On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Jimmy Wales jwa...@wikia-inc.com wrote:
I was mentioned in a leaked US diplomatic cable - with my name spelled
wrong!
http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2008/11/08SANTIAGO1015.html
Hilarious.
--Jimbo
Dy-no-MITE!
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From: Jutta von Dincklage jutta@cancer.org.au
Date: Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 10:14 PM
Subject: FW: Call for input: Strategic planning at Wikimedia Australia
To: foundation-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org
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From: Jacob Franklin jake.frankl...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 7:39 PM
Subject: wikiEducation: The Classroom Wikipedia
To: foundation-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org
Dear WikiMedia,
In recent
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm not sure what kind of on-wiki discussions you might expect to see,
Sage.
I think he might have been going with Chris' assertation that every page was
affected, which doesn't appear to be true - the template's transcluded
On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 2:07 AM, George Herbert george.herb...@gmail.comwrote:
I would like to request that Dror be moderated on Foundation-L. This
is not an appropriate use of Foundation-L, Dror has one of the more
extensive sockpuppetry histories of any Wikipedia abuse case (
Done.
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On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 1:41 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:
Philippe Beaudette wrote:
Factually incorrect: it displayed to every reader for only 3 days. It
then
switched (as was always planned) to logged in users only.
Planned where and by whom?
MZMcBride
The Board Elections
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 7:53 PM, wjhon...@aol.com wrote:
I have a problem with this admin comprehending what exactly Vandalism
means.
In what way is the initial version vandalism.
If I cared enough I would suggest that re-training might be appropriate
here.
W
The third incarnation of
Rather than implementing MediaWiki code that could be controversial, there's
probably an easier solution that requires no code:
- Add a pseudo-namespace (such as the WP: prefix on Wikipedia, WN: on
Wikinews, etc.) that forwards from Benutzerin to Benutzer (and the relevant
User talk namespaces).
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From: Finn Aarup Nielsen f...@imm.dtu.dk
Date: Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 12:31 PM
Subject: First Call for Papers WikiSym 2011
To: foundation-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org
CALL FOR PAPERS - WikiSym 2011 - 7th
I think this has been brought up before, but a thought I've had: Apart from
the fact that it will require a ton of work in coding, what would keep us
from separating templates (and, for that matter, images) from the article
text? Article text would exist by itself, and categories, templates,
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From: gps gadgil...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 9:36 AM
Subject: Project Proposal - wiki to monitor the government spending -
GovSpendWatch Wiki
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On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Virgilio A. P. Machado v...@fct.unl.ptwrote:
I forgot at least one of the rules (probably more) of this list, and
(almost) always addressed my comments to the person who made the
comment. The exchange went well, was mostly good humored, but that's
not how
FT2,
Please let it go - I talked with Virgilio off-list yesterday; it sounds like
he didn't mean to stir up a storm, and would rather this thread die.
Thanks,
Ryan
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 3:23 PM, FT2 ft2.w...@gmail.com wrote:
That won't help much.
If I understand your email correctly, you
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 1:13 AM, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote:
I watched that thread spiral out of control and I think the mods did
the right thing.
Is Will off moderation now?
At the moment he remains on moderation, and I'm discussing the matter with
Austin and Alexandr. Last
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.
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Spinning off the moderation discussion to its own thread.
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 7:45 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:
The phrase you're looking for is, An ounce of prevention is a pound of
cure. Either be an active part of this mailing list and moderate as
appropriate or give up the
On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
I agree that Peter's post exaggerates the problem the English
Wikipedia sometimes has with groupthink and an entrenched,
self-perpetuating bureaucracy. The comparison is unfair to Liu
Xiaobo's history and work.
Still, it's
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Noein prono...@gmail.com wrote:
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I think it is not fair to censor Peter and then still talk about him and
what he said. One or the other can be justified (and should be), but not
both at the same time.
While
I'd like to welcome a new list moderator, AlexandrDmitri, to join myself and
Austin Hair. Alexandr is an administrator on the English Wikipedia and
English Wikinews, and serves as an arbitration clerk on the English
Wikipedia. Please welcome him to the list.
Thanks,
Ryan Lomonaco (Ral315
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote:
And even with it just being put forward as a second trial, the support for
continuing dropped 10% in two weeks.
You're losing the hearts and minds battle here, guys.
Risker/Anne
I haven't followed the discussion at all,
projects (e.g. administrator, WikiProject
coordinator, mediator, etc.)
- Anything else that might be useful - info about yourself, etc.
Again, please send your submissions no later than 23:59 UTC on September
23rd.
Thanks,
Austin Hair, list moderator
Ryan Lomonaco, list moderator
moderator
Ryan Lomonaco, list moderator
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Forwarded to the list on behalf of a non-member (Mstislavl).
In reality the Border Control Philosophy has nothing to do with criticism
of the project or administration. This is a Rissian version of what Jimbo
said after blocking some trolls in the English Wikiversity:
Strong community
As Andrew pointed out, this discussion has spiraled entirely outside the
scope of this list. Discussions on the effects of copyright law with regard
to Wikimedia and its projects are welcome. General discussions on copyright
law and piracy that have little to do with Wikimedia should be taken
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From: Joseph Reagle joseph.2...@reagle.org
Date: Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 6:45 PM
Subject: Fwd: Re: [Foundation-l] The problem with Wikipedia...
