Re: [Foundation-l] A discussion list for Wikimedia (not Foundation) matters

2012-03-01 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 4:14 AM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote: We currently have this public list for Wikimedia Foundation matters, as well as a private list called internal-l which in practice is in large part used for WMF/chapters discussions, because chapter board members are added

Re: [Foundation-l] Call for nominations: chapter-appointed seats on the WMF Board of Trustees

2012-02-01 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Stuart West stuw...@gmail.com wrote: The hope was to attract/identify Board candidates who could add a lot of value to the movement but who, for one reason or another, would NOT typically be candidates in election.  That might be because they aren't well-known

Re: [Foundation-l] Vendetta?

2011-12-14 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Robin McCain ro...@slmr.com wrote: I've just been subjected to a rather bizarre bunch of activity by Mythpage88, who seems anxious to delete everything I've written over the years in WP on the basis that it isn't notable. It looks like he nominated one article

Re: [Foundation-l] Blanking a Wikipedia, a very bad idea

2011-10-04 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Mathias Schindler mathias.schind...@gmail.com wrote: Then can you specify the threshold for the community-ratio that is in your opinion required for some Wikipedians to vandalize a language edition of Wikipedia in such way? Unless the WMF decides it should

Re: [Foundation-l] Inviting some 'outsider candidates' into the movement in the way they wanted

2011-06-12 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: Don't forget that we do already have routes onto the board (chapter selected and expert seats) other than the elections for precisely the reason that the elections don't necessary get the breadth the board needs.

Re: [Foundation-l] Big problem to solve: good WYSIWYG on WMF wikis

2010-12-28 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 6:50 AM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: So, the payoffs could be ridiculously huge: eight times the number of smart and knowledgeable people even being able to *fix typos* on material they care about. Jan Paul Posma's inline editor seems pretty promising. It's

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Executive Director?

2010-12-16 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Benjamin Lees emufarm...@gmail.com wrote: I admit I haven't been following the fundraiser process very carefully, but is there any place where people can see and comment on fundraising banners before they go live?  I've only been able to find such a page

Re: [Foundation-l] should not web server logs (of requests) be published?

2010-11-28 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Domas Mituzas midom.li...@gmail.com wrote: Logs cannot be read by wikipedia owners or us government because they don't exist. There aren't any raw logs? On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 2:30 PM, wjhon...@aol.com wrote: Each web server, of which the WMF has a few,

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Survey about recent ban

2010-10-25 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote: Hoi, It does not work for me. The poll that is.. The ban of Mr Kohs works for me. Thanks,     GerardM Pressing Enter doesn't work as you'd expect on that site (it seems to activate the Sign In button, rather

Re: [Foundation-l] Reconsidering the policy one language - one Wikipedia

2010-06-24 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote: On 24 June 2010 15:04, Ziko van Dijk zvand...@googlemail.com wrote: - Scope and name: Maybe it would practically make no big difference whether the project is called simple or for kids. Poor readers and adult

Re: [Foundation-l] Community, collaboration, and cognitive biases

2010-06-08 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Aryeh Gregor simetrical+wikil...@gmail.comsimetrical%2bwikil...@gmail.com wrote: 2) Make sure that every paid developer spends time dealing with the community. This can include giving support to end users, discussing things with volunteers, reviewing patches,

Re: [Foundation-l] Jimbo's Sexual Image Deletions

2010-05-07 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Amory Meltzer amorymelt...@gmail.comwrote: This is nuts. Literally, nothing has changed. Stuff on Wikimedia sites needs to be either educational or aimed at furthering the goals of the project and the foundation. We don't host articles about my her breasts

Re: [Foundation-l] Jimbo's authority (on global bans)

2010-03-25 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 4:33 PM, George Herbert george.herb...@gmail.comwrote: There has been no organized or widespread attempt to either ask Jimmy to give it up or to take it away. I can name a number of individuals who assert that should happen, but there's no poll, no project, no policy

Re: [Foundation-l] How to kill a mailing list

2010-03-16 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:32 AM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen cimonav...@gmail.com wrote: Anthony wrote: August 2009: 1030 September 2009: 791 October 2009: 326 November 2009: 513 December 2009: 234 January 2010: 207 February 2010: 213 March 2010: ??? And your point. Are you

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia and Environment

2009-12-12 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Teofilo teofilow...@gmail.com wrote: How about moving the servers (5) from Florida to a cold country (Alaska, Canada, Finland, Russia) so that they can be used to heat offices or homes ? It might not be unrealistic as one may read such things as the solution

Re: [Foundation-l] Pedophilia and the Non discrimination policy

2009-11-28 Thread Benjamin Lees
. It states *This policy may **not be circumvented, eroded, or ignored on local Wikimedia projects.* On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Benjamin Lees emufarm...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think the non discrimination policy should be construed to apply to the communities: the policy says

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposal: foundation-announce-l

2009-08-29 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Anthony wikim...@inbox.org wrote: I propose the foundation-announce-l mailing list be set up with the following posting rules: 1) One post per person per thread. That includes the initiator of the thread. That's not how announcement lists work. The whole

Re: [Foundation-l] Report to the Board April 2009

2009-08-11 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Sue Gardner sgard...@wikimedia.org wrote: Report to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Covering: April 2009 Prepared by:Sue Gardner, Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation Prepared for: Wikimedia Foundation Board of

Re: [Foundation-l] Upcoming tech hiring: CTO position split

2009-08-09 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Brion Vibber br...@wikimedia.org wrote: With the increase in administrative and organizational duties, I've been less and less able to devote time to the part of the job that's nearest and dearest to me: working with our volunteer developer community and end

Re: [Foundation-l] Voluntary self-regulation of multimedia service providers

2009-08-06 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 8:59 PM, private musings thepmacco...@gmail.comwrote: Hi all, Just wondering what folk think about the WMF heading towards compliance with things like this; http://www.gsmeurope.org/documents/eu_codes/fsm_code_en.pdf This is a german code of conduct - but there are

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: How do you fully consult the community consensus?

2009-07-03 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Brian brian.min...@colorado.edu wrote: Sorry, where I said AbuseFilter I meant to say FlaggedRevisions. I'm not sure on how AbuseFilter came to be agreed on. On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Brian brian.min...@colorado.edu wrote: On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 6:59