Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia charity chairman resigns after pornography row
I'm sorry, my bad. Aubrey On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote: As people have said - repeatedly - a bunch of trolls have set up a google group mailing list that appears to be Wikimedia-l and subscribed lots of people to it. If you're subscribed then unsubscribe yourself and report it to Google. There are instructions in other messages. However, please *don't* respond to messages from that fake mailing list on the real one, that just adds confusion and helps the trolls achieve their aims. On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 9:25 AM, Andrea Zanni zanni.andre...@gmail.com wrote: Date of the article says 02 Aug 2012. Why is this relevant now on this list? Aubrey On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Toby Dollmann toby.dollm...@gmail.com wrote: Why ? Have you forgotten Section 230 of Communications Decency Act ? Toby On 1/11/15, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote: can someone shut this guy up? Thanks, GerardM On 11 January 2015 at 07:37, Toby Dollmann toby.dollm...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9447161/Wikipedia-charity-chairman-resigns-after-pornography-row.html Wikipedia charity chairman resigns after pornography row The chairman of the charity responsible for promoting Wikipedia in Britain has resigned after he was banned from editing the online encyclopaedia, following rows about the inclusion of pornography. By Christopher Williams, Technology Correspondent 3:55PM BST 02 Aug 2012 Ashley van Haeften resigned as chairman of Wikimedia UK today, citing concerns the controversy over his ban could cause divisions among Wikipedia supporters. “I have discussed this matter with [Mr van Haeften] this morning,” said Jon Davies, the chief executive of the charity, which distributes £1m of donations from Wikipedia supporters annually. “He is keen that there should be no division in the Wikimedia UK community over his role as Chair, especially at a time when so many great things are being achieved. “He has therefore resigned as Chair.” The Telegraph reported this week how Mr van Haeften had been banned indefinitely from contributing to the English version of Wikipedia by ArbCom, an elected committee of senior editors. ArbCom applied the sanction after finding he mounted personal attacks on people with concerns about explicit material on Wikipedia, including about material he had posted. He was criticised for including a “highly inappropriate” link to pornography in the biography of a living person. Wikipedia carries a large quantity of explicit material, despite promoting itself as an educational website suitable for schoolchildren. Critics such as Larry Sanger, a co-founder of the website, and people attacked by Mr van Haeften, have argued for filters or age controls to be introduced. Mr van Haeften, who works as an IT project manager, was also found by ArbCom to have violated a series of editing rules, including by using multiple accounts to change pages after he had asked for a “clean start”. His resignation follows a call by members of Wikimedia UK for an Extraordinary General Meeting to discuss the controversy. They said the decision of the charity’s board to keep Mr van Haeften on as chairman despite his ban from contributing to Wikipedia “not a sufficient response to this situation”. An EGM could still go ahead, however, as the call was for a vote on a resolution “to remove Ashley Van Haeften from the Board of Trustees of Wikimedia UK”, not only to strip him of the chairmanship. “By not resigning as chair immediately after the ArbCom decision was announced I am afraid that [Mr van Haeften] made an error which can now only be corrected by his resignation from the board altogether,” said one Wikimedia UK member. Mr van Haeften remains on the Wikimedia UK board. A new chairman will be elected at a meeting this evening. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Wikimedia-l group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to wikimedia-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia charity chairman resigns after pornography row
As people have said - repeatedly - a bunch of trolls have set up a google group mailing list that appears to be Wikimedia-l and subscribed lots of people to it. If you're subscribed then unsubscribe yourself and report it to Google. There are instructions in other messages. However, please *don't* respond to messages from that fake mailing list on the real one, that just adds confusion and helps the trolls achieve their aims. On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 9:25 AM, Andrea Zanni zanni.andre...@gmail.com wrote: Date of the article says 02 Aug 2012. Why is this relevant now on this list? Aubrey On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Toby Dollmann toby.dollm...@gmail.com wrote: Why ? Have you forgotten Section 230 of Communications Decency Act ? Toby On 1/11/15, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote: can someone shut this guy up? Thanks, GerardM On 11 January 2015 at 07:37, Toby Dollmann toby.dollm...