Dear all,
On behalf of the Affiliations Committee, I am honoured to announce the
recognition [1] of Philippine Wikimedia Community User Group [2] (a.k.a.
PhilWiki Community) as a Wikimedia User Group. Among their goals are
creating, organizing, developing and engaging in activities that promote
free, responsibly open-content resources and reference materials in
English, and languages from the Philippines, particularly in Bikol
Sentral, Rinconada Bikol, Tagalog, Pangasinan and Cebuano, and others
where there are existing communities.
Let's welcome the newest member of the family of affiliates!
Regards,
Carlos
1:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Philippi…
2: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/PhilWiki_Community
--
"*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua
junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain."
Carlos M. Colina
Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
www.wikimedia.org.ve <http://wikimedia.org.ve>
Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee
Phone: +972-52-4869915
Twitter: @maor_x
Dear all,
The French government is currently staging an open online consultation on
the "Loi sur la République numérique" (Digital Bill) on the internet.
The public is invited to suggest amendments to 30 proposed measures,
ranging from net neutrality to making official documents available to all.
Everyone can propose amendments to the text and vote for or against the
proposals online.
The current version of the bill does not include any freedom of panorama
implementation perspective in France. Wikimedia France is thus proposing an
amendment to make FoP a reality in France.
You can:
1. Vote for our amendment:
https://www.republique-numerique.fr/consultations/projet-de-loi-numerique/c…
(requires
registration)
2. Vote against a proposal reduced to a non-commercial use
https://www.republique-numerique.fr/consultations/projet-de-loi-numerique/c…
3. Share this around to any person who would be interested in FoP
Votes are open until October 18th.
For more information, an article was just published (in French) on the blog
of Wikimedia France and is available
http://blog.wikimedia.fr/votez-pour-une-liberte-de-panorama-en-france-7883.
Thank you all !
Myriam BERARD
Chargée de projet relations publiques & propriété intellectuelle
Wikimédia France
Dear all,
I am honoured to announce on behalf of the Affiliations Committee, the
recognition of Wikimedia Digitization User Group as a Wikimedia User
Group [1]. Among their goals are brining together people and projects
who digitize all kinds of public domain works (records, photographs,
artwork, books) focusing on the practical process, as well as different
alternatives for equipment (price and performance-wise), creating
tutorials for different digitization projects, generating a knowledge
base to outline the process of rightsclearing (which is fundamental for
safely uploading works to Wikimedia projects) plus organizing workshops
about the different digitization projects and methods.
Let's welcome this new Wikimedia User Group 8-)
Welcome!!!
1: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Digitization_User_Group
--
"*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua
junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain."
Carlos M. Colina
Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
www.wikimedia.org.ve <http://wikimedia.org.ve>
Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee
Phone: +972-52-4869915
Twitter: @maor_x
Dear all,
I am honoured to announce on behalf of the Affiliations Committee, the
recognition of Wikimedians of Uzbekistan Community as a Wikimedia User
Group [1]. Among their goals are connecting the uzbek wikimedians,
promote the use the different Wikimedia projects in Uzbekistan and teach
more people how to contribute to them.
Let's welcome our colleagues in Central Asia 8-)
Welcome!!!
1: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Uzbekistan_Community
--
"*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua
junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain."
Carlos M. Colina
Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
www.wikimedia.org.ve <http://wikimedia.org.ve>
Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee
Phone: +972-52-4869915
Twitter: @maor_x
Hi everyone and sorry for crossposting :)
Best regards,
antanana
ED of Wikimedia Ukraine
---------- Forwarded message ----------
We are happy to announce the results of Wiki Loves Earth photo contest! And
we would like to take this occasion to thank those of you who helped us
make this WLE happen, be it by coordinating a national contest or providing
technical help, uploading photos or working in a jury.
So, the winning photo is...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shangrila_Resorts.jpg , a photo of
Lower Kachura Lake from Pakistan by Zaeem Siddiq. Top-15 also includes
photos from (alphabetically) Austria, Brazil, Estonia, France, Germany,
Rep. of Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Thailand, Tunisia amd Ukraine
The top-15 photos were published in Wikimedia blog :
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/15/wiki-loves-earth-winners/
<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/15/wiki-loves-earth-winners/!> . We have
also published a jury report with full results and some comments from the
jury :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wle-jury-report-2015-lores.pdf
As results are public now, we would like to ask you to do the following:
* Please translate this post into your language! Translations can be done
at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/See_the_stunning_winn…
, and we would especially love to see translations into languages of
winners (Arabic, Estonian, French, German, Macedonian, Polish, Portuguese,
Russian, Thai and Urdu)!
