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Wikimedia Foundation Board Recruitment: Updates
by Nataliia Tymkiv 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

Dear all, The Board Governance Committee (BGC) has been working on finalizing another potential candidate [1]. The results of the process were successful and the Board has unanimously appointed the candidate the BGC has recommended. The announcement is planned for December 1, 2017, so in two days the Wikimedia Foundation Board will be finally complete (ten members). But the Board recruitment is actually not over: we have two appointed Board members, whose terms expire next Wikimania - Kelly Battles and Alice Wiegand - so we are going to start working on filling those seats. The ideal timeline is to have potential candidates join us in time for Wikimania 2018. The Board Governance Committee and I personally are thankful to those people who were highly involved in the Board recruitment process: Anna Stillwell, Michelle Paulson and Michelle Muñoz, our Legal and Communications teams, and of course Katherine Maher. And many, many more. [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-October/088797.html Best regards, antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv *NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal working hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend. You should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off. Thank you in advance!*

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First content made for Wikipedia in space!
by Andy Mabbett 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

As some of you may have seen on social media already, the first ever content made specifically for Wikipedia, in space, was uploaded to Commons today, and is now in use on Wikipedia articles. ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli made recordings of his speaking voice in English and his native Italian, as part of the 'Voice Intro Project'. I wrote a blog post about how this came to happen, for the WMF blog: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/11/29/astronaut-spoken-voice/ If you have a social media account, you might like to retweet me: https://twitter.com/pigsonthewing/status/935871619247104000 and/ or this thread: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/935844854260813824 or share the Wikipedia Facebook page's post: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/ or of course post in your own words, with the hashtag #WikiVIP And remember, please, to ask other people who have Wikipedia biographies, or an item on Wikidata, to record their voice, as described at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Voice_intro_project -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Wikipedia mocks expert contributor
by Renée Bagslint 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

A recent Signpost piece, "Good faith gibberish", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/201… chooses to mock the claimed incomprehensibility of certain Wikipedia articles, two of which are mathematics articles by the same author. There are three things which, taken together make this a matter of concern to the wider community. Firstly, the article is by an account self-described "as a WP Visiting Scholar, and Wikipedian in Residence". It is thereby flagged as an emanation of the movement. Secondly, the alleged incomprehensibility of the mathematics articles, which are correct and succinct, is entirely attributable to the ignorance of the Signpost's author and editors. Even those completely ignorant of mathematics could have used Google Books to discover that the Federer--Morse Theorem is not, as suggested, a hoax. Thirdly, the author selected for mockery in this way, user:r.e.b., is not only an expert, but an extremely distinguished mathematician, at a level equivalent to a Nobel prize-winner in another discipline. He has written numerous articles on mathematics and I have long thought that Wikipedia scarcely deserves his work. Now I'm sure of it. So there we have it. A Wikpedian-in-Residence makes it clear that "experts are scum". Is this the message the community chooses to present going forward?

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Wikimedia Conference 2018: Registration now open
by Daniela Gentner 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

Dear Wikimedians, We are delighted to announce that the registration for the Wikimedia Conference 2018 [1], which will be held in Berlin from Friday, April 20, through Sunday, April 22, is now open! Following Abraham’s invitation, we would like to provide you with important information regarding the eligibility for participation, participant number regulation, registration procedure, specifics in regards to the travel and hotel booking as well as the visa application process. ==Eligibility criteria and participant number regulation== The eligibility criteria for participating in the Wikimedia Conference 2018 are aligned to the Affiliates’ Agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation. Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups must have shown signs of recent activity (within the last six months as of September 30, 2017) and be up-to-date on their reporting [2] by the eligibility deadline (December 15, 2017). Moreover, affiliations need to have been officially recognized by the Wikimedia Foundation before January 1, 2017. Before registering for the conference, please check the eligibility and status overview of your affiliate as well as the participant number regulation on meta [3]. ==Registration information== To make the conference a success, it will be essential for the invited affiliates to deliberately choose their delegates. Affiliates are asked to only send delegates that are well-informed in goings-on at the affiliate, able to confidently answer questions about it and share experience from their group. They should also be empowered to commit their group to involvement in proposed projects or initiatives. We recommend to follow the “How to select the delegates” information, which is published on meta [4]. People, who are selected by their organization to represent them at the conference, need to register via the registration form [5]. The registration deadline is Monday at midnight CET, January 15, 2018. Please note that we won’t be able to accept and process registrations after this deadline. We are looking forward to also welcoming members of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees and staff, the Funds Dissemination Committee as well as the Affiliations Committee in Berlin. We see a huge advantage in having their representatives participate on site. Please also register via the registration link [5]. In addition to the core-conference, pre-conference Learning Days on Wednesday and Thursday, April 18+19, are organized by the WMF Learning and Evaluation team [6]. There is also a Boards Training Workshop [7] organized by Frans Grijzenhout (chair of Wikimedia Nederland) and Tim-Moritz Hector (chair of Wikimedia Deutschland), which will simultaneously take place on April 18 and 19. Should you be interested in participating in either of the two pre-conference offers, you can indicate your interest in the registration form. Based on our positive experience from 2017, there will again be a chance to directly connect newcomers (who never attended the Wikimedia Conference before) and experienced participants (who visited the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin > 1 times) in the so called Buddy Project [8]. Our aim is that through this offer everyone can make the most of their experience and take as many impressions, contacts, ideas and inspirations home with them as possible. If you would like to take part in the Buddy Project, please specify in the registration form whether you would like to take part as a newcomer or experienced participant. For the purpose of helping affiliates to check that only their selected representatives have registered and enable participants to connect before the conference and stay involved afterwards, we will publish all participants’ names on the meta page [9] shortly after registration. Further information on the registration process can be retrieved from meta [10]. ==Hotel and travel booking== The Wikimedia Conference will take place at the Mercure Hotel Berlin Tempelhof Airport [11] in Berlin’s neighbourhood Neukölln. A high number of hotel rooms, which are conveniently located on the levels above the conference venue, have been reserved for the conference participants. All rooms include Wifi, breakfast and have their own bathroom. Representatives of affiliates with an annual plan grant (group 1) will need to book and pay for their hotel rooms as well as travel individually. The hotel booking form and price information can be found on meta [12]. Affiliates, which don’t receive funding via an annual plan grant (group 2), will be supported by WMDE for their hotel needs and travel booking. Members of the WMF Board, FDC, AffCom or WMF staff (group 3) receive travel and hotel booking support by the WMF travel department. As for additional participants specifically invited by the Program and Engagement Coordinator to complement the conference program (group 4), WMDE will assist you with your hotel and travel booking. We advise you to check meta [3] to which group you belong to. ==Visa information== Please visit the website of the Department of Foreign Affairs in Berlin [13] to find out whether you need a visa for travelling to Germany. In case you are in need of a visa, we advise you to register until December 11, 2017, so that WMDE can assist you with the application process and send you the required visa documents sufficiently in advance. All relevant information and necessary steps to undertake are also described on meta [14]. Wikimedia Deutschland is looking forward to welcoming you in Berlin in April! Please do not hesitate to reach out to us any time via wmcon(a)wikimedia.de should you have any questions or comments. Best regards, WMCON Organizing Team Wikimedia Deutschland wmcon(a)wikimedia.de [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018 [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Eligibility_Crite… [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Program_Design_Pr… [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Registration_Info… [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Learning_and_Evaluation/News/Learning_Days_… [7] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Pre-Conference_Bo… [8] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Buddy_Project [9] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Participants%27_L… [10] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Registration_Info… [11] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Conference_Venue [12] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Travel_and_Hotel_… [13] http://wmde.org/visa_requirements_overview [14] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Visa_Process_and_…

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Day 1 Update - Fundraising
by Joseph Seddon 28 Nov '17

