Re: [Foundation-l] Adding a comment section under every Wikipedia article

2012-01-24 Thread FT2
) (And of course the standard of comparison could be better of two evils. For instance if the crystal ball says a wiki project dies due to fading attention then maybe chat and patrolling is net harmful but less harmful than eventual loss) FT2 On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:09 PM, David Richfield davidrichfi

Re: [Foundation-l] Adding a comment section under every Wikipedia article

2012-01-24 Thread FT2
Yes. I had thought about one option - a separate website entirely, purely for people to chat about Wikimedia articles. But at a first glance that dead ends for so many reasons. FT2 2012/1/24 Johan Jönsson brevlis...@gmail.com FT2: - costs will be the distraction from working on high

Re: [Foundation-l] Adding a comment section under every Wikipedia article

2012-01-24 Thread FT2
get into. However you label them, whatever means and venue we were to use, the third of those is where the question mark goes. FT2 On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 11:26 PM, Oliver Keyes oke...@wikimedia.org wrote: Sure; if the objective is to have comments by people who are interested in the subject

Re: [Foundation-l] ACTA analysis?

2012-01-24 Thread FT2
Already in hand :) FT2 On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 1:29 AM, Kim Bruning k...@bruning.xs4all.nl wrote: I would like to thank Geoff Brigham for the excellent job he did analysing the consequences of SOPA for wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Legal_overview Would

Re: [Foundation-l] Politico: Wikimedia foundation hires lobbyists on sopa, pipa

2012-01-22 Thread FT2
to the public and avoid pressure (even if we wouldn't succumb). That's our support. It means although we have some shared wishes and broad alignments of interest, we must be very careful to think outside the box somewhat on these issues. It's what we've done the last 11 years. FT2 On Sun, Jan 22, 2012

Re: [Foundation-l] Resolution:Developing Scenarios for future of fundraising

2012-01-21 Thread FT2
to efficiently obtaining sufficient funds for these possible future needs, and should do so in a manner compatible with and balanced against the goals of our movement. FT2 On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Joan Goma jrg...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ilario Valdelli valde...@gmail.com Why does

Re: [Foundation-l] Announcement: Maggie Dennis to continue with WMF

2012-01-20 Thread FT2
I said to her when temporarily hired that the Foundation could not have chosen anyone better for the role :) She is superb. FT2 On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Philippe Beaudette phili...@wikimedia.orgwrote: Hi all, I'm thrilled to announce that Maggie Dennis, our community liaison, has

Re: [Foundation-l] Discussion duration and the SOPA shutdown

2012-01-19 Thread FT2
The question is, do you plan to migrate the major search engines and DNS servers? If so, then migration might help. FT2 On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen cimonav...@gmail.com wrote: Next time we should just migrate and fork to a jurisdiction outside the US control

Re: [Foundation-l] Discussion duration and the SOPA shutdown

2012-01-19 Thread FT2
Point of information: - are proposals mooted for an alternative DNS root? Presumably, since satellite proposals exist and those are even more radical. FT2 On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 5:20 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: Come the SOPAcalypse, the DNS root will fragment. I wonder

Re: [Foundation-l] Discussion duration and the SOPA shutdown

2012-01-18 Thread FT2
was the closers deciding to close it in line with a technical request from developers to allow them 48 hours and hence make a decision by the 16th. There was a month when it was open before then. FT2 ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Discussion duration and the SOPA shutdown

2012-01-18 Thread FT2
to close this by X date given politics? Probably. Live and learn, consensus was apparent and agreed, and.. yeah, the process could be smoother another time. Maybe in another 11 years . :) FT2 On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:27 AM, George Herbert george.herb...@gmail.comwrote: In a sense, nobody

Re: [Foundation-l] Vietnamese Wikipedia join protest SOPA and PIPA

2012-01-17 Thread FT2
Kremlin *We have Putin! So they now try to beat us with SOPA!*/kremlin Me neither :) On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Oliver Keyes oke...@wikimedia.org wrote: On the Russian Wikipedia, the banner is showing you (sorry, couldn't resist) ___

Re: [Foundation-l] News from Germany: White Bags and thinking about a fork

2011-10-29 Thread FT2
it as shameful to learn about by virtue of exclusion from equal handling. I know which of these stances I respect more. FT2 On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 12:02 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: The Foundation considers de:wp's careful and thoughtful decision to put [[:de:vulva]] on the front page

Re: [Foundation-l] On curiosity, cats and scapegoats

2011-09-09 Thread FT2
not at the server) without actual access to their computer. FT2 On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 7:09 PM, dex2...@pc.dk wrote: In the unhappy event that this filter is enabled, will it be possible/allowed for a community to make its use mandatory and to punish readers who turn it off? Sir48/Thyge

Re: [Foundation-l] Hypothetical project rebranding Wikimedia

2011-09-08 Thread FT2
Predictable result - half the world gains the impression that Wikipedia has been bought out / sold out. FT2 On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 8:33 PM, Fajro fai...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Ziko van Dijk zvand...@googlemail.com wrote: Hello, you can make Wikimedia as famous

Re: [Foundation-l] Hypothetical project rebranding Wikimedia

2011-09-08 Thread FT2
A more plausible option is to make WMF more conspicuous. Right now it's almost unknown that WP is part of a wider project. Wikipedia | Wikiquote | Wikispecies | ... An educational website of the Wikimedia Foundation [Button: View all our projects in your language] FT2 On Thu, Sep 8, 2011

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters

2011-08-13 Thread FT2
a few years down the line. At least criteria are to be put in place now than never. For chapters in good order they should not be an issue. FT2 On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.comwrote: Hoi, There is fundraising together and there is fundraising perse

Re: [Foundation-l] content ownership in different projects

2011-06-17 Thread FT2
I've had a go at some basic editing to the [[WP:OWN]] page to try and explain a bit better, rather than simply saying IF YOU EDIT, YOU DO NOT OWN THE PAGE! It still needs considerable work. Eyeballs and improvements...? FT2 On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar

Re: [Foundation-l] About the low hanging fruit

2011-06-10 Thread FT2
as well. If the subject matter is valid, and there is something to say that makes an entry useful, length is secondary, that can change over time. FT2 On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:17 PM, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote: I wouldn't describe a short article as hardly useful

Re: [Foundation-l] Request: WMF commitment as a long term cultural archive?

2011-06-02 Thread FT2
on this - but the policy, rights, traditions, choice of license, and endorsement of other sites doing so in practice, is our way of ensuring a practical commitment is made. FT2 On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Fae fae...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm taking part in an images discussion workshop with a number

Re: [Foundation-l] About Wikiepdia.org

2011-06-01 Thread FT2
Endorse Foundation action on this obvious bad-faith domain which trades off the name and domain of Wikipedia and the proportion of users who will mis-spell it. Is there a way to identify the most common other mis-spellings and how common they are? FT2 On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 1:40 PM, HW waihor

Re: [Foundation-l] About Wikiepdia.org

2011-06-01 Thread FT2
-Tia-mM_mhaDtdHyHoxU5ce1TDLb2Mvm-aUgasm6kxWqglvKYI0WSzhXa-i6nmbtadbbVpt4BNSBzekfJpryNmPCFC7VzvyF42ZKeX7rENwP5uCUvC24dDfGzVlsig=AHIEtbSKuqmmggNFiXz_hjIquy8QLluFlQindeed. FT2 On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.comwrote: FT2, 01/06/2011 15:01: Endorse Foundation

Re: [Foundation-l] Doctors Again

2011-06-01 Thread FT2
, or when writing a professional letter (eg to a professional magazine or colleague) FT2 On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: Across all markets a surprising 75% of doctors in the 51-60 age

Re: [Foundation-l] The Wikipedia-Ready Essay

2011-06-01 Thread FT2
I always took the central point about conflation to be the unwitting mixing up of separate ideas - usually but not always to the mild confusion or detriment of both. FT2 On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: And Larry Sanger and Magnus may be remembered

Re: [Foundation-l] Board resolutions on controversial content and images of identifiable people

2011-06-01 Thread FT2
Information is educational. When I read Wikinews, it educates me as to significant matters going on in the world, and provides other related resources. FT2 On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: Wikimedia projects are curated and edited collections, according

Re: [Foundation-l] Board resolutions on controversial content and images of identifiable people

2011-06-01 Thread FT2
being affected. No surprises, much as anyone expected. Endorsement of not-very-contentious conclusion. FT2 On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:52 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 1 June 2011 21:35, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: Forgive me if I find these resolutions rather toothless

Re: [Foundation-l] No rights to participate

2011-05-27 Thread FT2
unlikely expectations that will eventually be dashed. For example, agreeing with a perception that I didn't find accurate because it would please you. FT2 On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 12:59 AM, Virgilio A. P. Machado v...@fct.unl.ptwrote: Thank you guys. I knew you wouldn't let me down. You

Re: [Foundation-l] Scheduled intermittent downtime on all Wikimedia projects on May 24

2011-05-25 Thread FT2
I don't get this. Would it be possible in future, if the sites are unresponsive, or will be unresponsive due to planned maintenance, to establish a fallback that simply displays an explanatory status message to the public? FT2 On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Tim Starling tstarl

Re: [Foundation-l] Scheduled intermittent downtime on all Wikimedia projects on May 24

2011-05-25 Thread FT2
In future can I have vanilla and strawberry with that? :) FT2 On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Domas Mituzas midom.li...@gmail.comwrote: In future we will have five nines availability and no downtimes will happen. ___ foundation-l mailing list

Re: [Foundation-l] Scheduled intermittent downtime on all Wikimedia projects on May 24

2011-05-25 Thread FT2
have that kind of use, perception, stature -- and a similar scale of response within the general public if it suddenly doesn't work. Most members of the public do not have the insight you or I would. FT2 On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Austin Hair adh...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, May 25, 2011

Re: [Foundation-l] Scheduled intermittent downtime on all Wikimedia projects on May 24

2011-05-25 Thread FT2
As a non-tech, don't all reads (at least) pass through the squids, so we can identify and report in a nice way a lot of connection errors at that point? /ignoreifnaive FT2 On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Tim Starling tstarl...@wikimedia.orgwrote: There are dozens of places where error

Re: [Foundation-l] No rights to participate

2011-05-24 Thread FT2
no less. Instead of complaining, you might like to notice how your own attitudes lead to fairly predictable results, and a genuine, noticeable and enduring change of them changes the results. FT2 On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 4:34 AM, Virgilio A. P. Machado v...@fct.unl.ptwrote: Furthermore, if someone

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-23 Thread FT2
keepable BLP, or a minute's web searching. A few may need Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, but I suspect not many. Only a very small minority will not be easily identified with a means of email or other direct contact within a few minutes. Worth it, I think. FT2 On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:02 PM

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-23 Thread FT2
on any issues they notice, and try to help. Maybe we can design a possible email, experiment on a couple of batches of 30 - 50 newly created and older BLPs, and see what happens? FT2 On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com wrote: I'm not so sure. As much

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-22 Thread FT2
inclined to endorse defeatism. FT2 On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 10:08 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: We could solve that by hosting only BLPs that have already had encyclopedic or extensive treatment elsewhere, i.e. have already been the subject of (a) an encyclopedia article; or (b) a book

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-20 Thread FT2
later? Just curious which of these is litigable or in contempt, and which is not. FT2 ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-20 Thread FT2
/ the jurisdiction you were in when you took the alleged breaking action, or 4/ the ability of local legal process to access you, in deciding what's legally actionable? Lawyers welcomed :) Curiosity and enlightenment more than anything. FT2 ___ foundation-l mailing

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-20 Thread FT2
are tied) or worrying (because of the severity it implies) in copyright terms.. FT2 On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 7:28 PM, wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk wrote: One might want to factor in a Google News Case in Belgium that dealt with which laws apply where: http://www.barrysookman.com/2011/05

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Copyright problems of images from India

2011-05-10 Thread FT2
-- and it is US law that governs Wikimedia. FT2 On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:07 PM, wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk wrote: Welcome to the problem of Orphan Works. what you have to show is that either of the following is true? (i) the author of which is a citizen of India; or (ii) which is first published

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolution: Openness

2011-04-10 Thread FT2
and reviewer rights. Also you'd want chat logs as an item in *Special:Log* so that all chats of this kind are on the record. As a bonus feature, the infrastructure to invite other users to join a chat (eg to add extra expertize or to mediate a minor disagreement) would be worth noting for future. FT2 On Sun

Re: [Foundation-l] In reply to Virgilio's comments

2011-04-10 Thread FT2
that's a lesson most democratic countries could learn from us, not the other way round. *8 Scary thoughts aren't they? * No. I don't find them scary at all. Thanks for them. FT2 On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 11:28 AM, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote: In reply to Virgilio's

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolution: Openness

2011-04-10 Thread FT2
. Click OK to confirm if you mean to do this or HELP ME to talk to an experienced user*... ... *then* I will agree we are making progress. FT2 On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: In fact a lot of those issues are spelled out very clearly. See [[WP:BLOGS]] for whether

Re: [Foundation-l] Vector, a year after

2011-04-04 Thread FT2
Thread title? FT2 On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 4:27 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: See the current thread on wikitech-l about how chronically broken most site JavaScript is and what to do about the problem ___ foundation-l mailing list

Re: [Foundation-l] Vector, a year after

2011-04-04 Thread FT2
I'm not seeing discussion of chronically broken code there. Just discussion of redundant code (due to 1.17) and cleanup. Any chance of a pointer to something that sums up the chronically broken nature of site script? FT2 On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 4:41 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [Foundation-l] Vector, a year after

2011-04-01 Thread FT2
style. FT2 On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: Do we know how many editors still use Monobook? ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Foundation-l] 2011 Board Elections: Input needed

2011-03-20 Thread FT2
(after checking for obvious duplicates) and allow them to vote. Again may be more trouble than it's worth, but it is important to consider if readers may have a say in what matters at the election. After all they are whom the project and all of our efforts are aimed at supporting. FT2 2011/3/20

Re: [Foundation-l] 2011 Board Elections: Input needed

2011-03-20 Thread FT2
on what the community cares about. Matters that the community cares about will have received a specific comment from each candidate. The community can compare candidates' views on specific issues of wide interest, and vote based on the candidates' specific views on these. FT2 On Sun, Mar 20, 2011

Re: [Foundation-l] 2011 Board Elections: Input needed

2011-03-20 Thread FT2
readers vote, scale it as the agreed proportion of the cast votes. FT2 ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] 2011 Board Elections: Input needed

2011-03-20 Thread FT2
as a byproduct. Not a big point but a plus) FT2 On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Andre Engels andreeng...@gmail.com wrote: I do also think giving people voting rights based only on being 'readers' basically means giving it out to random people

Re: [Foundation-l] 2011 Board Elections: Input needed

2011-03-20 Thread FT2
for the world as a whole, ie non-members (by that definition), and that is where our focus should always ultimately end up. FT2 On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Ziko van Dijk zvand...@googlemail.comwrote: 2011/3/20 marcos tal_t...@yahoo.es: I agree with FT2. Give right to vote to the donors

Re: [Foundation-l] 2011 Board Elections: Input needed

2011-03-20 Thread FT2
. FT2 On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Ziko van Dijk zvand...@googlemail.comwrote: Not so quick - I am paying fees, for Wikimedia Nederland and Wikimedia Deutschland. Would you say that they are not Wikimedia?`:-) ___ foundation-l mailing list

Re: [Foundation-l] 2011 elections - low turnout

2011-03-20 Thread FT2
Thumb placed on problem. FT2 On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 3:33 PM, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote: I think we ... forget that becoming part of the community is a process and state of mind rather than a single event. ___ foundation

Re: [Foundation-l] breaking English Wikipedia apart

2011-03-15 Thread FT2
of better cross-wiki collaboration and flow of knowledge and support. FT2 On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 5:09 AM, brock.wel...@gmail.com brock.wel...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with helping wikiprojects collaborate but couldn't disagree more with making them more powerful or in charge of certain wikis

Re: [Foundation-l] breaking English Wikipedia apart

2011-03-14 Thread FT2
standard. It carries no formal powers, but by peer pressure alone encourages improvement generally. Two ideas. FT2 On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Sat, 26/2/11, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: From: John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com

Re: [Foundation-l] breaking English Wikipedia apart

2011-03-14 Thread FT2
The contradiction resolves in that routinely means commonly not automatically. Your 2nd paragraph says it -- a carrot that required the acquisition of editorial skills that were within the reach of just about anyone who applied herself, and which passed the scrutiny of the community as good

Re: [Foundation-l] breaking English Wikipedia apart

2011-03-14 Thread FT2
methods. If you can draw on a pool of a few thousand users whose capability and appropriate behavior can largely be assumed. FT2 ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation

Re: [Foundation-l] breaking English Wikipedia apart

2011-03-14 Thread FT2
neutrally, ask about policy related issues, be fair and courteous, etc. FT2 On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter pute...@mccme.ruwrote: Are you suggesting something like a second, parallel arbcom if the first has finally stalled? This was also a part of the discussion

Re: [Foundation-l] VPAT

2011-02-20 Thread FT2
/ the US govt is not the only such body (other groups receiving federal funds?) and 2/ we ourselves have a genuine interest in ensuring we think hard how those with disabilities experience Wikimedia in everyday use, when creating our platform. FT2 On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 7:51 AM, Ting Chen

Re: [Foundation-l] Licenses' biodiversity : my big disagreement with the Wikimedia usability initiative's software specifications

2011-02-19 Thread FT2
they offer significant variant choices of value to a licensor that other licenses don't offer. They reduce benefit when they divide free X into proliferated mutually incompatible X's, divided by use and reuse conditions that confuse or cause difficulty. FT2 On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 1:37 PM

Re: [Foundation-l] The matrix, reloaded (movement roles, or who does what in Wikimedia?)

2011-02-18 Thread FT2
about them, and choices about resources used on them? Without that kind of level of data it's not possible to say whether the conceptual structure being created is excellent, poor, has loopholes, can be improved, or misses the point. It becomes a set of truisms or jargon. FT2 On Fri, Feb 18, 2011

Re: [Foundation-l] Criticism of employees (was VPAT)

2011-02-18 Thread FT2
, and it can be expected, and it can happen here as well. You'd be surprised how fast people learn when it's needed to do what they want. FT2 On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 1:39 AM, Marc Riddell michaeldavi...@comcast.netwrote: On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:14 AM, James Alexander jameso...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [Foundation-l] Criticism of employees (was VPAT)

2011-02-18 Thread FT2
by *both admins and non-admins* (no reason to give excess leeway to long term non-admins to harm the project by discouraging bona-fide users, any more than we would give excess leeway to long-term repeated mis-citers or persistent original researchers). FT2 On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 7:07 AM, FT2 ft2.w

Re: [Foundation-l] Criticism of employees (was VPAT)

2011-02-17 Thread FT2
to the mission by working as staff is the other. Hope this is of use or interest. Peace. FT2 On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 5:00 AM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: It's not about assuming that Wikimedia's positions are wrong, that's a bad and unfair characterization. But Wikimedia has a tendency

Re: [Foundation-l] VPAT

2011-02-16 Thread FT2
/firefox/vpat-3.html and http://www.mozilla.org/access/section508 FT2 ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Shorter Url for non-latin languages

2011-02-13 Thread FT2
Yes x 2. But keep the links simple, so extended subdomains (en.wp.wmf.org) is too long. Just one domain, and let the shortener cover all wikis not just one. FT2 On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Alison M. Wheeler wikime...@alisonwheeler.com wrote: An alternative would be to create the link

