[Wikimedia-l] Indian asshats now spoofing my email

too bad I unsubbed some weeks ago with the sickening "Commons is broken" nonsense. If anyone else is receiving emails from anyone pertaining to be me, check with me personally and I will confirm if it is me. Thanks and happy holidays all.

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Gendergap-l] Another Admin falls +1

Fwd: [Gendergap-l] Another Admin falls +1 From: Russavia Date: 2014-12-24 17:25 Juhi Your email has really got to them. http://wikimediagendergap.wordpress.com/2014/12/11/gendergap-i-another-admin-falls-1-4/ Phillipe Beaudette is also on the hook now for ignoring all the child protection

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons copyright extremism

us all extremists, because you'll simply be ignored, not only by myself, but by others too I would imagine. I've got nothing more to say here I think. Russavia On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 1:25 AM, geni wrote: > On 11 December 2014 at 16:54, Russavia wrote: > >> Steven, >&

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons copyright extremism

there are ways to go about this. Otherwise https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/COM:PRP is the policy that is drawn upon here. Cheers Russavia On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 1:11 AM, Nathan wrote: > What about this file? > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2007-11-21_Hammamet-VW

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons copyright extremism

n a public mailing list, instead of querying it with them first. If you don't like Commons policies, take it to the project and start an RfC. Nothing good is going to come out of anything which is said on this list in relation to the issue. On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 12:59 AM, Nathan wrote: >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons copyright extremism

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/COM:DW then I am actually wondering how in hell they were an admin on that project anyway. If he wants to change these core policies whinging about them on wikimedia-l isn't gonna do anything. Start an RfC on Commons and change it. Thanks Russavia On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons copyright extremism

Luis, I know all about that applause Jimmy received. http://i.imgur.com/SKX3P8J.gif Steven, is that you in the middle? :> Russavia On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 12:55 AM, Luis Villa wrote: > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 8:44 AM, Russavia > wrote: > >> Steven, >> >>

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons copyright extremism

Steven, No Stephen, this is toxic -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOZuxwVk7TU My response was a hard truth unfortunately. As is my comments at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Green_tea_Kit-Kat.jpeg about your long, whiny post. Thanks for reading Russavia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons copyright extremism

Steven, Quite seriously, if you can't understand the concept of copyright and derivative works, then perhaps this is not the project for you. There's nothing more to say. Russavia On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 12:40 AM, Steven Walling wrote: > I just noticed a disturbing trend on

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the UK

ered in Australia.[7] More info on that would be awesome. Sorry if it's been answered before. Cheers, Russavia [1] https://donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:FundraiserLandingPage&country=GB&uselang=en&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_source=donate&utm_campaign=C

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the UK

ift aid that is no longer able to be collected by WMUK or the WMF. Hopefully you can give us some clear answers to the issues which have been raised on both the Board noticeboard and this list; myself and others feel we are still none the wiser as to the reality. Cheers Russavia On Mon, Dec

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner interfering with Google results

yesterday). Cheers Russavia On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 3:12 AM, Erik Moeller wrote: > Hi all, > > For the record, we've been able to confirm that our fixes, which were > already deployed Thursday, immediately addressed the issue on our end. > Google also picked up the update

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner interfering with Google results

g will the "fundraising" text potentially be appearing in Google results for you think? I can confirm that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_and_MacFarlane_Monument is displaying correctly in Google results. Cheers, Russavia On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 7:08 PM, John Mark Vandenberg wrote: > O

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner interfering with Google results

sing is interfering with Google results, and even moreso due to it stating "to protect our independence from corporate" Is there some way that this can be prevented, short of not using Google? Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, gu

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the UK

king about here? And are funds from these "in country" donors funnelled back to the WMF? Apologies if this is covered elsewhere. Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Gu

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

of online fundraising. ;) Russavia On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 2:11 AM, phoebe ayers wrote: > Hello all, > > I just re-read this whole thread (!) this morning and here are the > themes of points raised that I'm seeing ... I'll add this to the talk > of https://meta.wikimedia.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the UK

s obviously looking at ways to get this gift aid (whilst bypassing WMUK), just without registering themselves in the UK, which would see it having to comply with European directives on numerous issues. There's more to this story me thinks ;) Russavia [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Google Groups: You've been added to Gender Gap

nted to do that. :) It could appear from the message they sent it is our Indian friend who is doing this; but of course it could be someone joe jobbing them too. Who knows, who cares, it's not me all the same. Cheers Russavia -- Forwarded message -- From: Russavia (Google Gro

