Hi all,
the Wikimedia Foundation's 2013-14 Annual Plan has just been published at
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:2013-2014_WMF_Plan_As_Published.pd...
accompanied by a Q&A:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2013-2014_Annual_Plan_Questions_and_Ans...
The plan was approved by the Board of Trustees on June 28, 2013.
Tilman Bayer, 09/07/2013 07:00:
Hi all,
the Wikimedia Foundation's 2013-14 Annual Plan has just been published at
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:2013-2014_WMF_Plan_As_Published.pd...
accompanied by a Q&A:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2013-2014_Annual_Plan_Questions_and_Ans...
Thanks. There are currently 14 sections on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_budget#2013-14.
Nemo
On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Tilman Bayer tbayer@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi all,
the Wikimedia Foundation's 2013-14 Annual Plan has just been published at
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:2013-2014_WMF_Plan_As_Published.pd...
accompanied by a Q&A:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2013-2014_Annual_Plan_Questions_and_Ans...
The plan was approved by the Board of Trustees on June 28, 2013.
I have converted it to wiki text.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Plan_2013-14
It doesnt have the graphs yet. Maybe someone at WMF can easily create those graphs from the original document? If not, we'll have to rebuild them.
-- John Vandenberg
John Vandenberg wrote:
I have converted it to wiki text.
I wonder why it requires a volunteer to pick up a task that WMF employees should have done in the first place...
-- Tomasz
On Saturday, July 13, 2013, Tomasz W. Kozlowski wrote:
John Vandenberg wrote:
I have converted it to wiki text.
I wonder why it requires a volunteer to pick up a task that WMF employees should have done in the first place...
-- Tomasz
The Annual Plan is not really meant to be freely editable. The people building the plan didn't just "forget" to make it in to a wiki page, they no doubt chose not to. If John or someone wants to convert it they're free to do so naturally, but it's unlikely it will be treated as a canonical version. As people edit it, it's going to lead to discrepancies with the original, which no doubt will confuse and annoy people looking for its contents.
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On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Steven Walling steven.walling@gmail.com wrote:
The Annual Plan is not really meant to be freely editable.
Many WMF documents that are not meant to be editable exist in wiki form. Wiki pages integrate nicely with commons and our localization tools, generate anchors for every section, render tables that are easier to copy.
I imagine one reason we don't have more documents in wiki version is that many of us use Google Docs / Office / Adobe toolchains, for their real-time collaboration and annotation and elegant-printing capabilities. And we don't have a one-click export-to-wiki tool (or a "convert-on-upload" option) that works on all of those document formats. That makes it a chore to generate a wiki version, which only happens when someone remembers to make it so.
Our financial documents are often wikified (quite handy; thank you to the team for making it so!) -- including recent audited financials and annual reports. http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Financial_Reports/Financial_Statements_E... http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Annual_Report/2010-11
Regards, SJ
As SJ and John have pointed out, there are many good reasons to wikify documents like this, not in the least to allow deep linking, and make reading more convenient on mediums that don't play nicely with PDF (like smartphones). So long as the wikified version is protected so as to maintain its integrity, I don't think there'll be any serious problems.
Cheers, Craig
On 14 July 2013 04:39, Steven Walling steven.walling@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, July 13, 2013, Tomasz W. Kozlowski wrote:
John Vandenberg wrote:
I have converted it to wiki text.
I wonder why it requires a volunteer to pick up a task that WMF employees should have done in the first place...
-- TomaszThe Annual Plan is not really meant to be freely editable. The people building the plan didn't just "forget" to make it in to a wiki page, they no doubt chose not to. If John or someone wants to convert it they're free to do so naturally, but it's unlikely it will be treated as a canonical version. As people edit it, it's going to lead to discrepancies with the original, which no doubt will confuse and annoy people looking for its contents.
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Presumably the official plan (the master) would remain as the PDF version as approved by the board?
Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
On 14 July 2013 12:50, Craig Franklin cfranklin@halonetwork.net wrote:
As SJ and John have pointed out, there are many good reasons to wikify documents like this, not in the least to allow deep linking, and make reading more convenient on mediums that don't play nicely with PDF (like smartphones). So long as the wikified version is protected so as to maintain its integrity, I don't think there'll be any serious problems.
Cheers, Craig
On 14 July 2013 04:39, Steven Walling steven.walling@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, July 13, 2013, Tomasz W. Kozlowski wrote:
John Vandenberg wrote:
I have converted it to wiki text.
I wonder why it requires a volunteer to pick up a task that WMF
employees
should have done in the first place...
-- TomaszThe Annual Plan is not really meant to be freely editable. The people building the plan didn't just "forget" to make it in to a wiki page, they no doubt chose not to. If John or someone wants to convert it they're
free
to do so naturally, but it's unlikely it will be treated as a canonical version. As people edit it, it's going to lead to discrepancies with the original, which no doubt will confuse and annoy people looking for its contents.
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Presumably yes. That's the usual procedure for other wikified or translated docs. On Jul 14, 2013 8:31 AM, "Richard Symonds" richard.symonds@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Presumably the official plan (the master) would remain as the PDF version as approved by the board?
Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
On 14 July 2013 12:50, Craig Franklin cfranklin@halonetwork.net wrote:
As SJ and John have pointed out, there are many good reasons to wikify documents like this, not in the least to allow deep linking, and make reading more convenient on mediums that don't play nicely with PDF (like smartphones). So long as the wikified version is protected so as to maintain its integrity, I don't think there'll be any serious problems.
Cheers, Craig
On 14 July 2013 04:39, Steven Walling steven.walling@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, July 13, 2013, Tomasz W. Kozlowski wrote:
John Vandenberg wrote:
I have converted it to wiki text.
I wonder why it requires a volunteer to pick up a task that WMF
employees
should have done in the first place...
-- TomaszThe Annual Plan is not really meant to be freely editable. The people building the plan didn't just "forget" to make it in to a wiki page,
they
no doubt chose not to. If John or someone wants to convert it they're
free
to do so naturally, but it's unlikely it will be treated as a canonical version. As people edit it, it's going to lead to discrepancies with
the
original, which no doubt will confuse and annoy people looking for its contents.
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Thank you, Tilman.
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 7:06 AM, John Vandenberg jayvdb@gmail.com wrote:
I have converted it to wiki text. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Plan_2013-14
It doesnt have the graphs yet. Maybe someone at WMF can easily create those graphs from the original document? If not, we'll have to rebuild them.
And thank you, John! This is great, and allows for more precise deep-linking. Now that the plan is no longer a slide-deck, we can start generating the wiki version by default, as we do with the FAQ. Here the images can be extracted from the PDF but it would be good to get the original table data.
Sam.
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