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Fwd: [WikimediaMobile] Mobile site is now lazy loading images
by Jane Darnell 01 Sep '16

01 Sep '16

Interesting to see the drop in bytes sent to the Japan article and this makes me think we should "fold up" article sections on desktop too for very long articles, such as the Japan article. The benefits for mobile are obvious, but this may be beneficial for slow desktop connections as well. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jon Robson <jrobson(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 5:20 PM Subject: [WikimediaMobile] Mobile site is now lazy loading images To: mobile-l <mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia developers < wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> FYI after much experimentation, research and testing the mobile site has been lazy loading images [1] since Thursday 18th August. This means if you do not see an image you will not download it. We have taken care to ensure users without JavaScript can still view images and that most users will barely notice the difference. We are currently crunching the data this change has made and we plan to write a blog post to reporting the results. In our experiments on Japanese Wikipedia we saw a drop in image bytes per page view by 54% On the Japanese Japan article bytes shipped to users dropped from 1.443 MB to 142 kB. This is pretty huge since bytes equate to money [3] and we expect this to be significant on wikis where mobile data is more expensive. In a nutshell Wikipedia mobile is cheaper. As I said blog post to follow once we have more information, but please report any bugs you are seeing with the implementation (we have already found a few thanks to our community of editors). ~Jon [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web/Projects/ Performance/Lazy_loading_images [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web/Lazy_loading_ of_images_on_Japanese_Wikipedia [3] https://whatdoesmysitecost.com/ _______________________________________________ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l

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WikiConference North America - Submissions deadline Aug 31
by Andrew Lih 31 Aug '16

31 Aug '16

WikiConference North America 2016 7-10 October 2016, San Diego, CA, USA SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: August 31, 11:59pm Samoa Time! https://wikiconference.org/wiki/Submissions WikiConference North America (formerly WikiConference USA) is the third annual conference on the North American continent devoted to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. The weekend will feature both academic and casual presentations on Wikimedia-related outreach activities, workshops to improve the skills of grassroots organizers, and discussions on the past, present, and future of the Wikimedia projects. The conference features offerings about community outreach, online activity, partnerships with institutions of knowledge, and technology. Keynote speakers are scheduled to include Katherine Maher, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, and Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Program Officer of OCLC Research. The last day of the conference will feature programming coinciding with Indigenous Peoples' Day. Registration for the conference is now open. You can register at https://wikiconference.org. Scholarships partially covering costs of travel and attendance are available for active contributors to Wikimedia projects. Apply by August 23rd for scholarships at https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2016/Scholarships. This is a volunteer run conference and volunteers are needed for any number of tasks. If you are attending, please consider volunteering for at https://wikiconference.org/wiki/Volunteers. We seek presentations addressing topics related to Wikipedia or open access and culture. Presentations may be from any discipline regarding any relevant topic. Please submit a description of your proposed presentation using our online submission process at https://wikiconference.org/ wiki/Submissions. If you are interested in participating in the peer-reviewed academic track, see our call for academic submissions at https://wikiconference.org/wiki/Call_for_Academic_Presentations. - Sydney Poore (User:FloNight) and Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (User:Rosiestep), conference organizers

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New Free Research Accounts via the Wikipedia Library
by Jake Orlowitz 30 Aug '16

30 Aug '16

Hi! The Wikipedia Library has five new free research donations available: Nomos - Primarily German-language publisher of law and social sciences books and journals: <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Nomos> World Scientific - Scientific, technical, and medical journals: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:World_Scientific> Edinburgh University Press - Humanities and social sciences journals: < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edinburgh_University_Press> American Psychological Association - Psychology books and journals: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:APA> Emerald - Journals on a range of topics including business, education, health care, and engineering: < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Emerald> Many other partnerships with accounts available are listed on: < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/Databases> Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today! The Wikipedia Library Team <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library>

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Invitation to copyright strategy discussion
by Charles M. Roslof 29 Aug '16

29 Aug '16

Hi all, We on the Wikimedia Foundation Legal Team have been working on creating a better and more collaborative process for organizing, streamlining, and completing Wikimedia’s copyright-related work. We’d like to hear from you about it in the next couple weeks, and then we’d like to work together to identify, prioritize, and address copyright issues. You can read more about the copyright strategy on Meta at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Copyright_strategy, and leave questions and comments on the talk page. Thanks! Charles M. Roslof Legal Counsel Wikimedia Foundation croslof(a)wikimedia.org (415) 839-6885 NOTICE: This message might have confidential or legally privileged information in it. If you have received this message by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.

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Invitation to WMF July 2016 Metrics & Activities Meeting: Thursday, August 25, 18:00 UTC
by James Forrester 25 Aug '16

25 Aug '16

Dear all, The next WMF metrics and activities meeting will take place today, Thursday, August 25, 2016, at 6:00 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. Facilitator: Adam Wight, Fundraising Tech Lead Meeting Agenda: - Welcomes - Community update - Foundation top-level metrics - Feature - Research - Research & Product update - Questions/discussions - WikiLove Please review https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings for further information about the meeting and how to participate. We’ll post the video recording publicly after the meeting. Thank you, -- James D. Forrester Lead Product Manager, Editing Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. jforrester at wikimedia.org <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l> | @jdforrester

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Changes to current chapter and thematic organisation criteria
by Carlos M. Colina 25 Aug '16

25 Aug '16

Dear all, On behalf of the Affiliations Committee, I would like to present some changes to the current chapter and thematic organisation criteria, which we will begin piloting as we officially reopen applications for chapter and thematic organization status. Until now, the criteria had not clearly defined what constitutes sufficient programmatic activity to justify chapter or thematic organisation status. To address this issue, we have set out three new criteria: 1. Diversity of Activities: Chapters and thematic organisations are expected to plan and conduct a variety of different programs and events; to balance online and offline projects; to strive for continuous activity; and to conduct programs and events at least once every two months. 2. Planning and Evaluation: Chapters and thematic organisations are expected to set specific goals and targets for programs, projects, and events before executing them; to measure the results of programs, projects, and events against those targets; and to report on those results to the Wikimedia Foundation and the wider Wikimedia movement. 3. External Partnerships: Chapters and thematic organisations are expected to engage in programmatic partnerships with external groups and organizations (for example, cultural, academic, or government institutions, and so on) to promote the Wikimedia movement and to add and improve content on Wikimedia projects. In order to officially reopen the chapter and thematic organization recognition process, the Board of Trustees has instructed the Affiliations Committee to provisionally use these three new criteria for all new applicants. In addition, potential chapters and thematic organisations will continue to be assessed against the existing legal, governance, and viability criteria; more details, including the benefits and limitations of these affiliation models, are available on Meta.[1] [2] Please note that the use of these three new criteria is a pilot; there will be opportunities to share feedback about the criteria, as well as other ways to help define the chapter and thematic organisation affiliate models, during the upcoming strategy consultation. The Affiliations Committee and the Board of Trustees will continue to evaluate results and feedback during the initial pilot period and consider potential revisions to the criteria before they are finalized. Thank you, M. 1: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Chapter_Summary_Matr… 2: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Thematic_Organisatio… -- "*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 El logotipo y el nombre de Wikimedia, Wikimedia Venezuela, Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Incubator, Wiktionary y otros proyectos relacionados son marcas registradas usadas bajo permiso expreso de su titular, la Fundación Wikimedia, Inc., una organización sin fines de lucro. Otros nombres y marcas pertenecen a sus respectivos propietarios. Asociación Civil Wikimedia Venezuela (Wikimedia Venezuela) | RIF.: J-40129321-2 | Los Teques, Estado Miranda. Venezuela

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Changes to current chapter and thematic organisation criteria
by Rogol Domedonfors 24 Aug '16

24 Aug '16

The pronouncement of Fri Aug 19 12:36:01 UTC 2016 states "the Board of Trustees has instructed the Affiliations Committee to provisionally use these three new criteria for all new applicants" and as a consequence the Board Chair has stated, on Tue Aug 23 06:46:47 UTC 2016, "This is not a discussion". In the interests of transparency, please could the Community be informed of the text of the Board Resolution that laid down these criteria? The Board chair has also informed us (on Tue Aug 23 12:34:37 UTC 2016) that *"*Everything is a discussion" and "our main goal for this year is to make sure we finally have a comprehensive movement strategy". This is of course excellent news, especially since dialogue between the Board and the Community on these issues has been conspicuous by its absence [ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/Arch…]. Exactly how and where will this engagement take place? Perhaps https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Strategy_Alpha might be a place to plan the mechanisms for that engagement? "Rogol Domedonfors"

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] Changes to current chapter and thematic organisation criteria
by Pine W 24 Aug '16

