User talk:Laurentius

IRC cloak request

I am Laurentius on freenode and I would like the cloak wikimedia/Laurentius. Thanks. --Laurentius 16:10, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Request for usurpation

Hello Laurentius. Your request for user name usurpation has been archived (see discussion). —{admin} Pathoschild 23:48:41, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

London WCA meeting

Hi,

as I wrote, a twin room in the Holiday Express Inn is available for 93 quids per day at the moment. I am not sure about you and WMIT but I would need a receipt to cover expenses. Should each person take a room for 1 night and let them know we want to keep the room? Spliting costs afterwards could be problematic. :) aegis maelstrom δ 09:12, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

P.S. Of course it doesn't have to be this particular hotel. There are other good ones with similar or even lower prices and there is one well-rated budget hotel 10 minutes walk from the office - EasyHotel for just 49 quids per night. Should someone want to really squize the costs it is a viable option, however it is not the same facility where Markus and Manuel stay. aegis maelstrom δ 09:48, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikimedia Blog/Drafts/Free knowledge author visits European parliament members

Se vuoi dare un'occhiata... --Nemo 08:52, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Concordo anch'io, era solo un segnaposto. :) Per piacere sostituiscilo con qualunque cosa ti sembri meglio. --Nemo 20:41, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

FDC Election Question

Hi Laurentius!

Given the short time frame before the election starts I just wanted to let you know that a question was asked of all FDC candidates on the Candidate question page. If you want to respond you can do so by editing that section and adding your response after the = sign next to your name. The question section will remain open (both for questions and responses) throughout the election and is linked from the voting interface so that voters can read it if they wish.

Thanks again for choosing to run and for your willingness to serve the community. As always please let me or any member of the committee know if you have questions throughout the process.Jalexander--WMF 06:32, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Signpost inquiry

Dear Laurentius, I've emailed you.

Thanks. Tony (talk) 06:10, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

FLOSS-Exchange#Wikimedia Italia

Puoi aiutarmi ad aggiornarlo? --Nemo 20:46, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

In effetti mi pareva un improbabile salto in avanti... vabbè, aggiorno. Per fortuna m'hai avvertito, perché io lo stavo già comunicando in giro. --Nemo 16:59, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

How can we improve Wikimedia grants to support you better?

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Grants talk:Learning & Evaluation/Global metrics#Metric 4b

Sarà dura. --Nemo 21:03, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

Diritti d'immagine

Avremmo dovuto farci pagare 250 $/ora anche noi per quella discussione sui diritti d'immagine. ;) Grants:PEG/Wikimedia New York City/Development of a model release process for photos and video --Nemo 21:59, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Inspire Campaign on content curation & review

I've recently launched an Inspire Campaign to encourage new ideas focusing on content review and curation in Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia volunteers collaboratively manage vast repositories of knowledge, and we’re looking for your ideas about how to manage that knowledge to make it more meaningful and accessible. We invite you to participate and submit ideas, so please get involved today! The campaign runs until March 28th.

All proposals are welcome - research projects, technical solutions, community organizing and outreach initiatives, or something completely new! Funding is available from the Wikimedia Foundation for projects that need financial support. Constructive feedback on ideas is welcome - your skills and experience can help bring someone else’s project to life. Join us at the Inspire Campaign to improve review and curation tasks so that we can make our content more meaningful and accessible! I JethroBT (WMF) 05:38, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

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Traduzioni ASBS

Stavo iniziando a radurre qualcosa per sfizio e vedo che sei un "facilitatore". Anzitutto non sono sicuro come "affiliate-selected Board sats", vada tradotto: va bene "membri del consiglio selezionati dagli affiliati"? Ma soprattutto non mi è chiarissimo come funzioni. Cioè ho letto velocemente le FAQ ma mi sono perso su come funzioni a livello di capitolo. Ogni capitolo/associazione scelgie a suo modo? Il "voto" del singolo capitolo (ma anche l'endorsement) è ratificato dal suo consiglio direttivo? Si ascolta un po' la ML dei soci del capitolo/associazione su cosa conviene fare? Scusa la curiosità ma scopro tutto questo in pratica per la prima volta, non avevo mai toccato con mano il processo di scelta di quei membri.--Alexmar983 (talk) 08:17, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

devo dire che sorprende la scarsa attività di WMI su questo fronte, io non ho notato nulla di specifico quindi forse se c'è stato è stato sottotono rispetto a altri argomenti. Per esempio se io inviassi una mail in ML per sapere cose ne pensano gli altri, giusto per avere un'idea di chi ha conosciuto da vicino che potrebbe essere nominato, sarebbe una cosa gradita oppure no? Perché a un certo punto l'istinto era quello, poi ho visto il tuo nome e ti ho scritto. Più che altro se decide il direttivo e il voto parte tipo il 24 marzo e finisce parecchie settimane dopo, quale è il direttivo di WMI Italia che vota? Perché se è quello neoeletto alla prossima assemblea, è interessante sapere una visione di massima dei singoli candidati sull'argomento, no?--Alexmar983 (talk) 14:46, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Non ho capito quale è il direttivo, se quello attuale o quello votato fra qualche settimana, che fa la scelta ma magari è una delle cose che non puoi dire ;) qualcosina forse si intuiva da come ne parlava qualcuno ma non era chiarissimo almeno a me che ci sarebbe stato questo tipo di scelta con queste tempistiche. Comunque penso sia utile che tutti i profili dei candidati siano tradotti in italiano prima dell'Assemblea, aiuterà a far virare l'inevitabile discussione sul futuro di WMF e il ruolo di WMi su qualcosa di concreto a breve temrine, e questo mi sembra sempre una cosa buona.--Alexmar983 (talk) 15:03, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

grazie! scusa se ho abusato del tuo tempo "prsidenziale". Domani mando una mail e chiedo se qualcuno vuole aiutare con le traduzioni in italiano.--Alexmar983 (talk) 15:37, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Duplicato