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9447161/Wikipedia-charity-chairman-resigns-after-pornography-row.html Wikipedia charity chairman resigns after pornography row The chairman of the charity responsible for promoting Wikipedia in Britain has resigned after he was banned from editing the online encyclopaedia, following rows about the inclusion of pornography. By Christopher Williams, Technology Correspondent 3:55PM BST 02 Aug 2012 Ashley van Haeften resigned as chairman of Wikimedia UK today, citing concerns the controversy over his ban could cause divisions among Wikipedia supporters. “I have discussed this matter with [Mr van Haeften] this morning,” said Jon Davies, the chief executive of the charity, which distributes £1m of donations from Wikipedia supporters annually. “He is keen that there should be no division in the Wikimedia UK community over his role as Chair, especially at a time when so many great things are being achieved. “He has therefore resigned as Chair.” The Telegraph reported this week how Mr van Haeften had been banned indefinitely from contributing to the English version of Wikipedia by ArbCom, an elected committee of senior editors. ArbCom applied the sanction after finding he mounted personal attacks on people with concerns about explicit material on Wikipedia, including about material he had posted. He was criticised for including a “highly inappropriate” link to pornography in the biography of a living person. Wikipedia carries a large quantity of explicit material, despite promoting itself as an educational website suitable for schoolchildren. Critics such as Larry Sanger, a co-founder of the website, and people attacked by Mr van Haeften, have argued for filters or age controls to be introduced. Mr van Haeften, who works as an IT project manager, was also found by ArbCom to have violated a series of editing rules, including by using multiple accounts to change pages after he had asked for a “clean start”. His resignation follows a call by members of Wikimedia UK for an Extraordinary General Meeting to discuss the controversy. They said the decision of the charity’s board to keep Mr van Haeften on as chairman despite his ban from contributing to Wikipedia “not a sufficient response to this situation”. An EGM could still go ahead, however, as the call was for a vote on a resolution “to remove Ashley Van Haeften from the Board of Trustees of Wikimedia UK”, not only to strip him of the chairmanship. “By not resigning as chair immediately after the ArbCom decision was announced I am afraid that [Mr van Haeften] made an error which can now only be corrected by his resignation from the board altogether,” said one Wikimedia UK member. Mr van Haeften remains on the Wikimedia UK board. A new chairman will be elected at a meeting this evening. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Wikimedia-l group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to wikimedia-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: December 2014
*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums. You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org. *This Month in GLAM – Issue XII, Volume IV – December 2014* -- Australia and New Zealand report: Trove in the encyclopedia http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2014/Contents/Australia_and_New_Zealand_report Germany report: Out now: GLAM on Tour film; Looking back: WMDE discussion rounds 2014 http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2014/Contents/Germany_report Norway report: Seminar at the NTNU University Museum: uploading images to Wikimedia Commons http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2014/Contents/Norway_report Spain report: Edith-a-thon about Spanish scientists in six museums http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2014/Contents/Spain_report Sweden report: Central Museums and Glöggmingel http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2014/Contents/Sweden_report UK report: Going for Gold, map tagging and Histropedia http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2014/Contents/UK_report USA report: Wikipedia in New York City Update http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2014/Contents/USA_report Special story: Wikidata for cultural heritage http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2014/Contents/Special_story Open Access report: Wikidata for research; Open Access Media Importer rewritten; JATS-Con http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2014/Contents/Open_Access_report Calendar: January's GLAM events http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2014/Contents/Events -- Single page view http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2014/Single Twitter http://twitter.com/ThisMonthinGLAM Add your story / Work on the next edition http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom -- The *This Month in GLAM* team http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter ___ 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, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia charity chairman resigns after pornography row
Date of the article says 02 Aug 2012. Why is this relevant now on this list? Aubrey On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Toby Dollmann toby.dollm...@gmail.com wrote: Why ? Have you forgotten Section 230 of Communications Decency Act ? Toby On 1/11/15, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote: can someone shut this guy up? Thanks, GerardM On 11 January 2015 at 07:37, Toby Dollmann toby.dollm...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9447161/Wikipedia-charity-chairman-resigns-after-pornography-row.html Wikipedia charity chairman resigns after pornography row The chairman of the charity responsible for promoting Wikipedia in Britain has resigned after he was banned from editing the online encyclopaedia, following rows about the inclusion of pornography. By Christopher Williams, Technology Correspondent 3:55PM BST 02 Aug 2012 Ashley van Haeften resigned as chairman of Wikimedia UK today, citing concerns the controversy over his ban could cause divisions among Wikipedia supporters. “I have discussed this matter with [Mr van Haeften] this morning,” said Jon Davies, the chief executive of the charity, which distributes £1m of donations from Wikipedia supporters annually. “He is keen that there should be no division in the Wikimedia UK community over his role as Chair, especially at a time when so many great things are being achieved. “He has therefore resigned as Chair.” The Telegraph reported this week how Mr van Haeften had been banned indefinitely from contributing to the English version of Wikipedia by ArbCom, an elected committee of senior editors. ArbCom applied the sanction after finding he mounted personal attacks on people with concerns about explicit material on Wikipedia, including about material he had posted. He was criticised for including a “highly inappropriate” link to pornography in the biography of a living person. Wikipedia carries a large quantity of explicit material, despite promoting itself as an educational website suitable for schoolchildren. Critics such as Larry Sanger, a co-founder of the website, and people attacked by Mr van Haeften, have argued for filters or age controls to be introduced. Mr van Haeften, who works as an IT project manager, was also found by ArbCom to have violated a series of editing rules, including by using multiple accounts to change pages after he had asked for a “clean start”. His resignation follows a call by members of Wikimedia UK for an Extraordinary General Meeting to discuss the controversy. They said the decision of the charity’s board to keep Mr van Haeften on as chairman despite his ban from contributing to Wikipedia “not a sufficient response to this situation”. An EGM could still go ahead, however, as the call was for a vote on a resolution “to remove Ashley Van Haeften from the Board of Trustees of Wikimedia UK”, not only to strip him of the chairmanship. “By not resigning as chair immediately after the ArbCom decision was announced I am afraid that [Mr van Haeften] made an error which can now only be corrected by his resignation from the board altogether,” said one Wikimedia UK member. Mr van Haeften remains on the Wikimedia UK board. A new chairman will be elected at a meeting this evening. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Wikimedia-l group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to wikimedia-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please report to Google [was Re: Warning: Wikimedia-l Google Group]
2015-01-10 10:56 GMT+01:00 Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org: This sounds silly, but somehow it seems quite hard to unsubscribe from this group, if you have multiple google accounts (google thinks you're trying to unsubscribe with an account that is not subscribed etc). (sorry for the maybe even sillier answer) Have you tried logging out and/or uising different browsers? Cristian ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please report to Google [was Re: Warning: Wikimedia-l Google Group]
I found the same issue. The best thing to do is to send a letter to the unsubscribe address from your various adresses (change the from field in Gmail), and it should do it. (Doesn't work for the opt out option for resubscribing.) Best regards, Bence On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Cristian Consonni kikkocrist...@gmail.com wrote: 2015-01-10 10:56 GMT+01:00 Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org: This sounds silly, but somehow it seems quite hard to unsubscribe from this group, if you have multiple google accounts (google thinks you're trying to unsubscribe with an account that is not subscribed etc). (sorry for the maybe even sillier answer) Have you tried logging out and/or uising different browsers? Cristian ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Another list WITH IDENTICAL NAME AS THIS ONE has been created on Google
Hi Rui, Yes, this is a known ongoing problem. See https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-January/076316.html https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-January/076411.html for 2 threads from earlier this week discussing this. Regards, Katie -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please report to Google [was Re: Warning: Wikimedia-l Google Group]
Hi Dan, unfortunately several people use multiple email addresses, and this optout doesn't work properly if that is the case - because when you go to that link, google insists that you want to unsubscribe with your gmail address (which might not be the one you have been subscribed with). Right now, I'm just marking all emails as spam - hoping that this won't affect the very similarly layouted real wikimedia-l messages. Lodewijk On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Dan Garry dga...@wikimedia.org wrote: If people are being resubscribed after having unsubscribed, apparently changing your settings here will stop that from happening: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!optout I was subscribed by them and was kind of amused by the disaster and level of paranoia on these lists for a while, so I didn't bother unsubscribing. Now that someone is just copy-pasting articles about Wikipedia that are years old to one of the newer lists, it's sufficiently boring for me to unsubscribe. Dan On 9 January 2015 at 09:35, Luis Villa lvi...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Karthik Nadar karthik...@wikimedia.in wrote: I think it will be better if most of us can Report the Group. Yes, please do this. We're also talking with Google about trying to resolve the issue, but my understanding is that reporting that you've been fraudulently subscribed will help move that conversation along. [Same applies to the fake gender-gap list.] Thanks- Luis -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 *This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer.* ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Dan Garry Associate Product Manager, Mobile Apps Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please report to Google [was Re: Warning: Wikimedia-l Google Group]
