[Wikimedia-l] If I could talk to the wiki folks...

2012-12-29 Thread James Heilman
Hum yes. We wanted Wikimedia Medicine, than where not able to get permission to us Wikimedia so changed it to Wiki Medicine, NY state did not like Medicine (and if we wanted to use it we needed permission from some medical board) so abbreviated that as well giving us Wiki Med. NY state added the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] compromise?

2012-12-29 Thread Birgitte_sb
The April fundraiser is on translated messages IIRC. Your suggestion is not at all practical for the fundraising team to implement. Also it is terrible idea, which ignores the high costs of planning to hold deliberations in a few months which is designed to nullify the results of recently

Re: [Wikimedia-l] If I could talk to the wiki folks...

2012-12-29 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Leinonen Teemu, 29/12/2012 15:20: Hi, I think the thematic organizations are good for the movement. Could the naming of the affiliated thematic organizations be primary based on the Wikipedia Portal namespaces (from all the Wikipedia's in different languages)? See

Re: [Wikimedia-l] If I could talk to the wiki folks...

2012-12-29 Thread Birgitte_sb
I am not affiliated with Wiki Med. However as an American, Health to my ear means scammy quacky bullshit that wants to pretend it is medicine for the $$$. There are real reasons NY does not let an organization use the title Medicine without approval from the medical board. And all those

Re: [Wikimedia-l] If I could talk to the wiki folks...

2012-12-29 Thread Leinonen Teemu
On 29.12.2012, at 9.35, birgitte...@yahoo.com birgitte...@yahoo.com wrote: I am not affiliated with Wiki Med. However as an American, Health to my ear means scammy quacky bullshit that wants to pretend it is medicine for the $$$. OK. I am sure in the US the World *Health* Organization is also

Re: [Wikimedia-l] If I could talk to the wiki folks...

2012-12-29 Thread Ziko van Dijk
I'm confident to see soon a Wikimedia Medicine as the model for some other thematic organizations, and I am curious how it will evolve. Maybe I will never understand what is a foundation in the US. In the Netherlands or Germany, we distinguish between an association (with members) and a foundation

Re: [Wikimedia-l] If I could talk to the wiki folks...

2012-12-29 Thread Florence Devouard
On 12/29/12 1:15 AM, David Gerard wrote: On 29 December 2012 00:05, James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com wrote: Yes so Wiki Med Foundation Inc incorporated Dec 19, 2012 and we had our Isn't the name just a little prone to confusion with Wikimedia Foundation? - d.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] If I could talk to the wiki folks...

2012-12-29 Thread Florence Devouard
On 12/29/12 6:05 PM, Kirill Lokshin wrote: On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.comwrote: At the same time, Wiki is not a trademarked term and the term Foundation is a pretty usual one as well (in particular if it is indeed a Foundation...). You're correct as

Re: [Wikimedia-l] If I could talk to the wiki folks...

2012-12-29 Thread Samuel Klein
On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.comwrote: On 12/29/12 6:05 PM, Kirill Lokshin wrote: On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.com wrote: At the same time, Wiki is not a trademarked term and the term Foundation is a pretty usual

Re: [Wikimedia-l] compromise?

2012-12-29 Thread Leslie Carr
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 1:45 PM, James Salsman jsals...@gmail.com wrote: How about for the April fundraiser, instead of setting a dollar value goal, we agree to use multivariate analysis instead of A/B testing to optimize the messaging from volunteer submissions in advance, then run the whole

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2012-12-29 Thread EN Wikizine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] If I could talk to the wiki folks...

2012-12-29 Thread MZMcBride
Samuel Klein wrote: It seems guaranteed to cause confusion. Wiki Med strikes me as the second most confusing possible name for an associated group. The most confusing would be a multimedia / news organization named Wiki Media. I hope the medical group will change its name officially and

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikizine - Year: 2012 Week: 53 Number: 133

2012-12-29 Thread EN Wikizine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] If I could talk to the wiki folks...

2012-12-29 Thread Samuel Klein
On Dec 29, 2012 2:22 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Samuel Klein wrote: It seems guaranteed to cause confusion. Wiki Med strikes me as the second most confusing possible name for an associated group. The most confusing would be a multimedia / news organization named Wiki

Re: [Wikimedia-l] compromise?

2012-12-29 Thread cyrano
Le 29/12/2012 17:01, Leslie Carr a écrit : On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 1:45 PM, James Salsman jsals...@gmail.com wrote: How about for the April fundraiser, instead of setting a dollar value goal, we agree to use multivariate analysis instead of A/B testing to optimize the messaging from volunteer

Re: [Wikimedia-l] compromise?

2012-12-29 Thread Matthew Roth
On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Leslie Carr lc...@wikimedia.org wrote: That's accurate. But there's no dentists onsite, no massage center, no chefs, no barista making my latte, etc, etc I'm a pretty good barista, so for a small fee, I'd be happy to make your coffee ;)

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF trustee activity levels

2012-12-29 Thread ENWP Pine
Nathan, I agree that other qualitative and quantitative information would be helpful and I hope that Sj or other trustees will comment on the level of trustee engagement. From what I've seen in the public records, the attendance of WMF trustees at Board events seems to be fairly good, but