[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 8, Issue 02 -- 09 January 2012

2012-01-09 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
Technological roadmap: 2011's technological achievements in review, and what 2012 may hold http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-01-09/Technological_roadmap News and notes: Fundraiser 2011 ends with a bang http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-01-

Re: [Foundation-l] Blink tag jokes are now obsolete.

2012-01-09 Thread Erik Moeller
On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > It got worse. They changed it to "Wikimedia Executive Director" At the risk of reviving this thread, I find it worth noting that the German chapter apparently used very similar banners this year to these banners you criticized last year: h

[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: Fabrice Florin joins Wikimedia

2012-01-09 Thread Erik Moeller
Hello all, I’m really happy to announce that Fabrice Florin is joining the Wikimedia Foundation as Product Manager for New Editor Engagement. In this position, Fabrice will take the lead in articulating and refining, in partnership with the community and the engineering team, the requirements for

[Foundation-l] IRC office hours this week with Sue Gardner

2012-01-09 Thread Steven Walling
Hi everyone, This is just a note that on Thursday the 12th, at 22:30 UTC, WMF Executive Director Sue Gardner will be in #wikimedia-office to answer your questions. We haven't set a topic as yet, so feel free to come prepared with what is of interest to you right now. As usual, time conversion link