Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's set up a Tor onion service for Wikipedia

2017-06-13 Thread Trillium Corsage
the pure unadulterated trash that tends to come in > whenever a Tor exit node is missed in the routine lockdowns. Risker, example of "pure unadulterated trash" edits on Wikipedia, or are we just to take your word for it? You know, how ab

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's set up a Tor onion service for Wikipedia

2017-06-11 Thread Trillium Corsage
ven't done anything bad is done by administrative hall monitors with too much time on their hands for no good reason? I am grateful though that John pledges solemnly to observe WP:BEANS. Trillium Corsage 05.06.2017, 18:44, "David Gerard" : > Editing may be a tricky one, particular

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Moderation notice

2017-03-06 Thread Trillium Corsage
he may be confident it was not merely a "conversations I "say" I have had." It is accurate though that I erred by recalling that the list moderator suggested I was "trolling" when he actually used the word "baiting." Trillium Corsage > On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Moderation notice

2017-03-06 Thread Trillium Corsage
; (i.e. "this might take a couple days") rather than his preferred formulation "couple *of* days" C) Put it up for a consensus vote among the other list moderators. I see the list has some new moderators, but I figure odds are this email will be stopped as well. Trillium Corsag

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Kevin Gorman has passed away

2016-08-01 Thread Trillium Corsage
identification. Trillium Corsage 29.07.2016, 22:26, "Ed Erhart" : > I regret to inform everyone that Kevin Gorman, a Wikipedian who was the > first Wikipedian-in-residence at a US university or college, has passed > away. There is a memorial page on Facebook, and editors are le

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Harassment and blaming the victim

2016-06-05 Thread Trillium Corsage
ed editors, and as well the thousands and thousands of perma-blocked IP editors in this nearly completely unaccountable administrative system that attracts some of the worse kind of psychologies imaginable. Trillium Corsage 05.06.2016, 17:49, "Pine W" : > Hi Pax and Pete

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Form 990 for FY 2014-2015 now on-wiki

2016-05-31 Thread Trillium Corsage
itself is modify and update the terms of service, give advise to the board, coordinate with WMF Trust and Safety in the banning of certain editors, and handle routine inquiries. Trillium Corsage ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: http

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community Tech survey on watchlist use

2016-05-25 Thread Trillium Corsage
r? If it's not possible to selectively prohibit, how about an on/off switch, i.e. *no-one* may watchlist an editor's individual talkpage. Trillium Corsage 21.05.2016, 02:20, "Johan Jönsson" : > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 1:06 AM, Danny Horn wrote: >>  Hi everyone, >&

[Wikimedia-l] What New Thing is WMF Doing w. Cookies, & Why is Legal Involved?

2016-05-01 Thread Trillium Corsage
n.org/w/index.php?title=Cookie_statement&action=historysubmit&type=revision&diff=105722&oldid=104960. Trillium Corsage ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New message

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open and recorded WMF Board meetings

2016-04-26 Thread Trillium Corsage
ich didn't, and which introduced the motion. Is this secret HR stuff that would embarrass Lila? It doesn't seem that way to me. There've been a dozen news stories on her leaving, and none have reported it was on wonderful terms all around. So what's the big deal? Publ

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open and recorded WMF Board meetings

2016-04-16 Thread Trillium Corsage
should publish the minutes or let it be known otherwise which trustee initiated (and which seconded) (and which opposed if any) the call for the ED's resignation. Trillium Corsage 16.04.2016, 02:23, "Risker" : > I think they already have been - by Patricio's email and public p

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open and recorded WMF Board meetings

2016-04-15 Thread Trillium Corsage
like another trustee should be criticized for violating any confidence, after all Wikimedia prides itself on transparency. Trillium Corsage 16.03.2016, 12:17, "Andreas Kolbe" : > On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 12:13 AM, John Mark Vandenberg > wrote: > >>  On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 6:5

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open and recorded WMF Board meetings

2016-03-03 Thread Trillium Corsage
could decipher really is that boardmember Samuel Klein raised the motion to remove the requirement. Trillium Corsage 03.03.2016, 16:22, "Brion Vibber" : > On Mar 3, 2016 8:19 AM, "Pete Forsyth" wrote: >>  Enjoying this discussion, glad to see it happening. One quest

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 12, Issue 07 -- 17 February 2016

2016-02-19 Thread Trillium Corsage
Hang tough, Lila Tretikov. This will all pass. These people leaving blaming you, bah! You are cleaning the WMF cupboard, and that's overdue. Don't let anybody or anything psyche you out. Trillium Corsage 19.02.2016, 21:31, "Wikipedia Signpost" : > Special report:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2015 Harassment Survey - Results Report

2016-01-30 Thread Trillium Corsage
ties. Horrendous I know and tends to shows that Arbcom and the rest of Enwiki administrative structure genuinely have a problem with women, which they are often alleged to (i.e. in Gamergate and all that). Trillium Corsage PS: A similar thing happened to editor Kiefer Wolfowitz. After s

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community Wishlist Survey: Top 10 wishes!