Ascolta ho visto che hai strutturato Affiliate-selected Board seats/2016/Results, ma tanto c'è Affiliate-selected Board seats/2016/Voted già tradotto. Forse è il caso di evitare duplicati...--Alexmar983 (talk) 11:15, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

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Correcting reports

Ciao Lorenzo, thanks for catching the error on Amical's progress report! Please make sure, when you do something like this, to document it on the talk page, so we can catch it and document it elsewhere (we keep pdfs of the report, for example). Grazie! Delphine (WMF) (talk) 09:53, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

Booking your flights

@Laurentius: Ciao Lorenzo, I am a bit at a loss as to how to ping you effectively. My emails and those from others stay unanswered :(. Please please make sure you fill the forms to book your flights ASAP! Late flights cost our movement money :). Thanks! Delphine (WMF) (talk) 21:42, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

Translation adminship

Hello. I've promoted you to the TA group. Thanks for helping. Regards, —MarcoAurelio 10:17, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

Questa te la devo chiedere Lorenzo, io mi occupo di traduzioni in qua e là e mi è capitato di vedere anche pagine che secondo me andavano tradotte. Non vado a caccia di flag ma mi è sempre rimasto il dubbio che un giorno forse mi sarei potuto occupare di qualcosa in modo "professionale". Visto che l'hai avuto te lo chiedo di persona: ma esattamente come funziona? Non tanto in teoria, proprio in pratica, quale esperienza spinge un TA a autorizzare una traduzione, o a non autorizzarla? Mi ha sempre incuriosito.--Alexmar983 (talk) 11:26, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

FDC handbook

Ciao Laurentius, grazie per aver messo un link da board handbook al FDC handbook. Penso che qualcosa sia andata male, magari ci dai un'occhiata. Magari dovremo anche indicare in qualche modo che il FDC non è un "board" nel senso stretto, che ne pensi? Grazie, --Gnom (talk) Let's make Wikipedia green! 19:02, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Needing someone to announce Global centralnotice in Italian Wikipedia

Hello. I see that the banner was made at Italian Wikipedia to encourage its audience to sign their response to 2017 ban in Turkey. Then I saw this: Requests for comment/Global centralnotice for the blockade of the Turkish government. I wonder whether you can announce the proposal at Italian Wikipedia. Here's my suggested announcement that needs Italian translation:

Hi all. The proposal on the global centralnotice about Turkey's ban on Wikipedia is made at Meta-wiki, where I invite you to comment.

--George Ho (talk) 19:24, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Good luck!

Hey Lorenzo, I'd like to wish you all the best for the upcoming FDC election. It would be a pleasure and honor for me to serve with you. Warmly, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 03:44, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

FDC

Lol, ops. :-) Mentre facevo una revisione completa delle traduzioni sono finito per "sistemare" le parti del tuo testo che avevi tradotto tu stesso in italiano. :-))) Guarda pure le modifiche e rollbackami tranquillamente del tutto o dove credi sia meglio. :-) --Lucas (talk) 07:26, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Global preferences ready for testing

Greetings,

I am contacting you because of your support for Global settings in the 2016 Community Tech Wishlist. Global preferences are now available for beta testing, and need your help before being released to the wikis.

1. Read over the help page, it is brief and has screenshots
2. Login or register an account on Beta English Wikipedia
3. Visit Global Preferences and try enabling and disabling some settings
4. Visit some other language and project test wikis such as English Wikivoyage, German Wiktionary, the Hebrew Wikipedia and test the settings
5. Report your findings, experience, bugs, and other observations

Once the team has feedback on design issues, bugs, and other things that might need worked out, the problems will be addressed and global preferences will be sent to the wikis.

Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! Keegan (WMF) (talk) 21:25, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Special:MyLanguage e reindirizzamenti

Su [1], è noto come phabricator:T164357. Se è importante, si possono eventualmente valutare altri modi di reindirizzare chi usa il collegamento breve. --Nemo 18:41, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

The Community Wishlist Survey

Hi,

You get this message because you’ve previously participated in the Community Wishlist Survey. I just wanted to let you know that this year’s survey is now open for proposals. You can suggest technical changes until 11 November: Community Wishlist Survey 2019.

You can vote from November 16 to November 30. To keep the number of messages at a reasonable level, I won’t send out a separate reminder to you about that. /Johan (WMF) 11:24, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

"Who Wrote That" project update

Hello. I'm reaching out to you as you participated in the 2017 Community Wishlist proposal for "Who Wrote That" project (previously known as "Blame Tool"). The Community Tech team is kicking things off on the project and we have an early-stage mockup available for you to look at. I invite you to follow that project page, where I will be posting periodic status updates for the project. You are also welcome to provide your thoughts on the talk page. Thank you. -- NKohli (WMF) (talk) 22:57, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

The Affiliate-selected Board seats process welcomes your support

Hello. You are receiving this message because you are active in the field of translations <3 The movement needs you! The Nominations phase has started for the ongoing selection process of two Board members, and the timeline is quite tight.

A Translation Central is available to help translators figure out what's been covered and what's left to do. Over the course of the next few weeks, your attention on candidates' profiles is particularly welcome.

