Re: [Wikimedia-l] Block evasion might be a federal offense

2013-08-21 Thread Martijn Hoekstra
On Aug 21, 2013 8:56 AM, "Peter Gervai" wrote: > > I am possibly failing to see the point of this part of the discussion. > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 7:14 AM, FT2 wrote: > > >- *If the IP is "sufficiently clearly connected" to the individual > >behind the Alice account*, > > It is not an

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Block evasion might be a federal offense

2013-08-21 Thread Peter Gervai
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Martijn Hoekstra wrote: > On Aug 21, 2013 8:56 AM, "Peter Gervai" wrote: > The account and/or underlying IP is > blocked. That is the technical impediment. The action that is now a federal > offense, it seems, is to defy the warning, by circumventing the block by

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Block evasion might be a federal offense

2013-08-21 Thread Martijn Hoekstra
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Peter Gervai wrote: > On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Martijn Hoekstra > wrote: > > On Aug 21, 2013 8:56 AM, "Peter Gervai" wrote: > > > The account and/or underlying IP is > > blocked. That is the technical impediment. The action that is now a > federal > > o

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] HTTPS for logged in users on Wednesday August 21st

2013-08-21 Thread Pierre-Selim
First of all, I'm sorry If my tone was not appropriate (keep in mind I'm not a native speaker). 2013/8/21 Terry Chay > On Aug 21, 2013, at 1:39 AM, Pierre-Selim wrote: > > > Just a question: Why imposing HTTPS ? Really, it will be damaging > > The reason why is outlined in Ryan's blog post as w

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] HTTPS for logged in users on Wednesday August 21st

2013-08-21 Thread Seb35
Hi, I do not really enjoy the way the mandatory-for-editors HTTPS was introduced, mainly for time frame and communications (still) reasons, although I’m globally really enthousiastic about a better security and particularly the activation of HTTPS. Generally speaking I do _hope_ in the future WM

[Wikimedia-l] Breaking bots // HTTPS for logged in users on Wednesday August 21st

2013-08-21 Thread Fae
On 21 August 2013 07:49, Terry Chay wrote: ... > Luckily, the standard for the Movement is consensus, not catering to every > extremist view with 100% buy-in. As a Commons user responsible for over 2.5 million edits, I would hope that the WMF do not label or quickly dismiss me as an "extremist"

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breaking bots // HTTPS for logged in users on Wednesday August 21st

2013-08-21 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Fae, 21/08/2013 16:08: On 21 August 2013 07:49, Terry Chay wrote: ... Luckily, the standard for the Movement is consensus, not catering to every extremist view with 100% buy-in. As a Commons user responsible for over 2.5 million edits, I would hope that the WMF do not label or quickly dismis

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Block evasion might be a federal offense

2013-08-21 Thread Nathan
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 4:09 AM, Peter Gervai wrote: > On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Martijn Hoekstra > wrote: >> On Aug 21, 2013 8:56 AM, "Peter Gervai" wrote: > >> The account and/or underlying IP is >> blocked. That is the technical impediment. The action that is now a federal >> offense,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Block evasion might be a federal offense

2013-08-21 Thread Fred Bauder
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 4:09 AM, Peter Gervai wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Martijn Hoekstra >> wrote: >>> On Aug 21, 2013 8:56 AM, "Peter Gervai" wrote: >> >>> The account and/or underlying IP is >>> blocked. That is the technical impediment. The action that is now a >>> federal

[Wikimedia-l] A Survey on Science Reporting

2013-08-21 Thread Fred Bauder
If you write or add to articles based on journal articles you might complete this survey: https://lsucommunications.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0PTVlA7OUCLqkyV Fred ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.w

[Wikimedia-l] HTTPS for logged-in users delayed. New date: August 28

2013-08-21 Thread Sumana Harihareswara
This is a forward from the wikitech-ambassadors list. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/HTTPS is now updated with the new date. Original Message Subject: [Wikitech-ambassadors] Fwd: HTTPS for logged in users delayed. New date: August 28 Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:30:51 -0700 From:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Mapping the SOPA-PIPA Debate: Social Mobilization and the Networked Public Sphere

2013-08-21 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Samuel Klein, 26/07/2013 00:46: The Berkman Center just came out with a report on the public discussions surrounding the SOPA-PIPA actions; drawing on the Media Cloud work by Yochai Benkler and others. It provides context for the discussions on the English Wikipedia, and captures the differences

[Wikimedia-l] Join the GAC! Deadline extended by one week

2013-08-21 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hi, folks. Due to some last-minute interest, I've extended the deadline to Aug 27th. So you are still welcome to join the Wikimedia Foundation's Grant Advisory Committee, and help review and advise on all grant proposals in the Project and Event Grants program[1]. Take a look and sign up! https: