Re: [Foundation-l] A discussion list for Wikimedia (not Foundation) matters

2012-04-03 Thread MZMcBride
Erik Moeller wrote: On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 10:37 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Are there any other consequences of a list rename? You will feel a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. :D A few pages

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolutions from March 30th 2012

2012-03-30 Thread MZMcBride
members respond to direct follow-up questions regarding specific votes that community members are interested in (on the mailing list or on Meta-Wiki) would be more useful. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: New editor engagement experiments team!

2012-03-24 Thread MZMcBride
Samuel Klein wrote: On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 1:06 AM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Experiments are acceptable... sometimes. MZM, I didn't expect you to become the voice of conservatism! I cannot agree with your premise that experiments are somehow 'optional' or new. Experimentation

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: New editor engagement experiments team!

2012-03-23 Thread MZMcBride
to have shifted and it's now all about adding people to build a movement. Is this the right approach, though? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: New editor engagement experiments team!

2012-03-21 Thread MZMcBride
on quantity) is overshadowing the arguably more important goal of improving the content (a focus on quality)? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: New editor engagement experiments team!

2012-03-21 Thread MZMcBride
, but is the alternative (allowing their spammy page to sit around for a while) an acceptable cost for the potential benefit? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: New editor engagement experiments team!

2012-03-21 Thread MZMcBride
Zack Exley wrote: MZMcBride wrote: I was thinking more about this today and how it somewhat relates to you and your previous work at MoveOn.org. Mandatory voting laws look great on paper: increased democratic and civic participation, a more involved and engaged citizenry, etc. But there's

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: New editor engagement experiments team!

2012-03-21 Thread MZMcBride
birgitte...@yahoo.com wrote: On Mar 21, 2012, at 8:53 AM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Sue Gardner wrote: Everybody knows that reversing stagnating/declining participation in Wikimedia's projects is our top priority. Thank you for sharing this. How much discussion has there been

Re: [Foundation-l] Does google favour WIkipedia?

2012-03-20 Thread MZMcBride
or years. I'm not sure what you're talking about. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Guidelines for the use of iframes?

2012-03-15 Thread MZMcBride
to Jobvite. Adding a footer might be nice, but if the user doesn't consent to Jobvite's privacy policy, simply reading wikimediafoundation.org has already sent their data to the other server, correct? In my mind, that means a footer or additional warning text is insufficient. MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] Guidelines for the use of iframes?

2012-03-15 Thread MZMcBride
MZMcBride wrote: Indeed. I've commented out the iframe for now while discussion continues. Once there's a clearer understanding of the implications of using this code and whether this particular third-party's policy is compatible with Wikimedia's. I say compatible as it's a passive read

Re: [Foundation-l] Guidelines for the use of iframes?

2012-03-14 Thread MZMcBride
/wiki/Privacy_policy * http://recruiting.jobvite.com/privacy-policy.php I don't know the answer, but I imagine someone will be along in short order to clarify. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Foundation-l] Image filter

2012-03-10 Thread MZMcBride
, Wikiquote, Wikispecies, Wikisource, etc. there. I guess it would be less sad for them. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia domains, SOPA, Godaddy and MarkMonitor

2012-03-10 Thread MZMcBride
) was incredibly weak. You'd be surprised what kinds of domains are registered where. :-) MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Controversial content software status

2012-03-07 Thread MZMcBride
MZMcBride wrote: Kat: Thank you for weighing in. I know many people appreciated hearing from you, Phoebe, and some of the other big voices who have commented here. And I think some of the replies in this thread have gone a long way to helping ease some tensions and create better dialogue

Re: [Foundation-l] Controversial content software status

2012-03-05 Thread MZMcBride
trying to fork a Wikimedia wiki. Be reasonable, please. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Controversial content software status

2012-03-04 Thread MZMcBride
types of monarch, etc. Interesting. :-) I encourage everyone to take a look at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Controversial_content/Brainstorming and chime in. Beyond wanting to drop the list a note about Niabot's idea, I also just meant to ask the question that MZMcBride asked above. What

Re: [Foundation-l] Controversial content software status

2012-03-04 Thread MZMcBride
software implementation) without needing to bother Board members. ;-) Any ideas on implementing something like that? I'm not sure how many other high-level projects there are, even. Any guidance on this would be great and appreciated. MZMcBride

[Foundation-l] Controversial content software status

2012-03-01 Thread MZMcBride
a project status page somewhere with updated info, feel free to just link that.) MZMcBride P.S. I'm always fascinated by cases where there's an extreme contrast between how seemingly innocuous the search term is and how explicit the search results are. I think my current favorite case is the search

