[Foundation-l] Global biographies of living people policy

2009-06-05 Thread MZMcBride
Hello all -- There is an ongoing discussion about a possible global biographies of living people policy at Meta.[1] Any input / comments / suggestions / etc. would be welcome on the talk page. Best -- MZMcBride pub...@mzmcbride.com [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/BLP

[Foundation-l] Recent firing?

2009-10-30 Thread MZMcBride
Hey all -- Just heard that Steve Kent (Head of Office IT Support) got fired. Is this just a wild rumor? If not, what's the backstory? MZMcBride pub...@mzmcbride.com ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Foundation-l] Recent firing?

2009-10-30 Thread MZMcBride
MZMcBride wrote: Just heard that Steve Kent (Head of Office IT Support) got fired. Is this just a wild rumor? If not, what's the backstory? Erik just updated the staff template (about half an hour ago).[1] Seems the rumor is true. MZMcBride pub...@mzmcbride.com [1] http

[Foundation-l] Sue Gardner, Erik Möller , Wi lliam Pietri: Where is FlaggedRevisions?

2010-02-28 Thread MZMcBride
It's a simple question: what the fuck is the hold-up for FlaggedRevisions on the English Wikipedia? Thanks, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [Foundation-l] Sue Gardner, Erik Möller , Wi lliam Pietri: Where is FlaggedRevisions?

2010-02-28 Thread MZMcBride
and it slips by yet again, what's the consequence to those running the project? MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Sue Gardner, Erik Möller , Wi lliam Pietri: Where is FlaggedRevisions?

2010-02-28 Thread MZMcBride
, or wiki since she was hired. At all. Everybody is also keenly aware that this is a high-profile, high-priority project. High-profile, high-priority? This has been in development for years and years and still isn't finished. What on Earth happens to the low priorities? MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com

Re: [Foundation-l] Sue Gardner, Erik Möller , Wi lliam Pietri: Where is FlaggedRevisions?

2010-02-28 Thread MZMcBride
William Pietri wrote: On 02/28/2010 08:59 PM, MZMcBride wrote: I watch a live feed of every edit and action to the FlaggedRevisions labs site http://flaggedrevs.labs.wikimedia.org and I've been the one doing the admin promotions on there since September 2009. Can you point to where you're

Re: [Foundation-l] FlaggedRevisions status (March 2010)

2010-03-04 Thread MZMcBride
for one young, talented engineer. And we're also grateful to William and Howie for helping to guide the process, especially after Brion's departure. So we can expect to see FlaggedRevs enabled on the English Wikipedia when? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] FlaggedRevisions status (March 2010)

2010-03-04 Thread MZMcBride
that concretely list the progress that's being made with regard to FlaggedRevs development. What can be done to see that idea implemented as soon as possible? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Foundation-l] Internet nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

2010-03-12 Thread MZMcBride
it's getting in the way of useful discussion. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Living Person Task Force update: Policy writing

2010-03-14 Thread MZMcBride
and development has been done at Meta-Wiki. Why isn't Meta being used for this? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Banners to increase editors

2010-03-18 Thread MZMcBride
analysis of language selections or redirecting users based on their language preference is creepy. It might be a usability issue or something else, but not creepy. MZMcBride 19:27, 18 March 2010 (UTC) [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/amp; [2] http://www.wikipedia.org

Re: [Foundation-l] Mind-boggling (was: Wikipedia e-mail)

2010-03-28 Thread MZMcBride
Magnus Manske wrote: Subject: Wikipedia e-mail To: Magnus Manske Dear active administrator, [nonsense] Why are you forwarding this? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Foundation-l] Swedish Wikipedians removes Wikimedia logos

2010-03-29 Thread MZMcBride
? Or are Swedish Wikipedia just ahead of the curve? See http://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=351304445#Wikipedia_logo_use_.3F MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Swedish Wikipedians removes Wikimedia logos

2010-03-29 Thread MZMcBride
with participation is ludicrous. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Swedish Wikipedians removes Wikimedia logos

2010-03-29 Thread MZMcBride
.[1] MZMcBride [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2010_March_29 ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Swedish Wikipedians removes Wikimedia logos

2010-03-29 Thread MZMcBride
Mike Godwin wrote: Darn it! A waste, I say! And I worked so hard to give you http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_Policy. Huh, neat. I'm not sure there was an announcement about that, but it's nice to know it's there! MZMcBride

[Foundation-l] How to reply to a mailing list thread

2010-03-30 Thread MZMcBride
to find the content of the reply to the previous message. The Toolserver wiki has a fantastic page that explains how to reply to a mailing list thread the Right Way.[1] If you suspect you've been Doing It Wrong, please have a read. Thanks! MZMcBride [1] https://wiki.toolserver.org/view

Re: [Foundation-l] How to reply to a mailing list thread

2010-03-30 Thread MZMcBride
information and makes the entire list more readable for everyone. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] How to reply to a mailing list thread

2010-03-30 Thread MZMcBride
Chad wrote: On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 6:41 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Hello -- Some of the people posting to this mailing list don't seem to understand how to write a decent, readable reply to a mailing list thread... What possible good did you see coming from this thread

Re: [Foundation-l] Weekly Flagged Protection update

2010-04-01 Thread MZMcBride
expect to release again next week, and each week thereafter until this goes live on the English Wikipedia. Just for clarification, release means updating the software being run on the labs site? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Jimbo's Sexual Image Deletions

2010-05-07 Thread MZMcBride
Doing something good in the worst possible way. Is this not completely par for the course for Wikimedia? Few people should be surprised. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Foundation-l] Statement on appropriate educational content

2010-05-07 Thread MZMcBride
to be made by the board on this subject? For what it's worth, Jay Walsh has posted a QA at wikimediafoundation.org.[1] It seems like a lot of bullshit and spin to me, but perhaps there are nuggets of valuable information buried somewhere in there. MZMcBride [1] http://wikimedia.org/wiki

Re: [Foundation-l] Where things stand now

2010-05-08 Thread MZMcBride
the images, you re-deleted and continued your rampage. Anything for a headline? What a jackass you are. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Reflections on the recent debates

2010-05-08 Thread MZMcBride
of toeing the party line, and for that, I'm pretty disappointed. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Reflections on the recent debates

2010-05-08 Thread MZMcBride
active intervention and rule-making promote free speech or, at a minimum, do it no harm. I'm still not seeing it. MZMcBride [1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?diff=38835388oldid=38835233#Record _keeping [2] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-May/057896.html

Re: [Foundation-l] Renaming Flagged Protections

2010-05-21 Thread MZMcBride
to be deliberate smoke-throwing here. Please, focus on the important issues and tell whoever is suggesting that this is one of them to stop erecting pseudo-hurdles that only further delay deployment. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Renaming Flagged Protections

2010-05-22 Thread MZMcBride
, everyone can get distracted spending six months focusing on the annual fundraiser and we'll see you in 2011. Think I'm wrong? Prove it. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org

[Foundation-l] Contractors and other non-permanent staff

2010-06-01 Thread MZMcBride
simply been missing them, but that would be surprising to me and would indicate a problem of a different nature. Thanks. MZMcBride [1] http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Foundation-l] hiding interlanguage links by default is a Bad Idea, part 2

2010-06-03 Thread MZMcBride
is a nice goal, but it isn't always the best pragmatically. And in this case, pragmatism should beat out idealism. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation

Re: [Foundation-l] hiding interlanguage links by default is a Bad Idea, part 2

2010-06-06 Thread MZMcBride
is True Jesus Church. MZMcBride [1] http://toolserver.org/~mzmcbride/count-langlinks.txt ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Community, collaboration, and cognitive biases

2010-06-09 Thread MZMcBride
is to create a page there for others to add comments? Meta-Wiki is the Wikimedia community's wiki. Go there and create a dialogue. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [Foundation-l] Gmail - List messages flagged as spam

2010-06-19 Thread MZMcBride
Ryan Lomonaco wrote: A housekeeping note: Gmail has been marking some list messages as spam for the past five days or so. Google is evil. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Foundation-l] Donation of Encyclopedic Entries on Famous Poems

2010-06-21 Thread MZMcBride
/User:Ottava_Rima/Kubla_Khan Neither article appears to be written in Simple English (or whatever the Simple English Wikipedia has contrived to mean Simple English). MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Foundation-l] [free A113 poon][click hear!][SPAM!]

2010-07-05 Thread MZMcBride
vote user blocked to 22hour One suggestion,Apear to 22hour. Do it later.Or your think to Ideas. MOTOI Kenkichi I think this is the most insightful post to foundation-l in about three years. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l

[Foundation-l] Global banners requests for comment

2010-08-01 Thread MZMcBride
these global banners should be used for non-fundraising-related reasons. I've advertised the Requests for comment at the English wiki projects and obviously I'm advertising it to foundation-l. Please feel free to advertise it elsewhere, as you see fit. MZMcBride [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki

Re: [Foundation-l] Community Hiring banner

2010-08-02 Thread MZMcBride
at the ongoing RFC concerning their use.[1] MZMcBride [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Global_banners ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Foundation-l] Banner ads in sitenotice

2010-08-02 Thread MZMcBride
the site less usable for long-term Wikimedia contributors. To each his own, though. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Stewards acting locally

2010-08-08 Thread MZMcBride
blocking of global accounts) and 23114 (CentralAuth: global suppression with this extension should use autoblock).[2][3] Bug 23114 is marked fixed, though I don't know if that means it's live on Wikimedia wikis and I don't know if global suppression is treated the same as global locking. MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] Umberto Eco's interview

2010-08-29 Thread MZMcBride
there's a toggle somewhere above the main input area when drafting an e-mail. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] HR and Recruiting Feed on Identi.ca and Twitter

2010-09-02 Thread MZMcBride
to a larger candidate pool and audience. One might suggest that the people spending their day on Twitter reading Wikimedia's wikimediaatwork feed aren't going to be the best prospective employees. Again, thanks for creating a feed. :-) MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] Call for a moratorium on all new software developments

2010-09-06 Thread MZMcBride
, Wikimedia ends up doing a lot of things poorly. That seems to be the main point in the original poster's message. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia mirrors

2010-09-16 Thread MZMcBride
to import once and then linger forever. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Greg Kohs and Peter Damian

2010-10-17 Thread MZMcBride
. There is absolutely no issue with dissent on this list (or on any Wikimedia mailing list). Thoughtful critics and criticism should always be welcome. The view you're putting forward is simply and unequivocally wrong. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing

Re: [Foundation-l] privacy and usability of user talk pages (inc. LiquidThreads)

2010-10-20 Thread MZMcBride
the people who worked on the usability tests previously have insight into this, though. I also think saying public talk page will draw a misleading distinction in users' minds. That is, it suggests that there might be a private talk page (or any privacy on the wiki at all, for that matter). MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] Greg Kohs and Peter Damian

2010-10-20 Thread MZMcBride
channel? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation switching to Google Apps?

2010-10-25 Thread MZMcBride
clarifications on this would be great! MZMcBride [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Apps ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation switching to Google Apps?

2010-10-25 Thread MZMcBride
Anthony wrote: On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 8:22 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: This morning the Wikimedia Foundation had a meeting about migrating to Google Apps. Using Google Apps for what? My understanding is that it would be used for e-mail, calendars, and Google Docs primarily

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation switching to Google Apps?

2010-10-26 Thread MZMcBride
, particularly when you consider what impact this might have from a public relations/perceptions standpoint. I think the broader issue of Wikimedia using non-open source software is one that needs clarification, as it still seems very murky to me. MZMcBride [1] http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation switching to Google Apps?

