On 3 December 2012 11:49, John Andersson wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> Today I created a page on Outreach called List of successful grant
> applications. I hope that you will add your Chapter's success stories there!
>
>
> Based
> on what grant applications we know have worked in other countries w
Thank you -- that's a fantastic series of essays.
Fair use and fair dealing deserves support, even as we strive to replace
non-free learning materials with free ones.
On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Gautam John wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 5:48 AM, Thomas Dalton
> wrote:
>
> > Mass copyrig
Brandon Harris writes:
> I, for one, think this is totally awesome news.
It is indeed!
Zack Exley wrote:
> > This is one of our opportunities each year to rejoice in the work
>
> of the projects, get feedback, and hold a large-scale barnraising for
>
> the coming year's work. It's good to red
On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 5:48 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> Mass copyright violation for profit... hard to defend, really.
There is a little more to it than just this.
" in India there are two important provisions which allow for
educational exceptions. Sec. 52(1)(i) allows for ‘the reproduction of
They could learn something from Mr. Ndubane:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Impact_of_Wikipedia_Dumisani_Ndubane.webm
On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> Mass copyright violation for profit... hard to defend, really.
>
> Don't they have libraries?
>
> On 4 December
On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Tim Starling wrote:
> On 03/12/12 20:04, Erik Moeller wrote:
> > Activation on hover (current behavior):
> >
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Lorenzo?banner=B12_5C_120216_SuperCondensed_Hover
>
> If you ignore the banner and scroll down, then later accidenta
On 03/12/12 20:04, Erik Moeller wrote:
> Activation on hover (current behavior):
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Lorenzo?banner=B12_5C_120216_SuperCondensed_Hover
If you ignore the banner and scroll down, then later accidentally move
the cursor over the banner, the article scrolls up to t
Mass copyright violation for profit... hard to defend, really.
Don't they have libraries?
On 4 December 2012 00:07, Richard Symonds
wrote:
> I was going to send this just to comcom, but I think all of us should read
> it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20576409
>
> A small shop in De
I was going to send this just to comcom, but I think all of us should read
it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20576409
A small shop in Delhi is being sued for copyright infringement, for copying
academic textbooks for students.
The action is being taken by three leading international
On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Samuel Klein wrote:
> Thanks for the detailed thoughts, Zack!
>
> Did we run banners on the sister projects as well?
>
This year, we haven't so far.
> It would also be great to experiment with running targeted banner messages
> and presentations on the sister pr
I, for one, think this is totally awesome news.
Snt frm my iPhne
On Dec 3, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Zack Exley wrote:
> After eight days of banners, we're free to take them down
> completely until Dec 26th, when we'll re-launch for a final 6-day push.
> That would mean a total of about 14 full days
Thanks for the detailed thoughts, Zack!
Did we run banners on the sister projects as well?
It would also be great to experiment with running targeted banner messages
and presentations on the sister projects, particularly Commons and
Wiktionary, to see what the visitor response is like. We've certa
Thanks Sue.
I am cautious when there are specific cuts such as Fellowships in exchange for
indeterminate benefits. That makes a cost-benefit analysis difficult to do.
Maybe this is a good tradeoff, but from the information that's publicly
available, I'm still particularly concerned about the l
(This release is also posted online at
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Announcement_of_Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012_winners)
*Winners Announced in World’s Largest Photo Contest, Wiki Loves Monuments
**International jury selects top 15 photos from more than 350,000
photos worldwide
Thanks for these comments everyone. I hate the auto-expanding and sticking
banners too!
But before I get into the discussion about banners, I want to deliver some
good news: After eight days of banners, we're free to take them down
completely until Dec 26th, when we'll re-launch for a final 6-day
On 12/3/2012 12:25 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
On 3 December 2012 20:11, Pavel Richter wrote:
"the thing we are selling to people" As I see it, we are not *selling
*anything.
Wikimedia provides a free encyclopedia to the public, and it promotes Free
Knowledge worldwide. For this, we ask for donati
On 3 December 2012 20:11, Pavel Richter wrote:
> "the thing we are selling to people" As I see it, we are not *selling
> *anything.
