Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Translations of the "Wikimedia Highlights" for March 2012 available in Русский (Russian), Nederlands (Dutch), Macedonian (Македонски), Italiano (Italian), F

That's fantastic, as always. Thank you! SJ On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 7:56 PM, Tilman Bayer wrote: > The following translation are now available for the March 2012 > "Wikimedia Highlights", which combine some of the most relevant > information from the Wikimedia Foundation Report and the Wikimedi

[Wikimedia-l] Why Do You Contribute to Wikipedia?

Dear Wikipedia contributors, Your valuable opinions are needed regarding users' motivations to contribute to Wikipedia. This topic is currently investigated by Audrey Abeyta, an undergraduate student at the University of California, Santa Barbara. You can read a more detailed description of the pr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Travel Guide Wiki

Hey folks, For those who've been following this thread -- I wanted to let you know I've posted a comment from the Wikimedia Foundation, on the talk page for the meta page James made, here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wiki_Travel_Guide#Comment_from_the_Wikimedia_Foundation I pasted the ful

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Translations of the "Wikimedia Highlights" for March 2012 available in Русский (Russian), Nederlands (Dutch), Macedonian (Македонски), Italiano (Italian), Franç

The following translation are now available for the March 2012 "Wikimedia Highlights", which combine some of the most relevant information from the Wikimedia Foundation Report and the Wikimedia engineering report for March 2012 with a selection of other important events from the Wikimedia movement.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] User retention statistics?

PS. This story was triggered by Fastily's retirement. He has 46000 edits on enwiki, and only about 620 editors have reached that plateau. Of these, 90% are still active. So such retirements are relatively rare. Personally, I hope he decides to come back after taking some time to relax and recha

Re: [Wikimedia-l] User retention statistics?

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote: > 1. What is the average lifetime of a Wikipedia editor (for instance the one > with at leat 1000 contributions)? I recollect smth about two years, but I am > pretty sure I have never seen any research on this. How does it depend on >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] User retention statistics?

Perhaps this page, with results, might be helpful as well: http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Task_force/Community_Health/Survey Risker On 18 April 2012 17:22, Philippe Beaudette wrote: > Yaroslav - > > You'll probably find background for some of this on the strategy wiki - > that's the communi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] User retention statistics?

Yaroslav - You'll probably find background for some of this on the strategy wiki - that's the community health group that you're thinking about. :-) This is a survey in particular that might interest you: http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Task_force/Community_Health/Former_contributors_survey A

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Chapter software tools work welcome at Berlin hackathon in June

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 3:06 AM, Richard Symonds < richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Oddly enough, I have a CiviCRM developer coming around today to talk about > WMUK funding a Gift Aid or Direct Debit module. He's based only a few > minutes from our office. > There is currently a "Make

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia

On 04/18/12 6:54 AM, Mike Dupont wrote: On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Fae wrote: I just would prefer that this not be a launch pad for change or tangential discussions. fair enough! lets keep it that way. We dont want to give that madman Breivik more influence that he has. The influence

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Chapter software tools work welcome at Berlin hackathon in June

On 17 April 2012 22:27, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: > Several Wikimedia chapters have mentioned that they are interested in > software tools used in chapter operations, including CiviCRM > improvements/customization. This came up at the meeting a few weeks > ago, I am told > < > https://meta.wik

[Wikimedia-l] User retention statistics?

My message is inspired by discussion in this thread (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Loss_of_more_and_more_and_more_established_editors_and_administrators) on Englush Wikipedia. Whereas the thread itself is not relevant to this list, and the points get re-ite

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > People like Breivik who have a desire to promote fringe views turn up to > edit Wikipedia in droves. I would not be surprised if he had an account, > like Bedell before him. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Pentagon_shooting > http://en

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Commons-l] [Commons-POTY-l] 10th anniversary of Wikimedia Commons

The voting could be carried out with the global event. Vote eligibility could be participating in the events for example. Of course not every country will have an event so not sure if this approach is a good one. -- とある白い猫 (To Aru Shiroi Neko) 2012/4/18 Tadija Mileti? > Hmm, and maybe so

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia

2012/4/18 Hans A. Rosbach : > You can find the live reporting in the Norwegian newspaper VG here: > https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/22-juli/rettssaken/artikkel.php?artid=10065284 So basically, he's interested in history and the history of religion, among other subjects. He claims to have spent

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia

People like Breivik who have a desire to promote fringe views turn up to edit Wikipedia in droves. I would not be surprised if he had an account, like Bedell before him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Pentagon_shooting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/JPatrickBedell A. __

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia

You can find the live reporting in the Norwegian newspaper VG here: https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/22-juli/rettssaken/artikkel.php?artid=10065284 I found the google translate result of the relevant portion to be readable. Search for *Aktor Inga Bejer-Engh: Men du, når du snakker om 15.000 tim

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Fae wrote: > I just would prefer that this not be a launch pad for change or > tangential discussions. > > fair enough! lets keep it that way. We dont want to give that madman Breivik more influence that he has. mike ___

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia

On 18 April 2012 14:44, Mike Dupont wrote: > Yes, I also found it upsetting, but I decided to bring this topic up as > someone had sent it to me, > and thought that it is better that we know about what is going on before it > hits us and we dont know about it. I'm not having a poke at you Mike,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia

Yes, I also found it upsetting, but I decided to bring this topic up as someone had sent it to me, and thought that it is better that we know about what is going on before it hits us and we dont know about it. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Fae wrote: > I find this context upsetting regardless

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia

I find this context upsetting regardless of the points being raised. My personal request for any reader of this email thread, is that if there are any changes you would like to see on Wikipedia or other Wikimedia projects, please don't use anything that this monster says as a reason for action. It

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia

Thanks, for that, I really dont want to only talk about my personal pet peeves here, but make the case that we have a huge backlog of disputes that are not really being looked into. My vision is a conflict resolution system somewhat like a court system with a hearing, jury and judge. From that vie

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia

>> on 4/18/12 4:53 AM, Mike Dupont at jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: >> >>> this just in, scary. >>> >>> Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia >>> >> http://www.businessinsider.com/norwegian-terrorist-anders-breivik-my-biggest ->> i >>> nfluence-was-wikipedia-2012-4#ixzz1sN3LZci6

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia

On 18 April 2012 13:55, Marc Riddell wrote: > on 4/18/12 4:53 AM, Mike Dupont at jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: > > > this just in, scary. > > > > Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia > > > http://www.businessinsider.com/norwegian-terrorist-anders-breivik-my-biggest-i > > nfluence-

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia

on 4/18/12 4:53 AM, Mike Dupont at jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: > this just in, scary. > > Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia > http://www.businessinsider.com/norwegian-terrorist-anders-breivik-my-biggest-i > nfluence-was-wikipedia-2012-4#ixzz1sN3LZci6 Unless he expanded on hi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Chapter software tools work welcome at Berlin hackathon in June

Thanks Sumana. This will save a lot of time of executive members of Wikimedia India. We are spending lot of time in data entry and processing membership. Manuel Schneider has promised to help in implementing CiviCRM for Wikimedia India. -- naveenpf O

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia

On 18 April 2012 09:53, Mike Dupont wrote: > Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia > http://www.businessinsider.com/norwegian-terrorist-anders-breivik-my-biggest-influence-was-wikipedia-2012-4#ixzz1sN3LZci6 The word "influence" appears to have been a journalist's invention and not someth

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Chapter software tools work welcome at Berlin hackathon in June

Oddly enough, I have a CiviCRM developer coming around today to talk about WMUK funding a Gift Aid or Direct Debit module. He's based only a few minutes from our office. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 3:27 AM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: > Several Wikimedia chapters have mentioned that they are interes

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:27 AM, George Herbert wrote: > Does an open content, liberal open encyclopedia sound like we'd be his > friend? > Well I agree that this guy was out to do harm, and that we cannot trust anything he says as being truthful. People will use radicals like this for pushing mo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Svip wrote: > On 18 April 2012 10:53, Mike  Dupont wrote: > >> this just in, scary. >> >> Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia >> http://www.businessinsider.com/norwegian-terrorist-anders-breivik-my-biggest-influence-was-wikipedia-2012-4#ixzz1sN3LZci6 > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia

We should probably not read too much into this. His public statements seem to have been calculated to harm his perceived enemies. Does an open content, liberal open encyclopedia sound like we'd be his friend? George William Herbert Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2012, at 2:10, Anirudh Bhati

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia

Open source models have also inspired guerrilla insurgent groups. http://www.zinelibrary.info/fourth-generation-warfare-standing-orders-open-source-insurgencies (Open Source Jihad) On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Svip wrote: > On 18 April 2012 10:53, Mike Dupont > wrote: > > > this just in,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia

On 18 April 2012 10:53, Mike Dupont wrote: > this just in, scary. > > Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia > http://www.businessinsider.com/norwegian-terrorist-anders-breivik-my-biggest-influence-was-wikipedia-2012-4#ixzz1sN3LZci6 Maybe he read the articles during vandalism? ___

[Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia

this just in, scary. Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia http://www.businessinsider.com/norwegian-terrorist-anders-breivik-my-biggest-influence-was-wikipedia-2012-4#ixzz1sN3LZci6 mike -- James Michael DuPont Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova http://flossk.org ___

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Commons-l] [Commons-POTY-l] 10th anniversary of Wikimedia Commons

Now that Wikimedia-l is in the loop, can we shift the focus of discussion back to commons lists and not cc wm-l? -- ~Keegan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.