Re: [Wikimedia-l] [VereinAT-l] On now: European Dialog on Internet Governance

2013-06-22 Thread Manuel Schneider
Thanks Bishakha for sharing this, I wasn't aware of this. I am thinking about it since quite a while and I guess the community here could help me to get an opinion on it: Wouldn't it be sensible for Wikimedia Chapters to become members of their local ISOC chapters? ISOC has chapters in many

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Tapping into the Backbone

2013-06-22 Thread Huib Laurens
Can you please stop spamming Us With topics like this? Its not Wikimedia related at all. Huib Op zaterdag 22 juni 2013 schreef Fred Bauder (fredb...@fairpoint.net) het volgende: The GCHQ mass tapping operation has been built up over five years by attaching intercept probes to transatlantic

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Tapping into the Backbone

2013-06-22 Thread Fred Bauder
Can you please stop spamming Us With topics like this? Its not Wikimedia related at all. Huib It is related. There was a question as to whether edits and other activity on Wikipedia were being swept up. Obviously they are. Whether activities of interest to intelligence agencies are logged or

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Tapping into the Backbone

2013-06-22 Thread Huib Laurens
Where is that question in this topic? Huib Op zaterdag 22 juni 2013 schreef Fred Bauder (fredb...@fairpoint.net) het volgende: Can you please stop spamming Us With topics like this? Its not Wikimedia related at all. Huib It is related. There was a question as to whether edits and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Tapping into the Backbone

2013-06-22 Thread Fred Bauder
In our earlier discussion about PRISM. Whether the intelligence agencies could, if they felt it within their remit, access edits and other actions, and, of course, passwords. Obviously they can easily if they are not encrypted. Common sense, on the other hand will inform you that nothing we do

[Wikimedia-l] Blocked in Togo?

2013-06-22 Thread Anthony Cole
There is a report on English WP:ANI that English, French and Swedish versions of Wikipedia have been blocked by all ISP and government servers in the Republic of Togo, and small areas of the Republic of Benin.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Blocked in Togo?

2013-06-22 Thread Anthony Cole
Yep. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Technoquatoldid=561103028#22_June_2013 On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 4:33 AM, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote: That seems to have been trolling. The ANI thread has been updated. SJ On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at

[Wikimedia-l] What community initiatives have made an impact on editor engagement?

2013-06-22 Thread Steven Walling
Hi everyone, On July 11th at the next WMF Metrics Activities meeting, myself, Erik Möller, Howie Fung, Maryana Pinchuk, and Dario Taraborelli are going to deliver a short update on the state of Wikimedia editor communities. (For those not familiar: