Re: [Wikimedia-l] Printed Wikipedia is go!

2015-06-17 Thread Risker
On 17 June 2015 at 15:29, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 17 June 2015 at 20:07, Keegan Peterzell keegan.w...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 2:00 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia wins Spain's prestigious Asturias prize for international cooperation

2015-06-17 Thread Ivan Martínez
I think it's relevant for the Spanish speaking countries. In my country the media have this theme today and the Princesa de Asturias Prize (formerly Príncipe de Asturias) is compared frequently to the Nobel Prize for the Iberoamerican world. I'm very glad today for the prize! 2015-06-17 12:43

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Printed Wikipedia is go!

2015-06-17 Thread David Gerard
On 17 June 2015 at 20:39, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: I am surprised at how many people outside of my Wikipedia life have brought this to my attention today. I agree the Buy Now option is probably not the best bet here, but there is a tiny part of me that wouldn't mind getting a volume

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Printed Wikipedia is go!

2015-06-17 Thread Keegan Peterzell
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 2:00 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/books/moving-wikipedia-from-computer-to-many-many-bookshelves.html?_r=1 7,600 volumes, to be available on Lulu. He's printing 106 of them for the exhibition. ​Right, and what's the

[Wikimedia-l] Printed Wikipedia is go!

2015-06-17 Thread David Gerard
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/books/moving-wikipedia-from-computer-to-many-many-bookshelves.html?_r=1 7,600 volumes, to be available on Lulu. He's printing 106 of them for the exhibition. - d. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Printed Wikipedia is go!

2015-06-17 Thread David Gerard
On 17 June 2015 at 20:07, Keegan Peterzell keegan.w...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 2:00 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/books/moving-wikipedia-from-computer-to-many-many-bookshelves.html?_r=1 7,600 volumes, to be available on Lulu. He's

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia wins Spain's prestigious Asturias prize for international cooperation

2015-06-17 Thread Dennis Pierri
Amazing! Thanks for sharing! On Jun 17, 2015 12:17 PM, Raymond Leonard raymond.f.leonard...@gmail.com wrote: Folks, I thought that this was good enough to send directly to this list. Wikipedia wins Spain's prestigious Asturias prize for international cooperation

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Printed Wikipedia is go!

2015-06-17 Thread Peter Southwood
Because he can? -Original Message- From: wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Michael Peel Sent: 17 June 2015 11:23 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Printed Wikipedia is go! On 17 Jun 2015, at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Printed Wikipedia is go!

2015-06-17 Thread Keegan Peterzell
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: On 17 Jun 2015, at 20:00, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/books/moving-wikipedia-from-computer-to-many-many-bookshelves.html?_r=1 7,600 volumes, to be available on Lulu.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Printed Wikipedia is go!

2015-06-17 Thread Peter Southwood
Why not? Artists do. -P -Original Message- From: wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of David Gerard Sent: 17 June 2015 09:30 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Printed Wikipedia is go! On 17 June 2015

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia wins Spain's prestigious Asturias prize for international cooperation

2015-06-17 Thread Sam Klein
Simply fantastic. Thanks for sharing! SJ On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 1:53 PM, Ivan Martínez gala...@gmail.com wrote: I think it's relevant for the Spanish speaking countries. In my country the media have this theme today and the Princesa de Asturias Prize (formerly Príncipe de Asturias) is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Printed Wikipedia is go!

2015-06-17 Thread Michael Peel
On 17 Jun 2015, at 20:00, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/books/moving-wikipedia-from-computer-to-many-many-bookshelves.html?_r=1 7,600 volumes, to be available on Lulu. He's printing 106 of them for the exhibition. Why?

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikipedia receives Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation

2015-06-17 Thread Juliet Barbara
This press release is also available online here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikipedia_receives_Spains_Princess_of_Asturias_Award_for_International_Cooperation And as a blog post here: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/17/princess-of-asturias-award/ Wikipedia receives

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia wins Spain's prestigious Asturias prize for international cooperation

2015-06-17 Thread Ed Erhart
Hello everyone, This story is now featured on the Wikimedia blog: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/17/princess-of-asturias-award/ Best, --Ed On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Dennis Pierri dennis6...@gmail.com wrote: Amazing! Thanks for sharing! On Jun 17, 2015 12:17 PM, Raymond Leonard

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia wins Spain's prestigious Asturias prize for international cooperation

2015-06-17 Thread Hasive N. Chowdhury
Great to know. -Hasive @nhasive On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 8:02 AM, Ed Erhart eerh...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hello everyone, This story is now featured on the Wikimedia blog: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/17/princess-of-asturias-award/ Best, --Ed On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 6:35 PM,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia wins Spain's prestigious Asturias prize for international cooperation

2015-06-17 Thread Lucien leGrey
Thanks for the updating. This prize is the most prestigious in Spain and today, at Wikipedia España, we have had a day of many interviews, televisions, newspapers... It is a great honor, shared by all the volunteers of Wikipedia. Congratulations to all. Best regards, 2015-06-17 16:11 GMT+02:00

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Mexican case law on Wikipedia reliability

2015-06-17 Thread Paolo B.
The Philippines' Supreme Court has, on some occasions, cited Wikipedia articles in their decisions to provide supplementary background information. Here's one example---and one that was written as early as 2005! http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2005/jan2005/155282.htm (the citation is on

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Mexican case law on Wikipedia reliability

2015-06-17 Thread Tomasz Ganicz
Szymon Grabarczuk (Tar Lócesilion) - made a study how many times Wikipedia was cited in Polish courts, by browsing public database of courts' decissions: https://depot.ceon.pl/handle/123456789/2232 He counted (till 2012) 223 such cases :-) Some uses of Wikipedia by the courts are quite

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Mexican case law on Wikipedia reliability

2015-06-17 Thread Pine W
To the best of my knowledge, the US Supreme Court has yet to cite Wikipedia, but US Federal appeals courts have done so. Also, a state supreme court cited Wikipedia prominently in a decision about insurance coverage:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] What's cool?

2015-06-17 Thread MZMcBride
phoebe ayers wrote: I need a break from thinking about things going wrong. And so per Milos' observation that discussion here is falling off, I thought I'd start an open discussion thread about things going right. What's a cool thing you just discovered or are involved in that is happening in the

[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia wins Spain's prestigious Asturias prize for international cooperation

2015-06-17 Thread Raymond Leonard
Folks, I thought that this was good enough to send directly to this list. Wikipedia wins Spain's prestigious Asturias prize for international cooperation http://bigstory.ap.org/article/eae55ea0d15841f5bb4f30ff00bf5430/wikipedia-wins-spanish-prize-international-cooperation Yours, Peaceray

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Mexican case law on Wikipedia reliability

2015-06-17 Thread Newyorkbrad
For some links to US cases citing Wikipedia, and discussing whether and when to cite Wikipedia, see my essay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Final_exam_for_wikilawyers#Question_2 For a short article on a Chilean case, see http://www.greenbag.org/v11n2/v11n2_hendrick.pdf Regards,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] What's cool?

2015-06-17 Thread Andrew Gray
Nice! I love that someone has finally settled the size-in-volumes debate in a somewhat... direct... fashion. Incidentally, the largest print serial I'm aware of is the 'Serial Set' of American official papers; it currently runs to around 14,000 volumes -