* Please add descriptions of this photos into your language - and consider
adding them to articles of your Wikipedia (and write th! em if you don't
have yet!)
* and of course feel free to add to articles and/or nominate for featured
or quality images any of 108,000 Wiki Loves Earth images:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Earth_20…
Thanks again to those who helped this edition of Wiki Loves Earth become a
success and hope to see you in May 2016 for the next edition!
For the international team,
Mykola Kozlenko (NickK)
Hello Wikimedian Colleagues,
I tried to send a mail to affiliates-ownerp(a)lists.wikimedia.org but all to no avail. It seems the e-mail address is currently not working. Any help?
Olatunde Isaac.
Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile.
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3. Recognition of Wikimedians of Uzbekistan Community
(Carlos M. Colina)
4. Please upload Wikiconference USA presentations to Commons (Pine W)
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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:13:22 +0200
From: "Erik Zachte" <erikzachte(a)infodisiac.com>
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I also feel disheartened about this yearly controversy, which seems to go nowhere.
I also am scared by even considering https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising#/media/File:Sept2015BannerEx.png
In my opinion this very ambitious budget (maybe too ambitious if such extreme doomsday measures are needed to reach our goals),
may well be putting our reputation at risk, and perhaps even alienate part of our community.
"Trust arrives on foot but leaves on horseback"
So who should we address to bring about change, and set more modest goals?
I belief fundraising is doing as they're told, the best they can.
The Wikimedia Foundation gets a lot of flak in these discussions.
But isn't WMF operating within limits set by the Board of Trustees?
Lila can propose a budget, but the Board is ultimately responsible, needs to approve that budget, and can amend it.
Erik Zachte
(disclaimer: I'm speaking in my role as volunteer, not as contractor for WMF)
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On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 9:56 PM, Leila Zia <leila(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> I saw that banner and I want to do all I can to help you not use it
> even if it performs 20% better. I put my story in p.s. so it's easier
> to skip for whoever chooses to skip. This is a true story. :-\
>
On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 10:58 PM, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree, that banner does not reflect the values of this movement.
> Pure and simple; it's not a grey area, and not worth my time to
> discuss for the 97th time.
>
> Personally, I long ago gave up participating in these discussions, for
> the most part -- because the same valid points get made over and over
> again, and the same *AWFUL* errors are made year after year in the
> fund-raising campaign.
>
> Leila's post here is heartening, and I'm glad that somebody has the
> energy to articulate the concerns so well. I, myself, do not; I have
> simply lost faith in the integrity of the Wikimedia Foundation's
> fund-raising operation. I am, honestly, ashamed to tell people that I
> used to work in the fund-raising department there (though I believe
> the work we did was valuable).
>
> I recently heard from a high-ranking executive at a software company.
> She told me that she had given money to the Wikimedia Foundation, and
> then looked into the WMF's budget, and the messages in the campaign
> she had responded to. The word she used to describe her feeling was "mortified."
> She had considered asking for her money back, but had decided against it.
>
> Fortunately, she was sophisticated enough not apply her negative
> feelings to Wikipedia, but rather to the Wikimedia Foundation. But can
> the WMF afford to assume that will always be the case?
>
I endorse what Leila and Pete said above. My responses to the black banner differ in details from Leila's, but the overall impression is the same: it is fear-inducing, as though someone or something has been murdered, or is about to be. Looking at the black banner, my eyes are first drawn to the highlighted sentence, and then the one following it, about "keeping Wikipedia online and ad-free."
Of course the banner "works". But it works for the wrong reasons. (The same could be said for the #keepitfree hashtag on Twitter.) It's the result of purely Darwinian A/B testing run amok, untempered by reason and conscience.
As Pete Forsyth has said: that process is broken. It seems not unlike the process by which the yellow press come up with its headlines, designed to pander to the basest, most primal instincts.
