Re: [Foundation-l] Call for votes! Steward elections 2012

2012-02-08 Thread neil
Probably not a good day for the Toolserver to have intermittent hardware errors leading to the eligibility checker to time out frequently. It would be a good idea to get someone to prioritise fixing it if you expect a mad rush to vote. Cheers, Neil (QuiteUnusual@en.wikibooks) Sent from my

[Foundation-l] New project: WikiMake - library of free 3D models?

2012-02-08 Thread Leinonen Teemu
Hello all, Has there been any attempt to start a Wikimedia project focusing on free 3D models? I think, right now it would be the right timing for it. The prices of 3D printers and other computer controlled machines are coming down [1] and there are growing network of FabLabs around the

[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation monthly meeting video

2012-02-08 Thread Tomasz Kozłowski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Per the above requests voiced on this list, I have created three smaller resolution versions of the video in 720, 360 and 240p, which have been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Reedy (thanks!). The videos are linked at the original files' description

Re: [Foundation-l] New project: WikiMake - library of free 3D models?

2012-02-08 Thread Steven Walling
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:10 AM, Leinonen Teemu teemu.leino...@aalto.fiwrote: Hello all, Has there been any attempt to start a Wikimedia project focusing on free 3D models? I think, right now it would be the right timing for it. The prices of 3D printers and other computer controlled

Re: [Foundation-l] New project: WikiMake - library of free 3D models?

2012-02-08 Thread HaeB
2012/2/8 Steven Walling steven.wall...@gmail.com: On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:10 AM, Leinonen Teemu teemu.leino...@aalto.fiwrote: Hello all, Has there been any attempt to start a Wikimedia project focusing on free 3D models? I think, right now it would be the right timing for it. The prices

Re: [Foundation-l] New project: WikiMake - library of free 3D models?

2012-02-08 Thread Stephen LaPorte
If you are interested in the intellectual property issues facing 3D printing, Public Knowledge has a white paper from 2010: http://www.publicknowledge.org/it-will-be-awesome-if-they-dont-screw-it-up Cheers, Stephen On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:52 AM, HaeB haebw...@gmail.com wrote: 2012/2/8 Steven

Re: [Foundation-l] New project: WikiMake - library of free 3D models?

2012-02-08 Thread Tom Morris
On 8 February 2012 10:10, Leinonen Teemu teemu.leino...@aalto.fi wrote: Has there been any attempt to start a Wikimedia project focusing on free 3D models? I think, right now it would be the right timing for it. The prices of 3D printers and other computer controlled machines are coming

[Foundation-l] Congratulations to Wikimedia Kenya!

2012-02-08 Thread phoebe ayers
The Wikimedia Foundation Board is very pleased to welcome and approve our 39th chapter, Wikimedia Kenya: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Kenya Congratulations to all for your hard work! -- Phoebe Ayers WMF Board of Trustees Secretary -- * I use this

Re: [Foundation-l] Congratulations to Wikimedia Kenya!

2012-02-08 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Hello, With great pleasure I allow me to join the congratulations to the newest member of our family. I didn't know that it was so far when I saw Abbas Mahmood in Amsterdam. It'll be great to hear more from Wikimedia Kenya in future. Certainly it is a lot of work to get a chapter established.

[Foundation-l] Feedback tab on the English Wikipedia

2012-02-08 Thread MZMcBride
The English Wikipedia has become one of those sites with a feedback tab? Example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Russell_Burnham. How did this happen? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Foundation-l] Feedback tab on the English Wikipedia

2012-02-08 Thread Oliver Keyes
Well, that would be part of the Article Feedback Tool, Version 5. We're experimenting around with new placements - personally, I *loathe* this design, but que sera. We'll be dropping it in a couple of weeks and playing around with others. On 9 February 2012 01:08, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com

Re: [Foundation-l] Feedback tab on the English Wikipedia

2012-02-08 Thread MZMcBride
Oliver Keyes wrote: Well, that would be part of the Article Feedback Tool, Version 5. We're experimenting around with new placements - personally, I *loathe* this design, but que sera. We'll be dropping it in a couple of weeks and playing around with others. I think obstructing the content

Re: [Foundation-l] Feedback tab on the English Wikipedia

2012-02-08 Thread Oliver Keyes
As said above...it is being moved ;p On 9 February 2012 01:18, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Oliver Keyes wrote: Well, that would be part of the Article Feedback Tool, Version 5. We're experimenting around with new placements - personally, I *loathe* this design, but que sera. We'll

Re: [Foundation-l] Feedback tab on the English Wikipedia

2012-02-08 Thread Minata Hatsune
When this feature is enabled in other projects? It is very useful, and necessary for all Wikimedia wikis. Thanks! 2012/2/9, Oliver Keyes oke...@wikimedia.org: As said above...it is being moved ;p On 9 February 2012 01:18, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Oliver Keyes wrote: Well, that

