[Foundation-l] Is Wiktionary copyright?

2010-03-28 Thread Andrew Turvey
Is the term Wiktionary copyrighted? I only ask because the OpenDemocracy website has recently started a Dictionary of Ethical Politics wikitionary http://resurgence.opendemocracy.net/index.php/Main_Page If it is copyrighted, you may want to say something to them, or else it will end up like

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikinews has not failed

2009-11-04 Thread Andrew Turvey
- wjhon...@aol.com wrote: ... Few to no Wikipedia articles point at Wikinews even when there is a Wikinews article. How about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon_Treaty#Signing

Re: [Foundation-l] Recent firing?

2009-10-31 Thread Andrew Turvey
- Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: Try to remember that the Wikimedia Foundation is a business... No it isn't - the Foundation is a charity. The Foundation needs to retain the confidence of the Wikimedia community in order to achieve its aims, and the community plays a big role in the

Re: [Foundation-l] 31 august, 20 years of our national holiday Our romanian language in Moldova, mo.wikipedia still in cyrillic !

2009-09-01 Thread Andrew Turvey
A few points to add and some suggestions: - You can have a single language written in more than one script; although they are separate issues, for our purposes, given that we are predominantly written, we tend to combine both issues and look at language/script combinations. - There seem to be

Re: [Foundation-l] Frequency of Seeing Bad Versions - now with traffic data

2009-08-27 Thread Andrew Turvey
very interesting research - many thanks for sharing that. - Robert Rohde raro...@gmail.com wrote: From: Robert Rohde raro...@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thursday, 27 August, 2009 17:41:29 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland,

Re: [Foundation-l] Closure of projects

2009-08-24 Thread Andrew Turvey
First, if the conclusion is that no procedure exists, a notice should be put on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects stating this so that peoples' expectations are appropriately managed. Second, is that correct? Looking at

[Foundation-l] Email list archives

2009-08-15 Thread Andrew Turvey
I hope you don't mind my raising this issue here - it's a technical issue affecting all wikimedia email lists so I thought this would be as good a place as any. When I subscribe to an email list I tend to get emails delivered, but I sometimes find it useful to view older emails on the

Re: [Foundation-l] Email list archives

2009-08-15 Thread Andrew Turvey
Tim Landscheidt t...@tim-landscheidt.de wrote: Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com wrote: [...] Has anyone got any tips about how I can either format an email to begin with or view the email afterwards to solve this problem? Every at most 72 characters, hit the key

Re: [Foundation-l] GLAM-WIKI report

2009-08-12 Thread Andrew Turvey
- Mathias Schindler mathias.schind...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Tim Starlingtstarl...@wikimedia.org wrote: There is a need for bulk upload tools to be better advertised and more readily accessible. One of the institutions reported paying students to

Re: [Foundation-l] Election Results

2009-08-12 Thread Andrew Turvey
My first response is that's probably a reflection of the voting system. When you have a non-partisan system like this, there are no clear political pro/con reasons to vote for/against particular candidates and the anti-incumbency factor doesn't really work. Candidates are likely to be

Re: [Foundation-l] Britain or Ukraine? What UK stands for in Wikimedia jargon

2009-07-22 Thread Andrew Turvey
Hi Pavlo, I'm glad this issue has risen up here and I'm sure the United Kingdom and Ukraine chapters can come up with something together that solves this rather - Pavlo Shevelo pavlo.shev...@gmail.com wrote: From: Pavlo Shevelo pavlo.shev...@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing

Re: [Foundation-l] Britain or Ukraine? What UK stands for in Wikimedia jargon

2009-07-22 Thread Andrew Turvey
. -- Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL, United Kingdom

Re: [Foundation-l] Britain or Ukraine? What UK stands for in Wikimedia jargon

2009-07-22 Thread Andrew Turvey
list. Regards, Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL, United

Re: [Foundation-l] Attribution on small interactive devices and systems

2009-07-18 Thread Andrew Turvey
Seems like a very useful service. Would the Foundation be interesting in taking ownership of this URL? If so, would Blad be willing to give/sell it to them? If so, could it be incorporated into a sidebar link similar to permanent link? - John at Darkstar vac...@jeb.no wrote: From: John

Re: [Foundation-l] Attribution on small interactive devices and systems

2009-07-18 Thread Andrew Turvey
use of the service, and another wikipedian has also made inquiries. John Erling Blad Wikimedia Norway Andrew Turvey wrote: Seems like a very useful service. Would the Foundation be interesting in taking ownership of this URL? If so, would Blad be willing to give/sell it to them