Re: [Foundation-l] Conservapedia announce exciting new linked data project

2012-04-01 Thread Svip
On 1 April 2012 12:25, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: America’s most trusted encyclopedia, Conservapedia, have decided to launch a new wiki-based semantic data project named Conservadata. The new project will make right-wing soundbites available in machine readable form.

Re: [Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Stopping the presses:, Britannica to stop printing books

2012-03-14 Thread Svip
On 14 March 2012 17:34, Robin McCain ro...@slmr.com wrote: I find it bizarre that inclusion of information of local importance is encouraged in the internationalized local language wikipediae but discouraged in the U.S. English wikipedia. What U.S. English Wikipedia? I have read plenty of

Re: [Foundation-l] Cartman Gets an Anal Probe English Wikipedia's featured article today

2012-02-07 Thread Svip
On 7 February 2012 04:49, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#Bad_choice_of_featured_article is pretty good reading. The complaints usually sums as 'hey, great work on that article, unfortunately, I am a bit uncomfortable with subject at hand, so

Re: [Foundation-l] Facebook Group re pornography on Wikipedia

2012-02-01 Thread Svip
On 2 February 2012 08:35, Andreas K. jayen...@gmail.com wrote: A Wikimedian has just started a Facebook page Stop pornography on Wikipedia http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-pornography-on-Wikipedia/307245972661745 And we are supposed to care about Facebook pages, why? following an earlier

Re: [Foundation-l] Adding a comment section under every Wikipedia article

2012-01-23 Thread Svip
On 23 January 2012 18:16, Yao Ziyuan yaoziy...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:15 AM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote: Having comments in your face at the bottom to me is not only something I would resent, it would also add more clutter that I have to download

Re: [Foundation-l] Adding a comment section under every Wikipedia article

2012-01-22 Thread Svip
On 22 January 2012 23:31, Yao Ziyuan yaoziy...@gmail.com wrote: The wiki way to talk may be favored by the Wikipedia community, but is really weird to the general public. The name 'talk page' is also a terrible name and very ambiguous as to what it is. A far more appropriate candidate for

Re: [Foundation-l] Adding a comment section under every Wikipedia article

2012-01-22 Thread Svip
On 23 January 2012 00:43, Yao Ziyuan yaoziy...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Svip svi...@gmail.com wrote: On 22 January 2012 23:31, Yao Ziyuan yaoziy...@gmail.com wrote: The wiki way to talk may be favored by the Wikipedia community, but is really weird to the general

Re: [Foundation-l] Adding a comment section under every Wikipedia article

2012-01-22 Thread Svip
On 23 January 2012 00:44, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 22 January 2012 23:39, Svip svi...@gmail.com wrote: The name 'talk page' is also a terrible name and very ambiguous as to what it is.  A far more appropriate candidate for such a page's name would be 'collaboration page

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia crashes browser

2012-01-20 Thread Svip
On 20 January 2012 10:22, Minh Huy (WMF) minhhuyw...@gmail.com wrote: I am using Chrome 17beta, not detect this. My home wiki: vi.wikipedia.org You are using a beta release of a browser? Yeah, I'd rather wait for the stable release before we start dealing in unfinished software support.

[Foundation-l] Now you've done it: You've made stupid people cry

2012-01-18 Thread Svip
already banned Wikipedia. Forever. From a concerned citizen, Svip ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikipedia is considering going dark to protest SOPA and PIPA

2012-01-14 Thread Svip
On 14 January 2012 12:20, Yaroslav M. Blanter pute...@mccme.ru wrote: On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:58:41 +, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote: I think the concern will be dependent on whether Commons is covered in the blackout (and whether the 'full' shutdown goes ahead or the 'pop-up plus

Re: [Foundation-l] Ideas for newbie recruitment

2011-10-31 Thread Svip
On 31 October 2011 12:55, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: What's the impact of changes like https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Taglinediff=20130615oldid=17050524 ? Thank you for that, that was hilarious to read through all those reversions.

