largest
number of user referral log entries to the TAFI blurb?
Sincerely,
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Oliver Keyes wrote:
>
> No idea; if people have proposals...well, see above :).
>
>
> On 29 September 2013 20:10, James Salsman wrote:
>
>>> They are really interested in fi
Geoff,
The inherent complexity and controversy of carbon footprints suggests
that you should seek assistance at the Teahouse before proceeding with
further editing on the topic:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse
Tim Starling wrote:
>... http://www.greenrationbook.org.uk/resources
> "The inherent complexity and controversy of carbon footprints".
> What do you mean by that?
Even those who fight for inclusion of the facts about climate change
on Wikipedia aren't very likely to follow the peer reviewed secondary
literature when it comes to reporting the extent of changes in ex
nces" from previous paid advocacy successes. If this
were to become an ongoing effort culminating in name and shame
releases ("We caught these paid advocates puffing up these
corporations' articles and blocked them") it could easily drive the
worst abusers out of busin
if it
falls off at the same rate as the July test, that still means you
could produce an endowment sufficient to do away with fundraising at
current spending levels in less than eight months.
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P.S. As the referenced attachment doesn't make it through to the
archives or digests, there is a copy of the fundraising data graph at:
http://i.imgur.com/MkXIW4J.png
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 7:51 PM, James Salsman wrote:
> Hi Megan,
>
> Per the attached graph
If October 4th and/or 22nd had large donations because of one-time events
instead of regular donation appeal changes, why are they both bracketed by
vastly abnormally successful previous and subsequent days?
On Monday, November 25, 2013, James Salsman wrote:
> P.S. As the referenced attachm
edia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2013#July_.26_August_Update
On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 5:12 PM, James Salsman wrote:
> If October 4th and/or 22nd had large donations because of one-time events
> instead of regular donation appeal changes, why are they both bracketed by
> vastly abnormally s
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I'm still very interested in July 30, when average donations peaked;
Ref.: http://i.imgur.com/3oXk7jq.png
What could have caused that?
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Hi Megan,
If someone wants to donate the harvestable platinum from an asteroid, would
you please make sure that an appropriately progressive excise tax is paid
to the ufohastings.com
concerns? Thanks muchly.
On Dec 11, 2013 8:03 PM, wrote:
> Send Wikimedia-l mailing list submissions to
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> If people chose to opt into censorship then its a bit outside our remit.
For values of empowerment equal to very sincere well wishes.
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Can we please stop paying the Microsoft and NSA taxes and start buying
datacenter equipment which costs a lot less? Cubieboard/Cubietrucks for
instance?
Ref.:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/catalog-reveals-nsa-has-back-doors-for-numerous-devices-a-940994.html
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When this came up last time, it turned out that there was some kind of
a deal in place, and certainly many if not most published pictures of
the Wikimedia data center feature rows of shiny Dell logos. But Dell
does support Microsoft and the NSA, obviously, and also supports some
very creative acco
> Maximum 100 Mbps ethernet connection
We should be using fiber, which also costs less power and is orders of
magnitude faster.
If the words "enterprise-class" actually mean something more than
"much larger markup than purchasing components" then go with something
like http://www.marvell.com/
>... Wikimedia Labs uses x86 hardware virtualization (just one example)
How does that tie us to x86?
http://www.eweek.com/servers/arm-server-chips-get-xen-virtualization-support/
>... a conservative $200/server estimate
I have been recommending hardware which costs closer to $70 per
"server" dep
Jasper, if you can't write an email or pick up the phone asking for a
hardware quote without supporting the status quo of the Foundation
datacenter being a monument to the poster boy of corporate tax abuses,
Microsoft OEM bundling abuses, and NSA collaboration, I really can't
help you.
If you're i
> Jasper has tried to give you honest, useful information based on his
> actual experience and expertise in the matter
It sure seemed like he was trying to imply that ARM servers cost more than
twice what they actually do, and that there is some vague reason that we
are tied to x86 because porting
> Neither of Calxeda's articles gives a figure for capital cost
I think they went under the moment their first competitor charging typical
markups (Mitac) started shipping. Get some GFX servers and some of these to
do your own tests: http://www.mitac.com/Business/7-Star.html
> you can't just plug
Why would we promote patent- and secrecy-encumbered formats when Google has
spent so much on opening WebM?
Also, why does the Multimedia Team care about video when most Wiktionary
headwords don't have uploaded audio exemplars yet?
Where are our priorities?
Someone is willing to pay $210K for the .wiki TLD? The Foundation
could have had it for $120,000 in 2009, per Rod Beckstrom's quote. I
did an analysis showing it would have probably have been worth it then
in amount of time an extreme compact URL would have saved typing. It
turned out that users'
claimed that I did not discuss the
Inactive Administrators Survey with them before it was distributed. In
fact, I did in both cases.
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I also want to say something good. I think the fact that the
fundraising team is using multivariate analysis instead of simple A/B
testing now is beyond good, it's just spectacular. A/B testing was
excruciatingly slow, and this is a huge advance. I hope it means that
all the banner text suggesti
>> If all the people in favour of filters had spent their time building them
>> rather than arguing about them, we would have had a wide array of different
>> solutions, without any politics or drama.
>>
>> That said, if people want to filter Wikipedia, a client-side solution
>> rather than a filte
>... We are not a general educational non-profit
The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to empower and engage
people around the world to collect and develop educational content
under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it
effectively and globally.
How is it possible
> * Review of key metrics including the monthly report card, but also
> specialized reports and analytics
Erik, are any new metrics being added to support the Halfaker
recommendations to "build tools that aid in identifying and supporting
desirable newcomers" from
http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~half
> Why when we talk about "editor engagement" we think exclusively about new
> editors? How about retaining people, who already made Wikipedia (= the
> product) and keep maintaining it?
Retention of people who have made dozens of edits is about the same as
it's ever been. Retention of people who'v
> the biggest problem with editor retention at the moment is the
> second edit.
True. The ratio of new users over the past month with one or two edits
to those with three or more would make a great new metric. I hope it
shows up on the report card.
Thanks to Jonathan Morgan for investigating addi
The Funds Dissemination Committee was originally proposed by Sue to
the board with explicit support for both groups and individuals,[1]
but at some point after, all mention of individual editors was
removed.[2]
Could someone please say whether this was the decision of the board,
someone else's dec
ators had returned to active status, having made more than 50
edits each after having gone at least six months without editing.
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Again, I'm not going to go into detail about how I arrived at the 18%
figure for enwiki admins under the poverty line until the accusation
that I violated the Privacy Policy is withdrawn or my questions about
it are addressed. I am confident that it's accurate within a few
percent. Instead of criti
Apparently I am moderated on wikimedia-sf.
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.
Do you still intend to test the untried volunteer-submitted messages
with multivariate analysis? If so, when? Thank you.
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Zack,
Thanks very much for helping me understand this.
> We can only do big multivariate tests for banner click rates.
The multivariate tests you ran in May and October list total
donations. What am I missing?
> For example, the new banners have about 30% the click rate of the old ones,
> but t
exponential rate they have
been over the past several years, is compatible with the fiduciary
duty of the Board and employees? Would you please request comment
concerning whether the community has confidence in this deliberate
slow-down? Thank you.
Best regards,
James Salsman
[1]
http://meta.wiki
> How do you see the fiduciary responsibilities of the board playing into
> fundraising targets?
The employees of the board share their fiduciary responsibilities.
> Are you suggesting the Board has a duty to raise as
> much money as possible?
No. When actual fundraising far exceeded expectation
> Costs don't scale linearly with pageviews. Nor do donations,
> especially when you consider that much of that growth in pageviews now
> comes from the 'Global South' (where people generally have less
> disposable income to donate) and from mobile devices (which we don't
> really fundraise on, alt
SJ,
Thank you for your reply:
> Fundraising targets have been set to match our projected needs for the
> year, for the past few years.
Does the very recent abandonment of several aspects of the Strategic
Plan, after the July 2012-3 Annual Plan goal was set at $46.1 million,
which itself was subs
the current campaign.
I most certainly am not. I see no evidence other than to conclude that
if the Board declines to hold the leadership accountable for this,
then they need to be replaced by the community.
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James Salsman
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istical data until these issues are resolved.
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> I forgot that you are not able to edit Meta.
Because I was accused of violating the "research policy" by a staff
member who admitted some months later that there was no research
policy.
> I will migrate the relevant
> parts of the discussion here to the wiki, since a wiki is a useful place to
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Employment_growth_by_top_tax_rate.jpg
or
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Yz3W7LVnwne79wiwxdqKiRuFRAyQX-JXIAbAeuWuVXk/edit#slide=id.p10
?
