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April 1−6

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April 1

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Wikivoyage

  • t: Destination of the Month on Wikivoyage is Wikipedia.

April 2

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Tech discovery report 5/6 (@wikimedia, retweeted by @wikipedia and @mediawiki)   posted

ES Tech discovery report 5/6

  • t: Descubriendo la comunidad @MediaWiki y aprender haciendo preguntas: <LINK>
  • f/g: En su post como invitado, el estudiante Vlad John explica cómo descubrió que hacerle preguntar a otros desarrolladores es el primer paso para resolver problemas. <LINK>

April 3

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LocalisationUpdate blog post:

Monthly metrics meeting live tweeting

Wikimedia Foundation's monthly Metrics & Activities Meeting starts in 10min (19:00 UTC). Join via IRC or livestream: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings/2014-04-03   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 17:52, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikimedia Foundation's monthly Metrics & Activities Meeting starts now! Livestream: [insert Hangout URL] IRC: #wikimedia-office   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 18:06, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Now at #WMFMetrics Meeting: WMF deputy director @xirzon introducing new staff   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 18:06, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Next at #WMFMetrics Meeting: WMF deputy director @xirzon on top line metrics http://reportcard.wmflabs.org/   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 18:07, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Now at #WMFMetrics Meeting: Rise in the number of active @wikisource "librarians" after proofreading contest: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/11/21/wikisource-proofreading-contest/  DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 18:16, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Next at #WMFMetrics Meeting: @StevenWalling on anonymous editor acquisition experiments https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nX7tcdJlvt5j_AlAyqL_8-2LWOjygEdeZH6-_Y9t8DM/edit#slide=id.g1c795a007_05   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 18:18, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

.@StevenWalling: By now, 80% of newly registering users (on desktop) benefit from "GettingStarted" #WMFMetrics https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nX7tcdJlvt5j_AlAyqL_8-2LWOjygEdeZH6-_Y9t8DM/edit?pli=1#slide=id.g1e0bb02ab_0190 #WMFMetrics   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 18:29, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Next at #WMFMetrics Meeting: Ori Livneh and Erik Bernhardson on Flow and HipHop Virtual Machine (HHVM) http://noc.wikimedia.org/~ori/hhvm-slides/   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 18:42, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Next at #WMFMetrics Meeting: James Forrester on citations in VisualEditor

Next at #WMFMetrics Meeting: Anasuya Sengupta on current FDC and IEG rounds, and the FDC Advisory Group meeting in May   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 18:52, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Now at #WMFMetrics Meeting: @SuePGardner on the Foundation's draft annual plan for 2014/15, published for comment: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimedia_Foundation/Proposal_form   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 19:04, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

.@SuePGardner on a new comprehensive overview of ongoing, "invisible" WMF staff work: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimedia_Foundation/Proposal_form/Ongoing_work_areas The #WMFMetrics & Activities Meeting is over. For more on last month's activities, see the upcoming monthly reports https://blog.wikimedia.org/tag/report/

April 4

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Tech discovery report 6/6 (@wikimedia, retweeted by @wikipedia and @mediawiki)   posted guillom 17:21, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ES Tech discovery report 6/6

  • t: La historia de descubrimiento, perseverancia y gratitud de un joven desarrollador de @MediaWiki: <LINK>
  • f/g: En el último post de la serie sobre código, el estudiante Jared Flores nos cuenta acerca de software que no se deja compilar, de desordenar commits durante la cena de Acción de Gracias y cómo otros desarrolladores de MediaWiki le ayudaron a resolver problemas. <LINK>

Wiki Voice blog

LGTM. Regards CMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 20:27, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Labs migration blog post   posted guillom 17:21, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

April 7−April 13

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April 7

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Tech news #15:   posted guillom 09:34, 7 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

April 8

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Odia blog post   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 17:03, 9 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

April 9

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Europeana Fashion blog   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 17:24, 10 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

April 10

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MediaWiki localization JSON files blog post (from @wikimedia, reshared by @wikipedia and @mediawiki ):

Remembering Adrianne Wadewitz   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 21:59, 10 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

April 11

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Innovation and IP blog post

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April 14−April 20

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April 14

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In memoriam of Cynthia Ashley-Nelson

  • t: In memoriam of Cynthia Ashley-Nelson by @mSefi [link]
  • f/g: In memoriam of Cynthia Ashley-Nelson [link]

Tech News #16, from @mediawiki:   posted guillom 08:46, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

April 15

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Katherine Maher announcement   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 20:02, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • t: The Wikimedia Foundation is happy to announce @krmaher as the new chief communications officer [link].
  • f/g: The Wikimedia Foundation is happy to announce Katherine Maher as the new chief communications officer. In her role as CCO, Katherine will work to ensure fast, easy information flow about Wikimedia in multiple languages, both internally within the movement and outside of it. [link].

Agile/Trello blog post:

April 16

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Luis Villa profile   Done

LGTM now, posted. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 02:27, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

April 21−April 27

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April 21

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Tech News #17, from @mediawiki:

April 22

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April 25

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Legal Post   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 01:32, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • t: Today, we are happy to announce the release of our Requests for User Information Procedures and Guidelines [link].
  • f/g: We are happy to announce the release of our Requests for User Information Procedures and Guidelines. We hope that these new guidelines will help everyone — our users, civil litigants, government agencies, law enforcement and even those at the Foundation — better understand the responsibilities and rights that are evoked when a request for user information arises. [link].
Suggest to use the title of the post instead for the tweet:
  • T: What happens when someone asks us for your information? https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/04/25/what-when-someone-asks-your-information/ #privacy #transparency
  • F/G: The Wikimedia Foundation is happy to announce the release of our Requests for User Information Procedures and Guidelines. We hope that these new guidelines will help everyone — our users, civil litigants, government agencies, law enforcement and even those at the Foundation — better understand the responsibilities and rights that are evoked when a request for user information arises. [link].
Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 01:15, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Visiting Scholar blog   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 00:01, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

April 28−May 4

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April 28

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Ethan Sherbondy profile   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 23:54, 28 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News #18, from @mediawiki:

April 29

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A comprehensive evaluation of Wiki contributors for recognition blog   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 17:29, 30 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • t: La comunidad Wikipedia Telugu reconoce a wikimedistas prolíficos. Esto es lo que los organizadores han aprendido:
  • f/g: La comunidad Wikipedia Telugu ha reconocido contribuciones prolíficas a los proyectos WIkimedia con un premio especial llamado el “Komarraju Lakshmana Rao Wikimedia Puraskaram." Este premio honra al primer enciclipedista moderno en Telugu. Esto es lo que los organizadores han aprendido sobre el proceso de premiación: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/04/29/comprehnsive-evaluation-of-wiki-contributors/

April 30

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Lebewesen portal blog   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 00:03, 1 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]