24 Aug '16

Gnangarra, I agree with you about the vision. I think that where we see things differently may be in the discussion of how we achieve the vision. Individuals have a lot of freedom in the Wikimedia community, but organizations exist in a complicated world with real money, real laws, real people, and a variety of circumstances that can help or hinder progress. We want to share the sum of human knowledge, and to do that effectively requires a coordinated effort. Wikimedia is an incredibly complicated collection of entities, of which affiliates are a part. I am very mindful that real resources (time and money) are involved in Wikimedia, and I would like those resources to be used wisely, transparently, and fairly in service of the mission. I need to depart thread so that I can focus on other projects, but I plan to return here in a week or two. Pine

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] Changes to current chapter and thematic organisation criteria
by Pine W 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

Carlos, I think we need to distinguish the effort from the staff, from the capacity and accomplishments of the organization. For example, here in Cascadia, a very small number of people do quite a lot of work related to the Wikimedia mission. That does not make us a chapter. Valiant efforts by people working with limited resources are commendable, but that doesn't mean that an organization has high capacity or is highly successful. It is true that every organization's situation is different, but if we're going to distinguish chapters from user groups, we need to have a meaningful, transparent, fair, objective, and easily understood way of making that distinction. It is possible to build some flexibility into the criteria for chapter status while also meeting these other needs, as I have already discussed. Another option would be to eliminate the distinction, and call every group a chapter. While that is possible to do, the WMF Board would want to think about that very carefully. Pine On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 10:02 AM, Carlos Colina (Maor_X) < maorx(a)wikimedia.org.ve> wrote: > Hi Pine, > > You seem to forget that the effort the doctors, nurses and staff at a > hospital either in after-the-hurricane Louisiana or war-torn South Sudan is > way bigger than those working for a state-of-the art hospital in Portland, > Zurich or Singapore, so you think they shouldn't be considered "good > hospitals" or not even "hospitals" because they don't meet the quantitative > and set on stone criteria you suggest? > > I find that divisive, discriminatory, patronizing, to say the least. Every > chapter's situation is different, so being absolutely quantitative would be > unfair and damaging to the movement and the efforts of many wikimedians who > cannot contribute in the ideal conditions, yet they go the extra mile where > others living in a paradise wouldn't do that. > > *hat on* > > Again, the idea is to collect all valuable input from the community to > refine the criteria, so nothing is set in stone yet. But that's the general > idea and the AffCom is there to assist as much as possible to those groups > who wish to meet the criteria. > > Sent from my HTC > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Pine W" <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> > To: "Wikimedia Mailing List" <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, > "Wikimedia Movement Affiliates discussion list" < > affiliates(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: "Wikimedia Chapters general discussions" <chapters(a)wikimedia.ch> > Subject: [Affiliates] [Wikimedia-l] Changes to current chapter and > thematic organisation criteria > Date: Sun, Aug 21, 2016 4:20 AM > > Hi Carlos, > > As I mentioned previously, I would suggest that the criteria should also > apply to existing chapters. If any chapter's status is in doubt as a result > of the new criteria, then the chapter can be given 6 months to rise to the > occasion. If chapters still do not meet the new criteria after that time, > it seems to me that they should be re-classified as user groups until they > re-apply for chapter status and are accepted by AffCom as meeting the new > criteria. > > Regarding the uniformity of standards, it seems to me that there needs to > be a common baseline throughout the world. Otherwise, the definition of > "chapter" becomes highly subjective and is effectively at the discretion of > the Affiliations Committee. To use an analogy: a hospital that is providing > reasonably good care for its patients would be considered a good hospital > whether it is in Louisiana or the Philippines. Likewise, a hospital that > lacks essential supplies, has a shortage of health professionals, and has > suffered hurricane damage to its surgery rooms, is a troubled hospital > whether it is in Louisiana or the Philippines. > > To use another analogy, this time demonstrating the problems with > subjective and varying standards: the criteria for high school diplomas in > the United States vary so widely that by itself a high school diploma is a > nearly useless credential without knowing which high school granted a > particular diploma. It seems to me that we should avoid this kind of > ambiguity in the Wikimedia community. > > While there could be a variety of ways in which a group could be deemed to > meet the standards for a chapter, such as by saying "a chapter must meet > four of the following six criteria" or "this particular requirement may be > met in one or more of the following ways", it still seems to me that the > criteria for chapter status should be transparent, objective (primarily > quantitative), and easily understood by all affiliates that wish to be > chapters. > > I realize that this is a complex issue, and I hope that this input will be > included for consideration as AffCom continues to discuss the criteria for > chapters and thematic organizations. > > Pine > > > El 19/08/2016 a las 06:28 p.m., Pine W escribió: > >> Hi Carlos, >> >> In general, I like the new criteria. >> >> I would like to suggest making the criteria entirely quantitative, so that >> there is minimal subjectivity about whether or not affiliates are meeting >> these standards and therefore there is likely to be less controversy about >> the status of affiliates. >> > > The problem of making the criteria entirely quantitative is that the > context where affiliates operate is not the same across the world. We > cannot apply a rigid, based in fixed numbers criteria because the situation > of Estonia or The Netherlands, to give an example, is not the same of > Venezuela, where people need to queue for hours just to buy a loaf of > bread, if they happen to be lucky enough to find a bakery operating, or > where scheduled 4-hour daily blackouts are the norm across the country > except for the capital. > > If all affiliates operated in the same conditions, that would be another > story. > > > > El logotipo y el nombre de Wikimedia, Wikimedia Venezuela > <http://wikimedia.org.ve/wiki/P%C3%A1gina_principal>, Wikipedia, > Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Incubator, Wiktionary y otros proyectos > relacionados <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_Projects> son > marcas registradas usadas bajo permiso expreso de su titular, la Fundación > Wikimedia, Inc. <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org>, una organización > sin fines de lucro. Otros nombres y marcas pertenecen a sus respectivos > propietarios. > > Asociación Civil Wikimedia Venezuela (Wikimedia Venezuela) | RIF.: > J-40129321-2 | Los Teques, Estado Miranda. Venezuela > > _______________________________________________ > Affiliates mailing list > Affiliates(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/affiliates > >

