[Wikimedia-l] adding visual search for Wikipedia

Hi, here's a link to a proposal I have for adding visual search to Wikipedia: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Use_visual_search_frontend_for_Wikipedia (This was created with user ID: tomasohara

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Executive Director's Letter to Donors

Hell NO! We are not neutral and it will be a particular sad situation when we forget what we are there for, what our objectives are only to "avoid compromising the appearance of the projects and the movement as neutral providers of information; to avoid bad publicity; to avoid antagonizing governm

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikidata] Solve legal uncertainty of Wikidata

Hello, Mathieu, not only are you forum-shopping here as Maarten pointed out, you are also consecutively trying one "what if" after the other instead of providing an actual formal case against the CC0 license currently in effect on Wikidata. So far each of your individual arguments has been debunke

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Executive Director's Letter to Donors

On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 3:33 PM, James Salsman wrote: > Are there any specific reasons that the Foundation should remain > neutral on any topic, economic, political, or otherwise, which clearly > impacts the readership or community? Well, off the top of my head: to avoid compromising the appearanc

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Executive Director's Letter to Donors

On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 3:33 PM, James Salsman wrote: > Lodewijk, > > I want to ask about something you wrote: > > >... Not taking a position is definitely not the same as > > taking a 'neutral' position or holding the middle ground. > > Suppose for the sake of argument that there are two competin

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Executive Director's Letter to Donors

Lodewijk, I want to ask about something you wrote: >... Not taking a position is definitely not the same as > taking a 'neutral' position or holding the middle ground. Suppose for the sake of argument that there are two competing popular opinions, one of which is more true than another. If the o

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Research Showcase July 11, 2018 (11:30 AM PDT| 18:30 UTC)

Hi Everyone, The next Wikimedia Research Showcase will be live-streamed Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 11:30 AM (PDT) 18:30 UTC. YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK7AvNKq0sg As usual, you can join the conversation on IRC at #wikimedia-research. And, you can watch our past research sh

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikidata] SPARQL tutorial video (2 hours)

Thank You for sharing this! Best, Rupika Sharma Co-Founder Punjabi Wikimedians On Fri, Jul 6, 2018, 4:21 PM Md. Ibrahim Husain wrote: > Thanks a lot it will be very helpful for me. > > Md. Ibrahim Husain > Mobile: 01921 584733 > > > > On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 4:48 PM Tito Dutta wrote: > > > Grea

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikidata] SPARQL tutorial video (2 hours)

Thanks a lot it will be very helpful for me. Md. Ibrahim Husain Mobile: 01921 584733 On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 4:48 PM Tito Dutta wrote: > Great. Many thanks for sharing. > > Thanks > Tito Dutta > Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind > me over email or phone

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikidata] SPARQL tutorial video (2 hours)

Great. Many thanks for sharing. Thanks Tito Dutta Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind me over email or phone call. On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 at 16:14, Asaf Bartov wrote: > Hullo. > > I recently recorded a video of my 2-hour SPARQL tutorial. It is better > than

[Wikimedia-l] SPARQL tutorial video (2 hours)

Hullo. I recently recorded a video of my 2-hour SPARQL tutorial. It is better than the SPARQL section in my 3-hour Intro to Wikidata video from a couple of years ago, and is easier to follow, with the query screen fed directly rather than through the video camera. It is now available here: https

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 172, Issue 4

Thank you WM RepublikaSrpska for sharing your report. Well done! I know that it is a lot of work creating a report, but I find it to be a great opportunity to reflect and learn. It is interesting for us other affiliates to understand more about what you do. From my perspective you seem to have a go