> Wikimedia provides a free encyclopedia to the public, and it promotes Free
> Knowledge worldwide. For this, we ask for donations, during a limited time
> each year
On 3 December 2012 20:11, Pavel Richter wrote:
> "the thing we are selling to people" As I see it, we are not *selling
> *anything.
> Wikimedia provides a free encyclopedia to the public, and it promotes Free
> Knowledge worldwide. For this, we ask for donations, during a limited time
> each year,
"the thing we are selling to people" As I see it, we are not *selling
*anything.
Wikimedia provides a free encyclopedia to the public, and it promotes Free
Knowledge worldwide. For this, we ask for donations, during a limited time
each year, and with very humble messaging and banners. We do not hav
On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Ziko van Dijk wrote:
> Hello,
> After all the experience and A/B-testing, I have confidence in the
> banners. My personal taste wouldn't matter.
> Kind regards
> Ziko
>
Yes, but brighter doesn't mean better. The A/B testing results apparently
show a small differenc
For the lazy:
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_successful_grant_applications
Practically, I think big tables should be limited to cases where there
isnt a huge amount of text to read. The summary column is hard to read.
Flo
On 12/3/12 5:49 PM, John Andersson wrote:
Hi everybod
Hi everybody,
Today I created a page on Outreach called List of successful grant
applications. I hope that you will add your Chapter's success stories there!
Based
on what grant applications we know have worked in other countries we
can copy the successful ones when we apply for external fu
Hello,
After all the experience and A/B-testing, I have confidence in the
banners. My personal taste wouldn't matter.
Kind regards
Ziko
2012/12/3 phoebe ayers :
> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 2:09 AM, Magnus Manske
> wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 9:10 AM, David Gerard wrote:
>>
>>> On 3 December 2
On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 2:09 AM, Magnus Manske
wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 9:10 AM, David Gerard wrote:
>
>> On 3 December 2012 09:04, Erik Moeller wrote:
>>
>> > For easier comparability of the two banner behaviors -
>> > Activation on hover (current behavior):
>> >
>> https://en.wikipedia.o
Dear all,
last weekend Wikimedia Österreich (Austria) had its General Assembly in
Linz.
A new board has been elected:
* President: Kurt Kulac (as before)
* Vice President: Alexander Wagner (new)
- Christoph Breitler didn't recandidate
* Secretary: Beppo Stuhl (as before)
* Vice Secretary: Micha
Hi,
We just published on meta our yeary report (November 2011-Novemeber 2012):
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Polska/November_2011-November-2012
Cheers,
--
Tomek "Polimerek" Ganicz
http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek
http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/
htt
On 3 December 2012 10:09, Magnus Manske wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 9:10 AM, David Gerard wrote:
>> ... yeah, that's the sort of behaviour that inspires ad-blockers.
> Wouldn't be quite so bad if they shrunk again when you moved the mouse out
> of the ad/form region...
Still adblocker-ins
On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 9:10 AM, David Gerard wrote:
> On 3 December 2012 09:04, Erik Moeller wrote:
>
> > For easier comparability of the two banner behaviors -
> > Activation on hover (current behavior):
> >
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Lorenzo?banner=B12_5C_120216_SuperCondensed_Ho
On 3 December 2012 09:04, Erik Moeller wrote:
> For easier comparability of the two banner behaviors -
> Activation on hover (current behavior):
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Lorenzo?banner=B12_5C_120216_SuperCondensed_Hover
... yeah, that's the sort of behaviour that inspires ad-blo
On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 12:35 AM, Erik Moeller wrote:
> I think the change that's pointed out in this thread is that the
> banners that were running as of this weekend(?) expand to take up
> about more than 2x the vertical size with an in-banner donation form
> even if you just move your mouse ove
On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 12:08 AM, Sue Gardner wrote:
> The campaign this year is hugely effective. The banners are smaller and the
> campaign will be significantly shorter than in previous years, and yet we
> will raise more money: that's excellent.
I think the change that's pointed out in this th
We've been getting a ton of positive response to the banners this year. I
was at Newsfoo this weekend and a half-dozen people told me they donated
this year for the first time, because they liked the banners' factual tone.
I asked them if they found them ugly and they said yes, but that they
didn't
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