I will reiterate here that, according to the recent fundraising report[1], the Foundation took $75.5 million in 2014/2015, exactly five times what it had taken five years prior, in 2009-2010 ($15.1 million). Most organisations would see such revenue growth not as evidence of a looming financial crisis calling for desperate appeals for more cash, but as an amazing, stunning success.
Credibility, once lost, is hard to regain. So far, you have lost it only for a number of individuals, like that software executive Pete mentioned in his post. But that number is increasing, and as your bank balance grows and your appeals become more desperate-sounding, there will come a tipping point.
If you are going to ask people this December to donate money "to keep Wikipedia online and ad-free" (something that in the narrow sense costs the WMF no more than $3 million p.a.), when in reality you are shooting for $70 million to $100 million, including several million dollars for an endowment and several million more for further staff expansion, you risk doing catastrophic damage to the Foundation's future fundraising ability.
Would you like that to be your legacy?
[1] See graphic in Signpost report:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-09-30/News_…
> p.s. Here is the story:
> I open my laptop at 5:30am to check few definitions on Wikipedia for
> an upcoming early morning meeting. The room is dark and the only
> source of light is my laptop, I go to Wikipedia and I see that banner
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising#/media/File:Sept2015Banner
> Ex.png
> >.
> I'm still sleepy, and probably my mind is not functioning the way it
> normally does, nevertheless, here is what comes to my mind: I have a
> sudden feeling of fear. I see a very black background, and I think
> someone very important has died. I look a bit more, and I see some red
> colors, then I think something in the order of SOPA has happened. I'm
> getting quite nervous. I look at the text, but it's too long for me to
> parse it at that moment with the thoughts I have in the background. I
> look more at the background, I see some orange colors, some yellow
> colors, and a little human circled, I first think that whole color
> combination is a flame (red, orange, yellow, and the semi shape of a
> flame), then I think someone is jailed/executed. My eyes finally
> manage to see the right-hand-side of the page, and I see there are
> dollar signs and numbers. I sigh in relief, and then I get really
> upset (though I manage to pass that stage soon). Now, if I was not
> involved in the movement, I'm not sure if I would pay or not (maybe I
> would) seeing that banner, but because I'm in the Movement, I got really sad seeing myself going through that experience because I know more.
> I also acknowledge that different people have different backgrounds
> and experiences in life. What I see as a sign of death and war, may
> not be a signal for many other people (though the color black is
> almost universally used for signalling death), and I acknowledge that
> you cannot accommodate everyone. But please be aware, some people get
> really scared seeing this kind of banner.
>
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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 22:18:37 +0300
From: "Carlos M. Colina" <maorx(a)wikimedia.org.ve>
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Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Iraqi Wikimedians
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Dear all,
I am honoured to announce on behalf of the Affiliations Committee, the
recognition of Iraqi Wikimedians as a Wikimedia User Group [1]. Among
their goals are supporting the different Wikimedia projects in Iraq,
supporting Iraqi Wikimedians, and eventually becoming the recognized
chapter in Iraq. Recently, they have organized a series of workshops in
Erbil to teach people about Wikipedia and how to edit it, and are
currently working on flyers regarding Wikipedia and how important it is,
in both Arabic and Kurdish.
Please, let's welcome our iraqi colleagues :-)
Mabrouk!!!
1:https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Wikimedians
--
"*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua
junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain."
Carlos M. Colina
Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
www.wikimedia.org.ve <http://wikimedia.org.ve>
Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee
Phone: +972-52-4869915
Twitter: @maor_x
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 22:29:42 +0300
From: "Carlos M. Colina" <maorx(a)wikimedia.org.ve>
To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Uzbekistan
Community
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Dear all,
I am honoured to announce on behalf of the Affiliations Committee, the
recognition of Wikimedians of Uzbekistan Community as a Wikimedia User
Group [1]. Among their goals are connecting the uzbek wikimedians,
promote the use the different Wikimedia projects in Uzbekistan and teach
more people how to contribute to them.
Let's welcome our colleagues in Central Asia 8-)
Welcome!!!
1: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Uzbekistan_Community
--
"*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua
junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain."
Carlos M. Colina
Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
www.wikimedia.org.ve <http://wikimedia.org.ve>
Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee
Phone: +972-52-4869915
Twitter: @maor_x
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 12:35:20 -0700
From: Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com>
To: "Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States
(WALRUS)" <wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Mailing List
<Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Please upload Wikiconference USA presentations
to Commons
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Hi presenters,
Please upload your slide decks under
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiConference_USA_2015_present…
.
Video uploads from sessions that were in rooms other than the main room
will likely happen sometime in the next 7 days.
Thanks,
Pine
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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 23:07:14 +0300
From: "Carlos M. Colina" <maorx(a)wikimedia.org.ve>
To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Digitization User
Group
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Dear all,
I am honoured to announce on behalf of the Affiliations Committee, the
recognition of Wikimedia Digitization User Group as a Wikimedia User
Group [1]. Among their goals are brining together people and projects
who digitize all kinds of public domain works (records, photographs,
artwork, books) focusing on the practical process, as well as different
alternatives for equipment (price and performance-wise), creating
tutorials for different digitization projects, generating a knowledge
base to outline the process of rightsclearing (which is fundamental for
safely uploading works to Wikimedia projects) plus organizing workshops
about the different digitization projects and methods.
Let's welcome this new Wikimedia User Group 8-)
Welcome!!!
1: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Digitization_User_Group
--
"*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua
junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain."
Carlos M. Colina
Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
www.wikimedia.org.ve <http://wikimedia.org.ve>
Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee
Phone: +972-52-4869915
Twitter: @maor_x
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 00:04:06 +0300
From: "Carlos M. Colina" <maorx(a)wikimedia.org.ve>
To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing the Wikimedia Affiliates mailing
list
Message-ID: <562014C6.4030003(a)wikimedia.org.ve>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Dear all,
On behalf of the Affiliations Committe, I am pleased to introduce the
launch of the Wikimedia Affiliates mailing list, which is basically a
place for all the affiliates (chapters, thematic organizations, user
groups) to discuss issues related to affiliates, make announcements to
other affiliates, and collaborate on activities and community-wide
events. The idea is to help facilitate the dialogue affiliates across
our movement, plus collaborative discussions like community-wide
activities, joint edit-a-thons, regional conferences, blog/report posts,
or other communications from affiliates.
Each Wikimedia movement affiliate is allocated three spots on the
mailing list. All affiliates may contact the Affiliations Committee to
request additional spots if needed.
Please find a bit more information on Meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/Affiliates_ma…
and do not hesitate contacting us if you have further questions.
Regards,
Carlos
--
"*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua
junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain."
Carlos M. Colina
Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
www.wikimedia.org.ve <http://wikimedia.org.ve>
Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee
Phone: +972-52-4869915
Twitter: @maor_x
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:19:08 -0700
From: Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing the Wikimedia Affiliates
mailing list
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Hi Carlos,
Can you clarify how this list relates to the existing chapters mailing
list? (Also, please see the discussion at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network#Mailing_l…
).
Thanks,
Pine
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Carlos M. Colina <maorx(a)wikimedia.org.ve>
wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> On behalf of the Affiliations Committe, I am pleased to introduce the
> launch of the Wikimedia Affiliates mailing list, which is basically a place
> for all the affiliates (chapters, thematic organizations, user groups) to
> discuss issues related to affiliates, make announcements to other
> affiliates, and collaborate on activities and community-wide events. The
> idea is to help facilitate the dialogue affiliates across our movement,
> plus collaborative discussions like community-wide activities, joint
> edit-a-thons, regional conferences, blog/report posts, or other
> communications from affiliates.
>
> Each Wikimedia movement affiliate is allocated three spots on the mailing
> list. All affiliates may contact the Affiliations Committee to request
> additional spots if needed.
>
> Please find a bit more information on Meta:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/Affiliates_ma…
> and do not hesitate contacting us if you have further questions.
>
> Regards,
> Carlos
> --
> "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua
> junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain."
> Carlos M. Colina
> Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 | www.wikimedia.org.ve
> <http://wikimedia.org.ve>
> Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee
> Phone: +972-52-4869915
> Twitter: @maor_x
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Hi all,
There's a new Q1 fundraising update on meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising#2015-2016_Q1_Update> and
posted here as well.
