Re: [Wikimedia-l] [recent changes]

Here is a response to Denny's resignation; his email has been sticking to me. To provide some context for what follows, I work a lot on COI and advocacy issues in Wikipedia, and worked on COI issues professionally at a university for the past 15 years. The limitations created by managing or

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia Kenya - copyright infringement

No - Swahili is the language spoken in Kenya (officially), although other languages are used too. There is no "Kenyan Wikipedia" as far as I'm aware! On 11 Apr 2016 02:36, "Gnangarra" wrote: > wouldnt wikipedia kenya be at ke.wikipedia.org not wikipedia.or.ke > > On 10

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia Kenya - copyright infringement

wouldnt wikipedia kenya be at ke.wikipedia.org not wikipedia.or.ke On 10 April 2016 at 19:31, John Mark Vandenberg wrote: > http://www.wikipedia.or.ke/ now has ads dancing around the screen, the > donate link is gone, and the privacy policy and general disclaimer > have been

Re: [Wikimedia-l] What can we learn

Establish alternates who are non-voting members but are in the wings waiting to fill vacancies. It’s a win-win. Betty (Atsme) > On Apr 10, 2016, at 4:02 AM, James Heilman wrote: > > Two community elected members every 1.5 years would be a good. Three could > than be

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia Kenya - copyright infringement

http://www.wikipedia.or.ke/ now has ads dancing around the screen, the donate link is gone, and the privacy policy and general disclaimer have been removed. It only has 107,391 articles according to special:statistics. On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Pine W wrote: > I took

Re: [Wikimedia-l] What can we learn

Two community elected members every 1.5 years would be a good. Three could than be elected if someone steps down. James On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 9:25 AM, Pine W wrote: > I forgot to add that one of the benefits of having elections scheduled > every year is that if a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] What can we learn

I forgot to add that one of the benefits of having elections scheduled every year is that if a community-elected member departs from the board in the first year of their term, then it's simple to have another seat elected in the next cycle to fill the remainder of that term.. Pine On Sun, Apr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] What can we learn

I'm glad we're thinking about how to improve Board elections, including about possible screening for COI issues early in the election process. Thinking also about Board composition, what if we changed Jimmy's seat to another community-elected seat, and ran elections for what would be 4

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [recent changes]

Brill, Speaking generally (meaning, not in regard to the specific situation of Denny), conflict of interest issues do happen on a regular basis. In my experience, we also generally handle them well. Having numerous business relationships and interests is common in the business world. Many times