[Foundation-l] retire the administrator privilege

2011-01-15 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
In his 10th anniversary address Jimmy Wales says: Today is a great moment to reflect on where we've been. What my reflection brings up is that the single thing that probably raised more controversy among the widest range of Wikimedians is not the content of articles about sex, celebrities or

Re: [Foundation-l] retire the administrator privilege

2011-01-15 Thread geni
On 15 January 2011 15:26, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: Now, fight. First review the discussion that has already taken place at WT:RFA -- geni ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Foundation-l] retire the administrator privilege

2011-01-15 Thread David Gerard
On 15 January 2011 16:24, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: On 15 January 2011 15:26, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: Now, fight.  First review the discussion that has already taken place at WT:RFA All five years of it going in circles, you mean? Tell me, what would be

Re: [Foundation-l] retire the administrator privilege

2011-01-15 Thread geni
On 15 January 2011 16:40, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 15 January 2011 16:24, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: On 15 January 2011 15:26, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: Now, fight.  First review the discussion that has already taken place at WT:RFA All five

Re: [Foundation-l] retire the administrator privilege

2011-01-15 Thread David Gerard
On 15 January 2011 16:55, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: On 15 January 2011 16:40, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 15 January 2011 16:24, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: On 15 January 2011 15:26, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: Now, fight.  First review the

[Foundation-l] WCWC11 Stream SF WikiX party - Webstreaming

2011-01-15 Thread Jon Davis
All, Since not everyone can attend WCWC11 [1] or a Wikipedia X party, we're trying to webcast [2] the event(s). Until about 4 PM PST (UTC-08), the stream should be at WCWC11 in San Francisco. Later on in the evenings (after 6PM PST), the stream should be from the San Francisco Party [3]. I make

[Foundation-l] Happy Birthday Wikipedia, from Jimmy Wales

2011-01-15 Thread Jay Walsh
Birthday wishes from Jimmy on our blog, with embedded video greetings. Please share! http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2011/01/15/a-decade-of-thanks/ -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 609, @jansonw

Re: [Foundation-l] WCWC11 Stream SF WikiX party - Webstreaming - Now in Highdef!

2011-01-15 Thread Jon Davis
As an update, we've added a second stream. This one is free high def and only requires you having VLC [1] The URL for the stream is: http://transcode1.wikimedia.org:8080 - All you need to do is launch VLC Media Open Network Stream. Again, there is no warranty on the stream. I've got no

Re: [Foundation-l] Happy Birthday Wikipedia, from Jimmy Wales

2011-01-15 Thread Magnus Manske
On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org wrote: Birthday wishes from Jimmy on our blog, with embedded video greetings. Implemented as Flash. Oh the irony ;-) ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Foundation-l] retire the administrator privilege

2011-01-15 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
2011/1/15 geni geni...@gmail.com: On 15 January 2011 15:26, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: Now, fight.  First review the discussion that has already taken place at WT:RFA I suppose that you refer to the English Wikipedia. This list is about more than just the English

Re: [Foundation-l] Happy Birthday Wikipedia, from Jimmy Wales

2011-01-15 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
2011/1/15 Magnus Manske magnusman...@googlemail.com: On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org wrote: Birthday wishes from Jimmy on our blog, with embedded video greetings. Implemented as Flash. Oh the irony ;-) A web video without patent restrictions:

[Foundation-l] Fwd: retire the administrator privilege

2011-01-15 Thread The Mono
Good luck. The only thing harder than running for adminship is trying to change the process. Mono -- *Mono* http://enwp.org/m:User:Mono ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Foundation-l] retire the administrator privilege

2011-01-15 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 15 January 2011 21:55, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: Before writing that proposal i reviewed many, many pages of RFA is broken discussions not just in the English Wikipedia, but in Hebrew, Russian and Catalan ones, too. Nowhere have i found a proposal to dump the

Re: [Foundation-l] retire the administrator privilege

2011-01-15 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
2011/1/16 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com: On 15 January 2011 21:55, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: Before writing that proposal i reviewed many, many pages of RFA is broken discussions not just in the English Wikipedia, but in Hebrew, Russian and Catalan ones,