Re: [Foundation-l] Multiplayer High

2011-05-02 Thread Svip
On 2 May 2011 10:59, Kim Bruning k...@bruning.xs4all.nl wrote: On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 11:55:56AM +0200, Milos Rancic wrote: I would like to repeat that we need to think about this: http://www.boingboing.net/2011/04/28/flux.html Wikipedia has long been described as a specific form of MMORPG

Re: [Foundation-l] Outdated manual

2011-04-09 Thread Svip
On 9 April 2011 10:14, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: May someone update manual in which it is written that Wikipedia is the fifth site by traffic? For the most of 2010 and whole 2011 it has varied between 6th and 8th place [1]. Repeating that it's on the 5th place says about us one

Re: [Foundation-l] foundation-l Digest, Vol 81, Issue 2

2010-12-03 Thread Svip
2010/12/3 Корецкий Богдан krot11...@mail.ru: Hmm, that one topic maybe can help all USA. I agree, without changes that's completely b*u*l*l*s*h*i*t. About strategy send it to Mr. Wales (!). I have no idea what you are responding to, some context please?

Re: [Foundation-l] foundation-l Digest, Vol 81, Issue 3

2010-12-03 Thread Svip
On 3 December 2010 14:47, Austin Hair adh...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/12/3 Huib Laurens sterke...@gmail.com: I mailed to all moderators but I guess none of them are online in this timezone? Sorry about that.  I was awake (I'm in CET), but I hadn't looked at my e-mail in 30 minutes or so. I

Re: [Foundation-l] drive-by site updates

2010-05-16 Thread Svip
On 16 May 2010 14:06, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: But the introduction of the new search box that practically can't search, was not part of the beta and it was a complete surprise. Am i badly mistaken? After my own attempts, I cannot find any issues with the search

Re: [Foundation-l] drive-by site updates

2010-05-16 Thread Svip
On 16 May 2010 17:12, Magnus Manske magnusman...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 15:11, Svip svi...@gmail.com wrote: On 16 May 2010 14:06, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote

Re: [Foundation-l] drive-by site updates

2010-05-16 Thread Svip
On 16 May 2010 17:14, Svip svi...@gmail.com wrote: On 16 May 2010 17:12, Magnus Manske magnusman...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 15:11, Svip svi...@gmail.com wrote: On 16 May 2010 14:06, Amir

Re: [Foundation-l] Jimbo Wales acting outside his remit

2010-05-08 Thread Svip
On 8 May 2010 14:43, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: Well, do you need a picture to explain a dildo? Well, do you need a picture to explain a cloud? Do you need a picture to explain a wall? A door? A mobile phone? An aeroplane? And I could go on, until I would have totally

Re: [Foundation-l] Threading

2010-05-08 Thread Svip
On 9 May 2010 01:31, Dan Rosenthal swatjes...@gmail.com wrote: Even that solution sometimes creates new threads, for reasons unbeknownst to me. This is usually related to an error in your mail client or the mailman server. It is usually a mail header (if you are using gmail, try clicking

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

2010-05-08 Thread Svip
On 9 May 2010 01:01, Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.com wrote: On 5/8/10 7:31 PM, Mike Godwin wrote: I'm not defending such a criterion, and I do not believe that such a criterion informed Jimmy's actions. Jimmy can speak better than I can on what he was thinking, Then let him speak by

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

2010-05-08 Thread Svip
On 9 May 2010 01:40, Anthony wikim...@inbox.org wrote: On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Tomasz Ganicz polime...@gmail.com wrote: Or shut off the Commons. That would be the ultimate solution :-) Huh?  What would that solve? Considering this to be an ill conceived joke, not because it could

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

2010-03-31 Thread Svip
On 31 March 2010 14:43, Stephen Bain stephen.b...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Anthony wikim...@inbox.org wrote: This post below, I've pretty much ignored because it wasn't worth trying to sort through who said what. Yet instead of deleting it, you included the whole

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

2010-03-30 Thread Svip
On 31 March 2010 01:12, Andrew Garrett agarr...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote: Hoi, The easiest way to deal with such issues is use a decent mail client. I use Gmail and it ensures that all the threads are together and in