28 Nov '17

Hey all! Just a very brief update! ***We are live!*** Banners went up at 1600UTC. It's been 7ish hours and so far things are ticking over nicely! ***A blog!*** Lisa Gruwell and Megan Hernandez have written a blog post announcing the launch of the campaign and why every donation to Wikipedia is important ( https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/11/28/donation-free-knowledge/) ***Supporting the fundraiser on social media!*** There are a number of ways you can support the fundraiser on social media: [1] Twitter: Share why you love Wikipedia and free knowledge using the hashtag #ILoveWikipedia. [2] Facebook: Put our I Love Wikipedia Facebook frame to your profile pic. You can add it for a few hours, a day, or forever. We made these frames to give our supporters another way to show how important Wikipedia is to them. Over 26,000 Facebook users added the frames during last year’s fundraiser, with over 500,000 views in the first 24 hours. That’s one huge party, and you’re invited. :) (https://www.facebook.com/profilepicframes) [3] Anywhere: Please share something you love about the Wikimedia movement with the donation link (https://donate.wikimedia.org) and the hashtag #ILoveWikipedia. Ask your friends to do it, too! I’m sure teachers, college students, journalists or librarians in your circle might have something to add… [4] Amplify or share our videos, which will be going up on social media over the coming days. The first one is a play on the "cup of coffee" message in our fundraising banner. You can help by sharing on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Whichever floats your boat! ***Sharing videos!*** We're trying something interactive this year on social media. Jimmy Wales has recorded a series of extremely short and playful videos that will explain the importance of Wikipedia, ask our readers to respond to questions in their own words, and/or play on some of our most common elements. There are a number of videos that will go out over social over the coming weeks, including some that are funny and some that are simply informative. We plan to measure how these videos resonate and what effect they have on donations. You can see the first video (about 'the cost of a cup of coffee') on Facebook [1] Twitter [2] Commons [3] YouTube [4] and Vimeo [5] [1] https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/videos/10155753105638346/ [2] https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/935556395398709249 [3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:If_everyone_reading_Wikipedia_right… [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydrpWcsaECg [5] https://vimeo.com/244658321 ***That’s all for now! Thank you everyone for your support! I’ll update you again later in the week!*** Regards -- Seddon *Community and Audience Engagement Associate* *Advancement (Fundraising, Wikimedia Foundation*

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Wikimedia Conference: Join us in Berlin in April 2018!
by Abraham Taherivand 28 Nov '17

28 Nov '17

Wikimedia Conference 2018 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018 Date: April 20 – April 22, 2018 Registration: November 29 – January 15, 2018 Dear Wikimedians, It’s with great pleasure that I invite Wikimedia Affiliates, the WMF Board of Trustees and staff, the Affiliations Committee, and the Funds Dissemination Committee to the Wikimedia Conference 2018. The main conference will take place in Berlin from April 20 to 22, 2018. Wikimedia Deutschland staff and board are looking forward to creating and hosting another event that contributes to the development of the Wikimedia Movement. We are hoping to see a diverse group of participants this year, and look forward to creating three days of working, thinking, and learning together. The event is made possible through the generous financial support of the Wikimedia Foundation. As in the previous years, the program will be built along three thematic tracks: Movement Strategy: The Wikimedia Conference will be one of the major forums for conversations about the future of the movement. Together, we will discuss how movement groups can implement Wikimedia’s new Strategic Direction “Service and Equity”, and how roles, responsibilities and resources can be shared across the movement. Partnerships in the Wikimedia Movement: Based on the conversations at the last Wikimedia Conference, Wikimania, and regional Wikimedia conferences, we aim to continue to offer a space for conversations, experience sharing and learning around partnerships within and outside the Wikimedia movement. Capacity Building & Learning: We will again host a track with sessions that are designed according to the participants’ needs, wishes and experiences as expressed during the registration process. Registration will open on the 29th of November, 2017. Cornelius Kibelka, Program and Engagement Coordinator, and Daniela Gentner, Event Coordinator, will keep you updated about the program design and the logistics in the coming weeks and months. On behalf of Wikimedia Deutschland, I am looking forward to welcoming many of you in Berlin in April. Kind regards, Abraham -- Executive Director Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de

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Looking for advises regarding a public conference about the Wikimedia movement on the topic "Dissemination of Knowledge: What Limits" [Fwd: Re: Conférence Wikipédia]
by mathieu stumpf guntz 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

