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Invitation to WMF December 2016 Metrics & Activities Meeting: Thursday, December 15, 19:00 UTC
by Lena Traer 08 Dec '16

08 Dec '16

Hello everyone, The next Wikimedia Foundation metrics and activities meeting will take place on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 7:00 PM UTC (11 AM PST). The IRC channel is #wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net, and the meeting will be broadcast as a live YouTube stream. The theme of the December meeting is: *"Wikimedia's role in the world today."* We want to explore the unique role we play in the world, and why our work is more important than ever. Meeting agenda: * Welcomes, theme introduction * Movement update * Wikimedia audiences update * English fundraiser messaging and update * Executive update * Questions and discussion * Wikilove Please review https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_metrics _and_activities_meetings for further information about the meeting and how to participate. We’ll post the video recording publicly after the meeting. Thank you, Lena Lena Traer Project Assistant // Communications // Advancement Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105

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New board of Wikimedia Hungary
by Samat 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Dear Wikimedians, On November 27, 2016 Wikimedia Hungary held a general meeting, which elected the board of the chapter for the next two year. The new boards is: * president: Péter Gervai (User:grin, re-elected) * executive vice-president: Tamás Mészöly (User:Samat, re-elected but new role) * financial vice-president: Balázs Viczian (User:Vince, new) * board member: Orsolya Gyenes (User:OrsolyaVirág, re-elected) * board member: Anna Krizsán (User:nyiffi, new member). Gábor Bihary (User:Peyerk) and Mónika Balogh (User:RepliCarter) resigned from the board. Best regards, Samat

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[PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedia Foundation 2016 contribution campaign: support free knowledge with a gift to Wikipedia
by Samantha Lien 29 Nov '16

