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 <trulyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Best wishes and congrats. > > On 5 October 2015 a

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

2015-08-21 Thread Risker
of the scheduling conflict. Risker/Anne On 21 August 2015 at 16:22, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net 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 organisation: if WMIT

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

2015-08-19 Thread Risker
to come up with a solution that works to accommodate both groups. Risker/Anne On 20 August 2015 at 01:19, Romaine Wiki romaine.w...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, Andrew is right. Navigation is a very important focus point of organising every Wiki Loves Monuments. The complexity of the navigation

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 Wiki

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

2015-08-11 Thread Risker
, 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 wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: Most of the time, admins behave as we would hope

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 raro...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 10:56 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: snip There are situations where not even the administrators of a particular community should be allowed to edit a page

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

2015-08-11 Thread Risker
On 11 August 2015 at 18:05, Robert Rohde raro...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 12:00 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com 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

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

2015-07-26 Thread Risker
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 wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: Pinging WMF Legal

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

2015-06-27 Thread Risker
, and I wonder about other geographically large countries where this would also be more workable. Risker On 28 June 2015 at 01:17, Ricordisamoa ricordisa...@openmailbox.org wrote: I infer that you would have preferred a single US chapter from the start, wouldn't you? Il 28/06/2015 06:08

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

2015-06-27 Thread Risker
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 ricordisa...@openmailbox.org wrote: I know the confederated approach may

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

2015-06-22 Thread Risker
know them today...) Risker/Anne On 22 June 2015 at 13:41, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com 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 make aggregating data a whole lot

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

2015-06-17 Thread Risker
articles thinking the same way. Who knows, this might actually sell... Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

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

2015-06-06 Thread Risker
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, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l

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

2015-06-06 Thread Risker
diversity, but very poor at implementing it. Risker/Anne On 6 June 2015 at 13:55, MF-Warburg mfwarb...@googlemail.com 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 Schulze

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

2015-06-03 Thread Risker
On 3 June 2015 at 19:11, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: On 3 Jun 2015, at 23:48, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: On 3 June 2015 at 18:42, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: By the way, my understanding is that the practice of generating a public list of voters who

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 dar...@alk.edu.pl wrote: Hello Wikimedians, The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC

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 gregory.var...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings, On behalf of the 2015

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

2015-04-15 Thread Risker
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/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines

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 jan.ain...@wikimedia.se 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
looking forward to reading this. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

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

2015-04-02 Thread Risker
). I agree, pretty much. This is probably the best 'big picture look at the WMF I have seen: accomplishments, plans, honest assessments of challenges. Thanks very much! Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https

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 wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: Keegan, May I point out that the term

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

2015-02-20 Thread Risker
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 l...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear Wikimedians, Among the WMF’s top priorities for 2015 is strengthening

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

2015-02-05 Thread Risker
, and for doing all the legwork to produce the report. It's a much more interesting metric than a lot of others that get collected! Perhaps colleagues on other projects might want to borrow the script and see the results there. I'll admit to sharing Rich's curiosity about who was most thanked. Risker

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Most obnoxious banner yet

2015-01-16 Thread Risker
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_Fundraising ___ Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Most obnoxious banner yet

2015-01-12 Thread Risker
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 explanation for this. And yes, I think the Wikimedia community deserves to know why this happened. Risker/Anne

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

2015-01-08 Thread Risker
, 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 8 January 2015 at 02:07, mcc99 mc

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

2015-01-05 Thread Risker
? Risker/Anne On 3 January 2015 at 13:35, Lila Tretikov l...@wikimedia.org 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 lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Answering to Teemu and Chris: I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Most obnoxious banner yet

2014-12-31 Thread Risker
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://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Most obnoxious banner yet

2014-12-31 Thread Risker
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 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki

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 fae...@gmail.com wrote: Making defamatory comments about Commons volunteers on this list is not terribly productive, nor a very nice

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the UK

2014-12-05 Thread Risker
in the past, and it wasn't just because certain chapters were having governance issues. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

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

2014-12-02 Thread Risker
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 Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

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 gerard.meijs

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

2014-11-26 Thread Risker
, it will be 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 z

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

2014-11-26 Thread Risker
. Risker/Anne On 26 November 2014 at 15:06, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com 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 foced

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 ahcole...@gmail.com wrote: Agree with all that, Svetlana - though we don't have a button at the top of articles making it easy

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 ps.hu...@gmail.com 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: Wikimedia Mailing List

