The wikipedia community doesn't need WMF permission to act on behalf of the community, imho. There are already a bunch of great wikipedians at the wikis.world instance - it would be a good place to set up some "official" accounts on behalf of the various wikipedia/wikimedia communities.

On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 4:09 AM Philippe Beaudette <philippe@beaudette.me> wrote:
Erik speaks wisely here, and I find myself in concurrence with the others who have spoken up: this is an unusual but important opportunity, and I am disappointed to see that WMF not even swing at the pitch.

Regards,



Philippe Beaudette
Tulsa, OK


On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 7:51 PM David Gerard <dgerard@gmail.com> wrote:
I concur that the WMF should at the very least set up an account
mirroring what's sent to the Twitter account. Or perhaps some
well-known volunteer could set one up. (That's not me volunteering!)
Dip a toe in.


- d.

On Sat, 31 Dec 2022 at 01:15, Erik Moeller <eloquence@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 2:30 PM Erik Moeller <eloquence@gmail.com> wrote:
> > These are just the nonprofits
> > that Wikidata knows about:
> >
> > https://w.wiki/6Am4
>
> Apologies, that was the wrong URL. Here is the correct one for that
> query: https://w.wiki/69V8
>
> And yeah, completely agree re: patience - hope everyone has a nice
> start into the new year! :)
>
> Warmly,
> Erik
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