best, Daria -- Daria Cybulska - Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0994 +44 7803 505 170 On 2 April 2014 06:17, Lilit Tarkhanyan <lilit.tarkhanyan(a)wikimedia.am> wrote: > Congratulations, dear Anna! > I'm very happy that you joined the team :) > > Lilit Tarkhanyan > Wikimedia Armenia > Board Member > Wikipedia Education Program Leader > Aygestan 1/30 > tel. +374 55 534 011 > +374 10 575397 > > > On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 3:26 AM, Rodney Dunican <rdunican(a)wikimedia.org> > wrote: >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> I am happy to announce that Anna Koval is joining the Wikipedia Education >> Program team. >> >> Along with Tighe and Floor, Anna will be our third Global Education >> Program Manager and will work with our team to support education initiatives >> around the world. Anna's Serbian background will be helpful to our team's >> efforts to support education program leaders in Eastern Europe. She will >> also serve as our point person for outreach to Asian countries and secondary >> schools. She and Sage will work closely on Global Education technical >> support needs. >> >> For the past 8 months, Anna has worked at the Wikimedia Foundation as a >> Community Advocate, supporting several teams, including mine, as well as: >> * Siko Bouterse and the Grantmaking team on IEGs and gender gap work >> * Yana Welinder and the Legal team on the new Trademark policy >> * James Forrester and the Product team on the VisualEditor roll out >> and, of course, >> * Philippe Beaudette and the Community Advocacy team on a number of >> workflows, not the least of which is the wikis' emergency response >> system. >> >> Anna's transition from her Community Advocacy position and activities will >> be completed soon. >> >> Anna is an award-winning educator, with a master's degree in education and >> more than a decade of classroom teaching experience, ranging from middle >> school through graduate school. She was a Walt Disney Teacher of the Year >> nominee, an American Library Association Emerging Leader, and was even >> featured on the cover of California Teacher magazine. >> >> When Anna's not at work, she enjoys gardening at her home in Sonoma and >> spending time her husband and two dogs. She's also a mighty fine home >> distiller. >> >> Please join me in (re-)welcoming Anna Koval! >> >> >> Rod Dunican >> Director, Global Education >> Wikipedia Education Program >> Wikimedia Foundation >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Education mailing list >> Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > -- Daria Cybulska - Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0994 +44 7803 505 170 -- 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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[FDC] WMFr Proposal - Call for copyediting
by Christophe Henner 02 Apr '14

02 Apr '14

Hi everyone, As you might know, or not, tomorrow nght the round 2 of this year FDC proposal will close. Our proposal is on meta : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikim… and we're copy editing it. In the past it has been brought to our attention that our proposal did include slight mistakes. If anyone has the courage to help us proofread our proposal, your help will be much appreciated. In the mean time, if you spot errors or parts you don't totally get, please tell us, we'll do our best to improve it before tomorrow evening. Also, if you have any questions regarding our programs for next year, don't wait tomorrow to ask us questions about it. Thanks for anyone who will help us improve our proposal. Best, -- Christophe

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Education] ANNOUNCEMENT: Anna Koval joins Wikipedia Education Program team
by Mile Kiš 02 Apr '14

02 Apr '14

Congratulations Anna! Looking forward to work with you. Cheers, Mile Kiš Vikimedija Srbije - rs.wikimedia.org - 00381 (0)60 7 454 772 "Zamislite svet u kome svaka osoba ima slobodan pristup celokupnom ljudskom znanju. To je ono na čemu mi radimo." 2014-04-02 1:26 GMT+02:00 Rodney Dunican <rdunican(a)wikimedia.org>: > Hello everyone, > > I am happy to announce that Anna Koval is joining the Wikipedia Education > Program team. > > Along with Tighe and Floor, Anna will be our third Global Education > Program Manager and will work with our team to support education > initiatives around the world. Anna's Serbian background will be helpful > to our team's efforts to support education program leaders in Eastern > Europe. She will also serve as our point person for outreach to Asian > countries and secondary schools. She and Sage will work closely on Global > Education technical support needs. > > For the past 8 months, Anna has worked at the Wikimedia Foundation as a > Community Advocate, supporting several teams, including mine, as well as: > * Siko Bouterse and the Grantmaking team on IEGs and gender gap work > * Yana Welinder and the Legal team on the new Trademark policy > * James Forrester and the Product team on the VisualEditor roll out > and, of course, > * Philippe Beaudette and the Community Advocacy team on a number of > workflows, not the least of which is the wikis' emergency response > system. > > Anna's transition from her Community Advocacy position and activities > will be completed soon. > > Anna is an award-winning educator, with a master's degree in education > and more than a decade of classroom teaching experience, ranging from > middle school through graduate school. She was a Walt Disney Teacher of the > Year nominee, an American Library Association Emerging Leader, and was even > featured on the cover of *California Teacher > <http://issuu.com/cftpub/docs/calteach_sep-oct-2009?e=7269471/3308134>* > magazine. > > When Anna's not at work, she enjoys gardening at her home in Sonoma and > spending time her husband and two dogs. She's also a mighty fine home > distiller. > > Please join me in (re-)welcoming Anna Koval! > > > Rod Dunican > Director, Global Education > Wikipedia Education Program > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > >

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