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Absolutely ! I would be interested to be kept up to date ! Please. Thanks Anthere (talk) 08:53, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
Books & Bytes - Issue 15
Books & Bytes
Issue 15, December-January 2016
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs), UY Scuti (talk · contribs)
- New donations - Ships, medical resources, plus Arabic and Farsi resources
- #1lib1ref campaign summary and highlights
- New branches and coordinators
The Interior via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:19, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
Reminder to myself
Tech Talk 29 Feb 2016
- Automated citations in Wikipedia: Citoid and the technology behind it
- Presenter: Sebastian Karcher (Syracuse University, Zotero)
- Date: February 29th, 2016
- Time: 20:00 UTC www.timeanddate.com
- Length: 1 hour
- Link to live YouTube stream [1]
- IRC channel for questions/discussion: #wikimedia-officev
- Sounds pretty cool! I went to WMF and saw a tech talk on OOjs and Aaron Halfaker's machine learning project last night, and I'll probably watch this one too. II | (t - c) 05:51, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
- You went to New Montgomery Street, II? --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 07:14, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
- Yeah, I've lived in SF for the past year and work about 10 minutes down the street near the Embarcadero. II | (t - c) 07:18, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
- @ImperfectlyInformed: And they have events the public can attend there? --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 01:46, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- It's not very common. I went to a Wikipedia 15 event and this later event was mostly developers (seemed like many weren't even involved in MediaWiki), advertised on meetup as a tech event. See this and this. II | (t - c) 03:14, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks, II. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 05:11, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- It's not very common. I went to a Wikipedia 15 event and this later event was mostly developers (seemed like many weren't even involved in MediaWiki), advertised on meetup as a tech event. See this and this. II | (t - c) 03:14, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- @ImperfectlyInformed: And they have events the public can attend there? --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 01:46, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
- Yeah, I've lived in SF for the past year and work about 10 minutes down the street near the Embarcadero. II | (t - c) 07:18, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
- You went to New Montgomery Street, II? --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 07:14, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
- Nupedia editorial guidelines May 2000.
- Wikipedia commentaries November 2001.
- The Epistemology of Wikipedia November 2001.
- Peer review and the Wikipedia process November 2001.
- Why Wikipedia Must Jettison Its Anti-Elitism December 2004.
- The Early History of Nupedia and Wikipedia: A Memoir - part 1 part 2 April 2005.
Tech Talk 18 March 2016
- New readership data: Some things we've been learning recently about how Wikipedia is read
- Presenter: Tilman Bayer
- Date: March 18th, 2016
- Time: 18:00 UTC www.timeanddate.com
- Link to live YouTube stream [2]
- IRC channel for questions/discussion: #wikimedia-office
- Summary:
This talk will highlight various recent insights and new sources of data on how readers read Wikipedia, going beyond the familiar pageview numbers (that tell us which topics are popular and how overall traffic is developing, but not e.g. which parts of articles are being read). While we are still only beginning to understand some of these aspects, we now know more than a year or two ago. The presentation is centered around data analysis done by the Reading team, but will also include findings by other WMF teams and by external researchers.
20 Minutes of Eva Longoria Sewing, While Reading the Entire Wikipedia Entry on Sewing
Flyover Country app
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!
- please help translate this message into the local language
The Cure Award | |
In 2015 you were one of the top 300 medical editors across any language of Wikipedia. Thank you from Wiki Project Med Foundation for helping bring free, complete, accurate, up-to-date health information to the public. We really appreciate you and the vital work you do! Wiki Project Med Foundation is a user group whose mission is to improve our health content. Consider joining here, there are no associated costs, and we would love to collaborate further. |
Thanks again :) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 03:59, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
Wikimedia-l comments
Too bad the editors and readers wont have a real say in the selection of the ED. The employees have won this round and perhaps even have solidified their control over the Foundation. That's really no better. Thelmadatter (talk) 17:10, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
The present interim situation is bad. The staff now have no chance of being held accountable - or receiving meaningful recognition for their achievements where due, for that matter. Is a popular interim ED going to make hard decisions such as closing down failing follies or sacking well-liked but inept programmers?
- Actually, some staff have said Lila was standing in their way, slowing down progress. If that's so, then this interim period is at least better than bad leadership, and we might see them flourish. Erik Moeller mooted replacing the ED with a triumvirate. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 07:57, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
- Regarding the appointment of the new, permanent ED: the problem is not so much that the decision is in the hands of the board - that's sensible, in my opinion. We can propose candidates to them and I'm sure they'll listen. The real problem as I see it is the cluelessness and torpor of the board (though some individual trustees seem fine). We need a better board. We need to get rid of Jimmy. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 00:30, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
- I'm very pleased to see you've put yourself forward for the board, Leigh. I've made a few suggested changes to your candidate statement here, and then reverted myself. If you like them, just restore my edit.
- One question regarding your opening sentence, "Despite being an organization whose focus is education, we have yet to have anyone on the board who is an educational professional." Patricio Lorente is described as having "served in the National University of La Plata, first as Prosecretary of Administration and subsequently as General Prosecretary. In his current position, he manages the strategic planning and the everyday issues and conflicts of a large and restless community, including both academics and student organizations." Wouldn't that make him an educational professional? Maybe you could make it more specific what you mean by "educational professional". --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 01:55, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
- do you know how to get my name to appear on the candidates' list? Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016/Nominations I clicked edit to add it but got a bunch of wiki markup stuff I dont understand.Thelmadatter (talk) 00:11, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- Never mind, I expected to see it at the end, but Im in the middle.Thelmadatter (talk) 00:12, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
- do you know how to get my name to appear on the candidates' list? Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016/Nominations I clicked edit to add it but got a bunch of wiki markup stuff I dont understand.Thelmadatter (talk) 00:11, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
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