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

2012-03-24 Thread Sarah
. Does anyone know what kind of experiments we're talking about? Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

[Foundation-l] Pages very slow to load since March 21

2012-03-24 Thread Sarah
to the point where it's quite hard to edit. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Pages very slow to load since March 21

2012-03-24 Thread Sarah
On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: Could someone from the Foundation confirm that they're looking into it? It's getting to the point where it's quite hard to edit. Tim's investigating

Re: [Foundation-l] Pages very slow to load since March 21

2012-03-24 Thread Sarah
and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation Erik, I've just tried loading some of the pages I was having problems with. They're loading well, and preview is working well again. Many thanks to everyone who helped to fix this. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing

Re: [Foundation-l] Author Wikimedia Foundation at BarnesNobles shop on Nook

2012-03-05 Thread Sarah
=marshalsea The byline apart, it's disturbing that someone might be conned into paying $77 for it, when they can download it for free. Sarah On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 6:24 PM, RYU Cheol rch...@gmail.com wrote: You can find that at this link. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wikibooks-wikimedia

Re: [Foundation-l] The 'Undue Weight' of Truth on Wikipedia (from the Chronicle) + some citation discussions

2012-02-23 Thread Sarah
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Achal Prabhala aprabh...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday 23 February 2012 12:58 AM, Sarah wrote: On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Achal Prabhalaaprabh...@gmail.com  wrote: Thank you Tom, and Sarah, for your very helpful explanations - they are extremely

Re: [Foundation-l] The 'Undue Weight' of Truth on Wikipedia (from the Chronicle) + some citation discussions

2012-02-22 Thread Sarah
=Wikipedia:No_original_researcholdid=478167288#Primary.2C_secondary_and_tertiary_sources Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] The 'Undue Weight' of Truth on Wikipedia (from the Chronicle) + some citation discussions

2012-02-22 Thread Sarah
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Achal Prabhala aprabh...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you Tom, and Sarah, for your very helpful explanations - they are extremely useful. There's a discussion on at the reliable sources notice board, for instance, which highlights some of the interpretive problems

Re: [Foundation-l] The 'Undue Weight' of Truth on Wikipedia (from the Chronicle) + some citation discussions

2012-02-19 Thread Sarah
that the views are not sufficiently well-represented by reliable sources; or that the reliable sources, even if peer-reviewed, belong to the wrong field. Sarah ___ 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 Sarah Stierch
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: One more, but forgot her name and too lazy to search. German females in discussion on German Wikipedia should be also checked. Up to now, all females from US (four of them) are in favor of filter (though, Sarah just

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

2011-09-30 Thread Sarah Stierch
biscuit on the [[Soggy biscuit]] article. Well it was quickly taken down! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Soggy_biscuit#Removing_the_article_image But at least we have plenty of other images of people in sexually deviant situations with their faces shown. :P -Sarah You can't always get what you

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

2011-09-30 Thread Sarah Stierch
, nationality, sexuality or other demographics that probably would feel the same way. It's funny that you just turned this into a think about the children feminism thing. I guess in your eyes I'm a failed feminist. ;) -Sarah Who learned more about sexuality from Madonna then she ever did from school

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

2011-09-30 Thread Sarah Stierch
to a number of people on this list): I don't need anyone, of any gender, questioning my feminism. It's as insulting as being called a censor. There are no rule books. But if there was... ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feminine_Mystique -Sarah -- GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for Wikimedia

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

2011-09-30 Thread Sarah Stierch
here in the US in the future. I encourage people interested in developing these types of ideas further to stop by gender gap-l as well! https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap But it's great to see these projects developing elsewhere, of course :D -Sarah -- GLAMWIKI Partnership

Re: [Foundation-l] Dead Sea Scrolls

2011-09-26 Thread Sarah Stierch
As the British Museum. Hehehehe. --Sarah (Stierch) On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:27 PM, emijrp emi...@gmail.com wrote: If originals don't have copyright, how can The Israel Museum claim any copyright for scans which lack originality?[1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgeman_Art_Library_v

Re: [Foundation-l] Dead Sea Scrolls

2011-09-26 Thread Sarah Stierch
ASK THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. Damn. Joke fail. -Sarah On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.comwrote: As the British Museum. Hehehehe. --Sarah (Stierch) On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:27 PM, emijrp emi...@gmail.com wrote: If originals don't have copyright

Re: [Foundation-l] Image filter

2011-09-23 Thread Sarah Stierch
. And if i had a dollar for the mentioning of Germans I'd be rich. And here people are arguing about lack of coverage about other projects and languages. So tired of the Us vs. Them mentality. I'd rather talk about GMOs, JFK, Creationism and the end of the world next yearat this point. Sarah

Re: [Foundation-l] Image filter

2011-09-23 Thread Sarah Stierch
this subject. I'm going to go back to thinking of ways to have more women and men create better sexual content for Commons as a project and go attend my Feminists, Technology and Museums conference. -Sarah (Missvain, SarahStierch) Who would move to Berlin in a heartbeat to be an unpaid intern

[Foundation-l] Personal Image Filter - Gender?

2011-09-17 Thread Sarah Stierch
Hi everyone, I can't remember - was user gender a question in the survey? I don't remember... Thanks :) -Sarah -- GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for Wikimedia http://www.glamwiki.org Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American Arthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch and Sarah

Re: [Foundation-l] Personal Image Filter - Gender?

2011-09-17 Thread Sarah Stierch
Thanks Beria! :) A shame, it would have been really fascinating to see if there was a gender gap in this matter. -Sarah On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Béria Lima berial...@gmail.com wrote: No. You can see all the questions here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image_filter_referendum

Re: [Foundation-l] Personal Image Filter - Gender?

2011-09-17 Thread Sarah Stierch
and belief systems around the world and within small communities. -Sarah (Stierch) On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 1:32 PM, rupert THURNER rupert.thur...@gmail.comwrote: do you propose questions like the following? knowledge level o a-level o university o... raceo african

Re: [Foundation-l] On Wikinews

2011-09-14 Thread Sarah
know David Shankbone did some good ones, but for some reason it has been limited. Adding some original videos to our articles (adding them to Wikipedia articles, supplied by Wikinews) would be very attractive to readers, I think. Sarah ___ foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] On Wikinews

2011-09-14 Thread Sarah
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 12:34, Andrew Lih andrew@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 12:02, Andrew Lih andrew@gmail.com wrote: of Wikipedia principles. Wikis depend on eventualism: given an infinite timeline

Re: [Foundation-l] On Wikinews

2011-09-14 Thread Sarah
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 13:10, Andrew Lih andrew@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 12:34, Andrew Lih andrew@gmail.com wrote: And, in Wikipedia's crowdsourced way, potentially a re-oriented, mobilized Wikinews

Re: [Foundation-l] On Wikinews

2011-09-14 Thread Sarah
of it. There is no inherent POV issue there, so long as we observe NPOV, just as we do with text. Primary sources are already allowed, so long as used descriptively and not interpreted. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe

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

2011-09-07 Thread Sarah
is obviously very off-putting. So we risk limiting our reach by not dealing with it. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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

2011-09-06 Thread Sarah Stierch
lifestyles or are open minded to what other people do in their bedrooms. Some don't even live in America. I think you need to rethink your statements before you go around accusing supporters, including women, of this referendum as sexually dysfunctional conservatives. Sarah -- GLAMWIKI Partnership

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

2011-09-06 Thread Sarah Stierch
opening it. I work in an educational environment (a museum institution, which has exhibits on sexuality, gender, etc) and I can't even look at these articles at work, take that as you will. Sarah who is totally grossed out by that photo on the vagina article, gahhh, surely she can't be the only

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

2011-09-04 Thread Sarah Stierch
a study on that. Sarah -- GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for the Wikimedia Foundationhttp://www.glamwiki.org Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American Arthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch and Sarah Stierch Consulting *Historical, cultural artistic research advising

[Foundation-l] A reminder about mission statements and vision statements.

2011-09-04 Thread Sarah Stierch
media content to all. It acts as a common repository for the various projects of the Wikimedia Foundation. However, I am beginning to think that Commons might have to change it's scope since educational media has evolved to encompass what everyone believes is every free image on earth. -Sarah

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

2011-09-04 Thread Sarah Stierch
, appreciate clarifications. Wikipedia and related sister projects are bad at explaining things, so it's always nice to have kind folks like you explain things to some of us (again!) :). Sarah -- GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for the Wikimedia Foundationhttp://www.glamwiki.org Wikipedian

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

2011-09-04 Thread Sarah Stierch
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 5:23 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 4 September 2011 22:18, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote: I really wish people would read previous discussions. Don't be passive aggressive ;) I think it's an entirely reasonable statement, given what

[Foundation-l] This Month in GLAM - August 2011

2011-09-02 Thread Sarah Stierch
of upcoming events! Members of the community write this publication, so if you have contributions to make, please participate. Translations encouraged. GLAM on! Sarah -- GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for the Wikimedia Foundationhttp://www.glamwiki.org Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives

[Foundation-l] Minutes after Virginia earthquake, it was on Wikipedia (Washington Post)

2011-08-26 Thread Sarah Stierch
for the Wikimedia Foundationhttp://www.glamwiki.org Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American Arthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch and Sarah Stierch Consulting *Historical, cultural artistic research advising.* -- http

[Foundation-l] WikiChix Wikimania 2011 Report

2011-08-12 Thread Sarah Stierch
and Wikimania 2011 providing food and the venue. -Sarah -- GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for the Wikimedia Foundationhttp://www.glamwiki.org Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American Arthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch and Sarah Stierch Consulting *Historical, cultural

Re: [Foundation-l] Oral Citations project: People are Knowledge

2011-07-29 Thread Sarah Stierch
to Commercial Drive ;-)) -Sarah Sent via iPhone - I apologize in advance for my shortness or errors! :) On Jul 29, 2011, at 6:08 AM, Ray Saintonge sainto...@telus.net wrote: From the perspective of Wikimedia Canada, this sounds exciting. Many of us believe that work with the First Nations

Re: [Foundation-l] Oral Citations project: People are Knowledge

2011-07-27 Thread Sarah Stierch
free to email me directly, again, right now I am unable to move quickly in any major projects due to my already big work load, but, I'm hoping that this will be large part of my career work as an advocate for Native rights, a scholar, and an open source-lover. -Sarah [[w:en:User:SarahStierch]] On Wed

Re: [Foundation-l] Oral Citations project: People are Knowledge

2011-07-27 Thread Sarah Stierch
of that language in order to continue our mission to disseminate knowledge on a worldwide scale. -Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Oral Citations project: People are Knowledge

2011-07-27 Thread Sarah Stierch
. To be honest, your email was a slap in the face. Thank you again for sharing your thoughts, I take your letter very seriously. -Sarah On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Maria Alameda m-alamed...@hotmail.comwrote: Hello all I usually don't comment on mailing lists but a colleague of mine

Re: [Foundation-l] Oral Citations project: People are Knowledge

2011-07-27 Thread Sarah Stierch
to me. It doesn't seem horribly unlikely that Sarah is, if not alone, then among a very small group of academics studying the intersection of Native Americans and Wikimedia projects. Were her descriptions of the challenges facing Native American communities inaccurate? Are you aware

Re: [Foundation-l] Oral Citations project: People are Knowledge

2011-07-27 Thread Sarah
primary sources. It would make our articles significantly more interesting and reader-friendly, and would tie in directly with efforts to record oral histories. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

