Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing the Wikimedia Affiliates mailing list

2015-10-20 Thread Risker
subscriber behaves inappropriately (e.g., does the person get unsubscribed, is there an appeal mechanism, what's the complaints mechanism, do affiliates who have a member "unsubscribed" get to replace that person with someone else, etc.) Risker/Anne ___

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New Wikimedia Spain board

2015-10-04 Thread Risker
Thank you to the members whose terms are complete, and congratulations to Wikimedia Espana on their new board. Best wishes to the new members! Risker/Anne On 4 October 2015 at 19:38, Tito Dutta wrote: > Best wishes and congrats. > > On 5 October 2015 at 04:09, Dennis Tob

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wiki Loves Monuments] Wiki Loves Monuments in Italy largely blocked by WMF fundraising

2015-08-21 Thread Risker
lessen the impact of the scheduling conflict. Risker/Anne On 21 August 2015 at 16:22, Michael Peel wrote: > From my perspective, this strikes me as part of the reason why national > organisations are well suited to running the Wikimedia fundraising > campaigns rather than a global organis

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wiki Loves Monuments] Wiki Loves Monuments in Italy largely blocked by WMF fundraising

2015-08-19 Thread Risker
eral-hundred of us we might be able to come up with a solution that works to accommodate both groups. Risker/Anne On 20 August 2015 at 01:19, Romaine Wiki wrote: > Yes, Andrew is right. Navigation is a very important focus point of > organising every Wiki Loves Monuments. > > The com

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Superprotect's first birthday

2015-08-11 Thread Risker
On 11 August 2015 at 18:05, Robert Rohde wrote: > On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 12:00 AM, Risker wrote: > > > Who said the problem was on enwiki? > > > If you think this issue is only a problem in some specific place or class > of wikis, then say so. Otherwise, I would have t

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Superprotect's first birthday

2015-08-11 Thread Risker
Who said the problem was on enwiki? On 11 August 2015 at 17:58, Robert Rohde wrote: > On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 10:56 PM, Risker wrote: > > > > There are situations where not even the administrators of a particular > > community should be allowed to edit a page. A good

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Superprotect's first birthday

2015-08-11 Thread Risker
o that from the back door, and Superprotect is probably the prettied-up interface so others can do it), and if there's a problem that serious it is going to ahve to remain in a broader range of hands. Risker/Anne On 11 August 2015 at 17:27, Pine W wrote: > Most of the time, admins beha

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Superprotect's first birthday

2015-08-11 Thread Risker
significantly elevated levels of protection above 'all administrators on Project ABC', although they may call for another level of protection that can be customizable to allowing a much smaller group or specific individuals to be the only editors. Risker/Anne On 11 August 2015 at 16:43, Romaine W

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Does Foundation have 3rd party standing against Harald Bischoff?

2015-07-26 Thread Risker
being addressed within the relevant community, or (as in this case) are not being discussed in the relevant community at all, is not really appropriate, and I for one would appreciate if you'd stop doing that. Risker/Anne On 26 July 2015 at 17:45, Pine W wrote: > Pinging WMF Legal to ask a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Changes in Engineering leadership

2015-07-02 Thread Risker
se positions; it wasn't a good situation for either the engineers or the WMF. Or, to twist an old expression, it's not good use of resources to try and make a silk purse out of a Cray supercomputer. Best wishes to Damon. Risker/Anne On 2 July 2015 at 22:06, Pine W wrote: > I thi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] US affiliates (was: Re: WMF office location and remodel)

2015-06-27 Thread Risker
een better, and I wonder about other geographically large countries where this would also be more workable. Risker On 28 June 2015 at 01:17, Ricordisamoa wrote: > I infer that you would have preferred a single US chapter from the start, > wouldn't you? > > > Il 28/06

Re: [Wikimedia-l] US affiliates (was: Re: WMF office location and remodel)

2015-06-27 Thread Risker
One has to wonder if some other countries, especially those with a large number of Wikimedians or a massive geographic area, might wish they had gone with regional affiliates rather than a national one. Risker/Anne On 27 June 2015 at 23:26, Ricordisamoa wrote: > I know the confederated approac

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Can Wikipedia Survive?" op-ed

2015-06-22 Thread Risker
ng to exist five years from now in the way that we know them today...) Risker/Anne On 22 June 2015 at 13:41, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > Magnus pointed the way forward when he started MediaWiki. When you look > into the whole stack of his data related tools, you will find how they ma

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Printed Wikipedia is go!

2015-06-17 Thread Risker
des some form of my username. I can imagine the subjects of some of our biographical articles thinking the same way. Who knows, this might actually sell... Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ma

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Voting system (was: Results of 2015 WMF Board elections)

2015-06-06 Thread Risker
rence in the movement than having a seat on the board would have, and certainly would be making more difference than being on the FDC would have. I think there's a fair amount of truth in that. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Voting system (was: Results of 2015 WMF Board elections)

2015-06-06 Thread Risker
t talking about diversity, but very poor at implementing it. Risker/Anne On 6 June 2015 at 13:55, MF-Warburg wrote: > I still think it was a big mistake (of the electcom? I don't remember, but > /someone/ pushed it through without discussions) in the 2013 election to > abolish the Schul

Re: [Wikimedia-l] While Election committee counts the votes...

2015-06-03 Thread Risker
On 3 June 2015 at 19:11, Michael Peel wrote: > > > On 3 Jun 2015, at 23:48, Risker wrote: > > > > On 3 June 2015 at 18:42, Michael Peel wrote: > > > >> > >>> By the way, my understanding is that the practice of generating a > public >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] While Election committee counts the votes...

2015-06-03 Thread Risker
there is a right to examine the list of individuals who can vote at the office of the local senior election official for a few weeks afterward, and then at the national election office once any challenges have been completed. Of course in places where voting is mandatory, the failure to vote is goi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] While Election committee counts the votes...

2015-06-03 Thread Risker
x27;m not aware. Risker/Anne On 3 June 2015 at 18:14, Michael Peel wrote: > > > At the link, you can find > > List votes: Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Elections 2015 > > https://vote.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/list/512 > > I personally don't

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC annual plan grant recommendations for 2014-2015 Round 2

2015-06-01 Thread Risker
Minor correction: Appeals are due JUNE 8, 2015, not July 8.[1] Risker/Anne (Member of the FDC) [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Information#Calendar On 1 June 2015 at 11:18, Dariusz Jemielniak wrote: > Hello Wikimedians, > > The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) me

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan for FY 15-16

2015-05-31 Thread Risker
reassess whether or not those goals are appropriate, there does not seem to be a well-articulated long-term vision in this plan. Instead there is the suggestion that the organization may change course quite significantly, and that projects intended to take 3 or 4 quarters to accomplish migh

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of the 2015 Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) election

2015-05-15 Thread Risker
Chen20471018752.17% FDC Ombudsman ElectionCandidateSupportNeutralOpposeSupport Ratio S/S+OUser:Kirill Lokshin - Kirill Lokshin37062710478.06%User:NickK - Mykola Kozlenko33366110775.68% Risker On 15 May 2015 at 19:48, Gregory Varnum wrote: > Greetings, > > On behalf of the 2015 Wikimedia F

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Single-user login finalization - starting now

2015-04-15 Thread Risker
hat have put so > much time and energy into making this happen, the list is extensive and my > gratitude is with you all. > Congratulations and thank you to you, Keegan, and to all who have worked on this project over successive years. Here's hoping the process goes smoothly! Risker/Ann

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] New Wikimedia Foundation report on activities in 2014

2015-04-02 Thread Risker
candid report. If it's an indication of a > change in communication style, I like it. > > Good to have it available on Meta as well as in pdf format (I think the pdf > is very nicely done). > > I agree, pretty much. This is probably the best 'big picture" look at t

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] New Wikimedia Foundation report on activities in 2014

2015-04-02 Thread Risker
it unreadable for me, a person with fairly normal vision. The Commons page should probably also have a link to the Meta page. Risker/Anne On 2 April 2015 at 16:35, Jan Ainali wrote: > Risker: For your convenience: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ainali/sandbox > > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] New Wikimedia Foundation report on activities in 2014

2015-04-02 Thread Risker
ry Street > San Francisco, CA 94105 > > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 > +1 (415) 712 4873 > kma...@wikimedia.org > > Thank you very much for telling us about this, Katherine. I am unable to read the file on Commons (the print is far too faint, and also quite small), and I real

Re: [Wikimedia-l] SUL finalization update (no, for real this time)

2015-03-13 Thread Risker
he schema. (I'm assuming it has something to do with the accounts being very old, but it sure looks weird.) Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Finance Fellows to develop first-ever movement-wide financial report and metrics

2015-03-01 Thread Risker
March 19. You have no reason to believe that the draft report hasn't been completed. Perhaps you could hold your concerns about deadlines being missed until the final report is due. Risker/Anne On 1 March 2015 at 21:06, Pine W wrote: > Keegan, > > May I point out that the term on t

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation

2015-02-24 Thread Risker
hat he "can't keep his word" is a rather overblown reaction to a major change in the process in which you seem to have invested a lot of yourself in the past. I have no real thoughts about whether this very different way of seeking community input into strategy is better or worse. I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: A new structure for WMF Community Engagement

2015-02-20 Thread Risker
quot; when smaller departments have "Chiefs" and the other focus departments have VPs?The organizational chart is getting a bit tricky to follow. :-) Risker/Anne On 19 February 2015 at 17:15, Lila Tretikov wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > Among the WMF’s top priorities

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Who are the nicest people on our projects ?

2015-02-05 Thread Risker
script and see the results there. I'll admit to sharing Rich's curiosity about who was most thanked. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Most obnoxious banner yet

2015-01-16 Thread Risker
e the reserve for future needs of the organization and movement, including the possibility of adjustments in fundraising methods as appropriate. " Risker/Anne [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2014-11-21#Executive_Update_from_F

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Most obnoxious banner yet

2015-01-12 Thread Risker
.well, as I say, this is not a good result. People were putting Wikipedia on Adblock because of those banners, and they were doing it long after the goal had been reached. I'd say I was speechless, but actually I am working extremely hard to hold my tongue here, awaiting an explan

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why WMF should reconsider the 3-month gender gap project-related decision

2015-01-08 Thread Risker
27;ve read, or a single objection I've seen raised, that wasn't about how unnecessary it is to focus on women. I don't think we've ever heard that about the global south, or non-European languages, or a lot of other areas where there are acknowledged biases. Risker/Anne On

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF is shutting down grantmaking for good projects for 3 months for no reason

2015-01-05 Thread Risker
list? Risker/Anne On 3 January 2015 at 13:35, Lila Tretikov wrote: > For everyone here: I've asked our Grantmaking team to comment and clarify > the details of this plan. > > On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Lodewijk > wrote: > > > Answering to Teemu and Chris: > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Most obnoxious banner yet

2014-12-31 Thread Risker
#x27;s little doubt in my mind that more and more people are blocking those banners already - the more annoying they get, the more people block them, and the smaller the potential contribution pool. We're starting to chase our own tails here. Risker/Anne __

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Most obnoxious banner yet

2014-12-31 Thread Risker
> - d. > > It's not doing that for me (Canada, using an old IE browser). However, it IS ignoring my previously set "don't show me this again" cookie. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons copyright extremism

2014-12-11 Thread Risker
Fae, Steven hasn't been a WMFstaffer for some months. Luis is, but he appears to be speaking in his staff role. Risker/Anne On 11 December 2014 at 13:14, Fæ wrote: > Making defamatory comments about Commons volunteers on this list is > not terribly productive, nor a very nice thing

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the UK

2014-12-05 Thread Risker
rth investigating, and Lisa Gruwell has already answered some locally-specific issues. But there were a lot of reasons why this option was heavily restricted in the past, and it wasn't just because certain chapters were having governance issues. Risker/Anne

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banners (again)

2014-12-02 Thread Risker
staffers, but this is a lot better than the version we saw just under a week ago. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscrib

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why is bank transfer no longer possible?

2014-11-30 Thread Risker
information was required than is needed for any other means of payment that I've ever used. Banks in Canada regularly call their customers for transactions under $5 because fraud is so common - and that is with chip cards and PINs. Risker On 1 December 2014 at 00:08, Gerard Meijssen wrote:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC funds allocation recommendation is up

2014-11-26 Thread Risker
antee. Risker/Anne On 26 November 2014 at 15:06, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > Lodewijk when the funding process stifles innovation and, it does by > design. The process is suboptimal. When the argument is made that the > chapters are second class citizens BECAUSE they are fo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banners (again)

2014-11-26 Thread Risker
difficult if not impossible for many users (particularly if they don't have administrator permissions for the site) to lift the filter/block. Getting donations is not more important than keeping the sites accessible. Please reconsider. Risker/Anne On 26 November 2014 at 15:33, MZMcBride

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki Project Med

2014-11-12 Thread Risker
Actually, as I recall, email alerts for changes in articles has never been activated on English Wikipedia. Risker/Anne On 12 November 2014 22:53, Anthony Cole wrote: > Agree with all that, Svetlana - though we don't have a button at the top of > articles making it easy for reader

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikidata-l] Wikidata wins the ODI Open Data Award

2014-11-05 Thread Risker
Very exciting news. Risker/Anne On 5 November 2014 14:19, Pierre-Selim wrote: > Kudos \o/ and keep on the good work! > > Pierre-Selim > Message d'origine > De: Lydia Pintscher > Envoyé: mercredi 5 novembre 2014 19:09 > À: Wikimedia Mailing List > Répondre à: W

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Vandalism on photographs of living people

2014-10-17 Thread Risker
Thanks very much for developing this Fae, it's a great idea. Risker/Anne On 17 October 2014 03:37, Fæ wrote: > Due to recent vandalism a new report on Commons for page patrollers > has been started at > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:F%C3%A6/BLP_overwrites>.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Audit - June 30, 2014

2014-10-14 Thread Risker
Which organizational values are you speaking about, Pine? The identified Wikimedia values[1] do not really speak to financial investment strategy. Risker [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Values On 14 October 2014 14:18, Pine W wrote: > Yes, thanks, those are relevant policies.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-10-10 Thread Risker
g it an elected position would lead to a somehow better process for identifying the next Wikimania location. Risker/Anne On 10 October 2014 10:44, Fæ wrote: > On 10 October 2014 14:58, Lodewijk wrote: > > If you're interested in discussing the future of Wikimania, perhaps it >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Reminder: Damon Sicore office hours in 5 minutes

2014-10-09 Thread Risker
Log of this office hours: http://bots.wmflabs.org/~wm-bot/logs/%23wikimedia-office/20141009.txt (Will also be posted on Meta) Risker On 9 October 2014 15:54, Philippe Beaudette wrote: > This is happening in #wikimedia-office on the freenode network in about > five. :-) > > &

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections

2014-10-06 Thread Risker
On 7 October 2014 00:57, John Mark Vandenberg wrote: > On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Risker wrote: > > > IMO the election must be run by a third party, as happened prior to > 2013, by SPI. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_in_the_Public_Interest > Adequate staf

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections

2014-10-06 Thread Risker
o vote, or shouldn't have been allowed to vote using a staff account, when that was in the eligibility criteria for many previous elections (not just the 2013 one) is just rude. As best I can tell, there were no concerns expressed in the lead-up the 2013 election about WMF staff having franchise. Risk

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections

2014-10-05 Thread Risker
f the applicable wikis where people might be posting are not included in the SUL grouping (for example, FDC wiki or other non-public wikis, Foundation wiki, etc). Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.o

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Quarterly review for Grantmaking

2014-10-05 Thread Risker
to expect that questions relevant to the responsibility of the team will receive a response. Risker/Anne On 5 October 2014 14:13, Pine W wrote: > Hi Tilman, > > Thanks for redirecting the thanks to Anna and Maria. > > Erik mentioned quarterly reviews accounting for c

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections

2014-10-05 Thread Risker
cally checked for those types of duplicate votes, and would have de-activated the earliest vote(s) keeping only the last one. As it happens, nobody did that; the only votes we needed to strike were test votes.[1] Risker/Anne [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013

Re: [Wikimedia-l] First Wikipedia Article has been Formally Peer Reviewed and Published

2014-10-03 Thread Risker
pedia* standards: formatting, manual of style, reliable sources as references (as opposed to, say, blogs). It doesn't contain most of the elements of peer review seen for scientific papers. Risker/Anne On 3 October 2014 15:56, Erlend Bjørtvedt wrote: > But remember: all Wikipedia arti

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Damon Sicore joins WMF as Vice President of Engineering

2014-09-29 Thread Risker
tly Damon served as VP of > Engineering at Edmodo, Inc., an educational content network, and was > responsible for all web, platform, and mobile engineering, security, > IT operations, support, and QA efforts.») > > Welcome Damon! > > I am admittedly amongst the lazy, so

Re: [Wikimedia-l] To Flow: on featured article discussions

2014-09-15 Thread Risker
jects, and wonder why editors at your project think that the current level of participation is too low. I also don't understand why you find your watchlist flooded using the current discussion process, but this may be a difference in preferences or in the setup of your specific project. Riske

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2015

2014-09-11 Thread Risker
osurgeons. They're going to wave the flag that they're focusing on a specific aspect of medicine. It's what we do with the diversity conference, and with the hackathons, too. You're not losing anything by changing the name: you're recognizing the specialty focus of the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2015

2014-09-11 Thread Risker
We do have a community centre. It's called Meta. It may not be a very elegant one, and there are definitely parts that can be improved, but it's our virtual community centre. Risker/Anne On 11 September 2014 19:54, Richard Symonds < richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2015

2014-09-11 Thread Risker
d get a lot out of it? > > > Regards, > > This is the same problem. It's usurping the Wikimedia name, and this proposal also usurps the Meta (all communities communication forum) name. It is neither for Wikimedia (as a whole) nor for Meta. It's for designa

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2015

2014-09-11 Thread Risker
s, but it's not that. "Wikimedia Affiliates Conference" will do fine. Risker/Anne On 11 September 2014 15:12, Ilario Valdelli wrote: > On 11.09.2014 20:48, Isarra Yos wrote: > >> >> I'm part of the Wikimedia movement, but there are no chapters nearby, nor

Re: [Wikimedia-l] To Flow or not to Flow

2014-09-10 Thread Risker
#x27;s going to be just as much an issue for Flow as it would be if we just turned on those email messages today. Looks brilliant on paper, but reality is a different thing. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://me

Re: [Wikimedia-l] To Flow or not to Flow

2014-09-08 Thread Risker
e majority of people in this thread have signed their posts. Indeed, Jon Davies' "+1" in response to this post had a 588-character signature line, presumably added to his mail client preferences. Risker/Anne On 8 September 2014 11:43, Ziko van Dijk wrote: > Hello, > &g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] To Flow or not to Flow

2014-09-08 Thread Risker
ticle histories contain their username or IP (a form of automatic signature), so I'm not convinced that there's an expectation on the part of new users that anything they write anywhere will automatically be signed. Risker/Anne On 8 September 2014 10:24, Marc A. Pelletier wrote:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] To Flow or not to Flow

2014-09-08 Thread Risker
newbies to participate on many of the larger Wikimedia projects. There are lots of ways that we can make it easier. The most obvious one is automatic signing of comments, and it is something that we have technically been able to impose for years; sinebot didn't come into existence in a vacuum. Risk

Re: [Wikimedia-l] To Flow or not to Flow

2014-09-07 Thread Risker
On 8 September 2014 00:46, John Mark Vandenberg wrote: > . e.g. once it is > beta quality, I am sure Jimmy Wales will want it enabled on his user > talk page, which would increase exposure to, and acceptance of, Flow. > > ...or possibly far less complaining on his page. :

Re: [Wikimedia-l] To Flow or not to Flow

2014-09-07 Thread Risker
cial interaction has changed significantly, or that those with a low level of contribution to discussion space are doing so because they find the *technology* unappealing. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Next steps regarding WMF<->community disputes about deployments

2014-09-06 Thread Risker
ch about the frills (no matter how well they are executed) and focusing instead on what the new "system" doesn't do. This is the real parallel between Flow and Visual Editor - focusing on the "difference" between the new product and that it was intended to replace, instea

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Next steps regarding WMF<->community disputes about deployments

2014-09-05 Thread Risker
rface (that would be VisualEditor), and to recognize that wikitext editing needs to remain in existence as well. Adding a third one whose primary purpose will be to talk about the content being created using the other two is counterintuitive at best. Risker/Anne [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Flow

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Next steps regarding WMF<->community disputes about deployments

2014-09-05 Thread Risker
y that it may not be possible to come up with a product that is actually useful on the projects we have to replace the discussion system we have. It seems that the Flow team has assembled the ingredients to make a chocolate cake with the hope that it will be a suitable replacement for vegetable stew.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] AffCom - Call for candidates 2015 [UPDATE]

2014-09-04 Thread Risker
30. Indeed, I'm not entirely clear why this isn't happening onwiki, but I suppose there may be a reason for that which doesn't come through in the original email. Risker/Anne On 4 September 2014 15:34, Bence Damokos wrote: > Thank you for the suggestion, Anne! > > As so

Re: [Wikimedia-l] AffCom - Call for candidates 2015 [UPDATE]

2014-09-04 Thread Risker
A gmail address? I am sure if you ask nicely the committee can be granted a wikimedia.org email address through Mailman that will allow more than one person to handle applications. It could probably be done pretty quickly. Risker/Anne On 4 September 2014 14:35, Carlos M. Colina wrote: > D

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Next steps regarding WMF<->community disputes about deployments

2014-09-01 Thread Risker
Wasn't the creation of the DRAFT namespace at least in part a response to concerns raised at ACTRIAL, in particular new, poorly developed articles showing up in mainspace? Risker/Anne On 1 September 2014 19:08, Joe Decker wrote: > This, to the best of my knowledge, represents the ent

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The reader, who doesn't exist

2014-08-24 Thread Risker
Given the mission is sharing information, I'd suggest that if we have a 95% drop in readership, we're failing the mission. Donations are only a means to an end. Risker/Anne On 24 August 2014 22:57, MZMcBride wrote: > Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: > >First, let's m

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Specifying office action in edit summary?

2014-08-22 Thread Risker
of the systems that developers and engineers work with on a daily basis do not permit edit summaries, so adding what for many of us is an automatic and routine comment is for some of them a rare and unusual event. (Perhaps they should set their work account preferences to be "reminded" to inclu

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New movement org?

2014-08-21 Thread Risker
orp/image.asp?FILE_TYPE=ELF&FILE_NAME=D201408\2014224\E0091608.TIF President: Scott Perry Vice President: Ann Perry Secretary: Danielle Lewis Someone else can figure out how to copy/paste. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: ht

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The reader, who doesn't exist

2014-08-21 Thread Risker
On 21 August 2014 09:18, Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote: > On 21.08.2014 14:26, Risker wrote: > >> On 21 August 2014 05:31, Strainu wrote: >> >> ... > >> >> I went to look at some of those same articles using my smartphone with the >> "desktop&

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The reader, who doesn't exist

2014-08-21 Thread Risker
y're suitable for mobile devices. If they're hardly ever being used, we need to reconsider their existence. Perhaps this becomes some sort of "meta data" tab from articles. The current format isn't sustainable, though. Risker/Anne

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Superprotect user right, Coming to a wiki near you

2014-08-18 Thread Risker
On 18 August 2014 03:53, Pete Forsyth wrote: > Risker, some replies below: > > As I stated in my response, although the WMF failed to predict that this would be a hot issue, I predicted it clearly in February, and so did another longtime community member. (If anybody wants to see t

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Superprotect user right, Coming to a wiki near you

2014-08-17 Thread Risker
On 17 August 2014 20:25, Pete Forsyth wrote: > On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Risker wrote: > > > Well, hold on here. > > > > > > On 17 August 2014 19:55, Pete Forsyth wrote: > > > > > I think it is also a problem to look at this in terms of &

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Superprotect user right, Coming to a wiki near you

2014-08-17 Thread Risker
ndreds of times the size of the WMF. I cannot think of any software I have used in the last 20 years that has not had "bugs" or unsatisfactory UI elements or seems to miss a functionality I'd like to have. It is unreasonable to hold a comparatively very small organization to a s

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "let's elect people to serve on the wikimedia engineering "community" team!" (brainstorming)

2014-08-05 Thread Risker
one of hundreds of projects. The technology and engineering groups generally work at a global level because they affect all projects; it's rare that they're doing something for one project only. There are lots of opportunities for community members to interact and to test software in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Effective censorship of Wikipedia by Google

2014-08-02 Thread Risker
sborne." Nothing in that quote says that it is a Wikipedia article that is "hidden". Risker/Anne On 3 August 2014 00:12, Fæ wrote: > On 2 August 2014 23:49, Risker wrote: > > I'm not sure you're correct about what is being "disappeared", Fae.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Effective censorship of Wikipedia by Google

2014-08-02 Thread Risker
article is involved. Risker/Anne On 2 August 2014 23:27, Fæ wrote: > Re: > http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/02/wikipedia-page-google-link-hidden-right-to-be-forgotten > > If Google "disappearing" a Wikipedia article is a notable news event, > wouldn't

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community RfCs about MediaViewer

2014-07-14 Thread Risker
any rate. > > Me too, Andrew. I think we actually do need some sort of checklist or guidance document on how to deal with these sorts of issues. In this particular case, it had the added element of affecting readers possibly even more so than editors, so some thoughts on how to involve readers

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community RfCs about MediaViewer

2014-07-14 Thread Risker
together - WMF, developers, and community members from all sorts of projects - to get them right. We need to go back to that perspective. Everyone does. Not just the WMF - our community does too. Risker/Anne On 14 July 2014 01:40, Pine W wrote: > Hi Gryllida, > > As I said on the Arbcom