2015-12-28 Thread Trillium Corsage
perior. > > -- > James Heilman > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian Not necessarily disbelieving you, but can you point to a single, concrete example of a "paid editor replacing a deadlink with a link to the spam site copied from waybackmachine?" I'd like to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community Wishlist Survey: Top 10 wishes!

2015-12-20 Thread Trillium Corsage
y. Really, you should have a look at the seamier side of (at least) English WIkipedia. There are people, particularly among the administrative set, with null interest in articles but consumed with interpersonal conflict and targeting of others. It's

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

2015-12-02 Thread Trillium Corsage
unity members" as "way more important than readers." Seems pretty brazen and non-inclusive to me, and illustrative of the attitudes of the administrative set. Trillium Corsage 02.12.2015, 16:36, "Todd Allen" : > That's nice. Do you want me to explicitly sa

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Wikipedia rocked by 'rogue editors' blackmail scam targeting small businesses and celebrities"

2015-09-03 Thread Trillium Corsage
onal and unsourced obvious advocacy articles. Or if, like Bosch Sensortec, they tended actually to be pretty good. Unfortunately the Orangemoody investigation's team has decided they must remain unavailable to the public, allegedly to protect the article subjects from repeat alleged victimizati

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Wikipedia rocked by 'rogue editors' blackmail scam targeting small businesses and celebrities"

2015-09-02 Thread Trillium Corsage
deshis and other easterners just trying to put food on the table for their kids. Trillium Corsage 02.09.2015, 21:53, "Matt Campbell" : > Glad to hear it. > > Original message > From: James Heilman > Date: 09/01/2015 10:31 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: Wikimed

Re: [Wikimedia-l] What's cool?

2015-06-11 Thread Trillium Corsage
te to all: the link provided doesn't contain a sexual image, though the image under discussion must be. Trillium Corsage 11.06.2015, 19:31, "Trillium Corsage" : > Todd, since you credit yourself as a collaborative creator of a > world-historic educational work, what are som

Re: [Wikimedia-l] What's cool?

2015-06-11 Thread Trillium Corsage
administrative achievements or are some of the bad Wikipedia participants you have blocked? Trillium Corsage 10.06.2015, 21:54, "Todd Allen" : > Well, let's not forget the big picture. > > For all the bickering and squabbling it might have entailed, for all the > stumbles that

[Wikimedia-l] Moderation of Trillium Corsage, was Re: Moderation of Fae

2015-05-26 Thread Trillium Corsage
n do to become unmoderated again. Trillium Corsage 24.05.2015, 14:07, "Ad Huikeshoven" : > Hi all and Fae, > > One, I'm not a moderator on this list. Two, I do support civility and > friendly space policies, Three, let's assume good faith, Four, Fae asks to &

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Access to Private Information Policy: How Long Will This Be Left a Question Mark?

2015-04-13 Thread Trillium Corsage
er tool can be used. As I understand it from all I've read, the checkuser tool now has a "reason" field, but it can be left blank. Reconfigure the tool to force entry of a reason for its use. And this also would immensely improve the ability to audit the logs. 13.04.2015, 01:56, "T

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Access to Private Information Policy: How Long Will This Be Left a Question Mark?

2015-04-12 Thread Trillium Corsage
his and brought it to the attention of the board, which then strongly impliedly endorsed Beaudette's actions by changing the policy. I dunno if he could similarly move the board on policy he's not intimately involved with implementing, I'd say not. Okay, then. Trillium Corsage

[Wikimedia-l] Access to Private Information Policy: How Long Will This Be Left a Question Mark?

2015-04-12 Thread Trillium Corsage
tion were they required to provide? Proper documents, or merely an email address and assertion that they are over 18? Trillium Corsage ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikime

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board transparency (thread fork)

2015-03-16 Thread Trillium Corsage
moira-type stalking incidents more frequent in the future. Trillium Corsage 14.03.2015, 06:35, "Pine W" : > Hi Bishakha, > > Pardon my forking the thread here. > > I have previously asked about having more transparency and openness for WMF > Board meetings. From m

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Bye

2015-02-24 Thread Trillium Corsage
lear the matter up, why don't you clear the matter up before you moderate the guy? Trillium Corsage ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open Letter to Lila (Harassment Policy)

2015-02-02 Thread Trillium Corsage
dn't do it. Trillium Corsage PS: yes, I identify as male ("he, his" etc.). 02.02.2015, 15:03, "Nathan" : > I wasted the few minutes necessary to read "Trillium"'s blog post, and I > don't recommend anyone else make that same mistake. He's

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open Letter to Lila (Harassment Policy)

2015-02-02 Thread Trillium Corsage
One is a steward the other is an administrator, I may have reversed their roles, but they are definitely the two that stalked Moiramoira. Thanks for the notification, I'll doublecheck which is which and see about correcting that. Trillium Corsage 02.02.2015, 14:55, "Hong, Yena&quo

[Wikimedia-l] Open Letter to Lila (Harassment Policy)

2015-02-02 Thread Trillium Corsage
e WMF's policy of according IP and other sensitive user data via checkuser and UTRS and so forth to anonymous administrators is creating real risks to Wikipedia editors, and that is the case I make in the open letter. Trillium Corsage

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF has lost its path

2015-01-20 Thread Trillium Corsage
we advised the individual privately," and that would be reasonable as far as I'm concerned. Trillium Corsage ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF has lost its path

2015-01-20 Thread Trillium Corsage
;t want. If it were done that way, there'd be no "you compromised my privacy" complaint basis for the individual. Trillium Corsage 20.01.2015, 12:11, "Chris McKenna" : > As has been explained multiple times in multiple places, the WMF have been > advised, for ver

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation global ban policy

2015-01-20 Thread Trillium Corsage
Lfaraone, you're an English Wikipedia arbitrator only as far as I know. What gives you the authority or expertise to make assertions about the legal implications of WMF terms of use violations? Are you a WMF employee? Are you a lawyer? Trillium Corsage 20.01.2015, 04:19, &quo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia charity chairman resigns after pornography row

2015-01-11 Thread Trillium Corsage
nspecified "violations of the terms of use" thought by those that closely followed the cases to be suspicious interactions with child editors. WMF is still looking to untrained and mainly anonymous arbitrators to handle its child protection responsibilities, so those bans were something of a

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

2014-10-10 Thread Trillium Corsage
nd professional experience" is completely different from his statement "a WMF employee make community decisions for us (such as appointing the Jury that has our full authority for deciding where Wikimania will be held." All below. Trillium Corsage > Fae, I'm sorry, but

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

2014-08-14 Thread Trillium Corsage
yourself very smart with this kind of wording. Let me > tell you from a North German to a North German: "Dat bisse nich." Man musst nicht Norddeutscher sein verstehen zu koennen dass das Quatschvergleichung ist. Trillium Corsage ___ Wikimedia

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

2014-08-13 Thread Trillium Corsage
hem in size the vocal and visible administrative set. So Mr. Moeller shouldn't feel intimidated, and clearly doesn't, when a bunch of very loud people writes volumes of complaining text on discussion pages insisting that he has affronted "the community." Trillium

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Advocacy Advisors] Transparency and "right to be forgotten" notices from search engines

2014-08-06 Thread Trillium Corsage
ust try it. We will Streisand you." Trillium Corsage 06.08.2014, 16:11, "Nathan" : > Thanks very much for this, Stephen and the legal team. I especially > appreciate that the WMF has decided to make public the specific > notifications of the use of the "Ri

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

2014-07-11 Thread Trillium Corsage
m of unsubscribing to the list, but I'll keep reading long enough to see if your below email asking for transparency on the list goes anywhere. Good luck. Trillium Corsage 11.07.2014, 11:28, "Fæ" : > Hi, > > I would like to propose that this list have a published proce

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

2014-06-29 Thread Trillium Corsage
forth previously on this mailing list by the WMF's deputy general counsel Luis Villa. I've attempted to answer those by explaining that you can have a pretty good and effective policy without having an infallible one. Trillium Corsage 29.06.2014, 07:32, "Pine W" : > Trillium,

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

2014-06-27 Thread Trillium Corsage
ng over their IPs, and of course Googling and otherwise sleuthing for more on them, that at least the WMF knows who they are, and the rank and file editor potentially has some recourse if it finally comes to it. So I say the usefulness there is treating editors right and furnishing a safer envir

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

2014-06-27 Thread Trillium Corsage
nteers" what are you saying? Are you saying the WMF cannot securely keep some copies of identifications? The real volunteers at risk are those rank and file editors you propose to expose to a group of anonymous and unaccountable administrative participants. Trillium Corsage 27

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

2014-06-26 Thread Trillium Corsage
ation for those faceless entities you prepare to turn loose with potentially cyberstalker tools. Whatever your stance, I do call on you to speak on the question. Say "yea," say "nay," or say "not my concern," but at least speak. Trillium Corsage _

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Stop the New Privacy Policy until Lila is Thoroughly Briefed on It, Countdown 14 Hours

2014-06-05 Thread Trillium Corsage
, (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=503298359.) The answer is simple on that part at least. The WMF must start identifying, if not publicly at least to it, those it accords access to the person

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Stop the New Privacy Policy until Lila is Thoroughly Briefed on It, Countdown 14 Hours

2014-06-05 Thread Trillium Corsage
Dear Mr. Brigham, Excuse me, I should have copied you in the email I sent to the Wikimedia-l list I sent a few minutes ago, because I mentioned you in it. Here: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-June/072499.html. Trillium Corsage

[Wikimedia-l] Stop the New Privacy Policy until Lila is Thoroughly Briefed on It, Countdown 14 Hours

2014-06-05 Thread Trillium Corsage
or_community_members_applying_for_access_to_nonpublic_information_rights.) How can the executive director be expected to assume responsibility for this stuff in 14 hours, on her third official day on the job? Out of simple courtesy to her, it needs to be delayed, while she is briefed on it by tho

[Wikimedia-l] A Quick Hello from New List Subscriber

2014-06-04 Thread Trillium Corsage
t our lives. I respect the decision though of those that sign their real name to everything, and endeavor to consider that in any interaction I have with you. Signature: well let me see how my nickname shows up on the list. I selected "Trillium Corsage" as the name at the email service, bu