Re: [Foundation-l] Hello world. Update from Berlin.

2010-04-23 Thread Florence Devouard
On 4/21/10 6:43 PM, Philippe Beaudette wrote: Dear world: Help wanted. Plz send a rowboat and a few paddles. mode throwing ideas in the basket Have you thought of setting up a travel in balloon such as Jean-Louis Etienne http://www.jeanlouisetienne.com/generali_arctic_observer/en/ and asking

[Foundation-l] Hello world. Update from Berlin.

2010-04-21 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Dear world: Help wanted. Plz send a rowboat and a few paddles. It’s no secret by now that a volcano in Iceland with an unpronounceable name decided to get cranky this week and stranded hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. With that out of the way, Did you know… that half the

Re: [Foundation-l] Hello world. Update from Berlin.

2010-04-21 Thread Jyothis E
Philippe, Good to know that all are safe and sound. Even better that we are using the time effectively. Reading the first line, I thought you guys are stuck without food, cloths and shelter and we have to request governments/our beloved de wikimedians/our friends in and around Berlin to send

Re: [Foundation-l] Hello world. Update from Berlin.

2010-04-21 Thread K. Peachey
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 3:02 AM, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: I'm glad to see that the resolved bugs include this one: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23223 Hope you all manage to escape Germany sooner rather than later. Mike Clearly not FIXED they are still in

Re: [Foundation-l] Hello world. Update from Berlin.

2010-04-21 Thread Keegan Peterzell
I'm writing this in the proper style, according to MZMcBride. On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Philippe Beaudette pbeaude...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear world: Help wanted. Plz send a rowboat and a few paddles. The world respectfully invites you to construct a trans-Atlantic vessel

Re: [Foundation-l] Hello world. Update from Berlin.

2010-04-21 Thread K. Peachey
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Keegan Peterzell keegan.w...@gmail.com wrote: Seriously, help Americans find Iceland.  Donating to Wikimedia can do that.  Not a joke. *I can't find the source, but that is a true survey. -- ~Keegan The miss {world/america} thing when the contestant made the

Re: [Foundation-l] Hello world. Update from Berlin.

2010-04-21 Thread Casey Brown
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 6:44 PM, K. Peachey p858sn...@yahoo.com.au wrote: The miss {world/america} thing when the contestant made the comment about the maps a few years ago? Haha, looks like we have an Amazing Race watcher here. :P http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitlin_Upton#Infamous_response