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

2012-02-29 Thread MZMcBride
Oliver Keyes wrote: MZMcBride wrote: At a minimum, the tab needs to be moved to the sidebar side so that it's out of the way. There's no feedback that you're soliciting that's so important that it should stand in the way of reading an infobox or other actual page content. As said above

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: Building a new Legal and Community Advocacy Department Promotion of Philippe Beaudette

2012-02-09 Thread MZMcBride
on Friday for office hours to discuss the new Legal and Community Advocacy Department. Details for the IRC chat can be found at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours. A political (lobbying?) arm of Wikimedia? And the Wikimedia community and Board have said they're okay with this? MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: Building a new Legal and Community Advocacy Department Promotion of Philippe Beaudette

2012-02-09 Thread MZMcBride
Philippe Beaudette wrote: MZMcBride wrote: A political (lobbying?) arm of Wikimedia? And the Wikimedia community and Board have said they're okay with this? I'm not really sure where you get that, MZ. Politics and lobbying were not mentioned at all. What was mentioned was advocacy

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: Building a new Legal and Community Advocacy Department Promotion of Philippe Beaudette

2012-02-09 Thread MZMcBride
of the gun rather than leaving it loaded on the table. I don't foresee a lot of good coming from this (predictable) step by the Wikimedia Foundation, but I do foresee quite a lot of bad. Politics has awesome power... it quite often tears organizations apart. MZMcBride

[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 MZMcBride
of reading an infobox or other actual page content. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

[Foundation-l] New York Times op-ed about Wikipedia and copyright

2012-02-06 Thread MZMcBride
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/opinion/steal-this-column.html Some readers may find this interesting; it doesn't seem to have hit this list. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

[Foundation-l] Cartman Gets an Anal Probe English Wikipedia's featured article today

2012-02-06 Thread MZMcBride
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#Bad_choice_of_featured_article is pretty good reading. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Fw: Strike against the collection of personal data through edit links

2012-02-04 Thread MZMcBride
going anywhere for the most part). I guess the question is specific to the ClickTracking extension: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ClickTracking? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Foundation-l] Call for nominations: chapter-appointed seats on the WMF Board of Trustees

2012-02-03 Thread MZMcBride
Béria Lima wrote: On 1 February 2012 21:56, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Béria Lima wrote: Risker, there are SEVERAL documents in meta with the guidelines used to elect the Chapter seats. Say that nobody knows is a bit offensive. SEVERAL pages on Meta-Wiki? It's a wonder they haven't

Re: [Foundation-l] Vice President?

2012-02-02 Thread MZMcBride
://falseprecision.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/10/cto-vs-vp-engin.html Thanks for the insight here. :-) Much appreciated. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

[Foundation-l] Vice President?

2012-01-31 Thread MZMcBride
for posterity. MZMcBride [1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2011-June/054040.html [2] https://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?diff=78986oldid=78985 [3] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff_and_contractors ___ foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Adding a comment section under every Wikipedia article

2012-01-22 Thread MZMcBride
comment sections are filled with vile language (if people are paying viewing the content) or spam (if people aren't). It's certainly a reasonable idea for a MediaWiki extension, if such an extension doesn't exist already. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l

[Foundation-l] FW: [Wikitech-l] proposed tech conference anti-harassment policy

2012-01-21 Thread MZMcBride
A new policy should always be announced on foundation-l; forwarding. MZMcBride -- Forwarded Message From: Sumana Harihareswara suma...@wikimedia.org Organization: Wikimedia Foundation Reply-To: Wikimedia developers wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:30:07 -0800

Re: [Foundation-l] FW: [Wikitech-l] proposed tech conference anti-harassment policy

2012-01-21 Thread MZMcBride
will undoubtedly need to be tweaked first. Thoughts? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] FW: [Wikitech-l] proposed tech conference anti-harassment policy

2012-01-21 Thread MZMcBride
? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] OSM license change

2012-01-21 Thread MZMcBride
(that is from Wikipedia to OSM) will be impossible after the change, right? You really ought to include links or at least spell out what you're talking about in (opening) posts. ODbL FAQ on the OSM website kind of made my head spin, and I knew two of the three. MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] Policies on wikimediafoundation.org

2012-01-21 Thread MZMcBride
edits. Overall pretty good. :-) Using your tagging, it might be easier to clarify https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Policies#Policies. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Foundation-l] Policies on wikimediafoundation.org

2012-01-21 Thread MZMcBride
; Board -- everyone; staff -- staff; staff -- everyone(!). MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

[Foundation-l] Policies on wikimediafoundation.org

2012-01-20 Thread MZMcBride
-approved and Otherwise. Then I considered splitting between Staff-related, Contributor-related, Meetings-related, etc., but I wasn't so sure how many of these policies actually (allegedly) apply to contributors (e.g., the whistleblower policy). Any thoughts on this? MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] just wondering, are we going to take down en.wikipedia.org?

