Michael Peel, 01/07/2012 23:39:
Could I ask a related common question - why not just send these out on
WikimediaAnnounce-l?
The list is meant to be low traffic compared to wikitech-l, which is
currently (by far) the highest traffic list we have; so, still quite
high traffic.
Moreover, it's
Hey Greg,
Great answer - thanks. :-) It does sound like that's quite a distinct audience
here that most likely wouldn't be interested in the other emails that are sent
to WikimediaAnnounce-l (e.g. chapter and WMF reports). I hope that there will
be appropriate cross-posting to both lists for
Mike - thank you - and to Nemo as well for a more concise answer than mine. :)
I agree about the cross-posting - and my hunch is that will come with time.
Like any new outreach idea, it will need some time to mature, and it may not
work out - but I think this one is worth trying. If it
Hallo everybody,
We have just started working with the Wiki Loves Public Art (WLPA)[1]
contest that will focus on getting pictures on sculptures, mosaics,
mural paintings, memorials and place
specific installments in the public space. If
you are interested in public art, enjoy organizing
Hi Jane,
I am happy that you think that it sounds interesting!
The idea is to have similar rules and structure as WLM, e.g. that the artworks
should have a unique ID to be part of the contest. I think that we should not
limit ourselves more right now until we know
what type of data we can
Wikipedia is down for me. I suggest we swarm on to IRC in large
numbers - that always helps!
On 2 July 2012 22:50, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote:
After ten minute and three unsuccessful attempts to categorise an image via
Hotcat I've now got the following error message:
For more information on the root cause of this outage see Leslie Carr's
description sent to wikitech-l:
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2012-July/061599.html. The
way the routers were bouncing is the reason it was intermittent and
continued to work for some people while breaking
Only ten millions? This sounds wrong.
Nemo
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First they deleted Michelle Obama's arms,[1] now they want to get rid of
Justin Bieber on Twitter.[2] What is the world coming to!
[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Michelle_Obama%27s_arms
[2]
Analysis: Uncovering scientific plagiarism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-07-02/Analysis
Op-ed: Representing knowledge â metadata, data and linked data
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-07-02/Op-ed
News and notes: RfC on joining
On 3 July 2012 12:02, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote:
On Tuesday, 3 July 2012 at 10:15, Svip wrote:
I can't believe _I_ am not the ultimate ruler on what is valuable
enough to get on Wikipedia. It seems most of the delete comments on
the Justin Bieber article are mostly people who
I think that is a very dismissive misreading of the discussion.
Some people have it in their heads that appears in reliable sources
equates to article-worthiness, but the problem here is that the doings
of celebrities is covered in excruciating detial by the media, including
what tey eat,
Would it be possible to get copies of the older non-notable articles?
I would like to add them all to speedydeletion.wikia.com
thanks,
mike
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On 3 July 2012 14:49, Svip svi...@gmail.com wrote:
On 3 July 2012 15:35, Tarc Meridian t...@hotmail.com wrote:
What does 'encyclopaedic worthiness' even mean? If Wikipedia is an
encyclopaedia, then all those niche-wikis are encyclopaedia too.
Well, yes, they basically replace the specialist
Hi
I would like to bring up an issue with office actions that was brought up
elsewhere. There has been an issue on commons with User:Saibo tagging
images from WMF staff. He disagreed with a particular office action taken
by WMF staff. He gives an explanation with relevant diffs here[1]. The
issue
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
So, can you say what it is about this that made you bring it up now, in
July?
I heard about this issue fairly recently, on a private list. So, you
probably already know more than I do.
I really don't care about the specifics of
On 3 July 2012 19:08, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
I love it when people send e-mails to the public list, and purposefully
refrain from actually discussing the actual events at issue. You have to
read 3/4ths of the e-mail to get an idea that it's about someone being
blocked, but you still
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
Office actions have historically been used to blank or delete pages, the
current listed policy on Meta and commons[3][4] make no mention of Global
bans or blocking a user locally, or even globally. I have not known for
office
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Deryck Chan deryckc...@wikimedia.hk wrote:
On 3 July 2012 19:08, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
I love it when people send e-mails to the public list, and purposefully
refrain from actually discussing the actual events at issue. You have to
read 3/4ths of
Phillipe, a global ban, even by the policy proposed, requires more than 2
communities agreeing that the ban is necessary, as far as I know, even if
we count the office staff as one community that is only one.
