Re: [Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Stopping the presses: Britannica to stop printing books

2012-03-13 Thread Risker
library to considering such printed materials obsolete. Risker ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Subject: Re: Will Beback

2012-03-11 Thread Risker
to raise your concerns than a WMF-wide mailing list intended to deal with cross-project or all-project issues. An individual editor being banned on one specific project does not meet that threshold. Risker On 11 March 2012 12:49, James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com wrote: Great now if only that where

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Right to be Forgotten

2012-02-11 Thread Risker
all over the web and are well outside our control. I can understand why legislators will have to really think carefully about this one. Even within our own communities, there are wildly different opinions on this issue. Risker/Anne On 11 February 2012 12:30, Delirium delir...@hackish.org wrote

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

2012-02-01 Thread Risker
process for the chapter seats is somehow more representative of the movement. It concerns me a lot that the 97% of active Wikimedians who are not chapter members seem to not be considered part of the movement. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list

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

2012-02-01 Thread Risker
On 1 February 2012 17:22, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 1 February 2012 22:17, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: This is well and good, but it gives the impression that the current three elected members of the board are somehow considered not representative

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

2012-02-01 Thread Risker
On 1 February 2012 17:38, Stuart West stuw...@gmail.com wrote: On Feb 1, 2012, at 2:17 PM, Risker wrote: it gives the impression that the current three elected members of the board are somehow considered not representative of the movement It concerns me a lot that the 97% of active

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

2012-02-01 Thread Risker
On 1 February 2012 18:17, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 4:06 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: In what way do chapter-selected seats improve the running of the WMF, Thomas? The Board has no say in who is being selected, and there is no basis in fact to say

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

2012-01-31 Thread Risker
? Will opinions from non-chapter members (who make up 97% of Wikimedians) be considered? Thanks, Risker/Anne On 31 January 2012 19:05, Béria Lima berial...@gmail.com wrote: The Wikimedia chapters are seeking to appoint two candidates to sit on the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees

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

2012-01-31 Thread Risker
Thanks for your prompt responses, Beria. I have a few follow-ups. On 31 January 2012 22:43, Béria Lima berial...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Risker. let's go by question. *Why is the discussion happening on chapterswiki, instead of in an open place where all Wikimedians can at least read

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

2011-12-31 Thread Risker
. This is called learning from experience, and it is a talent that is highly prized within the WMF family of projects. After all, there is not a one of us who has not made an error in action or judgment. Please stop. Risker ___ foundation-l mailing list

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

2011-12-31 Thread Risker
On 31 December 2011 21:40, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 1 January 2012 02:38, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps, Thomas, you might want to reflect that your point of view is not the only one worthy of consideration. If you have concerns about the spending

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

2011-12-31 Thread Risker
On 31 December 2011 21:46, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 1 January 2012 02:42, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: I have, Thomas - which is exactly why I commented as I did. It is you who have raised the issue of spending in this thread, which was initially about how

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

2011-12-24 Thread Risker
to people, and try to find a way to explain what your concerns are without making vague allusions and being so combative. Best, Risker ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Foundation-l] IRC office hours with the Head of Reader Relations, Thursday Dec. 22nd

2011-12-19 Thread Risker
Since that 0:00 UTC is always confusing to me, would I be correct to assume that this would be taking place Wednesday evening in North America? Risker On 19 December 2011 19:28, Steven Walling swall...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hey all, I think most Foundation-l subscribers know Philippe

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

2011-12-17 Thread Risker
Just think...if it is included in an online advertisement, Wikipedia could use SOPA to bring down the film for copyright infringement Risker On 17 December 2011 06:20, Ole Palnatoke Andersen palnat...@gmail.comwrote: It was mentioned on the Wikimedia Foundation Communications Committee

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

2011-12-09 Thread Risker
, not the WMF staff, who approved the use of a central notice banner. Whether or not that is within their scope is a separate issue that should be discussed elsewhere. I am pleased to see the creation of a page at Meta to discuss Central Notice requests. Risker/Anne

Re: [Foundation-l] Regarding Berkman/Sciences Po study

2011-12-09 Thread Risker
editorship on the English Wikipedia project. I'm curious to know if scholars have shown much interest in studying some of the other projects as much as they've initiated studies on enwp. Risker/Anne [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CentralNotice_banner_guidelines http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki

Re: [Foundation-l] Regarding Berkman/Sciences Po study

2011-12-09 Thread Risker
Hi Jerome - please show me where it says that; I've not been able to verify that interpretation at all. My understanding is that the 30,000 are users with fewer than 100 edits per month on average, not that they are new users. Risker/Anne 2011/12/10 Jérôme Hergueux jerome.hergu...@gmail.com I

