Re: [Foundation-l] Iran plans to turn off Internet

2012-01-10 Thread Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 3:57 AM, Mono mium wrote: > Unfortunately, the kind of political action editors wished to promote in > situations like Italy or the USA wouldn't have the same effect in more > restrictive countries like China or Iran. > This is not accurate. People are inspired by actions i

Re: [Foundation-l] Blink tag jokes are now obsolete.

2012-01-10 Thread Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Erik Moeller wrote: > > This is not a criticism of WM-DE: We used that language last year, and > I felt much of the criticism of it was unreasonable, especially yours. > I find it interesting, though, in the context of the discussion that's > happening on Meta righ

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: Fabrice Florin joins Wikimedia

2012-01-10 Thread Tilman Bayer
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: > Bod Notbod, 10/01/2012 21:57: >> It would be lovely if each of the new hires could guest post on the >> Foundation blog and/or write a page for Signpost once they've settled >> in and let us know what their average day is like and so

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: Fabrice Florin joins Wikimedia

2012-01-10 Thread Fabrice Florin
Thanks, Bod and Erik! Great idea. At your suggestion, I have scheduled this on my calendar, and plan to write an update about my first month at WMF on my MediaWiki userpage in mid-February. Since I'm still a Wikipedia newbie, I will also will also write up my observations about my own user e

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: Fabrice Florin joins Wikimedia

2012-01-10 Thread Erik Moeller
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Bod Notbod wrote: > < holds up big WELCOME sign > > > If I say that this sounds like a hugely important role the rest of the > office will fold their arms and  rightly harumph at me for the implied > negation of their value, so I won't say that. But you can't kee

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: Fabrice Florin joins Wikimedia

2012-01-10 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Bod Notbod, 10/01/2012 22:59: > Maybe forget the blog and Signpost. If we go here: > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff_and_contractors > > We see that some staff don't yet have pictures. I would respect the > choice of anyone who didn't want a pic up but they do go a long way in > helping

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: Fabrice Florin joins Wikimedia

2012-01-10 Thread Oliver Keyes
I'm happy to write something up, as the most recent community-sourced hire, if my bosses and comms are okay with it :). On 10 January 2012 21:59, Bod Notbod wrote: > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 21:26, Federico Leva (Nemo) > wrote: > > > Personal perspectives are perhaps not very suitable for the "o

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: Fabrice Florin joins Wikimedia

2012-01-10 Thread Bod Notbod
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 21:26, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: > Personal perspectives are perhaps not very suitable for the "official > blog" (but may be), Ah. OK. I confess I'm more of a Signpost reader than of the blog, so I hadn't thought of it having a particular style or code. > anyway engine

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: Fabrice Florin joins Wikimedia

2012-01-10 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Bod Notbod, 10/01/2012 21:57: > If I say that this sounds like a hugely important role the rest of the > office will fold their arms and rightly harumph at me for the implied > negation of their value, so I won't say that. But you can't keep up > with Wikipedia news without being made constantly a

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: Fabrice Florin joins Wikimedia

2012-01-10 Thread David Gerard
On 10 January 2012 20:57, Bod Notbod wrote: > It would be lovely if each of the new hires could guest post on the > Foundation blog and/or write a page for Signpost once they've settled > in and let us know what their average day is like and some insight > into what they're working on. The staff

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: Fabrice Florin joins Wikimedia

2012-01-10 Thread Bod Notbod
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 00:29, Erik Moeller wrote: > I’m really happy to announce that Fabrice Florin is joining the > Wikimedia Foundation as Product Manager for New Editor Engagement. [...] > Please join me in giving him a big welcome to the Wikimedia movement. :-) < holds up big WELCOME sig

[Foundation-l] Wikimania 2011: Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Promo

2012-01-10 Thread Itzik Edri
Hi, Someone asked me today about the 10th Anniversary video that we made to Wikimania in Haifa... And I just realized that we didn't share him with the people who didn't came to Wikimania, so about six months after: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISIRS3Qj8NM If someone want the video as a file