Hello everyone,
Here are the donor quotes to post throughout the fundraiser. We were
thinking perhaps scheduling about 3-4 of these throughout the day to meet
different timezones across the globe. Here are the top 4 we were thinking
of using today. Thanks for reviewing!
1. "I once heard that Thursday was named for Thor, next thing you know I'm
learning about the entire Norse Pantheon." #keepitfree
2. "I use Wikipedia every day of every month of every year. It carries me
through life, school, university, work, and leisure." #keepitfree
3. "There was a time when I'd wonder about something and not be able to
check it instantly. That time is over." #keepitfree
4. "Medical school would be so much harder without Wikipedia. I can't
stress that enough." #keepitfree
My logic is to have a good mix of donor quotes throughout the day,
demonstrating the sheer vastness in utility that Wikipedia provides -
ranging from the prolific to the short quirky anecdote.
Feel free to comment if you spot any quotes that seem unsuitable for some
reason. Starting tomorrow evening PT, I'll assume that we can go ahead with
those that have met no objections.
Wikipedia is my go-to source of quick reference when I need background
information on just about any topic matter. Thank you!As a Japanese teacher
to non-Japanese, I check how to express events & culture in Japan written
in both English and Japanese.Wikipedia's wonderful...that people can unite,
cooperate & sacrifice their time in order to write & contribute to this
huge project.
There was a time I studied for a German test by checking verb/noun
declination on Wikipedia - and I got a pretty high grade!I have abandoned
all other (particularly printed) sources of information. To me, wikipedia
is the smartest thing on the web!It's nice to know that whenever you do not
know something, there is a place to learn it easily. Maybe cliche, but it's
true.I believe sex, software, and knowledge (not necessary in this order)
should be free and suitable for all people, everytime.Free Knowledge has
helped me to rely on updated and concentrated information. In other words,
saved my hell a lot of time!!I use it several times a day. I find authors,
painters, geographic locations, animals...even use it for crossword puzzles.I
use Wikipedia every day of every month of every year. It carries me through
life, school, university, work, and leisure.In med school I learned more
anatomy from Wikipedia's wonderful hyperlinked Gray's Anatomy articles than
I did in class.I like the fast way that information can change. If there's
any important news, it will not last to appear in Wikipedia.I've never used
a dictionary as much as I've used Wikipedia. So it's not about this one
time, it's about all the time.I love information...This site has done more
for me and my quest for knowledge than the rest of the internet combined.Very
informative, straight-forward, and reliable. There's not a lot of garbage
to sift through to obtain information.Slammed my arrogant stock broker
brother-in-law when we were arguing over which of two countries had the
larger GDP.It uses up a lot of my time. It's the only site where I allow
myself to follow any like I want for more information.I pretty much use it
as a hitchhikers' guide, especially when out and about with a smartphone.
feels pretty sci-fi!I once heard that Thursday was named for Thor, next
thing you know I'm learning about the entire Norse Pantheon.Being
impoverished and largely homebound, you bring the world and its history to
my fingertips and into my home.It's one of my first landing points...where
I [can] see an independent, quick, structured overview of a subject.Wikipedia
allows me to educate myself for free, anytime, anywhere. They would have
laughed at you 60 years ago!There was this one time when I was in the
Colosseo in Rome and Wikipedia helped me to live the history againThere was
a time when I'd wonder about something and not be able to check it
instantly. That time is over.Quick and generally accurate information
source is a wonderful educational reinforcement and enhancement.It is
wonderful to have a non-biased repository of information on every
conceivable topic under the sun.My knowledge of reality has improved since
using Wikipedia. It is my main tool in resolving doubts.I cannot specify
this to a single instance. Wikipedia affects my life in a lot of ways. Keep
it up!Efficient, interesting, useful information in a [clear]
interface...just what I need when and how.I'm one of those teachers that
says in class something like: "Just check the Wikipedia for more."I have
learned more from Wikipedia than any educational institution I have ever
been a member of.I'm just amazed for the fact that it is so handy and and
provides info in different languages.When I attended elementary school,
Wikipedia taught me more about physics, than school itself.The experience
of having the collective knowledge of the world at my fingertips is
invaluable.If I need information - real knowledge - I use wiki, not Google
or similar internet service.It helped me through high-school and now it's
helping me through University :) Thanks guys!It's just an everyday tool.