Re: [Foundation-l] Regarding Berkman/Sciences Po study

2011-12-09 Thread Risker
it well documented. Something that has never been clear is the reason that English Wikipedia editors were identified as the preferred target; there does not appear to be anything in this study that is particularly oriented toward Wikipedia activity. Risker/Anne 2011/12/10 Jérôme Hergueux

Re: [Foundation-l] Loriot and DCMA

2011-11-11 Thread Risker
Hi Klaus - Since it appears that this deletion is clearly labeled an OFFICE action, have you communicated with the WMF legal counsel? DCMA takedowns are not the only reason for OFFICE deletions. Risker On 11 November 2011 13:16, Klaus Graf klausg...@googlemail.com wrote: WMF has deleted some

Re: [Foundation-l] Loriot: Please read carefully what I wrote

2011-11-11 Thread Risker
@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l As far as I know, General Counsel Geoff Brigham has a page on Meta. Philippe has also provided the email address to reach the entire legal team. Risker ___ foundation-l mailing

Re: [Foundation-l] Loriot

2011-11-11 Thread Risker
you have grounds to complain that he is not responding to you directly and publicly if you have not contacted him directly and publicly. Here is a link to his Meta talk page: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Geoffbrigham Risker ___ foundation-l

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

2011-11-02 Thread Risker
under the same license? Risker/Anne [1] Excerpt from text of Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license (full text in English http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License) A version of the applicable license

Re: [Foundation-l] Office Hours on the article feedback tool

2011-10-26 Thread Risker
to suggest consideration be given to doing a double office hour session for topic areas that impact projects globally and involve editors from just about every time zone. Reading IRC minutes is not the same as being involved in the discussion. Thanks! Risker

[Foundation-l] Canadia Supreme Court Finds in Favour of Hyperlinker

2011-10-19 Thread Risker
this particular principle, one on which the Wikimedia projects are heavily dependent. It does, however, identify a boundary (repeating defamatory content) that bears some watching. Risker [1] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hyperlinking-doesnt-constitute-defamation-supreme-court-rules

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

2011-10-10 Thread Risker
of images, does not have the same effect. I'm not trying to be provocative here, but I am rather concerned that this does not seem to have been discussed. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

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

2011-10-10 Thread Risker
On 10 October 2011 18:08, Kim Bruning k...@bruning.xs4all.nl wrote: On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 04:52:48PM -0400, Risker wrote: Given the number of people who insist that any categorization system seems to be vulnerable, I'd like to hear the reasons why the current system, which

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

2011-10-10 Thread Risker
On 10 October 2011 18:45, Kim Bruning k...@bruning.xs4all.nl wrote: On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 07:12:04PM -0400, Risker wrote: I've seen it in operation. Let me check: Have seen your image filter software actually directly use categories from commons? Are you sure? Yes, I have seen

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

2011-10-10 Thread Risker
On 10 October 2011 20:03, Kim Bruning k...@bruning.xs4all.nl wrote: On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 08:49:13PM -0400, Risker wrote: No, I can't arrange a demonstration, Kim. I do not have net nannies on any system that I control. The systems on which I have encountered them are not publicly

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

2011-10-10 Thread Risker
On 10 October 2011 21:26, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: Risker, The net nanny software could have been doing a keyword filter on the word Sex, which would reject every page and image in [[Category:Sexual positions]] because it contains the word sex. That is not a category based

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

2011-10-09 Thread Risker
, with the exception of the Founder seat which is approved on a regular basis. The primary responsibility of Board members is to the Foundation, not to the community or the chapters or to any other external agent. This is all available for review in the Bylaws.[1] Risker/Anne [1] http

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

2011-10-09 Thread Risker
On 9 October 2011 12:48, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: Risker, 09/10/2011 18:40: Two board members are selected by chaptersl however, the board has certain rights to refuse the selected candidates. Chapter-selected candidates will be appointed in 2012. The WMF-wide

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia

2011-10-04 Thread Risker
can understand Italian well might be able to provide a brief summary of the situation to those of us who, sadly, depend on google translate? I am unclear what the new law says that is leading Italian-speaking Wikipedians to consider a blackout of the Italian Wikipedia. Risker

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia

2011-10-04 Thread Risker
. It's not clear that the discussion has reached an endpoint. It does seem like the protest statement could be improved, perhaps with relevant links to contact politicians etc. One has to wonder how the community will be able to discuss unlocking the project if the project is locked. Risker

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia

2011-10-04 Thread Risker
on this issue, that community needs to be the focus. (As an aside, kudos to Milos' rapid response and ability to organize his own local community in support of the concerns of our Italian counterparts.) Risker ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l

