Re: [WikiEN-l] Blocking / moderation

2009-07-26 Thread stevertigo
wjhon...@aol.com wrote: Why care about what foundation-l does or doesn't do ? It's a silly place full of silly people :) I did not know that. -Stevertigo ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list,

Re: [WikiEN-l] If anyone ever says Wikipedia is too deletionist

2009-07-26 Thread Dan Dascalescu
No, it just pushed my personal wtf button Here's something that pushed my WTF button: Why was a photograph of a public monument of Martin Niemoeller's poem First they came, removed from Wikipedia? Here is a small version of the photograph: http://www.oicu2.com/afc/Martin_Niemoeller.jpg And

Re: [WikiEN-l] If anyone ever says Wikipedia is too deletionist

2009-07-26 Thread James Farrar
2009/7/25 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com: My point is that despite media publicity about deletionists and people on the fringes of Wikipedia getting annoyed at not being considered article-worthy ... we still include a wider range of stuff than (I think) any general encyclopedia ever before

Re: [WikiEN-l] ANI curiosity

2009-07-26 Thread FT2
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Al Tally majorly.w...@googlemail.comwrote: On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 1:43 PM, FT2 ft2.w...@gmail.com wrote: Rename to Wikipedia:Administrator help requests or Requests for Administrator assistance? Sometimes a name can have an effect. FT2 I have

Re: [WikiEN-l] The Nature of Facts

2009-07-26 Thread David Gerard
2009/7/25 Apoc 2400 apoc2...@gmail.com: This is not published by the real Merriam–Webster, but Icon Group International. That is company that computer generate enourmous numbers of useless books that fill up Google Books. These Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases books that are made from

Re: [WikiEN-l] If anyone ever says Wikipedia is too deletionist

2009-07-26 Thread elipongo
It has to do with license compatibility - Commons has a strict policy that all material be available under a free license that includes commercial use. Would he, his heirs, or his estate object if the photo of the poem was modified to be used in a fast-food ad or for a hate group? And while

Re: [WikiEN-l] Blocking / moderation

2009-07-26 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/7/26 stevertigo stv...@gmail.com: I have been blocked from posting to foundation-l. No explanation has been given. It is my understanding that when individuals are blocked from an open list, the list moderator must give some kind of explanation. In an open discussion forum, it is

Re: [WikiEN-l] Blocking / moderation

2009-07-26 Thread Fred Bauder
2009/7/26 stevertigo stv...@gmail.com: I have been blocked from posting to foundation-l. No explanation has been given. It is my understanding that when individuals are blocked from an open list, the list moderator must give some kind of explanation. In an open discussion forum, it is

Re: [WikiEN-l] Blocking / moderation

2009-07-26 Thread stevertigo
Thomas Daltonthomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/7/26 stevertigo stv...@gmail.com: I have been blocked from posting to foundation-l. No explanation has been given. It is my understanding that when individuals are blocked from an open list, the list moderator must give some kind of

Re: [WikiEN-l] Blocking / moderation

2009-07-26 Thread stevertigo
Nathannawr...@gmail.com wrote: Are you sure you were moderated? Austin only mentioned that the thread was killfiled. Yeah, well. I could not post that ASCII-art nude of myself to the list, so I guess I was blockified, as well. -Steven ___

Re: [WikiEN-l] Blocking / moderation

2009-07-26 Thread stevertigo
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Fred Bauderfredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: I think, although I was his ally in the cause, creating a dispute resolution mailing list, that it is quite clear what the reason for blocking is -- continuing repeatedly to post on that subject when he was told it was

Re: [WikiEN-l] Blocking / moderation

2009-07-26 Thread David Gerard
2009/7/26 stevertigo stv...@gmail.com: Well, you may be right about that, in a certain way. But nevertheless I did get Cary to finally respond, and, according to his response - mostly decrying the fact that I was making him look a bit too administrative - we now have exactly one more day to

Re: [WikiEN-l] Blocking / moderation

2009-07-26 Thread stevertigo
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 11:04 AM, David Gerarddger...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/7/26 stevertigo stv...@gmail.com: Well, you may be right about that, in a certain way. But nevertheless I did get Cary to finally respond, and, according to his response - He's at this moment in NYT for the wiki

[WikiEN-l] Brand Republic: BBC Radio 4 launches Wikipedia parody

2009-07-26 Thread Daniel R. Tobias
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:52:51 +0100, David Gerard wrote: http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/922216/BBC-Radio-4-launches-Wikipedia-parody/ LONDON - BBC Radio 4 is launching a broadwebcasting show parodying the internet by mocking pop-ups, search boxes and other aspects of online activity.

Re: [WikiEN-l] [Wikitech-l] Watchlistr.com, an outside site that asks for Wikimedia passwords

2009-07-26 Thread Daniel R. Tobias
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:56:32 +0100, David Gerard wrote: From: Sage Ross ragesoss+wikipe...@gmail.com Date: 2009/7/22 Subject: [Wikitech-l] Watchlistr.com, an outside site that asks for Wikimedia passwords To: wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org I'm not sure what to do about this; it

Re: [WikiEN-l] Brand Republic: BBC Radio 4 launches Wikipedia parody

2009-07-26 Thread David Gerard
2009/7/26 Daniel R. Tobias d...@tobias.name: The Wikipedia it's parodying seems to be an alternate-universe one which has ads, corporate sponsors, and intrusive offers to get its readers to purchase enhanced access levels. I felt that was a minor detail for dramatic license. They did after

Re: [WikiEN-l] The Nature of Facts

2009-07-26 Thread Ray Saintonge
David Gerard wrote: 2009/7/25 Apoc 2400 apoc2...@gmail.com: This is not published by the real Merriam–Webster, but Icon Group International. That is company that computer generate enourmous numbers of useless books that fill up Google Books. These Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases