Re: [Wikimedia-l] Go away, community (from WMF wiki at least)

2013-05-12 Thread Russavia
On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Gayle Karen Young wrote: > This definitely feels like a bit of trial by fire. True dat. Now that you have received your initiation, there's nothing left to say but WELCOME TO WIKIPEDIA :) Cheers,

[Wikimedia-l] AffComs $40,000 Hong Kong junket

2013-05-13 Thread Russavia
th cash, this is simply not on. I'll leave other issues which have been raised to others. Odder's latest blog at http://twkozlowski.net/saving-by-spending-according-to-affcom/ might be of interest. Cheers, Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mail

Re: [Wikimedia-l] AffComs $40,000 Hong Kong junket

2013-05-13 Thread Russavia
than the $200 per night being budgeted for at the Regent. Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

[Wikimedia-l] WMF employee writing articles for $300

2014-01-05 Thread Russavia
, many are still clueless as to what exactly this Bright Line is (it's not very bright), and how it should be applied in practice, so Jimmy, if you are out there, your comment is requested on that. Cheers, Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list W

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF employee writing articles for $300

2014-01-05 Thread Russavia
aid editing and explain why it's not all that bad. I hope she takes the latter route :) Cheers, Russavia On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 7:52 AM, Craig Franklin wrote: > There seems to be some pretty heavy assumptions in Odder's article - it all > just seems to be speculation based

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF employee writing articles for $300

2014-01-05 Thread Russavia
n for some time now. Anyway, I look forward to hearing from Sarah on this issue, and again, she has my support in regards to this issue. Cheers, Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF employee writing articles for $300

2014-01-05 Thread Russavia
s. And then we can get those within the movement who have so publicly taken a stance on paid editing, namely Sue and Jimmy, to clarify where they truly stand on these issues for once and for all. Cheers, Russavia On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Nathan wrote: > Let's be clear,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF employee writing articles for $300

2014-01-05 Thread Russavia
rovided, it's couldn't be clearer. What isn't so clear is how Sue and Jimmy will respond.. On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Steven Walling wrote: > On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Russavia wrote: > >> Odder has published a fantastic blog piece at >> http:/

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF employee writing articles for $300

2014-01-06 Thread Russavia
ly correct anything that you should have done to begin with, and publicly commit yourself to doing such editing the ethical way. Then all talk of "Bright Line Policy", etc can be put to rest, and not just in your case, and then discussion on solid policies, etc as Dariusz also mentions can oc

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF employee writing articles for $300

2014-01-06 Thread Russavia
No Geni, that would be the Wikimedia community, which from Sue's press release (http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/10/21/sue-gardner-response-paid-advocacy-editing/) it is pretty clear that the terms of use she has invoked apply to. It applies to you on English Wikipedia, Dariusz on Polish Wikipedia a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF employee writing articles for $300

2014-01-07 Thread Russavia
If anyone is interested, since this issue was raised, there has been a change to Sarah's profile on odesk. The entry for "Wikipedia Page for Individual" is now rated 5 stars, and has the comment "Thanks, Sarah! I really appreciate you!". Sarah has also been active on Wikipedia. I can understand

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paid editing v. paid advocacy (editing)

2014-01-09 Thread Russavia
Tomasz, As has been said elsewhere, ""No registration required," "we respect your privacy," and "no paid editing" are fundamentally incompatible." The only way that it would be possible for a system as you describe to exist, the following would need to be true : 1) No more IP editing -- most COI

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement Sarah Stierch

2014-01-09 Thread Russavia
Fae, You raise very good points in your email, and I have posted this for consideration by the WMF Board of Trustees https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard#Undeclared_conflicts_of_interest If anyone wishes to support this please feel free to do so on the noticeboa

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