While there are four languages that are especially relevant for multiple affiliates (namely Arabic, French, Russian and Spanish), we are asking your help for Chinese, Ukrainian, Bengali, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Polish, Farsi, German, Cantonese, Finnish, Hindi, Thai, Dutch, and Greek, as these also matter to affiliates! If you can't help: please see if you know anyone in your circle who could, and spread the word :) Thank you! Elitre (WMF) and Facilitators of ASBS 2019, 21:35, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Interest in collaborating with CivilServant?

Hi Laurentius -

I got your name from Iberocoop (their meta page, actually), whom I met with last year at Wikimania, and thought you'd be a good person to reach out to. CivilServant's a research nonprofit that works with Wikipedians (for free) that are interested in testing ideas to make their Wikipedias flourish. We're currently working with five Wikipedias (Arabic, French, German, Persian & Polish) but are hoping to expand our partnerships with other Wikipedias in 2020. If you or others with it.wiki might be interested in testing innovations or tools (anything the Italian language Wikipedia community uses to try to improve the quality or breadth of content) to see if they are indeed effective, we'd love to talk to you.

Also, if you are planning to go to Wikimania, we are hosting a Research Summit on the 19th that you may be interested in attending (we could cover the accommodations costs for staying two extra nights in Stockholm). You can read more about the summit - and link to the application - on our Research Summit Meta page. (We're asking for applications by June 10.)

Of course, feel free to spread the word to others who might be interested in attending the summit or just talking to us.

Thanks! --Juliakamin(cs) (talk) 12:55, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Re:Un grazie e un libro sulla conoscenza libera per te

Grazie a te x il gentile messaggio. Ciao --Davy1509 (talk) 17:24, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Omaggio Open source, software libero e altre libertà.

Ti ringrazio delle tue parole e della copia del libro. Ho già effettuato la sottoiscrizione. Le tue parole mi suggeriscono quelle di uno statista credente del passato: La libertà è quando riusciamo a dare una risposta nella nostra breve esistenza a tutti gli interrogativi che Dio ci pone nel mondo che ci circonda ed aggiungerei che condividere questa conoscenza con dei canali come questo ti provoca un'ulteriore senso della libertà e ti avvicina ad uno spirito superiore, essendo pure io credente, che chiamo Dio.

Questo intervento potrebbe darmi l'opportunità di partecipare come utente attivo nel vostro progetto. Grazie ancora e buona continuazone per il lavoro fatto da te ed altri su Wikimedia.--Grasso Luigi (talk) 18:52, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Grazie mille

Grazie di cuore. Appena lo avrò letto lo donerò alla biblioteca dell'agenzia regionale di promozione culturale di Avezzano. Un saluto e un abbraccio dalla mia famiglia.--Marica Massaro (talk) 13:21, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Grazie per il libro

Grazie per il pensiero e buona giornata. P.gibellini (talk) 15:01, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

Libro di Carlo Piana

Ciao, il 18 febbraio ho ricevuto il messaggio da Wikimedia che mi ringraziava della donazione e mi assegnava il libro in oggetto. Io ho fornito il mio indirizzo il giorno stesso, ma a tutt'oggi, dopo 15 giorni, non ho ricevuto ancora nulla. Non so se è ancora presto. Mi puoi dare qualche informazione in merito? Grazie. Saluti. --Mario1952 (talk) 17:23, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Grazieee

Ciao. Grazie!!! Molto apprezzato. Io vivo in Inghilterra, ma posso fornire un indirizzo italiano se è meglio. --Elcaracol (talk) 18:07, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Ciao! Come funziona? A chi posso comunicare l'indirizzo? Grazie ancora! --Elcaracol (talk) 19:58, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Fatto! Grazieee!!! --Elcaracol (talk) 21:55, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

bloccato sui commons

Ciao vorrei chiederti un favore. Anni fa sono stato bloccato sui commons a mio avviso ingiustamente per violazioni ripetute di copyright. Avevo caricato tantissime immagini che mi sono state cancellate per violazione di copyright, ma l'ho fatto in buona fede, innanzitutto immagini analoghe come gli stemmi delle navi in molti casi erano presenti. Mi sono state cancellate immagini perfino di oggetti fotografati da me come crest navali in mio posseso. Inoltre inspiegabilmente immagini che prima erano considerati free come quelle della ex _jugoslavia adesso non lo sono più, una gran confusione per questo mi sono allontanato da Wikipedia oltre all'arroganza di molti amministratori --Gaetano56 (talk) 21:14, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

Grazie per il libro

Ciao, volevo solo ringraziare per il libro offerto (solo ora ho visto il messaggio). Purtroppo vivo nel Regno Unito, e non ho un modo facile di fornire un indirizzo italiano. Ho letto che spedirlo qua costa quindici volte più che spedirlo in Italia, quindi penso che sia meglio per me cercare di leggerlo in pdf, in modo che la copia fisica arrivi a più persone. Comunque, grazie mille, mi ha fatto piacere :) Eynar Oxartum (talk) 14:14, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