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nnual Plan
such as the Fellows program can be put to a question of the community
with sufficient time for thorough consultation.
Please let me know your and the trustees' decision on this matter.
Best regards,
James Salsman
[1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Vote:Board_deliberations
[2]
h
e opinions of the few members of the community who found that page
in time to comment.
For that reason I will be recommending specific community initiatives
during next year's Board elections.
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On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Samuel Klein wrote:
>
>... As Zack noted earlier this month, banners are down until the end-of-year
> push. This has not changed. "From December 26 to Dec 31 we'll begin
> showing banners again to everyone for a final push to the year end goal."
That's a huge r
> Your posts are assuming a ridiculous degree of bad faith, where you
> you start from your own confusion and extrapolate downwards
"we've stopped fundraising this year" -- December 21
http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Fundraising_2012&diff=4885494&oldid=4884949
"we're hoping t
foundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Wikimedia_fundraising_principles
Has the Board deliberated or voted on any resolution which is
compatible with the meaning you suggest?
> (and as much positive impact as possible!).
Given the answers to the questions above, how would you characterize
your impac
sit, which were
then and still paying about four times as much interest. It is unclear
from the auditors' statements whether you accomplished this. Did you?
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> Reviewing the log from those office hours, it appears Garfield did not
> "accept and speak highly of the suggestion", he merely said he would
> look into the possibility.
Well I'm glad someone is sanity-checking me, but the statement "We get
some of best ideas from the community" occurred after
Another thing I want to point out, because I just noticed it. The
recent years' yields on bond funds has been slightly higher than
equity (stock) mutual funds, but with only a very small fraction of
the volatility:
http://news.morningstar.com/fundReturns/FundReturns.html?category=$FOCA$HY
I'm not
On Thu Dec 27, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Samuel Klein wrote:
>On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 12:18 PM, James Salsman wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Zack Exley wrote:
>>
>>> "Maximizing" for us means raising our budget
>>> with as little negative impact
at Garfield's request, all reserve investments were
expected to perform below the rate of inflation when they were
purchased.
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How about for the April fundraiser, instead of setting a dollar value
goal, we agree to use multivariate analysis instead of A/B testing to
optimize the messaging from volunteer submissions in advance, then run
the whole thing for a fixed time frame, say three weeks, and then use
the actual amount
That would be complex, and could be a disaster...
What are the possible failure modes?
On Dec 28, 2012 9:46 PM, "James Salsman" wrote:
>
> How about for the April fundraiser, instead of setting a dollar value
> goal, we agree to use multivariate analysis instead of A/B testing to
r-to-year, but I have
no ideas about how to account for that other than to do a multivariate
test shortly before beginning fundraising in earnest.
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Matthew Walker wrote:
> James,
>
> On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 2:11 PM, James Salsman wrote:
>>
>&g
> The April fundraiser is on translated messages IIRC.
I'm sorry, I don't understand what this means. Where are plans for the
April fundraiser being discussed?
> No sane person can be expected to be put in a holding pattern
> for three months before an organizations STARTS to decide what
> intern
n how popular the SOPA/PIPA
action was, do we have any reason to believe than editors and the
public would not overwhelmingly support such an action in support of
income equality? I intend to find out.
>... it would be irresponsible of us to try to keep up with the
> average Tech company, a
Michael Snow wrote:
>... Paying market rate salaries is not what
> protects employees from being overwhelmed by medical expenses.
> The type of long-term or catastrophic medical event that generates
> a situation like this can outstrip even the most generous salary.
> What's actually relevant is th
Michael Snow wrote:
>
>... You think that having people mortgage their future and simply
> giving them more cash, which they don't ultimately enjoy other
> than to pay loans at distressed interest rates, is a greater benefit
> to them than providing the best insurance coverage we can offer?
No, I
Again, I am not suggesting canceling anyone's health insurance or
replacing it with increased salary. I am only trying to say that in
the case of when a parent or sibling faces catastrophic medical
expenses in the U.S., just over two years of the difference between
typical junior software engineer
> We do know that this year the decay of fundraising from day to day was
> steeper than in past years, confirming that we were eating into out
> existing donor pool faster than before.
On the contrary, December 3rd was a stronger day than December 2nd,
with a much smaller maximum donation. All pre
Pine wrote:
>...
