The diversity and the variety helps to react in a better way to the changes.
The reduction of the ways to donate helps to control and to monitor, but
gives less variety.
Ilario
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 12:17 AM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
Since payment processing is not contemplated as a
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi all,
We currently have this public list for Wikimedia Foundation matters,
as well as a private list called internal-l which in practice is in
large part used for WMF/chapters discussions, because chapter board
members
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:19 AM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 3:16 AM, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote:
Mostly though, thanks to the Internet and multinational corporations,
godawful business jargon crosses all national borders. Words and
phrases like
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 5:14 AM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 11:09 PM, Béria Lima berial...@gmail.com wrote:
Jan-Bart and others have asked that you call him Jan-Bart. What part of
that is confusing? You can ascribe your first error to different custom;
continuing
You have not understood the difference between a discussion in Meta
and the transformation of this discussion in an operational
implementation in the organization.
This proposal has a lot of bugs, it seems like a discussion made in
front of the coffee machine.
Formally your point of view is
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote:
The appointed members of the Board are chosen for their specific expertise
and skill-set. The Board does publicly identify the slots it is trying to
fill when looking for appointees, and the qualifications that they
require.
Really strange because the title of president and that of
vice-president belong to the board.
Do you know that the board should not have any conflict of interests
and should do the benefit of the overall foundation?
If the titles of President or Vice-President is in charge of an
executive
, Feb 1, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
On 1 February 2012 11:59, Ilario Valdelli valde...@gmail.com wrote:
Really strange because the title of president and that of
vice-president belong to the board.
The title President is sometimes used by the chair
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Pronoein prono...@gmail.com wrote:
Why does the Board of Trustees think that WMF should raise the «maximum
possible amount of money»?
Why not ask for what is needed and nothing more?
I agree. A no profit association should raise the opportune amount
On 23.10.2011 19:05, Tobias Oelgarte wrote:
The German poll made clear, that not any category based filter will be
allowed, since category based filtering is unavoidably non-neutral and a
censorship tool.
Who the hell are you to forbid me or allow me to use a piece of
software? I want to use
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Julius Redzinski
julius.redzin...@hotmail.de wrote:
On such a decision the Board should have before making any decision researched
really what raeders expect and want and this with empathy for different
regions and
the understanding that germany maybe has
reference, someone here has give a
*direct personal offense*, he is not really a person who can educate
about civilization and respect.
Please be kind to apply the same measure for all comments.
Thank you
Ilario Valdelli
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On 09.10.2011 17:00, Julius Redzinski wrote:
That can just mean an italian solution. The Board is ignorant against the
community needs and wishes, while the Foundation was just some month ago, so
caring about the editors and to keep them happy and contributing to the
projects. If the filter
On 08.10.2011 11:11, Ray Saintonge wrote:
I'm happy that the Italian language Wikipedia is back in business, and I
hope that in the future projects will find better ways to protest than
suicide strategies. The key point is that Wikipedias are based on
languages, not countries. For Italian
A video about the request of some dictators to re-open Wikipedia:
http://tv.repubblica.it/mondo/gheddafi-e-gli-altri-cosi-i-dittatori-salvano-wikipedia/77714/76104
Ilario
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Sorry for the cross-posting, but I write here what I have already
submitted to internal.
It seems that there is the majority to put it.wikipedia.org alive
again in the following hours.
The law has not been approved yet but the committee, who has in charge
the proposal, has accepted some
On 05.10.2011 20:43, Austin Hair wrote:
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Theo10011de10...@gmail.com wrote:
There seems to be a situation developing at Italian Wikipedia related to a
local law that would infringe neutrality on Wikipedia. The discussions even
mention a possible blackout/lockdown
An official statement will be published in Foundation-l.
The question is that the server are in USA, but for the penal law it's
sufficient to edit from the Italian country.
I am in a special situation because I live in Switzerland and I
publish in USA servers, but for the main numbers of Italian
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Donaldo Papero pap3ri...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
Here are the facts: the Italian parliament will discuss within few days –
and most likely approve – a law which, among the other things, will
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Ilario Valdelli valde...@gmail.com wrote:
The question is that all Internet people in Italy is having strike
because the project of law can be stopped if not approved. If it will
be approved
On 04.10.2011 22:19, Nathan wrote:
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 4:15 PM, teun spaansteun.spa...@gmail.com wrote:
Isn't this premature? As I understand, the law is still being discussed, not
yet in affect.
It's a protest, they are hoping to influence whether the law is passed or not.
