Jan-Bart de Vreede wrote:
...
if you have questions that you think we should ask: feel free to suggest them
here :)
I have these ten questions:
1. What do you think a reasonable goal for the growth of the Wikimedia
Education Program over the next five years is?
2. Do you believe that the
On Monday, 18 February 2013, Abbas Mahmood wrote:
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Hong Kong is an
oh... so replying with I will bring my own food wasn't such a good idea
after all? ;-)
2013/2/18 Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com
On Monday, 18 February 2013, Abbas Mahmood wrote:
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On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:52:13 +0100, Lodewijk wrote:
oh... so replying with I will bring my own food wasn't such a good
idea
after all? ;-)
I guess if you have written somewhere that you are Dutch this one
becomes redundant. Everybody knows that Dutch bring their own food
everywhere.
Yes, I think that writing I will bring Stroopwafels gives you an
automatic extra 10points in the scholarship assessment ;-)
wittylama.com
Peace, love metadata
On 18 February 2013 21:05, Yaroslav M. Blanter pute...@mccme.ru wrote:
On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:52:13 +0100, Lodewijk wrote:
oh... so
Hey
Thanks!
I am sure that Alice is grateful for the input. I must confess though that I
think that most of these questions require a deep knowledge of the movement and
the community and as such disqualify a lot of potential candidates… (I would
hazard a guess that none of the past appointed
On 18 February 2013 08:19, James Salsman jsals...@gmail.com wrote:
I have these ten questions:
This is ridiculously inside-baseball stuff. It strikes me as possibly
a bad idea to turn board selection into something like en:wp RFA.
- d.
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Hi,
sure I didn't mean every external consultancy is evil. Sorry if I
sounded like that. Firstly, the world is not divided between good and
evil, like if we had an axis of evil. :P
Just as an example, the same company I just criticized had a better
performance in another country. Things can vary
I don't think it's about childish beliefs about evil. Money has a real
influence, conflicts of interests are a real thing, and opacity at any
stage allow abuses. It has been shown countless times in countless
situations, empirically and scientifically, that people in power WILL
use it to keep
No, because you haven't described what you're bringing :)
On the other hand, a detailed, grammatically correct description of
stroopwafels will almost certainly gain full marks for the English ability
criterion. (And perhaps a bonus for interest in Wikimania if you make a
good case)
On 18
I quite like questions 2, 6, 9 and 10 - the answers to those should
help to show how well applicants understand our culture and what new
insights they can bring to the table. The others are either too
obscure for most applicants to be able to give an informed answer or
aren't really things the
I would like to promote the idea that this person should be a supporter
of counties/language that is less fortunate then most of us, ie where
free expression of speech is in threat and where we now see an
unfortunate trend to limit the free Internet access.
I have spoken with colleagues from
Hey
And I was not responding specifically to you, no worries!
Jan-Bart
On Feb 18, 2013, at 2:01 PM, Everton Zanella Alvarenga t...@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Hi,
sure I didn't mean every external consultancy is evil. Sorry if I
sounded like that. Firstly, the world is not divided between good
Hey
I seriously can't follow this, could you explain?
Jan-Bart
On Feb 18, 2013, at 2:11 PM, cyrano cyrano.faw...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't think it's about childish beliefs about evil. Money has a real
influence, conflicts of interests are a real thing, and opacity at any stage
allow
Thanks, Manuel,
for writing this report! The meeting was conducted in an open and very
constructive way with many stakeholders at the table. I think we came to
some good and tangible conclusions. The next few weeks will have to
prove our plan works in practice.
Just for the record:there was
Jan-Bart,
can you be more specific?
Cheers
Le 18/02/2013 10:55, Jan-Bart de Vreede a écrit :
Hey
I seriously can't follow this, could you explain?
Jan-Bart
On Feb 18, 2013, at 2:11 PM, cyrano cyrano.faw...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't think it's about childish beliefs about evil. Money has
Hi Manuel,
Thanks for sending around an early quick personal report. I will be
sending out a very brief summary of next steps as the Chair shortly to
Wikimedia-l, the chapters list and on meta.
I need to put in a little time going through the notes on etherpad and
I am aiming to release these as
Hi all,
A speculative question: what's the most novel, thought-provoking, or
otherwise interesting piece of research you've seen, either
a) using information from Wikipedia (ie extracted text), or
b) looking at Wikipedia itself as a subject?
