Re: [Wikimedia-l] [OpenAccess] [wikicite-discuss] Wikimedia and other 60+ organizations launch the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC)

2017-04-09 Thread NC Hasive
Great work. -Hasive On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 4:38 AM, Andy Mabbett wrote: > On 6 April 2017 at 19:11, Dario Taraborelli > wrote: > > > I wanted to let you know that we launched an initiative this morning > called: > > Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC). > > Wikipedia article here: > >http

Re: [Wikimedia-l] DEADLINE EXTENDED: Wikimania 2017 call for submissions

2017-04-09 Thread phoebe ayers
Thanks Joseph! Just a followup reminder that submissions are due TOMORROW. If you have submitted a proposal already but it's marked as a "draft", please finalize it and mark it as "completed" by tomorrow as well. (If you are a submitter you may already have email from me about this). thanks every

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Updates regarding the Wikimedia Foundation Election Committee

2017-04-09 Thread Rogol Domedonfors
Jonathan, Thanks, but I think this is a Board issue, and that the Board Governance Committee should be invited to consider it. However, as I'm sure you are well aware, real names are required in a wide variety of contexts. It is the extent to which they are made public that differs. "Rogol" On

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Updates regarding the Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee

2017-04-09 Thread Rogol Domedonfors
Adrian On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 10:08 AM, you wrote: > [...] your usual > MO of presenting ideas that only you care about is, yet again, unhelpful > here. > This is both aggressive and fallacious. At least one other person cared enough about this issue to post a polite, thoughtful and reasoned co

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Updates regarding the Wikimedia Foundation Election Committee

2017-04-09 Thread Jonathan Cardy
Hi Rogol, If you want to make an exception to pseudonymity and require real name disclosure for volunteers in such a post then a post on a talkpage or on this mailing list isn't enough to get a change. You or someone else would need to start a request for comment, presumably on meta, and you'd

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Updates regarding the Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee

2017-04-09 Thread Adrian Raddatz
I definitely did not have an important role in the process, nor does any one person on ElectCom have as important a role as the returning officer in an electoral district. I guess what I'm trying to get at is that your usual MO of presenting ideas that only you care about is, yet again, unhelpful h

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Updates regarding the Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee

2017-04-09 Thread Rogol Domedonfors
Nataliia, Thanks for your prompt response. You have made your decision, and if you have solicited applications for the Committee on the basis that the members may remain pseudonymous, then I would not expect you to resile from that. However for the next round perhaps you may wish to reconsider yo