Mailing List Archive by Gossamer Threads http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/ en-us (c) Gossamer Threads Inc. All rights reserved. 13 Feb 2012 03:53:20 -0800 120 75 23 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/ http://www.gossamer-threads.com/images/lists/rss_logo.jpg The Board approves the following letter to be sent to the community: ---- The organizational structure of the Wikimedia movement is growing rapidly: 12 Feb 2012 23:09:11 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/271214 Greetings, The Wikimedia Foundation is planning to upgrade MediaWiki, the software powering Wikipedia and its sister sites, to its latest version. T 12 Feb 2012 05:37:59 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/271119 Forwarding from internal. The right to vanish... or a part of it... proposed as law. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Symonds <r 10 Feb 2012 22:42:01 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/271015 Hi all, please find below the WMF report for January 2012, in plain text. As always, the editable and formatted version is on Meta: https://meta.wik 10 Feb 2012 19:48:32 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/271013 Because this subject was previously mentioned on Foundation-l and Research-l, I thought that those who are interested in research budgets might want t 10 Feb 2012 14:12:18 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/270970 Hey folks, Just a reminder that in about 30 minutes, we'll be in #wikimedia-office with Geoff, Philippe and the rest of the newly-minted Legal and Co 10 Feb 2012 08:36:30 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/270917 Dear Wiki colleagues, I am excited to invite members of Wikimedia Foundation to participate in the Wiki Africa project that will expand and incre 10 Feb 2012 01:13:02 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/270886 While reading the detailed "Legal and Community Advocacy/LCA Announcement", on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal/LCA_Announcement , I stumbled up 09 Feb 2012 23:54:35 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/270881 Today, we are excited to announce the start of our building of a new department called the 'Legal and Community Advocacy Department.' This new alignm 09 Feb 2012 15:49:30 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/270812 (Sharing this oped published in the Washington Post today. Will be printed in tomorrow's paper) http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-are-the-med 09 Feb 2012 14:04:49 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/270769 (Sharing this oped published in the Washington Post today. Will be printed in tomorrow's paper) http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-are-the-med 09 Feb 2012 13:52:49 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/270768 On 8.2.2012, at 22.03, Tom Morris wrote: >> I have contacts to the European Fablab folks and we probably could start with them a project on an Incubat 09 Feb 2012 10:25:47 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/270730 The Board approves the following letter to be sent to the community: Dear members of the Wikimedia Movement, As you are probably aware we have been 09 Feb 2012 00:11:47 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/270673 The English Wikipedia has become "one of those sites with a feedback tab"? Example: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Russell_Burnham>. How did 08 Feb 2012 17:08:10 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/270618 The Wikimedia Foundation Board is very pleased to welcome and approve our 39th chapter, Wikimedia Kenya: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolutio 08 Feb 2012 13:51:35 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/270572 Hello all, Has there been any attempt to start a Wikimedia project focusing on free 3D models? I think, right now it would be the right timing for 08 Feb 2012 02:10:07 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/270518 In the news on the English Wikipedia, Eli Manning was named most valuable player for Super Bowl XLVI. TMZ.com, a top 500 website and one of the most p 07 Feb 2012 23:51:39 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/270506 Hello everyone, I am pleased to announce the beginning of the voting of steward elections 2012 [1]. Eligible voters are now encouraged to give their 07 Feb 2012 16:02:45 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/270475 News and notes: The Foundation visits Tunisia, analyzes donors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-02-06/News_and_notes In 07 Feb 2012 14:55:01 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/270474 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#Bad_choice_of_featured_article is pretty good reading. MZMcBride ____________________________________ 06 Feb 2012 19:49:17 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/270370 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/opinion/steal-this-column.html Some readers may find this interesting; it doesn't seem to have hit this list. MZMc 06 Feb 2012 16:19:40 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/270345 Hi all, I just wanted to let you know that this Friday at 17:00 UTC, our General Counsel Geoff Brigham and his team will be in #wikimedia-office to t 06 Feb 2012 10:59:49 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/270310 Every month, there's a meeting at the Wikimedia Foundation offices (with remote call-in) where we review recent metrics and activities in the differen 05 Feb 2012 18:41:49 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/270265 To list! 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