Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia charity chairman resigns after pornography row

2015-01-11 Thread Andrea Zanni
I'm sorry, my bad. Aubrey On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote: As people have said - repeatedly - a bunch of trolls have set up a google group mailing list that appears to be Wikimedia-l and subscribed lots of people to it. If you're subscribed

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia charity chairman resigns after pornography row

2015-01-11 Thread Chris Keating
As people have said - repeatedly - a bunch of trolls have set up a google group mailing list that appears to be Wikimedia-l and subscribed lots of people to it. If you're subscribed then unsubscribe yourself and report it to Google. There are instructions in other messages. However, please

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: December 2014

2015-01-11 Thread The 'This Month in GLAM' team
*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums. You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia charity chairman resigns after pornography row

2015-01-11 Thread Andrea Zanni
Date of the article says 02 Aug 2012. Why is this relevant now on this list? Aubrey On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Toby Dollmann toby.dollm...@gmail.com wrote: Why ? Have you forgotten Section 230 of Communications Decency Act ? Toby On 1/11/15, Gerard Meijssen

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please report to Google [was Re: Warning: Wikimedia-l Google Group]

2015-01-11 Thread Cristian Consonni
2015-01-10 10:56 GMT+01:00 Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org: This sounds silly, but somehow it seems quite hard to unsubscribe from this group, if you have multiple google accounts (google thinks you're trying to unsubscribe with an account that is not subscribed etc). (sorry for the maybe

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please report to Google [was Re: Warning: Wikimedia-l Google Group]

2015-01-11 Thread Bence Damokos
I found the same issue. The best thing to do is to send a letter to the unsubscribe address from your various adresses (change the from field in Gmail), and it should do it. (Doesn't work for the opt out option for resubscribing.) Best regards, Bence On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Cristian

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Another list WITH IDENTICAL NAME AS THIS ONE has been created on Google

2015-01-11 Thread Katie Chan
Hi Rui, Yes, this is a known ongoing problem. See https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-January/076316.html https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-January/076411.html for 2 threads from earlier this week discussing this. Regards, Katie -- Katie Chan Any views

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please report to Google [was Re: Warning: Wikimedia-l Google Group]

2015-01-11 Thread Lodewijk
Hi Dan, unfortunately several people use multiple email addresses, and this optout doesn't work properly if that is the case - because when you go to that link, google insists that you want to unsubscribe with your gmail address (which might not be the one you have been subscribed with). Right

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please report to Google [was Re: Warning: Wikimedia-l Google Group]

2015-01-11 Thread Enock Seth Nyamador
Hi Lodewijk, The optout didn't work for me too. Did you try unsubscribing by using the other option provided below optout in the mails. That is send a blank mail to the unsubscribe address and this should work. It worked for me though. Best, - Enock twitter: @Enock4seth enockseth.blogspot.com

[Wikimedia-l] Another list called has been created on Google

2015-01-11 Thread Rui Correia
Dear Colleagues A few days ago I started received a number of emails from [Wikimedia-l], which I found odd, as I had set my delivery satus to no mail. It turns out that the emails are not coming from wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, but from wikimedia-l wikimedi...@googlegroups.com. However, the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Another list WITH IDENTICAL NAME AS THIS ONE has been created on Google

2015-01-11 Thread Rui Correia
Thanks for letting me know, Katie. Rui 2015-01-11 15:42 GMT+02:00 Katie Chan k...@ktchan.info: Hi Rui, Yes, this is a known ongoing problem. See https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-January/076316.html

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Honorary degree for Wikipedia + meeting

2015-01-11 Thread Tanweer Morshed
As Wikipedia is getting a doctorate degree after all these years (it's actually stepping into 14th birthday on that day), it will facilitate to collaborate with the higher educational institutions under the Education Program. Will the universities keep ignoring Wikipedia as an unconventional,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Another list WITH IDENTICAL NAME AS THIS ONE has been created on Google

2015-01-11 Thread Rui Correia
Dear All My subject line was somehow 'edited' by the list software, which removed the most crucial element: It was Another list called [Wikimedia-l] has been created on Google. Wikimedia-l was removed fronm the line. The email follows: 2015-01-11 15:11 GMT+02:00 Rui Correia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please report to Google [was Re: Warning: Wikimedia-l Google Group]

2015-01-11 Thread Rui Correia
Would it not be more practical to ask the list owner at Google to kill his list and create a new one with a new name and to NOT add members without their permission? Rui 2015-01-11 15:39 GMT+02:00 Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com: I found the same issue. The best thing to do is to send a letter

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please report to Google [was Re: Warning: Wikimedia-l Google Group]

2015-01-11 Thread Thomas Morton
I think the point is that the list owner is deiberately using those tactics to gain attention :) Tom On 11 Jan 2015 13:55, Rui Correia correia@gmail.com wrote: Would it not be more practical to ask the list owner at Google to kill his list and create a new one with a new name and to NOT

[Wikimedia-l] [x-post] Language Engineering IRC Office Hour on 14 January 2015 (Wednesday) at 1600 UTC

2015-01-11 Thread Runa Bhattacharjee
[x-posted announcement] Hello, Language Engineering team of the Wikimedia Foundation is hosting the next IRC office hour on January 14, 2015 (Wednesday) at 1600 UTC on #wikimedia-office . We will be taking questions and discussing about our ongoing projects. You may have also read our recent