Good.
On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Asaf Bartov asaf.bar...@gmail.com wrote:
The study found that the nation's 50 top websites on average installed 64
pieces of tracking technology onto the computers of visitors, usually with
no warning. A dozen sites each installed more than a hundred.
On 7/31/10 5:21 PM, Amir E. Aharoni wrote:
I am thinking about making Wikimania 2011 as awesome as possible and
here's a little something that bothered me.
Wikimania 2010 was my first. It was a lot of fun to meet Wikimedians
from around the world. I also think that a lot of new ideas were
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:43 PM, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote:
Job adverts? Really?. Site notice is for critical stuff (fund raising,
servers about to explode) even if you play with the notice to only
appear ~%10 of the time.
Personally I was quite pleased to see it.
It can only add to the
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 09:58, Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.com wrote:
On 7/31/10 5:21 PM, Amir E. Aharoni wrote:
I am thinking about making Wikimania 2011 as awesome as possible and
here's a little something that bothered me.
Wikimania 2010 was my first. It was a lot of fun to meet
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Bod Notbod bodnot...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:43 PM, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote:
Job adverts? Really?. Site notice is for critical stuff (fund raising,
servers about to explode) even if you play with the notice to only
appear ~%10 of the
We are not discussing how to choose members of DRC [1].
[1] -
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Requests_for_comment/Dispute_resolution_committee#Further_discussion
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On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote:
We are not discussing how to choose members of DRC [1].
[1] -
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Requests_for_comment/Dispute_resolution_committee#Further_discussion
'not' = 'now' ?
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On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 2:39 PM, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote:
We are not discussing how to choose members of DRC [1].
[1] -
Apparently long-time Wikimedia contributors are also far more sensitive
to Foundation imposition of /less/ visual clutter as well, judging by
the reaction to the Vector rollout. Perhaps we could just say that
long-term Wikimedia contributors are just more sensitive ;)
Ryan Kaldari
On 8/2/10
While I appreciate the comments about people being overly sensitive, I
do think it is still true that we should avoid unnecessary clutter.
With that in mind, I would like to mention that I don't really like
the big empty box approach. On my screen it looks like the banner is
about 3.5 times the
Er, I mean: I think it would feel less imposing and more friendly to
have a smaller banner THAT ran longer.
Silly typo.
-Robert Rohde
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Hi all,
Just wanted to report back on the Work at Wikimedia banners that ran
on the site the last few days.
The idea behind them was to uncover talent for the community
department that doesn't necessarily haunt the usual places. We
specifically wanted to reach out to people who used the
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:37 AM, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org wrote:
Apparently long-time Wikimedia contributors are also far more sensitive
to Foundation imposition of /less/ visual clutter as well, judging by
the reaction to the Vector rollout. Perhaps we could just say that
long-term
It is with deep regret that I tell you I will be leaving the staff of
the Wikimedia Foundation at the end of December.
I'm leaving the staff, but I will continue to be involved with the
Wikimedia movement as a volunteer, both as a contributor and in the
organization of the annual Wikimania
Hi Cary,
Thank you for everything you've done for the Foundation, the projects, but
also the chapters. I will definitely miss you. Best wishes for your new
degree.
Sebastian
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Cary Bass c...@wikimedia.org wrote:
It is with deep regret that I tell you I will be
On 2 August 2010 23:01, Cary Bass c...@wikimedia.org wrote:
It is with deep regret that I tell you I will be leaving the staff of
the Wikimedia Foundation at the end of December.
I'm very sorry to hear this! I'm not sure how the Foundation is going
to survive without you... thank you enormously
It won't. We're doomed. Cary was the glue that held everything together!
/me sobs
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 15:05, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
On 2 August 2010 23:01, Cary Bass c...@wikimedia.org wrote:
It is with deep regret that I tell you I will be leaving the staff of
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Cary Bass c...@wikimedia.org wrote:
It is with deep regret that I tell you I will be leaving the staff of
the Wikimedia Foundation at the end of December.
I'm leaving the staff, but I will continue to be involved with the
Wikimedia movement as a volunteer, both
I've enjoyed working with you on a few projects and learning about the
Foundation from you, and the couple chances I've had to see you in person
have always been fun.
Thanks, Cary.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan
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On 08/03/2010 02:01 AM, Cary Bass wrote:
It is with deep regret that I tell you I will be leaving the staff of
the Wikimedia Foundation at the end of December.
Cary,
You just managed to write the first mailing list post that ever managed
to shock me deeply. I do not think I'm able to express
Thank you for all you have done, and the very best of wish for all your
future endeavours.
KTC
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Cary,
Hopefully, your successor will be even a fraction of you, in every way.
Dan Rosenthal
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Kwan Ting Chan k...@ktchan.info wrote:
Thank you for all you have done, and the very best of wish for all your
future endeavours.
KTC
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Experience is a good
Cary, you'll be missed. The WMF absolutely should try to replace you,
although I doubt they'll find someone who can do the job as well as
you have done. Good luck going back to school, and maybe you can get
into editing some of the articles about Levant religions on the
English Wikipedia... I hear
Cary, it is very nice to read you are returning to your studies, but
we will miss you. Really. Good luck and hope to see you soon.
Un abrazo!
Patricio
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On 2 August 2010 23:51, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
Cary, you'll be missed. The WMF absolutely should try to replace you,
although I doubt they'll find someone who can do the job as well as
you have done.
Just to clarify, my understanding is that the plan is to replace Cary
with multiple
This shocked me :/
Will you be in the office the week of Aug 30th when I visit?
Cary Bass-4 wrote:
It is with deep regret that I tell you I will be leaving the staff of
the Wikimedia Foundation at the end of December.
I'm leaving the staff, but I will continue to be involved with the
Philippe Beaudette wrote:
With all that said, the comments about the opportunity cost of
running those banners on the world's fifth most-viewed web properties
is an important one. It's one that we explored and will continue to
explore. You may have noticed that we actually tried out two
Ryan Kaldari wrote:
Apparently long-time Wikimedia contributors are also far more sensitive
to Foundation imposition of /less/ visual clutter as well, judging by
the reaction to the Vector rollout. Perhaps we could just say that
long-term Wikimedia contributors are just more sensitive ;)
A
On 8/2/2010 6:12 PM, MZMcBride wrote:
A lot of the complaints I heard regarding the Vector rollout were based in
the fact that the Wikimedia Usability team has subverted and bastardized the
term usability in an attempt to impose purely aesthetic choices on the
broader community.
in an attempt to impose purely aesthetic choices on the
broader community.
Impose? You know it can be turned off, right?
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 2:32 AM, Brandon Harris bhar...@wikimedia.orgwrote:
On 8/2/2010 6:12 PM, MZMcBride wrote:
A lot of the complaints I heard regarding the Vector
Cary Bass wrote:
I'm leaving the staff, but I will continue to be involved with the
Wikimedia movement as a volunteer, both as a contributor and in the
organization of the annual Wikimania conference. Much of my work with
Wikimedia will continue, except now I will be doing it as a
Nikola Smolenski smole...@eunet.rs wrote:
Interestingly, I have had a completely opposite experiences. When reading a
Google translation, it is easy for me to decipher what does it mean even if
it is not gramatically correct. When translating, I often hang on deciding
what sentence structure
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