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

2011-06-17 Thread Sarah
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 22:08, Chris Lee theornamental...@gmail.com wrote: It lasted only a minute. I apologize for the urgent email sent out; wanted to make sure that it was taken care of What was it that lasted only a minute, Chris? ___

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

2011-06-11 Thread Sarah
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 21:03, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org wrote: On 10/06/2011 5:55 PM, Sarah wrote: [...] that the software is actively inviting all accounts that meet those requirements, it means we're alerting all the socks that they're able to vote. They might otherwise not even

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

2011-06-11 Thread Sarah
Also, looking at the elections e-mail again, it links to a page that, so far as I can see, doesn't tell people where to go to vote, except for those most active on meta. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

2011-06-10 Thread Sarah
, one that's obviously mine from the name. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

2011-06-10 Thread Sarah
in pt.wiki) _ I also received two invitations to vote, including to a little-used alternative account, one that is obviously mine from the name. This suggests among other things that the minimum voting requirements must be pretty low. Sarah

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

2011-06-10 Thread Sarah
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:49, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Sarah -- the voting requirements are here -- http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2011/en#Requirements 300 edits, 20 recent ones -- the requirements were roughly halved from the last elections. There's

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

2011-06-10 Thread Sarah
invitations to quite a few people. I can't see how it benefits the project to have multiple accounts voting that only need to have made 300 edits and 20 recent ones, and a kind bot that reminds them of all the eligible account names. We're shooting ourselves in the foot with this, surely. Sarah

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

2011-06-10 Thread Sarah
On 10 June 2011 22:19, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: I've received two invitations to vote -- also both at the same e-mail address -- so all I'd have to do now (if it were a user name that didn't make it obvious it was mine) is go somewhere else to vote. And given how low the voting

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

2011-06-10 Thread Sarah
the software is reminding them of. This is just not a good idea. Sarah 2011/6/11, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com: On 10 June 2011 22:19, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: I've received two invitations to vote -- also both at the same e-mail address -- so all I'd have to do now (if it were a user name

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

2011-06-03 Thread Sarah
was extremely good at exploiting that tendency. That's the long and short of it. The one good thing that could come of it is that we recognize in future when we're doing it again, but that will only happen if we remember and discuss it, and try to heal the divisions he caused or made worse. Sarah

Re: [Foundation-l] The Wikipedia-Ready Essay

2011-06-01 Thread Sarah
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 02:46, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote: Those who toil away in the depths of style guide subpages and cite templates should be reminded from time to time of the tremendous impact their work has on the rest of the world... Speaking of which, David Gerard has just

Re: [Foundation-l] The Wikipedia-Ready Essay

2011-05-31 Thread Sarah
despite its faults, [Wikipedia] does promote solid values for its writers, including precise citations, accurate research, editing and revision. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Foundation-l] Identity of Anonymous Wikipedia Editors Not Protected by First Amendment

2011-05-28 Thread Sarah
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 19:50, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: Identity of Anonymous Wikipedia Editors Not Protected by First Amendment http://ecommercelaw.typepad.com/ecommerce_law/2011/05/identity-of-anonymous-wikipedia-editors-not-protected-by-first-amendment.html Nothing

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-22 Thread Sarah
of Wikipedians if asked by a British court because of these injunctions? Did he actually say that, and if so when did the Foundation decide this? Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-22 Thread Sarah
complaints, but no figures are given. Some hard stats -- X number of complaints concerning Y number of articles within time T, of which Z were actionable -- would be very useful. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-22 Thread Sarah
On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 13:33, wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk wrote: On 22/05/2011 19:32, Sarah wrote: On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 11:00, wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk  wrote: On 22/05/2011 11:58, Chris Keating wrote: Also rather interestingly, it appears that a Scottish newspaper has

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-21 Thread Sarah
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 20:19, Wjhonson wjhon...@aol.com wrote:  It is not up to us to decide that something is private.  If it's been published, then it is public. If it's been published in a reliable source, than it's useable in our project. But not everything that's usable has to be used.

