[Wikimedia-l] Non-free images in collaborations

My apologies. You are indeed correct. -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Non-free images in collaborations

I'm confused about what you mean? The Wikivoyage logo for example is certainly marked as free https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikivoyage-logo.svg can you clarify? James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 6:0

[Wikimedia-l] Non-free images in collaborations

@ Yana. You write "But we hope to make them all freely licensed eventually and have already done so for newer logos (e.g. the new Wikivoyage logo)." But commons does not reflect this https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Please advise? -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikiped

Re: [Wikimedia-l] the big red notice on the top of http://strategy.wikimedia.org - done

On 10 Mar 2014, at 22:42, Michael Snow wrote: > On 3/10/2014 3:36 PM, Michael Peel wrote: >> Maybe. I worry that it is computer jargon - but perhaps what I suggested is >> historian jargon... > It's not so much jargon that's the problem - it's that nearly all websites > are read-only, and to s

Re: [Wikimedia-l] the big red notice on the top of http://strategy.wikimedia.org - done

On 3/10/2014 3:36 PM, Michael Peel wrote: Maybe. I worry that it is computer jargon - but perhaps what I suggested is historian jargon... It's not so much jargon that's the problem - it's that nearly all websites are read-only, and to some visitors it will be rather puzzling why we should go o

Re: [Wikimedia-l] the big red notice on the top of http://strategy.wikimedia.org - done

Maybe. I worry that it is computer jargon - but perhaps what I suggested is historian jargon... Thanks, Mike On 10 Mar 2014, at 22:33, Isarra Yos wrote: > Why not? People know what the words 'read' and 'only' mean. Putting them > together should be pretty self explanatory: It can only be read

Re: [Wikimedia-l] the big red notice on the top of http://strategy.wikimedia.org - done

Why not? People know what the words 'read' and 'only' mean. Putting them together should be pretty self explanatory: It can only be read. On 10/03/14 22:32, Michael Peel wrote: Probably not. How about 'archived'? Thanks, Mike On 10 Mar 2014, at 22:22, User Mono wrote: Closed isn't the best

Re: [Wikimedia-l] the big red notice on the top of http://strategy.wikimedia.org - done

Probably not. How about 'archived'? Thanks, Mike On 10 Mar 2014, at 22:22, User Mono wrote: > Closed isn't the best word, but do most people know what 'read only' means? > >> From: peter.southw...@telkomsa.net >> To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 12:32:56 +0200 >> Su

Re: [Wikimedia-l] the big red notice on the top of http://strategy.wikimedia.org - done

Closed isn't the best word, but do most people know what 'read only' means? > From: peter.southw...@telkomsa.net > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 12:32:56 +0200 > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] the big red notice on the top of > http://strategy.wikimedia.org - done > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [feature suggestion] Be able to include/exclude certain page fragments based on the geographic area

On 03/10/2014 11:30, Seb35 wrote: Another point of view is that the knowledge doesn’t (shouldn’t) depend in any way of the local government -- possibly it can be viewed differently from a culture to another but that’s a cultural question not related to censorship. Moreover it would be a censo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [feature suggestion] Be able to include/exclude certain page fragments based on the geographic area

Another point of view is that the knowledge doesn’t (shouldn’t) depend in any way of the local government -- possibly it can be viewed differently from a culture to another but that’s a cultural question not related to censorship. Moreover it would be a censorship practice close to the Mini

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's accept Bitcoin as a donation method

On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Oliver Keyes wrote: > > > Wow, we've made an entire 1.6k out of bitcoin? This totally seems like the > highest-value way to spend our time! Thanks, Bitcoin! I'm sure that the > value of these items won't wildly vary in short spaces of time based on > things like

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's accept Bitcoin as a donation method

Charles Gregory, 10/03/2014 14:26: On it he states "I'm planning to re-open the conversation with the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Directors at our next meeting (and before, by email) about whether Wikimedia should accept bitcoin." More info at the thread itself. What's the board of directors

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's accept Bitcoin as a donation method

Wow, we've made an entire 1.6k out of bitcoin? This totally seems like the highest-value way to spend our time! Thanks, Bitcoin! I'm sure that the value of these items won't wildly vary in short spaces of time based on things like, oh, your propensity to have banking neophytes host your exchanges

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's accept Bitcoin as a donation method

Jimmy's already noted this is WRONG, but the erroneous Telegraph story reads: "Wikipedia charity begins accepting Bitcoin donations after co-founder Jimmy Wales set up a personal account "to play around" with digital currency and was swamped with cash" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikip

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's accept Bitcoin as a donation method

Hi everyone, I thought it may be worth pointing out that this conversation has be re-opened by Jimmy on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/201fa6/hello_from_jimmy_wales_of_wikipedia/ On it he stat

[Wikimedia-l] Announcing Wikimedia UK's new five year strategy

Dear community I am very pleased to be able to announce that the board of Wikimedia UK has formally adopted a five year strategy for the charity: https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Overview_of_strategy The strategy sets out not only our mission ('to help people and organisations create and preserve