Re: [WikiEN-l] Newyorkbrad's speech at Wikiconference New York

2009-09-17 Thread Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia)
This is a very valid point in terms of another way of approaching the issue. (In evaluating the speech for completeness, do bear in mind that I only had a certain amount of time and couldn't make every possible point, but I should have found room for this one.) Newyorkbrad On Thu, Sep 17, 2009

[WikiEN-l] Newyorkbrad's speech at Wikiconference New York

2009-09-13 Thread Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia)
Readers of this list who have not already seen or heard it may be interested in a talk I gave in July at the 2009 Wikiconference New York. The (somewhat pompous) title of the talk is Wikipedia, the Internet, and the Future of Privacy.The video of that talk has now been posted and is available at:

Re: [WikiEN-l] Motion To Disqualify a Candidate if it suppliedmisinformation...

2009-08-21 Thread Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia)
If I write Motion denied, can we close this thread? Newyorkbrad On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Jay Litwyn brewh...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca wrote: In my own interests, I won't. I already brought the motion before the candidate, and one of the witnesses to my motion blocked me from

Re: [WikiEN-l] Motion To Disqualify a Candidate if it suppliedmisinformation...

2009-08-21 Thread Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia)
'Put down your gun and tiara and come out of the float!' The cops fired a warning shot that blew her off the float. I tried to scream 'duck', but it stuck in my throat. She hit the ground and did a flip; it was so acrobatic, But I was crying so hard I couldn't work my Instamatic. Newyorkbrad On

Re: [WikiEN-l] Poetry thread

2009-03-14 Thread Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia)
This thread invited everyone To wax poetic Some cross words were exchanged and some Apologetic To those who'd try their hand at this Be sympathetic Though we all know that wiki rhymes Can be pathetic I know when I post doggerel Some users curse They may reach for their medicine Or

Re: [WikiEN-l] Biography of Living persons

2008-12-29 Thread Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia)
347 basic directives does resemble the question barrage in a lot of RFAs ;-) d. If you think the volume of questions on RfA is bad these days, try running for ArbCom. :) Newyorkbrad ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To

Re: [WikiEN-l] Biography of Living persons

2008-12-29 Thread Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia)
Correct. Opt-out will violate NPOV. - d. Why? Newyorkbrad ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

Re: [WikiEN-l] Joseph Farah: Another dissatisfied customer

2008-12-16 Thread Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia)
I have come to the conclusion that a very large percentage of BLP's need to be semiprotected at the very least. I am still thinking through the best way to implement such a change, but the current situation is not acceptable. Newyorkbrad On 12/16/08, Michael Bimmler mbimm...@gmail.com wrote: On