Thanks for this email Birgitte. I greatly enjoyed reading it, it gives
insight in not just your own motivation, but mine and several others who I
have come to know. I apologize for my following lengthy response as well.
This is a well-articulated, reasoned response, that should stand apart from
On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 5:10 AM, birgitte...@yahoo.com wrote:
On Mar 21, 2012, at 10:07 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:
birgitte...@yahoo.com wrote:
On Mar 21, 2012, at 8:53 AM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:
Sue Gardner wrote:
Everybody knows that reversing
On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 7:36 AM, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote:
That sounds like a great idea for projects where the readership and/or
editorship is low. On those projects, it is very likely that a reader
with even a tiny interest in editing can be converted to a good
editor, and
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:35 AM, birgitte...@yahoo.com wrote:
This strikes me as a very oddly articulated concern about a crowd-sourcing
project. The basic premise underlying the whole model is increasing the
quantity of contributors increases the quality of the content. Is this
really
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:17 AM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
So a group of chapters, reacting against a perceived effort to centralize
the movement, create a brand new central body with an extensive (and
apparently, expensive) bureaucracy? Are there really a lot of people that
think this
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
If you search for devoirs (= homework) or vacances (= holiday) on
French Wikipedia, you're presented with a porn video in which a man and a
woman engage in sex acts (cunnilingus and fellatio) with a dog.
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Sue Gardner sgard...@wikimedia.org wrote:
While we're on the topic, here's a public service announcement. It's
Bishakha Datta, not Bishaka Datta. The single most-frequently
misspelled name on our lists, AFAICT. Also, Erik Moeller or Erik
Möller with umlaut.
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Oliver Keyes oke...@wikimedia.org wrote:
If we're discussing this; my name is correctly pronounced Oliver Keyes,
God of Delphi, Sol, and all Ethereal Planes Known and As-Yet Undiscovered
Olly olly oxen free! (with a silent G)
Theo
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.comwrote:
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.com
wrote:
One benefit I can identify from this decision is that we could push
forward that
* partner organizations are ONLY recognized by
I believe Liam puts it very close to how I read the announcement.
Does this mean Pb is a Chief now? or will that department still be under
community/Zack?
Also, how does the relation between legal come into this. Is Geoff also in
charge of this department or is legal separate from this?
And
I'm all for a shift from the community department, and dividing focus
between existing community and things like new editor retention. Zack and
the community department, primarily focus on fundraising, with only
indirect involvement with the existing community affairs through Philippe,
Maggie and
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Casey Brown li...@caseybrown.org wrote:
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
However, the issue of advocacy is not generally agreed upon by the entire
community. SOPA blackout was the first and official action of its kind
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Casey Brown li...@caseybrown.org wrote:
Advocacy is a much more general term in this context than people
seem to be taking it as. It does not mean lobbying or fighting for
something
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 that those appointed by the chapters are any more
effective or
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 4:56 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote:
The appointed members of the Board are chosen for their specific expertise
and skill-set. The Board does publicly identify the slots it is trying to
fill when looking for appointees, and the qualifications that they
require.
elected members are representative of the entire community,
beyond just the individuals that voted. The community elected members
aren't called, the community-who-voted board members.
Regards
Theo
(personal opinion, etc)
On 1 February 2012 23:17, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Feb 2
Pb, won't it be better to just create the list first? I assume a single
owner won't be elected.
Moderators can be elected when and if, there is active participation in the
list, no?
Regards
Theo
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Philippe Beaudette phili...@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Hi everyone -
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Philippe Beaudette
phili...@wikimedia.orgwrote:
You trust GOOGLE's interests to align sufficiently with ours, to the
extent that you're willing to cede government affairs to them?
Yes.
Why won't their interest align on the same side as everyone else ? The
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Mike Godwin mnemo...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
Mike, I completely understand your point on this and where you are coming
from. But you made a conflicting point yourself
text omitted
But as I
the loudest.
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Mike Godwin mnemo...@gmail.com wrote:
Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com writes:
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
Am I wrong to assume, that lobbying involves approaching a registered,
professional consulting/lobbying firm
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Sue Gardner sgard...@wikimedia.orgwrote:
On 22 January 2012 08:30, Kim Bruning k...@bruning.xs4all.nl wrote:
Wikimedia foundation hires lobbyists on sopa, pipa
http://www.politico.com/morningtech/0112/morningtech377.html
Interesting. Any details?