Proposte e richieste per la ItWikiCon 2020

Ciao :-) come forse avrai saputo, l'edizione 2020 della ItWikiCon si farà online. È aperto lo spazio per proporre i propri interventi. Dato che avevi richiesto uno o più argomenti per l'edizione del 2019, che non si è potuta svolgere, mi chiedevo se fossi interessato a richiederli per quella del 2020 (o anche altri, ovviamente). Se è qualcosa di cui vorrai parlare o che vorrai fare tu, segui ItWikiCon/2020/Proposte#Submit_a_Proposal, mentre se è qualcosa a cui saresti interessato e che vorresti che qualcuno facesse scrivi in ItWikiCon/2020/Proposte#Requests. Ciao e grazie ;-) --Superchilum^{(talk to me!)} 09:07, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Ciao, grazie per le proposte :-) quei 30 minuti li consideri totali tra presentazione e discussione? --Superchilum^{(talk to me!)} 06:57, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

libro WMI

Ciao Laurentius, oggi dopo una lunghissima assenza costellata di modifiche sparse da IP mi sono loggato di nuovo e ho trovato il tuo messaggio. Grazie a te e a WMI per questo bel regalo di bentornato! --.sEdivad (msg) 16:23, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

libro open source

Grazie! gentilissimi!!!. Vi scrivo tramite segreteria. --C.R. (talk) 21:51, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Sunday August 23: Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Strategic flock of Wikimedians heading in a new direction.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a proposed forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

The idea is to follow up on the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting and other strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates, and you are all invited to RSVP here.--Pharos (talk) 15:21, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Sunday January 10 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Into the blue.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August, September, October, and November SWAN meetings, and June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including SWAN input on Interim Global Council and Movement Charter, this month we are meeting on Sunday January 10, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

To start the exchange of ideas on the IGC early, and to help prepare before the SWAN calls, we have set up and invite everyone to participate at this etherpad. If you like a more interactive way of discussing, we have also made a jamboard. Check here for more details.

--Pharos (talk) 15:03, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Sunday February 21 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

We are a mosiac.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August, September, October, November, and January SWAN meetings and June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates, this month we are meeting on Sunday February 21, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

To help set priorities for the SWAN agenda, and also to help manage which global conversations should be a focus in general, we have set up and invite everyone to participate at this SWAN priorities form. Possible topics include Community Board seats, Interim Global Council, Strategy prioritization follow-up events, Branding, Universal Code of Conduct, Grant strategy, and WMF CEO search. That is a lot of things, which are most important to cover in our upcoming SWAN meeting?

Following the regular call, in SWAN after hours: Wikimedia Meet Jitsi social event with brainstorming for possible Nano Charter ideas, plus any other topics.

--Pharos (talk) 17:57, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Sunday March 21 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Community as a hand-carved gem.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August, September, October, November, January, and February SWAN meetings and June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Grants relaunch, Universal Code of Conduct/Discussions, Wikimedia Enterprise / OKAPI, Community Board seats, Interim Global Council + Movement Charter, and WMF Executive Transition

This month we are meeting on Sunday March 21, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(Note that the UTC times of 03:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC are the same as before, although some places have had daylight savings time changes since our last meeting).--Pharos (talk) 19:39, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Sunday April 25 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Swanlings grow up together.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August, September, October, November, January, February, and March SWAN meetings and June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Interim Global Council + Movement Charter, WMF Resolution about the upcoming Board elections, Community Resilience and Sustainability role in Movement Strategy coordination, Grants Strategy Relaunch, and WMF Executive Transition

This month we are meeting on Sunday April 25, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(Note that the UTC times of 03:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC are the same as before, although some places may have had daylight savings time changes since our last meeting).--Pharos (talk) 04:17, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Sunday June 6 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Swan of healing.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August, September, October, November, January, February, March, and April SWAN meetings, as well as last June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Movement Charter + Movement Strategy/Events, WMF Board elections, Wikimania 2021, and Grants Regional Committees.

This month we are meeting on Sunday June 6, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC – *Note that we have shifted the second call an hour earlier in UTC time due to popular demand and to accomodate daylight savings*.)--Pharos (talk) 20:46, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Proof of Identity still needed for Board of Trustee Candidacy

Hi there! I see that you have not yet submitted your proof of identity. Candidates for this position must submit proof of identity and evidence of age of majority as a condition of candidacy. A copy of one of the following documents fulfills this:

Driver's license

Passport

Other official documentation indicating real name and age

This may be provided to the Wikimedia Foundation via email at secure-infowikimedia.org. Even if you may have done this previously for a different position, you are asked to complete this again. Please submit this by 29 June 2021 at 23:59 UTC.

If you are one of the selected candidates, the Wikimedia Foundation may need to request additional identifying information in order to run a background check prior to your appointment to the Board.

Best, JKoerner (WMF) (talk) 03:44, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

Candidacy in the 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election

Hi there! I am reaching out about your decision to be a candidate in the 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election. The Board of Trustees decided there would be outreach available for the 2021 Board of Trustees election. There is a team of facilitators supporting this election through outreach activities.

The facilitators have some activities planned during the campaign period. Be sure to check out Candidate Resources to learn more about the trustee role.

The first thing facilitators plan to do during the campaign period is host a Conversation Chat for candidates. We will talk about the campaign timeline, activities, and answer questions you have. This is currently scheduled for July 3 at 15:00 UTC. This time might change.

Facilitators are reaching out to all candidates with this message. We can offer support to make sure your message is clear. This could be reviewing your candidate page for clarity. We can also clarify community questions that candidates answer during the campaign. Please let us know if you would like this support and we can schedule a time to chat. Best, JKoerner (WMF) (talk) 03:46, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

Hi there! I want to let you know the Candidate Briefing Conversation Chat will be July 3 at 15:00 UTC via Google Meet. If this time does not work for you, it is not a problem. We can plan another time or way to get the information to you. Please just let me know what works for you. Best, JKoerner (WMF) (talk) 19:47, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Candidate update: community question translation and campaign activities

Dear Candidate,

I am writing to you about several things:

1. On 20 July the facilitation team will begin translating the candidate answers to questions selected by the Elections Committee. Please try to finish your answers by that date if possible.

