Someone has to break silence ;) so let me say that I'm quite
disappointed that a community elected board member resigned in a way
that rushed the board into changing the bylaws with little thought about
quorums and required majorities, making them even more exposed to
dramatic changes in
Hi Jan-Bart,
I would like to join you in thanking Ting for his work over the last 5
years (man, what a long time, and what a great commitment).
@Ting: Thank You and Vielen Dank! I am very confident that you will stay
part of our great movement in the future, in whatever capacity suits you
best.
Yesterday, OpenStreetMap launched iD, an in-browser editor so that you can edit
the map.
You no longer need to download JOSM, the desktop application, or use Potlatch,
a Flash-based application.
When you start using iD, it gives you an introductory guide on how to edit. The
app is designed
Hi all,
I think it should be noted that the Russian Wikipedia is having more and
more problems with the state-maintained Internet blacklist (an idea that
they heavily opposed, and which made them go on strike last July).
Apparently, the infamous cannabis smoking article was put back on the
On 8 May 2013 08:38, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote:
Yesterday, OpenStreetMap launched iD, an in-browser editor so that you can
edit the map.
You no longer need to download JOSM, the desktop application, or use
Potlatch, a Flash-based application.
When you start using iD, it gives you
These days I just say this report
- Less than 14% of World Lives in Countries with Free Press
http://gijn.org/2013/05/07/less-than-14-of-the-world-lives-in-countries-with-a-free-press/
It would be interesting a global comparison on how these States with
less freedom deal with Wikipedia. We could
Any details translated in English about what are the specific
wording on the articles that pushed the Russian State to blacklist
those articles?
Thanks,
JP aka Amqui
2013/5/8, Tomasz W. Kozlowski tom...@twkozlowski.net:
Hi all,
I think it should be noted that the Russian Wikipedia is having
On 8 May 2013 16:52, Tomasz W. Kozlowski tom...@twkozlowski.net wrote:
Hi all,
I think it should be noted that the Russian Wikipedia is having more and
more problems with the state-maintained Internet blacklist (an idea that
they heavily opposed, and which made them go on strike last July).
Russian is an/the official language in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan,
Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Moldova, and Romania, and spoken in yet other
parts of the world. If Russian was only spoken within the borders of
Russia, then tailoring the articles to that country's censorship laws would
be
Amqui wrote:
Any details translated in English about what are the specific
wording on the articles that pushed the Russian State to blacklist
those articles?
The community-maintained list of all blacklisted articles
http://tiny.cc/e7urww has all the necessary information; apparently
the
2013/5/8 Anthony Cole ahcole...@gmail.com:
Russian is an/the official language in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan,
Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Moldova, and Romania, and spoken in yet other
parts of the world.
You might want to update your info. The only official language in
Romania and Moldova is
Correction: in Moldova, the official language is Moldovan ;) this is
a pandora's box one really doesn't want to open xD
However, Russian is an official language in Pridnestrovie, and also
every-day language in Gagauzia.
Back to scheduled programming..
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 4:18 AM, Strainu
2013/5/8 Russavia russavia.wikipe...@gmail.com:
Correction: in Moldova, the official language is Moldovan ;) this is
a pandora's box one really doesn't want to open xD
Right, one might always read the English Wikipedia article and find
out we were both right (funny, huh? :) ) Totally agree that
Right, one might always read the English Wikipedia article and find
out we were both right (funny, huh? :) ) Totally agree that we don't
want to reopen this, though. Let's just say that Russian is NOT an
official language in Moldova.
Nice to work with you on this mailing list to reach a
Forwarding per request.
Alex
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From: Sarah Stierch sstie...@wikimedia.org
Date: 2013/5/8
Subject: Please send this to the list, thanks: Subject: Program Evaluation
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To:
And that should be 2013 :P (Because I *know* someone here will point that
out 3 )
Sorry about that :)
-Sarah
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 2:10 PM, J Alexandr Ledbury-Romanov
alexandrdmitriroma...@gmail.com wrote:
Forwarding per request.
Alex
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From:
Hi Pine,
My apologies for the tardiness of this reply; I've been away in India with
family and am only just back.
It's an important question to ask, because the Grantmaking team's programs
- including the FDC process - have and are being set up with a strong
self-evaluation component. We exist
*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings
within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and
more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums.
You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org.
Following-up with a few more pieces of material:
*FDC Frequently Asked Questions: Process of Continuous Improvement[1]
*2012-13 FDC Round 1 survey results[2]
[1]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Frequently_asked_questions#FDC_Process_Continuous_Improvement
[2]
I was relying on the infobox in English Wikipedia's article, Russian
language. Is it safe to say Russian is spoken in many regions outside
Russia?
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 4:42 AM, Russavia russavia.wikipe...@gmail.comwrote:
Right, one might always read the English Wikipedia article and find
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