Re: [Wikimedia-l] English Wikipedia crossed 4 million articles milestone
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Tanvir Rahman wikitan...@gmail.comwrote: Just a note, today, English Wikipedia crossed 4 million articles milestone. Stay up forever old buddy! :-D \\o o// \o/ /o\ And today is the second day of Wikimania! Surely they have something new to celebrate and brag about now! :-D Indeed we do -- we even had a live countdown to the 4 million mark at Wikimania! Cheers, Kirill -- Kirill Lokshin Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] English Wikipedia crossed 4 million articles milestone
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Kirill Lokshin kirill.loks...@wikimediadc.org wrote: Indeed we do -- we even had a live countdown to the 4 million mark at Wikimania! That is so awesome Krill, very glad to hear that! Thanks to all. Happy cheering! Regards, Tanvir -- Tanvir Rahman Wikitanvir ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
[Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike
Greetings to all and thanks for the support of our initiative. I am one of the three ru-wikipedia users, who signed the decision under the poll to blackout ru-wiki. We have a really nasty bill, that is already passed by the Russian parliament. The bill contains a real and an unequivocal clauses, that can lead to an ip-ban of Wikimedia projects in Russia. After the strike we managed to gain a big media-impact and massive support from the public opinion and internet users, but the influence on the legislative process is more than moderate. Actually we have rather appearance of concessions from the authorities, than real effective gains. Though the clear and public acknowledgment from the authorities, that Wikipedia will not be banned, is a sort of a gain. And besides that we have established some links with the authorities and MPs, that can help us in our future work of promoting new provisions to the passed bill. Without the strike that would be impossible. Within the wiki-community now we have a discussion about the past strike. Though the overwhelming majority do not question the strike itself, some editors, including senior and those of an authority, question the organization process and the procedure of taking solutions within the community of the strike. As one of two main organizers of the strike I get a lot off feedback and criticisms of how and by what means the strike took place. That criticism is very important. The organization was really not good. Actually it could not be worse. The main reason for that is extreme lack of time we had to organize. The bill was passed in an utmost haste without even a shadow of public discussion. Actually the community, including myself, got to know of bill hearing only day before its planned time. Therefore we had to act in even bigger haste. Everything, including organizing the strike, conducting of a poll, informing the media and third parties, was made in several hours. It is not a surprise, that within the given circumstances we made much less, than could be done. That is also true for the process of taking decisions within the community. Though we had an overwhelming majority of supporters, the decision had to be taken on consensus, as all the decisions within the community should be based on the consensus of its participants. But the utmost lack of time gave us no opportunity to analyze all the opinions, all the important remarks and views, present in the poll. Therefore the decision was taken upon votes. As a consequence now we have an arbcom case against the organizers, including me, stating that the decision was not taken according to all rules of taking such decisions. I think, that in the crucial point of conducting the strike the taken decision was the only possible one within the given circumstances and utmost lack of time. Though it was a bad decision in terms of traditions of discussion and consensus, any other would be worse. As one of the organizers I take the full responsibility on myself and have tried to do my best in the circumstances. All the mistakes should be avoided in the future; all the criticisms should be taken into consideration. But what is the most important now, is that Wikipedia can act, gain achievements in public space and stand for its interests in an open and clear way. Thanks again for all the comrades for expressed support, Abiyoyo. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Mexican government signs ACTA
On 12 July 2012 17:31, Ivan Martínez gala...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, The agency that regulates in Mexico the Industrial Property (IMPI) signed the ACTA agreement in Japan yesterday. Here's the official press release[1]. What exact issues is ACTA meant to cause us. Remember stronger copyright controls are in many ways in Wikipedia's interest. It kills off any potential competition. -- geni ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Mexican government signs ACTA
In fact, it is not a copyright issue. Wimedia and Wikipedia is not against copyright. It is a issue about legal control. The current redaction of ACTA would bind to a signing country to create jurisdictional tools for closing and censoring pages only with presumption of copyright violation. For instance, every Wikipedia's article with a copypaste template could be closed by a judge. 2012/7/13 geni geni...@gmail.com On 12 July 2012 17:31, Ivan Martínez gala...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, The agency that regulates in Mexico the Industrial Property (IMPI) signed the ACTA agreement in Japan yesterday. Here's the official press release[1]. What exact issues is ACTA meant to cause us. Remember stronger copyright controls are in many ways in Wikipedia's interest. It kills off any potential competition. -- geni ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
[Wikimedia-l] Information from the Board about the creation of a travel guide project
Hi all, the Board of Trustees held a discussion at its Board meeting this week regarding the creation of a travel guide project. Based upon those discussions and the current state of the RFC, we would like the community to continue its discussions for at least 6 more weeks to ensure all interested parties have an opportunity to express their views. During the meeting we discussed many things all of which are important for the community to understand: a) We are excited to see this proposal from the community, and hope the wider community of editors can reach consensus on it. We are waiting for the conclusion of the RfC to take a decision on the issue. b) We are committed to making knowledge freely reusable, and feel there is room for multiple travel sites to coexist. c) We feel it is important to be transparent with the community, that should consensus be reached and a travel project created, the foundation could support the initial creation of a travel guide project, but could not provide a great deal of additional engineering or staff support. Further technical efforts would have to come from the community. Please leave your Comments at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Travel_Guide Regards, Alice ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