2. There is a list of Campaign Activities planned by the facilitation team. We have heard feedback about Campaign Activities. Thank you for your patience as we are trying new things and learning. The facilitation team will discuss solutions to these frustrations on 21 July. Look for updates on the Campaign Activities list.

3. The Community Affairs Committee meeting with candidates is on 21 July. You may email questions to askcacwikimedia.org if that works better for you than writing on Meta. If you have not already received a calendar invitation, please email me at jkoerner-ctrwikimedia.org so a calendar invitation for the CAC meeting can be sent to you.

Best, JKoerner (WMF) (talk) 21:31, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

Sunday July 25 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

The swan or the egg?

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August, September, October, November, January, February, March, April, and June SWAN meetings, as well as last June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Movement Charter + Drafting Committee, WMF Board elections, Wikimania 2021, and Grants Regional Committees.

This month we are meeting on Sunday July 25, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC – *Note that we have shifted the second call an hour earlier in UTC time due to popular demand and to accomodate daylight savings*.)--Pharos (talk) 15:07, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Congratulations on your Wikimedia Foundation board appointment

At Wikimedia Foundation elections/2021/Results you are announced as a selected candidate for the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation. Thanks for standing for this. I support what you do to advance the en:Wikimedia movement, and I hope you find this role to be fulfilling and productive. Blue Rasberry (talk) 20:25, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

Congratulations from the admins of Wiki Ligure - also: the problem of the coat of arms (stemmi) on the regional Wikis on the Italian peninsula

Hi Laurentius, let me congratulate you on being selected for the Board of Trustees of Wikimedia. I voted for you and recommended my fellow admins to vote for you. Now the practical thing before you are confirmed and start to work in the board: Like Fausta Samaritani hinted at a few days ago, we are still trying to find a solution for the coat of arms (stemmi) of the Italian communes, which we and other regional Wikis of the Italian peninsula cannot use. Could you please do something about it? Frankly, I cannot understand why this issue cannot be solved "from above". Please try hard and confirm the trust we have in you. Please answer here on your discussion page so that my fellow admins can easily follow. Scignurìa! --Luensu1959 (talk) 13:58, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

I am also an admin on Wiki Ligure and I fully support what Luensu has written to you. Giodiassi5 (talk) 14:15, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

@Luensu1959 and Giodiassi5: I'll switch to Italian as I see that you are both Italian native speakers.

Non credo ci siano problemi che possono essere "risolti dall'alto", ma posso cercare di aiutarvi a capire cosa si può fare. Per prima cosa, però, mi servirebbe che mi spieghiate più nello specifico di cosa si tratta.

Giusto per assicurarmi che il contesto sia chiaro, ricordo che:

• una specifica immagine di uno stemma comunale può essere soggetta a diritti d'autore come ogni immagine;
• il soggetto dello stemma (ad es. "croce rossa in campo bianco") non è invece soggetto a diritto d'autore, nemmeno se complesso (la sua definizione è un atto ufficiale dello stato);
• in aggiunta, per la legge italiana l'uso di uno stemma comunale deve essere autorizzato (per evitare abusi). Secondo le linee guida di Commons sulle restrizioni non legate al diritto d'autore, questo non impedisce il caricamento dell'immagine su Commons. - Laurentius (talk) 11:45, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Grazie per l'attenzione, caro Laurentius. Principalmente noi di Wiki Ligure vorremmo utilizzare gli stemmi dei comuni liguri e di eredità ligure, ma il loro uso è limitato a priori. Vorrei mostrarti l'esempio del mio paese, Borghetto di Borbera, dove ho potuto in prima persona chiedere al sindaco perchè lo stemma del comune fosse solo sulla Wiki it, su quella lombarda e quella inglese. Non ne sapeva niente, e da lì ho continuato ad indagare senza arrivare ad una deduzione, nè tanto meno ad una soluzione. Se l'amministrazione comunale del mio paese, l'unica forse autorizzata a concedere il diritto d'autore, non sa niente di questa problematica, ho ragione di pensare che qualsiasi "impostazione" originaria dell'immagine possa essere modificata così che anche altre Wikis possano caricare l'immagine sulle corrispondenti pagine del comune. Attendo lumi chiarificatori ed una proposta di soluzione! Scignurìa, --Luensu1959 (talk) 15:54, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Parto da un po' lontano. Nei primi anni di Wikipedia, venivano caricate abitualmente immagini non libere, sia con autorizzazione degli autori (ad esempio immagini con divieto di uso commerciale o di modifica, oppure autorizzate solo per Wikipedia), sia senza, secondo il principio del fair use.

Dopo un po' però ci si rese conto che questo non andava bene. Da un lato, avere contenuti che non siano liberi, anche se legali, rende problematico il riuso dei contenuti dell'enciclopedia; e dall'altro, il fair use è un principio legale che esiste solo negli Stati Uniti. Nel giro di qualche anno, attorno al 2007, sono cambiate un po' di cose:

• Wikimedia Commons, che è nato in quegli anni, quasi dal principio accetta solo file sotto licenza libera:
• Il fair use è stato generalmente escluso nella maggioranza dei progetti, tranne in casi particolari. Sopravvive su en.wiki, ma comunque con un uso minore rispetto a prima.
• È stato generalmente evitato l'uso di contenuti non liberi, anche se autorizzati, tranne eventualmente in alcuni casi in cui non è considerato praticabile fare altrimenti (secondo le Exemption Doctrine Policy).

