[Foundation-l] http://blog.wikimedia.org/2010/clarifying-recent-coverage-of-wikipedia/

2010-05-31 Thread Adam Cuerden
With respect, the work on the Sexual Content proposal as pretty much thrown out all of Jimbo's work, and is proceeding from a direction more consistent with the values of Commons. To say that Jimmy is actively engaged in discussions with other Wikimedia editors about sexually-explicit materials

[Foundation-l] Participation of intellectual professions

2010-05-31 Thread James Heilman
I see a number of issues holding professionals back from contributing: 1) Some do not realize that it is possible to edit Wikipedia ( I hear this at work when people ask me how I became an editor ). Maybe we should advertise the fact that yes you too can edit Wikipedia. 2) Many are just not

Re: [Foundation-l] Participation of intellectual professions

2010-05-31 Thread Fred Bauder
I see a number of issues holding professionals back from contributing: 1) Some do not realize that it is possible to edit Wikipedia ( I hear this at work when people ask me how I became an editor ). Maybe we should advertise the fact that yes you too can edit Wikipedia. This, I think,

[Foundation-l] Strategic Planning Office Hours

2010-05-31 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Hi Everyone - Our next strategic planning office hours will be: 20:00-21:00 UTC, Tuesday, 1 May. Local timezones can be checked athttp://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2010month=6day=1hour=20min=0sec=0p1=0 As always, you can access the chat by going to