Saluton ĉiuj, Your fellow wikimedian was invited to present the Wikimedia movement in a conference organized by "Association des Masters en Économie de Strasbourg", which will occur Tuesday, November 28th, in Strasbourg (who would have guest?). More information are below in French, but the main point is that the conference is entitled "Dissemination of Knowledge: What Limits", and after a call to better understand what was expected, the main point which will be presented: 1. How is structured the movement (relation between WMF/Chapters/Communities/Projects…) 2. What are the requirements of Wikipedia regarding information reliability 3. The different knowledge dissemination supports: what limits? The main point, in term of coverage, will be the second. No concern worries me about being able to cover all this topics in a way far more extensive than required for this conference. However, it would be appreciable if feedback was provided regarding what the community as a whole think important to highlight. More broadly any other advise that the topic or the main points might inspire to you would be warmly welcome. Ĝis baldaŭ, mathieu -------- Message transféré -------- Sujet : Re: Conférence Wikipédia Date : Wed, 1 Nov 2017 06:54:55 +0100 De : Amélie BARBIER-GAUCHARD <abarbier(a)unistra.fr> Pour : mathieu stumpf guntz <psychoslave(a)culture-libre.org> Copie à : AMES Strasbourg <ames.strasbourg(a)gmail.com> Bonjour Mathieu, Pour faire suite à notre entretien téléphonique de la semaine dernière, je reviens vers vous pour résumer notre échange sur le déroulement de cette conférence du mardi 28 novembre 2017 à 18h. Cette conférence sera donc articulée autour de trois questions que vous poserons les étudiants organisateurs : 1 - La Fondation Wikimedia, de quoi s’agit-il ? 2 - Quelles sont les exigences de Wikipedia en termes de fiabilité des informations ? 3 - Les différents supports de diffusion des connaissances : quelles limites ? Suite à cela, la parole sera donnée au public pour des questions et un échange avec vous. Pour l’affiche de promotion de cet événement, nous allons corriger votre fonction en vous présentant comme « Contributeur aux projets Wikimédia » et en complétant votre nom en tant que « Mathieu STUMPF GUNTZ" . Par ailleurs, si vous le souhaitez, vous serait-il possible de me faire parvenir une photo de vous que nous pourrons ajouter sur l’affiche ? Tout cela est ok pour vous ? Tenez moi au courant, par avance merci. Au plaisir de vous rencontrer, à bientôt donc. Amélie. > Le 26 oct. 2017 à 10:11, mathieu stumpf guntz > <psychoslave(a)culture-libre.org <mailto:psychoslave@culture-libre.org>> > a écrit : > > Rebonjour > > > Le 26/10/2017 à 06:43, Amélie BARBIER-GAUCHARD a écrit : >> Bonjour Mathieu, >> >> Entendu comme cela, je vous téléphonerai vers 16h30. >> >> Pourriez vous m’indiquer précisément la fonction que vous souhaitez >> voir apparaitre sur l’affiche de l’événement ? > Ah, au vu de l’affiche, j’ai bien fait de signaler l’erreur, je ne me > doutait pas que ce serait mis tellement en avant dans la communication > en amont. Est-ce que « Contributeur aux projets Wikimédia » pourrait > convenir ? C’est un peu long, mais un laconique « wikimédien » serait > sans doute peut parlant. > > En effet, au vu de l’angle sous lequel l’affiche est présenté, je > pense que toucher un mot sur les projets Wikimédia au-delà de > Wikipédia pourrait s’avérer intéressant. Wikipédia est le plus connu > des projets soutenu par la fondation Wikimédia, mais d’autres projets > proposent des plateforme de partage pour des connaissances sortent du > cadre encyclopédique. >> >> Je vous la transmets en PJ en l’état pour info. > Merci. Du coup comme dit, si je suis cité je préfèrerais apparaître > comme mathieu stumpf guntz. Aussi, sauf si j’ai mal compris la > demande, je crois que je ne serais pas le seul intervenant et je > trouverait plus juste de voir apparaître nos deux noms. Enfin nous > pourrons discuter de ça plus plus en détail tout à l’heure. >> >> Bonne journée à vous, à tout à l’heure. >> >> Cordialement. >> >> Amélie. >> >> >> PS 1 : en effet, par habitude de l’usage de Mr dans les échanges en >> anglais, il m’arrive de commettre cette erreur >> >> PS 2 : pour le tutoiement, de mon coté, il faudra attendre de se >> rencontrer > Pas de soucis. :) >> >> <Wversion3.png> >> >>> Le 26 oct. 2017 à 04:36, mathieu stumpf guntz >>> <psychoslave(a)culture-libre.org >>> <mailto:psychoslave@culture-libre.org>> a écrit : >>> >>> Pas de souci. Je suis joignable au 06.27.42.08.39 >>> >>> Petite correction sur l’annonce de Cyrille, je n’ai pas de statut >>> d’administrateur