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March 3

Tech News #10, from @mediawiki: posted. guillom 16:55, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t/f/g: This week in the @Wikimedia tech newsletter: Missing fonts, Wikidata items in Wikisource, and multimedia updates. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/10
Reviewed off-wiki. guillom 16:55, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

March 4

Indian Wikimedia community coordinates Women’s History Month - blog DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 22:47, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t/f/g: The Indian Wikimedia community invites you to participate in Women’s History Month events https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/04/wikimedia-community-coordinates-womens-history-month/ #Wikiwomen

Tweaked it a bit. (In the tweet it would be nice to name the authors too - e.g. "by @nethahussain and Jeph Paul" - but I don't see how to fit them into 140c.) Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 22:02, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Insight into Wikimedia Germany blog post DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 20:28, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t: FDC member Arjuna Chavala recently visited the Wikimeda Deutschland chapter, heres what he learned. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/03/insight-into-wikimedia-germany-impressions-of-a-fdc-member/
f/g: FDC member, Arjuna Chavala, recently visited the Wikimeda Deutschland chapter in an effort to gain better insight into its everyday operations. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/03/insight-into-wikimedia-germany-impressions-of-a-fdc-member/

Correcting some typos, linking Twitter handles, writing out the abbreviation and some other tweaks:

t: What Funds Dissemination Committee member @arjunaraoc learned on his visit to @WikimediaDE, the German chapter: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/03/insight-into-wikimedia-germany-impressions-of-a-fdc-member/
f/g: Arjuna Rao Chavala, member of the FDC (Funds Dissemination Committee), recently visited Wikimeda Deutschland in an effort to gain better insight into the chapter's everyday operations. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/03/insight-into-wikimedia-germany-impressions-of-a-fdc-member/

Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 20:24, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

March 6

WMF Metrics meeting live-tweeting

Wikimedia Foundation's monthly Metrics & Activities Meeting starts in 30min (19:00 UTC). Join via IRC or livestream: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings/2014-03-06 DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 18:30, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikimedia Foundation's monthly Metrics & Activities Meeting starts now! Livestream: [insert Hangout URL] IRC: #wikimedia-office DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 19:02, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Next at #WMFMetrics Meeting: @MissGayle welcoming new staff. Slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4izbfxc5g6KZk13Vzh2MTMzRWNvaWNENEZTNlc0Z1FEY0xn/edit?usp=sharing DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 19:08, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Next at #WMFMetrics Meeting: @xirzon on top-line metrics. Report card: http://reportcard.wmflabs.org/ DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 19:08, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Next at #WMFMetrics Meeting: @xirzon on Editor Trends Segmentation. Slides: https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/presentation/d/1KoqDsXSrdJALcQFG-dPQmyZ23lacnsSBN43teR8E2-g/edit#slide=id.p DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 19:09, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Next at #WMFMetrics Meeting: an update by @fabriceflorin and the multimedia team on the new Media Viewer. Slides: https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/presentation/d/1BlHYJ38CZe0nNUK3HF1SQS5yKwgg4_6XoKUpXielQWY/edit DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 19:17, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Next at #WMFMetrics Meeting: @kenanwang on tablets defaulting to mobile. [Insert suitable link here]. DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 19:29, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Next at #WMFMetrics Meeting: An update on the search for our next Executive Director. DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 20:07, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The #WMFMetrics & Activities Meeting is over. For more on last month's activities, see the upcoming monthly reports https://blog.wikimedia.org/tag/report/ DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 20:07, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

March 7

Webfonts blog post: posted guillom 17:25, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t: Webfonts: Making Wikimedia projects readable for everyone. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/07/webfonts-making-wikimedia-projects-readable-for-everyone/
f/g: On Wikimedia sites, we use webfonts to properly display some characters and scripts in your web browser. Read about the challenges of using this technology on Wikipedia and its sister sites. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/07/webfonts-making-wikimedia-projects-readable-for-everyone/
Reviewed on the mailing list. guillom 17:25, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

es Webfonts blog post

t: Webfonts: haciendo los proyectos Wikimedia más legibles para todos y todas https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/07/webfonts-making-wikimedia-projects-readable-for-everyone/
f/g: En los sitios de Wikimedia usamos webfonts para desplegar apropiadamente algunos caracteres y scripts en tu navegador. Lee acerca de los retos usando esta tecnología en Wikipedia y sus proyectos hermanos. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/07/webfonts-making-wikimedia-projects-readable-for-everyone/

Hi Ivan, I'm a bit skeptical about tweeting in other languages about posts that are available in English only - those who can benefit from the link because they can read English well enough will already have read the original English tweet, and others might feel disappointed when clicking it. Perhaps there's a possibility we can get the blog post translated first? Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 22:31, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Costa Rica blog post: Done

T: Costa Rican Wikimedians meet for the first time https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/07/costa-rican-wikimedians-meet-first-time/
T: Wikimedistas costarricenses se reunieron por primera vez https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/07/costa-rican-wikimedians-meet-first-time/#Spanish (report from the first ever meetup in Costa Rica)
F/G: In Costa Rica, Wikimedia users are getting together to prepare activities for promoting Wikimedia projects, and plan the country's participation in Wiki Loves Earth and Wiki Loves Monuments. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/07/costa-rican-wikimedians-meet-first-time/
F/G (targeted to Spanish/Spanish-speaking countries): Los wikimedistas costarricenses y de otras regiones de Iberoamérica consideran que esta primera reunión fue un paso importante para el surgimiento de Wikimedia Costa Rica y para la difusión de los proyectos Wikimedia en el país. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/07/costa-rican-wikimedians-meet-first-time/#Spanish [This is just an excerpt from the blog post, so hopefully no copyedit needed.]

Appreciate a second pair of eyes. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 03:02, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Verified. Regards, --ProtoplasmaKid (WM-MX) (talk) 07:54, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I think it wasn't the first ever meetup of "wikimedistas ... de otras regiones de Iberoamérica", so I have changed "su primera reunión" into "esta primera reunión". Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 22:31, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

March 10−March 16

March 10

Tech News #11, from @mediawiki:

t/f/g: In this week's Tech News bulletin: improvements to VisualEditor, language links and easy CSS styling for buttons. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/11

March 11

European Union Wiki Project DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 00:07, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t: WikiProject EU seeks to expand on the articles of EU member states, one article at a time. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/11/viquiproject-unio-europea-know-your-own-backyard/

what does "one article at a time" indicate? "This broad appeal has made it one of the most successful Wikiprojects ever on the Catalan Wikipedia" is interesting to me. heather walls (talk) 22:03, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

f/g: The European Union Wiki Project aims to expand on articles pertaining to European culture, economy, traditions and Institutions while also promoting the growth of free data projects. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/11/viquiproject-unio-europea-know-your-own-backyard/

Agree with Heather's point about emphasizing the superlative. How about:

T: "Know your own backyard": One of the most successful WikiProjects on Catalan Wikipedia improves coverage of the EU
F/G+: After just one year, the European Union WikiProject has become one of the most successful ones on the Catalan Wikipedia, creating well over 1,000 articles on the EU and its member states.

Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 23:57, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t:El Wikiproyecto Unión Europea busca expandir los artículos de sus integrantes, un artículo a la vez. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/11/viquiproject-unio-europea-know-your-own-backyard/
f/g: El Wikiproyecto Unión Europea busca expandir los artículos pertenecientes a la cultura, economía instituciones y tradiciones europeas, así como promover el crecimiento de proyectos de datos libres. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/11/viquiproject-unio-europea-know-your-own-backyard/

March 12

Vachana Sanchaya: 11th century Kannada form of rhythmic writing will enrich Wikisource. DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 23:30, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t: Vachana Sanchaya, an 11th century form of rhythmic writing in Kannada literature soon to enrich Wikisource. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/12/11th-century-kannada-literature-to-enrich-wikisource/
f/g: In the poetry of Kannada (an Indic language), Vachana Sahitya is a form of rhythmic writing that evolved in the 11th century. Thanks to a project by two Wikimedians, these poems will soon enrich Wikisource. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/12/11th-century-kannada-literature-to-enrich-wikisource/

Tweaked F/G (fixing a typo, and since it's a sister project, we should write "Wikimedians" instead of "Wikipedians"). For the tweet, I would suggest this:

T: "Vachana Sanchaya", 11th century poems in Kannada (an Indic language), will soon enrich @Wikisource

Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 23:25, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

En Wikivoyage

t: Wikivoyage’s destination of the month is Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, in Australia. https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Uluru-Kata_Tjuta_National_Park
f/g: Wikivoyage’s destination of the month is Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, in Australia. The Park is a UNESCO World Heritage area. It is best known for Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock), a single massive rock formation. https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Uluru-Kata_Tjuta_National_Park

Wikimedia Commons POTD DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 23:26, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t/f/g: Wikimedia Commons #PictureoftheDay: A school of yellow and blueback fusilier fish, in Fiji. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caesio_teres_in_Fiji_by_Nick_Hobgood.jpg

es Wikimedia Commons POTD DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 23:26, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t/f/g: La #FotoDelDía de Wikimedia Commons: un cardumen de fusileros amarillos azulados en Fiji. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caesio_teres_in_Fiji_by_Nick_Hobgood.jpg

LGTM (trusting Ivan's translation). Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 23:14, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Translation looks good. Thanks Ivan, as usual =) CMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 23:19, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

EN Wikisource

t/f/g: “Association Football and How to Play it” by John Cameron is Wikisource's featured text of the month. Read it here! https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Association_Football_and_How_to_Play_It

Trying to spike it up a bit, eyeing a RT:

T: March featured text @Wikisource: "Association Football and How to Play It" (1908, by @SpursOfficial's John Cameron) https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Association_Football_and_How_to_Play_It
F/G: In 1908, you had to pay 1 shilling for “Association Football and How to Play it” , written by John Cameron who had just won the EA cup with @Tottenham Hotspur. Read it now for free as Wikisource's featured text of the month: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Association_Football_and_How_to_Play_It

Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 23:58, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

En Wiktionary

t: EN Wiktionary #WordoftheDay: zombie out (informal). Become like a zombie, vacant and unresponsive. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zombie_out
f/g: English Wiktionary #WordoftheDay: zombie out (informal). Become like a zombie in being listless, vacant and unresponsive. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zombie_out

OnThisDay

t: #OnThisDay in 1894 Coca-Cola was bottled and sold for the first time in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola
f/g: #OnThisDay in 1894 Coca-Cola was bottled and sold for the first time in Vicksburg, Mississippi, by local foundation operator Joseph Biedenharn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola

Are we mentioning this so coca-cola will retweet us? Should it have an @ or something so they will see it? heather walls (talk) 19:34, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

es OnThisDay

t/f/g: #UnDíaComoHoy pero de 1894, fue embotellada y vendida por primera vez una Coca-Cola en Vicksburg, Mississippi https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola

March 13

International Women's Day blog {{ok}]CMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 19:06, 14 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t: Celebrate International Women’s day with a series of edit-a-thons throughout March #Wikiwomen https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/13/celebrating-womens-day-the-wiki-way/
f/g: Celebrate International Women’s day with a series of edit-a-thons throughout the month of March in India- with a focus on Indian women Parliamentarians and scientist. Learn how to get involved here: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/13/celebrating-womens-day-the-wiki-way/

I added a line and an "s" to scientist. Also since the day is already past it seems slightly strange to me to emphasize it ;) My suggestions: heather walls (talk) 23:19, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t: How many Indian women scientists can you name? Join a series of edit-a-thons throughout March #Wikiwomen https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/13/celebrating-womens-day-the-wiki-way/
f/g: How many Indian women scientists can you name? Celebrate International Women’s day with a series of edit-a-thons throughout the month of March in India - with a focus on Indian women parliamentarians and scientists. Learn how to get involved here: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/13/celebrating-womens-day-the-wiki-way/

March 14

Signpost report DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 00:25, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t: Wikipedia Signpost report: WikiProject Neuroscience. Read a summarized report of the community-written newsletter here: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/14/wikipedia-signpost-report-wikiproject-neuroscience/
f/g: Last month, the English Wikipedia community-written newsletter Wikipedia Signpost ran a feature on WikiProject Neuroscience, a project which began in September of 2005. Read a summarized report here: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/14/wikipedia-signpost-report-wikiproject-neuroscience/

Pi Day DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 00:13, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t: Happy Pi Day! #DidYouKnow one of the first celebrations of Pi Day was organized by @exploratorium in San Francisco? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day
f/g: Happy Pi Day! #DidYouKnow the earliest known official celebration of Pi Day was organized by the @Exploratorium in San Francisco? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day

March 17−March 23

March 17

Wikimedia Russia civil code blog DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 18:14, 18 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t: @Wikimedia_RU has spearheaded changes to Russian civil law, including recognition of CC licenses and more: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/17/wikimedia-ru-changes-russian-civil-code/

f/g: Thanks to the efforts by @Wikimedia_RU, the federal law that introduced changes to Russian civil law, the Civil Code, has been signed. This amendment introduces recognition for CC licenses, freedom of panorama and more. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/17/wikimedia-ru-changes-russian-civil-code/

March 18

Wikipedia Zero MTN blog

t: South African based mobile telco MTN to provide access to Wikipedia free of data charges: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/18/mtn-south-africa-responds-to-sinenjongo-high-school-open-letter-and-launches-wikipedia-zero/
f/g: South African based mobile telco MTN responded to an open letter by a class at Sinenjongo High School and announced it will provide access to Wikipedia without data charges via the Opera Mini browser: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/18/mtn-south-africa-responds-to-sinenjongo-high-school-open-letter-and-launches-wikipedia-zero/

Tech News #12, from @mediawiki: posted guillom 08:10, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t/f/g: This week in the Tech News bulletin: PNG thumbnails improvements, beta features updates and VisualEditor changes. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/12

March 19

Rexford Nkansah profile blog DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 23:25, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t: For Wikipedian Rexford Nkansah, Wikipedia represents the future of education for Ghana. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/19/for-rexford-nkansah-wikipedia-represents-the-future-of-education-for-his-country/

f/g: For Wikipedian Rexford Nkansah, Wikipedia is more than just a hobby, he sees it as a potential game-changer for education in his home country of Ghana. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/19/for-rexford-nkansah-wikipedia-represents-the-future-of-education-for-his-country/

es

t: Para el wikipedista Rexford Nkansah, Wikipedia representa el futuro de la educación en Ghana. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/19/for-rexford-nkansah-wikipedia-represents-the-future-of-education-for-his-country/
f/g: Para el wikipedista Rexford Nkansah, Wikipedia es más que un hobby. El piensa que puede cambiar las reglas del juego en la educación de su natal Ghana. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/19/for-rexford-nkansah-wikipedia-represents-the-future-of-education-for-his-country/

March 20

Brussels blog DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 22:36, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t: Calling all Wikimedians and like-minded friends to attend a meeting of EU-Policy on on April 24 and 25 in Brussels. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/20/taking-the-stage-how-we-entered-the-brussels-bubble/

t: *t: Calling all Wikimedians and like-minded friends to attend the EU Policy meeting on April 24 and 25 in Brussels. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/20/taking-the-stage-how-we-entered-the-brussels-bubble/
That's my small tweak suggestion, thanks Carlos! heather walls (talk) 21:52, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

f/g: After last year's productive meet-up, we want to once again invite interested Wikimedians and like-minded friends to Brussels to discuss, draft and decide the future of advocacy efforts on the EU level and the general organizational development of the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/20/taking-the-stage-how-we-entered-the-brussels-bubble/

March 21

Women and Change in IP blog DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 23:55, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t: .@Yanatweets attended a panel with leading Silicon Valley organizations and the WIPLA. Here’s the rundown: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/21/celebrating-women-and-change-in-ip/
f/g: In conjunction with International Women’s Day, WMF legal counsel Yana Welinder attended a Women’s intellectual Property Lawyers Association (WIPLA) panel with some of the most influential organizations in Silicon Valley to discuss the latest developments in intellectual property law. Here’s the rundown: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/21/celebrating-women-and-change-in-ip/

March 24−March 30

March 25

Crimean crisis post from Wikimedi Russia DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 20:39, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

f/g: The following post is from Wikimedia Russia.

Most people know what the Crimea crisis is and everybody has their own opinion about who’s right and who’s wrong. Unfortunately, such situations happen, but what should we, editors of Wikipedia (and especially Russian Wikipedia), do?

It's important to state the following principles to understand this question better:

1. Russian Wikipedia is Wikipedia in the Russian language, not Wikipedia of the Russian Federation. We have active editors and sysops not only from Russia, but also from Europe, Asia and America. Due to this fact we have different opinions that help us produce neutral point of views.

Is it "points of view"? heather walls (talk) 18:21, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2. Wikipedia isn't looking for absolute truth; it should represent "fairly, proportionately, and, as far as possible, without bias, all of the significant views that have been published by reliable sources on a topic.” That means that we are not stating, for example, that Crimean referendum was legitimate or not, we provide different points of views: what Ukrainian view is, what Russian view is, what other countries do and think, according to reliable sources.

3. Wikipedia describes disputes but doesn't engage in them. We want to state once more, that we are not looking for absolute truth and we won't agree with personal attacks from one group of editors to another group of editors: all of them have equal rights.

4. We don't encourage mass edits in such a hot topic without prior discussion with other editors: that's why a lot of articles of this category are protected from editing - propose your adjustments at the talk page and discuss them with other editors, that's the most constructive and effective way of editing.

5. We admit that such articles require additional attention and that's why our community is discussing nominations for the new mediators of this topic. Nevertheless, even now editors and sysops invest much time and effort to keep Wikipedia neutral and true.

6. Wikipedia has already had some similar situations. Our previous experiences prove that "discuss, then edit" is the best practice. For example, the similar disputes connected with Nagorno-Karabakh, Kosovo, etc.

We kindly ask editors to stay calm, show respect to other editors and discuss all edits based on reliable sources. Wikipedia has rules and policies, we hope that our editors and readers are able to cope with this accordingly.

En Wikivoyage DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 23:04, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t: Wikivoyage’s featured travel topic is the Golan Trail. It stretches from Mt. Hermon to the sea of Galilee in Israel https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Golan_Trail
f/g: Wikivoyage’s featured travel topic is the Golan Trail. The trail stretches from Mount Hermon to the sea of Galilee in Israel. Visit Wikivoyage for tips when planning your next excursion. https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Golan_Trail
LGTM. guillom 08:42, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Commons POTD DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 18:16, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t/f/g: Wikimedia Commons #PictureoftheDay: Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens (Attica, Greece). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Attica_06-13_Athens_25_Olympian_Zeus_Temple.jpg
LGTM. guillom 08:42, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

En Wiktionary DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 19:37, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t/f/g: English Wiktionary #WordoftheDay: in a pig’s eye (idiomatic). Very unlikely; probably never. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/in_a_pig%27s_eye
LGTM. guillom 08:42, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

OnThisDay DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 00:13, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t: #OnThisDay in 1995 WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, was made public by @WardCunningham : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiWikiWeb
f/g: #OnThisDay in 1995 WikiWikiWeb, the world’s first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, was made public by @WardCunningham https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiWikiWeb
LGTM. You'll probably want to remove the @ in f/g. guillom 08:42, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tech discovery report 1/6 (@wikimedia, retweeted by @wikipedia and @mediawiki) posted guillom 18:37, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t: Seeing through the eyes of new Wikimedia technical contributors to make their first steps easier: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/25/seeing-through-the-eyes-of-new-technical-contributors/
f/g: It’s incredibly valuable for a community to identify (and be reminded of) the hurdles that newcomers must overcome when they first join. In this series, new tech contributors share their impressions, frustrations and discoveries as they explored MediaWiki’s and Wikimedia’s technical world.

March 26

Hovercards blog post (@wikimedia, retweeted from @Wikipedia and @mediawiki) DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 22:22, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t: Hovercards are now available as a Beta Feature on all Wikimedia wikis. Log in and tell us what you think! <LINK>
f/g: With Hovercards, whenever you hover over a link to another article, a short summary of the article and a relevant image is provided to you so you can make the decision about whether you want to read the full article. Log in, enable it in your beta options, and tell us what you think! <LINK>

For 'f/g' I'd change the last bit of the post: "With Hovercards, whenever you hover over a link to another article, a short summary of the article and a relevant image is shown so you can decide whether or not you want to read the rest of the article. Log in, enable it in your beta options and tell us what you think! <link>". Regards CMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 18:38, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ES Hovercards blog post

t: Las Hovercards están disponibles en Beta en todos los wikis de Wikimedia. Entra y da tu opinión! <LINK>
f/g: Con las Hovercards, cada vez que poses el cursor sobre un link a otro artículo, podrás ver un resumen del mismo y una imagen apropiada para que puedas decidir si quieres leer el artículo completo. Ingresa a tu cuenta, actívalo en las opciones Beta y dinos qué opinas! <LINK>

March 27

Tech discovery report 2/6 (@wikimedia, retweeted by @wikipedia and @mediawiki) posted guillom 18:36, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t: Tech discovery report: What is this Wikitech thing anyway? https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/27/tech-discovery-report-what-is-this-wikitech-thing-anyway/
f/g: In this guest post, Code-in student Ashwin Bhumbla shares his experience discovering the MediaWiki and Wikitech wikis, whose purpose may not be as straightforward as experienced users think. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/27/tech-discovery-report-what-is-this-wikitech-thing-anyway/

ES Tech discovery report 2/6

t: Reporte de Tecnología: ¿Qué es esto de Wikitech? <LINK>
f/g: En este post, nuestro invitado, el esudiante Ashwin Bhumbla comparte su experiencia al descubrir los wikis de MediaWiki y WikiTech, cuyo propósito puede no ser tan sencillo como piensan los usuarios más experimentados <LINK>

Typography Refresh blog post (@wikimedia, retweeted by @wikipedia and @mediawiki) posted guillom 18:36, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t: Typography refresh: A new look for text, coming soon to all Wikimedia sites. <LINK>
f/g: Coming soon to Wikimedia sites: A small but important typography refresh for better readability, consistency and accessibility. <LINK>

ES Typography Refresh blog

t: Renovación de tipografía: Una nueva mirada al texto viene pronto a todos los sitios Wikimedia <LINK>
f/g: Próximamente en los sitios Wikimedia: Una pequeña pero importante renovación a la tipografía para mejorar la lectura, consistencia y accesibilidad <LINK>

March 28

Andre's Bugzilla blog

t: Bug wrangler @AndreKlapper and colleagues recently updated Wikimedia's website tracking software. Here’s how: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/28/wikimedias-road-to-bugzilla-4-4/
f/g: The software behind Wikimedia’s website for tracking software issues and feature requests was recently updated and moved onto a new machine in a different datacenter. Read how it was done here: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/28/wikimedias-road-to-bugzilla-4-4/

March 29

Tech discovery report 3/6 (@wikimedia, retweeted by @wikipedia and @mediawiki) posted guillom 18:40, 29 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t: A newcomer's journey through the maze of the @MediaWiki developer documentation: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/29/through-the-maze-of-newcomer-developer-documentation/
f/g: A newcomer's journey through the maze of the MediaWiki developer documentation: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/29/through-the-maze-of-newcomer-developer-documentation/

ES Tech discovery report 3/6

t: El viaje de un novato a través del laberinto de la documentación técnica de @MediaWiki: <LINK>
f/g: El viaje de un novato a través del laberinto de la documentación técnica de MediaWiki: <LINK>

March 31−April 6

March 31

Wiki Voice blog

t: Wikimedia Russia expands the Wikipedia Voice intro project to incorporate WikiMusic [insert link].
f/g: This month Wikimedia RU successfully launched the Russian version of the "Wikipedia voice intro project" and expanded it to incorporate the "WikiMusic" project. [Insert link].

Tech discovery report 4/6 (@wikimedia, retweeted by @wikipedia and @mediawiki) posted guillom 17:59, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t: A junior developer discovers @MediaWiki, its ecosystem & community, and shares his experience: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/31/a-junior-developer-discovers-mediawiki/
f/g: A junior developer discovers MediaWiki, its ecosystem & community, and shares his experience: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/31/a-junior-developer-discovers-mediawiki/

ES Tech discovery report 4/6

t: Un desarrollador junior descubre @MediaWiki, su ecosistema y comunidad. Nos comparte su experiencia: <LINK>
f/g: Un desarrollador junior descubre MediaWiki, su ecosistema y comunidad. Nos comparte su experiencia: <LINK>

Tech News #14, from @mediawiki: posted guillom 17:59, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

t/f/g: In this week's Tech News: Typography Refresh & CirrusSearch rollouts, new special page for file duplicates and more: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/14