2012-01-16 Thread MZMcBride
, newspapers, or other cultural or political institutions joined this effort? Is there any concern about further damage to Wikipedia's reputation and credibility as an academic resource when it behaves in the same manner as sites like Reddit and I Can Has Cheezburger? MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikipedia is considering going dark to protest SOPA and PIPA

2012-01-13 Thread MZMcBride
at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Action. Not sure why there's a vote. Or why, if you're going to have a vote, you'd use MediaWiki... MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Foundation-l] Smurfs Movie is infringing on wikipedia copyright

2011-12-31 Thread MZMcBride
track trademark usage. I think it fell by the wayside when Mike left the Wikimedia Foundation and any work on it has mostly stopped. A bit more info here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TradeTrack. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list

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

2011-12-31 Thread MZMcBride
products, though. More info here: https://easylist.adblockplus.org/blog/2010/11/16/wikimedia-fundraising-banne rs MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Foundation-l] Article Feedback Tool 5 testing deployment

2011-12-24 Thread MZMcBride
or explicitly). It's an interesting dichotomy between the extension's stated goal of trying to attract new users and the extension's past (and present?) interface that encourages self-identified expert commentary, isn't it? MZMcBride [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback#Version_3 [2

[Foundation-l] Terms of use rewrite winding down

2011-12-11 Thread MZMcBride
who are able and willing to donate a few minutes to look over and clean up the draft would be greatly appreciated. Sometime in early 2012, a finalized version will be sent to the Wikimedia Board for approval. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list

Re: [Foundation-l] Is a research banner advertising of the evil sort?

2011-12-09 Thread MZMcBride
Why is the banner so visually unattractive? Is the English Wikipedia being punished? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Image filter brainstorming: Personal filter lists

2011-11-29 Thread MZMcBride
, there are very good reasons for doing so. Whether or not that's the case, I wouldn't look (closely or broadly) at the comments on this mailing list and try to divine community-wide views. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Image filter brainstorming: Personal filter lists

2011-11-28 Thread MZMcBride
staff and other resources. I don't think this has been done at this point, so the ball is in its court. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Image filter brainstorming: Personal filter lists

2011-11-24 Thread MZMcBride
is generally based on looking at titles. I don't suppose you'd want a gallery of hidden images, but it would make filter-list editing easier, heh. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Foundation-l] Frustration with WMF = WP

2011-11-02 Thread MZMcBride
emphasized. This criticism is not specific to the mobile team, or even necessarily as relevant there as it is to some of the WMF's other activities. I generally don't like +1 posts, but wow, well said, Dominic. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list

Re: [Foundation-l] Office Hours

2011-11-01 Thread MZMcBride
during the normal time periods, to attend. I hope to see you all there :). Using 00:00 or 24:00 is strongly discouraged (some people go so far as to say that these times don't exist), as they create unnecessary confusion. Please use 23:59 or 00:01 in the future. :-) MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] Show community consensus for Wikilove

2011-10-31 Thread MZMcBride
working for me. It's harmless enough though, I just choose to ignore it. A user preference or some other way of disabling the use of WikiLove on a per-user basis might be nice. Similar to an e-mail's unsubscribe feature. I'm not sure if there's a bug filed about this already. MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] On certain shallow, American-centered, foolish software initiatives backed by WMF

2011-10-31 Thread MZMcBride
divide between the two organizations. There's been talk (more than talk, really) of Wikimedia working with Wikia on projects such as the parser rewrite, as it serves both organizations' interests. That's true, to be sure, but the costs of further close collaboration may outweigh any benefit. MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia ideology

2011-10-23 Thread MZMcBride
of the founding editors of Wikipedia were women, I don't know how many people know that. What license(s) will the book be released under? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [Foundation-l] News from Germany: White Bags and thinking about a fork

2011-10-23 Thread MZMcBride
/Timeline. If anyone finds a link, please post it there. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] News from Germany: White Bags and thinking about a fork

2011-10-23 Thread MZMcBride
of meta-wiki where people from the Wikimedia projects could come together and discuss brainstorming ideas for a workable filter... https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Controversial_content/Brainstorming MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Grant agreements

2011-10-23 Thread MZMcBride
MZMcBride wrote: Sue Gardner wrote: 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