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-21 Thread Sarah
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 14:33, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Sarah wrote: I'm increasingly wondering whether we should be hosting any BLPs, because these are often difficult decisions to make -- at which point there is legitimate public interest in a person's private life

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-21 Thread Sarah
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 15:14, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Sarah wrote: On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 14:33, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: I think anyone who has been in the BLP trenches has had the same thought. The reality is that an encyclopedia without a Barack Obama article

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-21 Thread Sarah
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 16:01, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: As to the comments from MZMcBride and Sarah, I would like to see a significantly higher minimal level of notability for BLPs.  In the past few years of working with the Arbitration Committee, I have seen literally thousands

[Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-20 Thread Sarah
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Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-20 Thread Sarah
On 20 May 2011 17:37, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote: It won't be too long before a reputable news source covers the whole issue - or indeed a British Parliamentarian raises it under parliamentary privilege. I'm thinking it will be interesting to see how Twitter's position is

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-20 Thread Sarah
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 18:01, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: 2) Regarding Our BLP policy has worked., that's a fascinating argument that the super-injunction *is* worthwhile. If Wikipedia defines verifiability in terms of major media sources, and the super-injunction inhibits

Re: [Foundation-l] Very slow load time for the last few days

2011-05-19 Thread Sarah
Could someone from the Foundation or one of the developers say whether this is being looked into? Sarah On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:28, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.comwrote: Yeh, that was when it was turned on. So maybe :) On 18 May 2011 19:27, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [Foundation-l] Very slow load time for the last few days

2011-05-19 Thread Sarah
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:59, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 6:23 AM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: Could someone from the Foundation or one of the developers say whether this is being looked into? I've requested an assessment of the current situation

[Foundation-l] Very slow load time for the last few days

2011-05-18 Thread Sarah
any idea why it's happening, or whether it's being looked into. I would link to the discussion, but I can't get the page to open. Does anyone on the list have information about it? Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Foundation-l] Very slow load time for the last few days

2011-05-18 Thread Sarah
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:20, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: The English Wikipedia has been experiencing painfully slow load times over the last few days, and lots of error messages when trying to save, to the point where the site has become difficult to use. There's discussion about

Re: [Foundation-l] Very slow load time for the last few days

2011-05-18 Thread Sarah
anything. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Copyright problems of images from India

2011-05-10 Thread Sarah
way Wikipedia interprets fair use. It's a situation people have tried to draw attention to for years, with no success. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

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

2011-04-15 Thread Sarah
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 10:36, wjhon...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 4/5/2011 6:08:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time, bnewst...@wikimedia.org writes: Another quick note on the Movement Communications Manager posting that we are hoping to fill at WMF.  We have a number of applicants, but very,

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

2011-04-15 Thread Sarah
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:42, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: I understood that they wanted someone who was ideally *not* a native English speaker. That was something that concerned me when I read it, because it looked as if the intention was to disadvantage applicants who had

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

2011-04-15 Thread Sarah
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 13:07, Béria Lima berial...@gmail.com wrote: Is not a Bias Sarah. Anyone can apply, but they have to know english (if not as 1º language as 2º one) and another language (if english is the 1º one). If this person is american, chinese, brazilian or african (i imagine

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

2011-04-15 Thread Sarah
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 13:29, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: On 15 April 2011 15:17, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 13:07, Béria Lima berial...@gmail.com wrote: Is not a Bias Sarah. Anyone can apply, but they have to know english (if not as 1º language as 2º

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

2011-04-15 Thread Sarah
they were born in a country that did not make them a native English speaker. That is discrimination. Try to imagine an ad that said: Ideally your native language is not Urdu. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe

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

2011-04-15 Thread Sarah
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 16:30, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 15 April 2011 23:24, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: Right, I understand that. But my question is whether an employment ad in America could lawfully say (or imply), Ideally your native language is not Urdu