~Nathan
Good execpt some errors.
Italian is national language in switzerland.
Ilario
On 10 Sep 2011 00:54, Robin Pepermans robinp.1...@gmail.com wrote:
An idea that I raised during a discussion between the language
committee and Wikimedia South Africa was to inform chapters when a
request for closing
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Tobias Oelgarte
tobias.oelga...@googlemail.com wrote:
Usually you will find rebranding as part to improve your already
destroyed image. If your image is good, your won't create a new brand
and start from the beginning. Is our image so bad that we would need a
On 03.09.2011 18:55, Jon Huggett wrote:
On Sep 3, 2011, at 09:25 , WereSpielChequers wrote:
Increasing the mutual overlap of boards is a tried and tested way of
reducing such tension, it doesn't always work, (in wiki speak it isn't magic
pixie dust) and we are in this situation despite having
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Jimmy Wales jwa...@wikia-inc.com wrote:
On 8/28/11 1:00 AM, Ray Saintonge wrote:
I think that developing such a legal entity should be a high priority
for Brazilian Wikipedians to ensure that Wiki activities in Brazil are
controlled by Brazilians. At the same
On 02.09.2011 22:02, Michael Snow wrote:
For those reading whose memories may not be quite long enough - I assume
Florence is referring to Michael Davis here, not to me. The conflict of
interest policy was adopted in 2006, before I was on the board. I just
thought it would help to make the
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
On 31 August 2011 17:02, Ilario Valdelli valde...@gmail.com wrote:
I mean that was not negotiable the choice to have grant
agreement/fundraising agreement.
Grant agreement have been considered mandatory without any
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 12:32 AM, Arne Klempert
klempert.li...@gmail.com wrote:
We did raise the bar for chapters to participate in the fundraiser as
payment processors. However, IMO the board's guidance provides enough
flexibility to let more chapters than just WMDE participate in 2011.
But
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
On 31 August 2011 09:34, Ilario Valdelli valde...@gmail.com wrote:
I asked if the proposal of grant agreement was negotiable and the
answer has been no!
The talk page of the grant agreement on internal-wiki would
On 28.08.2011 16:46, Risker wrote:
On 28 August 2011 04:47, rupert THURNERrupert.thur...@gmail.com wrote:
2011/8/28 Delphine Ménardnotafi...@gmail.com:
+1.
in switzerland we feel that a good target is to get 1 CHF per user and
year as donation. not having a better means of calculating the
On 28.08.2011 21:00, Nathan wrote:
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Ilario Valdellivalde...@gmail.com wrote:
This is incorrect because to receive tax exemption a person doesn't need
to have a receipt.
At least for Switzerland the donor can only indicate to have donate an
amount to one
On 28.08.2011 21:00, Nathan wrote:
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Ilario Valdellivalde...@gmail.com wrote:
This is incorrect because to receive tax exemption a person doesn't need
to have a receipt.
At least for Switzerland the donor can only indicate to have donate an
amount to one
On 28.08.2011 23:47, Mike Godwin wrote:
Theo writes:
Second, it might be some form of elitist outlook if you think accountability
standards for US Non-profits are more transparent and fiscally responsible
than say somewhere in EU like Germany, France or the Switzerland. I assure
you, they
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 4:47 PM, m...@marcusbuck.org wrote:
A single dedicated person could be enough to put a project in motion.
A dean of a Nigerian college who integrates Wikipedia article creation
in the instruction plan (if you create 200 Nigerian pidgin Wikipedia
articles this semester
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@yahoo.com wrote:
There is a long thread on the Commons and Gendergap lists about today's
featured image on Commons:
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/commons-l/2011-May/
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-May/
It's
On 16.05.2011 18:54, Béria Lima wrote:
I would like to question something:
Why you people are not discussing that in commons? Because here people
can give opinions, in Gendergap mailing list too, but the people who can
actually change the policy are the commons editors.
So, is not better
On 10.04.2011 05:03, Dror Kamir wrote:
Are there people who would like to help me collect such cases like those
of Astrology, Kosovo, the Middle East etc. and/or cases that were sent
to arbitration which didn't help much and the like, and productively
analyze them in order to think of better
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:52 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote:
Three board positions (30% of the board) are elected by the community at
large. They are the only members of the board who have a direct
responsibility to the community, and there is no method for the community to
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 2:08 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
On 19 September 2010 12:42, Ilario Valdelli valde...@gmail.com wrote:
It is normal because any standard language has different registers, the
dialect has limited registers and in general only for daily and familiar
use
On 19.09.2010 13:01, Marcus Buck wrote:
An'n 19.09.2010 11:32, hett Mark Williamson schreven:
We have heard this type of criticism before, that lower-prestige
varieties or languages that are not official or national languages
are somehow intrinsically incapable or unsuited to encyclopedic
Dear all,
I have checked in my in box but it seems that this mailing list has
not received this news.
