Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Disclosure amendment to the Terms of Use

Hi Nemo (& others) I know of at least one non english project that has implemented a much stronger stance against paid contributions Their are two possibilities when specific projects discuss if they need to have their own policy on this topic a) If all participants of the project agree on wha

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Disclosure amendment to the Terms of Use

Hoi, I have read Stephen's mail. It refers to many other things that I did not read. When the policy was discussed I raised the notion that for Wikidata the need for such disclosure is different. Given that I did not get any response, I took it as if that was not interesting relevant and understoo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Disclosure amendment to the Terms of Use

phoebe ayers, 17/06/2014 18:56: Anyway, I'm not sure why you are assuming that the amendment will automatically be abhorrent to every community that's not English Wikipedia. And why do you think it will be useful? If it was needed, how comes only some 50 non-en.wiki editors came to support it

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Disclosure amendment to the Terms of Use

On 17 June 2014 12:56, phoebe ayers wrote: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Risker wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm so very disappointed in the Board and the WMF for this TOU amendment, > > which was obviously written to quell concerns about English Wikipedia, > with > > extremely little con

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Disclosure amendment to the Terms of Use

On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Risker wrote: > On 16 June 2014 20:48, phoebe ayers wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Risker wrote: > > > > > Not quite sure what you're shouting about, Gerard. The amendment > clearly > > > gives individual projects the right to have an alternativ

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Disclosure amendment to the Terms of Use

Risker wrote: >I'm so very disappointed in the Board and the WMF for this TOU amendment, >which was obviously written to quell concerns about English Wikipedia, >with extremely little consideration of any other project. Now projects >*must* formally exempt practices that are perfectly acceptable t

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Disclosure amendment to the Terms of Use

On 16 June 2014 20:48, phoebe ayers wrote: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Risker wrote: > > > Not quite sure what you're shouting about, Gerard. The amendment clearly > > gives individual projects the right to have an alternative to this > > particular section of the terms of use, and that

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Disclosure amendment to the Terms of Use

On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Risker wrote: > Not quite sure what you're shouting about, Gerard. The amendment clearly > gives individual projects the right to have an alternative to this > particular section of the terms of use, and that alternative can be either > more strict or less stric

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Disclosure amendment to the Terms of Use

Not quite sure what you're shouting about, Gerard. The amendment clearly gives individual projects the right to have an alternative to this particular section of the terms of use, and that alternative can be either more strict or less strict. Seems Commons is considering an alternative that is ve

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Disclosure amendment to the Terms of Use

Hi GerardM, have you read Stephen's email? On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > WOW, > CAN SOMEONE WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO CLARIFY IF THIS WILL GET A > HEARING? > > Either it is something that should apply to all projects and consequently > it is a board issue

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Disclosure amendment to the Terms of Use

Hoi, WOW, CAN SOMEONE WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO CLARIFY IF THIS WILL GET A HEARING? Either it is something that should apply to all projects and consequently it is a board issue or it is en.wp only. When it is en.wp only, the policy is either not carefully thought through or it should not be

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Disclosure amendment to the Terms of Use

Stephen LaPorte writes: > We would like to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees > has approved an amendment to Section 4 of the Terms of Use to require > disclosure of paid editing. There is a proposal on Wikimedia Commons that aims to opt-out that project from the amendment,

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Disclosure amendment to the Terms of Use

Hi all, We would like to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has approved an amendment to Section 4 of the Terms of Use to require disclosure of paid editing. This follows the extensive discussion of the amendment