Hi Lodewijk, The optout didn't work for me too. Did you try unsubscribing by using the other option provided below optout in the mails. That is send a blank mail to the unsubscribe address and this should work. It worked for me though. Best, - Enock twitter: @Enock4seth enockseth.blogspot.com | [[User:Enock4seth]] On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Hi Dan, unfortunately several people use multiple email addresses, and this optout doesn't work properly if that is the case - because when you go to that link, google insists that you want to unsubscribe with your gmail address (which might not be the one you have been subscribed with). Right now, I'm just marking all emails as spam - hoping that this won't affect the very similarly layouted real wikimedia-l messages. Lodewijk On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Dan Garry dga...@wikimedia.org wrote: If people are being resubscribed after having unsubscribed, apparently changing your settings here will stop that from happening: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!optout I was subscribed by them and was kind of amused by the disaster and level of paranoia on these lists for a while, so I didn't bother unsubscribing. Now that someone is just copy-pasting articles about Wikipedia that are years old to one of the newer lists, it's sufficiently boring for me to unsubscribe. Dan On 9 January 2015 at 09:35, Luis Villa lvi...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Karthik Nadar karthik...@wikimedia.in wrote: I think it will be better if most of us can Report the Group. Yes, please do this. We're also talking with Google about trying to resolve the issue, but my understanding is that reporting that you've been fraudulently subscribed will help move that conversation along. [Same applies to the fake gender-gap list.] Thanks- Luis -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 *This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer.* ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Dan Garry Associate Product Manager, Mobile Apps Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] Another list called has been created on Google
Dear Colleagues A few days ago I started received a number of emails from [Wikimedia-l], which I found odd, as I had set my delivery satus to no mail. It turns out that the emails are not coming from wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, but from wikimedia-l wikimedi...@googlegroups.com. However, the display name of the list is simply Wikimedia-l, identical to the name of this list. I find it perturbing that people could be duped into participating in discussions on a forum other then what they thought was the case. This borders on phishing, scamming, posing, pretending to be someone else to get benefit out of it. In fact, in a number of jurisdictions it is taken as a seriuos crime. Said list was created by a user by the name of Toby Dollmann and he or she has been adding people willy-nilly, regardless of whether they are involved with Wikipedia/ Wikimedia or not and completely without thei knowing about it, based on some event atended by a number of people, who expressed desire for a list, an idea supported by three or four of those people. Any idea as to what could be done about this? Best regards, Rui -- _ Rui Correia Advocacy, Human Rights, Media and Language Work Consultant Bridge to Angola - Angola Liaison Consultant Mobile Number in South Africa +27 74 425 4186 Número de Telemóvel na África do Sul +27 74 425 4186 ___ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Another list WITH IDENTICAL NAME AS THIS ONE has been created on Google
Thanks for letting me know, Katie. Rui 2015-01-11 15:42 GMT+02:00 Katie Chan k...@ktchan.info: Hi Rui, Yes, this is a known ongoing problem. See https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-January/076316.html https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-January/076411.html for 2 threads from earlier this week discussing this. Regards, Katie -- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by. Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- _ Rui Correia Advocacy, Human Rights, Media and Language Work Consultant Bridge to Angola - Angola Liaison Consultant Mobile Number in South Africa +27 74 425 4186 Número de Telemóvel na África do Sul +27 74 425 4186 ___ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Honorary degree for Wikipedia + meeting
As Wikipedia is getting a doctorate degree after all these years (it's actually stepping into 14th birthday on that day), it will facilitate to collaborate with the higher educational institutions under the Education Program. Will the universities keep ignoring Wikipedia as an unconventional, baseless and non-reliable encyclopaedia ? :P Congratulations to Dr. Wikipedia! On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 2:26 AM, James Alexander jalexan...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Romaine Wiki romaine.w...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday 15 January Jimmy is in Amsterdam for a symposium. After the symposium we have organised a wikimeet in this building: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waag,_Amsterdam (It is said to be the oldest remaining non-religious building in Amsterdam.) That is an awesome looking building, I'm very jealous. Congrats Jimmy and the entire Dutch community who did much of the work which led to people respecting WP in the Netherlands enough to want to do this. James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Regards, Tanweer Morshed ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Another list WITH IDENTICAL NAME AS THIS ONE has been created on Google
