Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania: Is it going to be once every two years?

2016-03-13 Thread Derek V.Giroulle
I was reacting to Gerard , i did not necessarily take into account the preceding exchange I was talking about the wikipedia in a more general fashion and that refernce to religion was a paraphrased quotation from prof J.De Mul I sorry if it did indeed leap from the RFC to a more general w

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania: Is it going to be once every two years?

2016-03-13 Thread Derek V.Giroulle
I wholeheartedly agree with Gerard. During the conference by the KNAW ( academy of sciences) in Amsterdam when the Wikipedia community received from HM Willem Alexander of the Netherlands the Erasmusaward Philosofy Professer Jos De Mul ( Erasmus university of Rotterdam) , who specialises in the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania: Is it going to be once every two years?

2016-03-13 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi When this is it, when these people get away with it, their behaviour is as bad as much of what we have seen lately. I do not care who they are. There is too much going where people decide on policies and effectively destroy our culture., We do no longer care about our quality, it is all about

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania: Is it going to be once every two years?

2016-03-12 Thread James Heilman
Gerard not sure what you mean? In the Wikipedia world if a RfC is either poorly formed or poorly participated in than it is not uncommon for another one to occur. J On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 11:35 AM, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > When it is only a nominal consideration but mostly a chuckle, wh

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania: Is it going to be once every two years?

2016-03-12 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, When it is only a nominal consideration but mostly a chuckle, what does it say about the validity of those people and their assumptions? This is exactly the infuriating kind of response that turns people off the community. Thanks, GerardM On 12 March 2016 at 14:45, Marc A. Pelletier wr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania: Is it going to be once every two years?

2016-03-12 Thread Anthony Cole
Thanks, Marc. That's a relief. Anthony Cole On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 9:45 PM, Marc A. Pelletier wrote: > On 2016-03-12 6:31 AM, Anthony Cole wrote: > >> I've lost track of where that's at. >> > > Well, there was a consultation involving too few people that had a slight > majority picking every

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania: Is it going to be once every two years?

2016-03-12 Thread Anthony Cole
I've lost track of where that's at. Anthony Cole ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/list