[Wikimedia-l] Amazon Smile thinks WMF is in Washington, incorporated 2003.

If you look up "Wikimedia" in Amazon Smile, you find "Wikimedia foundation Inc., Washington DC, Incorporation year 2003". Any idea why that is so? -- David Richfield Nabburgerstraße 19, 81737 München +49 176 72663368 ___ Wiki

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'm back

Welcome back Milos! I knew this day would come, and I look forward to meeting you again and discussing language, philosophy and Wiki stuff. David -- David Richfield [[:en:User:Slashme]] +49 176 72663368 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l

[Wikimedia-l] Rules of engagement for companies in Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish?

pages directly or only ever edit talk pages * Edit under their own names or under company names What are the rules for the Nordic languages? Thanks, David -- David Richfield [[:en:User:Slashme]] +491723724440 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Rules of engagement for companies in Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish?

of names. These users then have no restrictions on which pages to edit. As long as we don't demand identification of users, restrictions on edits would IMO be futile anyway. Hans A. Rosbach / User:Haros On 21 October 2013 15:14, David Richfield davidrichfi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, When

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Rules of engagement for companies in Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish?

wrote: 2013/10/21 David Richfield davidrichfi...@gmail.com Hi all, For Swedish Wikipedia, as I understand our consensus and relevant texts (WP:IK, WP:Användarkonto, WP:Att skriva om näringsliv, företag och varumärken): When I'm not editing Wikimedia projects, I work for Mondelez

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal - Training for Wikimedia movement boards

This is a very good proposal, and I've forwarded it to the rest of our board for comment. Thanks, Chris! -- David Richfield [[:en:User:Slashme]] +27718539985 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Single User Login finalisation: some accounts will be renamed

Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- David

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Re: Wikipedia FYI

Interesting views from Project Gutenberg users. David Richfield +27718539985 Sent from a mobile device. -- Forwarded message -- From: Bess Richfield b...@telkomsa.net Date: 25 Apr 2013 09:56 Subject: Re: Wikipedia FYI To: David Richfield davidrichfi...@gmail.com Cc: David, I am

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Re: Wikipedia FYI

to resolve. I never thought about it that way. David Richfield +27718539985 Sent from a mobile device. On 25 Apr 2013 21:50, Andrea Zanni zanni.andre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi David, thanks for sharing. I tend to agree to some of the statements made in the thread: as a Wikisource user, I perfectly

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Armenia

Congratulations, and welcome! -- David Richfield [[:en:User:Slashme]] +27718539985 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Patent claim relating to QRpedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll 2013/2/8, Fae faewik+comm...@gmail.com: On 8 February 2013 10:22, David Richfield davidrichfi...@gmail.com wrote: It would be greatly appreciated if you would consider the Walk and Talk Tours patented system in 1999 with regards to information signage

[Wikimedia-l] Using the Wikipedia logo for Wikimedia South Africa projects

we need? Thanks, -- David Richfield [[:en:User:Slashme]] +27718539985 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Using the Wikipedia logo for Wikimedia South Africa projects

/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- David Richfield [[:en:User:Slashme]] +27718539985 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Could someone please fix this article?

list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- David Richfield [[:en:User:Slashme]] +27718539985 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

(and maybe also a re-name as suggested). -- David Richfield [[:en:User:Slashme]] +27718539985 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Apparently, Wikipedia is ugly

? It reserves about a third of it for ads. Quite horrible really. -- David Richfield [[:User:Slashme]] ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] TVTropes deletes all pages with Rape in title under advertising pressure.

This must be the most misleading mailing list title I've seen in a long time. Almost all of these tropes are untouched: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SexualHarassmentAndRapeTropes?from=Main.RapeTropes - it seems they just had a problem with Google withdrawing ad revenue because they

Re: [Wikimedia-l] TVTropes deletes all pages with Rape in title under advertising pressure.

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 5:10 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 27 June 2012 16:02, David Richfield davidrichfi...@gmail.com wrote: This must be the most misleading mailing list title I've seen in a long time.  Almost all of these tropes are untouched: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki

Re: [Wikimedia-l] speedydeletion.wika.com lauched

elaborate page about some kid's bedroom kingdom, by the way.] But seriously, my point is that you don't need to pick up the crumbs that are swept off Wikipedia's table to allow people the space to indulge their creative spirits. There are other wikis that will open their doors. David -- David Richfield

Re: [Wikimedia-l] CheckUser openness

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Update on IPv6

I'm glad to see that Navigation Popups works nicely with IPv6. -- David Richfield [[:en:User:Slashme]] +27718539985 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] TomTom does a Britannica

seem to route just fine for my purposes in South Africa, but I haven't tested toll roads. -- David Richfield [[:en:User:Slashme]] +27718539985 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Any studies on economic impact of community-produced open data?

to determine whether the information is correct, and don't rely on it for critical decisions, but if a doctor needs a remindor of which receptor is affected by the autoimmune system in myasthenia gravis, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myasthenia_gravis#Pathophysiology will help. -- David Richfield