Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA

2012-01-17 Thread Delphine Ménard
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 4:22 AM, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for this announcement Jay, and everyone involved in the planning of this unprecedented action. For what it's worth, I want to particularly thank the Italian Community, for showing us with their own blackout what power

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA

2012-01-17 Thread Marco Chiesa
2012/1/17 Delphine Ménard notafi...@gmail.com: On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 4:22 AM, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for this announcement Jay, and everyone involved in the planning of this unprecedented action. For what it's worth, I want to particularly thank the Italian Community,

[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 8, Issue 03 -- 16 January 2012

2012-01-17 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
Sister projects: What are our sisters up to now? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-01-16/Sister_projects Special report: English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-01-16/Special_report News and notes: WMF on

[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA

2012-01-17 Thread Jay Walsh
*English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA * San Francisco -- January 16, 2012 -- On January 18, 2012, in an unprecedented decision, the Wikipedia community has chosen to blackout the English version of Wikipedia for 24 hours, in protest against proposed legislation in the

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

2012-01-17 Thread Minh Huy (WMF)
Vietnamese Wikipedia community is planning to show banner on 18/1. Similar to ItalianWiki, GermanyWiki, and Commons. See https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Th%E1%BA%A3o_lu%E1%BA%ADn/%C4%90%E1%BB%81_xu%E1%BA%A5t_tham_gia_ph%E1%BA%A3n_%C4%91%E1%BB%91i_SOPA -- --Minh Huy (Minata Hatsune)

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

2012-01-17 Thread David Gerard
On 17 January 2012 15:50, Minh Huy (WMF) minhhuyw...@gmail.com wrote: Vietnamese Wikipedia community is planning to show banner on 18/1. Similar to ItalianWiki, GermanyWiki, and Commons. See

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

2012-01-17 Thread Oliver Keyes
On the Russian Wikipedia, the banner is showing you (sorry, couldn't resist) On 17 January 2012 15:56, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 17 January 2012 15:50, Minh Huy (WMF) minhhuyw...@gmail.com wrote: Vietnamese Wikipedia community is planning to show banner on 18/1. Similar to

[Foundation-l] THIS is why we support WMF! Sincere thanks for a blackout.

2012-01-17 Thread Alec Meta
Wikimedia is a movement. We're not a game, we're not a website, we're not even just an encyclopedia-- we're a nonviolent revolution in information sharing. For-profit media is harder to trust-- we've seen that For-profit media often means For sale. In a time where it's hard to trust a congress

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] THIS is why we support WMF! Sincere thanks for a blackout.

2012-01-17 Thread Emmanuel Engelhart
On 17/01/2012 17:31, Alec Meta wrote: Good work, WMF. Thank you for what you've done, thank you for what you're doing. This is not a decision by the WMF, but by the Wikipedia in English (and a few other communities) community. Sue Gardner, Director of the WMF, supports this decision and

Re: [Foundation-l] THIS is why we support WMF! Sincere thanks for a blackout.

2012-01-17 Thread Marc Riddell
on 1/17/12 11:31 AM, Alec Meta at alecm...@gmail.com wrote: Wikimedia is a movement. We're not a game, we're not a website, we're not even just an encyclopedia-- we're a nonviolent revolution in information sharing. For-profit media is harder to trust-- we've seen that For-profit media

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA

2012-01-17 Thread Milos Rancic
Wikimedia Serbia also supports English Wikipedians [1] (English grammar fixes are welcome :) ): Wikimedia Serbia wants to express solidarity with English Wikipedians in protest against the proposed laws -- SOPA and PIPA --, which undermine the freedom of information on Internet. Unlike the laws

[Foundation-l] CfP - Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge.

2012-01-17 Thread Nicole Ebber
(Apologies for cross-postings) CALL FOR PAPERS - Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge. June 29 - July 1, 2012 | Berlin, Germany Conference Website: http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Main_Page Submit your papers here: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wpac2012 The

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimania 2012 now accepting scholarship applications

2012-01-17 Thread Asaf Bartov
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 8:41 PM, James Hare messedroc...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, Scholarship applications are now being accepted for Wikimania 2012 in Washington, D.C. The application window will be one month (through February 16). To learn more about Wikimania scholarships, see

[Foundation-l] Year: 2012 Week: 4 Number: 132

2012-01-17 Thread EN Wikizine
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Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA

2012-01-17 Thread Samuel Klein
2012/1/17 Delphine Ménard notafi...@gmail.com On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 4:22 AM, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for this announcement Jay, and everyone involved in the planning of this unprecedented action. For what it's worth, I want to particularly thank the Italian

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA

2012-01-17 Thread emijrp
The Italian bill was not removed, the vote was just delayed. So, if any, I see a poor effect here after compromising our goals. 2012/1/17 Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com 2012/1/17 Delphine Ménard notafi...@gmail.com On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 4:22 AM, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote:

[Foundation-l] Discussion duration and the SOPA shutdown

2012-01-17 Thread George Herbert
I would normally start by floating this on wikien-L or on-wiki at the usual places, but the time for that has passed and thus I am going to drop this on the Foundation, who I believe are responsible for the particular problem here. On the English language Wikipedia, there has been a longstanding

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA

2012-01-17 Thread Minh Huy (WMF)
Landing page SOPA on Vietnamese Wikipedia: https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ph%E1%BA%A3n_%C4%91%E1%BB%91i_SOPA Based on Catalan Wikipedia. 2012/1/18, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com:

[Foundation-l] According to Reuters, Wikipedia is an online dictionary

2012-01-17 Thread Orionist
A horrible piece of journalism: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/18/us-internet-protest-idUSTRE80H01U20120118 Regards, -- Orionist ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Foundation-l] CfP - Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge.

2012-01-17 Thread Arjuna Rao Chavala
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de wrote: (Apologies for cross-postings) CALL FOR PAPERS - Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge. June 29 - July 1, 2012 | Berlin, Germany Conference Website: http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Main_Page

Re: [Foundation-l] According to Reuters, Wikipedia is an online dictionary

2012-01-17 Thread Keegan Peterzell
I like the comment at the bottom: Alternative title 'RIAA/MPAA PR fails to afford anyone more influential than reuters'”. On Jan 17, 2012 9:30 PM, Orionist orion@gmail.com wrote: A horrible piece of journalism:

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA

2012-01-17 Thread Chris Lee
The Learn More link at en.wp is blocked too. On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Minh Huy (WMF) minhhuyw...@gmail.comwrote: Landing page SOPA on Vietnamese Wikipedia: https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ph%E1%BA%A3n_%C4%91%E1%BB%91i_SOPA Based on Catalan Wikipedia. 2012/1/18, Nathan

[Foundation-l] Blackout notice errors

2012-01-17 Thread David Levy
[crossposted to Foundation-l and WikiEN-l] Can someone please correct the following errors in the English Wikipedia's blackout notice? internet - Internet zip code - ZIP code Thanks! David Levy ___ foundation-l mailing list

[Foundation-l] Blackout notice errors (English Wikipedia)

2012-01-17 Thread David Levy
[crossposted to Foundation-l and WikiEN-l] Can someone please correct the following errors in the English Wikipedia's blackout notice? internet - Internet zip code - ZIP code Thanks! (I apologize if this message appears twice. My fist attempt appeared unsuccessful.) David Levy