Re: [Foundation-l] Feedback tab on the English Wikipedia

2012-02-08 Thread Oliver Keyes
We'll hopefully be finishing up development and testing within the next couple of months; I'm not sure how we plan to handle deployment to other wikis. Would you like me to find out? On 9 February 2012 02:09, Minata Hatsune minhhuyw...@gmail.com wrote: When this feature is enabled in other

Re: [Foundation-l] Feedback tab on the English Wikipedia

2012-02-08 Thread John Vandenberg
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 12:08 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: The English Wikipedia has become one of those sites with a feedback tab? Example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Russell_Burnham. How did this happen? Eww. Why is it called Improve this page? It allows readers to

Re: [Foundation-l] Feedback tab on the English Wikipedia

2012-02-08 Thread Minata Hatsune
Uhm. Can I require to enable in any project through MediaZilla (such as my homewiki)? Anyway, it should be deployment to many wiki, help improve content quality. 2012/2/9, Oliver Keyes oke...@wikimedia.org: We'll hopefully be finishing up development and testing within the next couple of

Re: [Foundation-l] Feedback tab on the English Wikipedia

2012-02-08 Thread Oliver Keyes
Minata: I imagine the plan is deploy on enwiki, and if other wikis ask for it, they can have it too, but I'll find out :). In reply to It allows readers to provide feedback; that feedback is not likely to result in improvements except in rare cases - actually, no. We ran several rounds of

Re: [Foundation-l] Feedback tab on the English Wikipedia

2012-02-08 Thread Oliver Keyes
Okay, Minata: looks like I was right; if wikis want it after the design process is finished, they can just ask for it. On 9 February 2012 02:31, Oliver Keyes oke...@wikimedia.org wrote: Minata: I imagine the plan is deploy on enwiki, and if other wikis ask for it, they can have it too, but

Re: [Foundation-l] Feedback tab on the English Wikipedia

2012-02-08 Thread Brandon Harris
On 2/8/12 6:42 PM, Oliver Keyes wrote: Okay, Minata: looks like I was right; if wikis want it after the design process is finished, they can just ask for it. Let's be clear about our (admittedly informal) policy here: If a wiki wants to have it deployed, they will have to ensure

Re: [Foundation-l] Feedback tab on the English Wikipedia

2012-02-08 Thread K. Peachey
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Brandon Harris bhar...@wikimedia.org wrote:        Let's be clear about our (admittedly informal) policy here: What is informal about our process? * Community gains consenus for feature to be activated (and the desired config if required) * Bug gets filled in

Re: [Foundation-l] Feedback tab on the English Wikipedia

2012-02-08 Thread Oliver Keyes
Well, has it ever been written down anywhere and solidified as Official Standard Operating Procedure? If not, structured or not, it's informal ;) On 9 February 2012 03:20, K. Peachey p858sn...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Brandon Harris bhar...@wikimedia.org wrote:

Re: [Foundation-l] Feedback tab on the English Wikipedia

2012-02-08 Thread Casey Brown
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:25 PM, Oliver Keyes oke...@wikimedia.org wrote: Well, has it ever been written down anywhere and solidified as Official Standard Operating Procedure? If not, structured or not, it's informal ;) It is definitely way past the realm of everyone knows this is the way

Re: [Foundation-l] Feedback tab on the English Wikipedia

2012-02-08 Thread John Vandenberg
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Oliver Keyes oke...@wikimedia.org wrote: Minata: I imagine the plan is deploy on enwiki, and if other wikis ask for it, they can have it too, but I'll find out :). In reply to It allows readers to provide feedback; that feedback is not likely to result in

Re: [Foundation-l] Feedback tab on the English Wikipedia

2012-02-08 Thread Oliver Keyes
On the first one, no idea - if you have any idea how we can test this without full deployment, please, go ahead. On the second, it should scale; we're using a randomised sample (minus DAB pages) On 9 February 2012 04:17, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:31 PM,

Re: [Foundation-l] Feedback tab on the English Wikipedia

2012-02-08 Thread John Vandenberg
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Oliver Keyes oke...@wikimedia.org wrote: On the first one, no idea - if you have any idea how we can test this without full deployment, please, go ahead. feedback was sent to contributors? did the contributor make use of the feedback? if not, why not? On the

Re: [Foundation-l] Feedback tab on the English Wikipedia

2012-02-08 Thread Oliver Keyes
We'll experiment with wordings as the testing progresses. On your other point - again, how can we find this out without testing it? If little is done with it, we can look into junking it, but nothing ventured... On 9 February 2012 04:34, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 9,

Re: [Foundation-l] Feedback tab on the English Wikipedia

2012-02-08 Thread John Vandenberg
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Oliver Keyes oke...@wikimedia.org wrote: We'll experiment with wordings as the testing progresses. On your other point - again, how can we find this out without testing it? If little is done with it, we can look into junking it, but nothing ventured... you say

Re: [Foundation-l] Feedback tab on the English Wikipedia

2012-02-08 Thread Oliver Keyes
Sure..except we weren't asking contributors to use this feedback to fix up the articles. I do know that even without any standing system to improve it, several article improvements were made. All I can give you quantifiably, though, is that editors saw the feedback, and thought a big chunk of it