Re: [Wikimedia-l] O'Dwyer

2012-06-28 Thread geni
On 28 June 2012 01:37, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: Jay, what did Jimmy expect the press to report? None of you have been doing this since yesterday. Jimmy's very petition is signed Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder.

[Wikimedia-l] Internet Defense League RFC

2012-06-28 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Recently, the Wikimedia Foundation was approached by the founders of an organization called the Internet Defense League, which is soon to be launched. The founders would like the Foundation to join the League. However, the online community as a whole is the heart of this proposed grassroots

Re: [Wikimedia-l] TVTropes deletes all pages with Rape in title under advertising pressure.

2012-06-28 Thread Mike Dupont
well i decided to delete them, and other articles dealing with peoples personal lives. I dont want to deal with stuff like that, mike On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Mike Dupont jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: Well you think i should delete them from the speedydeletion wikia?

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 99, Issue 81

2012-06-28 Thread Thomas Sieben
@Tobias O.: You are wrong, the day before yesterday RalfR. wrote, that only the winners will write history (Aber es stimmt schon, der Sieger schreibt die Geschichte, so falsch das auch sein mag

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Internet Defense League RFC

2012-06-28 Thread Mike Dupont
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Defense_League I wonder why it was not deleted yet. considering that established artists and doctors are speedily deleted, why not them? mike On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Philippe Beaudette phili...@wikimedia.org wrote: Internet Defense League --

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Internet Defense League RFC

2012-06-28 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Uhm, {{sofixit}}? ___ Philippe Beaudette Director, Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 415-839-6885, x 6643 phili...@wikimedia.org On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Mike Dupont jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Internet Defense League RFC

2012-06-28 Thread Mike Dupont
Well I am not a deletionist, I am just pointing out that there is a very strange criteria for deletion on the wikipedia, that is why i started the speedydeletion.wikia.com mike On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Philippe Beaudette phili...@wikimedia.org wrote: Uhm, {{sofixit}}?

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Internet Defense League RFC

2012-06-28 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 28 June 2012 22:59, Mike Dupont jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: Well I am not a deletionist, I am just pointing out that there is a very strange criteria for deletion on the wikipedia, that is why i started the speedydeletion.wikia.com The article has several references to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Internet Defense League RFC

2012-06-28 Thread J Alexandr Ledbury-Romanov
Could we keep this thread on topic please ? Alex 2012/6/28 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com On 28 June 2012 22:59, Mike Dupont jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: Well I am not a deletionist, I am just pointing out that there is a very strange criteria for deletion on the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Internet Defense League RFC

2012-06-28 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 28 June 2012 23:10, J Alexandr Ledbury-Romanov alexandrdmitriroma...@gmail.com wrote: Could we keep this thread on topic please  ? The thread has no topic. It was just an announcement pointing to the RFC, all the discussion is taking place there. There's no harm in re-purposing this thread to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Internet Defense League RFC

2012-06-28 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Thomas Dalton, 29/06/2012 00:32: On 28 June 2012 23:26, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: I think we should debate what is and isn't thread hijacking, and when it may or may not be appropriate. The weather today in London was wonderful. Also, this thread is a valuable example of what the