Re: [Wikimedia-l] Facebook goes turncoat on the "squash internet freedom" battle.

2012-04-16 Thread Mono
Well, piracy is illegal and piracy stems from file sharing... On Monday, April 16, 2012, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote: > First there were SOPA, PIPA, ACTA and OPEN. Now there is going to be > Yet Another Attempt > to enact draconian legislation through mislabeling the real purpose of > IP legislat

[Wikimedia-l] Facebook goes turncoat on the "squash internet freedom" battle.

2012-04-16 Thread Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
First there were SOPA, PIPA, ACTA and OPEN. Now there is going to be Yet Another Attempt to enact draconian legislation through mislabeling the real purpose of IP legislation by inserting it as a rider to law supposedly intended to help in combatting Cyber-terrorism: CISPA. From the link below: ‎

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Editor retention implies social features

2012-04-16 Thread Nathan
Tom, you're assuming that adding "social features" to Wikimedia projects must mean integrating with commercial social networks. I don't think that's a given at all. If we accept that social interaction, and more opportunities for positive social interaction, are beneficial for collaborative project

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Editor retention implies social features

2012-04-16 Thread Liam Wyatt
Hi Kozuch, While not specifically a "social" feature, you might be interested to look at a major project the WMF seems to be preparing for the future - called "Echo": https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo_%28Notifications%29 It is a proposed, fully integrated, notification system for mediawiki. As it

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 8, Issue 16 -- 16 April 2012

2012-04-16 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
Arbitration analysis: Inside the Arbitration Committee Mailing List http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-04-16/Arbitration_analysis Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Facilitator: Silver seren http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-04-16/Paid_ed

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] 2012/1 Quarterly Report of Wikimedia Hungary

2012-04-16 Thread Bence Damokos
Dear all, The first Quarterly Report of Wikimedia Hungary is now available online. You can find the English version at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Hungary_Quarterly_Report_2012-1.pdf The Hungarian version is available at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Hungary

Re: [Wikimedia-l] teaching people how to edit Wikipedia

2012-04-16 Thread Patricio Molina
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 4:28 AM, Heather Ford wrote: > What resources are folks using to teach others how to edit Wikipedia? In Wikimedia Argentina we've created "Wikipedia en el aula"[0] for our workshops and talks. It was specifically oriented to teachers and students, showing them how to edit

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Editor retention implies social features

2012-04-16 Thread Tom Morris
On 16 April 2012 18:41, Jan Kučera wrote: > Hi there, > > how do we want to work on editor retention if we lack social features at > all??? > > These go in the right direction: > http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal:Improving_our_platform > http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_feature

[Wikimedia-l] Editor retention implies social features

2012-04-16 Thread Jan Kučera
Hi there, how do we want to work on editor retention if we lack social features at all??? These go in the right direction: http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal:Improving_our_platform http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_features Is WMF going to act finally??? Kozuch ___

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Translations of WMF documents [was: Re: Wikimedia Foundation Report, March 2012 [was: Re: Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 97, Issue 43]]

2012-04-16 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
If increasing global reach and participation is part of our strategy, then it is important to communicate in the principal languages and engage with new people. Certainly, communities can help to translate. But the Foundation can leave that work only to the communities. What if nobody in the Chines

Re: [Wikimedia-l] this has been your time to shine!

2012-04-16 Thread Ernesto García
Make mega profits online using an incredibly simple systemhttp://hkcca.org.hk/breakingnews/14DanielSullivan/";>http://hkcca.org.hk/breakingnews/14DanielSullivan/ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikim

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Translations of WMF documents [was: Re: Wikimedia Foundation Report, March 2012 [was: Re: Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 97, Issue 43]]

2012-04-16 Thread Juergen Fenn
Am 14. April 2012 14:03 schrieb Martijn Hoekstra : > As a matter of principle, I wholeheartedly agree. But principles only > take you so far, and cost a great deal. I don't see much wrong with > the communities translating reports, rather than have the WMF spend my > donated money on translators.