[Foundation-l] Fundraising appeals update

2011-12-18 Thread Megan Hernandez
Hi all, I just posted an update on the appeals we ran last week on meta: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011#A_week_of_new_appeals_December_18.2C_2011 These people have some pretty amazing stories, you should give them a read. Thanks, Megan -- Megan Hernandez Head of Annual Fu

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation's 2010-11 Annual Report

2011-12-18 Thread Abbas Mahmood
> From: tba...@wikimedia.org > Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:35:18 +0100 > To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation's > 2010-11 Annual Report > Just a quick note that the final proof has not been sent to the > printer yet; last

Re: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

2011-12-18 Thread Yaroslav M. Blanter
On Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:28:13 +0100, emijrp wrote: > Hi; > > Yes, please, go global. > > We can use the sitenotice (only for registered users) to ask for help in > every country. Or only those countries with a chapter are allowed? > > Regards, > emijrp > All countries are eligible, but if ther

Re: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

2011-12-18 Thread emijrp
Hi; Yes, please, go global. We can use the sitenotice (only for registered users) to ask for help in every country. Or only those countries with a chapter are allowed? Regards, emijrp 2011/12/18 Tomasz Kozłowski > Hello everyone, > > As you may have heard, a little while ago some organizers o

[Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

2011-12-18 Thread Tomasz Kozłowski
Hello everyone, As you may have heard, a little while ago some organizers of Wiki Loves Monuments 2011 came together in a rainy and cold Amsterdam to evaluate the 2011 edition, and kick off documentation for 2012. We would like to share some of the results of our meeting with you. The first an

Re: [Foundation-l] Smurfs Movie is infringing on wikipedia copyright

2011-12-18 Thread David Gerard
On 18 December 2011 12:38, Mike Dupont wrote: > Ok. I understand that. Maybe I am getting upset over nothing, but when > it comes to shutting down people who copy small clips and snippets > from movies, it seems that the industry also shows no mercy. It would be interesting for press coverage.

[Foundation-l] WikiRiffs

2011-12-18 Thread Tom Morris
https://www.youtube.com/user/WikiRiffs This guy is a singer/songwriter who writes songs and puts them on YouTube based on random Wikipedia articles. He's put out a video today asking people for donations to the Foundation, and noting that all profits he makes from his songs until the end of 2012

Re: [Foundation-l] Smurfs Movie is infringing on wikipedia copyright

2011-12-18 Thread Mike Dupont
On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Bence Damokos wrote: > I guess, this is just one of the times where things in Hollywood are a > bit different than in real life. The students and kids will just have > to realize that things in films are not always true to life... > (Without having seen the movie,

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation's 2010-11 Annual Report

2011-12-18 Thread Tilman Bayer
On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Seb35 wrote: > Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:29:51 -0800, Jay Walsh wrote: >> The Wikimedia Foundation is happy to announce the release of the 2010-11 >> Annual Report, which is now posted on the WMF Wiki at >> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Annual_Report > > Thanks fo