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the UK

brainfart. I'll let the reader decide. Russavia On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 11:52 PM, Russavia wrote: > Michael, > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 11:36 PM, Michael Maggs wrote: > >> I regret that Fae has thought it necessary to bring his personal >> grievance against the U

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the UK

r solution is to ban those who are asking the questions. That is not on. I'd appreciate some sort of response from you Michael that does include ad hominem attacks. Refer to https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graham%27s_Hierarchy_of_Disagreement.svg for where we should be

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the UK

on to lost gift aid. And also consider that with gift aid being taken out of the equation this will likely result in a drop in donations. It's not chump change that has been lost, so there has to be some serious issues within WMUK that need fixing. Let's hope that chapter can get its act

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Funding a new gear for WM photographer Poco a poco

ll be taken out on the equipment when replaced :) Cheers Russavia On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 7:18 AM, Santi Navarro wrote: > Sorry for crossposting: > > Help one of the best volunteer photographers in Wikimedia Commons restore > his stolen equipment. > > > Diego Delso is known

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Issue on Dutch Wikipedia in relation to BLP violating images

really take any notice to those on there who call me a troll, for it is those people on Dutch Wikipedia who are playing unacceptable games in outright violation of the WMF Board resolution. They think they are punishing me, they are not; they are punishing the subject of the article. Regards,

[Wikimedia-l] Issue on Dutch Wikipedia in relation to BLP violating images

image kept on Commons, but didn't want it used in her article in the infobox. I think this is the least we can do for article subjects on our projects. Regards Russavia [1] http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Images_of_identifiable_people [2] https://commons.wikimedi

[Wikimedia-l] 50 million Flickr images

Just thought this might be of interest to people on list: http://blog.flickr.net/en/2014/11/20/50-million-creative-commons-images-flickr-wall-art/ Kinda makes Commons pale in comparison. Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https

[Wikimedia-l] Slideshow functionality for Wikipedia

semi-retired/on extended wikibreak. Would anyone out there like to take this on board and get it created for English Wikipedia at the earliest convenience. It can be tested live on the article I am working on at the moment if need be.[3] Cheers Russavia [1] https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%96%

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wrong attribution in PDF output of Wikipedia atricles

Mike et al On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 3:05 AM, Michael Peel wrote: > I've swapped it for a CC-licensed file that does allow for commercial > reuse. Problem solved? > GFDL is a free licence. You can licence under the free GFDL licence and also licence it under an -NC licence. So long as one licence

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

formation, and also the fact that file information is more difficult to find. Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikime

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Options for the German Wikipedia

y have a dissenting opinion from the WMF. This will not lead to rational discussion, but an echo chamberis that what people want? Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikim

[Wikimedia-l] SatuSuro, stop stalking the home of my parents

talk me in real life, and there is absolutely zero reason or excuse for him to be stalking, not my home, but the home of my parents, which has resulted in them upgrading security, as great cost, to their castle. A message to SatuSuro -- stop stalking the home of my parents you creepy fuck. Russavi

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

What's the article on Wikipedia in question? ___ 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] Unacceptable -- CheckUser abuse gone uninvestigated

ast one Commons CU has been able to get the full story in the short space of 2 months, I fail to see why the OC has been unable to get the same fully story and instead has publicly thrown its hands up in the air and claimed one thing, whilst privately I am

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing the new Wikimedia blog: a place for movement news

goes to http://automattic.com/privacy/ rather than the WMF's privacy policy. Is this an oversight or deliberate? Curiously yours, Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@li

[Wikimedia-l] Unacceptable -- CheckUser abuse gone uninvestigated

aints such as this actively ignored by the WMF Board? Thanks for your attention and reply. Russavia [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Checkusers/Statistics&oldid=9555 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] $20 donation to WMF for vandalism edit from US House of Representatives

. Rjd0060, I'm not sure here, but are you saying that the guy didn't actually donate the $20? If so, he publicly said he did, so it's best not to say such things which could be misconstrued as you saying the guy lied. Perhaps contact with him via Twitter might get an answer as to how

Re: [Wikimedia-l] $20 donation to WMF for vandalism edit from US House of Representatives

On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:23 AM, Newyorkbrad wrote: > The activity you describe is obviously unacceptable. However, the amount > of time and effort that out associated with tracking down and returning a > particular $20 contribution would not be worth it. > > Newyorkbrad Newyorkbrad, it wouldn't

[Wikimedia-l] $20 donation to WMF for vandalism edit from US House of Representatives

ing the Russian Wikipedia article for the Russian national anthem,[5] replacing sheet music for the anthem with the sheet music for Putin -- khuilo (Putin is a dickhead).[6] Question to the masses, should the WMF refund the $20 donation made to it? Russavia [1] http://www.webcitation.org/6RTt