29 Nov '16

This press release is available online here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_20… And also as a blog post here: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/11/29/wikimedia-foundation-annual-fundraise… Wikimedia Foundation 2016 contribution campaign: support free knowledge with a gift to Wikipedia *Non-profit asks readers to help sustain Wikipedia and its sister projects* (San Francisco, California) November 29, 2016 – Blink! In that short moment, people like you opened more than 2,000 articles on Wikipedia to find information they need.[1] <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_20…> Today, Giving Tuesday, and through the month of December, we invite anyone who values this experience to donate <https://donate.wikimedia.org/> and help keep Wikipedia thriving for years to come. Wikipedia exists because everyone, everywhere should have access to free knowledge. Because we need a clear picture of history to prepare for the future. Because the world is a better place when humans can connect across time and space, and share knowledge without boundaries. Like blinking, it’s easy to forget everything that makes Wikipedia possible: a community of volunteers around the world; a secure connection so you can access Wikipedia without sacrificing privacy or safety <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/12/securing-wikimedia-sites-with-https/>; a commitment to never run ads and preserve our independence. Wikipedia and the other free knowledge projects are supported by donations from millions of people around the world, with an average gift of $15. This support is critical to the future of Wikipedia and free knowledge. "Now, more than ever, the world needs access to reliable, neutral information," said Wikimedia Foundation executive director Katherine Maher. “Wikipedia gives us that: 40 million articles across hundreds of languages ranging from ancient history to current affairs, supported by reliable sources. Along with other Wikimedia projects such as Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia represents an ever-growing repository of knowledge, curated and owned by the public. We are committed to protecting and upholding this incredible resource, and we hope you will join us.” Why donate? At the Wikimedia Foundation, we support Wikipedia, the Wikimedia sites <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects>, and the volunteers who contribute to them. The donations we raise help keep Wikipedia free, neutral and easily accessible for you and everyone in the world-- anytime, anywhere. So what happens when you click through the banner and make a donation? Last year, we were able to do some incredible things with the donations we received. Here are some of the things your contributions made possible: * 24/7 availability of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia sites through maintenance of more than 1,200 servers and a team of dedicated engineers around the world. * More than 15,000 code contributions to create new site features, address bugs, and make improvements to the Wikimedia sites' performance. * Improvements to desktop, mobile web, and mobile app reader experiences, including a more efficient mobile download process that saves our readers about 450 terabytes of data <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/09/19/mobile-web-improvements/> each year. * Events and workshops reaching thousands of volunteers, enriching content on the Wikimedia sites, inviting new editors to join, and supporting volunteer work around the world. * Legal defense to preserve your right to access, share, and remix knowledge, including court battles won over Wikimedia content in Brazil <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/09/14/rosanah-fienngo/>, Germany <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/08/09/victory-germany-appeal-dismissed/>, France <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/06/20/france-legal-victory/>, and India. * Research around the world, including in Nigeria, Mexico, and India, to better understand and serve the needs of our global users. Contributions from millions of donors like you make this work, and much more, possible. By donating to the Wikimedia Foundation, you’re joining a movement of people who support free knowledge. About the 2016 contribution campaign The 2016 contribution campaign will run on the English Wikipedia through the month of December. Our goal for this campaign is to raise $25 million by the end of the month. Donations received from the online campaign will go primarily toward the Wikimedia Foundation’s operating budget for the next fiscal year—the funds we use to sustain our work at the Foundation for a given year. The remainder of the Wikimedia Foundation’s funding comes from individuals gifts given outside the year-end campaign, and from a handful of foundation grants. To make a donation, click the fundraising appeal on Wikipedia, or go directly to donate.wikimedia.org. If you’d like to see exactly how every dollar is spent, please take a look at our 2016–17 Annual Plan <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2016-2017/…> and our Financial Reports <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Financial_reports>. We publish these documents every year; transparency is one of our guiding principles at the Wikimedia Foundation. About the Wikimedia Foundation The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that supports and operates Wikipedia and its sister projects. Wikipedia serves roughly half a billion people each month. Every month roughly 80,000 people edit Wikipedia and its sister projects, collectively creating, improving, and maintaining its nearly 40 million articles across hundreds of languages -- this all makes Wikipedia one of the most popular web properties in the world. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. About Wikipedia Wikipedia is the world’s free knowledge resource. It is a collaborative creation that has been added to and edited by millions of people from around the globe since it was created in 2001: anyone can edit it, at any time. Wikipedia is offered in hundreds of languages containing a total of nearly 40 million articles. Wikimedia and its sister projects are the largest collection of free knowledge in human history. Wikimedia Foundation press contact Juliet Barbara (415) 839-6885 press(a)wikimedia.org Notes 1. For the purpose of this metric, the blink of an eye is estimated at 0.3–0.4 seconds <https://aran.library.nuigalway.ie/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10379/3323/0463762…>, and the pageview statistics are based on an October 2016 recording of pageviews/second <https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesPageViewsMonthlyCombined.htm> across all language Wikipedias. -- *Samantha Lien* Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 (To be unsubscribed from this press release distribution list, please reply to communications(a)wikimedia.org with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in the subject line)

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The Signpost – Volume 12, Issue 29 – 26 November 2016
by Wikipedia Signpost 26 Nov '16

26 Nov '16

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WMAU update
by Gnangarra 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Following the AGM of Wikimedia Australia we wish to announce the committee for 2016-17 and reports President: Gideon Digby(unchanged) Vice President: Pru Mitchell(unchanged) Secretary:Tom Hogarth Treasurer: Robert Myers General members: Caddie Brain Departed: Andrew Owens, Steve Crossin, Charles Gregory 2016 Annual report: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Austra… 2015-16 Financial report : https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Australia_Inc._-_Balance_Sheet… -- Gideon Digby President - Wikimedia Australia M: 0434 986 852 gnangarra(a)wikimedia.org.au http://wikimedia.org.au Wikimedia Australia Inc. is an independent charitable organisation which supports the efforts of the Wikimedia Foundation in Australia. Your donations keep the Wikimedia mission alive. *http://wikimedia.org.au/Donate <https://wikimedia.org.au/Donate>*

