Re: [Foundation-l] cross posted emails

2010-10-06 Thread K. Peachey
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: Casey Brown, 06/10/2010 04:13: It changes for me with like every e-mail, Philippe's most recent e-mail got Wikiversity-l for me. :-) It's always Wikiquote-l for me. That would be the one you receive first then.

[Foundation-l] GLAMWIKI:Fr registration is now open by email -- check the website!

2010-10-06 Thread Bastien Guerry
Dear all, The GLAMWIKI:Fr website is now out: http://rencontres.wikimedia.fr/ Don't miss the list of speakers: http://rencontres.wikimedia.fr/index.php?title=Who .. and the detailed program: http://rencontres.wikimedia.fr/index.php?title=Programme/en The event takes place on the 3rd and

[Foundation-l] xkcd's map of the internet

2010-10-06 Thread phoebe ayers
xkcd's updated somewhat-but-not-strictly-scientific map of social communities, where the size of website territories is determined by the size of their userbase activity, is out: http://xkcd.com/802/ a) it's hilarious b) look at how tiny wikimedia talk pages are! cf 2007 where we were a whole

Re: [Foundation-l] xkcd's map of the internet

2010-10-06 Thread Nathan
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:43 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: xkcd's updated somewhat-but-not-strictly-scientific map of social communities, where the size of website territories is determined by the size of their userbase activity, is out: http://xkcd.com/802/ a) it's

Re: [Foundation-l] xkcd's map of the internet

2010-10-06 Thread Amory Meltzer
social communities I think most would argue that porn is inherently anti-social. I don't see a lot of social communities made up of just one person (probably half of IRC). On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:55, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: Pretty neat; maybe porn isn't on the map because there is

Re: [Foundation-l] xkcd's map of the internet

2010-10-06 Thread Nathan
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Amory Meltzer amorymelt...@gmail.com wrote: social communities I think most would argue that porn is inherently anti-social.  I don't see a lot of social communities made up of just one person (probably half of IRC). That's a good point, but it does include

Re: [Foundation-l] xkcd's map of the internet

2010-10-06 Thread David Goodman
At the NYT and similar sites, I notice a pattern where the are are a few readers who rather frequently comment on more than a single article, and consequently get to know each other, though not necessarily in a favorable sense. . On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Foundation-l] xkcd's map of the internet

2010-10-06 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
phoebe ayers, 06/10/2010 17:43: b) look at how tiny wikimedia talk pages are! Did he consider Project namespace (RfD, RfA...) and so on, or only namespace 1? In the Troll bay there's also xkcd which is almost as big as Wikipedia talk: a bit suspicious. Anyway, you're not considering that the

[Foundation-l] Pending Changes development update: October 6

2010-10-06 Thread Rob Lanphier
Hi everyone, Pending Changes work continues apace.  The big thing we'd like to call everyone's attention to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pending_changes/Feedback#Call_for_specific_feedback_on_UI_elements We'd really like to get your input on specific suggestions that we can implement

Re: [Foundation-l] xkcd's map of the internet

2010-10-06 Thread Florence Devouard
On 10/6/10 5:43 PM, phoebe ayers wrote: xkcd's updated somewhat-but-not-strictly-scientific map of social communities, where the size of website territories is determined by the size of their userbase activity, is out: http://xkcd.com/802/ a) it's hilarious b) look at how tiny wikimedia