Tag Archives: Wikimedia

Why I’m not quitting Facebook…

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Guillaume Paumier

… and I’m neither saying you should, nor you shouldn’t.

Apparently, it’s Quit Facebook Day. The interwebs have been raging with angry articles about facebook, how it’s turning evil, and violating people’s privacy, etc. My personal opinion is that you’re the best and only guardian of your own privacy. Continue reading →

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To be or not to be (a candidate for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees)

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Guillaume Paumier

Candidacies are now open for the election to the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation. A fair amount of people have been asking me if I would be a candidate; the answer is “not likely”, and this is why. Continue reading →

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Ten features that would dramatically improve Wikimedia Commons

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Guillaume Paumier

About two years ago, I said “Commons may be the next coolest project, as soon as developers find the time to improve its usability to make it more user-friendly”. Wikimedia Commons hasn’t evolved much in terms of usability since then. MIT’s Technology Review recently published an article about improvements to come regarding the management of video content on Wikipedia and Wikimedia websites. I heard a lot of people say: “Good, but what about pictures?” Some technical improvements described by the Technology Review will be useful for both images and videos, such as the media and upload wizard currently developed by Michael Dale. However, Wikimedia Commons still needs many little (or big) features that would dramatically improve its user-friendliness. Continue reading →

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Introducing the Wikimedia documents initiative

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Guillaume Paumier

I am happy to announce the launch of the Wikimedia documents initiative (WMDOC), which aims at creating and maintaining a centralized set of standardized, up-to-date and localized core reference documents for public relations, marketing and public outreach. Continue reading →

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Five fundraising tips for Wikimedia chapters

Posted on May 16, 2009 by Guillaume Paumier

Last year, I started to document myself about fundraising. Originally, I did it because 1. I found the topic very interesting and 2. I intended to use what I would learn to improve Wikimedia France’s management of fundraising (which has been very poor in my opinion, partly because of issues I describe below). Turned out, I eventually left Wikimedia France in January for various reasons, but I figured I’d still share a few thoughts that may prove useful to all chapters. Although this page is mainly Wikimedia-focused, the general principles are universal. Continue reading →

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