Re: [Foundation-l] Organization on Wikipedia that deals with content issues.

2010-08-09 Thread Keegan Peterzell
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 12:46 AM, Oliver Keyes scire.fac...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 5:30 AM, James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com wrote: A Committee to Deal with Content Issues Wikipedia does not seem to have any formal arbitration committee that deals with content. The

Re: [Foundation-l] Organization on Wikipedia that deals with content issues.

2010-08-09 Thread Oliver Keyes
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Keegan Peterzell keegan.w...@gmail.comwrote Let's linky here, Oliver: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:MEDCOM -- ~Keegan My bad. Anyway, to quote The role of the Mediation Committee is explicitly to try to resolve disputes, especially those *involving

Re: [Foundation-l] Organization on Wikipedia that deals with content issues.

2010-08-09 Thread Yaroslav M. Blanter
On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 22:30:38 -0600, James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com wrote: A Committee to Deal with Content Issues Is this intended to be a WMF- (cross-project-) issue, or English Wikipedia issue? If the latter is the case, then it should be sent to a different post. If the former is the case,

Re: [Foundation-l] Organization on Wikipedia that deals with content issues.

2010-08-09 Thread Oliver Keyes
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter pute...@mccme.ruwrote: On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 22:30:38 -0600, James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com wrote: A Committee to Deal with Content Issues . For instance, would such committee (if ever created) tell Arabic Wikipedia what has to be written

Re: [Foundation-l] Organization on Wikipedia that deals with content issues.

2010-08-09 Thread Yaroslav M. Blanter
Well, you're probably looking at it the wrong way; if something mediation committee-like is being talked about, telling X or Z what to do is not the purpose. Instead it's to get X and Z to (grudgingly) meet at Y. I agree that the general scope of this needs to be clarified, however. If it's

Re: [Foundation-l] Organization on Wikipedia that deals with content issues.

2010-08-09 Thread Andreas Kolbe
--- On Mon, 9/8/10, Oliver Keyes scire.fac...@gmail.com wrote: Let's linky here, Oliver: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:MEDCOM -- ~Keegan My bad. Anyway, to quote The role of the Mediation Committee is explicitly to try to resolve disputes, especially those *involving content*

Re: [Foundation-l] Organization on Wikipedia that deals with content issues.

2010-08-09 Thread James Heilman
To address the comments made. The mediation committee does not have formal means of enforcement. This is something maybe we should look at creating. What is needed is a group of people who actively research the topic and come to a tentative and enforceable conclusion. The mediation committee is

Re: [Foundation-l] Organization on Wikipedia that deals with content issues.

2010-08-09 Thread David Gerard
On 9 August 2010 20:45, James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com wrote: To address the comments made.  The mediation committee does not have formal means of enforcement.  This is something maybe we should look at creating. What is needed is a group of people who actively research the topic and come to

[Foundation-l] The Signpost – Volume 6 Issue 3 2 – 9 August 2010

2010-08-09 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
News and notes: FBI requests takedown of seal, Public Policy advisors and ambassadors, Cary Bass leaving, new Research Committee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-08-09/News_and_notes In the news: Wikinews interviews Umberto Eco, and more

[Foundation-l] IRC meeting to discuss fundraiser

2010-08-09 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Hi all, I'd like to have a meeting on IRC this week to discuss the 2010-2011 annual appeal/fundraiser. This will be an anyone is welcome type meeting, open to the broad community. During this, Zack Exley and I will take you through our inital thoughts about the fundraiser and its