Re: [WikiEN-l] Ad-free forever?

2009-11-19 Thread Bod Notbod
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:11 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: Strange, I'd interpret it as Wikipedia will be ad-free forever. Now, hand over the cash. That's pretty much how I'd see it too. I would like to see WP ad-free forever but it does seem a little unwise to tie your hands

[WikiEN-l] New site for meta-discussion

2009-11-19 Thread Jake Wartenberg
I've created website to complement these mailing lists a venue for discussion. It's at wikien.net http://www.wikien.net/. Please let me know if you have any feedback or questions. --- Jake Wartenberg ___ WikiEN-l mailing list

Re: [WikiEN-l] New site for meta-discussion

2009-11-19 Thread Charles Matthews
Jake Wartenberg wrote: I've created website to complement these mailing lists a venue for discussion. It's at wikien.net http://www.wikien.net/. Please let me know if you have any feedback or questions. Could you describe briefly what the editorial policy of this forum will be? Charles

Re: [WikiEN-l] Ad-free forever?

2009-11-19 Thread Steve Bennett
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Bod Notbod bodnot...@gmail.com wrote: The strategy process is still ongoing and there are a number of proposals for adverts. I don't sense they're going to get any traction this time. But if the WMF severely lacked funds in future years I imagine everyone would

Re: [WikiEN-l] New site for meta-discussion

2009-11-19 Thread Steve Bennett
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Jake Wartenberg j...@jakewartenberg.com wrote: I've created website to complement these mailing lists a venue for discussion. It's at wikien.net http://www.wikien.net/.  Please let me know if you have any feedback or questions. There have been a few of these.

Re: [WikiEN-l] Ad-free forever?

2009-11-19 Thread Carcharoth
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Bod Notbod bodnot...@gmail.com wrote: The strategy process is still ongoing and there are a number of proposals for adverts. I don't sense they're going to get any traction this time.

Re: [WikiEN-l] Usability Study Round Two!

2009-11-19 Thread Liam Wyatt
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:17 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: (Can't wait until the TOC in edit mode is live: http://prototype.wikimedia.org/s-5/index.php?title=Main_Pageaction=edit ) Steve It already is. Go to Enable navigable table of contents in the editing tab of your

Re: [WikiEN-l] Usability Study Round Two!

2009-11-19 Thread Steve Bennett
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote: Go to Enable navigable table of contents in the editing tab of your user-preferences. It's the checkbox at the very bottom - next to the other experimental features. Yay. Steve

Re: [WikiEN-l] My most reused piece of free content

2009-11-19 Thread Nathan
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: Strangely, it's even turning up in article space now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avocats_Sans_Frontières It just amused me. Removed now, along with most of the article (which was a copyright violation). Nathan

Re: [WikiEN-l] Ad-free forever?

2009-11-19 Thread stevertigo
Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com wrote: That is really eye-catchingly different. One became 14 million. 270 languages is (superficially at least) also very impressive. I suppose they might use the number of daily edits next as well. Eh. If you came up with this one though, how much would

Re: [WikiEN-l] [Foundation-l] Office hours next Thursday, November 19

2009-11-19 Thread Cary Bass
Forgive my poor math (in addition to my poor self-proofreading skills) but 3:00 PM Pacific time is actually 2300 and not 2100. Office hours are in 1:45 hours. Cary Cary Bass wrote: Hello all! Next Thursday's office hours will feature Véronique Kessler, the Foundation's Chief Financial

Re: [WikiEN-l] New site for meta-discussion

2009-11-19 Thread Jake Wartenberg
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: There have been a few of these. IMHO, the best website to discuss similar issues is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Village_Pump Steve There is something to be said for off wiki discussion. Why do you think

Re: [WikiEN-l] My most reused piece of free content

2009-11-19 Thread Steve Bennett
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 3:00 AM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: Removed now, along with most of the article (which was a copyright violation). I actually kind of liked the idea of a very brief summary. Maybe not using the nutshell template, but it could work, particularly when you have a number