I find this discussion interesting, although after Sue's clarification, it
might be moot. But I am going to continue it, until someone asks to take
this off-list.
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:30 AM, Mike Godwin mnemo...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:30 AM, Mike Godwin mnemo...@gmail.com wrote:
Why do you imagine money spent is the measure of influence? The
pro-SOPA forces outspent the tech industry three-to-one and still
lost.
Citation needed.
Plus, If money is the measure of effectiveness, what does this
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 1:48 AM, Anthony wikim...@inbox.org wrote:
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, that was my point, according to recent rulings, money is speech and
corporations are people
Really? That's weird. What recent ruling said
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 1:56 AM, Brandon Harris bhar...@wikimedia.orgwrote:
I think that trying to school Mike Godwin on Citizens United and IP
Law is colossally bad idea. But entertaining.
I agree completely. I love Mike, why on earth would you think I was trying
to school him? I was
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Anthony wikim...@inbox.org wrote:
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 11:11 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 1:48 AM, Anthony wikim...@inbox.org wrote:
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
Well
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 2:48 AM, Anthony wikim...@inbox.org wrote:
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 11:23 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
If you read I said according to recent rulings
And as far as I can tell, what you claim those recent rulings said, is
not what the recent rulings said
Actually, what is WMF technical events specifically? It would be helpful to
mention what those are.
Would this bleed over to Wikimania? That is the largest conference WMF
organizes. It is a bit unclear about the scope. It states that it applies
to Foundation-organized activities and then
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 7:57 PM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 5:34 AM, Domas Mituzas midom.li...@gmail.com
wrote:
This year pictures at top left, blinking banners, etc - are becoming a
norm.
This is simply untrue hyperbole. The fader was used in the same way
Hi Thomas
I really dont
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 11:00 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote:
There were numerous non-Jimmy banners used during the fundraiser because
they were tested and proved to work well. The Jimmy banners were used
extensively too because they still perform very
On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Amir E. Aharoni
amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
2011/12/31 geni geni...@gmail.com:
We appear to have actual blinking ads. Unfortunate. Still I suppose
the occasion should be marked.
They are not blinking in a manner that is even remotely obnoxious. And
on the last couple days
because there are two different very effective messages in those days. But
we're always looking for a better way, so maybe next year we won't have to
do alternating messages at all.
Zack
On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 4:38 AM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Dec 31, 2011
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
Perhaps, although I hardly think that was part of the nefarious plan
on the part of Harvard and SciPo. They are both among the institutions
in the world with the best and most positive name penetration; the
connection benefits
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote:
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 08:09, Möller, Carsten c.moel...@wmco.de wrote:
No, we need to harden the wall agaist all attacks by hammers,
screwdrivers and drills.
We have consensus: Wikipedia should not be censored.
You
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:46 PM, Oliver Keyes oke...@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hey guys!
Another AFT session - this one will be in #wikimedia-office on 2 December,
at 19:00 UTC. If you're vaguely interested in playing around with
prototypes, you should attend - we'll have a lot of cool stuff to
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 8:26 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:
Liam Wyatt wrote:
Perhaps we could focus on those practical points - preferably on-wiki -
rather than having endless debates about what different people did/didn't
mean to say or getting into abstract ideological
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Jan-Bart de Vreede
janb...@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Hi All,
Disclaimer: this is my personal opinion, and in no way represents any
sentiments of the board.
That being said
In the past years I have seen a lot of people spend a lot of time on
different bids
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Keegan Peterzell keegan.w...@gmail.comwrote:
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 1:39 AM, Barry Newstead bnewst...@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Hi Katie,
Just to build on Moushira's response to tackle your questions a bit
further.
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 5:26 AM, aude
I was not going to comment on this thread again. I am kind of annoyed by
what you are painting me as, but I'll try and remain objective.
First, what mail are you disagreeing with? The last mail I sent on this
thread is 3 days old, the last topic was Achal. I didn't talk about Hisham
directly on
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 10:40 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote:
From personal experience with WCI 2011, we have benefited by having both
the Chapter and the Foundation in the country.
Kind Regards,
Hi
In the interest of full-disclosure first, please have a look here.[1]
Both the
I meant to ask earlier, since the fundraiser already started and this is
being announced now.
