Re: [Foundation-l] Site Notices Phase 2 - Annual Fundraiser 2008

2008-11-28 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, The problem with precise definitions is that they are not necessarily known and understood in this way by our audience. When you want people to give, you want to appeal to people and get their money, you have to target and emphasise the emotional side of the message. When you assume that

Re: [Foundation-l] Site Notices Phase 2 - Annual Fundraiser 2008

2008-11-28 Thread Aphaia
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Thomas Dalton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And, in fact, wikimediafoundation.org says nonprofit charitable organization. I don't know why people generally say non-profit instead of charity, then - charity would be more precise and would probably be better

Re: [Foundation-l] Site Notices Phase 2 - Annual Fundraiser 2008

2008-11-28 Thread Thomas Dalton
And, in fact, wikimediafoundation.org says nonprofit charitable organization. I don't know why people generally say non-profit instead of charity, then - charity would be more precise and would probably be better perceived. I'm afraid I disagree with you here. Non-profit vs for-profit is a

Re: [Foundation-l] Site Notices Phase 2 - Annual Fundraiser 2008

2008-11-28 Thread Ting Chen
I do hope that WMF is a charity organization. The last time I crossed the US-border in behalf of the Foundation I met a border officer who indeed never heard anything of WikiMedia Foundation or Wikipedia at all. And I had to explain her lengthy what the foundation is. One of her question

Re: [Foundation-l] Site Notices Phase 2 - Annual Fundraiser 2008

2008-11-28 Thread Anthony
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 12:40 AM, Aphaia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 6:40 AM, Thomas Dalton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And, in fact, wikimediafoundation.org says nonprofit charitable organization. I don't know why people generally say non-profit instead of charity, then

[Foundation-l] stumble upon in wikimedia? citation collection, where researchers want to be included in future?

2008-11-28 Thread THURNER rupert
hi, a video showing how immune cells eat parasites [1] attracted quite some sites to cite an article about medical visualization [2]. when looking at it i noticed: * that it is published in a cc-2.5 licensed journal * that there is a possibility to enter links from facebook, stumble upon, ...

Re: [Foundation-l] stumble upon in wikimedia? citation collection, where researchers want to be included in future?

2008-11-28 Thread Charlotte Webb
On 11/28/08, THURNER rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: some sites to cite an article about medical visualization [2]. when looking at it i noticed: * that it is published in a cc-2.5 licensed journal * that there is a possibility to enter links from facebook, stumble upon, ... * that there

Re: [Foundation-l] Site Notices Phase 2 - Annual Fundraiser 2008

2008-11-28 Thread Ray Saintonge
Anthony wrote: We determined that you are a public charity under the Code section(s) listed in the heading of this letter [i.e. 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)]. I still have no opinion on what to call it. And I'll admit that despite the fact that I said charity was a less precise term above (which I said

Re: [Foundation-l] Site Notices Phase 2 - Annual Fundraiser 2008

2008-11-28 Thread Robert Rohde
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Ray Saintonge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anthony wrote: We determined that you are a public charity under the Code section(s) listed in the heading of this letter [i.e. 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)]. I still have no opinion on what to call it. And I'll admit that despite

Re: [Foundation-l] stumble upon in wikimedia? citation collection, where researchers want to be included in future?

2008-11-28 Thread geni
2008/11/28 Charlotte Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It would be easy use javascript to fill out a {{cite news}} template or whatever based on the url parameters. However the intersection of sites we want to newcomers to easily link to and sites which take us seriously enough to provide a url for

Re: [Foundation-l] Language codes to rename

2008-11-28 Thread Casey Brown
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Finn Rindahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It would take quite a lot of effort to change all those nos throughout the wikimediaworld. That shouldn't be necessary, there would be a redirect set-up. -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used

Re: [Foundation-l] Language codes to rename

2008-11-28 Thread Andre Engels
On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 12:56 AM, Finn Rindahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I thought there already *was* a redirect set up, so that no in interwikis etc really is a redirect to nb. There is a redirect set up, but it goes in exactly the opposite direction. -- André Engels, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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2008-11-28 Thread agung gumilar
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