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Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Invitation to WMF November 2016 Metrics & Activities Meeting: Thursday, November 17, 19:00 UTC
by Lena Traer 17 Nov '16

17 Nov '16

REMINDER: This meeting starts in 30 minutes. On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 7:32 PM, Samantha Lien <slien(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: Hello everyone, > > The next Wikimedia Foundation metrics and activities meeting will take > place on Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 7:00 PM UTC (11 AM PST). The IRC > channel is #wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net, and the meeting will be > broadcast as a live YouTube stream. > > Update/change to meeting format: The Wikimedia Foundation is exploring a > revised format for the November meeting. Our intent is to share work from > the Foundation and movement, but also to connect our work more broadly > within the movement’s biggest opportunities and challenges. > > To do this, we are piloting the November meeting around a theme that has > been at the forefront of much of our work recently: “Building an > inclusive movement.” > > In November, speakers will highlight projects, initiatives, and work that > actively foster inclusivity within our movement -- to create a space for > everyone to contribute and share in knowledge on the Wikimedia sites. > > Here is the agenda for the November meeting: > > * Welcomes, theme introduction - “Building an inclusive movement” > > * Community update > > * June 2016 Inspire Campaign - Chris Schilling > > * Guest speaker - Wikipedia Asian Month - Addis Wang > > * Executive Director update > > * Questions and discussion > > * Wikilove > > As you may have seen, we are inviting a guest speaker to participate at > the November meeting. Addis Wang, an active member of the Wikimedia User > Group China, will be sharing some of his work with Wikipedia Asian Month > and his efforts to create an inclusive space and invite people to > participate in the edit-a-thon. > > In future meetings, we would like to have one guest speaker from a > Wikimedia community or someone from outside the movement present on their > work that ties in with that month’s theme. (More information to come on > this process moving forward, and who to reach out to if you would like to > present in future meetings). > > If you have any questions about the new format, please feel free to reach > out to me, Sam Lien, at the Communications department slien(a)wikimedia.org. > > > Please review > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_metrics > _and_activities_meetings > > for further information about the meeting and how to participate. > > We will post the video recording publicly after the meeting. > > Thank you, > Sam > > -- > *Samantha Lien* > Communications Manager > Wikimedia Foundation > 149 New Montgomery Street > San Francisco, CA 94105 >

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Reports Update notification
by Ybsen Lucero 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

Greetings, my friends! The Reports from Wikimedia Venezuela's finances and activities are updated!! Please, check it out! Regards! Ybsen Manuel Lucero Tesorero – Treasurer – Trésorier - Schatzmeister A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela J-40129321-2 +584241569154 http://wikimedia.org.ve | @wikimedia_ve "Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing." J.Wales l El logotipo y el nombre de Wikimedia, Wikimedia Venezuela, Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Incubator, Wiktionary y otros proyectos relacionados son marcas registradas usadas bajo permiso expreso de su titular, la Fundación Wikimedia, Inc., una organización sin fines de lucro. Otros nombres y marcas pertenecen a sus respectivos propietarios. Asociación Civil Wikimedia Venezuela (Wikimedia Venezuela) | RIF.: J-40129321-2 | Los Teques, Estado Miranda. Venezuela

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Agenda for the November 13, 2016 Board Meeting
by Stephen LaPorte 12 Nov '16

12 Nov '16

Hi all, The agenda for the next Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees meeting is now available on Meta Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_board_agenda_2016-11 Thank you, Stephen -- Stephen LaPorte Senior Legal Counsel Wikimedia Foundation *NOTICE: As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal and ethical reasons, I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.*

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Invitation to WMF November 2016 Metrics & Activities Meeting: Thursday, November 17, 19:00 UTC
by Samantha Lien 11 Nov '16