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 fae...@gmail.com 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. This page

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections

2014-10-07 Thread Risker
On 7 October 2014 00:57, John Mark Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: snip 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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections

2014-10-06 Thread Risker
, 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. Risker/Anne On 6

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections

2014-10-05 Thread Risker
to strike were test votes.[1] Risker/Anne [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013/Results ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Quarterly review for Grantmaking

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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections

2014-10-05 Thread Risker
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.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l

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

2014-10-03 Thread Risker
* 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 erl...@wikimedia.no wrote: But remember: all Wikipedia

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

2014-09-29 Thread Risker
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 thanks, Cristian. Welcome, Damon. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l

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

2014-09-15 Thread Risker
, 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. Risker/Anne

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2015

2014-09-11 Thread Risker
not that. Wikimedia Affiliates Conference will do fine. Risker/Anne On 11 September 2014 15:12, Ilario Valdelli valde...@gmail.com wrote: On 11.09.2014 20:48, Isarra Yos wrote: I'm part of the Wikimedia movement, but there are no chapters nearby, nor are there any user groups that I know of relevant to my

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2015

2014-09-11 Thread Risker
for Wikimedia (as a whole) nor for Meta. It's for designated members of affiliates/chapters. It's okay for it to be what it is. But let's call it what it is. It's not about the colour of the bikeshed. It's about calling a bikeshed a community centre. Risker/Anne

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: But we don't even

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2015

2014-09-11 Thread Risker
, and with the hackathons, too. You're not losing anything by changing the name: you're recognizing the specialty focus of the conference. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l

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

2014-09-10 Thread Risker
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://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

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

2014-09-08 Thread Risker
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. Risker/Anne On 8

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

2014-09-08 Thread Risker
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 m...@uberbox.org wrote: On 09/08/2014

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

2014-09-08 Thread Risker
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 zvand...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, a) This discussion actually belongs to a talk page on Meta

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

2014-09-07 Thread Risker
because they find the *technology* unappealing. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

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

2014-09-07 Thread Risker
. :-) Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ

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

2014-09-06 Thread Risker
Flow and Visual Editor - focusing on the difference between the new product and that it was intended to replace, instead of ensuring that things that had to be similar or identical were considered the first step of design. Risker/Anne On 6 September 2014 02:13, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org

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

2014-09-05 Thread Risker
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. Risker/Anne On 5

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

2014-09-05 Thread Risker
in to the necessity to introduce a WYSIWYG editing interface (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

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 ma

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

2014-09-04 Thread Risker
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 bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you for the suggestion, Anne! As some background, the reason

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 joedec...@gmail.com wrote: This, to the best of my knowledge

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 z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: First, let's make one thing

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

2014-08-22 Thread Risker
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 include an edit summary?) Risker/Anne

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

2014-08-21 Thread Risker
of meta data tab from articles. The current format isn't sustainable, though. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

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

2014-08-21 Thread Risker
On 21 August 2014 09:18, Yaroslav M. Blanter pute...@mccme.ru wrote: On 21.08.2014 14:26, Risker wrote: On 21 August 2014 05:31, Strainu strain...@gmail.com wrote: ... I went to look at some of those same articles using my smartphone with the desktop option turned on. Many of them

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New movement org?

2014-08-21 Thread Risker
\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: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists

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 petefors...@gmail.com wrote: Risker, some replies below: snip 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

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

2014-08-17 Thread Risker
a functionality I'd like to have. It is unreasonable to hold a comparatively very small organization to a standard that can't even be met by IT giants. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines

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 petefors...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: Well, hold on here. On 17 August 2014 19:55, Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com wrote: I think it is also a problem to look at this in terms of bugs

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

2014-08-05 Thread Risker
) - but when discussing a global project or process or software, the best place to discuss is rarely going to be a single page on a single non-global project. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists

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

2014-08-02 Thread Risker
. Risker/Anne On 2 August 2014 23:27, Fæ fae...@gmail.com 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 that meet the Wikipedia notability

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

2014-08-02 Thread Risker
that it is a Wikipedia article that is hidden. Risker/Anne On 3 August 2014 00:12, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: On 2 August 2014 23:49, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure you're correct about what is being disappeared, Fae. I believe that the Guardian is referring to an article

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community RfCs about MediaViewer

2014-07-14 Thread Risker
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 in discussions that affect their usage of the site would be good. Risker

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community RfCs about MediaViewer