I'm giving a talk next month which will cover
Hi, Andrew.
Recently I came to a subject I first listened about 13 years ago in
the work of Murray Gell-Mann on complex adaptive systems, when I just
started to study physics. I think Wikipedia is an interesting system
to analyse such subject. Please, see
P. S. because of that, I am also really curious on what will happen
when someone use a MOOC with Wikipedia. See this proposal, for
instance
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikipedia_Massive_Open_Online_Courses
It will be quit interesting to see the possibly good effects of
students
A friend of mine wrote a thesis based on the genres used to describe
bands and albums by \Wikipedia and other networks. I'll introduce to
you Twitter.
On 18 February 2013 15:10, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk wrote:
Hi all,
A speculative question: what's the most novel,
Hello!
I have started a proposal for a new wiki project: WikiLang
(meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiLang). It is about endangered languages and
language documentation/decipherment. It is a very important step in order to
save our linguistic diversity which is ongoing faster than the extinction of
Beware: You'll get lost in Indian
cuisinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_cuisine.
;)
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.ukwrote:
On 18 February 2013 13:15, Deryck Chan deryckc...@wikimedia.hk wrote:
No, because you haven't described what you're bringing :)
Hi.
Could you explain in more detail (on the wiki page you linked) what
the content would look like and how it would differ from the Incubator
wiki? For example, would original research be allowed?
Best regards,
Thomas.
2013/2/18 Kevin Behrens kevin_behr...@hotmail.de:
Hello!
I have started
yes:
this bit:
I don't think it's about childish beliefs about evil. Money has a real
influence, conflicts of interests are a real thing, and opacity at any stage
allow abuses. It has been shown countless times in countless situations,
empirically and scientifically, that people in power
Dear fellow committed Wikimedians and Chapter enthusiasts,
Last weekend a number of Wikimedia Chapters Association Council
members, two trustees from the WMF board and some welcome guests,
worked together to review in detail the current progress of the
association and feedback given by the WMF
As a true Dutch, I should bring potatoes, peanut butter and hagelslag.
Lodewijk
2013/2/18 Deryck Chan deryckc...@wikimedia.hk
No, because you haven't described what you're bringing :)
On the other hand, a detailed, grammatically correct description of
stroopwafels will almost certainly gain
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgwrote:
As a true Dutch, I should bring potatoes, peanut butter and hagelslag.
Sorry, stroopwafels is the only dutch currency we recognize! (pref. with
hagelslag)
-Theo
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As a true Dutch, I shouldn't even consider to share... it is only to get
through the days and survive without having to touch local cuisine...
(French and Germans will probably be able to confirm this) :P
Lodewijk
2013/2/18 Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Lodewijk
Hello,
thank you for your reply. I updated the text now and hope that some questions
are answered now.
Von: Thomas Goldammer
Gesendet: 18. Februar 2013 17:48
An: Wikimedia Mailing List
Betreff: Re: [Wikimedia-l] New proposal for a wiki Project!
Hi.
Could you explain in more
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgwrote:
As a true Dutch, I shouldn't even consider to share... it is only to get
through the days and survive without having to touch local cuisine...
(French and Germans will probably be able to confirm this) :P
Now, that's
To ensure a representation of the interests of the community, the
determination of a new Board Trustee cannot be influenced by the people
within the Board Trustee (and even less by the WMF itself). Otherwise,
it would boil down to a disguised form of cooptation.
Cooptation is a way to absorb
Hi
On Feb 18, 2013, at 8:52 PM, cyrano cyrano.faw...@gmail.com wrote:
To ensure a representation of the interests of the community, the
determination of a new Board Trustee cannot be influenced by the people
within the Board Trustee (and even less by the WMF itself). Otherwise, it
would
cyrano, 18/02/2013 20:52:
To ensure a representation of the interests of the community, the
determination of a new Board Trustee cannot be influenced by the people
within the Board Trustee (and even less by the WMF itself). Otherwise,
it would boil down to a disguised form of cooptation.
The
Jan-Bart de Vreede, 18/02/2013 21:09:
I, and most of the non-profit world (not to mention the law ;) respectfully
disagree and would argue that the main function of any board of trustees is
more governance related. For a good summary of what our Board of Trustees'
function is I would refer
{{Support}}
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Philippe Beaudette
Director, Community Advocacy
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
415-839-6885, x 6643
phili...@wikimedia.org
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Everton Zanella Alvarenga
t...@wikimedia.org wrote:
http://wiki.cas-group.net/index.php?title=Self-Organization#Web_2.0_and_Wiki
Using google cache because this page is not working (maybe only today?)
If I were making the decision, I would want to know how well someone
would be able to research and articulate a response on these issues
even without a substantial amount of background knowledge. So I'm not
suggesting the questions are appropriate for anything other than
written answers, but
On 18 February 2013 16:33, Kevin Behrens kevin_behr...@hotmail.de wrote:
Hello!
I have started a proposal for a new wiki project: WikiLang
(meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiLang). It is about endangered languages and
language documentation/decipherment. It is a very important step in order to
Hoi,
The one thing I am really interested in learning is how information about
and content in a specific languages will be handled.
Information about is likely to be in another language, consequently WHAT
language. Content could be in something like Wikisource / Wikibooks.
Thanks,
Gerard
I think the talk page for the proposal would be a brilliant place to
discuss concerns and suggestions.
Just sayin' :)
-Sarah
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Gerard Meijssen
gerard.meijs...@gmail.comwrote:
Hoi,
The one thing I am really interested in learning is how information about
and
Le 18/02/2013 17:09, Jan-Bart de Vreede a écrit :
Hi
On Feb 18, 2013, at 8:52 PM, cyrano cyrano.faw...@gmail.com wrote:
To ensure a representation of the interests of the community, the determination
of a new Board Trustee cannot be influenced by the people within the Board
Trustee (and
Language is identity! Would you like to tell those People that it is not bad
when they lose their language. As I mentioned, I am a member of a linguistic
minority, too, and I would feel like my human rights where taken if someone
tells me I should learn another language because mine is not so
On Feb 18, 2013 10:27 PM, Kevin Behrens kevin_behr...@hotmail.de wrote:
Language is identity! Would you like to tell those People that it is not
bad when they lose their language. As I mentioned, I am a member of a
linguistic minority, too, and I would feel like my human rights where taken
if
Hoi,
This does not negate the relevance of maintaining information about the
languages and the cultures reflected by them.
A new project has to be relevant for its own reasons. It has to be relevant
to the people who will care for it.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 18 February 2013 23:35, Thomas
Oh, yes please let’s switch to the discussion site! I am totally confused with
all the emails and the Mailing list.
Von: Gerard Meijssen
Gesendet: 18. Februar 2013 23:09
An: Wikimedia Mailing List
Betreff: Re: [Wikimedia-l] New proposal for a wiki Project!
Hoi,
The one thing I am
Hey Nemo,
I seriously have no idea what you are talking about. I looked at the talk page
and could not find a hint. In what way is the board manual a highly misleading
link?
Jan-Bart
On Feb 18, 2013, at 9:41 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote:
Jan-Bart de Vreede, 18/02/2013
The link you provided said Wikipedia board manual, Jan-Bart. The correct
link is:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_board_manual#Roles_and_responsibilities
Risker/Anne
On 19 February 2013 01:52, Jan-Bart de Vreede jdevre...@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Hey Nemo,
I seriously
Hey
(have cut some items to focus on main points)
On Feb 18, 2013, at 11:22 PM, cyrano cyrano.faw...@gmail.com wrote:
if there is a divergence you can (s)elect different people for those five
seats. The appointed seats are intended to help add specific
skills/expertise to the board to
AHHH!
Oh wow, thats pretty bad.
Funny thing is: I really don't have the board manual url bookmarked (terrible
of me) and i googled BOARD MANUAL WIKIMEDIA… and you will never guess what
the first result was…. the Wikimedia one doesnt really show up until the 6th
result :( sorry about that..
sooo weird...
Just some observations, my written English is bad, it is something I have to
improve, however, my understanding, both read when listening are close to a
native, and my oral production is excellent (:P). And honestly, I will not
really use my writing ability in Wikimania or Hong
Very good summary, I daresay.
I would like to add I was happy and a little bit positivilely surprised seeing
how we all basicly agree upon a vision of the association as a helpful, light,
service and open organization and the focus on delivering tangible results
which will require a substantial
Snipping a bunch for simplicities sake
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Jan-Bart de Vreede
jdevre...@wikimedia.org wrote:
I simply don't agree.
a) Chapters are part of the community
b) Whenever a vote comes up for an appointed seat that seat obviously does
not vote, therefore the
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