To: foundation-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org
On Thursday, June 17, 2010, phoebe ayers wrote:
A housekeeping note: Gmail has been marking some list messages as spam for
the past five days or so. It sounds like this is affecting other Wikimedia
lists, including Otrs-en-l and daily-article-l. I don't know what if any
work has been done to try to fix this issue, but until it's sorted out,
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From: Yann Forget yan...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 6:57 AM
Subject: Usability: page weight
To: foundation-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org
Hello,
While we are talking about usability issues, I would like to mention
an issue which was not
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The question pertains to translation of trademarks within articles; to my
knowledge, there's nothing wrong with us doing so, and I think this is done
in many Wikipedias. But I'll defer to the list on this question.
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Create an account is helpful, but it's a shame we make visually
impaired editors jump through another hoop. I would be interested in
seeing an audio captcha option. Does such a thing already exist in
open source form?
[Sorry if this is a top post - on my phone right now]
On 5/15/10, K.
On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 7:50 PM, K. Peachey p858sn...@yahoo.com.au wrote:
I do to, depending on how they are applied, for example I would much
prefer on a case by case basis compared to everyone, since a few
people are bring active and decent discussion where as some people are
just
On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Aphaia aph...@gmail.com wrote:
Is there any option to tell them commons has its own mailing list
instead of adding it to the foundation-l?
I think Austin touched upon this as well, but, yes, I would remind everyone
that discussions are occurring now on Meta,
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
Can anyone remind me what the per day and per month post limits are,
and confirm that someone is still keeping track?
We've established in the past that a collegial atmosphere is desired
by the people who post to and read this
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-Ryan
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From: darklama darkl...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:45 PM
Subject: Productive output of English Wikiversity
To: foundation-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org,
wikiversit...@lists.wikimedia.org
Tue Apr 6
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From: Keegan Paul kgnp...@gmail.com
Date: Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 4:45 PM
Subject: Living Person Task Force update: Policy writing
To: English Wikipedia wikie...@lists.wikimedia.org,
foundation-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org
Hello,
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-Ryan
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From: Keegan Paul kgnp...@gmail.com
Date: Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 1:49 PM
Subject: Next IRC hours for the Living People Task Force
To: English Wikipedia wikie...@lists.wikimedia.org,
foundation-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org
Forwarded as per request. -Ryan
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From: darklama darkl...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:35 AM
Subject: Discussion about proposal for multilingual Wikibooks
To: foundation-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org
Pharos wrote:
A multilingual Wikibooks would
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The Living People task force begins work Monday with part one, board
recommendations and proposal. This will run for two months, with the second
half beginning in April on community focus.
This is
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Gregory Kohs thekoh...@gmail.com wrote:
Pardon me if this has been asked before, but I am curious to learn
whether Bonfire Media paid any sort of licensing fee to the Wikimedia
Foundation in order to use the Wikipedia brand name in commerce on its
WikiMobile
Forwarded to the list on behalf of Siebrand Mazeland.
On 31 December 2007 and 1 January 2008 I sent an e-mail to which this is a
follow up[1,2].
First things first, because not everyone reads e-mails completely:
* MediaWiki localisation (that is the translation of English source messages
Geni's referring to a fundraiser sitenotice with a picture of Craig Newmark,
and the text Craig of Craigslist urges you to support Wikipedia. Why?
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 11:09 PM, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote:
care to give some context to your question?
[[witty lama]]
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 2:17 AM, Geoffrey Plourde geo.p...@yahoo.comwrote:
I really hated the idea of posting limits at first, but must commend the
list mods for implementing it. Now that there is a specific cost to replies,
I have scaled back on the amount of emails I have sent and
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Michael Snow wikipe...@verizon.netwrote:
Ryan Lomonaco wrote:
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 2:17 AM, Geoffrey Plourde geo.p...@yahoo.com
wrote:
Another possibility would be imposing a throttle on replies
to threads, e.g. 5 per thread per day.
That's
On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote:
Laura,
It seems unlikely if only based on We have no notability requirement.
Essentially, you've forked, chosen an incompatible core policy.
I don't see how that would be an issue. Notability is not a foundation
about Midnight UTC, or whenever one
of us happens to be at a computer around that time).
Continued input on these policies, either publicly or privately, is always
welcome.
Thanks,
Ryan Lomonaco
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On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Dennis During dcdur...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm guessing that the habit has been broken. It will probably come back.
I think you're right, particularly given that foundation-l was closed for
nearly a week. Participants have been posting to other lists, or keeping
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Bod Notbod bodnot...@gmail.com wrote:
Good idea. Is the number of posts from any one contributor easy to
keep track of?
Erik Zachte has some stats here that seem to update fairly regularly:
http://www.infodisiac.com/Wikipedia/ScanMail/foundation-l.html
You
on
this issue.
Sincerely,
Austin Hair
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the list only for topics to devolve into the
same inane arguments that have at times occurred. Our hope is that we can
find a good solution that addresses the issues in a complete and fair
manner.
Sincerely,
Austin Hair
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Subject: Re: Have you dealt with this Systemic Secretive Checkuser Abuse
yet? If so, how?
To: Ryan Lomonaco wiki.ral...@gmail.com
Cc: foundation-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org
Ryan,
It is 2 simple but important issues: the supportive details are all included
in this email.
Here
If there's a legitimate agreement as to what should be done to improve the
list, I'd be more than happy to try it out, and I think Austin would be
willing to as well. I don't see any agreement on what to do at the moment.
There are four potential problems cited on that page. The first three
I have no opinion on whether the rule should exist, but it is something that
deserves to be looked at. There are valid reasons for requiring a minimum
recent edit count, of course, but perhaps there are better ways to handle
it.
The rules did disenfranchise me, for example. It doesn't bother me
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