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FW: My final email
by Peter Southwood 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

Is there any way to unsubscribe from these annoying and in my opinion misleading spam mails purporting to come from Jimmy Wales without unsubscribing from any other Wikimedia mailing lists or e-mail notifications? Cheers, Peter From: jimmy(a)wikipedia.org [mailto:donate@wikimedia.org] Sent: Wednesday, 17 August 2016 10:01 AM To: peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net Subject: My final email Inside this email: fun fact from Wikipedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/?utm_campaign=C1617_Email3&utm_medium=email&ap…> Dear Peter, When the clock strikes midnight, our email fundraiser will end — but we haven't yet hit our goal. Please take one minute to renew your R 50 <https://donate.wikimedia.org/?utm_campaign=C1617_Email3&utm_medium=email&ap…> donation to Wikipedia. If all our past donors simply gave again today, we wouldn't have to worry about fundraising for the rest of the year. We’re a small nonprofit. We’re independent. We don’t run ads or sell services to our readers. Though our size requires us to maintain the server space and programming power of a top site, we are sustained by the support of our donors who give an average of about R 175. This year, will you take one minute to keep our work going? <https://donate.wikimedia.org/?utm_campaign=C1617_Email2&utm_medium=email&ap…> R 50 » <https://donate.wikimedia.org/?utm_campaign=C1617_Email2&utm_medium=email&ap…> R 100 » <https://donate.wikimedia.org/?utm_campaign=C1617_Email2&utm_medium=email&ap…> R 300 » <https://donate.wikimedia.org/?utm_campaign=C1617_Email2&utm_medium=email&ap…> Other » <https://donate.wikimedia.org/?utm_campaign=C1617_Email2&utm_medium=email&ap…> Renew your donation: R 50 » Thank you, Jimmy Wales Wikipedia Founder <https://donate.wikimedia.org/?utm_campaign=C1617_Email3&utm_medium=email&ap…> DONATE NOW » You are receiving this email at peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net as a valued donor of the Wikimedia Foundation. If you do not wish to receive any future emails from the Wikimedia Foundation, unsubscribe instantly <https://www.pages04.net/wikimedia/WMFUnsubscribe/Unsubscribe?spMailingID=52…> . Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. P.O. ‌Box 98‌204 Was‌hington, D‌C 200‌90-8204 United S‌tates of America enZAC1617 <http://links.wikimedia.mkt4477.com/open/log/52077018/Mzk5NjI0Mzk2ODUS1/0/OT…> No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7752 / Virus Database: 4647/12824 - Release Date: 08/17/16

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