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

2011-09-30 Thread Risker
is if you're a woman from the US, your opinion is invalid. Your post here did not further the discussion in any way, and I politely ask you to refrain from making such posts in the future. Risker ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org

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

2011-09-30 Thread Risker
On 30 September 2011 10:44, Oliver Koslowski o@t-online.de wrote: Am 30.09.2011 16:24, schrieb Risker: The implication of your post is if you're a woman from the US, your opinion is invalid. Your post here did not further the discussion in any way, and I politely ask you to refrain

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

2011-09-30 Thread Risker
On 30 September 2011 10:36, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: On 30 September 2011 10:12, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: snip Up to now, all females from US (four of them) are in favor of filter (though

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

2011-09-30 Thread Risker
On 30 September 2011 12:15, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 16:24, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: Milos, I believe this is exactly the kind of post that Sue was talking about in her blog. It is aggressive, it is alienating, and it is intimidating

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

2011-09-30 Thread Risker
On 30 September 2011 12:32, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 18:29, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: I think there is much that can be discussed on the range of topic areas covered in this thread. But we must keep in mind that the views expressed here

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

2011-09-30 Thread Risker
such information in articles that overrides editorial judgment, regardless of quality, source or other factors. Risker ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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

2011-09-08 Thread Risker
On 8 September 2011 01:57, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 September 2011 17:32, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: Every version of Mozilla has included the Dont load images option. And it is simple

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

2011-09-07 Thread Risker
to filtering, particularly those that seem to focus on the content should be displayed in the way the authors intended, I'm concerned there would be equally significant opposition to even this simple matter. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] PG rating

2011-09-07 Thread Risker
as well, obviously, and there are some that would be rated as Adults only in many countries too. But we already know that, so I wonder why you ask this? Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

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

2011-09-07 Thread Risker
On 7 September 2011 17:32, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 7:26 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 September 2011 17:18, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 12:55 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 September 2011

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

2011-09-05 Thread Risker
our doors demanding just that... oh, wait. They already exist, and have for years. We call them mirrors. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Brasil + WMF

2011-09-03 Thread Risker
a feeling they've not really figured out their own vision of chapters, which makes things more confusing for everyone.) Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters

2011-08-30 Thread Risker
standard chapter agreement. While I recognize that such a document can't really be crowd-sourced, it might be helpful to at least have it publicly available for reading. That is, unless each chapter agreement is significantly customized for the needs of the individual chapters. Risker/Anne

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters

2011-08-30 Thread Risker
On 30 August 2011 11:09, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: It does strike me as odd that, given the legendary openness of Wikimedia-related projects and activities, at least the basic provisions of the chapter

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters

2011-08-30 Thread Risker
On 30 August 2011 19:35, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 1:42 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: .. Thanks, Bence. Given that the document that is creating so much fuss is *not* publicly available, and there are many references to current agreements

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters

2011-08-28 Thread Risker
simply aren't in place for them to do so. I'd like to see some very serious effort on the part of the WMF to help chapters develop these structures, both for existing chapters, and for the Global South chapters that are currently in early development. Risker/Anne

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters

2011-08-28 Thread Risker
2011/8/28 Delphine Ménard notafi...@gmail.com On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: See now, this is the kind of thinking that raises a lot of questions about chapters receiving the very large amounts of money that many got the last time around. In the real

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] 2011 H2 - Steward Elections

2011-08-21 Thread Risker
Perhaps a little explanation as to why we are having a second steward election this calendar year might be helpful; it's not entirely clear to me, at least. As well, will currently seated stewards be undergoing review? Risker/Anne On 22 August 2011 00:41, Benjamin Chen cnchenmi...@gmail.com

Re: [Foundation-l] Call for referendum

2011-08-20 Thread Risker
from the till for a few minutes? If it requires more time to do due diligence, then it will take more time. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation

Re: [Foundation-l] Call for referendum

2011-08-20 Thread Risker
the results. Perhaps you should explain why you think that. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Referendum 2011 mailout — issues

2011-08-20 Thread Risker
vote, Milos. Your bots do not get to vote. Your auxiliary account does not get to vote, unless you forego voting on your main account. Risker/Anne [1]http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image_filter_referendum/en#Rules ___ foundation-l mailing list

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy concerns

2011-07-10 Thread Risker
not seeing an upside to this practice, and a huge number of downsides. Strongly encourage the project to revisit this. Risker/Anne On 10 July 2011 13:08, birgitte...@yahoo.com wrote: Do they have notaries in the Netherlands? Why not simply ask them to mail a notarized statement that I am Foo

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy concerns

2011-07-10 Thread Risker
On 10 July 2011 16:28, Peter Gervai grin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 19:18, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: The next question becomesand what does this trusted person do with the information? If it is destroyed promptly, then there's really not much point

Re: [Foundation-l] en.wp HACKED?

