Re: [Foundation-l] Making wikimediafoundation.org more open to contributions

2011-01-30 Thread Samuel Klein
Thank you MZM, for making those long-needed changes! That made my day. On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 3:33 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Pharos pharosofalexand...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Aaron Adrignola

Re: [Foundation-l] Making wikimediafoundation.org more open to contributions

2011-01-30 Thread Sage Ross
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 11:28 AM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: Suggested principle: stuff should go on meta unless there's a very good reason for it not to. The strategy and usability stuff should have been on meta or mediawiki.org in the first place, for example. A wiki for every

Re: [Foundation-l] Making wikimediafoundation.org more open to contributions

2011-01-30 Thread David Gerard
On 30 January 2011 16:00, Sage Ross ragesoss+wikipe...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 11:28 AM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: Suggested principle: stuff should go on meta unless there's a very good reason for it not to. The strategy and usability stuff should have been on

Re: [Foundation-l] Making wikimediafoundation.org more open to contributions

2011-01-30 Thread koteche mcintosh
How realistic is that? Things change and this is completely voluntary. It just means Wiki can branch out into-film making supporting initiatives and communities in places where light needs to shine. Gets people motivated. At the moment Wiki stands for everything!!! People are looking up to it as

Re: [Foundation-l] Making wikimediafoundation.org more open to contributions

2011-01-30 Thread Stephanie Daugherty
I think one thing that would help tremendously would be to decide on a convention, be it subpages, or pseudo-namespaces, or a combination of the two for grouping related content on meta and stick to it. When a separate wiki is needed for technology demonstration, figure out (probably through an

Re: [Foundation-l] Making wikimediafoundation.org more open to contributions

2011-01-30 Thread Noein
On 30/01/2011 13:10, koteche mcintosh wrote: People choose to donate just like before. But on a regular basis. everyone can see the fund. Everyone is part of the story. this GALVANIZES support. Shoes governments the POWER of public opinion. Creates a virtual community striving for

Re: [Foundation-l] Making wikimediafoundation.org more open to contributions

2011-01-30 Thread koteche mcintosh
Better put!!! Except for the ads, it's an excellent idea. Transparent, online access to accounts and a permanently donating community. It does not mean that there will be a change in the business modal (free and accessible) but it will give the wiki community (all people that use and contribute

Re: [Foundation-l] Making wikimediafoundation.org more open to contributions

2011-01-30 Thread koteche mcintosh
NO ADS just KNOWLEDGE! On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 8:35 PM, koteche mcintosh kotechemcint...@gmail.com wrote: Better put!!! Except for the ads, it's an excellent idea. Transparent, online access to accounts and a permanently donating community. It does not mean that there will be a change in

Re: [Foundation-l] inquiry about paid prject support by WMF

2011-01-30 Thread John Vandenberg
All mention that this is supported by the have been removed and Swatjester is looking into this. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Dynamics_of_Online_Interactions_and_Behavior On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 5:37 AM, Pedro Sanchez pdsanc...@gmail.com wrote: I just found

Re: [Foundation-l] inquiry about paid prject support by WMF

2011-01-30 Thread Dan Rosenthal
Yeah, I was confused about the page as well, so I got in touch with the research team. They're going to build out their page a bit better first, it'll explain more what they mean. -Dan On Jan 31, 2011, at 12:58 AM, John Vandenberg wrote: All mention that this is supported by the have been