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

2010-03-30 Thread Svip
On 31 March 2010 01:45, wjhon...@aol.com wrote: Personally I don't want to scroll down through a 200 word email just to see me too at the very bottom. The opposite of 'top-posting' is 'bottom-posting', which is actually equally bad in my mind, as it creates that exact problem. There are two

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

2010-03-30 Thread Svip
On 31 March 2010 01:53, Dan Rosenthal drosent...@wikimedia.org wrote: Assuming that other people care about ones own form of mailing choice is crap also, as far as this list is concerned. Let people do as they choose. Nobody forces you to read their posts. Hm, I am starting to get swayed by

Re: [Foundation-l] Call for Wikimania Scholarship Applications

2010-03-25 Thread Svip
On 25 March 2010 20:50, Isabell Long isabell...@gmail.com wrote: On 25 March 2010 19:48, Yaroslav M. Blanter pute...@mccme.ru wrote: I don't think there are any restrictions but then I am not overly familiar with EU law. I guess you will not be able to fly without a certified permission of

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is fun

2010-03-07 Thread Svip
On 8 March 2010 01:14, Tyler programmer...@comcast.net wrote: That's not what I asked.  I said, in 2001, Wikipedia was founded, right? The earliest edit in edit history is 2002.  What was the home page in 2001 then? Since you are talking about the software, MediaWiki, maybe you ought to look

Re: [Foundation-l] Brion Vibber delete mo. as promised ! Please wake up

2010-02-21 Thread Svip
On 21 February 2010 18:42, Cetateanu Moldovanu cetatean...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed Nov 26 01:04:12 UTC 2008 a strategy about subdomains rename was made public http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2008-November/047554.html But to my regret, nothing happened until now, I want to

Re: [Foundation-l] Brion Vibber delete mo. as promised ! Please wake up

2010-02-21 Thread Svip
On 21 February 2010 22:09, Peter Gervai grin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 18:42, Cetateanu Moldovanu cetatean...@gmail.com yelled at Brion... You shoot yourself in the foot with style. If you gotta go out, go out in style. ___

Re: [Foundation-l] Glyn Moody on BLW

2010-02-01 Thread Svip
On 1 February 2010 14:41, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 1 February 2010 13:40, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2010/02/britain-loves-wikipedia-and-about-time.html I've added some background on what we do (ask nicely, take things slowly) and

Re: [Foundation-l] Omidyar Network Commits $2 Million Grant to Wikimedia Foundation

2009-08-26 Thread Svip
2009/8/26 Peter Gervai grin...@gmail.com: ...still, I have to acknowledge that money is the root of Evil Sure, if world peace is evil. By the way, you might want to read up on Wikipedia on that phrase, where it will undoubtedly tell you that it is the *lust* for money that is the root of all

Re: [Foundation-l] Raw data of 2009 Board election ballots

2009-08-26 Thread Svip
2009/8/26 Anthony wikim...@inbox.org: On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Tim Starling tstarl...@wikimedia.orgwrote: Let me say for the record that I'm not at all happy with this data being released, since it allows vote-buying. What's wrong with vote-buying?  It's no worse than seat-buying.

Re: [Foundation-l] New projects opened

2009-08-23 Thread Svip
2009/8/23 Mark Williamson node...@gmail.com: Anyhow as I said before, language shift is very much related to attitudes and perceived language prestige. When doing business abroad, English is often the language of communication between Chinese companies and local employees and businesses. The

Re: [Foundation-l] New projects opened

2009-08-21 Thread Svip
2009/8/21 Ole Palnatoke Andersen palnat...@gmail.com: I assume that your contributions have been made under another username or anonymously, as I do not recall seeing anything from Bruger:Svip. My username on all Wikimedia wikis is Svippong. Svip was unfortunately taken. 2009/8/21 dex2000 si

Re: [Foundation-l] New projects opened

2009-08-21 Thread Svip
the Dutch themselves. \\Svip -- Regards, Kaare ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ foundation-l mailing

Re: [Foundation-l] New projects opened

2009-08-20 Thread Svip
. /Svip Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed. Yours, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l