On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 1:50 AM, Tim Starling tstarl...@wikimedia.org wrote:
I'm not appealing to the PR benefits here, or to the way this action
would promote the climate change cause in general. I'm just saying
that as an organisation composed of rational, moral people, Wikimedia
has as much
Aryeh Gregor wrote:
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 1:50 AM, Tim Starling tstarl...@wikimedia.org wrote:
I'm not appealing to the PR benefits here, or to the way this action
would promote the climate change cause in general. I'm just saying
that as an organisation composed of rational, moral people,
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Teofilo teofilow...@gmail.com wrote:
How about moving the servers (5) from Florida to a cold country
(Alaska, Canada, Finland, Russia) so that they can be used to heat
offices or homes ? It might not be unrealistic as one may read such
things as the solution
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 5:50 AM, Tim Starling tstarl...@wikimedia.org wrote:
Aryeh Gregor wrote:
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 1:50 AM, Tim Starling tstarl...@wikimedia.org
wrote:
I'm not appealing to the PR benefits here, or to the way this action
would promote the climate change cause in
I personally support any initiative that would reduce energy consumption. I
wonder though (in the pure sense of the term, i.e. I have no idea) if the
biggest consumption of energy for the Wikimedia Foundation isn't actually
travel. Cars consume huge amounts of fossil fuels, and don't get me
On 12/14/2009 05:50 AM, Tim Starling wrote:
In terms of the ethics, there's a big difference between inaction on
an issue, say poverty in Africa, and taking direct action in order to
make things worse. Wikimedia is not paying people to take food from
children's mouths, but it is paying people
I strongly encourage those who are interested in this to create a
proposal for strategic planning consideration... Http://strategy.Wikimedia.org
.
The strategic planning initiative is thinking about the wmf's next
five years... This type of conversation is very welcome there.
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Tim Starling tstarl...@wikimedia.org wrote:
While the major program spending that Wikimedia performs should be
defined by its mission, I think small spending decisions, relating to
day-to-day operations, can be made without recourse to our mission.
For
The next strategic planning office hours are Tuesday from 20:00-21:00
UTC (12-1PM PST, 3-4PM EST).
Office hours are on #wikimedia-strategy on freenode. You can access
the chat by going to https://webchat.freenode.net/ and filling in a
username and the channel name (#wikimedia-strategy).
Hello Wikimedians,
Austin and I thought it might be fun to have a Secret Santa New Year's
drawing among Wikimedia friends! We're basing it on the MetaFilter
community Secret Santa drawing, which has 256 participants and uses a
website called Elfster.
Totally optional of course, but totally fun
phoebe ayers wrote:
Austin and I thought it might be fun to have a Secret Santa New Year's
drawing among Wikimedia friends! We're basing it on the MetaFilter
community Secret Santa drawing, which has 256 participants and uses a
website called Elfster.
...
* buy, make or find a gift -- price
Aryeh Gregor wrote:
In contrast, by emitting
carbon dioxide, you're contributing to an effect that won't be a big
deal for at least a few more decades.
It's a big deal already, and by the time it becomes an even bigger
deal, it will be too late to act. The global climate takes decades to
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 6:51 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Wikimedians,
Austin and I thought it might be fun to have a Secret Santa New Year's
drawing among Wikimedia friends! We're basing it on the MetaFilter
community Secret Santa drawing, which has 256 participants
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Gregory Maxwell gmaxw...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 6:51 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Wikimedians,
Austin and I thought it might be fun to have a Secret Santa New Year's
drawing among Wikimedia friends! We're basing it on
As people may (or may not) have noticed, I haven't posted to this list
(or any other Wikimedia mailing list except the UK one) since the list
was taken off moderation a month ago. For my observations and thoughts
during that month and my suggestions for the future, please see the
first post on my
I see we have taken to advertising craigslist. Would anyone care to explain why?
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Geni's referring to a fundraiser sitenotice with a picture of Craig Newmark,
and the text Craig of Craigslist urges you to support Wikipedia. Why?
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 11:09 PM, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote:
care to give some context to your question?
[[witty lama]]
Geni is speaking of the huge banner on Enwp at the moment featuring Craig of
craigslist. Hit reload a few times if you haven't seen it. It links to a
clearly spoken statement of support for wikipedia.
To avoid you haivng to click and goofing up the counters, here is what it says:
I'm a proud
Have you added your new blog to Open Wiki Blog Planet and the Wikimedia
aggregator?
Steven
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote:
As people may (or may not) have noticed, I haven't posted to this list
(or any other Wikimedia mailing list except the UK
The banner can be seen at:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:NoticeTemplate/viewtemplate=2009_Craig_Appeal1
-Robert Rohde
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote:
care to give some context to your question?
[[witty lama]]
wittylama.com/blog
It's certainly free publicity for Craigslist, one way or the other. Anybody
who does not know what Craigslist is now will see it every time they see the
banner, may google it or look it up on WP to find out what it is, and start
using it.
Any time we put the name of any kind of person or
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