Wikimedia-l May 2015

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the digital language divide
by phoebe ayers 30 May '15

30 May '15

This feature on multilingualism online and the digital language divide from the Guardian is thought-provoking: http://labs.theguardian.com/digital-language-divide/ It summarizes a bunch of recent research on language online, including the work from the Oxford Internet Institute on Wikipedia. -- Phoebe -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers <at> gmail.com *

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] A "Listen" Button
by James Heilman 30 May '15

30 May '15

I guess I see this as making it easier for people to generate files to put on their ipod or for those with a limited ability to read who might not have figured out more complicated solutions. Those who are blind have likely already figured out good solutions. It is those of us who are sighted that need the help. I know that I personally would find such a button helpful. But through a great many steps I could likely figure out a work around. People prefer stuff that is simple. -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com

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A "Listen" Button
by James Heilman 30 May '15

30 May '15

While human read articles are great they quickly become out of date and are available for only a fraction of our articles. Why don't we have a "Listen" button beside our read button that when clicked will read the article for the person in question? There are 37 open source text-to-speech listed here http://www.findbestopensource.com/tagged/text-to-speech. Some of them support up to 50 languages. This of course would require the support of the Wikimedia Foundation. I guess we could also do it with a gadget initially. Thoughts? -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com

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New Inspire Campaign report
by Siko Bouterse 30 May '15

30 May '15

Hi all, We've published a report and blog post sharing some more findings from our recent Inspire campaign: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/28/what-we-learned-from-the-inspire-camp… https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Spring_2015_Inspire_campaign As always, your thoughts are welcome (preferably on the discussion page or in blog comments, for easy tracking). Warm regards, Siko -- Siko Bouterse Director of Community Resources Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. * *Donate <https://donate.wikimedia.org> or click the "edit" button today, and help us make it a reality!*

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Keep me logged in (for up to 30 days)
by Jane Darnell 30 May '15

30 May '15

Hello everybody, I have to login to Wikimedia projects every single time I begin a session on my iPad1 now because I cannot select the button on the user login page next to the text "Keep me logged in (for up to 30 days)" I think it's a java mismatch with my old built-in iPad1 safari browser (which cannot be updated, as far as I know). Is there anyplace to check this box in some other way? Also, is there a reason this box looks like this? Thanks in advance, Jane

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[Wikimedia Announcements] Survey: What do you think of our social media feeds?
by Fabrice Florin 29 May '15

29 May '15

Hi folks, Do you follow Wikipedia or Wikimedia on Facebook, Twitter or Google+? If so, we’d love to hear what you think of our social media feeds. Could you please take this short survey? https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/wikimedia-social?c=email-ann The survey is open to anyone. We plan to post survey results by the end of June. We look forward to improving our social media feeds based on your feedback! Best regards, Fabrice P.S.: If you are not familiar with our social media feeds, we invite you to check them out before you take the survey: • Wikipedia on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia • Wikipedia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia • Wikipedia on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+Wikipedia/posts • Wikimedia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia • Wikimedia Foundation on Google+: https://plus.google.com/108193079736330787108/posts _______________________________ 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

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Recognition of North Carolina Triangle Wikipedians User Group
by Carlos M. Colina 29 May '15

29 May '15

Dear all, On behalf of the Affiliations Committee, I am honored to announce the recognition [1] of a new User Group in the United States - the North Carolina Triangle Wikipedians. As their name implies, they are mostly active in the region known as the Research Triangle, or simply "The Triangle". They have already organized activities in the region, especially at Duke and UNC related to MediaWiki, edit-a-thons and the Education Program. We'll see more of that in the near future :-) So please, let's welcome the newest member of the family of affiliates! Congrats! Regards, Carlos 1: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/North_Ca… -- "*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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comments on Annual Plan
by James Salsman 29 May '15

29 May '15

Regarding https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2015-16#En… Will key quality metrics for reading include accuracy of articles on the Simple English Wikipedia? To that end, will the Wikimedia Foundation please take over this project in full as stated here: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2015-May/031684.html I have a new contract through the end of the year and will be unable to devote the time I had planned. Thank you. Best regards, James Salsman

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Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan for FY 15-16
by Garfield Byrd 28 May '15

28 May '15

The draft Annual Plan for FY 15-16 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2015-16> is available for community input and comments. Please post any suggestions on the Talk page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Annu…> . The objective of this process is to make certain that we have community feedback on this initial draft of the annual plan for next fiscal year (7/1/2015 - 6/30/2016) . We value this input to assist in the improvement of the final version . This draft version of the annual plan is also being reviewed by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees so that the Wikimedia Foundation can review input from the Board of Trustees and community at the same time. T he final version of the Annual Plan is scheduled to be submitted to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees for a vote on June 15, 2015 . Best regards, Garfield Best regards, Garfield -- Garfield Byrd Chief of Finance and Administration Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext 6787 415.882.0495 (fax) www.wikimediafoundation.org Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! *https://donate.wikimedia.org <https://donate.wikimedia.org/>*

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Learning from other chapters
by David Parreño Mont - Comunicació 28 May '15

28 May '15

Hi, In Amical Wikimedia we have read with attention the reports of APG, the grants concedeed by the Wikimedia Foundation to the diferents chapters in order to run their activities. These comments by the WMF have recommendations for the other associations in order to learn from their errors and their success from the others and improving together. In this post we want to highlight those things that to us looked more positive from the advices and reflexions that we have analized. https://www.wikimedia.cat/2015/04/08/aprenent-dels-altres-chapters-llicons-… David Parreño Mont Communications Amical Wikimedia

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