sur Wikipédia. Ça n’a pas grande importance pour le >>> sujet qui nous concerne, par contre ça me semblait d’autant plus >>> pertinent de rectifier au vu du sujet. :) >>> >>> Et tant qu’à faire dans le pointillisme, l’usage en français retient >>> M. plutôt que Mr qui prévaut en anglais. Et j’en profite pour >>> ajouter que je n’ai pour ma part pas de souci à être nommé par mon >>> prénom ou mon pseudo, pas plus qu’à être tutoyé par tout à chacun. >>> Cela étant, je ne m’offusque pas si mon interlocuteur me vouvoie et >>> m’interpelle par mon nom de famille, qui du reste est passé à Stumpf >>> Guntz depuis mon mariage. >>> >>> À tantôt. >>> >>> >>> Le 25/10/2017 à 22:09, Amélie BARBIER-GAUCHARD a écrit : >>>> Mr Bertin, >>>> >>>> Merci beaucoup pour votre retour. >>>> >>>> Mr Stumpf, pourrions nous convenir d’un entretien téléphonique >>>> demain à 16h30 ? De mon côté, je suis joignable au 06 01 84 78 03. >>>> >>>> Tenez moi au courant, par avance merci. >>>> >>>> Cordialement. >>>> >>>> >>>>> Le 25 oct. 2017 à 10:58, Cyrille Bertin >>>>> <cyrille.bertin(a)wikimedia.fr <mailto:cyrille.bertin@wikimedia.fr>> >>>>> a écrit : >>>>> >>>>> Bonjour Mme BARBIER GAUCHARD, >>>>> >>>>> Après consultation de nos acteurs chevronnés, en proximité avec >>>>> votre université, nous avons pu mettre la main sur un intervenant >>>>> pertinent. >>>>> Il s'agit, en l'occurrence, de M. Mathieu STUMPF, qui offre le >>>>> double avantage d'être strasbourgeois et, par ailleurs, >>>>> administrateur de Wikipédia en français. >>>>> M. STUMPF est en copie de ce mail. Je vous laisse donc vous >>>>> accorder sur la teneur de son intervention. >>>>> >>>>> Espérant avoir répondu à votre demande. >>>>> >>>>> Bien à vous, >>>>> >>>>> *Cyrille BERTIN* >>>>> Secrétaire général >>>>> >>>>> */Tél+33 1 42 36 97 71 >>>>> <tel:%2B33%201%2042%2036%2097%2072>/*ou_*/+33 6 82 37 62 75 >>>>> <tel:%2B33%206%2082%2037%2062%2075>/*_ >>>>> >>>>> *WIKIMEDIA FRANCE* >>>>> Association pour le libre partage de la connaissance >>>>> */www.wikimedia.fr <http://www.wikimedia.fr/> /* >>>>> /40 rue de clery, //75002 Paris/ >>>>> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/691082430#map=19/48.86814/2.34683> >>>>> */ >>>>> /* >>>>> */<https://dons.wikimedia.fr/adhesion/b> <https://dons.wikimedia.fr/> >>>>> /* >>>> >>>> >>>> Inscrivez-vous à la newsletter de la Faculté >>>> <http://ecogestion.unistra.fr/inscription-a-la-lettre-dinformation/> >>>> >>>> ********** >>>> Amélie BARBIER-GAUCHARD >>>> >>>> Vice-doyen, >>>> Maître de conférences-HDR en Sciences Economiques, >>>> Responsable du Master Macroéconomie et politiques européennes, >>>> Responsable Cellule Formation, Insertion, Stages, Emploi. >>>> >>>> Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion - BETA (UMR 7522) >>>> 61, avenue de la Forêt Noire >>>> 67085 STRASBOURG cedex - FRANCE >>>> >>>> Tél fixe : 03 68 85 20 78 >>>> Tél portable : 06 01 84 78 03 >>>> Website :http://www.barbier-gauchard.com >>>> <http://www.barbier-gauchard.com/> >>>> Twitter : @barbiergauchard >>>> >>>> ERMEES Website : http://ermees.fr/ >>>> ERMEES Twitter : @UDS_Ermees >>>> >>>> ********** >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> Inscrivez-vous à la newsletter de la Faculté >> <http://ecogestion.unistra.fr/inscription-a-la-lettre-dinformation/> >> >> ********** >> Amélie BARBIER-GAUCHARD >> >> Vice-doyen, >> Maître de conférences-HDR en Sciences Economiques, >> Responsable du Master Macroéconomie et politiques européennes, >> Responsable Cellule Formation, Insertion, Stages, Emploi. >> >> Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion - BETA (UMR 7522) >> 61, avenue de la Forêt Noire >> 67085 STRASBOURG cedex - FRANCE >> >> Tél fixe : 03 68 85 20 78 >> Tél portable : 06 01 84 78 03 >> Website :http://www.barbier-gauchard.com >> <http://www.barbier-gauchard.com/> >> Twitter : @barbiergauchard >> >> ERMEES Website : http://ermees.fr/ >> ERMEES Twitter : @UDS_Ermees >> >> ********** >> > > Inscrivez-vous à la newsletter de la Faculté <http://ecogestion.unistra.fr/inscription-a-la-lettre-dinformation/> ********** Amélie BARBIER-GAUCHARD Vice-doyen, Maître de conférences-HDR en Sciences Economiques, Responsable du Master Macroéconomie et politiques européennes, Responsable Cellule Formation, Insertion, Stages, Emploi. Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion - BETA (UMR 7522) 61, avenue de la Forêt Noire 67085 STRASBOURG cedex - FRANCE Tél fixe : 03 68 85 20 78 Tél portable : 06 01 84 78 03 Website :http://www.barbier-gauchard.com Twitter : @barbiergauchard ERMEES Website : http://ermees.fr/ ERMEES Twitter : @UDS_Ermees **********

