On 10/30/11 3:21 AM, David Gerard wrote:
On 30 October 2011 10:15, Yaroslav M. Blanterpute...@mccme.ru wrote:
Along the same line of reasoning, I see
that 99% of admins use template warnings which I hate and I never used any
template warning except for copyright violation when I was still
On 10/30/11 9:52 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
On 30 October 2011 17:44, Brandon Harrisbhar...@wikimedia.org wrote:
(One of my favorite things about talk pages is that, for most people,
*there is no talk page button*. There's a Discussion tab. So when
someone says Hey, just leave me a
On 10/30/11 5:57 PM, Mateus Nobre wrote:
Do you really think a traditional (you know, traditional in Wikipedia
equivalent to bureaucratic) communication and social system, friendship-free,
at wikis reduces the efficiency? Why the friendship and camaraderie in
editions and talk should reduce
On 10/30/11 6:56 PM, Tobias Oelgarte wrote:
PS: As i wrote some month ago: Damn. More kittens smashed at ground of
the talk page, buried by the annoyed user. Great and important feature
we haz now!
Please refer to the Eric Bogle song, He's nobody's moggy now.
Ray
Efficiency has never been a part of Wikipedia's mission
That's a slightly odd interpretation,
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mission_statement specifically
includes effective dissemination of content. Though the word
effective is quite different in meaning to efficient, it would be
hard to
On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 11:56:48 +, Fae f...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Efficiency has never been a part of Wikipedia's mission
That's a slightly odd interpretation,
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mission_statement specifically
includes effective dissemination of content. Though the word
(just today I came across a nice example
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jcboldid=59812254#A_barnstar_for_you.21
- though I have no idea of the background of this message)
That was between two established Commons users, both of which are
administrators, and
Hey guys
Brandon, Howie, Fabrice and I will be holding a second Office Hours session
on the new Article Feedback Tool on Thursday 3 November. This will be at
24:00 UTC, which works out at 4pm PST and 11pm GMT. This timing is designed
to allow east coast editors, who would be at work during the
Wikipedia just can make protests when we're talking things which could affect
the integrity of website.
If we take down for political reasons, will not be long to take down for
religious reasons and others opinionated reasons.
Neutrality is a pillar of Wiki. My opinion is to only manifest
Lost the first one, 'll attend now o/
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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 19:15:52 +
From: oke...@wikimedia.org
To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Foundation-l]
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Oliver Keyes oke...@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hey guys
Brandon, Howie, Fabrice and I will be holding a second Office Hours session
on the new Article Feedback Tool on Thursday 3 November. This will be at
24:00 UTC, which works out at 4pm PST and 11pm GMT. This
#wikimedia-office
I think :P
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MateusNobre
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From: bodnot...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:06:18 +
To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Office Hours
On Tue,
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 19:15, Oliver Keyes oke...@wikimedia.org wrote:
This will be at 24:00 UTC, which works out at 4pm PST and 11pm GMT.
Excuse the pedantry.
From Wikipedia...
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is a term originally referring to mean
solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich,
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 01:04, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
Holy shit.
Procedural note: the second deletion request at
Hello,
I am pleased to announce that Casey and I have chosen Barras as a new
IRC Group Contact. He is an experienced and trusted user and we think he
is going to fit in the team nicely. He will join our team effective
immediately.
On behalf of the Group Contacts,
Filip Maljković
Agree with David.
We ask for sources everywhere, every place of Wikipedia have ''Cite your
Sources''. How could a newbie know how to quote a reference in: Ref{{cite web
|url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate= }}/ref ?
And then a newbie get out of the 70% who doesn't
a new IRC group? like #wikimedia-something ?
what's the theme of the group and its name?
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MateusNobre
MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects
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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 23:32:49 +0100
From: dungod...@gmail.com
To:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cite4wiki/ (in wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cite4Wiki )
right click and paste in the article. Easier than that can't be ;)
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*Béria Lima*
http://wikimedia.pt/(351) 925 171 484
*Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a
Group contact. Someone to help everyone in any #wikimedia- something
channel in IRC
See more here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Group_Contacts
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*Béria Lima*
http://wikimedia.pt/(351) 925 171 484
*Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
livre acesso ao
2011/11/2 Mateus Nobre mateus.no...@live.co.uk
a new IRC group? like #wikimedia-something ?
what's the theme of the group and its name?
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Group_Contacts
Theo
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On 1 November 2011 23:39, Mateus Nobre mateus.no...@live.co.uk wrote:
If the sources are so important to Wikipedia, this has to be easier to
newbies.
The essential problem is that the Wikipedia community is newbie-hostile.
Not actively - mostly - but passively. They view newbies as trouble
a new IRC group? like #wikimedia-something ?
what's the theme of the group and its name?
No, no, I'm talking about a new *Group Contact*. See [1] for more details.
[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Group_Contacts
Cheers,
Filip
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On 11/01/11 5:18 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote:
On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 11:56:48 +, Faef...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Efficiency has never been a part of Wikipedia's mission
That's a slightly odd interpretation,
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mission_statement specifically
includes
This hostility is being reflected in the drop at the number of the editors.I
agree with the ''automatic-message theory''. None likes automatic messages. In
my view, it should be reserved for vandals.
Newbies needs a special priority. Something like: ''Hi, thanks for your
edition! We hope you
Oliver Keyes wrote:
Brandon, Howie, Fabrice and I will be holding a second Office Hours session
on the new Article Feedback Tool on Thursday 3 November. This will be at
24:00 UTC, which works out at 4pm PST and 11pm GMT. This timing is designed
to allow east coast editors, who would be at work
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 12:45 AM, Oliver Keyes oke...@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hey guys
Brandon, Howie, Fabrice and I will be holding a second Office Hours session
on the new Article Feedback Tool on Thursday 3 November. This will be at
24:00 UTC, which works out at 4pm PST and 11pm GMT. This
Hello,
2011/10/24 Dominic McDevitt-Parks mcdev...@gmail.com:
Hi all,
Since it hasn't really been mentioned, I just wanted to point out that this
image, never before available to the public in high resolution, was uploaded
to Commons as a result of our ongoing cooperative efforts with the US
Hey all,
Just posted the lastest results from last Friday's test on meta. We got in
some new editor appeals and different banners, take a look:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011
--
Megan Hernandez
Head of Annual Fundraiser
Wikimedia Foundation
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