2011-06-20 Thread risker . wp
to templates without unnecessarily adding to anyone's workload. Risker/Anne Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network -Original Message- From: Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com Sender: foundation-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:04:32 To: Wikimedia

Re: [Foundation-l] en.wp HACKED?

2011-06-19 Thread Risker
common anymore. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Global ban - poetlister?

2011-06-03 Thread Risker
), and because public revelation of some of the information may repeat the harm that was caused by the banned user in the first place. I too would like to see the development of a process for global banning of users who have created serious problems on either the global or the multiple-project level. Risker

Re: [Foundation-l] Global ban - poetlister?

2011-06-03 Thread Risker
On 3 June 2011 13:11, Sue Gardner sgard...@wikimedia.org wrote: On 3 June 2011 10:00, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: I too would like to see the development of a process for global banning of users who have created serious problems on either the global or the multiple-project level

Re: [Foundation-l] Global ban - poetlister?

2011-06-03 Thread Risker
and are all separate individuals. In other words, the initial harm was significant, and the deception has continued unabated to this day. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [Foundation-l] OTRS

2011-06-02 Thread Risker
, it occurs to me that there are certain exemptions built into the privacy policy: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy#Access_to_and_release_of_personally_identifiable_information Specifically, I would wonder if exemptions 3 and 6 are potentially germane to this situation. Risker/Anne

Re: [Foundation-l] Board resolutions on controversial content and images of identifiable people

2011-06-01 Thread Risker
of an image identifiable even if the facial features are not included in the image. It should probably be emphasized that this would apply equally to projects that host fair use or other images, and is not simply an expectation on Commons. Risker/Anne

Re: [Foundation-l] Scheduled intermittent downtime on all Wikimedia projects on May 24

2011-05-25 Thread Risker
often enough. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-21 Thread Risker
instead of deleted, or never even made it into article space; they often come up as top google hits for the subject, because Google crawls user space. (They don't seem to crawl user talk or article talk, or if they do, they do not include them in their results.) Risker/Anne

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-20 Thread Risker
: not because of the injunction, but because it was contentious and negative information that could not be reliably sourced. Our BLP policy has worked. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-20 Thread Risker
any names, but I can understand that perspective. As it is, there are plenty of non-UK citizens/residents watching the articles involved to address the situation, so generally speaking UK residents/citizens should not feel they are obliged to put themselves at risk. Risker/Anne

Re: [Foundation-l] Commons as an art gallery?

2011-05-16 Thread Risker
, the Main Page talk page... Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Plea for candidates: WMF Movement Communications Manager

2011-04-15 Thread Risker
a third would consider themselves native speakers of at least one other language. Risker ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Plea for candidates: WMF Movement Communications Manager

2011-04-15 Thread Risker
unqualified!! Risker ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Plea for candidates: WMF Movement Communications Manager

2011-04-15 Thread Risker
(or imply), Ideally your native language is not Urdu. The problem is that that's not what the ad says. As Risker pointed out, you're going way into left field here. * What is the question you are asking? * What is the moral point you are attempting to make? * What is your recommended

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolution: Openness

2011-04-10 Thread Risker
, Wikiproject:XXX requires that only Harvard style references be used in articles under our aegis. Please resubmit your edit, properly formatted.) We can do better. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolution: Openness

2011-04-09 Thread Risker
that leads them to the Manual of Style, for example. Featured article writers discuss what it really means on a regular basis, so there's little hope an inexperienced editor will be able to follow the contradictions in it. A few thoughts to bring us back where we started. Risker/Anne

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolution: Openness

2011-04-09 Thread Risker
On 9 April 2011 23:39, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: On 9 April 2011 23:27, Casey Brown li...@caseybrown.org wrote: On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 11:20 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: This is an area where every project is going to have its own take on things, and we can probably

Re: [Foundation-l] breaking English Wikipedia apart

2011-03-14 Thread Risker
on the committee. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] breaking English Wikipedia apart

2011-03-14 Thread Risker
On 14 March 2011 11:03, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 14 March 2011 15:01, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: David, I strongly object to your continued twisting of my words, The link to your precise words is there. It's what you actually said. Or are you claiming those links

Re: [Foundation-l] breaking English Wikipedia apart

2011-03-14 Thread Risker
On 14 March 2011 11:29, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 14 March 2011 15:21, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: But for the second time now, you are derailing a discussion on one topic (in this case, whether there is a benefit in breaking up large projects, and in the prior case

