[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 8, Issue 29 -- 16 July 2012
Special report: Chapters Association mired in controversy over new chair http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-07-16/Special_report Wikimania: Young chapter shows experience beyond its years http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-07-16/Wikimania News and notes: WMF enacts reforms at Wikimania; main page redesign; 4 millionth article milestone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-07-16/News_and_notes Discussion report: Discussion reports and miscellaneous articulations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-07-16/Discussion_report WikiProject report: Summer sports series: French WikiProject Cycling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-07-16/WikiProject_report Featured content: Takes flight http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-07-16/Featured_content Arbitration report: Fæ faces site-ban, proposed decisions posted http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-07-16/Arbitration_report Technology report: Tech talks at Wikimania amid news of a mixed June http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-07-16/Technology_report Single page view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single PDF version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-07-16 http://identi.ca/wikisignpost / https://twitter.com/wikisignpost -- Wikipedia Signpost Staff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
[Wikimedia-l] Geolocalization improvement proposal
Hi all, I have written a proposal for the improvement of the current geolocalization system used for the geonotice, being the current one really poor and of no use in some areas. This proposal is based on the use of the geolocalization capabilities of modern browsers. Having a more accurate geolocalization system would benefit both readers, which will be reading only messages interesting for people in their areas, and the projects by fostering direct participation in local events. You can find the proposal here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Geonotice I know that the feature may be perceived as invasive so I would like that as many people as possible share their opinion on this and I hope that we can anyway start a discussion that will lead to an improved geolocalization system, whichever we found appropriate. Thanks for your attention, Cristian ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike
Fred Bauder wrote: It remains possible, due to the nature of the Russian government and the pressures of the opposition on it, that reading between the lines and coming to the conclusion they did was justified. What the Russian government might consider extremist and necessary to suppress is sui generis. It remains possible for a lot of people to disrupt access to Wikimedia wikis (government agencies, ISPs, et al.). Tim's point (as I've read it, at least) has been that disrupting access ourselves is not the right thing to do. When there's a credible disruption (like the bans in China), working around those disruptions to further Wikimedia's aim of spreading free educational content is a worthwhile endeavor. Purposefully disrupting access to Wikimedia wikis through blackouts is contrary to Wikimedia's primary aim. MZMcBride ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
[Wikimedia-l] IRC office hours The future of e-mail usage in Wikimedia projects 2012-07-18 16:30 UTC
Hello everyone. This office hours will be in a little under 11 hours from now. On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 6:22 PM, Siebrand Mazeland (WMF) smazel...@wikimedia.org wrote: Date: 2012-07-18 Time: 16.30 UTC Venue: #wikimedia-office You are invited to a Wikimedia Foundation IRC Offfice Hours in Wednesday July 18, 2012 at 16:30 UTC (time zone information: http://hexm.de/j6). The Wikimedia Foundation features, product, design and legal teams want to discuss with the community how they see they use of e-mail in the future, as development of new features will increasingly make more use of e-mail as a way to contact and engage new, current and previously active users. Please mark this date in your calendar if you wish to participate in the discussion. We will send a reminder a few days before the meeting. -- Siebrand Mazeland Product Manager Localisation Wikimedia Foundation M: +31 6 50 69 1239 Skype: siebrand Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
