f window. I
relayed it to Ting as part of our transition of responsibilities, so it
has been passed along, and no doubt people are welcome to inquire as to
its current status. But since I'm no longer privy to board
deliberations, I can't provide mu
ut existing roles in the Wikimedia movement.
It can also decline to pursue matters Sue has asked it to consider,
though I must say that in my experience Sue was very good at maintaining
an appropriate role relative to the board, and the idea of her diverting
the board's agenda from wher
he notion of being an encyclopedia anyone can edit. For me, any
attraction that developing a "flagged revisions" or "pending changes"
feature has ever had is connected to the potential that it would lead to
an environment in which we can restore that ability for unregistered
con
other disciplines, it should not be surprising if this leads to inferior
coverage in the humanities.
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uld the parallel processes require comparable levels of agreement for
starting or shutting down a project? That would seem fair.
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On 10/24/2010 4:30 PM, John Vandenberg wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Michael Snow wrote:
>> On 10/24/2010 4:12 PM, John Vandenberg wrote:
>>> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 1:54 AM, Pharos
>>> wrote:
>>>> Perhaps an alternative strategy could be t
t much of Wikipedia was written with.
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;paper of record" to so many
people. But in many other ways, Wikipedia is not a great proposition
against which to sell advertising. Perhaps it should be no surprise that
this is so, considering that Wikipedia was not designed or built for the
purpose of being a great proposition against which to sell advertising.
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nymore. I'm not sure what effect that might have on Wikipedia traffic
in and of itself, but it means there are fewer algorithms to tweak, for
good or ill.
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ve dead period
during which no works are added to the public domain. It's for similar
reasons, albeit with a more complicated transition in its copyright
regime, that the public domain in the US has been stuck at works created
before 1923 for ages now.
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price for PediaPress, whether Brainbot
would sell, or whether that would be an appropriate use of funds in the
context of our mission and strategy - would people be okay with the
current placement of the service, including continuing to charge people
who order printed books?
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employee benefits, which can cover donations made at any
time, even if they are not made during the current contributions campaign.
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ractors
might receive a higher rate than the salary for an equivalent employee,
since contractors have to make other arrangements on their own.
Converting them into employees wouldn't necessarily create the potential
to save in terms of expenses for the Wikimedia Foundation.
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ses. Ryan may have been in error about whether payments to
contractors were included in the figure quoted (he doesn't work in
accounting). That doesn't change the point that the "and other
compensation" includes rather significant expenses beyond simply base
salary, which is why hiring contractors involves a different
compensation structure.
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unications. We need to
both make sense and be accurate. If it's accurate and doesn't make
sense, it probably won't be effective, but also just because something
makes sense to people doesn't make it accurate, and that's equally a
problem.
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an that. I've already indicated where I stand on this,
but I find it embarrassing to have that position associated with
debating tactics like this. It's a perfect example of why it's often so
easy to dismiss our critics, when thei
ablish a charge or an accusation that can be
defended against. By way of illustration, that is one of the reasons
various advocates for a free press, free speech, and other civil
libertarians are so outraged at some of the government and corporate
tactics that
On 12/9/2010 4:12 PM, MZMcBride wrote:
> Michael Snow wrote:
>> Assuming good faith, I think it crossed a line as far as accuracy goes,
>> but being misguided or inartful hardly makes it sleazy.
> Assuming good faith is what Newyorkbrad did when he suggested that it was
> si
as easier in those days. Seriously
though, this is absolutely fantastic news!
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tity to
be built up for its own sake. Ask, rather, how your projects can help
with sharing knowledge and free culture. (Since that aligns with the
foundation's mission, I suppose it would help the foundation, but I
don't think asking that way motivates quite the s
ing is structured to avoid any hint that such a website exists,
even to cover shipping terms or return policies. Unfortunately, this
philosophy also makes Amazon.com quite bad at standard practices for
giving credit where it is due. (And no, linking to IMDB doesn't count,
since they own it.
one of the Community department positions outlined
in the annual plan would cover this, and if things follow the schedule I
would hope to see such a position relatively soon.
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bly, as it might seem unprofessional. Personally, I
prefer not to suggest that anyone is a troll, except for Domas (he likes
it).
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projects for what they are, rather
than creating drama about things they aren't. Then we could focus more
on dealing with the drama on the projects themselves.
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l also create and
improve upon initiatives that lead to a better community environment, as
that seems to be the dominant problem.
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On 3/1/2011 2:41 PM, Pronoein wrote:
> Le 01/03/2011 18:31, Michael Snow a écrit :
>> On 3/1/2011 12:57 PM, Pronoein wrote:
>>> If there is such a minority of ethical concerns, it could be one of the
>>> reasons that volunteers are leaving the boat.
