Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK slide scanner

2014-02-19 Thread Richard Symonds
NYB, Thanks for reminding me - this slipped my mind in amongst my other work. The brief outline I did is at https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Digitisation. The problem is that digitisation - proper digitisation - is not something that can really be done without employing staff to do it. First

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annoucement from the Executive Director of Wikimedia Argentina

2014-02-19 Thread Oona Castro
Best of luck, Osmar! And congratulations for the work you've done. Let's keep in touch. Oona On 29 January 2014 07:16, Srikanth Ramakrishnan srik.r...@wikimedia.inwrote: Really sad to see you go! Wishing you the very best in your future endeavors. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Michael

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK slide scanner

2014-02-19 Thread geni
On 19 February 2014 00:34, Newyorkbrad newyorkb...@gmail.com wrote: I'm surprised not to see any replies to this particular thread. It seems to me to be a no-brainer (to use a nonce-word that I hate) that imaging equipment for local wiki organizations in a position to make good use of it to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Mexico. January report

2014-02-19 Thread Lodewijk
Thanks for sharing! I'm amazed by the great work done! Lodewijk 2014-02-17 21:37 GMT+01:00 Salvador A salvador.alcan...@wikimedia.mx: Dear community: By means of this mail and on behalf WMMX Board and volunteers i share with you the monthly report of our chapter corresponding to January

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

2014-02-19 Thread Stephen LaPorte
Hello all, We are asking for community input on a proposed amendment to the Wikimedia Terms of Use regarding undisclosed paid editing. The amendment is currently available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Japanese, and we welcome further translations and discussion in any

[Wikimedia-l] Paid wiki-design contract position with WMF

2014-02-19 Thread Heather Walls
We need your help making it easier for Wikimedians to participate in the movement and with each other! Travel and Participation Support Grantshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Supportis looking for someone to help design and build a new portal on meta-wiki to make this grants program

[Wikimedia-l] Position of Wikimedia Spain about URAA

2014-02-19 Thread Santi Navarro
Hello. Wikimedia Spain members wrote an open letter to BoT where we show our position about the URAA and we support Wikimedia Israel. The letter says: == We, the members of Wikimedia EspaƱa, the chapter of the Wikimedia movement in Spain, support the concerns expressed by our

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

2014-02-19 Thread Dominic McDevitt-Parks
I've thought a lot about the issues around conflict of interest, paid editing, and paid advocacy (by the way, those are all overlapping but different concepts). My writing (and disclosure)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dominic/FAQ was brought up on this list last time the issue came up as a

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

2014-02-19 Thread Newyorkbrad
When we were discussing an update to the COI/paid editing page on English Wikipedia a few months ago, I posted a set of hypothetical (but not all that hypothetical) situations to help guide the discussion. I've copied and updated that question set and posted it to the talkpage of the meta

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Position of Wikimedia Spain about URAA

2014-02-19 Thread Yael Meron
Hi Santiago, Thank you for your support. We hope this would bring stronger advocacy actions by the WMF as well as practical solutions for the Wikimedia projects. Regards, Yael Meron Wikimedia Israel On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 1:49 AM, Santi Navarro santiagonava...@wikimedia.org.es wrote:

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

2014-02-19 Thread MZMcBride
A copy of the proposed additional language: --- Paid contributions without disclosure These Terms of Use prohibit engaging in deceptive activities, including misrepresentation of affiliation, impersonation, and fraud. To ensure compliance with these obligations, you must disclose your employer,

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

2014-02-19 Thread HaeB
Hi Dominic, 2014-02-19 18:46 GMT-08:00 Dominic McDevitt-Parks mcdev...@gmail.com: I've thought a lot about the issues around conflict of interest, paid editing, and paid advocacy (by the way, those are all overlapping but different concepts). My writing (and

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

2014-02-19 Thread rupert THURNER
stephen, i think it would be wiser to tackle this technically. let mark a contribution as COI when pressing save. the community will make something out of it, you can be sure. if a person makes too often errors not marking that an edit is COI, then its easy to make a community backed rule to ban

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

2014-02-19 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
HaeB, 20/02/2014 06:56: Second, you make it appear like every violation of the TOU is a felony (outlaw mistakes) and likely to be the target of legal action. In my observation as a longtime editor, the reality is different. Indeed. The reality is that it's a criminal offense, at least in USA,