Re: [Foundation-l] News from Germany: White Bags and thinking about a fork

2011-10-23 Thread MZMcBride
(with cites, as necessary and appropriate). :-) MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Is random article truly random

2011-10-19 Thread MZMcBride
the gravest consequences. As a PHP developer, I would've thought you would know this better than anyone. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Grant agreements

2011-10-15 Thread MZMcBride
/receives and the grants Wikimedia administers/doles out would be cool.) MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

[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 MZMcBride
Stanton-type grants. Sorry for the confusion. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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

2011-10-13 Thread MZMcBride
://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14281#c10 MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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

2011-10-11 Thread MZMcBride
to find an image of a cucumber or pearl necklace in Commons is a pragmatic question. Users should be able to tailor their user experience to their needs. Brainstorming for a workable solution, now ongoing: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Controversial_content/Brainstorming. MZMcBride

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

2011-10-10 Thread MZMcBride
phoebe ayers wrote: On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 9:10 AM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: David Gerard wrote: On 9 October 2011 14:18, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 9 October 2011 13:55, Ting Chen tc...@wikimedia.org wrote: The majority of editors who responded

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

2011-10-10 Thread MZMcBride
the filter ON, and decide they have better things to do than to edit-war over whether such a user will need to click on the image to see it, or not. Yes, because rational thought like that is a hallmark of wiki discussions. MZMcBride ___ foundation

Re: [Foundation-l] Fundraising Community Appeal

2011-10-10 Thread MZMcBride
the Wikimedia (editing) community would be great. There are a lot of creative people who love Wikimedia projects. A few tweets or status updates calling for banner submissions might go a long way... assuming people can figure out Meta-Wiki. MZMcBride

[Foundation-l] Controversial content brainstorming

2011-10-10 Thread MZMcBride
Hi. With nudging from Kim, I've started a subpage at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Controversial_content/Brainstorming to brainstorm ideas for a workable solution to dealing with controversial content on Wikimedia wikis. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l

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

2011-10-09 Thread MZMcBride
march forward, unabated! letter from the Board. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Project-specific donation landing page

2011-10-06 Thread MZMcBride
/MediaWiki:Sitesupport-url. Hope that helps, MZMcBride P.S. Your e-mail client is wrapping lines at rather odd spots, BTW. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Stanton Foundation Awards Wikimedia $3.6 Million for Technology Improvements

2011-10-05 Thread MZMcBride
for new editors, and an improved mobile experience for readers and editors. Is the grant restricted or unrestricted? (Is there a copy of the agreement somewhere?) Apologies if this is obvious or already stated elsewhere. I couldn't figure it out. MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] Blog from Sue about censorship, editorial judgement, and image filters

2011-10-02 Thread MZMcBride
do more harm than good? I think it makes more sense to focus on these questions, rather than inventing silly tales. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Foundation-l] Blog from Sue about censorship, editorial judgement, and image filters

2011-10-01 Thread MZMcBride
, but it's a start: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Controversial_content_timeline. I'd forgotten all about Toby. That was largely a joke, wasn't it? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Foundation-l] Blog from Sue about censorship, editorial judgement, and image filters

2011-09-30 Thread MZMcBride
implementation because Wikimedia put one forward. Why does your post make it sound as though this is surprising or unexpected? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Foundation-l] Blog from Sue about censorship, editorial judgement, and image filters

2011-09-30 Thread MZMcBride
. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Blog from Sue about censorship, editorial judgement, and image filters

2011-09-29 Thread MZMcBride
on the part of the Board, a very small body of individuals whose primary objective is to protect the projects. Instead, they chose this? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Foundation-l] A Wikimedia project has forked

2011-09-22 Thread MZMcBride
about any of them as part of their work? I don't know of any. And, back to the original thought: are there any Wikimedia initiatives to specifically (or primarily) improve any of these sister projects? I also don't know of any. MZMcBride ___ foundation

Re: [Foundation-l] A Wikimedia project has forked

2011-09-22 Thread MZMcBride
Philippe Beaudette wrote: On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 8:47 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Is there a single staffer who's even thinking about any of them as part of their work? I don't know of any. And, back to the original thought: are there any Wikimedia initiatives to specifically

Re: [Foundation-l] A Wikimedia project has forked

2011-09-18 Thread MZMcBride
long either side is willing to wait. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] 86% of german users disagree with the introduction of the personal image filter

2011-09-17 Thread MZMcBride
, older versions of images, deleted images, math renderings, etc. The sanest solution probably involves mailing a hard drive to someone and then having them mail it back. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Foundation-l] Personal Image Filter results announced

