[WikiEN-l] Status of flagged protection (flagged revisions) for English Wikipedia.

2009-09-28 Thread Gregory Maxwell
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[WikiEN-l] Loose ends (was other stuff)

2009-09-28 Thread Charles Matthews
stevertigo wrote: Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: I believe you are misreading what is said here. It is not being stated that Arbcom has no time to do the job. Rather, it is being stated that if it wants to do the job, it doesn't also have the time to deal with all

Re: [WikiEN-l] Things to do with your home movies

2009-09-28 Thread Durova
Congratulations! And thanks for your dedication to the project. You realize when he turns thirteen he's going to die of embarrassment over this...? On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Sage Ross ragesoss+wikipe...@gmail.comragesoss%2bwikipe...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:12 PM,

Re: [WikiEN-l] Strategic Planning Office Hours

2009-09-28 Thread Philippe Beaudette
On Sep 28, 2009, at 10:56 AM, Philippe Beaudette wrote: IRC office hours for the strategy project are upon us again Our next office hours will be: 20:00-21:00 UTC, Tuesday 29 September. Local timezones can be checked at

Re: [WikiEN-l] Things to do with your home movies

2009-09-28 Thread David Gerard
2009/9/28 Durova nadezhda.dur...@gmail.com: Congratulations!  And thanks for your dedication to the project.  You realize when he turns thirteen he's going to die of embarrassment over this...? Only if he hasn't made admin yet. - d. ___ WikiEN-l

Re: [WikiEN-l] Oversized criticism sections and WP:UNDUE

2009-09-28 Thread Ray Saintonge
stevertigo wrote: More thing on my to-do list: Get Arbcom to actually deal with adjudicating policy and sections therein. That can't work without opening up the broader question of how policies are formulated and later amended. Any kind of policy review process needs to operate

Re: [WikiEN-l] Invitation for review

2009-09-28 Thread stevertigo
Ray Saintonge sainto...@telus.net wrote: The distinction between using reliable sources and using source reliably is not likely to be productive. If a fundamental editorial foundation is flawed because of subjectivity is in the mix, that means we need to reformulate the mixture. The Titanic

Re: [WikiEN-l] Invitation for review

2009-09-28 Thread Nathan
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:42 AM, Ray Saintonge sainto...@telus.net wrote: George Herbert wrote: On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: There is a mailing list for block reviews, this isn't it. We also don't usually get into discussing specific content issues here

Re: [WikiEN-l] Invitation for review

2009-09-28 Thread stevertigo
Ray Saintonge sainto...@telus.net wrote: Original research perhaps; disruption perhaps, but it is dishonest to call it intellectual support of holocaust denialists. I already took George to the woodshed for that remark, Raymond. I'm sure he doesn't like being reminded of that experience.

Re: [WikiEN-l] Things to do with your home movies

2009-09-28 Thread Sage Ross
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Durova nadezhda.dur...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations!  And thanks for your dedication to the project.  You realize when he turns thirteen he's going to die of embarrassment over this...? That's the idea. We're stocking up on embarrassing things we can

Re: [WikiEN-l] Invitation for review

2009-09-28 Thread stevertigo
Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote to Ray: This is an amazing thing you've written. I've read your posts for perhaps two years, but I will read all future comments in an entirely new light. Well, I think what Ray is doing is trying to conceptualize a kind of systemic bias in a certain historical

[WikiEN-l] Loose ends (was other stuff)

2009-09-28 Thread Charles Matthews
Ray Saintonge wrote: stevertigo wrote: More thing on my to-do list: Get Arbcom to actually deal with adjudicating policy and sections therein. That can't work without opening up the broader question of how policies are formulated and later amended. Any kind of policy review

Re: [WikiEN-l] Invitation for review

2009-09-28 Thread Nathan
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 2:00 PM, stevertigo stv...@gmail.com wrote: Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote to Ray: This is an amazing thing you've written. I've read your posts for perhaps two years, but I will read all future comments in an entirely new light. Well, I think what Ray is doing is

Re: [WikiEN-l] Invitation for review

2009-09-28 Thread stevertigo
Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: Your arguments focus on the definition and description of the Holocaust as an event, not Holocaust denial as a phenomena. The counter argument, which you've chosen to ignore, is that Holocaust denial as a phenomena is nearly absolutely limited to the Jewish

Re: [WikiEN-l] Invitation for review

2009-09-28 Thread Carcharoth
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:42 AM, Ray Saintonge sainto...@telus.net wrote: George Herbert wrote: On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: There is a mailing list for block reviews, this isn't it. We also

[WikiEN-l] To do: Polanski article

2009-09-28 Thread stevertigo
(Previous post does not show text in archive) From the article: He is also known for his turbulent and controversial personal life.[6] In 1969, his pregnant wife, Sharon Tate, was murdered by the Manson Family, and in 1977, he was arrested in Los Angeles and pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual

[WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Status of flagged protection (flagged revisions) for English Wikipedia.

2009-09-28 Thread David Gerard
There will be a slight delay ... - d. -- Forwarded message -- From: Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org Date: 2009/9/28 Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Status of flagged protection (flagged revisions) for English Wikipedia. To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List

Re: [WikiEN-l] Loose ends (was other stuff)

2009-09-28 Thread David Gerard
2009/9/28 Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com: OK, here's an old-style formulation: X is to current policy and policy-review discussions as RfAr is to the Workshop. What would X be? That's probably horribly accurate, considering the arbcom tends - fairly reasonably - to regard

Re: [WikiEN-l] Loose ends (was other stuff)

2009-09-28 Thread stevertigo
David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: That's probably horribly accurate, considering the arbcom tends - fairly reasonably - to regard the workshops as somewhere annoying people go to be ignored ... I know. AGF, srsly. -Stevertigo ___ WikiEN-l

[WikiEN-l] A decent discussion of WP, history, Flagged Revision, etc.

2009-09-28 Thread Joseph Reagle
.) That was disappointing. However, an interview with Bryan Crump on Radio New Zealand was just posted -- and its only up this week -- that I think was rather excellent. But it lasts 40 minutes, so perhaps that's why :). http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/nights/20090928

Re: [WikiEN-l] FlaggedRevs test wiki needs you!

2009-09-28 Thread Steve Bennett
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Brion Vibber br...@wikimedia.org wrote: I’ve added a couple quick notes to this affect on the main page: http://flaggedrevs.labs.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Ah, I didn't know about this. Having a quick look now. Comments: - It looks like the UI could do with

Re: [WikiEN-l] FlaggedRevs test wiki needs you!

2009-09-28 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Gregory Maxwell gmaxw...@gmail.com wrote: There is a page on the wiki collecting comments, please add yours: Done. One thing that makes testing this thing quite difficult is that the