The Wikimedia Foundation has just wrapped up the first quarter of the
2015-16 fiscal year. Over these past three months, the fundraising team has
been running ran campaigns in Japan, Brazil, Malaysia, South Africa,
Belgium and Luxembourg and prepared for the upcoming year-end English
fundraising campaign. The online fundraising team missed the $6 million
goal for the quarter due to postponing the Italy fundraiser to October to
support the Wiki Loves Monuments campaign. We raised roughly $5.7 million
in the first quarter of the year and plan to make up for the loss in the
next quarter. The 2014-15 fiscal year fundraising report
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2014-2015_Fundraising_Report> was
also posted in this quarter. If you haven’t read it yet, please do check
out the report for a wealth of information on the last fiscal year.
The team has used this first quarter to test a wide variety of brand new
banners. From images, to banners highlighting photos from Commons, and
different messages, we’ve found a few new ways to share the fundraising
message with Wikipedia readers. With updated designs, we’ve ended the
quarter with a banner that performs roughly 20% better than the best-
performing banner from last quarter. Better performing banners are required
to raise a higher budget with declining traffic. We’ll continue testing new
banners into the next quarter and sharing highlights as we go.
The banner message has also been updated with suggestions from the
Wikimedia community. Thank you to everyone who has suggested improvements
so far! We have changed “We survive on donations averaging about $15” to
“We are sustained by donations averaging about $15.” We’ve also changed
“Please help us end the fundraiser and get back to improving Wikipedia” to
“Please help us end the fundraiser and improve Wikipedia.” These message
edits did not positively or negatively affect donations and were made in
response to community feedback. In the past, we have also relied on
community feedback to improve our campaigns. In the last year, community
feedback has led to improvements to the usability of the close X icon and a
new line to highlight the editing community, “Wikipedia is written by a
community of volunteers with a passion for sharing the world’s knowledge.”
All of these community suggestions remain in the banner. Another sentence
that was briefly tested on a small percentage of users about a year ago
that received negative community feedback was “If everyone reading this
gave $3, we could keep it online and ad-free another year.” We did not end
up using that sentence for the campaign and we commit to not using it in
any future campaign. In the next quarter, we are planning many more message
tests -- with both brand new ideas as well as smaller tweaks to the
existing text. If you have an idea to test, please share on the 2015-16
test ideas page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2015-16_Fundraising_ideas>.
Thanks again to everyone who has shared ideas so far.
This upcoming quarter will be our biggest of the year with campaigns in
Italy, France, the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. The
team is focused on providing the best donation invitation and experience
possible to readers. We will be sharing plenty of more information about
the upcoming campaigns over the next couple of months. Thank you for your
support!
--
Megan Hernandez
Director of Online Fundraising
Wikimedia Foundation
Please find a summary of last month’s highlights from the Wikimedia blog at
the following link:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_September_2015
Contents:
Drone photography of Versailles
Wikimedia project milestones: Swedish Wikipedia hits 2 million
What I Learned: Wikipedia Education Program in Argentina
In September, we love monuments
Reimagining the Wikimedia Foundation’s grants
Wikipedia’s very active editor numbers have stabilized—delve into the data
with us
Should I pay for a Wikipedia article?
Translations for September are greatly appreciated.
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Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
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*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
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G'day
I have been contacted by an active Wikiproject Spam editor for help
(because I've recently been working with an editor here in Perth in a
similar situation), to talk to a user who appears to be linked to the
Encyclopedia of Arkansas. The user is just adding links to EOA in the
external links section of related articles, another user has asked for the
links not to be blacklisted as its a good source.
In these case the Australian chapter reaches out such editors as a personal
discussion over a coffee here works very effectively in turning this type
of contact into potential programmatic activities. Being just couple miles
too far way I was looking for someone closer who would be willing to
followup with this on a local level. As I said in my offer of help I'm
happy to support and advise them that goes for who ever takes up the reigns
but the important part of developing this is impractical from here.
on WP discussion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Cals.eoa#Help_offer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Gnangarra#UOA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam#Encyclopedia_…
already checked meta there isnt any chapters close by, nearest user group
is in North Carolina with a smaller area of interest, and the only
experienced editors(10,000+ edits) listed on the en Wikiproject Arkansas
havent been active in the last 6 months
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Gnangarra
President Wikimedia Australia
WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra
