RMaung (WMF)

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-- Wikinews Welcome (talk) 16:38, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Test Message!

test MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:51, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Test Message!

Subject: Share your experience in this survey

Hi RMaung (WMF),

The Wikimedia Foundation is asking for your feedback in a survey about your experience with Wikimedia. The purpose of this survey is to learn how well the Foundation is supporting your work on and off wiki and how we can change or improve things in the future. The opinions you share will directly affect the current and future work of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Please take 15 to 25 minutes to give your feedback through this survey. It is available in various languages. [1]

This survey is hosted by a third-party and governed by this privacy statement (in English). [2]

Find more information about this project. [3] Email us if you have any questions, or if you don't want to receive future messages about taking this survey.

Sincerely,

RMaung (WMF)

15:47, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Test Message!

Subject: Share your experience in this survey

Hi RMaung (WMF),

The Wikimedia Foundation is asking for your feedback in a survey about your experience with Wikimedia. The purpose of this survey is to learn how well the Foundation is supporting your work on and off wiki and how we can change or improve things in the future. The opinions you share will directly affect the current and future work of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Please take 15 to 25 minutes to give your feedback through this survey. It is available in various languages. [4]

This survey is hosted by a third-party and governed by this privacy statement (in English). [5]

Find more information about this project. [6] Email us if you have any questions, or if you don't want to receive future messages about taking this survey.

Sincerely,

RMaung (WMF) 16:09, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Community Insights Survey

Share your experience in this survey

Hi RMaung (WMF),

The Wikimedia Foundation is asking for your feedback in a survey about your experience with Wikimedia. The purpose of this survey is to learn how well the Foundation is supporting your work on and off wiki and how we can change or improve things in the future. The opinions you share will directly affect the current and future work of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Please take 15 to 25 minutes to give your feedback through this survey. It is available in various languages. [7]

This survey is hosted by a third-party and governed by this privacy statement (in English). [8]

Find more information about this project. [9] Email us if you have any questions, or if you don't want to receive future messages about taking this survey.

Sincerely,

RMaung (WMF) 16:18, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Do you use IRC?

Do you use the live chat at freenode? See here for more information. I see it's mentioned at the survey, but I don't see you online there. --Gryllida (talk) 03:56, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi Gryllida, I do use IRC a little, but I am not on those channels. I am not a contributor to en.wikinews, but I have a user account here for massmessaging purposes while I distribute the Community Insights survey. If you have a question or feedback feel free to leave a message on my talkpage on meta or email me at rmaung@wikimedia.org! RMaung (WMF) (talk) 17:24, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks RMaung; what is your nick at IRC? What is your time zone? If you know someone around UTC+10 time zone who programs in javascript or perl for mediawiki, I would greatly appreciate a pointer. Regards, --Gryllida (talk) 22:48, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Reminder: Community Insights Survey

Share your experience in this survey

Hi RMaung (WMF),

A couple of weeks ago, we invited you to take the Community Insights Survey. It is the Wikimedia Foundation’s annual survey of our global communities. We want to learn how well we support your work on wiki. We are 10% towards our goal for participation. If you have not already taken the survey, you can help us reach our goal! Your voice matters to us.

Please take 15 to 25 minutes to give your feedback through this survey. It is available in various languages.

This survey is hosted by a third-party and governed by this privacy statement (in English).

Find more information about this project. Email us if you have any questions, or if you don't want to receive future messages about taking this survey.

Sincerely,

RMaung (WMF) 14:26, 20 September 2019 (UTC)