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Wikimedia Highlights, March 2016
by Andrew Sherman 16 Apr '16

16 Apr '16

Please find a summary of last month’s highlights from the Wikimedia blog at the following link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_March_2016 Contents: • The new alchemy: turning online harassment into Wikipedia articles on women scientists • New completion suggester helps you find what you need on Wikimedia sites • Jimmy Wales tells South by Southwest that community is key to Wikipedia’s future • In brief Translations for March 2016 are greatly appreciated. -- Andrew Sherman Digital Communications Intern | Wikimedia Foundation *E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org *WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)> andrewsherman.work

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Outage for planned maintenance: No editing for two 30-minute periods next week
by Whatamidoing (WMF)/Sherry Snyder 16 Apr '16

16 Apr '16

This is a reminder about next week's major data center migration: There will be NO EDITING for about 30 minutes on both Tuesday, 19 April, beginning at 14:00 UTC <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20160419T14> and Thursday, 21 April, beginning at 14:00 UTC <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20160421T14>. This will affect ALL of the wikis in all languages and all projects. You will be able to read the wikis and to log in, but you will not be able to edit. Read https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Server_switch_2016 for more information. Please share this information with editors and other contributors you know. Thank you. -- Whatamidoing (WMF)/Sherry Snyder Community Liaison Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

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The Signpost – Volume 12, Issue 14 – 14 April 2016
by Wikipedia Signpost 14 Apr '16

14 Apr '16

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This Month in GLAM: March 2016
by The 'This Month in GLAM' team 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

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Board update
by Patricio Lorente 09 Apr '16

09 Apr '16

All, As many of you already know, Denny Vrandečić has announced his resignation from the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, effective today, April 8th. On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Denny for his service to the movement and to the Wikimedia Foundation. We wish him the best during his wikibreak, and look forward to seeing him on the projects and around the movement. When Denny informed the Board that he was stepping down, we began to consider how we would move forward. We recognize the importance of filling the two vacancies on the Board, and would like to proceed in a way that respects the will of the community and responds to existing Board needs. The Board will be meeting in Berlin during the Wikimedia Conference on April 22nd and 23rd - during this time we will discuss how we should fill the open community-nominated and appointed Trustee seats. I look forward to sharing more information with you in late April. Patricio --

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Wiki Loves Earth 2016
by Samantha Lien 07 Apr '16

07 Apr '16

Sharing on behalf of Anna Khrobolova of Wikimedia Ukraine: Dear all, On May, 1st, an international photographic competition Wiki Loves Earth 2016 starts in over a dozen of countries. The basic aim of the competition is to collect photos of natural heritage sites such as nature reserves, landscape conservation areas, national parks, scenic/landscape areas, remarkable gardens, etc. to illustrate articles in Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation projects. Wiki Loves Earth International Team invites all chapters and user groups that are not on the list of participants yet consider joining the contest. [1] The international team will gladly help you with technical coordination, support with list conversion, supporting your grant requests, providing souvenirs. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact wle-team(a)wikimedia.org.ua. [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2016 *Kind regards,* *Anna Khrobolova* *Wikimedia Ukraine* -- *Samantha Lien* Communications | Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 slien(a)wikimedia.org

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2016 call for Audit Committee observers
by Gregory Varnum 06 Apr '16

06 Apr '16

Forward on behalf of Kelly Battles. Hello All - My name is Kelly Bodnar Battles and I am honored to have joined the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees in January of this year. Professionally, I am a Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and a material part of my near term Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) Board responsibilities will be to chair the Audit Committee. Currently, the voting members of the Audit Committee are myself, Alice Wiegand, María Sefidari and Denny Vrandečić. WMF’s CFO and Treasurer Jaime Villagomez is also an important stakeholder on this committee as well. As you may know, we have the precedent of having non-voting members (please see role definition below) from outside the board participate in the Audit Committee as well. Toward that end, I would like to: - First and foremost, thank Matt Bisanz, Michael Snow, Abhijith Jayanthi, Ben Creasy and Florian Gerl for participating in this committee as non-voting members in the recent past. - Request that if you are interested (or know of other volunteers in the community who may be interested) in serving in this capacity for this next cycle (from selection through June 2017), please send to me at this email address (kbattles(a)wikimedia.org) your resume, the top 3 reasons why you want to do this and the top 3 things you will add to the Audit Committee. - Propose the following steps and timeline for the selection process: - Candidates submit their interest and the above information to me no later than April 15 - The Audit Committee will interview top 4 candidates by May 10 - The Audit Committee will select the top 2 candidate by May 15 - Selected candidates join the Audit committee by June 1 and attend July Audit Committee meeting - Outline the following important preferences for candidates interested in this role: - 5+ years of operational finance and or accounting experience - Solid understanding of the mission and operations of WMF - Prior executive or board experience - CPA (Certified Public Accountant) or MBA (Masters in Business Administration), or equivalent earned - Capacity to commit an estimated 20-30 hours annually to attend both quarterly and other ad-hoc meetings, prepare or review required materials, and interact with committee, staff and/or board as required. Once again, I am thrilled to be part of this amazing organization. Thank you for the warm welcome I have received so far. Best, Kelly See link for Audit Committee charter https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Audit_Committee_charter This message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Audit_Committee/2016_c…

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2016 call for Audit Committee observers
by Kelly Battles 05 Apr '16

05 Apr '16

Hello All - My name is Kelly Bodnar Battles and I am honored to have joined the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees in January of this year. Professionally, I am a Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and a material part of my near term Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) Board responsibilities will be to chair the Audit Committee. Currently, the voting members of the Audit Committee are myself, Alice Wiegand, María Sefidari and Denny Vrandečić. WMF’s CFO and Treasurer Jaime Villagomez is also an important stakeholder on this committee as well. As you may know, we have the precedent of having non-voting members (please see role definition below) from outside the board participate in the Audit Committee as well. Toward that end, I would like to: - First and foremost, thank Matt Bisanz, Michael Snow, Abhijith Jayanthi, Ben Creasy and Florian Gerl for participating in this committee as non-voting members in the recent past. - Request that if you are interested (or know of other volunteers in the community who may be interested) in serving in this capacity for this next cycle (from selection through June 2017), please send to me at this email address (kbattles(a)wikimedia.org) your resume, the top 3 reasons why you want to do this and the top 3 things you will add to the Audit Committee. - Propose the following steps and timeline for the selection process: - Candidates submit their interest and the above information to me no later than April 15 - The Audit Committee will interview top 4 candidates by May 10 - The Audit Committee will select the top 2 candidate by May 15 - Selected candidates join the Audit committee by June 1 and attend July Audit Committee meeting - Outline the following important preferences for candidates interested in this role: - 5+ years of operational finance and or accounting experience - Solid understanding of the mission and operations of WMF - Prior executive or board experience - CPA (Certified Public Accountant) or MBA (Masters in Business Administration), or equivalent earned - Capacity to commit an estimated 20-30 hours annually to attend both quarterly and other ad-hoc meetings, prepare or review required materials, and interact with committee, staff and/or board as required. Once again, I am thrilled to be part of this amazing organization. Thank you for the warm welcome I have received so far. Best, Kelly See link for Audit Committee charter https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Audit_Committee_charter This message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Audit_Committee/2016_c…

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Shared Learnings in our APG Impact Report
by Nicole Ebber 04 Apr '16

04 Apr '16

Dear all, Last week, we have published our Impact Report for the year 2015, and I would like to draw your attention to some of the learnings and experiences we shared in this comprehensive document. We consider these APG reports as an essential channel for the movement’s international communication and cooperation; they underline our intention of being a learning partner for the movement. I invite you to read the report if * you would like to learn how a multi-stakeholder approach can lead to policy change in the EU;[1] * you are curious about our new “attribution generator” which generates attribution text based on the original Creative Commons license and the intended use, for anyone planning to reuse image files from Commons and Wikipedia; [2, 3] * you would like to find out how Wikidata is playing an increasing role in Wikipedia improving its quality;[4] * you are interested in hearing about how we plan to spread the gospel about Open Science;[5] * you wanna know more about the concept of supporting volunteers locally so that they can connect and leverage with partners, networks and institutions;[6] * you wonder how we paved the way for a widespread use of Open Educational Resources in all educational arenas[7] or if * our plan to create a productive and sustainable conference series that focuses on working, thinking, and learning together sounds exemplary to you.[8] We have also included links to 40 learning patterns, tutorials, talks, reports, and policy or scientific papers we created throughout 2015 and we consider a fruitful read.[9] If you have questions or feedback, please do not hesitate to get in touch, either directly or via the talk pages. If you are not sure whom to best reach out to, contact me and I will connect you with my colleagues. Happy reading! Nicole [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2014-2015_round1/Wikim… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2014-2015_round1/Wikim… [3] https://www.lizenzhinweisgenerator.de/ [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2014-2015_round1/Wikim… [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2014-2015_round1/Wikim… [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2014-2015_round1/Wikim… [7] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2014-2015_round1/Wikim… [8] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2014-2015_round1/Wikim… [9] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2014-2015_round1/Wikim… -- Nicole Ebber Referentin Internationale Beziehungen Adviser to the ED, International Relations Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. +49 30 21915826-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.

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The Signpost – Volume 12, Issue 13 – 1 April 2016
by Wikipedia Signpost 02 Apr '16

02 Apr '16

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