In particolare, a seguito di un sondaggio, la comunità di it.wiki stabilì di eliminare quasi tutti i casi di fair use ammessi fino a quel momento, con poche eccezioni, fra cui gli stemmi. Anche se adesso può sembrare strano che queste eccezioni esistano, al tempo questo fu un cambiamento drastico, stabilendo che molte cose che fino a quel momento erano state fatte non erano più possibili. Per gli stemmi, l'eccezione è stata credo influenzata anche dall'altro limite che indicavo, cioè la richiesta (secondo la legge italiana) di un'autorizzazione da parte dell'amministrazione comunale. Credo che l'idea fosse non tanto di usare il fair use per il copyright, ma per quest'ultimo aspetto; cosa che negli anni successivi ha trovato invece soluzioni diversi (vedi la pagina sulle non-copyright restrictions che linkavo prima).

Venendo al caso dello stemma di Borghetto di Borbera, l'immagine che vedi su quei tre progetti rientra in queste eccezioni: è presente su en.wiki perché fanno un uso estensivo del fair use, ed è presente su it.wiki (e lmo.wiki) perché sopravvive quest'eccezione.

Oggi la strada maestra per gli stemmi è il caricamento su Commons di immagini libere, segnalando che potrebbero esserci restrizioni aggiuntive. Personalmente, non credo metta conto chiedere invece l'autorizzazione alla pubblicazione al comune, perché mi sembra chiaro che l'uso che viene fatto è documentale e non per millantare un supporto a Wikipedia da parte del comune (è quello il motivo per cui le restrizioni esistono). Su Commons c'è già una categoria con molti stemmi italiani.

Se conosci il sindaco, la prima cosa che proverei a fare è chiedergli di rilasciare un'immagine (possibilmente SVG, altrimenti PNG ad alta risoluzione) dello stemma sotto licenza libera (CC-BY-SA o più libera). È una richiesta ragionevole, anche se può essere complesso spiegarlo ad un amministratore pubblico. Una cosa buona, comunque, è che il copyright si applica ai singoli disegni, non al concetto generale dello stemma, quindi è sempre possibile ridisegnarli: è quello che è stato fatto con la maggioranza di quelli presenti su Commons. Oltre che ridisegnarli personalmente, si può anche attingere ad altre fonti: ad esempio, se non sbaglio c'è una vecchia autorizzazione da Araldica Civica - anche se non sono sicuro che sia ancora in linea con le policy attuali, e potrebbe essere da rivedere. - Laurentius (talk) 09:23, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Grazie per le esaurienti spiegazioni. La soluzione globale non è purtroppo a portata di mano, ma almeno sappiamo adesso come procedere nei singoli casi. I wish you all the best for your future commitment, and keep up the good work! Alêgri! --Luensu1959 (talk) 10:06, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Congratulazioni dalla comunità Wikipedia in Lingua Veneta

Ciao Laurentius, noi comunità di Wikipedia in Lingua Veneta ci teniamo a congratularci del risultato che hai raggiunto in queste elezioni e nell'augurarti un buon lavoro, auspicando un futuro di grande, proficua e duratura collaborazione. Ci teniamo inoltre a darti il nostro pieno sostegno ed appoggio in tutto il tuo percorso, fiducia fruttata dal tuo operato nei progetti Wikimedia dei scorsi anni. Un cordiale ed amichevole saluto da parte di tutta la comunità vec.wiki quale mi onoro di rappresentare e naturalmente anche da parte del sottoscritto. --ꜰɪᴇʀᴏᴅᴇʟᴠᴇɴᴇᴛᴏ (Talk)-(Scrìvame in vec.wiki)-(Contributions) 18:44, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

Congratulations

Congratulations on your election to the WMF Board of Trustees. It is refreshing to find someone who agrees that "The community is not just a bunch of people providing free work to support the projects", and I hope your success may help others to accept this view. Certes (talk) 18:43, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Sunday September 26 SWANniversary Party and All-Affiliates Strategic Meeting

Celebrate our first anniversary with SWAN-shaped desserts!

Join the SWANniversary on September 26 as we mark the first year of the Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network!

We will have the regular All-Affiliates Strategic Meeting, to be followed by a SWANniversary Party in the after hours session, likely through spatialized chat on WorkAdventure.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August, September, October, November, January, February, March, April, June, and July SWAN meetings, as well as last June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, we'll look together at strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Movement Charter + Drafting Committee, WMF Board elections, Wikimania 2021, and Grants Regional Committees.

This month we are meeting on Sunday September 26, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC.)--Pharos (talk) 18:10, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

Sunday October 31 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

A swan reflects.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August, September, October, November, January, February, March, April, and June, July, and September SWAN meetings, as well as last June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Movement Charter Drafting Committee Set Up Process, Next Steps for Brand Work, 2021, Wikipedia Asian Month 2021, and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday October 31, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:30 UTC – *Note that we have shifted the second call a half-hour later in UTC time due to WikidataCon*.)--Pharos (talk) 01:42, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Sunday November 28 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Chart a new course on the swan ferry.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Hubs+Hubs Workshop, Movement Charter+Drafting Committee, WMDE's 'Future of Wikimedia Governance' proposal, Wikipedia Asian Month 2021, and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday November 28, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC, note that some areas recently experienced daylight savings time changes).--Pharos (talk) 15:55, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

Arrivata maglietta, grazie mille!!!

Ciao Lorenzo, come stai?

Dopo il libro... mi è arrivata la maglietta. Grazie a tutti!!! L'ho caricata sulla mia pagina, come segno di ringraziamento a TUTTI VOI e a tutti quegli amici che mi miutano sempre. Andiamo avanti così, a presto.

