Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Re: [VereinDE-l] Bericht zur Verleihung der Zedler-Me...

2010-12-04 Thread WJhonson
In a message dated 12/4/2010 6:50:38 AM Pacific Standard Time, geni...@gmail.com writes: Actually we have at least 3. Editor, admin bureaucrat, steward, dev. everyone, arbcom Everyone, foundation, foundation board. Not three Geni, one. Has anyone become Arbcom without being an

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Re: [VereinDE-l] Bericht zur Verleihung der Zedler-Me...

2010-12-04 Thread geni
On 4 December 2010 16:56, wjhon...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 12/4/2010 6:50:38 AM Pacific Standard Time, geni...@gmail.com writes: Actually we have at least 3. Editor, admin bureaucrat, steward, dev. everyone, arbcom Everyone, foundation, foundation board. Not three Geni,

[Foundation-l] Shopping-enabled Wikipedia pages

2010-12-04 Thread Milos Rancic
Does WMF have money from trademark usage on pages starting from this one: http://www.amazon.com/wiki/Main_Page ? ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Shopping-enabled Wikipedia pages

2010-12-04 Thread Andrew Gray
On 4 December 2010 20:28, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: Does WMF have money from trademark usage on pages starting from this one: http://www.amazon.com/wiki/Main_Page ? It seems we don't, and there's no agreement in place:

Re: [Foundation-l] Shopping-enabled Wikipedia pages

2010-12-04 Thread Milos Rancic
On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 21:31, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk wrote: On 4 December 2010 20:28, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: Does WMF have money from trademark usage on pages starting from this one: http://www.amazon.com/wiki/Main_Page ? It seems we don't, and there's no

Re: [Foundation-l] Shopping-enabled Wikipedia pages

2010-12-04 Thread Domas Mituzas
Hi! Personally, I think that this is a good opportunity to get money from payed ads. It is not even on Wikimedia servers. I don't think that any ads-supported 1:1 content mirror (I don't see much added value atm, we have some kind of book source support already) is any good opportunity to

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Re: [VereinDE-l] Bericht zur Verleihung der Zedler-Me...

2010-12-04 Thread Virgilio A. P. Machado
Could you please tell how long you have been around Wikimedia projects? I would like to have an idea of how much time it takes to find out that we have at least three hierarchical structures. You left out at least Santa Claus. Totally dismayed, Virgilio A. P. Machado At 14:50 04-12-2010,

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Re: [VereinDE-l] Bericht zur Verleihung der Zedler-Me...

2010-12-04 Thread John Vandenberg
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 6:11 AM, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: ... Has anyone become Bureaucrat without being an admin? Doesn't De having something like that German Wikipedia? Their crats are all admins. German Wikipedia have a rule that a checkuser, oversighter, and arbcom are all distinct

Re: [Foundation-l] Shopping-enabled Wikipedia pages

2010-12-04 Thread Domas Mituzas
Hi! But, should we care at all if Amazon hosts 1:1 content mirror and gives to us some money? Maybe. It is probably first time our content is dumped into internet by internet property that has high(er?) search engine rankings, so users may be sent to different experience than one we try to

Re: [Foundation-l] Shopping-enabled Wikipedia pages

2010-12-04 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 4 December 2010 22:09, Pedro Sanchez pdsanc...@gmail.com wrote: If WMF wanted to spend less money, the fundraiser would have much lower profile, right? :) I somehow want us to think about our users and service as primary objective, not just organizational issues. When you budget 2

Re: [Foundation-l] Shopping-enabled Wikipedia pages

2010-12-04 Thread Pedro Sanchez
On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 4 December 2010 22:09, Pedro Sanchez pdsanc...@gmail.com wrote: If WMF wanted to spend less money, the fundraiser would have much lower profile, right? :) I somehow want us to think about our users and service as