Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikipedia is considering going dark to protest SOPA and PIPA

2012-01-14 Thread Bastien Guerry
Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org writes: I think Liam and Dominic are correct on this. Most cultural institutions, especially libraries, are very much on our side on copyright issues. I have no doubt on this. But see my concrete real-world example, where the Archives of Toulouse uses

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikipedia is considering going dark to protest SOPA and PIPA

2012-01-14 Thread Tom Morris
On 14 January 2012 10:15, Bastien Guerry b...@altern.org wrote: Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org writes: I think Liam and Dominic are correct on this. Most cultural institutions, especially libraries, are very much on our side on copyright issues. I have no doubt on this. But see my

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikipedia is considering going dark to protest SOPA and PIPA

2012-01-14 Thread David Gerard
On 14 January 2012 10:58, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote: I'm seeing a rough consensus for action on English Wikipedia, and German Wikipedians seem to be up for acting in solidarity, but, as I've said on the page on enwiki, I don't see how enwiki consensus for a SOPA action ought to bind

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikipedia is considering going dark to protest SOPA and PIPA

2012-01-14 Thread Yaroslav M. Blanter
On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:58:41 +, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote: I think the concern will be dependent on whether Commons is covered in the blackout (and whether the 'full' shutdown goes ahead or the 'pop-up plus banners' that seems to be getting most traction on enwiki). I'm seeing

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikipedia is considering going dark to protest SOPA and PIPA

2012-01-14 Thread Svip
On 14 January 2012 12:20, Yaroslav M. Blanter pute...@mccme.ru wrote: On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:58:41 +, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote: I think the concern will be dependent on whether Commons is covered in the blackout (and whether the 'full' shutdown goes ahead or the 'pop-up plus

[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Poland's travelling POTY exhibition moves south

2012-01-14 Thread Tomasz Kozłowski
Dear all, I am delighted to announce that the first-ever travelling POTY pictures exhibition, organised by Wikimedia Poland, is moving to yet another Polish city. Starting next Wednesday, January 18, 16 images chosen in the annual POTY contests are going to be shown at the Municipal Public

[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Israel Report, October - December 2011

2012-01-14 Thread Harel Cain
Dear all, Here is our activity report for the period of October-December 2011 (apparently monthly reports are difficult to keep up, so we’re switching to less frequent quarterly reporting). == General Assembly == On December 18th, Wikimedia Israel held a General Assembly in Tel Aviv, to present

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikipedia is considering going dark to protest SOPA and PIPA

2012-01-14 Thread Philippe Beaudette
To be very clear: a decision on English Wikipedia to take action on this is not binding on Commons. ___ Philippe Beaudette Head of Reader Relations Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 415-839-6885, x 6643 phili...@wikimedia.org To check my email volume (and thus know approx how long it

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikipedia is considering going dark to protest SOPA and PIPA

2012-01-14 Thread cyrano
Le 14/01/2012 08:20, Yaroslav M. Blanter a écrit : On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:58:41 +, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote: I think the concern will be dependent on whether Commons is covered in the blackout (and whether the 'full' shutdown goes ahead or the 'pop-up plus banners' that seems to

[Foundation-l] Call for nominations! Steward Elections 2012

2012-01-14 Thread Tanvir Rahman
Hello everyone, I am pleased to announce the beginning of Steward Election 2012 [1]. We are now taking nominations from eligible candidates. Interested candidates can check their eligibility and procedure to submit the nomination on the guidelines page [2]. We are open to candidate submissions