Hello colleagues,
Please allow me to introduce User:Clovermoss
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Clovermoss>. She volunteered to
collaborate with me on writing this and future issues of *What's Making You
Happy this Week?* and *The Signpost*'s "On the bright side".
Clovermoss is from Canada. She registered on English Wikipedia in September
2018, and she is a graduate of User:Nick Moyes
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nick_Moyes>' adoption program
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user>. She recently made
her 4,000th contribution.
Please treat Clovermoss as you would like to have been treated when you
were new here.
*From Clovermoss*:
This week, I'm thankful that I am going to start collaborating with Pine
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pine> for *On The Bright Side*. I have
been a fan of this *Signpost* feature for a long time and I'm excited to
help make it happen. I'm also thankful for this photo
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fall%C3%A4tsche_South_Moss_in_Autumn.jpg>.
I find that photographs of nature have a tendency to appeal to me, and I
think that this one is stunning. I like moss for its unique texture and
just for being something that exists. I adore the leaves that can be seen
every autumn where I live, and I miss seeing them everywhere I go. However,
I'm also thankful for the comforting aspects of winter: hot chocolate,
candy canes, and the warmth at home.
*From Pine*:
I am grateful to Clovermoss for agreeing to collaborate. I think that
readers will appreciate seeing a new perspective and a new writing style.
Also, because I will spend less time writing *WMYHTW*, I think that I will
be able to spend a little more time on the pilot phase of NavWiki
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Navwiki>. NavWiki is progressing
slowly but well.
The topic of writing reminds me of a video clip from *Star Trek: The Next
Generation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation>*.
In this scene, Captain Jean-Luc Picard
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Luc_Picard> receives a visit from the
alien "Q". Q is powerful and unpredictable. Here, he offers to help Picard
with drafting a speech (Youtube link)
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuyjhM1vL9I>.
Finally, some thoughts about listening
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listening>. Listening can be done casually,
aggressively, carefully, poorly, well, and any number of other ways.
Clovermoss appears to invest a lot of time and effort in listening. Captain
Picard did too. The actor who portrayed Picard, Patrick Stewart
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Stewart>, stated:
<https://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2019/07/everything-you-need-to-know-…>
"One of the things that I’ve come to understand is that as I talk a lot
about Picard, what I find is I’m talking about myself. There was a sort of
double action that occurred. In one sense Picard was expanding like this
and at the same time he was also growing closer and closer to me as well
and in some respect I suppose even had some influence on me. I became a
better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing Jean-Luc Picard
because it was one of the things that he does terrifically well."
*Closing comments*
What’s making you happy this week? You are welcome to write in any
language. You are also welcome to start a WMYHTW thread next week.
Additional translations of the subject line of this email would be
appreciated on Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine/WMYHTW_translations>. Thanks to
User:Lucas_Werkmeister
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lucas_Werkmeister> for the German
translation.
Best wishes,
Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
Hello colleagues,
The Wikimedia Café meetings have generally been well received. We had
approximately seven people in the December meeting. In an attempt to make
the meetings be accessible to more people, in January 2020 the Café is
tentatively scheduled for a Saturday, and the Café will be earlier in the
day. The meeting will be on 25 January 2020 at the following time: 11:30 AM
EST, 4:30 PM UTC, and 10 PM ITC.
During the most recent Café we had an extensive discussion about
documentation for Wikitext and templates. We ran out of time to discuss
NavWiki <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/NavWiki>. For the January
meeting the only non-introductory agenda item so far is NavWiki. You are
welcome to add more items to the agenda
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Caf%C3%A9#25_January_2020_at_11:3…>
.
As usual, the meeting style for the Café will emphasize discussion rather
than presentation. People are welcome to participate as listeners only if
they prefer.
Please see the page on Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Caf%C3%A9> for more information
about the Café. Please watch the page for any updates, particularly to the
schedule or the agenda. Signing up for the meeting is optional, but is
helpful to the organizers so that we can estimate how many people will
attend. Signing up for the meeting also informs us who we should notify
individually if there are significant changes, such as changes to the
schedule.
If there are any problems with connecting to the meeting or if you have any
questions or comments then please write on the Meta talk page.
Best wishes for the new year,
Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
Hi all, and happy holidays to everyone who celebrates them now.
We at Wikimedia Ukraine are wrapping up the year, and we decided to look
back at our biggest highlights and achievements in 2019.
In 2019, we celebrated our 10th anniversary, developed a long-term strategy
— and continued to develop all our landmark projects and programs, such as
Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Monuments, Wikipedia Education Program, fight
for the freedom of panorama in Ukraine, and much more.
Check a detailed article on our blog —
https://wikimediaukraine.wordpress.com/2019/12/28/wmua-2019-en
Best,
Anton Protsiuk
Project Manager at Wikimedia Ukraine
Dear friends and colleagues
before new year I would like to share the wonderful news that we received
today. Turkey's Constitutional Court finds that the Wikipedia ban
constitutes a violation of the right to freedom of expression. The high
court also requests Ankara 1st Criminal Judgeship of Peace to remove the
ban immediately. Wikipedia has been banned since Apr 2017.
Mardetanha
Hello Wikim[p]edians,
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate and a wonderful New year as we clock
this year to an end.
Please find here a link to our newsletter for November
<https://mailchi.mp/75bf2c909870/november-2019-newsletter> which highlights
current happenings from our community and upcoming activities to
participate remotely.
Don't forget to subscribe to keep updated!
Have a great day!
Best,
Joy
On Behalf of Open Foundation West Africa
Hi,
One of these oddly-working features of MediaWiki is import sources: from
which wikis can you import content into your wiki.
The default is none. Nevertheless, a lot of wikis in all kinds of languages
do want to import from other wikis, which makes a lot of sense. You can see
the full list here:
https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=InitialiseSettings.php
(This page is huge; search for wgImportSources.)
Since there is no default, every new wiki has to create its own entry
there. It's not a part of the usual wiki creation process (
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Add_a_wiki ), so people only notice
this when they try to import something and nothing works, at which point
they often aren't sure who should they ask to fix this.
Does anyone object to having some sensible default for this, so that at
least something will work when people try to import?
Taking the most common sources listed in the file above looks like a good
starting point.
I proposed this almost a year ago (
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214139 ), but the commetns there suggest
that a wider consensus is needed, so here I am.
--
Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
http://aharoni.wordpress.com
“We're living in pieces,
I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
