Re: [WikiEN-l] Navify

2009-05-28 Thread Kevin Wong
so it can be described as a version of Cooliris for Wikipedia and Commons? On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: Navify Is An Interface For Viewing Wikipedia With Photo Galleries, Videos And Comments

Re: [WikiEN-l] Google Chrome to support Ogg Theora video natively

2009-05-28 Thread Kevin Wong
This is awesome. Wikipedia can really use a lot more coverage of video and audio files. Now if only Internet Explorer would do the same... On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Kat Walsh k...@mindspillage.orgk...@mindspillage.org%3ewrote: Another step towards an open web -- Google's Chrome browser

Re: [WikiEN-l] Microsoft kills Encarta

2009-03-30 Thread Kevin Wong
Fear the power of freedom On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:39 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: [spotted by Mathias Schindler] http://encarta.msn.com/guide_page_FAQ/FAQ.html Important Notice: MSN Encarta to be Discontinued On October 31, 2009, MSN® Encarta® Web sites worldwide will be

Re: [WikiEN-l] Firefox extension: Smarter Wikipedia

2009-03-29 Thread Kevin Wong
I am now On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 8:28 AM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9825 Anyone used this? - d. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this

Re: [WikiEN-l] Improving Wikipedia: educational opportunity and professional responsibility - student feedback on contributing

2009-03-24 Thread Kevin Wong
Well, that is indeed nice to hear. On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 8:02 AM, gwe...@gmail.com wrote: Improving Wikipedia: educational opportunity and professional responsibility. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19269059 Trends Ecol Evol. 2009 Mar 5 Callis KL, Christ LR, Resasco J, Armitage DW,

Re: [WikiEN-l] xkcd

2009-02-20 Thread Kevin Wong
But is that event even notable? On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Judson Dunn cohes...@sleepyhead.orgwrote: For your comedy pleasure :) http://xkcd.com/545/ chaos! :) Judson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cohesion ___ WikiEN-l mailing list

Re: [WikiEN-l] Upcoming break

2009-02-17 Thread Kevin Wong
Well, good luck and see you then... On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Jay Litwyn brewh...@edmc.net wrote: Stay Gruntled. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit:

Re: [WikiEN-l] A wide selection of Drama

2009-02-17 Thread Kevin Wong
But is it a tragedy or a comedy? On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Ray Saintonge sainto...@telus.net wrote: Daniel R. Tobias wrote: My latest Netflix confirmation e-mail had this: Get personalized recommendations from our wide selection in Drama. The more movies you rate, the better

Re: [WikiEN-l] Watch out Wikipedia, here comes Britannica 2.0

2009-01-21 Thread Kevin Wong
Well, they can do what they like. But because of that, Wikipedia will remain more popular and wider in scope and depth than Brittanica 2.0. On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 8:07 PM, wjhon...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 1/21/2009 8:04:30 PM Pacific Standard Time, keith...@gmail.com writes: New

[WikiEN-l] Obama Inauguration on Commons?

2009-01-21 Thread Kevin Wong
Has anyone uploaded the video of the Obama inauguration yet? Since it's in the Public Domain, it is appropriate for Commons. I am working on it right now. However, I'll need to convert it into an open format and find enough time to upload the big-ass file. -- Whether you can or can't, any way

Re: [WikiEN-l] JarlaxleArtemis/Grawp

2008-12-16 Thread Kevin Wong
Well I think he is... I know that there was a case some time ago where excessive vandalism came from the IP of an asylum. On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 12:58 AM, Michael Everson ever...@evertype.comwrote: On 16 Dec 2008, at 04:14, Thomas Larsen wrote: What amazes me is that this guy, a

Re: [WikiEN-l] JarlaxleArtemis/Grawp

2008-12-15 Thread Kevin Wong
It makes sense to take a further action with this vandal. Unlike every internet troll I have handled so far, Grawp doesn't stop when he dosen't get the reaction he wants. On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 3:04 AM, Fran Rogers f...@nutmeg.ws wrote: You all may remember [[User:JarlaxleArtemis]], who has