On 22 September 2012 20:24, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
It's such a pity that Elsevier's attempt to legally block open access
requirements [1] means that they must be destroyed utterly with not
Of course, it's not all happy bunnies and rainbows and unicorns on the
OA side. There's
Hi all,
The straw poll [1] for the name of the new travel guide project has closed.
While there's been strong support for the name Wikivoyage, there have also
been strong arguments expressing the desire for a more open-ended process
and no overall consensus to go forward without it. The
Thanks for keeping this rolling, Philippe.
It's great to see the names turned up already.
SJ
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 4:24 AM, Philippe Beaudette
phili...@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Hi all,
The straw poll [1] for the name of the new travel guide project has closed.
While there's been strong
Thanks Philippe,
just as clarification: do I understand correctly that people can only
suggest names that are either owned by the WMF or they are willing to
invest money to buy the domains for at least the .org and possibly some
more? Or would the WMF also be willing to buy/reimburse the domains
Hi Lodewijk,
Currently the process is that the suggested name must be owned by the WMF
or a volunteer who is willing to transfer it free of charge. Any
exceptions would have to be worked out with Kelly and Erik.
Thanks,
pb
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Philippe Beaudette
Director, Community Advocacy
If anyone has a good idea for a name, but lacks to funds or means to pick
it up (and the WMF declines to do so), feel free to get in touch. I am
happy to handle the purchase and later transfer (if it wins!) for you :)
Hopefully that removes that hurdle :D
Tom
On 27 September 2012 13:48,
Ten years ago we actually tried to create an online scholarly journal
(for profit) process with rapid publication.Unfortunately there was no
interest from investors as the dot com bust had left them shy on
anything online...
eventualism and our reliable sources model are probably a very poor
Hi Tom,
thanks for the offer :) That was indeed the situation I was referring to.
It would probably be good to mention on the page who people should contact
(first Erik, and he will send people from there?). I don't have any awesome
ideas currently, but I can very well imagine other people might
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote:
thanks for the offer :) That was indeed the situation I was referring to.
It would probably be good to mention on the page who people should contact
(first Erik, and he will send people from there?). I don't have any
Is the idea of owning the domain name first (and submitting it by
e-mail) aimed at forestalling any sniping? I have a suggestion, for
instance, but I don't own it nor necessarily want to buy it without
some likelihood of it being selected. In that case, should I suggest
it and risk having it
On 27/09/2012 22:10, Nathan wrote:
Is the idea of owning the domain name first (and submitting it by
e-mail) aimed at forestalling any sniping? I have a suggestion, for
instance, but I don't own it nor necessarily want to buy it without
some likelihood of it being selected. In that case, should
Tom,
Thanks for making this offer. The worst that could happen to a Wikimedia
competition is, indeed, one that requires money to join.
Deryck
On Sep 27, 2012 2:15 PM, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com
wrote:
If anyone has a good idea for a name, but lacks to funds or means to pick
it
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