>>
for someone to be the right fit for
us, and how adaptable both we and the candidates have to be during the
hiring process in how we think about the position.
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ing a specific employer - demonstrate that you have the skills and
experience that employer is looking for, or go get them, quite possibly
by going elsewhere first. Experience in our particular community may
figure as an advantage among similarly-qualified candidates, but it
doesn't substitu
missed, and have my best wishes for your future endeavors. The one
consolation is that as a movement built around online volunteers
worldwide, we are easy to find and never far away, no matter where you go.
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is only hilights how disconnected are the elite from the
> working community.
>
> Now, actual exchanges that have got a lot of publicity and results:
> Kaltura: SF? No.. NY
A big part of Kaltura's contribution was to sponsor the wo
t we needed to find the right person for that position on the
board. I would generally agree with much of David's advice as a matter
of theory, regardless of how familiar he is with actual current practice
at the foundation.
--Michael Snow
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foun
I'd have to say the enjoyment of cutting sarcasm is an important way in
which the community fosters the atmosphere we are concerned about.
Certainly it's something where I would admit some personal guilt.
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On 3/28/2011 3:17 PM, Virgilio A. P. Machado wrote:
> Bes
dering it.
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would
consider all earlier committees dissolved unless their continued
function was acknowledged in that resolution.
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anded those that were no longer needed or inactive. The
>> fundraising committee isn't mentioned specifically, but I'm sure it was
>> no longer operational by that point.
>>
>> --Michael Snow
> Indeed, the fundraising committee is mentioned in the "staff
can be kept because they were used in previous revisions of articles.
That's primarily an abstract theoretical response, and without some
concrete examples to look at I don't really have much of an opinion on
which direction we should resolve the question. Nor have I tried to
conside
e is
> informational, not educational.
I'm sorry, but I don't understand what distinction you're trying to
make. In this context, those look like synonyms to me.
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a routine extension. I believe the
last one was not filed until this past May, as the previous audit was
also considerably delayed, so we're making progress on the timetable. I
don't anticipate any serious difficulties or big surprises with the next
Form 990, but
nteresting
question, actually - what would full capacity really mean for our projects?)
> All in
> all, it appears the foundation is doing an excellent job and making
> very good use of the contributions it receives. Thank you, and well
> done!
>
Thank you for the kind words, we h
them ourselves.
It may help to realize that our emphasis is not on proactively seeking
ways to license our trademarks to bring in revenue. In reality, we're
not lacking in proposals, but more time is spent turning them down even
though they might be lucrative, because they'r
make a dent.
The point is well taken, though. As I indicated earlier, our trademark
strategy is subservient to our larger mission. Trademark licensing that
is purely commercial with no other benefit is not the direction we want
to go.
--M
's
interpretation is more in line with how donors respond. The only hangup
might be that there's quite a few questions we'd like to test, they're
best done in isolation from each other, and we only have so much time to
run them.
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k they do. I encourage volunteers to get involved in
supporting the effort as the project moves forward.
This grant is also from a source that has provided a smaller amount of
funding before. It's gratifying when donors recognize the impact they
are having and d
periments.
Otherwise, I think I'd happily start nuking unsightly infobox markup on
the theory that some future software can be counted on to automatically
generate the information from article prose. It is just prototyping for
the Semantic Web, after all.
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fully-automatic as possible for us, while requiring extra
steps to circumvent so that vandalism has a higher cost to the vandal.
And the real issue to consider is how likely such a measure is to catch
innocent fish in its net. Because the potential problem is n
.
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am glad to be keeping them as colleagues in the coming year, and look
forward to seeing the development of the Wikimedia projects during that
time.
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reasonably expected of them, and how we should fill in the gaps.
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signee approaches,
is to "contract" this out to some other organization. If so, who? This
is the kind of analysis I was inviting in my last message.
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ther the foundation or
the affected parts of the community. That's an incomplete sample of
information, though, so if somebody wants to speak up and make the case
for why the current setup is the best approach, I'm certainly open to
that as well.
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houldn't
edit those articles, but should always be free to post on talk pages so
long as they abide by our basic standards of behavior.
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encourage people to think carefully about these issues and get involved
in the discussion.
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>
Right, the board will probably touch briefly on this point at its
meeting, but in general, we simply look forward to seeing what the
chapters produce.
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is that we are in fact giving multiple donation
options already, because the drive includes a number of participating
chapters. I would prefer to focus on improving that system and
increasing its benefits to all sides, and I'd be conce
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