Rei Momo (talk) 06:46, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

Sunday February 27 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

To dance is to fly.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Hubs+Dialogue, Movement Charter, Universal Code of Conduct+Enforcement Voting, Brand, International Women's Day+Gender Gap and WikiForHumanRights campaigns, and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday February 27, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC).----Pharos (talk) 03:17, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Sunday April 3 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Bots in precious metals are part of our community too.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including UCoC Voting, Hubs Global Conversation held + CEE Hub update, Movement Charter + Leadership Development Working Group, Desktop Improvements, Celebrate Women in March + International Women's Day, Wikimania 2022 survey concluded + Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 May 20-22 + local events, and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday April 3, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC, note that some areas recently experienced daylight savings time changes).--Pharos (talk) 12:44, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Sunday May 8 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Swans are musical creatures.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including 2022 Board of Trustees Call for Candidates, Movement Charter/Content preliminary narrative, Human Rights Policy Community Conversations, Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan Feedback, IP blocking and Open Proxies discussion, Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 May 20-22 + local events, and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday May 8, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC, note that some areas recently experienced daylight savings time changes).--Pharos (talk) 18:57, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Sunday June 5 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Swan impressions.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Movement Charter, Hubs Global Conversation this June, WMF Proposal for Movement Strategy Forum, New rounds of WMF Conference Funds including in-person events, WMF Proposal for Sound Logo Contest, WMF Elections Analysis Committee selection, wikimania:Program submissions due June 10 (scholarship and local event grants due June 3) and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday June 5, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC).--Pharos via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:19, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

I need the help of a translationadmin in moving a page

Dear Laurentius,

How is your day going? I don't mean to take so much of your time. I raised a little issue on Babylon's Talk and would be so lucky to have you help out. Thank you Danidamiobi (talk) 22:20, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

@Danidamiobi: I see that MF-Warburg has already done the move. It seems that everything is done! - Laurentius (talk) 11:01, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

Thanks a lot Laurentius.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta_talk:Babylon#Moving_The_Africa_Narrative_to_the_AfroCreatives_WikiProject. There are still some subpages left which I stated as well.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/The_Africa_Narrative/Volunteers to AfroCreatives_WikiProject/Volunteers

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/The_Africa_Narrative/Countries to AfroCreatives_WikiProject/Volunteers

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/The_Africa_Narrative/Resources to AfroCreatives_WikiProject/Volunteers

and the Discussion page.

I have left him a message. Danidamiobi (talk) 13:35, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

Sunday July 3 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Swan celestial.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Movement Charter, Hubs Global Conversation last week, Affiliate voting period to shortlist WMF Board candidates (July 1-15), Wikimania updates, Desktop improvements, Wikimedia Enterprise first customers, Call for program submissions and updates for a global diversity of regional/linguistic Wiki-Conferences, Wikidata:Wiki Mentor Africa and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday July 3, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC).--Pharos via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:58, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2022 submission

Dear Lorenzo,

On behalf of the Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2022 programme committee, I am pleased to inform you that your submission "Board Session at CEE Meeting 2022 – Chat with the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees" has been accepted as a panel. Considering that the conference will have language interpretation from English into Russian and vice versa, you have the choice between English and Russian as a language that you will use in your session. If you have not yet registered for the conference, please fill in the registration form. In case you have any additional requests or questions, do not hesitate to contact me or any other committee member.

Best regards.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 20:23, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

Open letter to the WMF

Hi Lorenzo,

We have posted an open letter to the Foundation and Board of Trustees. It concerns the development of MediaWiki extensions and needs the personal attention of all concerned developers and managers. Please see it at:

meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_letter_from_English_Wikipedia_New_Page_Reviewers and en.Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol/Coordination/2022_WMF_letter

Your comments are welcome. Many thanks.

Kind regards, On behalf of the English Wikipedia Community MB (talk) 02:26, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Sunday November 13 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

bestiary (Q830560)⊆compendium (Q1459574)⊆reference work (Q13136).

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Wikimedia Research Fund, 2023 Ombuds commission and Case Review Committee appointments process, feedback on consultation and community session of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee, various Wikimania topics: (ideas/suggestions for Wikimania 2023, expressions of interest for Wikimania 2024 and beyond, expressions of interest to join Wikimania Steering Committee), and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday November 13, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 02:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC
UTC times are different from before, and also note that some areas may have recently experienced daylight savings time changes.).--Pharos via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:59, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

We need your feedback on a tool from the Wikimedia Summit

Reminder: the guide to using Baserow, presented during the Wikimedia Summit.

Hi! I'm contacting you as one of the participants in the Wikimedia Summit 2022, to kindly ask for your feedback through a 5-10 minute survey to evaluate 'Baserow' (note: the survey is on a Google form).

Baserow was a tool through which participants in the Summit co-created a database of Movement Strategy activities. We hope to learn from you how useful it may be to keep using it in the future to help document and connect on Movement Strategy work.

You are welcome and encouraged to fill out the survey in any language. Your feedback would be very appreciated --Abbad (WMF) (talk) 15:15, 16 February 2023 (UTC).

Sunday July 16 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting (Global Council focus, now available in ar, es, fr!)

SWAN: The Next Generation

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Wikimania Singapore, Future of SWAN, Movement Charter/Content new sections (particularly Movement Charter/Content/Global Council), other activities you submit, and we will top it all off with a grand finale AI Happy Hour / Doom Hour!

