Wikimedia-l December 2019

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Wikimedia Serbia board members
by Filip Maljkovic 10 Dec '19

10 Dec '19

Hello everyone, Wikimedia Serbia held its General Assembly last night, when I formally stepped down as the president of the chapter, after being in that position for 6 years. Miroslav Loci (aka Mickey Mystique) was unanimously elected as the new president of Wikimedia Serbia. Marko Adam stepped down as a board member and Teodora Lukić is the newly elected board member. Therefore, the board of Wikimedia Serbia now consists of the following people: 1. Miroslav Loci - president 2. Đorđe Stakić - vice-president 3. Filip Maljković 4. Miljan Simonović 5. Bojana Satarić 6. Teodora Lukić It has been a privilege to serve as the president of Wikimedia Serbia and I'm certain that it will remain a stable and regionally strong chapter in the following years. Cheers, Filip Maljković

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Remember Wikipedia Zero.. Where is the research about the effects of its demise?
by Gerard Meijssen 09 Dec '19

09 Dec '19

Hoi, The BBC shows how dramatically expensive internet is in Africa.. For in my opinion local political reasons Wikipedia Zero has terminated. That is ok up to a point; the point being that we understand the consequences from this action. Given that our data is NOT local, people have to pay a premium. What are we going to do to compensate for expensive Wikipedia that replaced Wikipedia Zero? Did we study the effects or are we not interested in the consequences of our actions? Thanks, GerardM https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-50516888

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Что вас радует на этой неделе? / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 8 Dec 2019)
by Pine W 08 Dec '19

08 Dec '19

Hello, In the light of recent suggestions that these emails become shorter, this week I will share only two comments of my own. * I am thankful for useful feedback regarding these emails. * I am thankful to someone who did a random act of kindness for me. Their action felt like gentle sunshine amidst many challenges. *Regarding translations* * 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 Amire80 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Amire80> for the Russian translation. *Your turn* * 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. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )

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New Partial block model policy
by Sydney Poore 06 Dec '19

06 Dec '19

Hello all, I’m writing to let you know that now there is a Partial block model policy1 on Meta. If your local wiki does not have a policy to cover partial blocks then the model policy could be adapted for the wiki. Or if you have already written a customized policy for your wiki, you can share it on the Meta page for possible use by other wikis. There is also a page where you can share examples of the way that you are using partial block on your wiki. Please also ask a question or make comments about using partial blocks on the talk page or by email. Warm Regards, Sydney 1 Partial blocks model policy https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Partial_block_model_policy 2 Use Case examples https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Partial_blocks_use_case_examples -- Sydney Poore (she/her) Strategist, socio-technical Wikimedia Foundation Trust and Safety team; Anti-harassment tools team

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WikiDonne User Group - 2018/2019 Report
by camelia boban 05 Dec '19

05 Dec '19

Dear wikimedians, at this link <http://WikiDonne/Reports/Report 2018-2019> you can find the WDG's last report with activities done from November 2018 to November 2019. Please feel free to ask any question and send your thoughts. Yours, Camelia Boban on behalf of WikiDonne User Group -- *Camelia Boban* *| Java EE Developer |* *Affiliations Committee - **Wikimedia Foundation* Diversity WG for Wikimedia Strategy 2030 *Interwiki Women <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Interwiki_Women_Collaboration> | **Wiki Loves Sport <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Sport> | Wiki Loves Fashion <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Fashion>* WMIT <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Italia> - WMSE <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Sverige> - WMAR <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Argentina> - WMCH <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CH> Member M. +39 3383385545 camelia.boban(a)gmail.com *Aissa Technologies* <http://aissatechnologies.eu/>* | *Twitter <https://twitter.com/cameliaboban> *|* *LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/camelia-boban-31319122>* *Wikipedia <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utente:Camelia.boban> **| **WikiDonne UG <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiDonne>* | *WikiDonne Project <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progetto:WikiDonne> *

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Wikimedia Colombia new Board members
by Frank Ballesteros 04 Dec '19

04 Dec '19

Hi all, On November 27th, 2019, the Assembly of Wikimedia Colombia met in Extraordinary Assembly of members and partially renewed its Board. Here is a brief presentation of the newly elected board members: * Monica Paola Bonilla Parra, Mpbonillap or Gutemonik in Wikimedia projects. She contributes in native language projects and open source language. She was elected as the new president of our chapter. * Frank Alexander Ballesteros Riveros, Baiji in Wikimedia projects, sysop and long-time contributor in the Spanish Wikipedia and other projects since 2006. He was elected as the new treasurer of our chapter. The other board members remain unchanged. This brings to a 50% the number of women in our board. We also would like to thank Juan Sebastian Quintero Santacruz and Ivan Quintero Santacruz for having worked hard with us. We know you're still around. Best regards, >From the Board of Wikimedia Colombia

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Choose our fundraising messaging!
by Joseph Seddon 04 Dec '19

04 Dec '19

Hey all! - Fundraising could use your assistance in selecting messaging to use in one of our fundraising banners. All perform similarly. Just selected your preferred option on this form: https://forms.gle/F52SL7KwVesNjrNq7 <https://forms.gle/F52SL7KwVesNjrNq7?fbclid=IwAR3bftVLAa5TToVjS1yUmVY5Nd5gZS…> -- Seddon *Community and Audience Engagement Associate* *Advancement (Fundraising), Wikimedia Foundation*

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Announcing the inaugural members of our new Communications Committee
by Gregory Varnum 04 Dec '19

04 Dec '19

Hello! I am thrilled to announce the inaugural members of the new Wikimedia Foundation Communications Committee have been selected. These eleven community members were chosen from an impressive group of applicants. We carefully reviewed each candidate, and made our final selections based in part on the overall diversity and skillset of the group as a whole. Please join me in congratulating our inaugural members: 1. Fawaz Tairou (User:Fawaz.tairou) - Benin 2. Anne Clin (User:Risker) - Canada 3. Justice Okai-Allotey (User:Owula kpakpo) - Ghana 4. Paulina Lordméndez (User:Paulina Lordméndez) - Mexico 5. Maiken Hagemeister (User:Maiken Hagemeister (WMDE)) - Germany 6. Itzik Edri (User:Itzike) - Israel 7. Mohammed Sadat Abdulai (User:Masssly) - Ghana 8. Nahid Sultan (User:NahidSultan) - Bangladesh 9. Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (User:KCVelaga) - India 10. Habib Mhenni (User:Dyolf77) - Tunisia 11. Virginia Díez (User:Virginia Díez (WMES)) - Spain The inaugural committee will begin working with the Wikimedia Foundation Communications department in the coming months to develop key goals and processes toward better collaboration between the department and community leaders. We are hopeful and excited that this group will open new avenues for discussion, sharing and highlighting the work of the movement. You can find out more about the committee, its progress, and how to engage directly with members via their Meta-Wiki page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ComCom. We also want to encourage folks interested in movement communications to join the Movement communications group ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MoveCom), which has replaced the space for large group discussion of movement communications served by the previous iteration of this committee. Again, congratulations to our inaugural members and thank you to everyone who showed interest in joining! -greg -- Gregory Varnum (pronouns - he/his/him) Communications Strategist Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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World AIDS Day current events page
by Pharos 04 Dec '19

04 Dec '19

I'd like to share our current events page collaboration, covering Word AIDS Day, which is today, December 1,with a compendium of events worldwide : https://wikispore.wmflabs.org/wiki/Event:World_AIDS_Day_2019 I encourage anyone interested to edit and expand and update this page, and to make it more complete in medicine and public policy areas, and particularly to have better global coverage outside of the USA. This effort is part of the current events project on Wikispore: https://wikispore.wmflabs.org/wiki/Event_Spore (You have to register a new account on Wikispore, you can just use you Wikimedia username, but for security reasons use a different password. We will merge the accounts later.) For the Meta proposal for Wikispore of which the current events project is a part, see and participate at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikispore Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)

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Wikimedia Colombia new Board members
by Frank Ballesteros 03 Dec '19

03 Dec '19

Hi all, On November 27th, 2019, the Assembly of Wikimedia Colombia met in Extraordinary Assembly of Partners and partialy renewed its Board. Here is a brief presentation of the newly elected board members: * Monica Paola Bonilla Parra, Mpbonillap or Gutemonik in Wikimedia projects. She use to contributes in native language projects and open source language. She was elected as new president of our chapter. * Frank Alexander Ballesteros Riveros, Baiji in Wikimedia projects, sysop and long-time contributor in the Spanish Wikipedia and other projects since 2006. He was elected as new treasurer of our chapter. The other board members remain unchanged. This brings to 50% the number of women in our board. We also would like to thank Juan Sebastian Quintero Santacruz and Ivan Quintero Santacruz for having worked hard with us. We know you're still around. Best regards, >From the board of Wikimedia Colombia

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