2011-09-15 Thread MZMcBride
at this point. It's going to take X hours of development and Y hours of testing in order to produce Z. Not knowing any of the three variables makes accurate predicting fairly difficult, I think. :-) Plus you have to factor in (or factor out, maybe) volunteer resources, rewrites, etc. MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] Personal Image Filter results announced

2011-09-15 Thread MZMcBride
to consider as well. For example, would you consider the time and resources that went into the mock-ups as part of the referendum costs? I agree that a proper report would be nice, but I don't see it realistically happening, for a variety of reasons. MZMcBride

[Foundation-l] System administrators ignoring community consensus

2011-09-15 Thread MZMcBride
. This page serves to document these instances. [/quote] If anyone knows of any other bugs/requests, please feel free to list them. As the page notes, these rejections are rare, but in my opinion they offer a fascinating look into the Wikipedia power structure.[1] MZMcBride [1] http

Re: [Foundation-l] A Wikimedia project has forked

2011-09-12 Thread MZMcBride
. A classic example of this reality, incidentally, is the GoogleNewsSitemap extension fiasco on the English Wikinews. I'll echo others in wishing you all the best of luck going forward. I sincerely hope whoever administers your new site will treat you better than Wikimedia has. MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] A Wikimedia project has forked

2011-09-12 Thread MZMcBride
David Gerard wrote: On 12 September 2011 22:57, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: From Wikimedia's perspective, I think this is one down, several hundred to go. Wikimedia has made it clear that its singular focus is the English Wikipedia. All other Wikipedias are peripheral; all other

Re: [Foundation-l] A Wikimedia project has forked

2011-09-12 Thread MZMcBride
impressive, but beyond those, there isn't much to speak of after seven years online. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] A Wikimedia project has forked

2011-09-12 Thread MZMcBride
for volunteering to clarify some of my confusion. :-) MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] A Wikimedia project has forked

2011-09-12 Thread MZMcBride
Erik Moeller wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:24 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: The current reality is that nearly any project besides the English Wikipedia has almost no technical support. That's a misunderstanding of what's happening. I would characterize WMF's prioritization

Re: [Foundation-l] On curiosity, cats and scapegoats

2011-09-09 Thread MZMcBride
is pretty damning. When the Wikimedia Foundation places the English Wikipedia on a pedestal and treats all other wiki projects/families as peripheral, it's not at all unexpected that occasionally people will vent frustration at this. MZMcBride ___ foundation

[Foundation-l] Personal image filter: leave it to third parties

2011-09-09 Thread MZMcBride
not Wikimedia's place to say who should and shouldn't have access to the sum of all human knowledge and what particular pieces of it constitute (graphic violence, pornography, etc.). MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Foundation-l] Personal Image Filter results announced

2011-09-07 Thread MZMcBride
/Wikipedia. Have you done much work on MediaWiki or worked with the replicated databases at all (particularly the databases of the larger sites)? An outside voice is great, but yours comes off as rather naïve. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters

2011-08-30 Thread MZMcBride
? Not really asking you (Nathan) directly, but asking the list, I suppose. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] AbuseFilter to be enabled on all Wikimedia wikis by default today

2011-08-24 Thread MZMcBride
viewpoint or particular phrases. Is there any plan to monitor this? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Genuine, Generous, and Grateful

2011-08-18 Thread MZMcBride
Anyone know of other active ones? It'd be great if you could start a list of these accounts on Meta-Wiki. Microblogging accounts or something. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Foundation-l] Like button

2011-08-10 Thread MZMcBride
that expresses the same sentiment, that allows users to express approval of good photos (similar to Flickr), could be cool. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Foundation-l] Like button

2011-08-10 Thread MZMcBride
Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote: MZMcBride wrote: Hmm, it'd be a neat extension for Commons. I don't think like or +1 should be used, as they're not sufficiently wiki. But something that expresses the same sentiment, that allows users to express approval of good photos (similar to Flickr), could

Re: [Foundation-l] Board letter about fundraising and chapters

2011-08-05 Thread MZMcBride
there is, but I wouldn't be able to locate it off-hand. * Have any chapters been asked to give money back? If so, what has been the response? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Foundation-l] Board letter about fundraising and chapters

2011-08-05 Thread MZMcBride
please try to honor the transparency and accountability that Wikimedia was founded upon and discuss this on the public list?) MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [Foundation-l] Board letter about fundraising and chapters

2011-08-05 Thread MZMcBride
about what they are doing, but WMF does not have a policy status over that. Do you know if there's a chart listing how much money each chapter received (or earned) from the past fundraiser? Is there a list of the chapters that were involved, at least? MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] Board letter about fundraising and chapters

2011-08-05 Thread MZMcBride
on the referenced talk page in a moment. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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