The Italian project w...@home supported by Italian chapter and the
Wikinotizie has organized an interview some months ago with Mr.Umberto
Eco who is a philosopher and literary critic known
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
On 24 June 2010 15:04, Ziko van Dijk zvand...@googlemail.com wrote:
- Scope and name: Maybe it would practically make no big difference
whether the project is called simple or for kids. Poor readers and
adult
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@yahoo.com wrote:
Someone uploading a nude picture of their ex-girlfriend can be far more
injurious to the woman concerned than the same person uploading an image of
her making tea.
Requiring an OTRS release from the model for any nude
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Ilario Valdelli valde...@gmail.com wrote:
Except the case that you make a photo of yourself. In this case the
OTRS ticket is not important like is not important in the point of
view of copyright
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Anthony wikim...@inbox.org wrote:
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@yahoo.com wrote:
Someone uploading a nude picture of their ex-girlfriend can be far more
injurious to the woman concerned than the same person uploading an image of
her
On 14.05.2010 20:38, wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk wrote:
Many nudist will tell you that what happens on the beach stays on the
beach. There is no expectation that a photo taken by a friend, or
stranger for that matter, will end up on a public website. Indeed there
have been recent case
On 09.05.2010 02:04, Noein wrote:
On 08/05/2010 20:52, Stuart West wrote:
(1) There were some bad actors at work (e.g. hardcore pornography
distributors taking advantage of our open culture to get free anonymous
hosting). (2) As a community (including the Board), we debated the issue
On 08.05.2010 17:48, Mike Godwin wrote:
I think it's also worth remembering that when an individual like Jimmy is
given extraordinary cross-project powers to use in extraordinary
circumstances, this more or less guarantees that any use of those powers
will be controversial. (If they were
On 08.05.2010 23:02, Victor Vasiliev wrote:
Think future, not past. Think project, not Jimmy.
We do think future: if Jimmy had already carelessly intervened twice
and caused controversies both time, how can we except the story will
not repeat.
Probably this is happened twice
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote:
This issue was discussed a number of times here. As some changes has
happened, you should know that.
Requests for Wikisource in Ancient Greek and Coptic have became
eligible, as well as request for Ancient Greek Wikiquote.
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Teofilo teofilow...@gmail.com wrote:
How about moving the servers (5) from Florida to a cold country
(Alaska, Canada, Finland, Russia) so that they can be used to heat
offices or homes ? It might not be unrealistic as one may read such
things as the solution
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote:
Read
http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/11/25/160236/Contributors-Leaving-Wikipedia-In-Record-Numbers
Article is based on Felipe Ortega's research. There are two claims
from this article:
1. English-language version of
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Florence Devouardanthe...@yahoo.com wrote:
Using the chapters as intermediaries between the Wikimedia Foundation
and the communities is actually a solution that has been used in the past.
It certainly feature a certain efficiency (proximity with the community
Chad wrote:
This list has really high traffic (depending on season, it fluctuates a bit)
and it can be a bit overwhelming at times. Moderation isn't the answer
though. The signal to noise ratio here remains fairly decent, so we wouldn't
really gain anything through moderation (except some very
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Anders
Wennerstenanders.wenners...@bonetmail.com wrote:
I also like this approach
*On most informal level - a Working Group, carefully organized under a
Working Group Organizer who has a time-limited agreement/recognition
letter with the Foundation
*On
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Thomas de Souza
Buckupthomasdesouzabuc...@gmail.com wrote:
*We are **a movement of autonomous volunteers:
*
- *Instead of a legal entity, an open movement*
- *Instead of bylaws, a statement of principles*
- *Instead of legal representatives, task
I would announce you that until the 15th of May Wikimedia Italia is
collecting some nominations to select the winners of the Wikimedia
Italia Award 2009 which will take place the 23th May in Vicenza (near
Venice) in collaboration with local administrations and associations
during the festival of
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Sue Gardner sgard...@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi folks,
This is just a quick interim update on the BLP issue I raised here last week.
First, there seems to be a general view that BLPs are a problem that
is worth addressing. I won't recap all the reasons for
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