I came across this press release today on the Wiki Education Foundation,[1] which announces that the WEF is getting $1.39 million from the Stanton Foundation.
When I went to the WEF's website,[2] I must say I was disappointed that the website isn't developed at all, although there is a link to basic information on Meta. And going to the "About" page,[3] my first thought was "Ahhh Lorem ipsum, we meetum againem".
I must also say that the photos stood out; a "Foundation" which has education as its mission, and the imagery that the WEF is putting its name to is people schmoozing, drinking and gambling in a Las Vegas casino. Probably not the sort of image you want to portray to people so early on.
It also struck me as odd that the WEF would already have a Flickr account, and upon looking it appears the WEF has no Flickr account, but rather the photos are from a set[4] belonging to thewhir.com, and where they are evidently marked "© All Rights Reserved".[5] Are these images used with permission of WHIR? Even if so, it doesn't look good that the WEF is using ARR imagery when Commons is home to almost 21 million freely licenced images that could be used, and probably be more appropriate to illustrate your mission.
I look forward to seeing a properly developed WEF website, with hopefully appropriate freely licenced content, in the near future.
Cheers
Russavia
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Education_Foundation/Press_Release_14_A... [2] http://www.wikiedfoundation.org/ [3] http://www.wikiedfoundation.org/about [4] https://www.flickr.com/photos/thewhir/sets/72157637847519144/with/1095294371... [5] https://www.flickr.com/photos/thewhir/10951076296/in/set-72157637847519144
Congratulations to the Wiki Education Foundation -- this is a big accomplishment, and should bode well for Wikipedia engagement in the U.S. and Canadian educational systems for a long time to come!
The Wiki Education Foundation has documented its progress well on-wiki. Currently its "home page" is on Meta Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Education_Foundation
I'm sure they will have more than a "parked domain" for their web site before long, but for now, it doesn't really seem like the top priority.
-Pete
p.s. If anybody's looking for more wiki-appropriate "parked domain" imagery though, isn't this Wikipe-Tan's sister? http://www.blogcdn.com/www.urlesque.com/media/2010/11/parker-ito-9.jpg
On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 9:27 AM, Russavia russavia.wikipedia@gmail.comwrote:
I came across this press release today on the Wiki Education Foundation,[1] which announces that the WEF is getting $1.39 million from the Stanton Foundation.
When I went to the WEF's website,[2] I must say I was disappointed that the website isn't developed at all, although there is a link to basic information on Meta. And going to the "About" page,[3] my first thought was "Ahhh Lorem ipsum, we meetum againem".
I must also say that the photos stood out; a "Foundation" which has education as its mission, and the imagery that the WEF is putting its name to is people schmoozing, drinking and gambling in a Las Vegas casino. Probably not the sort of image you want to portray to people so early on.
It also struck me as odd that the WEF would already have a Flickr account, and upon looking it appears the WEF has no Flickr account, but rather the photos are from a set[4] belonging to thewhir.com, and where they are evidently marked "© All Rights Reserved".[5] Are these images used with permission of WHIR? Even if so, it doesn't look good that the WEF is using ARR imagery when Commons is home to almost 21 million freely licenced images that could be used, and probably be more appropriate to illustrate your mission.
I look forward to seeing a properly developed WEF website, with hopefully appropriate freely licenced content, in the near future.
Cheers
Russavia
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Education_Foundation/Press_Release_14_A... [2] http://www.wikiedfoundation.org/ [3] http://www.wikiedfoundation.org/about [4]
https://www.flickr.com/photos/thewhir/sets/72157637847519144/with/1095294371... [5] https://www.flickr.com/photos/thewhir/10951076296/in/set-72157637847519144 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Hi Russavia,
I have no clue where those Flickr photos are coming from, but my guess is it's some sort of default for whatever template was installed originally. Clearly it's inappropriate for our organization. I've asked the web administrator to take the Flickr link down, so hopefully that will disappear soon.
I've been working on content for a new website over the last week, and I hope to have something up at that url within the next week or two. Of course we will use photos that are appropriate in both content and free licensing.
In the interim, I am focusing my attention on getting information up on our page on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Education_Foundation
LiAnna Wiki Education Foundation
On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 9:27 AM, Russavia russavia.wikipedia@gmail.comwrote:
I came across this press release today on the Wiki Education Foundation,[1] which announces that the WEF is getting $1.39 million from the Stanton Foundation.
When I went to the WEF's website,[2] I must say I was disappointed that the website isn't developed at all, although there is a link to basic information on Meta. And going to the "About" page,[3] my first thought was "Ahhh Lorem ipsum, we meetum againem".
I must also say that the photos stood out; a "Foundation" which has education as its mission, and the imagery that the WEF is putting its name to is people schmoozing, drinking and gambling in a Las Vegas casino. Probably not the sort of image you want to portray to people so early on.
It also struck me as odd that the WEF would already have a Flickr account, and upon looking it appears the WEF has no Flickr account, but rather the photos are from a set[4] belonging to thewhir.com, and where they are evidently marked "© All Rights Reserved".[5] Are these images used with permission of WHIR? Even if so, it doesn't look good that the WEF is using ARR imagery when Commons is home to almost 21 million freely licenced images that could be used, and probably be more appropriate to illustrate your mission.
I look forward to seeing a properly developed WEF website, with hopefully appropriate freely licenced content, in the near future.
Cheers
Russavia
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Education_Foundation/Press_Release_14_A... [2] http://www.wikiedfoundation.org/ [3] http://www.wikiedfoundation.org/about [4]
https://www.flickr.com/photos/thewhir/sets/72157637847519144/with/1095294371... [5] https://www.flickr.com/photos/thewhir/10951076296/in/set-72157637847519144 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Great stuff LiAnna, you may want to redirect the domain to Meta until such time as the website is developed. The only thing worse than a website with no content is a Lorem ipsum website.
At least now we know who to contact at the WEF and who will respond quickly to issues :)
Cheers
Russavia
On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 12:46 AM, LiAnna Davis lianna@wikiedfoundation.orgwrote:
Hi Russavia,
I have no clue where those Flickr photos are coming from, but my guess is it's some sort of default for whatever template was installed originally. Clearly it's inappropriate for our organization. I've asked the web administrator to take the Flickr link down, so hopefully that will disappear soon.
I've been working on content for a new website over the last week, and I hope to have something up at that url within the next week or two. Of course we will use photos that are appropriate in both content and free licensing.
In the interim, I am focusing my attention on getting information up on our page on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Education_Foundation
LiAnna Wiki Education Foundation
On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 9:27 AM, Russavia <russavia.wikipedia@gmail.com
wrote:
I came across this press release today on the Wiki Education
Foundation,[1]
which announces that the WEF is getting $1.39 million from the Stanton Foundation.
When I went to the WEF's website,[2] I must say I was disappointed that
the
website isn't developed at all, although there is a link to basic information on Meta. And going to the "About" page,[3] my first thought
was
"Ahhh Lorem ipsum, we meetum againem".
I must also say that the photos stood out; a "Foundation" which has education as its mission, and the imagery that the WEF is putting its
name
to is people schmoozing, drinking and gambling in a Las Vegas casino. Probably not the sort of image you want to portray to people so early on.
It also struck me as odd that the WEF would already have a Flickr
account,
and upon looking it appears the WEF has no Flickr account, but rather the photos are from a set[4] belonging to thewhir.com, and where they are evidently marked "© All Rights Reserved".[5] Are these images used with permission of WHIR? Even if so, it doesn't look good that the WEF is
using
ARR imagery when Commons is home to almost 21 million freely licenced images that could be used, and probably be more appropriate to illustrate your mission.
I look forward to seeing a properly developed WEF website, with hopefully appropriate freely licenced content, in the near future.
Cheers
Russavia
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Education_Foundation/Press_Release_14_A...
[2] http://www.wikiedfoundation.org/ [3] http://www.wikiedfoundation.org/about [4]
https://www.flickr.com/photos/thewhir/sets/72157637847519144/with/1095294371...
[5]
https://www.flickr.com/photos/thewhir/10951076296/in/set-72157637847519144
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