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

2011-04-15 Thread Sarah
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 16:53, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: On 15 April 2011 18:36, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 16:30, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: * Should you have been consulted? But here we see something that happens on this list a lot

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolution: Openness

2011-04-10 Thread Sarah
website that caters to lots of different needs and skill levels, so there's a limit to how simple these processes can be made. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolution: Openness

2011-04-10 Thread Sarah
in many ways. But it can go too far. The thing is, you can't turn it on and off as needed. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolution: Openness

2011-04-10 Thread Sarah
endless inquiries from new editors to the effect that guideline X says I can do this, but I'm being told I can't. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolution: Openness

2011-04-10 Thread Sarah
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 16:45, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Sarah wrote: What is the problem with allowing editors to do this kind of thing manually -- open AfDs and RfCs, and the like? Why does there always have to be a template, just as a matter of interest? Well, you hit the answer

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolution: Openness

2011-04-09 Thread Sarah
-putting to new people too. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Request for moderation of Dan Rosenthal and Andrew Garrett

2011-04-05 Thread Sarah
the sarcasm in that. I thought it was a genuine compliment about the intelligent discussion on this list. If it was a personal attack that puts things in a different light. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe

Re: [Foundation-l] Request for moderation of Dan Rosenthal and Andrew Garrett

2011-04-04 Thread Sarah
that part of things was just a misunderstanding. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Wiki-revolution

2011-04-03 Thread Sarah
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 23:14, Dan Rosenthal swatjes...@gmail.com wrote: On Apr 3, 2011, at 1:02 AM, Virgilio A. P. Machado wrote: intelectual *cough* -Dan I hope the next time I write in Portuguese, the only mistake I make is a typo! :) ___

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: A lack of newbies that stick

2011-04-03 Thread Sarah
is: what reason is there to suppose that's meaningful in terms of numbers of people? It can only be the basis of concern if we have reason to attribute meaning to it. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: A lack of newbies that stick

2011-04-03 Thread Sarah
On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 11:51, Isabell Long isabell...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 06:33:32PM +0100, Phil Nash wrote: We've not had SUL (Single User Login) for that long, and my impression is that this will tend to inflate the number of registered accounts compared with the number

Re: [Foundation-l] Vector, a year after

2011-04-01 Thread Sarah
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 09:10, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: I've been using it on our work intranet for new wikis. It's gained unsolicited positive comment. Vector looks nice. Do we know how many editors still use Monobook? Sarah

Re: [Foundation-l] Message to community about community decline

2011-03-28 Thread Sarah
is that it highlights the need to attract new editors, based on some doubtful figures, without addressing that experienced editors are becoming disillusioned. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Foundation-l] Message to community about community decline

2011-03-28 Thread Sarah
be astonished by the very small number of people who created, wrote and maintained this project. And every time one of those people leaves, real damage is inflicted on Wikipedia's future. I wish the Foundation would focus on nurturing those people. The difference that would make would be truly amazing. Sarah

Re: [Foundation-l] Message to community about community decline

2011-03-27 Thread Sarah
User Y for a while. Did the study do anything to correlate number of accounts with number of people? Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Message to community about community decline

2011-03-27 Thread Sarah
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 17:27, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: It says: Between 2005 and 2007, newbies started having real trouble successfully joining the Wikimedia community. Before 2005 in the English Wikipedia, nearly 40% of new editors would still be active a year after their first

Re: [Foundation-l] Message to community about community decline

2011-03-27 Thread Sarah
on that survey alone. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

[Foundation-l] Free Credo Reference accounts for Wikipedians

2011-03-20 Thread Sarah
served. The list will open on Wednesday, March 23 at 22:00 UTC, and will remain open for seven days. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CREDO Feel free to add your name even if you're lower on the list than the 400th, in case people ahead of you aren't eligible. Good luck! Sarah http