At least the guy know why he was blocked? And what is the guarantee we have
that
No, that was clumsy wording. I did not mean that it could have been used
in THIS instance; I meant that in future instances, I can see circumstances
where it could be used.
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On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 12:35 AM, Philippe Beaudette
phili...@wikimedia.orgwrote:
To the best of my knowledge, no.
And that's precisely why we would like a global ban policy implemented. We
would prefer an established, community-monitored process that we can turn
to when at all possible (and
On 03/07/2012 11:09 AM, Delirium wrote:
1) the sources really are *very* good in that case, not merely ok
sources like newspaper articles;
My own (admitedly radical) point of view is that popular media - and
that includes newspapers nowadays - are not reliable sources at all in
the first
Since 2008 I wonder, why the logo of Wikimedia projects are under copyright? I
see it as something contradictory.
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hummm... No!
I've read all this, I can give workshops about it, my question is more about
values, why not believe in what we preach and release our logos?
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What purpose would it serve to release the WMF's logos? Surely it would
damage the project rather than help it... copyright isn't always a bad
thing!
Richard Symonds
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http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer
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The trademark doesn't protect only the owner, it can protect also the user.
Imagine that a fashion house would release his trademark under free license.
Imagine that you buy a Gucci or Armani shirt and you are sure that it's
a Gucci or Armani shirt. And you pay as you may pay the original one
is someone's off-wiki opinion or behavior or even criminal past, grounds
for a block?
In my opinion, yes. I have carried out many blocks (and bans) based partly
on the off-wiki behaviour of an editor. It's really only necessary in very
serious cases involving violence, stalking, child
A mark is not a simple image.
A mark it's a symbol.
On 03.07.2012 23:32, Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton wrote:
So in your view, free images can be harmful? So why would I release a
picture?
And you're telling me is more important to believe in the logo, instead of
checking the validity of what you
I don't know how it is handled after US law, but if i consider German
law then logos and trademarks are often even in the public domain, but
protected as a trademark itself. But i also think that our logo is
something to protect while being free at the same time. If we go
strictly after the
On 03/07/2012 3:23 PM, Theo10011 wrote:
I would ask about a hypothetical, is someone's off-wiki opinion or
behavior or even criminal past, grounds for a block?
It may well be. Both for our protection and that of other editors.
There are cases of real, dangerous persons using Wikipedia to
Think of a logo or a trademark as an identity; the arguments for releasing
free informational content are totally separate from allowing others to
make free use of your (or WMFs) identity. You might as well ask why not
release your name for any possible commercial use. I suspect you wouldn't
agree
Again, the logo is a symbol, it's not an image.
I don't agree with your concept because you can move the Commons content
in another website also commercial.
So you should split content and repository. The content may be free, the
repository may be not free.
Following your concept if a
Ilario, please keep apart copyright and trademarks. Rodrigo did not
question the decision to have the logos trademarked. He just questioned
the decision to keep them copyrighted.
As Tobias Oelgarte pointed out, a logo can be in the public domain and
still be protected as a trademark.
The
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org wrote:
On 03/07/2012 11:09 AM, Delirium wrote:
1) the sources really are *very* good in that case, not merely ok
sources like newspaper articles;
My own (admitedly radical) point of view is that popular media - and that
You will have to split between trademark laws and copyright laws. Both
concepts exist separately from each other. There are a lot of logos that
are not copyright protected. For example very simple text logos,
depending on country even more complex logos that don't reach the needed
threshold of
On 4 July 2012 00:04, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
I agree with Marc. The other day, someone said here on the list, It's
almost as if what the press say and what the facts are in reality are two
different things that have only a very tenuous relationship.
Yes, in response to you
On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 12:15 AM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
On 4 July 2012 00:04, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
I agree with Marc. The other day, someone said here on the list, It's
almost as if what the press say and what the facts are in reality are two
different
On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 12:38 AM, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org wrote:
On 03/07/2012 7:04 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote:
What would a Wikipedia look like that did not make use of press sources?
It
would look a hell of a lot more like an encyclopedia. Thousands of silly
arguments would never
On 03/07/2012 7:42 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote:
How would you deal with biographies of people like heads of state, who are
subjects of serious academic study as well as daily news articles?
There's nothing that prevents a subject from having an article in both
namespaces. One can be seen as the
On 4 July 2012 00:48, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org wrote:
There's nothing that prevents a subject from having an article in both
namespaces. One can be seen as the complement of the other; mainspace would
become more encyclopedic and there would be a neat space where the more
recent
On 03/07/2012 7:49 PM, David Gerard wrote:
We could call it Wikinews.
Arguably, that was the intent behind that project in the first place.
That said, the news article format (as opposed to living prose) is
demonstrably not what the readers want - they already voted with their
browsers
On 4 July 2012 00:49, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
On 4 July 2012 00:48, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org wrote:
There's nothing that prevents a subject from having an article in both
namespaces. One can be seen as the complement of the other; mainspace
would
become more
I can't disagree with your understanding of the different IP laws, however
this not a very commonly understood nuance. Many people, when seeing the logo
listed as free regarding copyright, will assume they can use it the same as
any other copyleft or PD image. They will not necessarily
On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 12:48 AM, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org wrote:
There's nothing that prevents a subject from having an article in both
namespaces. One can be seen as the complement of the other; mainspace would
become more encyclopedic and there would be a neat space where the more
We have special templates for this case which prominently inform the
user that the image is free due to reason XYZ but can't be used in any
context due to additional trademark restrictions.
This concept does not only apply to logos or trademarks, but also for
public domain cases. Commons
That reasoning seems to be begging the question a bit. That we should not make
an exception so that there will be no exceptions. I suggested some pragmatic
reasons why making an exception for these trademarks more successfully
communicates the message for reuse than not doing so. And also how
I love it when individuals decide that they know what is important and
worthy of inclusion, as opposed to the mindless masses. Because that's such
a healthy way to ensure an open, neutral, and comprehensive encyclopedia.
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Tarc Meridian t...@hotmail.com wrote:
I
Just think, in a few years we can set up the site to construct drafts for
the site that constructs drafts for Wikipedia.
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 12:48 AM, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org
wrote:
There's nothing that
From my experience the re-users barely read any of the licenses and
already expect every of our images to be free beer. Sometimes i looked
where my images and articles are used and i noticed quite a lot of
copyright violations. I took my time to mail the re-users and informed
them what they
I have no time to find the page, but the logo of Wikipedia may be used for
no commercial use. So it's not public domain, but has a sufficient freedom
of use.
The question is to understand what is the feeling of the normal people in
internet.
So, in this specific case I would really associate
On 7/4/12 1:04 AM, Andreas Kolbe wrote:
What would a Wikipedia look like that did not make use of press sources? It
would look a hell of a lot more like an encyclopedia. Thousands of silly
arguments would never arise. Thousands of apposite criticisms of Wikipedia
would never arise. These are
On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Delirium delir...@hackish.org wrote:
On 7/4/12 1:04 AM, Andreas Kolbe wrote:
What would a Wikipedia look like that did not make use of press sources?
It
would look a hell of a lot more like an encyclopedia. Thousands of silly
arguments would never arise.
On 4 July 2012 01:38, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org wrote:
Well, if I were suddenly named dictator of Wikipedia, I'd probably suggest
that a recent event namespace be created, where popular media were
acceptable sources, and make them verbotten in mainspace. Mainspace
articles might
The new editorial team has produced a new issue of Wikimedia Italia's
bulletin, shortened for the sake of clarity to the public at large.
English version follows and is available on the wiki
http://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Wikimedia_news/numero_33/en
Please let us know if you find this format
Or a template at the top.
'This article relies on newspaper sources...please contribute better
sources or tag with notability if you cant find any better sources.'
P.s. This offtopic thread should be on Wikipedia lists as its not about the
movement in general.
On Jul 4, 2012 6:13 PM, Svip
Hi Lodewijk,
I like your ideas, especially the one about Wiki Loves Food which I think could
be a really good mini-contest. However, this year I hope that you will share
your expertise with WLPA! :-)
You have a really good point about the exams in May and I have been thinking
hard about
The current definition is very protective and incompatible with free
licenses. I can't take a free licensed photo and put the Wikipedia logo
in the background. It's not because the Logo can't be used, it's because
i can't release the the end result under a free license. If i would
create such
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18704192
SJ
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On 4 July 2012 19:22, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18704192
Dunno about OT. The public protests across Europe followed from the
SOPA blackout.
- d.
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Am 04.07.2012 20:52, schrieb David Gerard:
On 4 July 2012 19:22, Samuel Kleinmeta...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18704192
Dunno about OT. The public protests across Europe followed from the
SOPA blackout.
- d.
Not really. The first big protests started at the end
Tobias Oelgarte, 05/07/2012 00:28:
Not really. The first big protests started at the end of the year 2011,
while the blackout was from 18th to 19th January 2012. But in some way
it might have helped to strengthen the protests and to prolong the
duration.
This says something about it.
Hi everyone,
This is a long email, so the less TL;DR version is: there is a request
for comment on Meta about a community policy for global bans.[1] This
is vitally important, and I hope you will both comment and help spread
the word in your community. The background on why we're doing this
It's worth noting here that there is something of a disagreement about the
import of the Terms of Use; Steve Walling and Ryan Kaldari have argued that
the ToU require that the Wikimedia community devise a policy permitting and
describing a process for instituting global bans. In fact, the ToU
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
It's worth noting here that there is something of a disagreement about the
import of the Terms of Use; Steve Walling and Ryan Kaldari have argued that
the ToU require that the Wikimedia community devise a policy permitting and
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Steven Walling steven.wall...@gmail.comwrote:
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
Right now, the RfC is trending towards dispensing with the current global
ban policy. A large portion of that sentiment is from people opposed to
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
I thought about that but beyond the language issue, the RfC has also been
open for awhile and had significant participation. Since the trend is to
reject the policy as written anyway, that makes it unenforceable until a
new RfC
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Steven Walling steven.wall...@gmail.comwrote:
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
I thought about that but beyond the language issue, the RfC has also been
open for awhile and had significant participation. Since the trend is to
Wikipedia-l is not the most active of lists, to put it mildly. Those
interested in discussing the potential advantages and drawbacks of a
Wikipedia without press sources and coming up with some ideas for a
feasible compromise are advised that there is a related thread on
Wikipediocracy, at
Wondering if anyone here can put up a site notice on meta regarding
the proposal for the Wikimedia Travel Guide. One needs to be an admin
on meta.
The proposal is here http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Travel_Guide
The site notice goes here http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Sitenotice
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Sure James, I can add that.
Just in case, you should leave a note with the exact site notice you want,
here - http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Babel since it's a meta-only
issue.
Regards
Theo
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 12:15 PM, James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com wrote:
Wondering if anyone here
The way I read it, Steven correct me if I am wrong, he is writing in a
staff role, but not necessarily within his Engineering responsibilities.
Dan Rosenthal
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 4:04 AM, Steven Walling
Hi Steven,
Could you explain the distinctions between
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_locks,
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_blocks, and
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_bans? These look to me like they have
some redundancy and some areas where they diverge. A chart which
Short answer as I understand it:
Global blocks are the technical feature and refer to the accounts, the IPs
and the software capability; global bans are the policy and refer to the
people who are unwelcome.
On 6 July 2012 10:44, ENWP Pine deyntest...@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Steven,
Could you
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
It also doesn't help
that 4 of the 12 supporters for implementing the policy in its current form
are WMF staff.
Theo,
Could you please expand on this a bit? I'm not sure that I understand. Is
it your proposition that WMF
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Philippe Beaudette
phili...@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Theo,
Could you please expand on this a bit? I'm not sure that I understand. Is
it your proposition that WMF staff shouldn't weigh in on this? Or are you
surprised at the number? or what?
Hi Philippe
No,
On Jul 6, 2012 2:38 AM, Dan Rosenthal swatjes...@gmail.com wrote:
The way I read it, Steven correct me if I am wrong, he is writing in a
staff role, but not necessarily within his Engineering responsibilities.
Dan Rosenthal
Dan is correct. Apologies for any confusion.
Steven
On Fri, Jul
On Jul 6, 2012 2:48 AM, Deryck Chan deryckc...@wikimedia.hk wrote:
Short answer as I understand it:
Global blocks are the technical feature and refer to the accounts, the IPs
and the software capability; global bans are the policy and refer to the
people who are unwelcome.
Deryck has got it
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Steven Walling swall...@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Hi all,
The second IRC office hours with the Foundation's editor engagement
experiments team will be on Saturday July 7th at 18:00 UTC. We've just
completed our first feature experiment on English Wikipedia, and
Hi all,
I am pleased to announce that the first monthly edition of the Fellowship
News is now available on Meta-Wiki!
Come learn what the Wikimedia Fellows have been working on in June:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fellowship_News
Projects covered in this edition include:
*Dispute Resolution
Hi,
while it is great that you do this responsibly, I am indeed also wondering
how we can make this a worth while read. Because while it is a nice
program, there are many other people around Wiki World doing similarly cool
things (no offence) - as are real staff members. By splitting this off in
I thought this was interesting so I’m passing it along. This sentence
particularly caught my attention: “The answer, I think, is to take the best of
what both experts and markets have to offer, realizing that the combination of
the two offers a better window onto the future than either alone.”
