Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia as seen through 1964 acoustic, 300 baud modem

2011-07-15 Thread David Gerard
On 15 July 2011 02:11, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote: Three cheers for open standards and and backwards compatibility! I would like to know if it is technically possible to edit a WP article through that system. I found it almost unusable on a 56k modem. So have fun! - d.

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia as seen through 1964 acoustic, 300 baud modem

2011-07-15 Thread Nikola Smolenski
On 07/15/2011 03:11 AM, Liam Wyatt wrote: Saw this today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9dpXHnJXaE It's a video of a guy demonstrating his 1964 Livermore Data Systems Model A Acoustic Coupler Modem that still works http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_coupler and in order to demonstrate

[Foundation-l] Wikipedia as seen through 1964 acoustic, 300 baud modem

2011-07-15 Thread WereSpielChequers
Congratulations Liam, you've just made the case for micro stubs. WSC Message: 5 Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:11:35 + From: Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com Subject: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia as seen through 1964 acoustic,        300        baud modem To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List    

Re: [Foundation-l] roadmap for WM affiliation ; a name for self-identified affiliation

2011-07-15 Thread David Gerard
On 15 July 2011 01:03, Alec Conroy alecmcon...@gmail.com wrote: Agreed.  They're a very very special tool, but software not a reasonable definition for a movement.   The Unnamed Movement should be software-neutral, if not in name then CERTAINLY in practice. It's a thing and it exists and

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia as seen through 1964 acoustic, 300 baud modem

2011-07-15 Thread David Gerard
On 15 July 2011 08:31, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations Liam, you've just made the case for micro stubs. http://twitter.com/#!/qikipedia - d. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Foundation-l] roadmap for WM affiliation ; a name for self-identified affiliation

2011-07-15 Thread James Forrester
On 14 July 2011 23:33, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: I can envision something like an Open Knowledge Project or some other umbrella initiative, aimed at forging links between like-minded organizations who wish to associate without losing independence or explicitly taking responsibility for

Re: [Foundation-l] Black market science

2011-07-15 Thread Andrea Zanni
Phoebe created https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries , I suggest everyone interested in OA just join us there. I know is yet-another-list, but it will allow librarians from the outside to step in and join the conversation. There are few threads in which we are basically

Re: [Foundation-l] roadmap for WM affiliation ; a name for self-identified affiliation

2011-07-15 Thread Nathan
I think this is a good idea (and better than trying to get all Free Content/Open Knowledge/etc. people to badge themselves as somehow part of our Wikimedia Movement, which though (hopefully!) welcoming and inclusive is not as wide as the whole topic. I'd note that there is of course the

Re: [Foundation-l] roadmap for WM affiliation ; a name for self-identified affiliation

2011-07-15 Thread James Heilman
I agree something like Open Knowledge Project would be a more suitable term. Do they have any decals like those of Health on the Net that people could add to their websites? Should there be different degree of inclusiveness depending on non commercial or commercial reuse? I see this as the first

Re: [Foundation-l] roadmap for WM affiliation ; a name for self-identified affiliation

2011-07-15 Thread Birgitte SB
- Original Message From: James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Fri, July 15, 2011 10:39:14 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] roadmap for WM affiliation ; a name for self-identified affiliation I agree something like Open Knowledge Project would

Re: [Foundation-l] roadmap for WM affiliation ; a name for self-identified affiliation

2011-07-15 Thread Nathan
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Birgitte SB birgitte...@yahoo.com wrote: - Original Message From: James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Fri, July 15, 2011 10:39:14 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] roadmap for WM affiliation ; a name for

Re: [Foundation-l] roadmap for WM affiliation ; a name for self-identified affiliation

2011-07-15 Thread David Gerard
On 15 July 2011 20:07, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: Anyway, I think debating the name is a bit cart before horse - the idea is that these organizations seem to share common ideals, and could cooperative in mutually beneficial ways with some sort of formal vehicle. I don't entirely agree.

Re: [Foundation-l] roadmap for WM affiliation ; a name for self-identified affiliation

2011-07-15 Thread Birgitte SB
- Original Message From: Nathan nawr...@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Fri, July 15, 2011 2:07:33 PM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] roadmap for WM affiliation ; a name for self-identified affiliation On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at