Dimi z

Wikimedia Travel Guide: Naming poll open

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Thanks, Thehelpfulone 21:52, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Wikimedia Highlights

Hi Dimi, thanks a lot for contributing to the Bulgarian translation! As it is already 95% complete, it would be great if you or someone else could finish the rest so that it can be publicized to the Bulgarian speaking community (on Facebook/Twitter/the wikis). Also, in case you have any feedback or insight about how to facilitate the translation process - e.g. by identifying and avoiding terms that are hard to translate -, feel free to comment here. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 20:03, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Individual Engagement Grant proposals due 15 February 2013

Hello Dimi z! Thank you for drafting an Individual Engagement Grant proposal.

The deadline to submit a completed proposal to be considered for funding in this round is 15 February 2013.

When you have completed all 3 parts of your proposal, please submit it for review by updating the wikimarkup in your page from status=DRAFT to status=PROPOSED. If you have questions or need more help submitting your proposal, you can ask for it at IdeaLab Help. Thanks!

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Grantmaking Barnstar

	Individual Engagement Grant Barnstar
	Thanks for the thoughtful participation in IEG proposal discussions - hope to have your ideas and input again in round 2! Siko (WMF) (talk) 19:46, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Wikimania Hong Kong

Great stuff Dimi - we made some real progress. Look forward to the next steps. Jon Davies WMUK (talk) 12:11, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I will be taking it a bit easier for the next 10 days or so (summer holidays), but nevertheless expect to hear news of me soon!

Wikimedia genealogy project

Please visit this page if you wish to contribute to a centralized discussion about a Wikimedia genealogy project. Thank you! --Another Believer (talk) 22:03, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Talkback

You have new messages

Hello, Dimi z. You have new messages at Varnent's talk page.
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Blog draft

Hi, I drafted a skeleton of blog post: Wikimedia Blog/Drafts/Free knowledge author visits European parliament members. Please expand, change, rewrite and reformat as much as you can and want! I'll add a few sentences more and then reach you at the office. Can you warn the blog people and update the calendar, as you see fit? --Nemo 08:36, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Weasels?

What is the origin and meaning of the word "WEASEL" here? - Thekohser (talk) 17:10, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Wikimedia European Action System for Enthusiastic Lobbying :) --Dimi z (talk) 06:35, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

FoP scope

Sorry for cross-posting, but I figured you might not be actively checking your enwiki talk: could you please comment on this (whereever you prefer)?--Anders Feder (talk) 11:40, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for the soft poke here! The law will apply of photos of works inside the EU. Period. If there is any risk of legal contamination, it would be because the USA and the EU are quite often regarded by other countries as role models and their laws are often copied. --Dimi z (talk) 05:57, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. Can you elaborate on why the protection would not be extended to works located outside the EU? I mean, on other types of works (books, movies etc.) the protection does extend to works published/authored in other Berne countries outside the EU, right?--Anders Feder (talk) 00:10, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

According to the framework copyright is territorial, thus the country's rules where the images are being published/targeted at counts. In this line of thought, if there was no Freedom of Panorama in Germany, a picture of the New World Trade Center in New York would also become illegal (unless you clear permission with the rightholder first). --Dimi z (talk) 17:29, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

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Personal acquaintances: invitation

Hello Dimi z, On the German-language Wikipedia the community has introduced a system for several years in what users conform that they have met other users in real life. This system was created to create more trust between users and thus creating a better and nicer place to work on the wiki. On the German-language Wikipedia it is a huge success and I translated a large part of this tool in English so that also users from other Wikipedias can use it. It only makes sense to sign up into the system if you have met at least three other users in person. You can sign up for the tool, after three other users confirm they have met you, you can confirm other users yourself. About this system, more information can be found at w:en:Wikipedia:Personal acquaintances. In the green section are the instructions. On w:en:Wikipedia:Personal acquaintances/Participants will grow a list of participants who are active in the English speaking parts of the world. It would be great if would you sign up! :-) Greetings - Romaine (talk) 15:08, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

PS: On the German-language Wikipedia, everything is translated into English, but you need perhaps to set your preferences on English to show it in this language. Romaine (talk) 15:08, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

Help decide the future of Wikimania

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why my IP is blocked?

pls unblocked it Alexrumi (talk) 13:52, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Email

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Уикипедия на Луната

Здравей,
Готови са преводите на главната страница, Header, Относно и ЧЗВ. Дискусията предлагам да оставим на английски, който е обявен за работен език. Можеш да ги прегледаш и да смениш тага на "готово за публикуване"--Ket (talk) 09:15, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

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IRC office hour for Wikimedia Foundation copyright strategy

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An update from the Sustainability Initiative

Thank you for supporting the Sustainability Initiative!

Hi, Dimi! Thank you again for supporting the Sustainability Initiative, which aims at reducing the environmental impact of the Wikimedia movement. Over the past two years, more than 200 Wikipedians from all over the world have come together to push the Wikimedia movement towards greater sustainability.

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We are writing you this message because there is great news: The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation has finally passed a resolution stating that the Foundation is committed to seeking ways to reduce the impact of its activities on the environment. Also, we have created a cool logo and found a nice name for the project which you can see on the right :-)

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If you have any questions, you can contact us on on Meta. Again, thank you very much for your support! --Aubrey und Gnom, 2 April 2017

Approved submission for Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2017

Dear Dimitar,
On behalf of the Programme Committee of the Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2017, I am pleased to inform you that your submission Public domain, Freedom of Panorama and Upload Filtering - What is happening in EU copyright? was approved for presentation and was included in the event programme. Please take your time to review the schedule, as there might be some slight differences between the available timeslot allocated for your talk, and the duration you requested. Thank you for your participation, and see you in Warsaw. :) Bests, →Spiritia 14:30, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

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Community Insights Survey

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Sincerely,

RMaung (WMF) 14:31, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Reminder: Community Insights Survey

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Sincerely,

RMaung (WMF) 19:12, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Reminder: Community Insights Survey

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Sincerely,

RMaung (WMF) 17:02, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

We sent you an e-mail

Hello Dimi z,

Really sorry for the inconvenience. This is a gentle note to request that you check your email. We sent you a message titled "The Community Insights survey is coming!". If you have questions, email surveys@wikimedia.org.

You can see my explanation here.

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Italy, again

Hi Dimi, I just wanted to link this post on the Italian Wikipedia Village Pump about the new "evolutions" of our beloved Code of Cultural Heritage and Landscape. I think you might be interested, if you need any translation do not hesitate to ask.

• On one side we have now a brand new fees schedule listing all the amounts we should pay for any possible use of reproductions of cultural heritage.
• On the other side we have a very recent court judgment which states the existence of the "image right" of cultural property, basically limiting the right to create derivative works to what is held (by whom?) appropriate.

Wonderful, isn't it? (I'm wondering if we have a page here on Meta or elsewhere that we can update with all these delightful news from our lawmakers...)

Best, --Civvì (talk) 09:45, 24 May 2023 (UTC)