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Lsjbot i Wall street jpournal and BBC world

only examples I've had to remove imagery totally unrelated to the subject, and makes me question whether having a bot creating hundreds of thousands of stubbish articles is really the best way to go about content creation. Russavia [1] https://ceb.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexico_(

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

are never acceptable, and Trillium Corsage should be shown the door completely with their backdoor continued accusations which are made without a shred of proof. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:EEML [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Eastern_European_mailing_li

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Lets delete everything from commons (was The tragedy of Commons)

Craig, et al On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Craig Franklin wrote: > Russavia, > > I'm a bit confused though about the > parody/satire angle, my understanding is that a CC licence does not > extinguish things such as moral rights that are not related to copyright. Sorry,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Lets delete everything from commons (was The tragedy of Commons)

use materials for such purposes. That's the same reason that the Australian Commonwealth Parliament refuses to CC photos of MPs, in case you weren't aware. Cheers Russavia [1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-RU-exempt [2] https://commo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Lets delete everything from commons (was The tragedy of Commons)

kimedia Israel, because it truly seems to me that you don't know how Commons operates and what our mission is. Cheers Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.w

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The tragedy of Commons

Yann, On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 4:01 AM, Yann Forget wrote: > > The rules of the project, "free license", or "in the public domain in > USA and in the source country", are fine as long as they are not used > to game the system. Yann I totally agree with this. The problem is, that the URAA RFC g

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

articles on 33 projects.[5] On the flipside, Pine Gap,[6] has an article on only 7 projects.[7] Interesting comparison isn't it. So, there you have it Ira, I hope this gives you something to think about, and if you want to comment further, then I welcome it. Cheers Russavia [1] http

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

ch as her profile on Avicii in GQ which saw him taking to Facebook to attack her article on him.[3] There is the option of contacting her directly, or the chief editor of the magazine, for further comment/clarification. Or the Wikipedia way -- create a totally neutral on-project biography. ;) Chee

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

MZMcBride, et al On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 9:17 AM, MZMcBride wrote: > I know for certain that there quite a few people who feel that you, > Russavia, are actively damaging and degrading the wiki culture with your > actions... perhaps the same would be said of me and others, though I h

[Wikimedia-l] Wikiconference USA in the media

culture.[1] Out of curiosity, what was the total cost to "the movement" for this knowledge sharing opportunity, and do people consider it money well spent given the golden sound bytes the conference generated in the media? Cheers Russavia [1] http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/0

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Sport photo

in Graz in 2017. Could be good to increase coverage of this one area which I have noticed seriously does suffer from systematic bias on our projects. Cheers, Russavia [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_Korea.net_Flickr_stream [2] https://commons.wikimedia.or

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Sport photo

lating to Aussie Rules on numerous projects. Cheers, Russavia P.S. My team has a theme song that you Frenchies should recognise.[4] [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Australian_rules_football_by_country [2] http://www.afleurope.org/ [3] http://www.football-australien.fr/ [4] https:/

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Sport photo

e backyard sports... 4. Goon of Fortune[4] Cheers, Russavia [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_tossing [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog_snorkelling and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bog_snorkelling [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_rolling and https://commons.wikimedi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cost of Wikimedia Conference 2014

Gerard, On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 1:46 AM, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Russavia, > Do you remember like me reading why these people came to this conference? > In that light, do your remarks provide us with any connection to these > objectives? .Do you know the topics of the presentatio

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cost of Wikimedia Conference 2014

g obvious that something is broken, I am willing to give you the above comments for free. Regards, Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsu

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cost of Wikimedia Conference 2014

an organisation which blows its own trumpet on how transparent it has become in the last 2 years, so it seriously should not be too difficult to do this in a timely fashion. Cheers Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A personal note.

note that here on wikimedia-l you are reaching only a small audience, you will likely get a wider audience at Jimmy's talk page, and therefore a wider variety of opinion. We'd then be most interested in hearing about your findings. Cheers, Russavia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A personal note.

tors who might be able to give you some further ideas on how to contribute to that project. Learn the ropes first; there's plenty of time for wikipolitics and the like later on. Cheers Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: h

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Participating on Wikipediocracy

as an example of a shining example of WO membership, seriously? Russavia ___ 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/l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Non-renewal of Wikimedia UK fundraiser agreement

w). So that we have some idea could we please get some figures on how WMUK collected for the WMF, and how much of the 25% premium (if that it was it is) the WMUK received. Cheers Russavia [1] http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithPartB.aspx?Registered

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Non-renewal of Wikimedia UK fundraiser agreement

generosity. It's something that I don't think sponsorship would have come as easily from other sources. Cheers Russavia [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:FDC_portal/Proposals/2013-2014_round1/WMUK/Proposal_form#Programme_5.E2.80.94Finance [2] https://commo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons' frontpage probably shouldn't prominently feature a decontextualised stack of corpses.