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal: List administration policy

2014-07-11 Thread Risker
Actually, Trillium Corsage, I'd say that's a reason for banning you again. It's a very serious allegation you're implying about a longstanding member of our community. Risker On 11 July 2014 14:24, Trillium Corsage wrote: > Hi Fae, > > I was banned from t

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community RfCs about MediaViewer

2014-07-10 Thread Risker
There's a easy, clearly accessible, one-click option for disabling MediaViewer, Todd. Scroll to the bottom of the screen. Click "disable". Done - it automatically changes your preference. Risker/Anne On 11 July 2014 02:44, Todd Allen wrote: > Risker, > > I'm a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community RfCs about MediaViewer

2014-07-10 Thread Risker
roblems associated with them. We're not at that level at all here. I agree with John Vandenberg's comments that a clear roadmap and prioritized list of next steps is probably required for MediaViewer. Risker/Anne On 11 July 2014 00:56, Todd Allen wrote: > If you don't want to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Interference in workshop for professors

2014-07-03 Thread Risker
What project(s) are you working on? Risker On 3 July 2014 18:12, Leigh Thelmadatter wrote: > I am, at this moment, trying to give a workshop on Wikipedia to professors > and they are having their own user pages being speedily deleted by > Tarawa1943 and Taichi We have se

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open Letter to Lila Regarding Access to Non-Public Information Policy

2014-06-29 Thread Risker
Okay, that's enough, Trilliium. You've now made a personal attack against an identifiable individual based on gossip and rumour. Stop. Risker On 29 June 2014 10:18, Trillium Corsage wrote: > Pine, > > An analogous argument to the one you're making is: someone who in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Disclosure amendment to the Terms of Use

2014-06-17 Thread Risker
On 17 June 2014 12:56, phoebe ayers wrote: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Risker wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm so very disappointed in the Board and the WMF for this TOU amendment, > > which was obviously written to quell concerns ab

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Disclosure amendment to the Terms of Use

2014-06-16 Thread Risker
On 16 June 2014 20:48, phoebe ayers wrote: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Risker wrote: > > > Not quite sure what you're shouting about, Gerard. The amendment clearly > > gives individual projects the right to have an alternative to this > > particular sec

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Disclosure amendment to the Terms of Use

2014-06-16 Thread Risker
since the primary target project couldn't come to consensus on a policy, everyone else gets stuck with one designed for enwiki. Risker On 16 June 2014 13:58, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > WOW, > CAN SOMEONE WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO CLARIFY IF THIS WILL GET A > HEA

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why Wil's actions in multiple forums are a matter of significant concern

2014-06-15 Thread Risker
rs of this forum to start moderating your posts. Just stop, Pete. And everyone else, please stop responding and let these threads die. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikime

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikiconference USA in the media

2014-06-07 Thread Risker
on on any registrations for any WMF projects, and I question whether or not it's an appropriate one unless there is some specific reason to ask (e.g., accommodation arrangements). Therefore, there is no accurate method to assess the number of women who attended. Risker/Anne __

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikiconference USA in the media

2014-06-06 Thread Risker
ipedia and Wikimedia projects, but he was put in a situation that was well outside his comfort level. Wikipedia, Wikimedia and the conference itself were inaccurately portrayed by a media outlet. We all know it happens all the time; it's why we look for multiple reliable sources in our articl

Re: [Wikimedia-l] VisualEditor on English Wikipedia

2014-06-03 Thread Risker
On 3 June 2014 12:25, David Gerard wrote: > On 3 June 2014 16:37, Risker wrote: > > > Okay, further to what I've said aboveI think that before having an > RFC, > > we should seek community assistance to carry out a small-scale study so > > that there is s

Re: [Wikimedia-l] VisualEditor on English Wikipedia

2014-06-03 Thread Risker
ople would naturally base their opinions on their personal experiences from that very early period. Risker/Anne On 3 June 2014 12:15, Edward Saperia wrote: > Sounds like your suggestion would be a perfect contribution to some kind of > community discussion to try and decide a framework to d

Re: [Wikimedia-l] VisualEditor on English Wikipedia

2014-06-03 Thread Risker
On 3 June 2014 09:05, Risker wrote: > > > On 3 June 2014 03:02, ENWP Pine wrote: > >> Because VE has repeatedly been mentioned in this list as something that >> is improving and may help us with acquisition of editors and their >> knowledge, I have started to dra

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