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May 1-May 4

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May 1

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Metrics meeting live-tweeting

  • The Wikimedia Foundation's monthly Metrics & Activities Meeting starts now! Livestream: [insert Hangout URL] IRC: #wikimedia-office
  • Next at #WMFMetrics Meeting: @nightrose with a Wikidata update.
  • Now at #WMFMetrics Meeting: @carolynne on Wikipedia Zero.

May 2

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Mobile site blog post {{Ok}]CMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 23:57, 2 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • t: Meet the Wikipedia editors behind the curtain with an “article freshness” indicator on mobile:
Trying to include what the new indicator does:
LGTM.
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  • t: Conoce a los editores de Wikipedia detrás del nuevo "indicador de frescura" de un artículo en la versión para móviles: <link>
  • f/g: Cuando visites Wikipedia desde un dispostivo móvil, ahora verás una barra de "última modificación" al inicio de la página. Esto para darte una noción de la salud del artículo, quien lo modificó por última vez y cuando. Esto te hará más fácil explorar el historial de un artículo, sus autores y otras contribuciones. <link>

May 5−May 11

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May 5

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Cochrane Collaboration Recruits Talented Wikipedian In Residence

Tech News #19, from @mediawiki:

May 6

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Wikipedia Education Program students keep editing in Arabic long after their assignments are finished

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  • t: El Programa de Educación de Wikipedia mantiene editando Wikipedia en árabe aún más que al terminar sus materias. ¿Porqué?

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/06/students-keep-editing-in-arabic-long-after-assignments/

  • f/g: El Programa de Educación de Wikipedia en el Mundo Árabe ha experimentado una alta e inesperada tasa de retención entre los estudiantes edotres. De 644 usuarios válidos, 27 permanecieron por varios meses después, de acuerdo a las estadísticas de febrero de 2014. Eso es una tasa de retención 6% más alta que los programas educativos en inglés.

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/06/students-keep-editing-in-arabic-long-after-assignments/

May 7

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Armenian students enjoy editing Wikipedia   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 05:18, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

es // Estudiantes armenios disfrutan editar Wikipedia

  • t: Estudiantes son los más activos dentro de @wikimedia_am, quienes han creado más de 2,100 artículos <link>
  • f/g: Los contribuyentes más activos en Wikimedia Armenia son estudiantes de escuela secundaria, quienes han creado más de 2,110 artícuñps y han continuado su participación activa aún aprobando sus cursos. <link>

May 8

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There are no barriers to free knowledge   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 05:18, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

// es No hay barreras para el conocimiento libre

  • t: Para Jacek Halicki ser un wikipedista no es sólo un hobby: es una manera de reavivar el estilo de vida activo que tuvo una vez. <link>
  • f/g: Para Jacek Halicki ser un wikipedista no es sólo un hobby: es una manera de reavivar el estilo de vida activo que tuvo una vez, al tiempo en el que está creando algo valioso para las generaciones venideras. <link>

May 9

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American Historical Association   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 22:26, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Opposing Mass Surveillance on the Internet   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 19:23, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 12−May 18

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May 12

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Donating His Estate to the Wikimedia Foundation: The Story of Jim Pacha   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 23:59, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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  • t: Antes de fallecer, Jim Pacha donó su patrimonio a la Fundación Wikimedia. Aquí su increíble historia. <link>
  • f/g:Después de haber vivido una vida lograda, uno de los últimos actos de Jim Pacha antes de fallecer fue donar todo la mayor parte de su patrimonio a la Fundación Wikimedia, haciendo el más grande regalo de donación en la historia de la Fundación. Esta es su increíble historia. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/12/the-story-of-jim-pacha/

Tech News #20, from @mediawiki:

May 14

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Ten years of the German Wikipedia writing contest

May 15

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Wikimedia Projects in Urdu: Unleashing the Latent Potential   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 04:34, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 19−May 25

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May 19

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Tech News #21, from @mediawiki:

May 20

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Wiki Loves Earth Goes International   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 00:02, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News anniversary post, from @wikimedia, shared by @wikipedia and @mediawiki:

May 21

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Yale’s Information Society Project Big Data Symposium: Expanding the conversation in an international context   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 00:34, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 22

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Wikipedia Zero will accelerate Wikipedia in Nepal

May 23

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“Wiki Learning” to be adopted at Mexico’s Tec de Monterrey   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 23:46, 23 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 26-May 31

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May 26

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Happy Birthday, Ward Cunningham, inventor of the Wiki   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 09:03, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News #22, from @mediawiki:

May 27

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Programs:Evaluation portal has a twitter account. (Request to post by MCruz (WMF) (talk) 14:08, 27 May 2014 (UTC))   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 23:54, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • t: Program Evaluation&Design @Wikimedia is on Twitter. Follow @WikiEval for daily updates on evaluation resources, metrics discussion and more!
  • f/g: The Program Evaluation & Design team, part of the Grantmaking department at Wikimedia, now has a Twitter account. Follow them @WikiEval for a daily update on evaluation resources, peer learning, metrics discussion and more! http://twitter.com/WikiEval
The tweet seems to have one character too many, maybe drop the exclamation mark. Otherwise these LGTM. Regards, Tbayer (WMF) (talk) 23:10, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki RFP blog post: from @wikimedia, shared by @mediawiki

May 28

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Luganda Wikipedia project   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 23:10, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 29

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Cancer Research UK, Royal Society and Women Fellows   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 22:17, 30 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Airtel Offers Nigerians Free Access to Wikipedia   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 00:44, 30 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 30

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A Collaborative Definition of Impact: Building Metrics Together   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 23:13, 30 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

New grantees bring fresh perspectives on research, mobile, and community-building   DoneCMonterrey (WMF) (talk) 08:40, 31 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]