Is this trust set-up to participate in the annual fundraiser? processing
donations on-behalf of WMF internally? or would it seek to do so in future?
I know you mention FCRA and external funding after
Ohai Achal
As usual, I disagree. I am a bit more informed of the current situation
than most people, maybe not as much as the current WMF advisory board
member but who knows.
My opinion on this is from a regular community member before much of the
community in other cities was active. I am not
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 12:54 AM, Barry Newstead bnewst...@wikimedia.orgwrote:
More directly to your questions...the Trust is an independent org, so
technically it cannot serve as an internal processor for WMF.
I meant internal as in within the country, as opposed to external, when
Hisham's
welcome to bring any of this up on
Internal-l however, I would be happy to go into much more detail for your
elucidation.
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 3:26 AM, Achal Prabhala aprabh...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Theo
On 11 November 2011 14:10, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
Ohai Achal
As usual, I
AM, Achal Prabhala aprabh...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Theo, I find your tone needlessly rude - do you really think this is the
best way to communicate?
It makes it very difficult to have a useful conversation.
Best wishes,
Achal
On 11 November 2011 18:07, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote
2011/11/2 Mateus Nobre mateus.no...@live.co.uk
a new IRC group? like #wikimedia-something ?
what's the theme of the group and its name?
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Group_Contacts
Theo
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foundation-l mailing list
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 12:45 AM, Oliver Keyes oke...@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hey guys
Brandon, Howie, Fabrice and I will be holding a second Office Hours session
on the new Article Feedback Tool on Thursday 3 November. This will be at
24:00 UTC, which works out at 4pm PST and 11pm GMT. This
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Oliver Keyes scire.fac...@gmail.comwrote:
You seem to be missing my point - that the WL tool serves an ulterior
function of allowing users who do not understand markup to communicate and
request help in a way they can understand. I *am* saying that most of
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Andreas K. jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
The more we adhere to professional standards, the more professionals we
will
be able to attract. You may view abandoning the standards of the male
teenage/early twenties age group as bending the encyclopedia out of shape;
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Andreas K. jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
I never assumed that, and it is not consistent with basic Wikipedia
policies
that have existed for almost as long as Wikipedia has existed. Wikipedia is
based on professionally published sources. They are privileged as
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 4:45 AM, Andreas K. jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
Sounds good. I was going by last year's United Nations University survey,
http://www.wikipediasurvey.org/docs/Wikipedia_Overview_15March2010-FINAL.pdf
which is older, but had a much larger sample size (176,000 vs. 5,300,
Forwarding on behalf of the Organizers.
Theo
---
Hiya,
We are please to announce that
I might be from one of the most restrictive cultures, ethnicity and
background than most people on this list. I assumed, it was people from my
part of the world, that the board and WMF was trying to be considerate of.
In all of this, I can't help but wonder where would it stop, there are
probably
On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 12:57 AM, ??? wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk wrote:
On 16/10/2011 19:36, Tobias Oelgarte wrote:
Am 16.10.2011 16:17, schrieb ???:
On 16/10/2011 14:50, David Gerard wrote:
On 16 October 2011 14:40, ???wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.ukwrote:
Don't be an arsehole you
On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Ting Chen wing.phil...@gmx.de wrote:
Hello Tobias,
the text of the May resolution to this question is ... and that the
feature be visible, clear and usable on all Wikimedia projects for both
logged-in and logged-out readers, and on the current board meeting we
I am sure other people can fill in, but I heard there has been some movement
within the parliament in reaction. They are reconsidering a portion of that
law that might affect us, or so I have been told.
http://www.rainews24.rai.it/it/news.php?newsid=157111
Can someone clarify?
Regards
Theo
On
Possibly relevant update:
http://www.rainews24.rai.it/it/news.php?newsid=157111 (might need
translation)
Theo
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Thomas Morton
morton.tho...@googlemail.comwrote:
On 5 October 2011 16:07, onthebrinkandfall...@aol.com wrote:
-Original Message-
From:
Hi
There seems to be a situation developing at Italian Wikipedia related to a
local law that would infringe neutrality on Wikipedia. The discussions even
mention a possible blackout/lockdown in reaction.
Is anyone aware of this situation? Is it likely to have any effect on other
projects and
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 7:10 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Giovanni (or Donaldo?),
Has anyone at it.wp been in touch with Foundation staff? Locking a
major wiki seems like a pretty big step, perhaps they could provide
some advice or resources? Am I correct in understanding this
For those not following, Italian Wikipedia went into lockdown a while ago.
All content and pages direct to the notice.
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Comunicato_4_ottobre_2011
Regards
Theo
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:02 AM, Mathias Schindler
mathias.schind...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue,
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:22 AM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
For those not following, Italian Wikipedia went into lockdown a while
ago.
All content and pages direct to the notice.
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:35 AM, Thomas Morton
morton.tho...@googlemail.comwrote:
This is going to be a PR nightmare :-s
Tom Morton
On 4 Oct 2011, at 20:58, Aaron Adrignola aaron.adrign...@gmail.com
wrote:
Whoever has locked out access to it.wikipedia.org should be immediately
On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote:
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 18:24, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
Bishakha, call it editorial-content, call it censorship or any other
euphemism - at the heart of it, it is deciding what someone gets to see
and
what
Hi Sarah
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote:
As a member of one feminist organization, I understand dominant
position among feminists toward pornography. It's generally
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:45 PM, 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
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Achal Prabhala aprabh...@gmail.comwrote:
On Friday 30 September 2011 10:54 PM, Theo10011 wrote:
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Bishakha Dattabishakhada...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Milos Rancicmill...@gmail.com
wrote
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:31 PM, Achal Prabhala aprabh...@gmail.comwrote:
On Friday 30 September 2011 11:19 PM, Theo10011 wrote:
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Achal Prabhalaaprabh...@gmail.com
wrote:
How about an encyclopedia? Anywhere?
Are you suggesting a rating system
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote:
On 30 September 2011 18:24, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
Bishakha, call it editorial-content, call it censorship or any other
euphemism - at the heart of it, it is deciding what someone gets to see
Hiya Bishakha
On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 2:20 AM, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
Bishakha, call it editorial-content, call it censorship or any other
euphemism - at the heart of it, it is deciding what someone
Hi Milos
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 16:17, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
My main point (although I *did* make it clear), was that volunteer-work
is
what this movement is built on. Tell me a single content project
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:32 AM, Achal Prabhala aprabh...@gmail.com wrote:
I've been following the Wikinews discussion, and I've been hesitant to
comment only because I know so little about it. The little I know tells
me that it could be something great, and perhaps the reason it's not
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:52 AM, Achal Prabhala aprabh...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday 15 September 2011 01:43 AM, David Gerard wrote:
On 14 September 2011 21:02, Achal Prabhalaaprabh...@gmail.com wrote:
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the world now follows the
Wikinews
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:14 AM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 14:28, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
I doubt that would be enough to satisfy the no original research
requirement. The idea linking back to a Wikimedia project as a source is
not
a new one
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgwrote:
Am 13. September 2011 13:34 schrieb Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com:
snip
The biggest strength that a Wikinews like project can always have, is the
most diverse contributor base anywhere. We have contributors from so
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Béria Lima berial...@gmail.com wrote:
Mani,
A question: when you say that ***Wikimedia chapters got the least
favorable
ratings (6.15) ... In addition, knowledge and involvement with chapters is
low. 46% of respondents said that they didn’t know if there was
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 5:28 AM, Phil Nash phn...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
MZMcBride wrote:
If someone wants to make Conservative Wikipedia or Kid-Friendly
Wikipedia or Tiananmen Square-Free Wikipedia, they're free to. They
can even sell it. Contributors made that deal long ago with the
Wow. looks really interesting Pharos. It seems they incorporated a lot of
the project philosophy in the re-branding.
Also, I don't know if the UI they have on the Macbook is part of it or not,
but it all looks great.
Theo
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 7:34 PM, Pharos pharosofalexand...@gmail.com
Thanks Geoff. One point that I would like some clarification on-
- Harassment, threats, stalking, vandalism, and other long-term issues:
The proposed agreement would make clear that such acts are prohibited.
Novel for us, the agreement also raises the possibility of a global ban
for
With all due respect, this sounds almost delusional. The fact is, it is the
restrictive control being exercised at Wikinews to fulfill some internal
quality standards that is choking the idea behind the project.
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:03 PM, pi zero wn.pi.z...@gmail.com wrote:
Having only a
English Wikinews has been broken for a while. The entire system is
predicated on the judgement of reviewers, and a handful of rather rude
admins. I saw some rather aggressive posture and a pretty threatening
demeanor employed towards others when I tried contributing early last year.
