Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous/archives/2023/April



Tech News: 2023-14

MediaWiki message delivery 23:39, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2023-15

MediaWiki message delivery 20:05, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

FYI: How America's largest newspaper company is leaving behind news deserts

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/10/1169014791/news-us-newspaper-latest-gannet-mediaJustin (koavf)TCM 20:32, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Syndicaters, etc.

I just notified Legal about wikinewsfeed [dot] net, a news (and spam) site prominently displayed when one searches for Wikinews in Google News. It is apparently connected to a Bangladeshi digital marketing agency. I also informed wallstreetwindow [dot] com, who have syndicated at least two recent articles of ours, that the CC-BY-2.5 license requires a link to the license. --Heavy Water (talk) 02:55, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

They seem to be attributing correctly and linking back to our original. I think that is good enough. SVTCobra 08:08, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I was referring to wallstreetwindow, not sure about wikinewsfeed. SVTCobra 13:41, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Well, the license says it must be linked to as well. Heavy Water (talk) 14:03, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2023-16

MediaWiki message delivery 01:54, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2023-17

MediaWiki message delivery 22:03, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Seeking volunteers for the next step in the Universal Code of Conduct process

Hello,

As follow-up to the message about the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines by Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Vice Chair, Shani Evenstein Sigalov, I am reaching out about the next steps. I want to bring your attention to the next stage of the Universal Code of Conduct process, which is forming a building committee for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C). I invite community members with experience and deep interest in community health and governance to nominate themselves to be part of the U4C building committee, which needs people who are:

  • Community members in good standing
  • Knowledgeable about movement community processes, such as, but not limited to, policy drafting, participatory decision making, and application of existing rules and policies on Wikimedia projects
  • Aware and appreciative of the diversity of the movement, such as, but not limited to, languages spoken, identity, geography, and project type
  • Committed to participate for the entire U4C Building Committee period from mid-May - December 2023
  • Comfortable with engaging in difficult, but productive conversations
  • Confidently able to communicate in English

The Building Committee shall consist of volunteer community members, affiliate board or staff, and Wikimedia Foundation staff.

The Universal Code of Conduct has been a process strengthened by the skills and knowledge of the community and I look forward to what the U4C Building Committee creates. If you are interested in joining the Building Committee, please either sign up on the Meta-Wiki page, or contact ucocproject wikimedia.org by May 12, 2023. Read more on Meta-Wiki.

Best regards,

Xeno (WMF) 19:00, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]