Re: [Foundation-l] Proposed revised attribution language

Erik Moeller wrote: > 2009/3/11 Jussi-Ville Heiskanen : > >> 3. If the intent is to maintain a stipulation that conforming >> to the license can be done by satisfying a significantly >> lower threshold than supplying the authors, but since we >> are doing that "more onerous route", every other s

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposed revised attribution language

Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2009/3/13 Erik Moeller : > >> The point of the provision is to ensure that attribution by link >> always happens by linking to a copy that actually gives authorship >> information. >> > > It is vitally important that that be the case, otherwise you could > have two mi

[Foundation-l] Mid-Year Financial Statements Posted to WMF website

Hello Folks, I am pleased to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation Mid-Year Financial Statements (covering the period July 1 through December 31, 2008) are now posted to the WMF website at: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Financial_reports#Mid-year_financial_statements We have also posted a

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposed revised attribution language

2009/3/13 Anthony : > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:23 PM, Erik Moeller wrote: > >> I've reworded it slightly: >> "b) a hyperlink (where possible) or URL to an alternative, stable >> online copy which is freely accessible, which conforms with the >> license, and which provides credit to the authors in

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposed revised attribution language

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:23 PM, Erik Moeller wrote: > I've reworded it slightly: > "b) a hyperlink (where possible) or URL to an alternative, stable > online copy which is freely accessible, which conforms with the > license, and which provides credit to the authors in a manner > equivalent to t

Re: [Foundation-l] Licensing update committee open for membership applications

2009/3/13 Erik Moeller : > The licensing update committee is a group of Wikimedia community > members appointed by the Wikimedia Foundation to support and > facilitate the process of making and potentially implementing a > community decision on Wikimedia's licensing terms. If you would like > to be

Re: [Foundation-l] Pissed off at en:Wikisource

Birgitte SB wrote: > --- On Thu, 3/12/09, Ray Saintonge wrote: > >> In the course of the discussion about me, I considered >> coming here at an >> early stage, but decided that I would let things play out >> on wiki >> first. I did not raise the issue here until a few >> days after the >> d

[Foundation-l] Licensing update committee open for membership applications

The licensing update committee is a group of Wikimedia community members appointed by the Wikimedia Foundation to support and facilitate the process of making and potentially implementing a community decision on Wikimedia's licensing terms. If you would like to be involved, please see: http://meta

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposed revised attribution language

2009/3/13 Erik Moeller : > The point of the provision is to ensure that attribution by link > always happens by linking to a copy that actually gives authorship > information. It is vitally important that that be the case, otherwise you could have two mirrors each linking to each other with neithe

[Foundation-l] Fundraising Data Dump

Hey All-- Just announcing the data dumps for our fundraiser data for the 2008 Annual Fundraiser. As always, we like to provide our anonymitized data to the community...both to show our openness and transparency, but also to ask for the communities help in doing analysis and data crunching to a

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposed revised attribution language

2009/3/11 Jussi-Ville Heiskanen : > 3. If the intent is to maintain a stipulation that conforming > to the license can be done by satisfying a significantly > lower threshold than supplying the authors, but since we > are doing that "more onerous route", every other sad site > should do the same; w

Re: [Foundation-l] Two new email system team leaders

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hay (Husky) wrote: > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:44 AM, Cary Bass wrote: >> I've appointed two new volunteers into the role of email system team leader >> (commonly known as OTRS admin), Daniel Bryant and Mark Wesbeeg. > Unless he has been lying to me t

Re: [Foundation-l] phishing with wikipedia?

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Andrew Gray wrote: > > Is this clearly phishing? It looks like what we've always wondered > about, a functioning mirror carrying advertising... > > -- > - Andrew Gray >  andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk > > ___ > foundation-l ma

Re: [Foundation-l] phishing with wikipedia?

2009/3/13 Pedro Sanchez : > ¿How's that possible? Income generated by Black Wikipedia ads, minus > the cost of maintenance and administration for servers, will be used > by the WMF with ordinary donations. Therefore, each person using > BlackWiipedia is directly participating in Wikipedia supporti

Re: [Foundation-l] phishing with wikipedia?

yet the authors and histories are not there, articles appear to be bot-imported eg cf:* http://www.blackwikipedia.org/eswiki/index.php?title=Anexo:Premios_Oscar_1981&action=history * http://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anexo:Premios_Óscar_de_1981&action=history

Re: [Foundation-l] phishing with wikipedia?

still, their SITE SUPPORT navigation button on the left led directly to http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donaciones very best, oscar On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Michael Bimmler wrote: > On 3/13/09, Pedro Sanchez wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 3:18 AM, Mohamed Magdy > > wrote: > >>

Re: [Foundation-l] Two new email system team leaders

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:44 AM, Cary Bass wrote: > I've appointed two new volunteers into the role of email system team leader > (commonly known as OTRS admin), Daniel Bryant and Mark Wesbeeg. Unless he has been lying to me the last few years i think it's Wesbee_k_ and not Wesbee_g_ :) -- Hay _

Re: [Foundation-l] phishing with wikipedia?

On 3/13/09, Pedro Sanchez wrote: > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 3:18 AM, Mohamed Magdy > wrote: >> Assuming their good faith, they will change the domain name (and the logo) >> into something else if someone approached them. I don't see a problem >> here >> except that they should clarify that they a

Re: [Foundation-l] phishing with wikipedia?

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 3:18 AM, Mohamed Magdy wrote: > Assuming their good faith, they will change the domain name (and the logo) > into something else if someone approached them.  I don't see a problem here > except that they should clarify that they aren't affiliated with the WMF > (nothing tha

Re: [Foundation-l] phishing with wikipedia?

2009/3/13 Pedro Sanchez > Should someone handle this? > > > http://www.blackwikipedia.org/ > > BlackWikipedia is a nonprofit private organization to support WMF, the > Foundation working to maintain and develop the free online > encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Wikipedia is constantly looking for donors