I once tried
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Jimmy Wales jwa...@wikia-inc.com wrote:
On 8/28/11 1:00 AM, Ray Saintonge wrote:
I think that developing such a legal entity should be a high priority
for Brazilian Wikipedians to ensure that Wiki activities in Brazil are
controlled by Brazilians. At the
Hi Risker
I would like to ask your opinion on WMF's stewardship of the money. The
Foundation has fulfilled its legal obligation as a non-profit but as a
community member from english wikipedia, do you feel it has been accountable
to you or spent it on worthwhile activities for the community? the
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:47 AM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Risker
I would like to ask your opinion on WMF's stewardship of the money. The
Foundation has fulfilled its legal obligation as a non-profit
Hi Mike
I was merely pointing out from what I have seen from some of the other EU
chapters. I know as Non-profits they are obligated to comply with local
restrictions, whether those restriction are lax or stringent in comparison
is a matter of opinion but they do exist, is my point. I believe the
In line replies to Nathan.
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 4:59 AM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
Several points in reply to Theo:
1) You don't need to argue the value of having chapters around the world.
No
one debating that. It's accepted that effective global outreach requires
effective local
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 5:24 AM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Mike
I was merely pointing out from what I have seen from some of the other EU
chapters. I know as Non-profits they are obligated to comply with local
Hi
The Image file referendum banners are currently running at 100% globally[1],
on all projects (correct me if I'm wrong). It seems rather excessive
considering the banner's size and the subject.
I have no idea, if this issue really needs such an exposure. The scheduled
service outage notice a
Hi Ziko
I am not sure if I see the point here. There are 2 issues getting conflated
here, one is representation of languages between national chapters which I
believe, is a much bigger issue. The second issue, where these Language
contact persons serve WMF and the movement in talking about local
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter pute...@mccme.ruwrote:
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
Nathan, there is no reason to single out Beria. She at least responded to
the questions. There are a lot of people reading this who didn't and have
far more authority to comment on the matter than her.
Theo
On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 2:52 AM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
Beria, I don't think
The last request was a 2 line proposal added by an anon ip[1] in passing,
their only edit. I wouldn't call that a community.
Theo
[1]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Requests_for_new_languages%2FWikipedia_Simple_German_4action=historysubmitdiff=2519024oldid=2087184
On Tue, Jun 21,
Results are out.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2011/Results/en
Theo
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Harel Cain harel.c...@gmail.com wrote:
I only want to rephrase what I said back at the beginning of the thread:
it's perfectly understandable if things run late (huh,
There was, it ran for a day. (
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralNotice)- Generic maintenance
notice.
Theo
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com
wrote:
I'm pretty sure there was a site notice; I recall seeing one anyway :)
Tom
On 26 May
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Domas Mituzas midom.li...@gmail.comwrote:
Hi!
That's... completely missing the point. Yes the specific errors faced
were
unexpected or unforseen, BUT they were a* direct result* of the
maintenance
between 13:00 and 14:00. I am simply passing on the
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 5:31 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:
Theo10011 wrote:
Instead of diverting users to IRC, how about an outage/error page with a
twitter/identi.ca feed with updates from the tech team, or at least a
page
with customized message in case of previously planned
I asked Mono to announce POTY centralnotice use on Foundation-l after he
made a request on Meta. The only consensus to MZ's RfC on Meta [1] was that
Global banners could be used for Non-fundraising reasons after consensus is
achieved for the proposal and the banner itself on Meta first.
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 11:11 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:
Theo10011 wrote:
Currently, there are no clear guidelines on the community's use of
central-notice - multiple geo-located, chapter-requested campaigns have
been
running on central-notice without objection. Global
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 3:50 AM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:
Sue Gardner wrote:
On 9 April 2011 01:14, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote:
May someone update manual in which it is written that Wikipedia is the
fifth site by traffic? For the most of 2010 and whole 2011 it has
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:38 AM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:
Theo10011 wrote:
I don't think Sue said Wikipedia is the fifth most visited website. Its
'Wikimedia Foundation sites' in comScore data.
I don't think you did your homework.
From http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Yann Forget yan...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
2011/3/29 wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk:
On 28/03/2011 18:35, Nathan wrote:
The bar for contributing is higher. Whether because editing is more
technically challenging, or because the rules and standards are
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