11 Nov '16

Hello everyone, The next Wikimedia Foundation metrics and activities meeting will take place on Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 7:00 PM UTC (11 AM PST). The IRC channel is #wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net, and the meeting will be broadcast as a live YouTube stream. Update/change to meeting format: The Wikimedia Foundation is exploring a revised format for the November meeting. Our intent is to share work from the Foundation and movement, but also to connect our work more broadly within the movement’s biggest opportunities and challenges. To do this, we are piloting the November meeting around a theme that has been at the forefront of much of our work recently: “Building an inclusive movement.” In November, speakers will highlight projects, initiatives, and work that actively foster inclusivity within our movement -- to create a space for everyone to contribute and share in knowledge on the Wikimedia sites. Here is the agenda for the November meeting: * Welcomes, theme introduction - “Building an inclusive movement” * Executive Director update * Community update * June 2016 Inspire Campaign - Chris Schilling * Guest speaker - Wikipedia Asian Month - Addis Wang * Questions and discussion * Wikilove As you may have seen, we are inviting a guest speaker to participate at the November meeting. Addis Wang, an active member of the Wikimedia User Group China, will be sharing some of his work with Wikipedia Asian Month and his efforts to create an inclusive space and invite people to participate in the edit-a-thon. In future meetings, we would like to have one guest speaker from a Wikimedia community or someone from outside the movement present on their work that ties in with that month’s theme. (More information to come on this process moving forward, and who to reach out to if you would like to present in future meetings). If you have any questions about the new format, please feel free to reach out to me, Sam Lien, at the Communications department slien(a)wikimedia.org. Please review https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_metrics_and_activities… for further information about the meeting and how to participate. We will post the video recording publicly after the meeting. Thank you, Sam -- *Samantha Lien* Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105

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This Month in GLAM: October 2016
by The 'This Month in GLAM' team 10 Nov '16

10 Nov '16

*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums. You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org. *This Month in GLAM – Issue X, Volume VI – October 2016* ------------------------------ Argentina report: Workshops and online course http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2016/Contents/Ar… Basque Country report: Libraries and Wikimedia meet in Donostiapedia http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2016/Contents/Ba… Belgium report: BeMuseum; upcoming prize ceremony Wiki Loves http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2016/Contents/Be… Brazil report: GLAM news in October http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2016/Contents/Br… Bulgaria report: Bulgarian Archives State Agency; Archives Challenge http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2016/Contents/Bu… Côte d'Ivoire report: Collaborating with Parliament, editing with Women http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2016/Contents/Cô…'Ivoire Germany report: GLAM on Tour at Heidelberg University http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2016/Contents/Ge… Macedonia report: Wikiexperiments project continues: Chemistry experiments in glorious HD! http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2016/Contents/Ma… Mexico report: Women in Cinema, LGBT rights, WikiArte, Donation from the Cervantine Library and WikiConNA http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2016/Contents/Me… Netherlands report: Wikipedian in Residence; Heritage Leiden; Public libraries http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2016/Contents/Ne… Norway report: Maps! http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2016/Contents/No… Poland report: Digitisation, modern museums and ancient Nubia http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2016/Contents/Po… Serbia report: Wikipedian in Residence and Wiki Librarian workshops http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2016/Contents/Se… Spain report: Wiki Takes and libraries http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2016/Contents/Sp… Sweden report: Nationalmuseum's Paintings; Maritime edit-a-thon; Connected Open Heritage; Swedish National Archive http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2016/Contents/Sw… UK report: Beautiful birds, and back to the Bodleian http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2016/Contents/UK… USA report: WikiConference North America 2016 and edit-a-thons http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2016/Contents/US… Open Access report: Open Access Week; 7,000 new audiovisual media; 2 Requests for Comment & 1 bot http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2016/Contents/Op… WMF GLAM report: Digitization, Travel, Structured Data on Commons, and WMF updates http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2016/Contents/WM… Calendar: November's GLAM events http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2016/Contents/Ev… ------------------------------ About *This Month in GLAM* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/About Single page view http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2016/Single Twitter http://twitter.com/ThisMonthinGLAM Add your story / Work on the next edition http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom -- The *This Month in GLAM* team http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter

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