Re: [Foundation-l] Making Wikimedia Commons less frightening

Hoi, When you indicate that the relation between Commons and en.wp is clunky, you will acknowledge that the policies re images of the English Wikipedia are rather different. This prevents a common understanding about procedures and policies. So I will grant you that it is not only language that

Re: [Foundation-l] WP edit/access blocking in the UK - statement from the WMF

2008/12/8 Jay A. Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Censorship_of_WP_in_the_UK_Dec_2008 http://www.boingboing.net/2008/12/07/how-the-great-firewa.html How the Great Firewall of Britain works - d. ___

Re: [Foundation-l] WP edit/access blocking in the UK - statement from the WMF

geni wrote: 2008/12/8 Florence Devouard [EMAIL PROTECTED]: A link http://stats.grok.se/en/200812/Virgin_Killer Ant More up to date: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Popular_articles If the current rate continued we would be looking at close on half a million views of that

Re: [Foundation-l] WP edit/access blocking in the UK - statementfrom the WMF

Thanks to the Foundation for its standing against this censorship. I hope and expect that this position will be upheld. Regards Sir48 (Thyge) ---who resents a record with a cover like that has ever been released. -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Foundation-l] The new iteration

This is a very good moment to unsubscribe from this list. A mailing list is a platform to announce things and to inform many people of something important, it is not a place to discuss. Since when? ___ foundation-l mailing list

Re: [Foundation-l] Making Wikimedia Commons less frightening

Cite: iAdding to this, a culture of deletionism and arrogance has infested Wikimedia Commons in the last year or two. /i I think on the whole i can agree with this. And it is not limited to copyright violations. Commons has turned celf-centered more and more over the past years. Out of disgust

Re: [Foundation-l] The new iteration

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Milos Rancic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody alive? The iteration goes like: * I start to talk about low activity on the list. * Erik mentions that new step toward license migration has been happened. * Others get some idea to talk about. * The new iteration

Re: [Foundation-l] WP edit/access blocking in the UK - statement from the WMF

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Anthony [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Anthony [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Platonides [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Gerard wrote: 2008/12/8 Jay A. Walsh:

Re: [Foundation-l] WP edit/access blocking in the UK - statement from the WMF

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Anthony [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Platonides [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Gerard wrote: 2008/12/8 Jay A. Walsh: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Censorship_of_WP_in_the_UK_Dec_2008

[Foundation-l] Annual Fundraiser 2008 update

Hey All-- A couple of updates on the Annual Fundraiser: 1) A quick update of the community giving stats (gifts less than $10,000) for the first 35 days of the fundraiser: 2007: 31,956 donors giving a total of $895,405.01. Average gift is $28.02. 2008: 53,519 donors giving a total of

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [Commons-l] Making Wikimedia Commons less frightening

On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 1:00 PM, David Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I speak as a big fan of and participant in Wikimedia Commons. But: Is it time to deprecate Commons as a WMF service project? It's clearly failing and the local community is actively hostile to contributors from other wikis.

Re: [Foundation-l] Annual Fundraiser 2008 update

2008/12/8 Rand Montoya [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 1) A quick update of the community giving stats (gifts less than $10,000) for the first 35 days of the fundraiser: How many donations in the name of The Scorpions? ;-D - d. ___ foundation-l mailing list

Re: [Foundation-l] fund

Mod fail? On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear sirs! My name is IGOR KULAGIN I live in Bulgaria I very much wish to receive any money, but me have warned that it is all a deceit and Swindle. If you think that it not so-then pay for delivery of money in my

Re: [Foundation-l] fund

Hi, I don't have any problems with transfering money to the Wikimedia Foundation. But i don't give money to Igor. See ya Huib -- Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but pictures http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:SterkeBak ___

Re: [Foundation-l] WP edit/access blocking in the UK - statement from the WMF

Platonides wrote: David Gerard wrote: 2008/12/8 Jay A. Walsh: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Censorship_of_WP_in_the_UK_Dec_2008 http://www.boingboing.net/2008/12/07/how-the-great-firewa.html How the Great Firewall of Britain works - d. Interesting, which urls are

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [Commons-l] Making Wikimedia Commons less frightening

Hoi, When people from other projects tell me that this is one of the reasons why they do not bother with Commons, I have to disbelieve them? Try to find paard and you will not be served in the same way as with horse the search result is inferior. Dutch is not the worst option, try ίππος and you