[Wikimedia-l] Ask Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft to state wiki article source dates in voice?

2018-03-07 Thread James Salsman
I wanted to share this because it's pertinent to issues with large companies using our information without complying with the license terms: https://www.ted.com/talks/scott_galloway_how_amazon_apple_facebook_and_google_manipulate_our_emotions One discussions I've had with both Erik Moeller

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Time to simplify the Bureaucracy ?

2018-03-07 Thread Chris Keating
Hi Zubin, > As a rare newcomer to the Wikimedia project, I've been thinking of some of > the factors that seem to discourage me from contributing and one of the > primary ones seem to be the fact that the way the administration is > organized and rules enforced is often vague and unclear. The

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] New Affiliations Committee appointments

2018-03-07 Thread Saroj Dhakal via Wikimedia-l
Congratulations all ! Thanks, Saroj On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 9:29 AM, Moheen Reeyad wrote: > Congratulations to everyone! > > > *Moheen Reeyad*@moheenreeyad > moheenreeyad.xyz > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 11:17 PM, Alangi Derick < >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Time to simplify the Bureaucracy ?

2018-03-07 Thread Dariusz Jemielniak
hi Zubin, thanks for being a newcomer to Wikimedia, and also for your interest in the issue of bureaucracy. I think you're right that it is something worth analyzing. A chapter of my "Common Knowledge? An Ethnography of Wikipedia" (2014, Stanford University Press) was dedicated to studying the