Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why we’ve changed

2016-02-22 Thread billinghurst
nd from the little bit of the inside that I had when I was a steward. It is a situation that volunteers should not be forming such an opinion, however the inability of yourself and the board to achieve a resolution is a damning indictment. Regards, Billinghurst (now retreating to my hole pulling t

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikisource-l] Vote for Google OCR-Wikisource integration in 2015 community wishlist

2016-02-20 Thread billinghurst
Anyone have any suggestions to this issue raised on the Wikisource-L mailing list? -- Forwarded message -- From: Bodhisattwa Mandal Date: Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 4:02 AM Subject: Re: [Wikisource-l] Vote for Google OCR-Wikisource integration in 2015 community wishlist To: "discussion

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Message from Arnnon Geshuri to the Wikimedia Community

2016-01-27 Thread billinghurst
the hole has been dug by you and others has broken through to the other side you have no base, there is no real return. Regards, Billinghurst [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Requests_for_comment/Vote_of_no_confidence_on_Arnnon_Geshuri/sig=15282351 currently running at 263

[Wikimedia-l] Please sign your posts

2016-01-08 Thread billinghurst
To those who have fallen out of the habit of signing your posts, please fall back into the habit of good netiquette. For those of us who read the digest mode it is troublesome to have unsigned posts, and then need to flick back to the digest ToC to find the poster. Thanks. Regards, Billinghurst

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Over-opinionated

2016-01-03 Thread billinghurst
templating of (most) others' emails (and editing). Regards, Billinghurst [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Patricio.lorente#Re_your_statement_to_Wikimedia-L_2015-12-31 > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Kevin Gorman <kgor...@gmail.com> > To: Wikimed

[Wikimedia-l] Over-opinionated

2016-01-02 Thread billinghurst
the world and the time zones they exist. This matter will take time to resolve, and it needs information from the Board, and they need to understand that this requires them to communicate, and continue to communicate. That everyone fills that void with noise is not helpful in my opinion. Regards, Bi

[Wikimedia-l] Flogging dead horses (was Re: Superprotect user right, Coming to a wiki near you)

2014-08-17 Thread Wiki Billinghurst
Are we there yet? This subject has been so done to death, that the corpse of the dead horse that has been flogged is going to rise as a zombie and eat out your brains. There is next to no original thought coming through just verbiage, and it is time that people subjecting the whole list to the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The tragedy of Commons

2014-06-26 Thread billinghurst
that the added works are within scope. Is there more we can do to make some of the administrative tasks easier, so admins feel less squeezed for time, and more able to be supportive rather than squeezed. Regards, Billinghurst ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why the quiet announcement of Wikimania 2015?

2014-06-04 Thread billinghurst
On Thu, 05 Jun 2014 00:56:07 +1000, billinghurst billinghu...@gmail.com wrote: Just wondering whether there is going to be a bigger announcement of Wikimania 2015 going to be in Mexico City, than its appearance in the WM2014 programme https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme

[Wikimedia-l] Why the quiet announcement of Wikimania 2015?

2014-06-04 Thread billinghurst
that is a very quiet way of doing things. Seems that we can make a bit of a bigger fuss. Congrats Mexico City. Regards, Billinghurst ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Protecting the Encylopedia vs Destroying a human

2013-05-29 Thread billinghurst
a level of naivety, and simplicity in the approach. There are simply some acts that should not be undertaken while standing up in front of a group of people. ... or there is the old saying of let sleeping dogs, lie Regards, Billinghurst ___ Wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Tweet this page from some or all sites???

2013-04-18 Thread billinghurst
On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:28:54 +1000, billinghurst billinghu...@gmail.com wrote: I am wondering why there is no tweet this page capability through the WMF sites? It is so widely available through the web, and here is a range of sites that would be a prime place to do it, and NADA, no capacity

[Wikimedia-l] Request for comment — Activity levels of advanc ed administrative rights holders

2013-04-18 Thread billinghurst
for use of all Wikimedia Foundation public wikis to determine minimum expected activity of advanced administrative rights holders, and a process to remove rights where there has been an exceptional duration of inactivity. Your questions and comments are most welcome. Regards, Billinghurst (WMF

[Wikimedia-l] Tweet this page from some or all sites???

2013-04-17 Thread billinghurst
place to start. Howwever, the ability to easily tweet about a book at Wikisource, an article at one of the WPs all sound like marvellous things to easily do. Regards, Billinghurst ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe