Wikimedia-l February 2015

wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

134 participants
107 discussions

[Wikimedia Announcements] This week on the Wikimedia Blog
by Fabrice Florin 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

Greetings! Here are some of the stories featured this week on the Wikimedia Blog: • Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/23/strategy-consultation/ • Black History Month edit-a-thons tackle Wikipedia’s multicultural gaps https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ • Wiki Loves Africa photo contest announces winning pictures https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/23/wiki-loves-africa-photo-contest/ • Wikimedia Foundation supports Twitter’s fight for transparency http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/19/wikimedia-foundation-twitter-transpare… • Survey: What do Pakistani readers think of Wikipedia? https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/20/pakistani-readers-survey/ • Report finds the Wikimedia Foundation to be the largest known Participatory Grantmaking Fund. http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/19/wmf-largest-participatory-grantmaking/ • Wikimedia Highlights, January 2015 http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/17/wikimedia-highlights-january-2015/ Next month, we will feature stories about women and closing the gender gap, in honor of International Women's Day on March 8. If you have good stories to share on this topic, please submit a draft on the Wikimedia Blog project hub: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog Best regards, Fabrice _______________________________ Fabrice Florin Movement Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF) _______________________________________________ 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

1 0

New template "URL to diff"
by Andy Mabbett 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

A new, Lua based template: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Url_to_diff has been made (at my request) for teh English Wikipedia. Given a URL like: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AVillage_pump_%28tech… and label text (say "example") it returns a formatted "Diff" template like: {{diff|Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)|640631079|640620995|example}} You may wish to import it into other Wikis. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

3 9

Wikimania 2015 call for submissions is close to end!
by Ivan Martínez 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

// Sorry for crosspost // Dear all, The deadline for make a proposal for Wikimania 2015 is very near: February 28 at 23:59 UTC. Currently we received many nice proposals but you have less than three days to submit yet! => http://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions Please share this reminder into your contacts and social networks. Best, -- *Iván Martínez* *Wikimanía 2015 Chief CoordinatorUser:ProtoplasmaKid @protoplasmakidhttp://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org <http://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org>*

1 0

Fwd: Wikimedia Hackathon travel sponsorship
by Quim Gil 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

A forward for technical and tech-curious people not subscribed to wikitech-l. If you have or want to join a hackathon plan for Lyon (May 23-25), we want to know. Important note: Wikimedia Hackathons are not only for developers, as good software development requires many other profiles, including insightful users. Chapter people and other organized wikimedians, your help funding volunteer travel is welcome. Every year we are pooling more funds from more orgs, opening our hackathons to more volunteers from more places and areas of interest. Please send one volunteer or more to Lyon. More information and feedback at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T88523 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 9:02 AM Subject: Wikimedia Hackathon travel sponsorship To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi, we are hoping to open registration to the Wikimedia Hackathon in Lyon next week. Those of you relying on travel sponsorship can start preparing your requests already now: # Familiarize yourself with the goals of the hackathon: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hackathons#The_Wikimedia_Hackathon_model # Join or propose a demo-able project in Phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/wikimedia-hackathon-2015/ # Find a hackathon buddy in the Wikimedia communities or related projects out there: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Lyon_Hackathon_2015/Buddies Here you have a draft form to get an idea of what questions you will be asked: http://goo.gl/forms/MPzx8q7BBz (not a real form; data submitted will be ignored and deleted) Your feedback about the process is welcome, especially in the related Phabricator task: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T88406 -- Quim Gil Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil

2 1

Renewal of Recognition to Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil
by Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

Hello, how are you guys? Cornelius Kibelka send me the link of this thread, by mistake, in one discussion on Meta.[1] And the Carlos Colina's answer is, lets say, "wow! It's super freak weird!!!", because in the WMBR mailing list, one volunteer "asked" who send the request and one of the "proposal's organizers" wrote: *"Eu não pedi e até onde sei ninguém pediu."* [2] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediabr-l/2015-February/016241.ht…> pt >>> en I did not request and as far I know, no one did. So, Mr. Colina, could pleas clarify to the Movement who requested? And where? Because the Brazilian community and not even the WUG BR proposal's organizers know that. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Overview_Eli… [2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediabr-l/2015-February/016241.ht… -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton rodrigo.argenton(a)gmail.com +55 11 979 718 884

