[Wikimedia-l] Re: Regarding a series of serious office actions / 有关于一系列的办事处行动

2021-09-13 Thread Leo Z
Hi Maggie, Thanks for the prompt response. I do not know who those ‘native speakers’ are, perhaps that’s just a way to avoid providing language proficiency certificate. I do not know. Google translation might even do better. I am more than certain that this translation is not just faulty or un

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Regarding a series of serious office actions / 有关于一系列的办事处行动

2021-09-13 Thread Leo Z
Hi Maggie, I’m not sure which translation service you’ve retained. This is a grossly unprofessional and barely intelligible Chinese translation. In the very least, I’m pretty sure there are plenty undergrads at Berkeley who you can pay minimum wage with that would do so much better than this. P

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Results for the most contended Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election

2021-09-12 Thread Leo Z
I do agree, and I do think legally biding election could be a better way. Although, 1) Membership is not required to vote in WMF’s election. It is a requirement for Wiki Project Med’s election. Editors may want to vote while keeping their presence anonymous. 2) WMF and most non-profits are neve

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Results for the most contended Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election

2021-09-11 Thread Leo Z
Wikimedia Foundation is not a membership-based organization, you don’t pay a membership dues like those of many professional organizations. Henceforth, it is theoretically cannot be an election which would not be legally enforceable without registered voting members, that’s paying members with v

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Foundation org chart

2021-07-18 Thread Leo Z
Gerard, Fæ and others, You are both correct, if we treat commons as an auxiliary tool for media hosting, then yes, it’s ok and working fine. And to Gerard point, it’s effectively saying commons is difficult to use and navigate as a website for non-English speakers, which is totally understandab