Dear All My subject line was somehow 'edited' by the list software, which removed the most crucial element: It was Another list called [Wikimedia-l] has been created on Google. Wikimedia-l was removed fronm the line. The email follows: 2015-01-11 15:11 GMT+02:00 Rui Correia correia@gmail.com: Dear Colleagues A few days ago I started received a number of emails from [Wikimedia-l], which I found odd, as I had set my delivery satus to no mail. It turns out that the emails are not coming from wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, but from wikimedia-l wikimedi...@googlegroups.com. However, the display name of the list is simply Wikimedia-l, identical to the name of this list. I find it perturbing that people could be duped into participating in discussions on a forum other then what they thought was the case. This borders on phishing, scamming, posing, pretending to be someone else to get benefit out of it. In fact, in a number of jurisdictions it is taken as a seriuos crime. Said list was created by a user by the name of Toby Dollmann and he or she has been adding people willy-nilly, regardless of whether they are involved with Wikipedia/ Wikimedia or not and completely without thei knowing about it, based on some event atended by a number of people, who expressed desire for a list, an idea supported by three or four of those people. Any idea as to what could be done about this? Best regards, Rui -- _ Rui Correia Advocacy, Human Rights, Media and Language Work Consultant Bridge to Angola - Angola Liaison Consultant Mobile Number in South Africa +27 74 425 4186 Número de Telemóvel na África do Sul +27 74 425 4186 ___ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- _ Rui Correia Advocacy, Human Rights, Media and Language Work Consultant Bridge to Angola - Angola Liaison Consultant Mobile Number in South Africa +27 74 425 4186 Número de Telemóvel na África do Sul +27 74 425 4186 ___ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please report to Google [was Re: Warning: Wikimedia-l Google Group]
Would it not be more practical to ask the list owner at Google to kill his list and create a new one with a new name and to NOT add members without their permission? Rui 2015-01-11 15:39 GMT+02:00 Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com: I found the same issue. The best thing to do is to send a letter to the unsubscribe address from your various adresses (change the from field in Gmail), and it should do it. (Doesn't work for the opt out option for resubscribing.) Best regards, Bence On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Cristian Consonni kikkocrist...@gmail.com wrote: 2015-01-10 10:56 GMT+01:00 Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org: This sounds silly, but somehow it seems quite hard to unsubscribe from this group, if you have multiple google accounts (google thinks you're trying to unsubscribe with an account that is not subscribed etc). (sorry for the maybe even sillier answer) Have you tried logging out and/or uising different browsers? Cristian ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- _ Rui Correia Advocacy, Human Rights, Media and Language Work Consultant Bridge to Angola - Angola Liaison Consultant Mobile Number in South Africa +27 74 425 4186 Número de Telemóvel na África do Sul +27 74 425 4186 ___ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please report to Google [was Re: Warning: Wikimedia-l Google Group]
I think the point is that the list owner is deiberately using those tactics to gain attention :) Tom On 11 Jan 2015 13:55, Rui Correia correia@gmail.com wrote: Would it not be more practical to ask the list owner at Google to kill his list and create a new one with a new name and to NOT add members without their permission? Rui 2015-01-11 15:39 GMT+02:00 Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com: I found the same issue. The best thing to do is to send a letter to the unsubscribe address from your various adresses (change the from field in Gmail), and it should do it. (Doesn't work for the opt out option for resubscribing.) Best regards, Bence On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Cristian Consonni kikkocrist...@gmail.com wrote: 2015-01-10 10:56 GMT+01:00 Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org: This sounds silly, but somehow it seems quite hard to unsubscribe from this group, if you have multiple google accounts (google thinks you're trying to unsubscribe with an account that is not subscribed etc). (sorry for the maybe even sillier answer) Have you tried logging out and/or uising different browsers? Cristian ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- _ Rui Correia Advocacy, Human Rights, Media and Language Work Consultant Bridge to Angola - Angola Liaison Consultant Mobile Number in South Africa +27 74 425 4186 Número de Telemóvel na África do Sul +27 74 425 4186 ___ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] [x-post] Language Engineering IRC Office Hour on 14 January 2015 (Wednesday) at 1600 UTC
[x-posted announcement] Hello, Language Engineering team of the Wikimedia Foundation is hosting the next IRC office hour on January 14, 2015 (Wednesday) at 1600 UTC on #wikimedia-office . We will be taking questions and discussing about our ongoing projects. You may have also read our recent announcement about making Content Translation available very soon as a beta feature[1] on a few Wikipedias. We will be happy to address questions you may have about this. Please see below to check local time and event details Thanks Runa [1] http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/10/content-translation-beta-coming-soon http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/10/content-translation-beta-coming-soon/ Monthly IRC Office Hour: == # Date: January 14, 2015 (Wednesday) # Time: 1600 UTC (Check local time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20150114T1600 ) # IRC channel: #wikimedia-office # Agenda: 1. Content Translation beta feature 2. Q A (Questions can be sent to me ahead of the event) -- Language Engineering - Outreach and QA Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
