[Wikimedia-l] My choice for ED

2014-02-01 Thread Chad Horohoe
How could you say no to a face like this? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kitty_meowing.jpg Have a good weekend everyone :) -Chad ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/list

Re: [Wikimedia-l] My choice for ED

2014-02-01 Thread ENWP Pine
> How could you say no to a face like this? > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kitty_meowing.jpg > > Have a good weekend everyone :) > > -Chad Chad, I wonder if Rory has been considered. (: Pine __

Re: [Wikimedia-l] My choice for ED

2014-02-01 Thread K. Peachey
On 1 February 2014 18:29, ENWP Pine wrote: > > Chad, I wonder if Rory has been considered. (: > > Pine Who can say no to the HR penguin? < http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:Stuffed_penguin.JPG>. I wonder if She/He has been bestowed the privilege of a name? ___

Re: [Wikimedia-l] My choice for ED

2014-02-01 Thread James Salsman
> How could you say no to a face like this? > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kitty_meowing.jpg Is that the same angst-offsetting kitten as on j.mp/heygooglers ? ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https:/

Re: [Wikimedia-l] ED qualifications

2014-02-01 Thread Dariusz Jemielniak
On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 6:52 AM, James Salsman wrote: > > What if the tiny fraction of people who were open to examination of > their merits were more aligned with the positions of the peer reviewed > literature reviews? That seems very likely. > while agreeing to an open interview could definite

Re: [Wikimedia-l] My choice for ED

2014-02-01 Thread Benjamin Lees
On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 3:29 AM, ENWP Pine wrote: > > Chad, I wonder if Rory has been considered. (: > > Given his history of biting newbies, I'm not sure he'd be in a good position to help solve the editor retention problem. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimedia-l] My choice for ED

2014-02-01 Thread Tony Souter
Folks: are we still playing with this toy? I've sat here and watched this discourse – variously frivolous, slightly insulting, and embarrassing – and said nothing in the hope it would just fizzle away. But amazingly, it's still here. We have to accept that while crowdsourcing is the genius of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] My choice for ED

2014-02-01 Thread Todd Allen
I'm sure dismissively calling people's legitimate concerns "playing with (a) toy" will help greatly in that regard. If someone's going to apply for a job where they'll be scrutinized by a large volunteer community, it is not unreasonable to determine if they can withstand that type of scrutiny by

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 10, Issue 4 -- 29 January 2014

2014-02-01 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
News and notes: Wiki-PR defends itself, condemns Wikipedia's actions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-01-29/News_and_notes Traffic report: Six strikes out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-01-29/Traffic_report WikiProject report: Contesti

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Invitation to Chapters and Photographers for the European Parliament Project 2014

2014-02-01 Thread Manuel Schneider
Dear all, as you know the project "Wikipedians in European Parliament" will start by Monday. Most participants are already on their way to Strasbourg and will arrive Sunday evening. I am one of them and am looking forward to this project. As I did some preparation some "last words" from me: * we

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Kumusha Takes Wiki: announcing new WiC in Ivory Coast

2014-02-01 Thread Samuel Klein
This is absolutely wonderful - the entire story as well as the project. Best wishes to Cyriac Gbogou and the initiative. Sam On Jan 25, 2014 2:09 PM, "Florence Devouard" wrote: > Hello everyone > > I am very happy to announce that we have found a wonderful person to be > our Wikipedian in Commun