2010-10-26 Thread MZMcBride
Jon Davis wrote (among other things): On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 17:22, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: I had a few questions about this migration. Has the decision to use Google Apps been finalized? If so, who made the final decision? Yes, the decision has been made. Office IT did

Re: [Foundation-l] No, even a couple of Google ads on each page would be a fatally bad idea

2010-11-06 Thread MZMcBride
there and I doubt you'd hear many complaints, but you'd be getting millions of views each month. ;-) Calling Special:Search the most popular page (or basing fundraising theories on it) is dangerous and often misleading work. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] No, even a couple of Google ads on each page would be a fatally bad idea

2010-11-06 Thread MZMcBride
their search box input. That's where the be careful warning came from. Calling Special:Search the most popular page (or basing fundraising theories on it) is dangerous and often misleading work. I'm not convinced of this assertion yet. Well, you should be. MZMcBride

[Foundation-l] PediaPress

2010-11-11 Thread MZMcBride
of a Wikipedia article. It seems antithetical to the point of the Internet and the creation of an online encyclopedia. Maybe I'm just missing something. The whole thing has always felt very odd to me, though. MZMcBride [1] http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2010/11/10/wikipedia-hard-cover-editions-now

Re: [Foundation-l] PediaPress

2010-11-11 Thread MZMcBride
Tim Starling wrote: On 11/11/10 19:47, MZMcBride wrote: I don't understand why this specific company/organization has been given special status (when there are surely thousands of companies looking to partner with Wikimedia). They had a custom MediaWiki extension installed[2] that has a very

Re: [Foundation-l] PediaPress

2010-11-11 Thread MZMcBride
-profit status), which begs the question of why this particular for-profit company is exceptional. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] PediaPress

2010-11-11 Thread MZMcBride
at PediaPress and try to figure out what made them seemingly special. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] PediaPress

2010-11-11 Thread MZMcBride
Tim Starling wrote: On 12/11/10 13:23, MZMcBride wrote: They negotiated with Wikimedia? Where and when? How many thousands of companies would like their links in the sidebar of the fifth most-visited website in the world? Are they really that good at negotiating? On the English Wikipedia

Re: [Foundation-l] PediaPress

2010-11-11 Thread MZMcBride
. If the form submission code were open source, would it be acceptable to put a link to such an article-writing service on every page? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [Foundation-l] PediaPress

2010-11-13 Thread MZMcBride
about this. I'm just asking questions. :-) MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] A question for American Wikimedians

2010-11-17 Thread MZMcBride
Fred Bauder wrote: [a bunch of inflammatory comments] ... and an entire mailing list facepalms. Good grief, Fred. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Foundation-l] A question for American Wikimedians

2010-11-17 Thread MZMcBride
attention, I think. There should be some appeals from editors very shortly. I can't guarantee that this link will work forever, but you can see a prototype banner here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:NoticeTemplate/viewtemp late=2010_Editor_Banner1_US MZMcBride

[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation Ombudsman

2010-11-20 Thread MZMcBride
on Meta-Wiki)? If not, is there any virtue to this idea? If there is virtue to this idea, it seems like it might be reasonable to investigate whether a Wikimedia fellow could hold this position.[3] MZMcBride [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission [2] http://www.npr.org/blogs

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation Ombudsman

2010-11-21 Thread MZMcBride
most disagreements come from the Wikimedia Foundation not adhering to its principles, values, and mission as closely as some feel it should. This includes a commitment to transparency and accountability. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list

Re: [Foundation-l] should not web server logs (of requests) be published?

2010-11-30 Thread MZMcBride
, but they don't seem to do any actual moderating (in the social or technical sense). That seems to be a large part of the problem with nearly every thread like this. Is there some sort of unspoken rule that all foundation-l moderators must be absentee landlords? MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] should not web server logs (of requests) be published?

2010-11-30 Thread MZMcBride
Anthony wrote: On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 11:21 AM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: This list has mailing list moderators, but they don't seem to do any actual moderating (in the social or technical sense). That seems to be a large part of the problem with nearly every thread like

Re: [Foundation-l] should not web server logs (of requests) be published?

2010-11-30 Thread MZMcBride
difficult to explain, but if you've ever been on a forum or mailing list with a good moderator, I think you'll know what I'm talking about. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Foundation-l] should not web server logs (of requests) be published?

2010-11-30 Thread MZMcBride
Ryan Lomonaco wrote: Enough, everyone. I don't think anyone knows what the hell this conversation is about anymore. I certainly don't. WJhonson is on moderation for the time being. MZMcBride wrote: And, yes, I'll agree that the few times software moderation has been used on this list

[Foundation-l] Wikipedia Executive Director?

2010-12-08 Thread MZMcBride
be changed immediately. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Executive Director?

2010-12-09 Thread MZMcBride
incredibly close to crossing the line. Calling Sue Wikipedia Executive Director clearly crosses the line. From reading your posts today, I believe you agree. While I didn't and wouldn't raise the issue of criminality here, the sleazy tactics are in the fundraising approach, not in the criticism. MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] Downtime error message turned into monolingual

2010-12-09 Thread MZMcBride
as a duplicate bug. Hope that helps. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Executive Director?

2010-12-09 Thread MZMcBride
Michael Snow wrote: On 12/9/2010 3:28 PM, MZMcBride wrote: Calling Jimmy Wikipedia founder was already incredibly close to crossing the line. Calling Sue Wikipedia Executive Director clearly crosses the line. From reading your posts today, I believe you agree. While I didn't and wouldn't

Re: [Foundation-l] Wiki[p/m]edia

2010-12-09 Thread MZMcBride
has not gone unnoticed or unappreciated. Keep up the good work! MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Downtime error message turned into monolingual

2010-12-09 Thread MZMcBride
page: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17316 There's even a really nice design proposal attached to the bug: http://bug-attachment.wikimedia.org/attachment.cgi?id=7633 It's just on the list, though. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia / Wikipedia Statistics

2010-12-16 Thread MZMcBride
. Replacement is on order. I don't follow. The latest stats at that link currently are from June 2009. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Tendrl to Knowino

2010-12-19 Thread MZMcBride
Fred Bauder wrote: http://knowino.org/wiki/Welcome! Anything particularly notable about this site? It looks like another drop in the sea of Wikipedia clones. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe

Re: [Foundation-l] Tendrl to Knowino

2010-12-20 Thread MZMcBride
Marc Riddell wrote: On 19/12/2010 23:07, Fred Bauder wrote: There can be no viable alternative to Wikipedia. This is the type of thinking that sets you up to being blindsided. In this case, that sounds like a feature, not a bug. MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] Banners coming down for most logged in users

2010-12-21 Thread MZMcBride
.). Perhaps a requests page of some kind is needed at Meta-Wiki with guidelines for what the available options are, what's generally appropriate for specific types of messages, and offer a place for people to submit banner requests? MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] Banners coming down for most logged in users

2010-12-21 Thread MZMcBride
] or Bugzilla.[2] Those are the venues where developers are paying (more) attention and there's a much higher likelihood of your ideas being acted on (or at least discussed and considered). MZMcBride [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l [2] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org

Re: [Foundation-l] About WM private policy

2010-12-24 Thread MZMcBride
to change this configuration setting on the English Wikipedia is also dubious given the current political realities. For reference, you can see which wikis restrict the 'createpage' right by looking at the public Wikimedia configuration files.[5] MZMcBride [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Re: [Foundation-l] Big problem to solve: good WYSIWYG on WMF wikis

2010-12-28 Thread MZMcBride
in the way? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Big problem to solve: good WYSIWYG on WMF wikis

2010-12-29 Thread MZMcBride
you an approximate count: * http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_contractors MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Foundation-l] fundraiser suggestion

2010-12-30 Thread MZMcBride
funding needs to keep Wikipedia ad-free. However, the money to actually keep the site up and running was raised weeks ago. Misleading readers is acceptable if it can help Wikimedia reach its goal, right? It's all about money. Principles are dead. MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] fundraiser suggestion

2010-12-31 Thread MZMcBride
of the readership. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] January 15 retro?