Re: [Foundation-l] Shorter Url for non-latin languages

2011-02-12 Thread FT2
People will want to link to permalinks. 8 chars, 64 character set (a-z A-Z 0-9 and 2 others). Unlikely to run out for the foreseeable future. FT2 On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Jiri Hofman hofm...@aldebaran.cz wrote: Since (26*2+10)**5 = 916132832 , five chars should be enough for all

Re: [Foundation-l] Shorter Url for non-latin languages

2011-02-11 Thread FT2
on the open mailing list, but if the idea is worth trying, I'm sure we'll find out to whom to send suggestions. FT2 On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:56 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: David Gerard wrote: On 11 February 2011 11:30, Mingli Yuan mingli.y...@gmail.com wrote: So I just want

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Project Proposal - wiki to monitor the government spending - GovSpendWatch Wiki

2010-12-16 Thread FT2
wikis for the kind of proposal you have. Perhaps set up a wiki on a wiki farmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_farm ? FT2 On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 3:29 AM, Ryan Lomonaco wiki.ral...@gmail.comwrote: Forwarded to the whole list on behalf of a non-member. -- Forwarded message

Re: [Foundation-l] Old Wikipedia backups discovered

2010-12-14 Thread FT2
Winrar's your best bet. Other archivers may be equally good. FT2 On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 5:53 PM, wjhon...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 12/14/2010 8:21:09 AM Pacific Standard Time, steven.wall...@gmail.com writes: This is fantastic, and the timing could not be better. If anyone

Re: [Foundation-l] Old Wikipedia backups discovered

2010-12-14 Thread FT2
Would prefer on its own wiki as this is comprehensive up to a given date. Maybe January2001.wikipedia.org -- immediate impact. (DNS software cannot handle 2001.wikipedia.org) FT2 On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 6:04 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Tim

Re: [Foundation-l] Old Wikipedia backups discovered

2010-12-14 Thread FT2
See see also etc in [[History of Wikipedia]]. FT2 On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:27 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: FYI, there is an existing timeline at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_timeline And lots of other wikipedia history pages on English, too. :) Phoebe

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia articles based on Wikileaks material

2010-12-12 Thread FT2
is not an inclusion policy. (*Reductio ad absurdum *version: - many articles are kept with just a handful (5) sources; this implies mainstream did not notice them, therefore NPOV would say we don't notice them either? No.) FT2. On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@yahoo.com wrote

Re: [Foundation-l] Paypal removal?

2010-12-11 Thread FT2
may wish to make a stand though. (without dragging WP/M into it). FT2 On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 12:39 PM, aude aude.w...@gmail.com wrote: On Dec 11, 2010, at 12:31 AM, Robert Tice robti...@gmail.com wrote: I suggest that use of Paypal is contraindicated due to their deliberate efforts

Re: [Foundation-l] Accuracy required

2010-12-09 Thread FT2
a real name *by pt-arbcom*. But nobody has said you were or weren't. Hope this helps? FT2 On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Virgilio A. P. Machado v...@fct.unl.ptwrote: 1) No real names will be disclosed on this list on account of the request made. 2) No action is asked or expected

Re: [Foundation-l] Accuracy required

2010-12-09 Thread FT2
Sure (and in reply to your off-list mail, it's fine, easily done). The questions seemed genuine and seeking a genuine explanation. If it's been covered elsewhere that's good enough. FT2 On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Ryan Lomonaco wiki.ral...@gmail.comwrote: FT2, Please let it go - I

Re: [Foundation-l] Accuracy required

2010-12-08 Thread FT2
too. Check it out, if you like, but please don't publicize a list. FT2 On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Virgilio A. P. Machado v...@fct.unl.ptwrote: Still practicing, after all these years. From the information provided to this list, it is reasonable to assume that other wikipedians, besides

Re: [Foundation-l] Accuracy required

2010-12-08 Thread FT2
possible. But if the user's username is their real name then it will be named in the case for that reason. FT2 On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 2:53 PM, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: I am not aware of cases on English Wikipedia which are named after the person except where that person used

Re: [Foundation-l] Use Wikipedia as a Marketing Tool

2010-12-07 Thread FT2
. legitimate and notable by facebook, twitter and blogs? przykuta legitimate as any kind of inclusion criterion at all? FT2 ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Foundation-l] Pieter Kuiper

