Re: [Wikimedia-l] Declaring my candidacy

2012-07-10 Thread Alice Wiegand
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 12:01 AM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: You would also have to accept that you are/will be part of the WMF board. You'd have access to less and in some case, more information, but not a lot besides what people choose to disclose. This interim time between the WMDE

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

2012-07-10 Thread Milos Rancic
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Keegan Peterzell keegan.w...@gmail.com wrote: Okay, I'll bite. This is just my opinion and based on SOPA in the United States and what our government represents. Thanks! I am responding as a non-cognitivist moral skeptic nihilist. We have freedoms and we have

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

2012-07-10 Thread Keegan Peterzell
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 12:58 AM, Keegan Peterzell keegan.w...@gmail.comwrote: Neither Anonymous, neither Arab Spring would happen without Wikipedia. I think you meant without the technology and concept that we can be connected as humans all the time. We can trace these happenings back to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

2012-07-10 Thread Milos Rancic
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Keegan Peterzell keegan.w...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 12:58 AM, Keegan Peterzell keegan.w...@gmail.comwrote: Neither Anonymous, neither Arab Spring would happen without Wikipedia. I think you meant without the technology and concept that we

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

2012-07-10 Thread Keegan Peterzell
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 1:16 AM, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks! I am responding as a non-cognitivist moral skeptic nihilist. CAUTION: HUMOR! Nice marmot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L2qP-xQ_7o -- ~Keegan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

2012-07-10 Thread Milos Rancic
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Keegan Peterzell keegan.w...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 1:16 AM, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks! I am responding as a non-cognitivist moral skeptic nihilist. CAUTION: HUMOR! Nice marmot.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

2012-07-10 Thread Keegan Peterzell
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 1:18 AM, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Keegan Peterzell keegan.w...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 12:58 AM, Keegan Peterzell keegan.w...@gmail.comwrote: Neither Anonymous, neither Arab Spring would happen

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

2012-07-10 Thread Przykuta
Neither Anonymous, neither Arab Spring would happen without Wikipedia. I think you meant without the technology and concept that we can be connected as humans all the time. We can trace these happenings back to the telegraph and radio, or even the bold idea of the ink and paper.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

2012-07-10 Thread Nikola Smolenski
On 10/07/12 08:16, Milos Rancic wrote: On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Keegan Peterzellkeegan.w...@gmail.com wrote: Okay, I'll bite. This is just my opinion and based on SOPA in the United States and what our government represents. Thanks! I am responding as a non-cognitivist moral skeptic

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

2012-07-10 Thread Thomas Morton
On 9 July 2012 20:41, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: In less than half an hour Russian Wikipedia will go on one-day strike against SOPA/PIPA-like law in Russia [1] (in Russian). Unless I am missing something key; whilst this is a crappy law, it is not much like SOPA/PIPA in that it

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

2012-07-10 Thread David Gerard
On 10 July 2012 09:22, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com wrote: On 9 July 2012 20:41, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: In less than half an hour Russian Wikipedia will go on one-day strike against SOPA/PIPA-like law in Russia [1] (in Russian). Unless I am missing something key;

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

2012-07-10 Thread Yaroslav M. Blanter
On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:22:12 +0100, Thomas Morton wrote: On 9 July 2012 20:41, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: In less than half an hour Russian Wikipedia will go on one-day strike against SOPA/PIPA-like law in Russia [1] (in Russian). Unless I am missing something key; whilst this

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 8, Issue 28 -- 09 July 2012

2012-07-10 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
Special report: Reforming the education programs: lessons from Cairo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-07-09/Special_report News and notes: Russian Wikipedia protest blackout; E3 team and new tools; Wikitravel proposal bogged down

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

2012-07-10 Thread Keegan Peterzell
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 3:30 AM, Nikola Smolenski smole...@eunet.rs wrote: I have to say, your comment reads like empty philosophizing. You are like a person who doesn't have children because he is worried about overpopulation - when it is exactly the people who are intelligent and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

2012-07-10 Thread Nikola Smolenski
On 10/07/12 15:45, Keegan Peterzell wrote: They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~ Benjamin Franklin The blackout was exactly the opposite. A little temporary (one day) safety (all the content was still available at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Declaring my candidacy

2012-07-10 Thread Samuel Klein
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 2:02 AM, Alice Wiegand me.ly...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 12:01 AM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: You would also have to accept that you are/will be part of the WMF board. You'd have access to less and in some case, more information, but not a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

2012-07-10 Thread David Gerard
On 10 July 2012 15:29, Tim Starling tstarl...@wikimedia.org wrote: SOPA didn't threaten the existence of Wikipedia, Geoff Brigham opined otherwise, IIRC. - d. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] New, lower traffic, announcements only email list for Wikimedia developers

2012-07-10 Thread Guillaume Paumier
Hi, [cc:ing wikimedia-l because this message is also for Wikimedia users.] I've been asked to weigh in on this topic, because this is going to be an area of focus for me over the coming year. I've been tasked with improving the 2-way communication between users developers, possibly using the

[Wikimedia-l] Chapter Report from Wikimedia España (april-june 2012)

2012-07-10 Thread Lucien leGrey
This is the chapter report of Wikimedia España for the months of April, May and June 2012. April - 30.03-01.04.2012: Participation at Wikimedia Conference in Berlin. - 12.04.2012: Talk about Wikipedia and Wikimedia at iParty Wikipedia y Wikimedia, todo lo que siempre quisiste

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Declaring my candidacy

2012-07-10 Thread cyrano
Le 10/07/2012 11:23, Samuel Klein a écrit : I don't think we were... Theo, I'm not sure what board you are talking about here :-) I'm baffled by the opacity of the administrative situation which makes it difficult even for high level, experienced and even specialized brains to manage to talk

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

2012-07-10 Thread Milos Rancic
, a sign that the legislation needs to be improved,” he tweeted on Tuesday morning. [1] [1] http://themoscownews.com/russia/20120710/189942195.html ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

2012-07-10 Thread Tim Starling
On 11/07/12 00:32, David Gerard wrote: On 10 July 2012 15:29, Tim Starling tstarl...@wikimedia.org wrote: SOPA didn't threaten the existence of Wikipedia, Geoff Brigham opined otherwise, IIRC. Yes, on the basis that Wikipedia arguably falls under the definition of an 'Internet search