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

2014-08-01 Thread Nathan
On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Rjd0060 wrote: > On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Nathan wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Rjd0060 wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > No, I'm saying this doesn't matter and people should get back to doing > > > whatever they feel is actually important. > >

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

2014-08-01 Thread Rjd0060
On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Nathan wrote: > On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Rjd0060 wrote: > > > > > > > > No, I'm saying this doesn't matter and people should get back to doing > > whatever they feel is actually important. > > > > Let it go. It really does not matter. AT ALL. > > > > > I

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

2014-08-01 Thread Thyge
To me, the only thing at stake is the seriousness of this list - and that is not a new issue, unfortunately. Regards, Thyge /Sir48 2014-08-01 21:59 GMT+02:00 Nathan : > On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Rjd0060 wrote: > > > > > > > > No, I'm saying this doesn't matter and people should get back t

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

2014-08-01 Thread Nathan
On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Rjd0060 wrote: > > > > No, I'm saying this doesn't matter and people should get back to doing > whatever they feel is actually important. > > Let it go. It really does not matter. AT ALL. > > I can't agree. It's clear that lives are at stake, not to mention our in

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

2014-08-01 Thread Rjd0060
On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Russavia wrote: > > > Jeez guys - stop beating the horse. It's never was alive to begin with. > > 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 wh

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

2014-08-01 Thread David Gerard
Alternately, we could stop feeding an obvious troll. On 1 August 2014 20:30, Russavia wrote: > Hi Richard, et al > > On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 2:49 AM, Richard Symonds > wrote: >> He may have donated under a pseudonym, or by cheque, or to a chapter, or >> through a friend. Very tricky to track down

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

2014-08-01 Thread Everton Zanella Alvarenga
2014-08-01 16:30 GMT-03:00 Russavia : > 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 Twitte

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

2014-08-01 Thread Russavia
Hi Richard, et al On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 2:49 AM, Richard Symonds wrote: > He may have donated under a pseudonym, or by cheque, or to a chapter, or > through a friend. Very tricky to track down. True, people can and do donate via such methods. I did so myself when I donated the half proceeds fro

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

2014-08-01 Thread Richard Symonds
+1, sorry, that was my point :-) On 1 Aug 2014 20:10, "Rjd0060" wrote: > On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Richard Symonds < > richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > > > He may have donated under a pseudonym, or by cheque, or to a chapter, or > > through a friend. Very tricky to track down. > >

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

2014-08-01 Thread Everton Zanella Alvarenga
The time a staff or contractor will need to discover his donation or if he has donated is more expensive than 20 USD. Ask him better donations, revert the vandalism and don't give the money back, using it for some useful thing, like improving anti-vandalism tools. 2014-08-01 16:10 GMT-03:00 Rjd0

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

2014-08-01 Thread Rjd0060
On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Richard Symonds < richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > He may have donated under a pseudonym, or by cheque, or to a chapter, or > through a friend. Very tricky to track down. > Or...the US NSA hacked into the Foundation's donor database and removed it to con

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

2014-08-01 Thread Richard Symonds
He may have donated under a pseudonym, or by cheque, or to a chapter, or through a friend. Very tricky to track down. On 1 Aug 2014 17:42, "Dennis Pierri" wrote: > ;O we get vandalized and he doesn't stick to his word of donating? Some > people are just mean. > > On 01/08/2014, at 10:10, Lisa Gru

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

2014-08-01 Thread Dennis Pierri
;O we get vandalized and he doesn't stick to his word of donating? Some people are just mean. On 01/08/2014, at 10:10, Lisa Gruwell wrote: > We do not see any donations from anyone by that name. > > Best, > Lisa Gruwell > > > On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 5:52 AM, Russavia > wrote: > >> On Fri, A

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

2014-08-01 Thread Lisa Gruwell
We do not see any donations from anyone by that name. Best, Lisa Gruwell On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 5:52 AM, Russavia wrote: > 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 associ

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

2014-08-01 Thread Russavia
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

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

2014-07-31 Thread Nathan
On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Russavia wrote: > > To make matters a little worse, the US House of Representatives IP has > taken to vandalising the Russian Wikipedia article for the Russian > national anthem,[5] replacing sheet music for the anthem with the > sheet music for Putin -- khuilo (

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

2014-07-31 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Was this paid-by-proxy contribution accompanied by disclosure? Nemo ___ 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] $20 donation to WMF for vandalism edit from US House of Representatives

2014-07-31 Thread Newyorkbrad
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 On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Russavia wrote: > On 23 July John Resig tweeted a

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

2014-07-31 Thread Russavia
On 23 July John Resig tweeted a challenge,[1] "I will donate $20 to a charity if someone can land an edit to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptilians or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Order_(conspiracy_theory) … in @congressedits" Sure enough, someone took up Resig's challenge with this e