2 1

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Bye
by Austin Hair 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Federico Leva (Nemo), 22/02/2015 18:41: >> >> Moderators of this list are crazy, I was apparently put on moderation by >> Austin without expiry for forwarding a Commons-l message. >> I'll unsubscribe in 24 hours if I'm not unmoderated by that time. > > > This is now done. (Bcc active list members.) That's not actually what happened. I moderated Nemo when, after protesting the fact that Odder was still moderated (more on that later), he started forwarding messages for him. Before I had any chance to clear the matter up, he sent that message and quit in a huff. I was willing to unmoderate him, on the condition that he doesn't try to circumvent the moderation system in the future, but it seems that ship has sailed. He's free to subscribe again if he wishes. Austin

2 1

Funding bot maintenance
by WereSpielChequers 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

One of the areas that I would like to see the foundation putting in money is for the running and maintenance of wanted orphan bots. Wanted in the sense that editors are using them or would if they were still running, and orphan in the sense that the original developer isn't around or available to run them/migrate them to the latest platform. If we work on the premise that community funds should go for things that volunteers want to have happen but aren't volunteering to do, then this is a classic and uncontentious niche. Programmers like to write new code and solve new problems, but the person with the idea or who writes new code doesn't always have the time and motivation to keep maintaining and running that code, let alone creating slightly bespoke version for scores of our thousand wikis. Now it may be that we are in an unusual situation that the migration from toolserver to labs has cost us a number of bots that would otherwise have continued for years. But there will always be demand to localise existing bots for wikis where they don't currently run, and in the long run all of our volunteer bot writers are likely to move on. Employing a python programmer or two somewhere cheap like India or South America would not be a huge investment for the foundation, but it would be a valuable service to the community, and unlike mediawiki development this could be completely volunteer driven with wikimedians deciding which bots are worth maintaining and their relative priority. Disclosure: whilst I'm not pitching for the money for this, I would be front of the queue to ask such a maintainer to take on bots that I used to use the results of and in at least one case which I designed. Regards Jonathan/WereSpielChequers > On 22 Feb 2015, at 11:42, wikimedia-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote: > > Send Wikimedia-l mailing list submissions to > wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimedia-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 17:39:31 -0800 > From: Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Types of allowed projects for > grant funding (renamed) > Message-ID: > <CAEg6ZHmFQ-K8tksj==b-cx1aNKCc+wy1gCfK+0+pkis38uk5zA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >> On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 4:19 PM, MZMcBride <z(a)mzmcbride.com> wrote: >> >> Erik seems to be pushing toward a model that favors using OAuth and the >> MediaWiki API over "deep integration" that comes with a MediaWiki >> extension. He recently mentioned this here: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/glamtools/2015-February/000343.html >> >> He may be right that development for deployment to the Wikimedia >> Foundation cluster may not be the best approach for every project, but I >> think this view overlooks all the very real benefits that extension >> deployment includes. > > I don't think one size fits all -- every case needs to be judged on > its merits, though in the case of GLAMWikiToolset I am definitely > arguing for considering separation from the MediaWiki codebase because > it is so highly specialized. I also think we sometimes still have a > tendency to underestimate the value of non-MediaWiki tools and apps, > even though they've contributed millions of edits to Wikimedia wikis > already (though to be fair, without Magnus Manske the tally would not > be nearly as awesome). > > Regarding the criteria for grantmaking, I think this initial blanket > prohibition against all MediaWiki extension development is indeed > something we ought to revisit. These grants can cover tens of > thousands of dollars of paid work, so we shouldn't treat the review > and integration burden lightly, and avoiding stalled projects that are > going nowhere was a reason I advocated for this restriction to begin > with. But as long as there is a good plan in place -- either not > significantly dependent on WMF or with clear commitments negotiated > upfront -- I do agree that the risks can be significantly mitigated. > > Damon, Luis and members of their teams will need to weigh in on this, > and will want to think through the implications for their respective > areas, but it's a good conversation to have -- keeping in mind that > Luis is just starting in his new role, so please give him at least a > few days to get up to speed. ;-) > > Erik > -- > Erik Möller > VP of Product & Strategy, Wikimedia Foundation > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 18:12:02 -0800 > From: Luis Villa <lvilla(a)wikimedia.org> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Types of allowed projects for > grant funding (renamed) > Message-ID: > <CAM2wSz6x5DQdLjNwjS3Va_SU57nUp0UhXLQ6zktAhEeY2t4SEg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >> On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 5:39 PM, Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >> Damon, Luis and members of their teams will need to weigh in on this, >> and will want to think through the implications for their respective >> areas, but it's a good conversation to have -- keeping in mind that >> Luis is just starting in his new role, so please give him at least a >> few days to get up to speed. ;-) > > Thanks for at least a few hours of cushion, Erik ;) > > I'm a big believer in the power of/need for software tools, and at least > philosophically I'm very open to funding software development outside the > Foundation (though obviously there are lots of pragmatic difficulties - > code review, etc.) So, yes, as part of our broader review of how we support > communities and contributor growth, CE will look at funding code very > seriously. > > Luis > > -- > Luis Villa > Sr. Director of Community Engagement > Wikimedia Foundation > > >

4 3

RfC: Works which can't be freely licensed
by Milos Rancic 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

As some of you know, we are working on the project [1] with Matica srpska [2]. Basically, that opens numerous possibilities and here is one of them. My professor, a Board member of Matica srpska and one of two co-authors of the Normative Grammar of Serbian Language wants to open the Grammar. Before I continue, I want to explain how good faith academics and university professors in Serbia treat their work in relation to the open and free access (and I suppose it's quite common for any part of the world): * Personally, they are not motivated by money. They are well established socially, financially secure and they are mature people, not fascinated by luxury, living modest lives. * They want their works to be as much accessible as it's possible, as well as as much used by other scientists as it's possible. * The only financial issue in such circumstances is related to the financial safety of particular institution (in this case Matica srpska). However, financial gains from selling the books are relatively small, it's about capital works and having them is a kind of obligation of every intellectual in Serbia and it's questionable would they lose (small amount of) money by opening the content or they would actually gain. In other words, I am addressing this issue on the level of going slowly to the process and making financial analysis of every step. * They don't really get variety of the licensing options. For them, it's practically the same if it's CC-BY or Encarta web license. If they open content, their default is that they are not counting on money from published books. * The only issue which they have is to keep their integrity and not to present their work as their if it could be edited by anyone. (Thus, inclusion of the dictionaries will go in the form similar to "Milos, based on Serbian Ornithological Dictionary".) And all of those things are clear while we are talking about regular content. What we have here is the *Normative* Grammar. From my perspective, that can't go under anything which doesn't assume ND part. Obviously to me, if something is prescriptive work, it should go as-is. However, that's my initial assumption. If there is an option to open it more freely, I'd be happy to hear the argumentation. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Interglider.ORG/Wiktionary_Meets… [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Matica_srpska

7 13

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Bye
by John Mark Vandenberg 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

When was odder put on moderation, and what for? On 24 Feb 2015 14:49, "Federico Leva (Nemo)" <nemowiki(a)gmail.com> wrote: > John Mark Vandenberg, 23/02/2015 21:59: > >> Which email ? the crowdfunding email? >> > > Yes, because odder is in moderation (like many others, it seems). > > Nemo >

1 0

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimediameta-l] Bye
by Nathan 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 3:59 PM, John Mark Vandenberg <jayvdb(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Which email ? the crowdfunding email? > Austin, do the list admins have another perspective to justify their > action? > > -- > John Vandenberg > I'd like the answer to this question too.

6 6

← Newer
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
...
11
Older →

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

Wikimedia-l February 2015