This month we are meeting on Sunday July 16, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

UTC meeting times are 02:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC
Note that we are now meeting on Zoom, with interpretation in the 2nd session in (Arabic) (Spanish) (French)--Pharos (talk) 02:44, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Word limit on Wikimedia Foundation elections/2024/Candidates/Lorenzo Losa

Hi Lorenzo, here just the standard text for everyone:

Please be aware that there is a word limit of 1000 words for all your answers in total. You used so far 0 words according to my counting tool in Libre Office Writer.

The word limit exists to limit the effort for our translators who will translate your text into several languages so that people who do not understant English can vote for you.

I also assume you are aware that you have to answer the required questionswithin the next 14 hours. Der-Wir-Ing ("DWI") talk 10:09, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you Der-Wir-Ing. I know, I'm working on it, I will finalize the questions by the end of the day.

By the way, I see that one question ("Can you describe a policy, on wiki or off, that you helped to create or change? What did you learn from this experience?") is duplicate, is that intentional? Not that I complain, I really don't want another question to answer (with only 1000 words in total) :-) - Laurentius (talk) 12:06, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

I wasnt aware, let me check Der-Wir-Ing ("DWI") talk 12:16, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Just leave one of those empty. @RamzyM (WMF): When I try to remove the double question a weird error occurs in the preview. How do you fix this? Der-Wir-Ing ("DWI") talk 12:20, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Apologies, it seems like there is one question missing along with the duplicate. I have updated them accordingly. RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 15:33, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you Der-Wir-Ing and RamzyM (WMF)! Althought I regret having asked that, because now I had to respond to another questions :-) Anyway, I think I managed to do that in exactly 1000 words. - Laurentius (talk) 21:13, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Optional question for Board Election candidacy

A mistake in the candidate application was brought to the attention of the Election Committee, accidentally duplicating an optional question and omitting an additional optional question. The Election Committee decided that candidates may still answer the additional question, and will waive the word count limit in the case of answering this additional question. You may fill out your answer on your candidacy page. The deadline to answer the optional question is 23:59 UTC on 2 June. Please let me know if you have any questions. Keegan (WMF) (talk) 15:37, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you Keegan (WMF). I already replied to the question before the deadline, trimming also some words in order to fit it in the limit. I'm still allowed to edit that response, right? (also, would I be optionally allowed to partially revert the edit where I trimmed some words to make space for that answer? I'm not sure I want to do that actually, but I would consider it. Some of that was done just to cut some words, but don't improve the text) - Laurentius (talk) 11:21, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

We'll only count the words for the other questions. Sorry for the chaos. Der-Wir-Ing ("DWI") talk 14:24, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Sunday June 23 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting (WMF BoT statement on Movement Charter ratification)

A group of SWANs heading to the meeting

Hello everyone!

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas about current developments in the Wikimedia Movement. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for further Wikimedia 2030 strategy process work.

At this meeting we will focus on the recent statement by the WMF Board of Trustees liaisons statement on the Movement Charter in which the liaisons stated that they will be recommending the Board of Trustees not to ratify the final draft of the Movement Charter. The community and affiliate votes on the ratification are supposed to start on Tuesday, 25 June. This meeting offers a venue to discuss the situation and formulate the "next steps".

This month, we are meeting on Sunday, June 23, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC

Nadzik (talk) 16:35, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Reminder to vote now to ratify the Wikimedia Movement Charter

You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to your language

Dear Wikimedian,

You are receiving this message because you previously voted in the 2021 Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) election.

This is a reminder that if you have not voted yet on the ratification of the final Wikimedia Movement Charter draft, please do so by July 9, 2024 at 23:59 UTC.

You can read the final text of the Wikimedia Movement Charter in your language. Following that, check on whether you are eligible to vote. If you are eligible, cast your vote on SecurePoll.

On behalf of the Charter Electoral Commission,

RamzyM (WMF) 15:24, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Sunday July 28 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting (Results of Movement Charter ratification)

SWANs gathering for a conversation

Hello everyone!

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas about current developments in the Wikimedia Movement. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for further Wikimedia 2030 strategy process work.

At this meeting we will focus on the results of the Movement Charter ratification. We will also discuss the aftermath of the Board of Trustees' decision to veto the Movement Charter, including their recent proposals. We will also cover updates about upcoming Wikimania 2024.

This month, we are meeting on Sunday, July 28, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC

Nadzik (talk) 19:55, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

l'élection du conseil d'administration de la Wikimedia Foundation 2024.

"Bonjour,

Vous êtes candidat pour le conseil d'administration de la Wikimedia Foundation. Pouvez-vous nous expliquer quelle est votre vision pour le mouvement, ainsi que votre contribution à la stratégie de son avancement, en particulier concernant les groupes d'utilisateurs qui promeuvent les langues minoritaires ?" Shayi ngolu (talk) 08:31, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

English Wikisource concerns

Dear Lorenzo, I'm contacting you as one of the WMF's community trustees in the hopes that you might be able to help resolve concerns the English Wikisource community have about technical issues that would be caused by the planned deployment of the Vector 2022 skin there next week. This is one of the last Wikis not using the new skin, because of unfixed bugs that were raised months ago and are still not addressed.

I've posted the details to the Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard, and understand that the WMF's web team are likely to have many other priorities at the moment, but hope that there's a way to ensure that the Wikisource community's voice is not ignored, and ideally some guarantees that the web team can be given the resources they need to be able to fix the technical issues the community has raised, before Vector 2022 is deployed.

Sorry if this is not the right way to go about this, and any help or advice you and the other community trustees can give would be much appreciated! Many thanks! --Yodin^T 23:37, 21 November 2024 (UTC)