2011-01-05 Thread MZMcBride
they have nothing to celebrate or commemorate. Perhaps they'd want to change their logos on their own birthdays or decennials. I believe it's still possible to change the logo by changing File:Wiki.png on certain Wikimedia wikis. Check the configuration files at noc.wikimedia.org. MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] January 15 retro?

2011-01-05 Thread MZMcBride
to. But that doesn't change the facts, even if people will be partying in six of seven continents. Don't be silly. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] [Fwd: [Wiki-research-l] Pew Research Report on Wikipedia]

2011-01-14 Thread MZMcBride
demographics that Wikimedia is now trying to attract... food for thought. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

[Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

2011-01-19 Thread MZMcBride
. MZMcBride [1] http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=2748 [2] http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Advisory_Board ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

2011-01-20 Thread MZMcBride
feel you haven't answered. You're obviously free to not answer them ever, but I do want to make sure that your reply to the opening thread isn't viewed as a response to most of the questions asked about/to you. MZMcBride wrote: More importantly, is there a concern about an Advisory Board member being

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

2011-01-21 Thread MZMcBride
of the biggest portions of Wikimedia's five-year plan (which you didn't help write, I get it!). But your snide answers to legitimate questions only serves to highlight the exact problems and concerns that most people have been quietly observing in you. Good work. MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

2011-01-21 Thread MZMcBride
, there might be more serious issues to address and examine here. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

2011-01-21 Thread MZMcBride
questions being asked, but perhaps that's a predictable (albeit unfortunate) response. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

2011-01-21 Thread MZMcBride
input, so it's natural for you not to really know what I'm talking about or understand my concerns. I don't mean that in any rude way, I really don't. Thank you for your feedback. I appreciate it. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

2011-01-26 Thread MZMcBride
, even speaking just as any old volunteer. I don't think Jimmy was calling _me_ a troll. I assume (in good faith) that he was speaking generally. Jimmy has previously made way too many off-the-cuff remarks that have gotten him into hot water to repeat that mistake again, surely. MZMcBride

Re: [Foundation-l] Translatewiki illustrates how low internationalisation is in the priorities of the Wikimedia Foundation

2011-01-27 Thread MZMcBride
Strainu wrote: These messages can be improved by introducing internal links and references to wiki* policies. Why do you hate Wiktionary? ;-) MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

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

2011-01-27 Thread MZMcBride
and engagement. In addition to these changes, I've filed a bug in Bugzilla to work on ways to make wikimediafoundation.org more open to outside contributions.[11] MZMcBride [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Foundation_wiki_feedback [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BOLD,_revert

[Foundation-l] Changes to the identification policies and procedures

2011-02-03 Thread MZMcBride
, these statements weren't inaccurate at the time, but now are.) Substantive changes such as these should be well-documented and discussed. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [Foundation-l] Changes to the identification policies and procedures

2011-02-03 Thread MZMcBride
or contents of that announcement e-mail need to be kept private, but I'll leave it up to that individual to make that call. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Foundation-l] Changes to the identification policies and procedures

2011-02-03 Thread MZMcBride
after this change has been announced (and to an extent implemented), I don't see how Wikimedia is respecting its volunteers or their private information. MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Foundation-l] Changes to the identification policies and procedures

2011-02-04 Thread MZMcBride
condemning open discussion and debate in other posts (referring here primarily to Steven's posts). MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Changes to the identification policies and procedures

2011-02-04 Thread MZMcBride
/Mailing_list_etiquette MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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