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Experimental onion service for all Wikimedia projects set up by Alec Muffett
by Cristian Consonni 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

Hi all, Some months ago, the idea of setting up an onion service for Wikimedia projects was discussed on this list[1] and as a proposal in IdeaLab on Meta[2]. Today, Alec Muffett announced on Twitter[3] that he created «as an experiment» a series of read-only mirrors of all the Wikimedia projects. He will be running them for some time. The service is reachable with a Tor-enabled browser at the following address: https://www.qgssno7jk2xcr2sj.onion/ If you want to try out the service, first visit the addresses listed in this page and add exceptions for the SSL certificates: https://gist.github.com/alecmuffett/3da587fde6aef90ba3e49e8858fafdae (this is one of the limits of having a non-official service) Alec Muffett is the author of the Enterprise Onion Toolkit (EOTK)[4], a FLOSS project which "does for Onions what LetsEncrypt does for SSL", that is providing a simple way to transform websites in Onion services (which are accessible only and contained within the Tor network). Alec used EOTK for creating this demo. He was also behind the onion service for Facebook[5]. IMO this service, even with its current limitations, is quite awesome and I am very happy to see it. It is exactly the kind of proof of concept that I wanted to create with my proposal. So now there's that. Enjoy! Cristian [1]: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-June/087708.html [2]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/A_Tor_Onion_Service_for_Wiki… [3]:https://twitter.com/AlecMuffett/status/933739816038076419 [4]: https://github.com/alecmuffett/eotk [5]: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/10/facebook-offers-hidd…

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Net neutrality
by Gerard Meijssen 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

Hoi, With the demise of net neutrality in the USA, have their been consideration for the impact it may have for the services provided by the Wikimedia Foundation? We are reliant on servers in the USA, as the quality of the service in the USA is no longer a given, what are the risks? Thanks, GerardM

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] The other side of the crisis at WMFR
by María Sefidari 26 Nov '17

