[Foundation-l] Wikipedia lesson in Maharashtra class 7 textbook ( India)

Maharashtra State SSC syllabus , 7th standard ( Class) has a chapter on Wikipedia. http://twitpic.com/40b7oj ( See below for more details) The text book is called Balbarathi and in English. Note that state syllabus is applicable for most schools in state of Maharashtra in India. Some time back I h

[Foundation-l] Another 1.17 maintenance window

( repost from http://techblog.wikimedia.org ) Continuing with the work started last week[1], we plan to deploy 1.17 to more wikis in a couple hours. We had hoped we would be able to figure out the performance issues in the past week, but unfortunately, the only practical way we have to see the lo

Re: [Foundation-l] [Fwd: Ubuntu Wiki to be re-licensed to CC BY-SA]

2011/2/16 John Vandenberg : > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) > wrote: >> This re-licensing seems even more legally complex than ours (although >> uncontroversial). > > How can they relicense without explicit permission from each > contributor, or an update clause in the lic

Re: [Foundation-l] FAQ: Consultant for National Programs, India

2011/2/15 MZMcBride : > The purpose of the strategy wiki was to create a > five-year plan. That purpose has been served, so it's now time to move any > remaining content to Meta-Wiki and move on. That's a legitimate viewpoint, but not the one that's informing StrategyWiki's current use by WMF. Ou

Re: [Foundation-l] [Fwd: Ubuntu Wiki to be re-licensed to CC BY-SA]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:38 AM, John Vandenberg wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) > wrote: >> This re-licensing seems even more legally complex than ours (although >> uncontroversial). > > How can they relicense without explicit permission from each > contributor,

Re: [Foundation-l] [Fwd: Ubuntu Wiki to be re-licensed to CC BY-SA]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: > This re-licensing seems even more legally complex than ours (although > uncontroversial). How can they relicense without explicit permission from each contributor, or an update clause in the licence? -- John Vandenberg

[Foundation-l] [Fwd: Ubuntu Wiki to be re-licensed to CC BY-SA]

This re-licensing seems even more legally complex than ours (although uncontroversial). Nemo Messaggio Originale Oggetto: Ubuntu Wiki to be re-licensed to CC BY-SA Data: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:39:08 + (UTC) Da: Ubuntu Community Council A: undisclosed-recipients:; Dear Contri

Re: [Foundation-l] WikiRoll

Andrea Zanni, 15/02/2011 21:52: > for example, gives you the stats of it wikisource main page. > So there must be logs somewhere (I just don't know where ;-), > even if you can't use directly the form. They're in the usual gz, cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Killiondude/stats (FAQ) and htt

Re: [Foundation-l] Announcing Hisham Mundol as WMF consultant for National Programs, India

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:32 AM, MZMcBride wrote: > Barry Newstead wrote: > > As I have mentioned in the past, we have a lot of momentum in India but > we > > have a long way to go to achieve our full potential as a movement. > Indians > > represent 4% of the world¹s Internet users today (and th

Re: [Foundation-l] FAQ: Consultant for National Programs, India

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:58 AM, MZMcBride wrote: > Barry Newstead wrote: > > Here is the link to the FAQ. Feel free to add questions if you have them > and > > I'll attempt to answer ;) > > I've moved this FAQ to Meta-Wiki: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FAQ_Consultancy_for_National_Programs,_

Re: [Foundation-l] Showing the difference between the sexes

2011/2/12 Gerard Meijssen : > Given that we want to be more welcoming to women, I think it is awesome that > we will be able to address women as women. The fact that we gain some > statistical insight is a fringe benefit. > > The only question left is, when can this be implemented.. I raised this

Re: [Foundation-l] WikiRoll

Well, I don't know if you knew that you can "cheat" stats.grok putting the right URLs: http://stats.grok.se/it.s/201102/Pagina_principale for example, gives you the stats of it wikisource main page. So there must be logs somewhere (I just don't know where ;-), even if you can't use directly the f

Re: [Foundation-l] WikiRoll

> Something must be wrong with this stat counter. > > Back in 2009, Main Page was getting two million views per month, more or > less > > http://knol.google.com/k/will-johnson/most-popular-wikipedia-pages/4hmquk6fx > 4gu/191#view > > This counter show an amazing drop off if its now only getting

[Foundation-l] Fwd: IRC office hours this Friday on chapters and fundraising

Cross-posting. Begin forwarded message: > From: Steven Walling > Date: February 15, 2011 11:37:54 AM PST > To: "board and officers coordination (closed subscription) Local Chapters" > > Subject: IRC office hours this Friday on chapters and fundraising > > Hi all, > > This Friday at 19:00 UTC

Re: [Foundation-l] WikiRoll

On 15/02/11 15:30, Mariano Cecowski wrote: > 404 error on top of the English Wikipedia? The '404 error' article is linked from the Wikimedia Foundation own 404 error page. See http://en.wikipedia.org/doesnotexist :) -- Ashar Voultoiz ___ foundation

Re: [Foundation-l] FAQ: Consultant for National Programs, India

Barry Newstead wrote: > Here is the link to the FAQ. Feel free to add questions if you have them and > I'll attempt to answer ;) I've moved this FAQ to Meta-Wiki: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FAQ_Consultancy_for_National_Programs,_India Meta-Wiki is the project coordination wiki (and has been f

Re: [Foundation-l] Announcing Hisham Mundol as WMF consultant for National Programs, India

Barry Newstead wrote: > As I have mentioned in the past, we have a lot of momentum in India but we > have a long way to go to achieve our full potential as a movement. Indians > represent 4% of the world¹s Internet users today (and this share is > growing), yet they only represent 1.5% of page edi

[Foundation-l] FAQ: Consultant for National Programs, India

Here is the link to the FAQ. Feel free to add questions if you have them and I'll attempt to answer ;) http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/FAQ_Consultancy_for_National_Programs,_India -- Barry Newstead Chief Global Development Officer Wikimedia Foundation __

[Foundation-l] Announcing Hisham Mundol as WMF consultant for National Programs, India

Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Hisham Mundol as a consultant to the Wikimedia Foundation to support us in our program initiatives in India. As you know, the Wikimedia Foundation declared India to be a strategic priority during the strategic planning process [1]. I an

Re: [Foundation-l] WikiRoll

Double check your numbers, based on those results I get 2,304,720 hits/month John ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] WikiRoll

Something must be wrong with this stat counter. Back in 2009, Main Page was getting two million views per month, more or less http://knol.google.com/k/will-johnson/most-popular-wikipedia-pages/4hmquk6fx 4gu/191#view This counter show an amazing drop off if its now only getting about 12,000 vie

Re: [Foundation-l] WikiRoll

i fwd your questions to the author best regards przykuta Dnia 15 lutego 2011 15:38 Gerard Meijssen napisał(a): Hoi, Would it be possible to add other Wikipedia languages... I would not only welcome Dutch :) Thanks, GerardM On 15 February 2011 14:15, Andrea Zanni

Re: [Foundation-l] WikiRoll

Hoi, Would it be possible to add other Wikipedia languages... I would not only welcome Dutch :) Thanks, GerardM On 15 February 2011 14:15, Andrea Zanni wrote: > This is really interesting. > Do tyou think is it possible to have similar stats also for sister projects > (eg. quote, source, c

Re: [Foundation-l] WikiRoll

Wow, this is really useful. In this moment for the Spanish Wikipedia "Ronaldo" and "Hipotiroidismo" are 5th and 6th respectivelly; Ronaldo has just announced his retirement from football because of health problems related to hypothyroidism. 404 error on top of the English Wikipedia? Cheers, Ma

Re: [Foundation-l] WikiRoll

This is really interesting. Do tyou think is it possible to have similar stats also for sister projects (eg. quote, source, commons, etc.) ? Aubrey 2011/2/15 Przykuta > I hope, that this stats-page written by Maciej Smoleński will be helpful: > http://www.wikiroll.com/ > check it and enjoy > pr

[Foundation-l] WikiRoll

I hope, that this stats-page written by Maciej Smoleński will be helpful: http://www.wikiroll.com/ check it and enjoy przykuta ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundat

[Foundation-l] Partnership Wikimedia France / Palace of Versailles

Hello, I am very pleased to announce today that Wikimedia France has just concluded a very nice partnership. A partnership with the Palace of Versailles, which was negotiated very discreetly (at the request of Versailles) and just publicly announc