2010-12-07 Thread FT2
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Virgilio A. P. Machado v...@fct.unl.ptwrote: The only Wikipedian that has been dealt with by an arbcom by his real name, NOT his user name! This tag line is extremely inaccurate, for what it's worth. FT2

Re: [Foundation-l] Accuracy required

2010-12-07 Thread FT2
not be useful to the reader but is given because it is possibly helpful. FT2 On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Virgilio A. P. Machado v...@fct.unl.ptwrote: Let's see if perfect practice makes perfect. The quoted tag line, The only Wikipedian that has been dealt with by an arbcom by his real

Re: [Foundation-l] Accuracy required

2010-12-07 Thread FT2
with in the past.) FT2 On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 1:34 PM, FT2 ft2.w...@gmail.com wrote: When a person says by an arbcom it implies by one of several arbcoms that exist. The word an (um/uma) suggests one of several/many. Perhaps more accurately by the Portuguese Wikipedia Arbcom? The term for what

Re: [Foundation-l] Corporate Social Responsibility

2010-11-20 Thread FT2
is because as a charitable foundation, WMF can deliver its mission far more if it identifies providers of those skills at commercial rates, pays them, and acquires funds by donation to do so, than if it sought to obtain those services without pay by volunatry effort. FT2 On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 5

Re: [Foundation-l] Paid editing comes of age

2010-11-18 Thread FT2
I drafted this. It still seems the best approach in terms of keeping good editing and reducing problematic editing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:FT2/Commercial_and_paid_editing FT2 On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:05 AM, David Goodman dgoodma...@gmail.comwrote: Most current paid editing gets

Re: [Foundation-l] wikimedia fundraiser

2010-11-14 Thread FT2
as the Wikimedia mission isn't just build a website but make available free knowledge. In that context people willing to care matter, as an integral part of the mission. FT2 On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Bod Notbod bodnot...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 3:17 PM, luke lenny lennybodom

Re: [Foundation-l] Should we offer to host citizendium?

2010-11-12 Thread FT2
would be my questions. They may be fine, but they are the ones I would focus on as deciders, given that bandwidth and tech support will probably not be a huge factor (use their own server or make a spare one available?). FT2 On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 7:56 AM, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: Should we

Re: [Foundation-l] Should we offer to host citizendium?

2010-11-12 Thread FT2
the job.. FT2 On 11/12/10, Hans A. Rosbach hans.a.rosb...@gmail.com wrote: We have become the superpower, and that gives us a moral obligation to think beyond our own projects. Among the things we ought to be wary of is monoculture. If Wikipedia becomes the only source for encyclopaedic

Re: [Foundation-l] Should we offer to host citizendium?

2010-11-12 Thread FT2
Point her to this thread? If it isn't needed this time it may be salient not too far in future for other things. FT2 On 11/12/10, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: Probably we should ask Danese first, she'd have to make sure we had the techs and resources on hand for the hosting

Re: [Foundation-l] Funding Sources of Medical Research, was Misplaced Reliance, was Re: Paid editing...

2010-11-07 Thread FT2
papers are forming their own view. So the factors going into that are crucial to assess the quality and basis of that view and reliance a reader may wish to personally place on it. FT2 On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 12:22 AM, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 November 2010 12:26, David Gerard dger

Re: [Foundation-l] Funding Sources of Medical Research, was Misplaced Reliance, was Re: Paid editing...

2010-11-07 Thread FT2
it. So in principle this is always true even in specific cases it doesn't happen. FT2 On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 1:44 AM, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 12:28 PM, FT2 ft2.w...@gmail.com wrote: Not so. The difference is we document reliable sources, we don't create them

Re: [Foundation-l] Funding Sources of Medical Research, was Misplaced Reliance, was Re: Paid editing...

2010-11-06 Thread FT2
Works for me. FT2 On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: I think you have hit the nail on the head. Now we just need to drive it in the rest of the way. These ethics standards serve the ideal of communicating reliable knowledge to readers