2014-07-11 Thread Risker
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 toddmal...@gmail.com wrote: If you don't want to do small opt-in trials, release software in a fully production-ready

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community RfCs about MediaViewer

2014-07-11 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 toddmal...@gmail.com wrote: Risker, I'm actually

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 trillium2...@yandex.com wrote: Hi Fae, I was banned from the list by Austin

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 osama...@hotmail.com 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

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 trillium2...@yandex.com wrote: Pine, An analogous argument to the one you're making is: someone who intends

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 phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: I'm so very disappointed in the Board and the WMF for this TOU amendment, which was obviously written to quell concerns about English Wikipedia

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

2014-06-16 Thread Risker
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 gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote: Hoi, WOW, CAN SOMEONE WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO CLARIFY IF THIS WILL GET A HEARING

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 phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com 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

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

2014-06-15 Thread Risker
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 Wikimedia-l

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

2014-06-07 Thread Risker
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 articles. Risker On 7 June 2014

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

2014-06-07 Thread Risker
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 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https

Re: [Wikimedia-l] VisualEditor on English Wikipedia

2014-06-03 Thread Risker
for the community to make a considered decision. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] VisualEditor on English Wikipedia

2014-06-03 Thread Risker
On 3 June 2014 09:05, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: On 3 June 2014 03:02, ENWP Pine deyntest...@hotmail.com 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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] VisualEditor on English Wikipedia

2014-06-03 Thread Risker
On 3 June 2014 12:25, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 3 June 2014 16:37, Risker risker...@gmail.com 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 some

Re: [Wikimedia-l] VisualEditor on English Wikipedia

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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Increase participation [WAS: The first three weeks]

2014-06-01 Thread Risker
, including but not limited to women. And I think that it's pretty close to being ready for hands-on use by those who are new to our projects, now that it can handle pretty well most of the essential editing tasks. It's not perfect, but it's getting there. Risker/Anne

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia movement affiliates liaisons

2014-05-31 Thread Risker
I'm still stuck on bylaws. Why is AffCom asking for bylaws? Risker ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A personal note.

2014-05-28 Thread Risker
Wil, the deletion log of the page in question is publicly visible. There are no WMF employees who have deleted anything on that page, ever. This is information you can check for yourself instead of relying on the words of others. Risker On 28 May 2014 12:23, Wil Sinclair w...@wllm.com wrote

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A personal note.

2014-05-28 Thread Risker
, where you have been invited. That would include questions about how to tell if something has been deleted from a page, how to read page histories, or even how to tell whether or not someone is WMF staff. Risker [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mailing_lists [2] https

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The first three weeks.

2014-05-28 Thread Risker
of the 100 most powerful women: http://www.forbes.com/profile/lila-tretikov/ That's a great start. Risker On 28 May 2014 08:58, Anna Torres a...@wikimedia.org.ar wrote: +1 Great to hearing your experience. As being a new ED too (3 months now) I can indentify myself with your experience

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Child Protection and Harassment Policy

2014-05-28 Thread Risker
the kind of behaviour that makes Wikimedia projects so unpleasant for women. I've been trying very hard to keep an open mind about you, despite your unwillingness to modify your behaviour or even try to work with the Wikimedia community. But today, you went too far. Risker

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Child Protection and Harassment Policy

2014-05-28 Thread Risker
contribute to the projects for which she will be imminently responsible for. That's sad beyond words. Risker On 28 May 2014 23:54, Wil Sinclair w...@wllm.com wrote: Ah. You mean the edit that I didn't write, I didn't post to IRC, and I've never actually seen. Got it. ,Wil On Wed, May 28, 2014

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Child Protection and Harassment Policy

2014-05-28 Thread Risker
Wil, the links? They're harassment. If you don't understand that, you're in no position to initiate a discussion about the subject. Risker On 29 May 2014 01:46, Wil Sinclair w...@wllm.com wrote: Thanks, Risker. I think there are a few inaccuracies in there. * I link to threads

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Child Protection Policy

2014-05-23 Thread Risker
there is some truth that its original form more or less documented existing practice at the time. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Child Protection Policy

2014-05-23 Thread Risker
On 23 May 2014 13:09, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: On 23 May 2014 13:05, Wil Sinclair w...@wllm.com wrote: Is the following a full statement of Wikipedia's Child Protection Policy, reflecting all responsibilities that the Wikipedia community and the Wikimedia Foundation have taken

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