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RFC: UploadWizard — scale to sister projects
by Gryllida 10 Feb '14

10 Feb '14

Hi all, Apologies for cross-posting; please read and share thoughts: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/UploadWizard:_scale_to_… Gryllida

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Wikimania 2014 scholarship now accepting application
by Katie Chan 08 Jan '14

08 Jan '14

Hi all, Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2014 in London are now being accepted. Applications are open until the end of the day UTC on 17 February. Wikimania 2014 scholarships is an award given to an individual to enable them to attend Wikimania in London from 6-10 August, 2014. Only a single type of scholarship will be available from the Wikimedia Foundation for Wikimania 2014. A Wikimedia Foundation scholarship will cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel costs as arranged by the Wikimedia Foundation travel agency, shared accommodation as arranged by the Wikimedia Foundation, and registration for Wikimania. Applicants will be rated using a pre-determined selection process and selection criteria by the Scholarship Committee, who will determine which are successful. To learn more about Wikimania 2014 scholarships, please visit <https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships>. To apply for a scholarship, fill out the application form on <http://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply>. It is highly recommended that applicants review all of the material on the Scholarships page and the associated FAQ before submitting an application. If you have any question, please contact <wikimania-scholarships(a)wikimedia.org> or leave a message on <https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships>. Katie Chan Chair, Scholarship Committee -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] It's time to reclaim the community logo
by Federico Leva (Nemo) 21 Sep '13

21 Sep '13

FYI Nemo P.s.: P.s.: You can check whether the WMF protects the logo of your project by seeing if it's listed as "registered trademark" on <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_trademarks>. -------- Messaggio originale -------- Oggetto: [Wikimedia-l] It's time to reclaim the community logo Data: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 12:16:16 +0200 Mittente: Tomasz W. Kozlowski Hello community, this is to inform you that in response to the trademarking of the Wikimedia community logo[1], created in 2006 by Artur “WarX” Fijałkowski, which was discussed on this mailing list[2] as well as on Meta[3] back in March, a small group of community members—Artur, myself, Federico Leva (Nemo) and John Vandenberg—have initiated a formal process of opposition against the registration of the trademark by the Foundation in order to *reclaim the logo* for unrestricted use by the community. We appreciate the Foundation’s protection of the other trademarks they have registered so far, including the logos of Wikipedia, Wikisource and some other sister projects. In the case of the community logo, however, it is our belief that the Foundation’s actions are exactly opposite to what the community logo stands for and contradict the purpose behind its very existence. We would like to make it clear that it is not our intention to damage anyone; our actions are a challenge against what we perceive as unilateral declaration of ownership of an asset that has always belonged to the wider community, and not to one or another organisation that is part of the movement. By formally opposing the registration of the trademark we hope to ensure the history of this logo is not disregarded, and we wish to protect the community against unnecessary bureaucracy and, to use another quote, let “groups who do not purport to represent the WMF”[4] to continue to be able to freely associate with a logo that has been part of their identity for so long. We also want to note that this is in no way a legal action against the Foundation, but a simple notice of opposition against the registration of the logo in the European Union. If we assume good faith, we can only be confident that the WMF, having now a formal occasion, will withdraw its registration of the logo rather than continue using movement resources to force the community into lengthy, expensive proceedings. We invite all community members interested in this issue to express their opinions at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Logo/Reclaim_the_Logo If any of you would like to help us in any way (covering the costs of the opposition, promoting the discussion, etc.), please feel free to contact us off–list. Artur Fijalkowski (WarX) Tomasz Kozlowski (odder) Federico Leva (Nemo) John Vandenberg (jayvdb) == References == * [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Community_Logo.svg * [2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-March/124715.html * [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Logo * [4] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-March/124730.html _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Swedish Wikipedia reach 1 million (with support of bots)
by Federico Leva (Nemo) 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

-------- Messaggio originale -------- Oggetto: [Wikimedia-l] Swedish Wikipedia reach 1 million (with support of bots) Data: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:30:16 +0200 Mittente: Anders Wennersten <mail(a)anderswennersten.se> Rispondi-a: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> A: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Yesterday sv:wp reached 1 M articles. The one who did the passing was a bot generated article of a butterfly http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erysichton_elaborata. The bot behind this article is Lsjbot who creates articles from the database Catalogue of Life http://www.catalogueoflife.org/services/res/2011AC_26July.zip which (complemented by other databases) which holds data of around 1.5 million species. The bot genrates about 5000 new articles per day and has generated just under 400 000 of the sv:wps million and continues... The guy who runs he bot is a member of the Swedish chapters board http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kandidater_2013/Sverker_Johansson and is in his civil life a University teacher. In this capacity he is also a guest lecturer at the university of the Phillipines where he stayed the last couple of months (and the bot was on hold). He is there active in Cebuano-Wikipedia http://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unang_Panid and supporting their local community, and he is now running his bot on their wikipedia as well as on the Warai-Warai Wikipedia http://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syahan_nga_Pakli. So perhaps at the end of the year these two language versions will also pass the 1 million mark! Anders PS out other major botgenerating effort of all lakes in Sweden is also making very nice progress, done 25% of all DS _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

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Re: [Wikispecies-l] Wikispecies-l Digest, Vol 8, Issue 2
by Samuel Klein 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

