[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 9, Issue 42 -- 23 October 2013

News and notes: Grantmaking season—rumbling in the German-language Wikimedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-10-23/News_and_notes In the media: The decline of Wikipedia; Sue Gardner releases statement on Wiki-PR; Australian minister relies on Wikipedia http://en.w

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikipedia Adventure, alpha testers needed

David, I think I just fixed it with the help of Village Pump Tech. Please give it another go. http://enwp.org/WP:TWA Cheers! Jake (Ocaasi) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/lis

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikipedia Adventure, alpha testers needed

Hey David, Thanks! This is a known bug and I'm fixing it this weekend. If you make an edit, you can see the rest of the game. This is first priority for fixing, though. Thanks again! Jake (Ocaasi) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimed

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikipedia Adventure, alpha testers needed

Hi Jake! How are you doing? I just tried your game and I found a bug after earning the first badge. I was supposed to do an edit with italics and bolding, the think is that I already had bolded text in my profile, so I just saved without editing. The interface prompted me "You "Added bold, italics,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New access to non-public information policy, re-ID requirements and data retention

On 10/26/13 5:37 PM, Nathan wrote: On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Florence Devouard wrote: As for I, I have totally given up with the idea of preservation of confidential data when the US are somehow involved (if the NSA is already involved in recording German president phone conversations o

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New access to non-public information policy, re-ID requirements and data retention

On 10/26/13 4:22 PM, Marc A. Pelletier wrote: On 10/26/2013 10:00 AM, Florence Devouard wrote: 2) that WMF disclose private information about us (OTRS member for example) volunteers to other volunteers, who may not even be identified in the least (as in "arbitration committee members") The me

[Wikimedia-l] MIT Technology Review's "The Decline of Wikipedia" article

Hi. Readers of this list may be interested in this piece that a colleague sent me earlier this week: . There wasn't much new information in the article, but it provides a decent high-level view of some editor engagement issues from the past few years.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New access to non-public information policy, re-ID requirements and data retention

On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Florence Devouard wrote: > As for I, I have totally given up with the idea of preservation of > confidential data when the US are somehow involved (if the NSA is already > involved in recording German president phone conversations or French > diplomatic department

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New access to non-public information policy, re-ID requirements and data retention

On 10/26/2013 10:00 AM, Florence Devouard wrote: > > 2) that WMF disclose private information about us (OTRS member for > example) volunteers to other volunteers, who may not even be identified > in the least (as in "arbitration committee members") The members of the English Wikipedia Arbcom, at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New access to non-public information policy, re-ID requirements and data retention

As for I, I have totally given up with the idea of preservation of confidential data when the US are somehow involved (if the NSA is already involved in recording German president phone conversations or French diplomatic department communications, who are we to hope that our every steps can be