> I think Erik addressed your question about pay in a way that is very
> reasonable and I would ask you to re-read his comments
Thank you very much for asking me to do this. I overlooked the video
mentioned in Erik's comments and I see now that it may be the root of
the problems w
Aaron explained how he originally measured Wikipedia contributions:
http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/whowriteswikipedia/swartz2006 -- which is
only linked through the bibliography he kept up on the topic
http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/whowriteswikipedia/ which is linked at the
end of the main essay. Less t
Jay Walsh wrote:
>...
> Re a blog post - yes, we're working on something now for the Wikimedia
> blog
Please consider including summaries of the following:
http://rememberaaronsw.tumblr.com/post/40372208044/official-statement-from-the-family-and-partner-of-aaron
http://unhandled.com/2013/01
MZMcBride wrote:
>...
> Given the mention of global citizen journalists in the blog post, I was a
> little surprised to not see a mention of Wikinews. Some collaboration
> between the Wikinewsies and the Global Voices folks might be good to
> explore. (I'll admit that I'm still somewhat trying to w
Philippe Beaudette wrote, in response to:
>>...
>> http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal:Reporter_Reimbursement_Program
>...
> I'm not sure that link makes the point you wish to make, James.
> For instance, you note that it has NO supporting signups?
Per http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ca
At Stanford Monday afternoon; RSVP required:
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/law/forms/AaronSwartz.fb
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y.com in a way which is far more anonymous than
the detailed demographics in the Ascent Advisor survey allowed. Since
it's only 25 minutes to office hours I better send this now and send
more information on how to do that later.
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>
> People could use AudioBoo, for example, if it had a Flickr-like way
> for uploaders to open-license a recoding. I'ive reached out to them
> suggesting that, with no luck yet.
The open source solution for voice recording with the largest
cross-browser and cross-platform suppo
Samuel Klein wrote:
>
>... The person we find this time will also be through our community
> and advisor networks
Will there be an opportunity for the community to pose questions to
finalists, the answers to which the Board might be able to evaluate in
making a final decision?
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ssues (as you have been
> doing over the past months… which is fair enough to some degree?)
>
> (and to be fair: at this point, with all the experience I have within the
> movement I would want to see most of these decisions researched before
> committing to a point of view)
&g
This looks pretty substantial:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf
"The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) hereby directs
each Federal agency with over $100 million in annual conduct of
research and development expenditures to
Where are the results of the current fundraiser testing?
And why has 2012 been deleted from
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics ?
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>...
> If you'd like I can provide a dump of the aggregated data
I saved a copy of the graph, and would much rather see the results of
this year's testing first.
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I'd like to know more about the non-disparagement clause which
multiple people have stated that the Foundation's NDA includes. In
particular, does it forbid employees from discussing the fact that the
Foundation's policy of paying below market salary discriminates
against potential hires with large
Jan-Bart de Vreede wrote:
>... I do want to make sure you (and everyone else) realise that there is no
>FACT like the one that you mention.
>
> "fact that the
>> Foundation's policy of paying below market salary discriminates
>> against potential hires with large expenses such as kids in college
tion, how bad would
poverty in developed countries have to become before it would be
appropriate for the Foundation to advocate on the issue? Is it already
appropriate? Would it only be appropriate if the proportion of editors
leaving the project due to personal poverty was increasing? Would it never
be
geni wrote:
> On 30 March 2013 20:57, James Salsman wrote:
>>...
>>
>> (A) Should the Foundation devote banner space on project home pages to
>> CISPA advocacy?[3][4]
>>
>> (B) Should the Foundation devote banner space on project home pages to
>
Hi Garfield,
Would you please find out how much the CFAA and CALEA amendements
would be expected to cost readers, editors, and the Foundation
compared to what SOPA or PIPA would have cost if they had passed, and
let the wikimedia-l and advocacy advisors lists know?
Best regards,
James Salsman
SOPA or PIPA could
have cost, under what I believe is a very reasonable set of
assumptions.
If Sue or Garfield share your opinion that the question is
unanswerable, please let me know right away. Thanks again.
Sincerely,
James Salsman
On Apr 13, 2013, at 5:03 PM, James Salsman wrote:
&
Marc Pelletier wrote:
>
> On 04/13/2013 07:25 PM, James Salsman wrote:
>> In short, the CFAA amendments alone would likely cost readers, editors,
>> and the Foundation more than 500 times as much as SOPA or PIPA could
>> have cost, under what I believe is a very reaso
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