Re: [Wikimedia-l] Post mortems (second attempt)

2016-02-21 Thread Brandon Harris
ds (who never try to help, claim to be expert engineers, but never seem to be able to back up those claims) talk shit about the skill sets in engineering and derail the conversation. So no. I don't believe this will be useful. --- Brandon Ha

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Post mortems (second attempt)

2016-02-21 Thread Brandon Harris
> On Feb 21, 2016, at 7:19 PM, Pete Forsyth wrote: > > Here, Brandon, I think you're > implying that there is fundamental resistance to change. Let me disabuse you of a notion: I am not _implying_ this. I am _directly stating it._ --- Brandon Harris :: bhar...@g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Post mortems

2016-02-21 Thread Brandon Harris
Because Talk pages suck as a medium for conversation and all attempts to fix this have been shot down with venom. > On Feb 21, 2016, at 3:54 PM, Thyge wrote: > > I really wonder why wikimedia discussions have migrated to FB. Are we > applying for a grant? --- Brandon Ha

Re: [Wikimedia-l] An Open Letter to Wikimedia Foundation BoT

2016-02-20 Thread Brandon Harris
! > On Feb 20, 2016, at 5:29 PM, Danny Horn wrote: > > You know, it's possible that the people who work for the Foundation might > understand the situation in a more nuanced way than you do. I know it > doesn't seem likely, but dare to dream. --- Brandon Harris :: bh

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] FDC recommendations for 2015-2016 Round 1 APG grant requests

2015-11-23 Thread Brandon Harris
>> >>> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Appeals_to_the_Board_on_the_recommendations_of_the_FDC >>>> [5] >>>> >>> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Complaints_about_the_FDC_proce

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Departure

2015-09-10 Thread Brandon Harris
> On Sep 10, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Garfield Byrd wrote: > > > My last day will be September 30. I look forward to staying in touch and > continuing to support our mission. Who is going to be the best dancer at any Wiki event from now on, then? --- Brandon Harris :: bha

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing staff changes at the WMF

2015-06-18 Thread Brandon Harris
ike in the moment. Thanks for > understanding. Not to be "that guy" or anything, but there are no special rights associated with foundationwiki that exist outside of that wiki, and yet his account was locked there (there aren't any sekrit bits of data there, either).

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Options for the German Wikipedia

2014-08-11 Thread Brandon Harris
g 11, 2014, at 5:29 PM, Todd Allen wrote: > Are you stating that Erik is not calling the shots here? If that's the > case, could someone please clarify who is in charge and asked for the new > right to be enabled? --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Supp

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Options for the German Wikipedia

2014-08-11 Thread Brandon Harris
ing > on users? Users should want new features. Erik shouldn't be coercing > employees to try to ensure that new features are active everywhere. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A personal note.

2014-05-28 Thread Brandon Harris
A slight correction: the revision was rev-deleted by a member of the community - a member of ArbCom, in fact - and not an employee of the Foundation. Snt frm m Phn > On May 28, 2014, at 9:23 AM, Wil Sinclair wrote: > > Hi Fae, if you're referring to the discussion on this page, then I > think

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliation in username

2014-04-21 Thread Brandon Harris
it WMF affiliation. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/li

Re: [Wikimedia-l] RfC: Should we support MP4 Video on our sites?

2014-01-15 Thread Brandon Harris
On Jan 15, 2014, at 7:25 PM, Fajro wrote: > No. I think you should probably include a reason why you feel this way. A one-word answer doesn’t leave room for conversation. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: h

Re: [Wikimedia-l] On the gentrification of Wikipedia, by Superbass (was: Visual Editor)

2013-07-30 Thread Brandon Harris
ä! Cthulhu Fhtagn! Seriously, awesome example. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org U

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Snake on a magic towel"... help needed transforming a shitty logo into something wonderful

2013-07-16 Thread Brandon Harris
; I knew it! Not even a day and the Wicked Towel Organization already > complaining! --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikim

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Snake on a magic towel"... help needed transforming a shitty logo into something wonderful

2013-07-16 Thread Brandon Harris
anything you want. It can't get any worse! > > Micru > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=uns

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thoughts on Admin Rights on WMF Wiki (and other things)

2013-05-28 Thread Brandon Harris
On May 28, 2013, at 12:38 AM, ENWP Pine wrote: > However, I have concerns about keeping Gayle in the Chief Talent and Culture > Officer position. This type of conversation is really not helpful in any way. I don't know what you're expecting here. --- Brando

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Exit Interview - Sue

2013-05-17 Thread Brandon Harris
a (I know, pass the > smelling salts, what a radical idea), but there's a solution for that: report > it to the mods and move on. This. The moderators are fast and good within the AMA area. The most "inappropriate" questions that I even *saw* were people demanding t

[Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Flow Portal(s)

2013-05-15 Thread Brandon Harris
es - as many as we need to - and will also be open to having conversations via Google hangouts and/or Skype as need be. I am always around on irc (freenode, username "jorm") and am willing to answer any questions you may have. -b. --- Brandon Harris, Senior

[Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Wikimedia Iconathon 2013

2013-03-19 Thread Brandon Harris
org/wiki/Events/The_Noun_Project_Iconathon Please stop by one of these pages and share your thoughts and ideas. [1] http://www.thenounproject.com --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation's non-disclosure agreement

2013-03-06 Thread Brandon Harris
often contain patches or other juicy tidbits that will allow hostile individuals to attack sites running vulnerable versions of MediaWiki - including our own cluster - until the hole is closed. So yes. There's a need for an NDA there. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation's non-disclosure agreement

2013-03-06 Thread Brandon Harris
I haven't seen the NDA, and I don't know if it's actually required or not, but Bugzilla admins would have access to the security queue, which would be something that necessitates non-disclosure. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FreeBSD fate and the lesson for Wikimedia movement

2012-12-09 Thread Brandon Harris
x27;d ask WMF and relevant chapters (those who have > money) to organize themselves, contact Mozilla and see how to help > FreeBSD community. I know that it's not a straight-forward action, but > it's manageable. Why FreeBSD, and not NetBSD, OpenBSD, or Linux variants?

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Banners are too bright, too long

2012-12-03 Thread Brandon Harris
I, for one, think this is totally awesome news. Snt frm my iPhne On Dec 3, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Zack Exley wrote: > After eight days of banners, we're free to take them down > completely until Dec 26th, when we'll re-launch for a final 6-day push. > That would mean a total of about 14 full days

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Policy and Political Affiliations Guideline

2012-08-02 Thread Brandon Harris
ikipedia's SOPA blackout, and round about the time > Wikimedia first made public statements denouncing SOPA? > > Good question. > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.w

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Apparently, Wikipedia is ugly

2012-07-25 Thread Brandon Harris
new page patrolling that starts us down this path. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Apparently, Wikipedia is ugly

2012-07-14 Thread Brandon Harris
On Jul 14, 2012, at 7:52 PM, Michel Vuijlsteke wrote: > Maybe if we used some of our millions to pay for a good designer? What if, what if. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Don

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Update on IPv6

2012-06-13 Thread Brandon Harris
; are now listed as being by "AwesomeSauce89" I also spoke with Tim Starling about this in Berlin and he agreed that it was a good idea. However, this would be no small feat. A big part of the problems involved in this type of anonymizing involve how we deal with range

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Editor retention implies social features

2012-04-29 Thread Brandon Harris
consensus that your chart software is important to everyone and should be elevated. Leaving the community isn't the solution: you miss 100% of the balls you don't take a swing at. --- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafound