[Wikimedia-l] Letter from GUWMBR on the de-recognition of user groups from Brazil

2018-04-13 Thread Ixocactus da Bahia
This is an official letter from the Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil (Grupo de Usuários da Comunidade Wikimedia no Brasil - GUWMBR) concerning the decision of the Affiliations Committee to de-recognize user groups from Brazil.  The Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil brings together active

[Wikimedia-l] 1Lib1Ref is happening again in May!

2018-04-13 Thread Felix Nartey
*Hello 1Lib1Ref Organizers,#1Lib1Ref, the annual campaign where librarians add references to improve Wikipedia, is coming back again this year, running from May 15th to June 5th, 2018. Why twice? We heard from you a desire to run it again out of excitement, because May is not summer vacation for

Re: [Wikimedia-l] BabelNet is remixing Wikimedia content without following CC-By-SA terms

2018-04-13 Thread Rob Speer
Everipedia sounds even worse, because they sound like the kind of move-fast-and-break-laws blockchain startup that thinks the legal system is something that happens to other people. But Roberto Navigli is a respected academic and presumably has some interest in following the law, if he can be

Re: [Wikimedia-l] convert from BitCoin to FoldingCoin and other proofs of useful work

2018-04-13 Thread James Salsman
> Cryptocurrency. If your first thought isn't "how could a scammer > exploit this" you are doing it wrong. I've thought about that for several hours now, and I'm sure scammers far prefer bitcoin. Folding@Home's lab director is a partner Andreessen Horowitz, so he has certainly had no lack of