Re: [Foundation-l] help on usability initiative sandbox wiki

2011-02-20 Thread Risker
these issues. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] VPAT

2011-02-16 Thread Risker
to this and with the appropriate subject line, about accessibility generally speaking, but this isn't that thread. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation

Re: [Foundation-l] Corporate Social Responsibility

2010-11-19 Thread Risker
please add a link to the latest filing? Thanks. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Corporate Social Responsibility

2010-11-19 Thread Risker
.pdf The section on salaries begins on Page 7. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Paid editing comes of age

2010-11-18 Thread Risker
to rebalance an article that gives undue weight to negative issues, or to remove salacious trivia about a BLP subject, knows how incredibly frustrating it can be to bring articles into line with policy. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] A question for American Wikimedians

2010-11-18 Thread Risker
that involve sex, race, age or nationality. It strikes me that I see probably 50 language-skill-related userboxes for every userbox that confirms geographic location or sex. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe

Re: [Foundation-l] Paid editing comes of age

2010-11-18 Thread Risker
couldn't keep up with the workload. Risker/Anne [1] http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

[Foundation-l] Paid editing comes of age

2010-11-18 Thread Risker
-- Forwarded message -- From: wjhon...@aol.com Date: 18 November 2010 18:51 Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Paid editing comes of age To: risker...@gmail.com In a message dated 11/18/2010 3:50:30 PM Pacific Standard Time, risker...@gmail.com writes: We are extraordinarily

Re: [Foundation-l] Misplaced Reliance, was Re: Paid editing, was Re: Ban and...

2010-10-31 Thread Risker
every time it is mentioned it is done in a way to tell readers that this is not only normal, it is required. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation switching to Google Apps?

2010-10-26 Thread Risker
include a recommendation to those who use Gmail to review all of their Google-related accounts and ensure that they remove all links. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [Foundation-l] Greg Kohs and Peter Damian

2010-10-20 Thread Risker
in the bylaws to indicate that. Risker/Anne [1] http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Greg Kohs and Peter Damian

2010-10-20 Thread Risker
On 20 October 2010 16:47, Muhammad Yahia shipmas...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: The board defines both community and chapter. I'm not sure that the board does ultimately answer to the community; there's nothing in the bylaws

Re: [Foundation-l] chapter board seats (was: Greg Kohs and Peter Damian)

2010-10-20 Thread Risker
? Thanks. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Pending Changes development update: September 27

2010-09-29 Thread Risker
On 29 September 2010 21:07, Jimmy Wales jwa...@wikia-inc.com wrote: On 9/28/10 7:41 PM, Risker wrote: Yes it is, and it's an important one. Several of us had already been working on a plan for the second trial, and those of us discussing had widely agreed that it would be much more

Re: [Foundation-l] Pending Changes development update: September 27

2010-09-29 Thread Risker
that rationale. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

[Foundation-l] Differences between projects with common versus highly diverse cultural backgrounds (was Re: Pending Changes)

2010-09-29 Thread Risker
more strongly encourages a range of solutions. I don't have any answers, just observations. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Pending Changes development update: September 27

2010-09-28 Thread Risker
. Of course, having it deployed doesn't mean it will actually be used: there are 30% fewer articles on pending changes now than there were at its peak, and we never did get past 1600 articles in the first trial because very few administrators felt the cost/benefit ratio was acceptable. Risker/Anne

Re: [Foundation-l] Pending Changes development update: September 27

2010-09-28 Thread Risker
to make that statement, it was your place to have corrected him forthwith. How unfortunate that you have placed a respected developer in this position. Risker/Anne [1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.english/106702/match=pending+changes On 28 September 2010 16:15, Erik

Re: [Foundation-l] Pending Changes development update: September 27

2010-09-28 Thread Risker
, they're a lot harder to replace than they used to be. Your stats should tell you that. Risker/Anne On 28 September 2010 16:39, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote: 2010/9/28 Risker risker...@gmail.com: Thank you for confirming that English Wikipedia does not have a choice in whether

Re: [Foundation-l] Pending Changes development update: September 27

2010-09-28 Thread Risker
of them were told they were voting for another trial, with the tool left on in the interim, not for permanent installation. And even with it just being put forward as a second trial, the support for continuing dropped 10% in two weeks. You're losing the hearts and minds battle here, guys. Risker

Re: [Foundation-l] Pending Changes development update: September 27

2010-09-28 Thread Risker
, it's almost impossible to consider developing a second trial, since it doesn't seem like it will matter what criteria for continued use the project determines. Risker/Anne ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

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