F Platform Team". The WMF has the coin, it has the tech talent, now we as a community need that solution. Apart from everyone going to the Bugzilla report and adding their support for this feature (which they should do), how can we go about ensuring that such a feature is treated as a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons' frontpage probably shouldn't prominently feature a decontextualised stack of corpses.

s. Cheers Russavia ___ 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:wik

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons' frontpage probably shouldn't prominently feature a decontextualised stack of corpses.

knock to the head. Until then, I would prefer not to comment further. Cheers, Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons' frontpage probably shouldn't prominently feature a decontextualised stack of corpses.

ative attitude as has been so prevalent in this thread, and other projects can work with Commons to give the WMF a firm kick up the behind, and help us to help you. Cheers Russavia [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Copyright_violations [2] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gender

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons' frontpage probably shouldn't prominently feature a decontextualised stack of corpses.

It's not a Commons problem, but a WMF problem. Cheers Russavia ___ 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/listi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons' frontpage probably shouldn't prominently feature a decontextualised stack of corpses.

Geni, On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 2:42 PM, geni wrote: > > On 12 May 2014 07:29, Russavia wrote: > > > individual to promote hooks, and that it should be > > taken up with them. I remember getting a response that it would be > > inappropriate to have "foul"

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons' frontpage probably shouldn't prominently feature a decontextualised stack of corpses.

wasn't foul language at allit's simply the name of the town. So needless to say, a DYK which could have gotten 100,000 views was left to get only around 15,000 views for that day. Is this the type of oversight you mean Kevin? If so, keep that sort of oversight on English Wikipedia than

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cracking Wikipedia

les I've provided, all we need to do is make the photographs available on Commons, and natural editing will inevitably take place and the photos will be put into use in the best places possible. Having said that, I have now made contact with Pirelli, and am already discussing

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cracking Wikipedia

ia to our projects and enter into a win-win relationship for both us and them. Russavia [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Kremlin.ru [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Russavia/letter [3] http://bit.ly/1jbZDNv [4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_fro

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Assessing this round of FDC proposals, including the WMF's proposal

Marc, On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Marc A. Pelletier wrote: > On 04/28/2014 10:29 PM, Russavia wrote: > > because the > > WMF Executive Director's words are pretty clear, and the "movement" > should > > not be putting one cent into such positions. &

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Assessing this round of FDC proposals, including the WMF's proposal

part of "movement" funds, or whether outside organisations will be covering such positions, because the WMF Executive Director's words are pretty clear, and the "movement" should not be putting one cent into such positions. Thanks, Russavia [1] https://outreach.wi

[Wikimedia-l] The upcoming TOU amendment

I came across Pete Forsyth's blog on the upcoming TOU amendment at: http://wikistrategies.net/terms-of-use-amendment and it raises quite a few interesting talking points. Thought you all might like to take a peek and discuss. Cheers Rus

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'm back

and the > morning after... > Was the morning after something like this? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Balkanball_shenanigans.png Cheers Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] COI editing by WMF staff

strate that the Wikimedia Foundation itself is at the forefront, and setting an example for other organisations and leading by example. Comments welcome Sue. Cheers Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Uns

[Wikimedia-l] COI editing by WMF staff

WMF staff/contractors is officially discouraged/forbidden, and whether there is something official in writing which lays out guidelines for how and when WMF staff/contractors should be editing articles relating to their fellow WMF'ers. Cheers Russavia [1] https://en.wiki

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki Education Foundation website

Great stuff LiAnna, you may want to redirect the domain to Meta until such time as the website is developed. The only thing worse than a website with no content is a Lorem ipsum website. At least now we know who to contact at the WEF and who will respond quickly to issues :) Cheers Russavia

[Wikimedia-l] Wiki Education Foundation website

icenced images that could be used, and probably be more appropriate to illustrate your mission. I look forward to seeing a properly developed WEF website, with hopefully appropriate freely licenced content, in the near future. Cheers Russavia [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Ed

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Funding of decentralized organizational structure

ome interesting thoughts above :) Cheers russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Timothy Sandole and (apparently) $53, 690 of WMF funding

Annd queue crickets. On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 6:49 AM, Pete Forsyth wrote: > All: > > I have added my own timeline to the page set up to debrief the Belfer > Center Wikipedian in Residence project: > > https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_R

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fuck the community, who cares

each other, rather than be seen to be accountable." Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

Re: [Wikimedia-l] United Nation of Wikimedia

Ting, On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 9:39 PM, Ting Chen wrote: > Hello dear all, Like this was really, really deep man. Just one question for you -- can you see the dog wearing sunglasses at https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Russavia&oldid=120804806:) R

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fuck the community, who cares

crecy in the "movement" is a good thing? Cheers Russavia [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boards_workshop_2014_group_photo.jpg ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fuck the community, who cares

they will receive at the hands of dedicated movementarians is another matter entirely. Obviously it is an issue for some, otherwise Steffen wouldn't have blabbed about it to The Signpost. But no-one wants a repeat of the disgraceful public hanging that Fae suffered at their hands. Cheers, Ru

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Timothy Sandole and (apparently) $53, 690 of WMF funding

that the Board, or at the very least individual board members, were in the dark on the issue Cheers, Russavia On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Sue Gardner wrote: > On 21 March 2014 13:23, Erik Moeller wrote: > > We will update the wiki page at > > > https://outreach.

[Wikimedia-l] WMF's April Fool's Joke?

mment on the discussion page." Can someone please confirm that this actually was the WMF's April Fools joke on us all? Regards, Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/m

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A decision in Commons regarding URAA affected files

pages. Regards, Russavia On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:37 PM, Yael Meron wrote: > After a discussion[1] in Commons regarding this subject, a decision was > made, stating that URAA cannot be used as the sole reason for deletion. > > We consider this a good solution for this situation,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Timothy Sandole and (apparently) $53, 690 of WMF funding

embers, I am sorry that the above has had to be said on-list, but the way that Fae has been treated and attacked by numerous members of this list in this very thread is a disgrace, and I for one have had a gutful of it. Russavia [1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-M

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Timothy Sandole and (apparently) $53, 690 of WMF funding

eing called a candid assessment to make sure it wasn't too candid. Refer to Martijn Hoekstra's email and questions as to why this candid assessment isn't really that candid at all. Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lis

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cost of Wikimedia Conference 2014

t; being thrown at him . Unfortunately, there is a tendency in "the movement" when legitimate questions are raised, for a committed movementarian to deflect from that questioning with snide attacks. Now, Fae has asked some legit questions of U

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Timothy Sandole and (apparently) $53, 690 of WMF funding

well, so if you like I would be happy to send them through to you for you to action. Would that be ok with you? Cheers Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimed

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Timothy Sandole and (apparently) $53, 690 of WMF funding

Liam and LoriLee was privvy too, at the earliest opportunity. Cheers Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Timothy Sandole and (apparently) $53, 690 of WMF funding

8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for an entire year was spent on this full-time position, and the above is just plain evidence of that. Comment from anyone at the WMF welcome. Russavia On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Erik Moeller wrote: > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Erik Moeller

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Timothy Sandole and (apparently) $53, 690 of WMF funding

ttend to it so that the file isn't inadvertently deleted in 7 days. Cheers, Russavia On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 5:26 AM, Russavia wrote: > Thanks Erik for your email which was full of spin, and which will be > discussed later. > > But for now, I need to present something that

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Timothy Sandole and (apparently) $53, 690 of WMF funding

rnia> and Pune <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pune>, has a website at http://www.hcobb.com/, is into fan fiction and feedbooks. Or is there something else to it? Cheers Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

[Wikimedia-l] Belfer report - analysis from Russavia

that the Foundation, and by extension all Wikimedia projects, do not have their integrity called into question by allowing the endorsed party to be the one calling the shots. As it stands now, the integrity of all involved parties (including the innocent party -- Timothy Sandole) is shot, and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Timothy Sandole and (apparently) $53, 690 of WMF funding

ool by Stanton/Belfer, and was not given any support by the WMF (his employer) should not be held against him in any way shape or form. It's not his fault that the WMF is a mickey mouse organisation. Russavia ___ Wikimedia-l maili

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UC Berkeley hires Wikipedian in Residence

wikipedia-editors-locked-in-battle-with-pr-firm-delete-250-accounts/) you will surely want to see the report. Perhaps it will answer why, in your words, the position, and everything surrounding it, was "so under the radar". Cheers Russavia On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 11:32 PM, Kevin Gorma

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UC Berkeley hires Wikipedian in Residence

Pine, This isn't the first paid Wikipedian-in-Residence position you know :) Russavia On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 3:00 PM, ENWP Pine wrote: > This was covered by the Associated Press and a number of other news > organizations. According to these stories UC Berkeley is the first US &

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement Sarah Stierch

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

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

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] WMF employee writing articles for $300

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] WMF employee writing articles for $300

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

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