26 Nov '17

Dear all, We would like to specifically address the allegations related to harassment in this thread’s original email. We take all allegations of harassment seriously. Earlier this year, the Board of Trustees was informed that allegations of harassment had been made against the Wikimedia Foundation Board Chair dating back to his time as chair of Wikimédia France. We immediately directed the Foundation to investigate. The Foundation employed independent, external experts and conducted an investigation. Based on the information presented, the investigation found no support for the allegations. That conclusion was conveyed to the Wikimedia Foundation Board as well as the chair of Wikimédia France. The Wikimedia Foundation remains committed to independent investigation if presented with new information. Absent such information, we consider the allegations to be without merit. On behalf of the Board, María Sefidari El 8 oct. 2017 5:20, "John Erling Blad" <jeblad(a)gmail.com> escribió: When I first saw the posts I thought it would probably be more opinions to them than the very clear blame-game that were going on. Having a partly anonymous community and a chapter that only represents some of the users are an invitation to fierce battles. Whatever going on at WMFR, I believe it is time for reevaluating the role of WMF in this. I'm wondering if there should be a new board for WMF, unless they get a new chair themselves asap. Reorganize, solve the problems, and move on. No, I do not know any of the people involved. John Erling Blad /jeblad On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Marie-Alice Mathis < mariealice.gariel(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I haven’t had a real opportunity to introduce myself: I am Marie-Alice > Mathis, 32, a now ex-member of the Board of Wikimédia France. > > The transition with the newly elected members of the Board is now complete > and I gladly step down to get away from the violence, exhaustion and > frustration of these past few months. > > I was a Board candidate because after completing my PhD I finally had more > time to contribute to the projects and serve the community through the > French chapter: after watching my husband Rémi Mathis do it for years I had > a pretty good idea of what it meant. I did not know our ED Nathalie Martin > or our chair Émeric Vallespi before working with them, and now that I have > I can vouch for their hard work and attachment to the movement’s values. > > Today, I have lost friends or people I thought were friends because I > defended Nathalie and Émeric in good faith during the smear campaign based > on the community’s assumption that they were the source and cause of all > the chapter’s problems, real or perceived. Although I have worked with them > closely for a year, I have been repeatedly informed that I’ve been > manipulated by Nathalie from the start and should not have blindly believed > everything Émeric was saying. I’ve been personally attacked on WMF sites, > email lists, and social media for weeks, my every word scrutinised, > questioned and mocked assuming I was either ignorant or lying. I’ve been > told by so-called feminists who were endorsing a particularly sexist rant > against me to “stop making inflammatory comments”. I’ve been called a > conspiracy theorist because I questioned the role of our former chair > Christophe Henner, now chair of the Board at the WMF, in the threats to > withdraw our chapter agreement and the cutting of half our FDC funding. > People close to Christophe who have resigned from the WMFR Board early in > the crisis rather than take responsibility for their mistakes now call > themselves victims and whistleblowers. The WMF, who is perfectly aware of > the charges of sexual harassment filed by Nathalie against Christophe for > facts dating back to when he was her boss at Wikimédia France, is > pretending WMFR leadership has used the threat of legal action to > intimidate chapter members and silence opposition. > > Some unfounded allegations have been made on this very list by prominent > members of the community (and what is a newbie’s word worth in that case, > right?): from extremely serious accusations of misuse of chapter funds for > personal gain (that strangely enough never made it to the French justice > system despite a so-called “rather convincing rationale”), to gratuitous > ones that Nathalie was making the Board’s decisions for us and dictating > our communication (I am old enough to write my own emails, thank you very > much), to ever vague ones of “quite generous expenses reimbursement“. None > of this has been supported by proof or tangible facts, but the goal of > spreading distrust and dissent in the chapter and the wider community has > clearly been reached. Even now that Nathalie has left her position and the > Board has resigned, some are still defaming her in the French media in the > hopes of winning the stupid argument of who were the bad guys in the > crisis. > > I am also extremely disappointed that no one from this list asked us (the > Board) what was happening when these allegations were made, with only a > handful of people suggesting to wait before all the facts were known. > Instead, you took for granted the very short and extremely biased English > summaries of the Board’s communications (which were instantly circulated on > this list without our consent and in violation of our chapter’s bylaws), > and joined in the chorus of outrage, condemnation and verbal abuse. > > But worse to me than all this, I am actually terrified at how easily the > Wikimedia community can turn on a person, with no regard whatsoever for > decency or legality, when it has made up its mind about who has no place > there. I have personally experienced what it means to disagree with this > angry mob: questioning the dominant opinion or calling out individuals’ > toxic behaviour makes you in turn acceptable collateral damage and a “fair > game” target for harassment. > > Speaking of this, the movement as a whole needs to address the issue of > staff-volunteers relations exemplified by the