Hi Steven,
I agree with you that there should be a “fair and consistent way” for enacting
a global block of an account. My concerns are about the process and
circumstances under which this may happen.
I think that
As well as free photos of people, there is only the release of copyright, and
no release of personality rights; we can make a logo under a free license, with
the trademark rights guaranteed.
Again why is not free?
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The most basic answer (someone form WMF can correct me if I am somehow misled
here) is that the logos are not released under a free license because they are
trademarks.
It seems very harsh, to someone who finds this answer good enough, when you ask
again in the way you did. It a debatable
Do you read my email?
*
me:we can make a logo under a free license, with the trademark rights
guaranteed.*
*
you:that the logos are not released under a free license because they are
trademarks.*
idealists?
sorry?
If you will start to attack me, at least learn to read. And reading your
text,
On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton
rodrigo.argen...@gmail.com wrote:
Do you read my email?
*
me:we can make a logo under a free license, with the trademark rights
guaranteed.*
*
you:that the logos are not released under a free license because they are
trademarks.*
Your answer would imply that we never ever should try to combine a free
image with any of our logos in a single work (not a collection). I wrote
the reason in a previous mail already. We would have a copyright
violation if the new work is released under a free license since the
logo isn't free
On 09/07/12 06:17, birgitte...@yahoo.com
wrote:
The most basic answer (someone form WMF can correct me if I am
somehow misled here) is that the logos are not released under a
free license because they are trademarks.
To be precise, the logos were not released under a free license
because it
If wmf has trademarks secured, now is the time to release the copyrights
and high res. versions.
Idealistic maybe. But when we talk to the public, we talk about ideals. Its
odd that community members cant put logos of community-run projects into
slides. Its unfortunate that wikipedia doesnt meet
That is an encouraging update - thank you.
-greg aka varnent
On 8 Jul, 2012, at 9:39 PM, Steven Walling steven.wall...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote:
Excuse me. Just about a month ago, we had a discussion about spreading out
the times
I haven't spoken to Siko about this at all (first I'm hearing about it),
but I imagine, Richard, that it will focus on the work being done on
fellowships by WMF Fellows.
Lodewijk, I think it would be great to have a newsletter about the cool
things people are doing around the Wiki World. :) If
On 9 July 2012 13:21, Sebastian Moleski seb...@gmail.com wrote:
Today, I'm declaring my candidacy for Secretary General of the Wikimedia
Chapters Association. After recent conversations with a number of people at
different chapters, I've decided to run for this position because I believe
On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Thehelpfulone
thehelpfulonew...@gmail.comwrote:
On 9 July 2012 13:21, Sebastian Moleski seb...@gmail.com wrote:
Today, I'm declaring my candidacy for Secretary General of the Wikimedia
Chapters Association. After recent conversations with a number of people
Hi Thehelpfulone,
On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Thehelpfulone
thehelpfulonew...@gmail.com wrote:
Given that
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Chapters_Association/Secretary-General
is
still in a draft format and hasn't significantly been touched since April
2012, I'm inclined to
On 9 July 2012 17:32, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
You are right about everything. ;) And yes, this was premature, not a lot
has been decided. I think the committee learnt of this as the same time, as
you did.
Thanks for the confirmation Theo, and can I confirm a point on the
Btw, the project should be (at least) visible for stewards. I was trying to
check edits done by an account [1] that may be a spambot, but I couldn't. As
the edit on ru.wiki is the only one, despite account is registered in other
projects, it would help to have an idea on what kind of account
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 4:48 AM, Thehelpfulone
thehelpfulonew...@gmail.comwrote:
On 9 July 2012 17:32, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:
You are right about everything. ;) And yes, this was premature, not a
lot
has been decided. I think the committee learnt of this as the same time,
as
Milos Rancic wrote:
In less than half an hour Russian Wikipedia will go on one-day strike
against SOPA/PIPA-like law in Russia.
As in previous cases with Italian and English Wikipedia, it would be
good if the wider community would be activated in support of our
fellow Wikimedians. They need
On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 6:44 AM, Keegan Peterzell keegan.w...@gmail.com
wrote:
When the government wants your library records, do you protest by closing
the library? No. You still let people in so that they can learn.
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