Frankly, I don't and I won't remember my life before Wikipedia.In my view,
Wikipedia is the new Library of Alexandria, public knowledge for everybody.It's
the only place I go to where I believe I can get credible, impartial
information.Medical school would be so much harder without Wikipedia. I
can't stress that enough.For many years, Wikipedia has fed my desire to
acquire trivial and fun knowledge.Wikipedia is now my prime source of info
like teh encycloedia was for my parentsWhen I refer to Wikimedia, I expect
to learn all I need to know on the subject.It's opened up vast new worlds
of information -- less rumor, more fact.
Free information. Something we take for granted but can change lives.Compiled
knowledge - often correct, sometimes like a second opinion.No need to have
the entire room filled with book cabinets anymore!It has helped me win a
few bucks when betting on facts - thanks!!Anything I learn changes or has
the potential to change my life.I basically owe my biochemistry bachelors
degree to Wikipedia.There has never been an easier way to access
information.
Wikipedia is my encyclopedia in this post-digital age.Great work. It
already made world history! Well done.I spend a lot more time editing than
I should! ;-$I don't need encyclopedias (Brockhaus) anymore.More
information = your life is more colorful.I love to bring an encyclopedia in
my pocket.
I don't know something? Wikipedia answer me.It's just everywhere, everytime
information.It stops a lot of silly arguments quickly!It makes me feel my
brain expandable.It is my first source of information.It's simple: I trust
it as a source.
Provides a standard for information.
> --
Michael Guss
Research Analyst
Wikimediafoundation.org
mguss(a)wikimedia.org
Hey social media team,
What is our current policy regarding controversies like these?
Harvard Doc To Wikipedia: You’re Not Playing Fair On Alternative Trauma Therapy
http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2014/11/harvard-doc-to-wikipedia-youre-not-pla… <http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2014/11/harvard-doc-to-wikipedia-youre-not-pla…>
The journalist in me says we should cover them because they are part of our movement’s news.
The business man in me says it’s best to not stir the flames if it doesn’t serve your goals.
What do we think as a communications team?
I have not researched this at all, so have no factual evidence to cite about the validity of the author’s claims that he was unfairly scrubbed in this "energy psychology" article.
But the reasoned tone of his article doesn’t make him sound like a “lunatic charlatan” at first glance, even if his medical methods are unorthodox.
Again, please let me know if I am contributing too much or inappropriately to this list. I thrive on feedback :)
Fabrice
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Fabrice Florin
Product Manager, Multimedia
Wikimedia Foundation
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)
Give me the LGTMs to celebrate our lawyers with our followers.
t: WMF's legal team comprised of the most "innovative lawyers of North
America" of 2014, according to the Financial Times @FT
t: Congrats! WMF's legal team named "most innovative" by the Financial
Times @FT
http://im.ft-static.com/content/images/44f67bb6-79e7-11e4-8958-00144feabdc0…
t: Thank you @FT! The Financial Times recognizes WMF's legal team as one of
North America's "most innovative" of 2014!
Do we want to share GB's link of the actual thing? Or do we want to send
our followers to a paywall? Or simply acknowlegement?
--
Michael Guss
Research Analyst
Wikimediafoundation.org
mguss(a)wikimedia.org
Hi all!
Wikimedia RU started preparation of large conference in Ufa, Russia, and we
kindly ask you to promote our invitation via Facebook.
Link to post:
https://www.facebook.com/russian.wikipedia/posts/10152637287123702
Could you please share it targeted to Russia and Russian language, please?
The best time for repost - somewhere between 10-00 and 11-00 UTC.
Thanks a lot,
Linar
(Sorry for crossposting)
This is indeed a "cause" that the entire community should get behind.
I know that normally people could apply for grants but is there anyway
that the WMF as an organisation could bypass that often long, drawn
out process and pitch in with this as well?
I have sent out a few appeals to avgeeks, seeing as he has taken
aviation photos, via twitter and other avenues. Perhaps we can get a
tweet from @wikicommons on this as well.
It's in all of our best interests to get Poco a Poco taking photos
again as soon as is possible. And I hope that insurance will be taken
out on the equipment when replaced :)
Cheers
Russavia
On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 7:18 AM, Santi Navarro
<santiagonavarro(a)wikimedia.org.es> wrote:
> Sorry for crossposting:
>
> Help one of the best volunteer photographers in Wikimedia Commons restore
> his stolen equipment.
>
>
> Diego Delso is known as Poco a poco in Wikimedia Commons. In case you don't
> know, Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository where anyone can share
> freely-licensed content with everyone. Wikipedia uses Wikimedia Commons as
> it's image repository, so, in fact, most of the times you view an image in
> Wikipedia, you are actually viewing a Wikimedia Commons image.
>
> While Diego is just one of the thousands of Wikimedia Commons volunteers, he
> is a very special one: he's one of the main Commons contributors ever,
> having some amazing records, such as being the user with the highest amount
> of Featured Pictures ever (153 images) and also the one with the highest
> amount of quality images ever, with 5,777 Quality Images. That's an awesome
> amount of very high quality material, that Diego has given to every living
> person for free.
>
> Never heard about Wikimedia Commons? It's the repository that hosts
> allmultimedia files that you can see (and download) in Wikipedia and all
> other Wikimedia projects. Diego's files are used in those projects and are
> also available for everybody else with a free license.
>
> Furthermore, Diego has contributed in Wikimedia Commons in other ways. One
> of them is by supporting (by being an organizer or a jury) two of the most
> importantphotographic contests in the Wikimedia movement (and in the
> world!): Wiki Loves Monuments and Wiki Loves Earth.
>
> Sadly, while Diego was in Buenos Aires after participating in a Wikimedia
> Iberoamerican Encounter with other Wikimedia volunteers, he got his
> equipment stolen. In this unfortunate event, he didn't only lost his camera,
> zoom lenses and laptop, but also every single picture he took during his 2
> weeks trip in South America, which he was going to upload to Wikimedia
> Commons so they could be used by everyone, everywhere.
>
> As Wikimedia volunteers and Diego's friends, we could not stand aside of
> this, so we decided to help him to restore his equipment. You can help, too,
> by contributing to this campaign!
>
> Our goal is simple: to collect enough money to help Diego to buy exactly the
> same equipment he lost.
>
> All the gear he lost in Argentina is described below, with a reference to
> the price from Amazon for the same equipment.
> Tipo Modelo Preço
> Camera body Canon EOS 5D Mark II $ 2,694.00
> Objective fisheye f/4.0 Canon EF 8-15mm L USM $ 1,349.00
> Objective wide-angle f/4.0 Canon EF 17-40mm L USM $ 839.00
> Objective wide-angle to telephoto f/4.0 Canon EF 24-105mm L IS UVM $
> 1,149.00
> Laptop Acer Aspire 1810T $ 600.00
> Total $ 6,631.00
>
> Converted to Euro (since Diego is based in Europe) that goes to 5,300 Euro +
> 200 euro of Indiegogo fee, which is our target to collect.
>
> This campaign is runned on indiegogo.com and the link is
> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/funding-a-new-gear-for-wm-photographer-p…
>
> You can use the short link http://igg.me/at/pocoapoco in social networks
>
> Thank you
>
> --
> Santiago Navarro Sanz
> Wikimedia España
> http://www.wikimedia.org.es/
>
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Here’s another possible candidate for sharing:
Video challenge on Wikipedia stimulates re-use of audio-visual heritage:
http://www.beeldengeluid.nl/en/blogs/research-amp-development-en/201412/vid…
This post describes their positive experience with a video challenge on the UNESCO World day for Audiovisual Heritage: over 400 videos were added to articles within three weeks. This is noteworthy, given that very few articles feature videos on Wikipedia at this time. Nicely done, @BeeldenGeluid !
I personally posted it here, if you’d like to retweet:
https://twitter.com/fabriceflorin/status/539847861178212353
Let me know if you think this type of local success story is appropriate for our social media channels, so I can calibrate my submissions in the future.
Be well,
Fabrice
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Fabrice Florin
Product Manager, Multimedia
Wikimedia Foundation
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)
I've been tweeting regularly from @Wikivoyage twitter handle (3 times a month to announce our featured articles) but unfortunately our tweets dont not getting much RT's.. I will make sure to send a request here when I make a tweet.
https://twitter.com/Wikivoyage/status/540267341490421760
Thanks Saqib