> 1. Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiData and WikiSpecies (Andrew Leung) > > I agree with Nemo. Please see my message written in January 2013 that demonstrates the problem (except it's worse because Wikidata is populated with more contents now than in January) > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikispecies-l/2013-January/000076.html Hello Andrew, I believe Nemo's point is that Wikidata will become a useful tool for Wikispecies, and can hold all of the structured data Wikispecies needs; so that WS can focus on presentation and search and showcasing related information. You seem to be suggesting that WD is not useful for this and should be avoided. In contrast, I think that WS is a n obvious next client site; and hope that the community will help to make the relevant species data clean and complete within WD. @Nikola: I believe you are right. Since the core WD team is not likely to have time to work on such interfaces, this needs some interested folks to start developing and testing that interface and identifying any bugs or features needed to make it work well. Warmly, Sam. > Nemo writes: >> Nikola Smolenski writes: >> > What if this interface would exist? I believe it could be made really >> > quickly and easily. >> >> From what I understand, the interface for Wikidata data is provided by >> client sites such as Wikipedia. There are no plans for inclusion of >> Wikispecies as client site, but if/when Wikispecies' needs are >> implemented this doesn't imply Wikispecies would be useless, rather that >> it would have easier access to data and could focus on its scope i.e. >> presenting such data. Currently it tries to do both and IMHO fails at both.

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Ubuntu developer uses Wikispecies to demonstrate functionalities
by Andrew Leung 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

Similar to a previous post of an illustrated Wikispecies tree, an Ubuntu developer used Wikispecies to demonstrate some functionality of the software. See http://www.iloveubuntu.net/wikispecies-scope-demoed-handy-functionalities for description and https://plus.google.com/photos/117867558830601601230/albums/588389868549499… for how pages are presented. Andrew "Fill the world with children who care and things start looking up."

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Re: [Wikispecies-l] [Wikimedia-l] WikiData and WikiSpecies
by Federico Leva (Nemo) 12 Jun '13

12 Jun '13

Nikola Smolenski, 03/06/2013 11:44: > What if this interface would exist? I believe it could be made really > quickly and easily. It's not about interface only, for instance the search backend is completely broken and useless for Wikidata, AFAICS. From what I understand, the interface for Wikidata data is provided by client sites such as Wikipedia. There are no plans for inclusion of Wikispecies as client site, but if/when Wikispecies' needs are implemented this doesn't imply Wikispecies would be useless, rather that it would have easier access to data and could focus on its scope i.e. presenting such data. Currently it tries to do both and IMHO fails at both. Nemo P.s.: There are also connected problems like sv.wiki becoming a Wikispecies/Wikidata on its own with a million species bot-entries, but it's another story.

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Re: [Wikispecies-l] [Wikimedia-l] WikiData and WikiSpecies
by Federico Leva (Nemo) 03 Jun '13

03 Jun '13

Ting Chen, 03/06/2013 11:29: > I happened to worked with a few biology interwikis on WikiData today and > saw the taxnomical data on it. Given that WikiData is growing and more > potential would not it be a good idea to merge WikiSpecies data into > WikiData Yes, > and close WikiSpecies (hope now there will no stones or rotten > tomatos flying for this naive question ;-) )? no. <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat/Archive/2013/02#Include…> <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikispecies-l/2013-January/thread.html> TL;DR: Wikidata offers only a partial way to store information and no real interface at all for browsing it. Nemo

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Request for help to all Toolserver users: list the tools you want to keep
by Federico Leva (Nemo) 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

Request for help by Wikimedia Deutschland also posted on <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Toolserver#Request_for_help_to_al…>: of relevance for all Wikimedia projects users. -------- Messaggio originale -------- Oggetto: Information on Tool Labs/ Your help needed Data: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 10:26:51 +0000 (UTC) Mittente: Silke Meyer Hello! You are getting this e-mail because you have an active or expired account on the toolserver. As you might know, Wikimedia Foundation is building a cloud-based infrastructure (Labs/Tool Labs) that - in the long run - will be a replacement for the toolserver. Don't worry! The toolserver will be not just be switched off. WMF and WMDE would like to support you as good as possible when it comes to migrating tools. There will be enough time for this process. We will offer different forms of support which you will hear of soon. Right now, Tool Labs is not ready. WMF staff, mainly Marc Pelletier is building it. You might have seen the general list of needed and wanted features [1]. For many of you crucial features are database replication and user databases. Both are upcoming features in the nearer future. Your tools and their dependencies are taken into account to build the new infrastructure. This is why I am asking you for help: Please provide information about your tools! I started an incomplete list at [2] (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Toolserver/List_of_Tools, based on the wiki and jira). Personally I was really impressed about its length and diversity - how cool! Several people said there was so much missing in this list - so please help me to complete it! Here is what I'm asking you to do: * Please check if your tools are on the list (correctly). * Please fill in your software dependencies, data dependencies, use patterns (are they running continously? or webservices? Batch runs? etc.), the license. * If you have not given your software an explicit license, please note that only free software can migrate to Labs. Consider putting your stuff under a free license. * If you have already migrated your bot or tool to Labs and it is in the list, please say so in the last column "status". * If your toolserver account has expired and/or your tool is not active on the toolserver right now, please add it to the second table at the bottom of the page. In the last column write that it is not running currently and if you want to revive it. If you are considering to revive it, please fill in all the details, too, so that your needs will be taken into account. * Please follow the toolserver-announce list for more information to come. Thanks for your help! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me, to ask on toolserver-l and/or on labs-l. Cheers, Silke [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Labs/Toolserver_features_needed_in_… [2] List of Tools: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Silke_WMDE/Documentation/List_of_Tools -- Silke Meyer Systemadministratorin und Projektassistenz Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 260 http://wikimedia.de

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350,000th article
by Andrew Leung 15 Jan '13

15 Jan '13

Dear all, Wikispecies project has surpassed 350,000 articles. The 350,000th article was Tetramorium alpestre [1], written by User:Stho002 on January 13, 2013. Congratulations and thank you to all who us reach this milestone. [1] http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tetramorium_alpestre Andrew "Fill the world with children who care and things start looking up."

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