Re: [Foundation-l] Letter to the community on Controversial Content

2011-10-14 Thread David Levy
Andreas Kolbe wrote: NPOV policy as written would require us to do the same, yes. The community obviously doesn't share your interpretation of said policy. It's not a question of interpretation; it is the very letter of the policy. It most certainly is a matter of interpretation. If the

Re: [Foundation-l] The image filter: Thoughts on the German/English question

2011-10-14 Thread Fae
The only thing I would like to see the WMF pursue vigorously is the agreed mission and values. http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Values http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mission_statement The image filter issue can only be considered tangential to the mission. In comparison, in perpetuity is

The Signpost – Volume 7, Issue 41 – 10 October 2011

2011-10-14 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
Opinion essay: The conservatism of Wikimedians http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-10-10/Opinion_essay News and notes: Largest ever donation to WMF, final findings of editor survey released, 'Terms of use' heavily revised

[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] General Assembly of Wikimedia Argentina

2011-10-14 Thread Patricio Lorente
Dear friends, I'm glad to announce that last saturday Wikimedia Argentina held its General Assembly. As a result of the Assembly, a new board was elected and the annual plan for 2012 was approved. The new board is: President: Patricio Lorente VicePresident: Galileo Vidoni Secretary: Ivana Lysholm

[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: [cultural-partners] 'This Month in GLAM' - September 2011

2011-10-14 Thread Liam Wyatt
-- Forwarded message -- From: Rock drum wikirockd...@gmail.com Date: 12 October 2011 17:51 Subject: [cultural-partners] 'This Month in GLAM' - September 2011 To: *This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings within the GLAM project, such as content

Re: [Foundation-l] The image filter: Thoughts on the German/English question

2011-10-14 Thread Oliver Koslowski
Hi, I believe that most points are valid, but I disagree with item no. 11. The first part has already been mentioned in the thread following Ting Chen's letter with a statement that the board intends to make this a visible feature in all Wikimedia projects, and when people probed about it, I

[Foundation-l] New Delhi, India

2011-10-14 Thread James Heilman
Wikimedia Canada in collaboration with Wikimedia India and the University of New Delhi is organizing a half day in New Delhi India. Anyone in the area is invited to attend. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Medicine/Delhi_2012 -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian

Re: [Foundation-l] New Delhi, India

2011-10-14 Thread Steven Walling
On Oct 14, 2011 9:14 AM, James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com wrote: Wikimedia Canada in collaboration with Wikimedia India and the University of New Delhi is organizing a half day in New Delhi India. Anyone in the area is invited to attend.

[Foundation-l] Reminder: IRC office hours with Sue Gardner on Friday, Oct. 14th

2011-10-14 Thread Steven Walling
Reminder that this is happening in a few moments. -- Forwarded message -- From: Steven Walling swall...@wikimedia.org Date: Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 12:10 PM Subject: IRC office hours with Sue Gardner on Friday, Oct. 14th To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Hi everyone, Just a

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] General Assembly of Wikimedia Argentina

2011-10-14 Thread Gustavo Carrancio
Hi, Patricio! Congratulations to WM-AR. I just want to say some words to acknowlege the amazing work of the former Secretary, Barcenilla. He has been a masterpiece in the now flourishing Wikimedia Movement in the spanish-talking world. Now we are enjoying his silent work and legacy, and all I can

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] General Assembly of Wikimedia Argentina

2011-10-14 Thread Gustavo Carrancio
*forgive --forget xDDD Sorry my shitty english! 2011/10/14 Gustavo Carrancio gustavoca...@gmail.com Hi, Patricio! Congratulations to WM-AR. I just want to say some words to acknowlege the amazing work of the former Secretary, Barcenilla. He has been a masterpiece in the now flourishing

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] General Assembly of Wikimedia Argentina

2011-10-14 Thread Patricio Lorente
El oct 14, 2011 3:38 p.m., Gustavo Carrancio gustavoca...@gmail.com escribió: Hi, Patricio! Congratulations to WM-AR. I just want to say some words to acknowlege the amazing work of the former Secretary, Barcenilla. He has been a masterpiece in the now flourishing Wikimedia Movement in the

[Foundation-l] 6 reasons we're in another book-burning period in history

2011-10-14 Thread David Gerard
I love Cracked. It's Wikipedia with dick jokes. http://www.cracked.com/article_19453_6-reasons-were-in-another-book-burning-period-in-history_p2.html To be ha ha only serious for a moment, this touches on why we all bother doing this. (But an image filter definitely needs money spent on it.)

Re: [Foundation-l] 6 reasons we're in another book-burning period in history

2011-10-14 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
2011/10/14 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com I love Cracked. It's Wikipedia with dick jokes. http://www.cracked.com/article_19453_6-reasons-were-in-another-book-burning-period-in-history_p2.html To be ha ha only serious for a moment, this touches on why we all bother doing this. It depressed

[Foundation-l] Grant agreements

2011-10-14 Thread MZMcBride
Hi. I asked about this a few days ago, but I don't think anyone ever responded. Are the grant agreements that the Wikimedia Foundation enters into posted anywhere? If so, where? If not, could someone post them, please? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Grant agreements

2011-10-14 Thread Béria Lima
I know they are posted in Chapters Wiki - not sure if they are in Internal Wiki. But is just ask some chapter to upload a copy in Commons (I don't have one, so I can't do it) _ *Béria Lima* http://wikimedia.pt/(351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade

Re: [Foundation-l] 6 reasons we're in another book-burning period in history

2011-10-14 Thread geni
On 14 October 2011 21:10, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: I love Cracked. It's Wikipedia with dick jokes. http://www.cracked.com/article_19453_6-reasons-were-in-another-book-burning-period-in-history_p2.html To be ha ha only serious for a moment, this touches on why we all bother doing

Re: [Foundation-l] Grant agreements

2011-10-14 Thread Béria Lima
Oh sorry, is the opposite. *I know they are posted in Chapters Wiki - not sure if they are in Internal Wiki* should be I know they are posted in Internal Wiki - not sure if they are in Chapters Wiki _ *Béria Lima* http://wikimedia.pt/(351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer

[Foundation-l] An image filter proposal from German Wikipedia

2011-10-14 Thread Andreas Kolbe
An editor on the German Wikipedia has proposed an alternative approach to the personal image filter -- I provided a translation here  http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Diskussion:Kurier#.C3.9Cbersetzung ---o0o--- 1. There is no central categorisation of all images in different filter

Re: [Foundation-l] 6 reasons we're in another book-burning periodin history

2011-10-14 Thread Phil Nash
geni wrote: On 14 October 2011 21:10, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: I love Cracked. It's Wikipedia with dick jokes. http://www.cracked.com/article_19453_6-reasons-were-in-another-book-burning-period-in-history_p2.html To be ha ha only serious for a moment, this touches on why we all

Re: [Foundation-l] Grant agreements

2011-10-14 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Point of clarification (and this is to help someone else answer, because i don't know)... MZ, are you talking about grants such as Stanton, where the WMF is the recipient, or grants such as to the chapters, where the WMF is the granting partner? pb ___ Philippe Beaudette Head of

Re: [Foundation-l] Grant agreements

2011-10-14 Thread MZMcBride
Philippe Beaudette wrote: Point of clarification (and this is to help someone else answer, because i don't know)... MZ, are you talking about grants such as Stanton, where the WMF is the recipient, or grants such as to the chapters, where the WMF is the granting partner? I was talking about

Re: [Foundation-l] 6 reasons we're in another book-burning periodin history

2011-10-14 Thread geni
On 15 October 2011 00:49, Phil Nash phn...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: My view is that they should be kept, at least to assist in applying verifiability policies, and if necessary, assessing neutrality. I'm not sure that libraries are too worried about Wikipedia's verifiability policies I agree,

Re: [Foundation-l] Grant agreements

2011-10-14 Thread Sue Gardner
Oh. I can speak to this, at least a little. The Wikimedia Foundation has a policy of publishing our grant applications when the grantmaking institution is okay with it. We don't do a lot of grant applications, and of the ones we do, I am guesstimating that two-thirds of the grantmakers have said