rapid turnover of executive > staff across chapters. Nathalie stayed at WMFR an almost record breaking 4 > years, but at what cost? I’m being extremely serious in adding that this > conversation needs to take place before something irreversible happens as a > result of harmful group behaviour within the community. > > Sincerely, > Marie-Alice Mathis // AlienSpoon > > > PS: for your information about my position regarding the WMF’s role in this > crisis and their recent unilaterally added conditions [ > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grant_expectations_for_ > Wikimedia_France_-_2017-2018] > for payment of our FDC-attributed grant, I attach my email to Katy Love > from Sept 20. > > Katy, (Cc WMFr Board and Rémi) > > In the WMF "Grant expectations" document sent to the Board of WMFr, you > mention as a condition for APG funds payment that I do not resign from my > position on the Board until the governance review is complete, and that any > Board member planning to resign must report and justify it to WMF. > > You also mention that you retain the right to cease funding WMFr if you > consider that legal threats are being used inappropriately to stifle civil > and appropriate participation in the chapter. Moreover, you condition > payment to being informed if the chapter leadership feels that legal action > is appropriate to take against current or former board members or staff. > > Let me be clear: these conditions are outrageous and unacceptable. > > First of all, my legitimacy as a Board member of WMFr does not come from > any commitment to WMF but from being democratically elected by French > chapter members. WMF has no say in who stays or not on the Board, and > trying to intervene on such governance issues is, again, putting both > organisations at risk of being legally recognised as co-employers. > > Second, as a (volunteer) Board member I have been subjected to harassment, > sexist abuse, and unjustified allegations of misconduct by community > members, that have impacted my health and mental well being to the point > where I was no longer able to do my (paid) job in cancer patient care and > my GP put me on medical leave. A large volume of this abuse took place on > WMF property (fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipédia:Le_Bistro <http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Le_Bistro> > <http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Le_Bistro> > <http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Le_Bistro> and the > WMF-hosted, > publicly archived mailing lists wikimedia-l and wikimediafr). > You personally and on behalf of WMF encouraged French community members to > challenge chapter leadership citing governance issues, without a word > mentioning the violence suffered by the Board and executive staff at the > hands of some French members during this crisis. Worse, you presented the > Board's email condemning the harassment as inaccurate and problematic, > which made the community feel all the more legitimate in their harmful > attacks. > When I reported the abuse in person to WMF employees during the site visit > you personally empathised with my distress at the time, and thanked me for > being honest about how your email to the wikimediafr list had made our > already precarious situation untenable. And then you did nothing. > My husband Rémi, who witnessed first hand the effects of the harassment on > my health, called on you to release the site visit report so the misconduct > allegations would stop. You didn't, until 3 days before our General > Assembly (where the allegations were repeated), on the same day you asked > that I stay on as a Board member. Even your choice of words in the "Grant > expectations" document is telling: "egregious incivility" is not what we > are talking about here. We are talking about unacceptable and illegal > defamation and harassment with serious real life consequences. > Rémi also called on the wikimedia-l list to stop the unfounded allegations, > and was attacked in turn because of "his conflict of interest as the > husband of a Board member". He also reported the abuse to the WMF > governance committee, to the Suport and Safety team and mentioned it to > Christophe Henner and Katherine Maher on Twitter, to no avail. To this day > we haven't received any support or acknowledgement whatsoever. All the > while the sexist abuse continues, and French editor MrButler was moderated > on the wikimediafr maling list for his continued personal attacks against > me. This is exactly the kind of behaviour the Board's email to the members > was calling out, yet you continue to deliberately ignore it and refuse to > do anything about it. > > Finally, your asking to be informed of any legal action against chapter > members or staff is yet another example of the WMF taking sides while > posing as a neutral arbitrator. Calling someone out on their toxic > behaviour or actually filing a complaint are no legal threats or > intimidation, but by claiming they are you are trying to silence victims by > denying them their basic rights to legal protection. At least two > complaints have been filed against community members and more may be > coming, including on my behalf. You will not be informed because it is not > for WMF to decide whether they are justified or frivolous. > > For all these reasons I am deeply shocked and hurt by your payment > conditions and will not abide by the terms of your grant expectations. With > most of WMFr funding hanging in the balance your unilaterally revised > conditions amount to blackmail but I will not stay in harm's way at the > request of the organisation who has failed me in every aspect when I came > in good faith to work for the community. I will resign when I see fit to > protect my health, and continue to speak honestly and publicly about your > actions and empty words of safety and inclusivity. > > Sincerely, > Marie-Alice Mathis, vice chair of WMFr > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: 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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