Hi,
Firstly, if your native language is not English, I apologize for not
addressing you in your native language.
After consulting with a number of Wikinews community members, we have
started the first step in creating a potential Wikimedia Affiliate
group. The details can be found at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikinewsie_Group . The purpose of
the group is to:
# support open license, independent journalistic efforts that provide
neutral and verifiable reporting of news stories,
# support the education of future journalists in trying to insure they
maintain historical journalistic ideals regarding reporting standards,
# support efforts to increase journalist freedom to report around the globe,
# encourage participation of and facilitate non-professional
journalists practicing their craft on Wikinews, and
# support the mission statement and vision of the Wikimedia Foundation.
This aims to compliment and support existing efforts, and there is
zero intention of imposing one language's policies on another
language. The project should assist in increasing original reporting,
improving original reporting according to local project standards,
better supporting our small community and increasing participation.
Please sign at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikinewsie_Group#Participants
by listing your name to indicate you support our group. If you have
any questions, please do not hestitate to ask as we will be more than
happy to answer them.
Thank you,
Laura Hale
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HW
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傳送日期︰ 2012年05月3日 (週四) 8:02 AM
主題︰ Re: [Wikimania-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong
Congratulations to Hong Kong!
El 02-05-2012 19:52, "James Forrester" <jdforrester(a)gmail.com> escribió:
>
>On behalf of the Wikimania 2013[0] selection Jury[1], I can announce
>that we have awarded the conference to Hong Kong. Congratulations to
>the bidding team, and to the London team who also did a particularly
>excellent job.
>
>There were five official bids: Bristol, Naples and Surakarta, as well
>as the two finalists of Hong Kong and London[2]. The Jury and the
>bidding teams discussed them in three public IRC meetings in April. We
>determined that Hong Kong and London were the strongest contenders,
>and decided to focus on these two as the finalists. After further
>e-mail enquiries, and considering evaluation by Wikimedia Foundation
>staff, a final, private meeting was held to reach a final decision.
>
>The Jury was pleased by the high quality in both the final bids, and
>required over three hours' discussion to reach the final verdict. We
>considered each bid according to the criteria[3], focussing on
>following factors: Venue, Program, Geo-location & Logistics, Local
>Opportunities, Accommodations, Team & Chapter, and Budget & Finances.
>We found consensus that the Hong Kong bid was the stronger, especially
>because of their strong advance planning; solid support by the local
>Wikimedia Chapter, the community, local government, and a partner
>organisation that is experienced in planning conferences; and their
>good combination of venue and accommodation.
>
>The Jury has confidence that the Hong Kong bidding team will pull off
>a magnificent Wikimania, and we are pleased for our global community
>to return to Asia once again. With a motivated group of volunteers who
>have experience in organizing smaller Wikimedia activities, and a
>partner with experience in organizing larger-scale events, they have
>found a good mix to create a successful conference. The Jury did also
>identify some weaker points in each the bids, and will be happy to
>share those privately with the teams so that the Hong Kong team can
>use that to their advantage in organizing Wikimania 2013, and the
>other teams can use the feedback to improve their bids for a future
>year.
>
>We thank all candidate teams - the process is gruelling and requires a
>very substantial time investment. They are all to be commended for
>their submissions.
>
>To use this soap-box for a moment, as Moderator I would like to remind
>the community that we hope that this time was the last that we use
>this ad-hoc process to decide on the Wikimania venue, and encourage
>everyone to engage with the discussion on Meta[4] about how we might
>select Wikimania 2014 and beyond in a more open, community-led way.
>Please, do join in the discussions.
>
>Yours,
>
>James Forrester
>Moderator, Wikimania 2013 Jury
>For the Wikimania 2013 Jury
>
>[0] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013
>[1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_jury
>[2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_bids
>[3] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013_judging_criteria
>[4] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Advisory_Group
>--
>James D. Forrester
>jdforrester(a)wikimedia.org | jdforrester(a)gmail.com
>[[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]
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傳送日期︰ 2012年01月21日 (週六) 4:19 AM
主題︰ [Wikimedia Announcements] (PRESS RELEASE) Statement from the Wikimedia Foundation regarding developments in Washington on SOPA and PIPA
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Statement_on_Jan_20_even…
Statement from the Wikimedia Foundation regarding developments in Washington on SOPA and PIPA
San Francisco, CA -- January 20, 2012 -- On January 18, millions of people called their Congressional representatives to denounce SOPA and PIPA as attacks on the free and open Internet. This morning, leaders in the House and Senate announced consideration of the bills would be indefinitely postponed, after many members of Congress, including some supporters of the bills, issued statements disassociating themselves from the legislation over the past two days.
Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, said:
The Wikimedia Foundation welcomes these developments. This is another step towards the ultimate destruction of these two pieces of proposed legislation. But let’s be clear, these bills are not dead. They will return, and when they do, they must not harm the interests of the hundreds of millions of people who contribute to the free and open Internet.
>The blackout was led by millions of ordinary Internet users, and the people who make projects like Wikipedia possible - writers, photographers, editors and illustrators. They sent a clear message to Congress: don’t mess with free expression, don’t destroy the free and open Internet, don’t do the bidding of traditional corporate interests. This is a moment in history when the people who create and share works on the Internet as part of the free knowledge movement, and the people who depend on access to those works, are asking to be heard and to have their freedom of speech protected.
About the Wikimedia Foundation
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