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

2014-04-26 Thread Balázs Viczián
imo WMF is a mid-to-large sized IT company operating on a non-pofit basis. Whoever has _both_ the skillset (and history) of reviewing IT companies and charities, both types above 100+ employees can be considered capable of reviewing WMF as a whole. Cheers, Balazs 2014.04.25. 21:17, Michael Peel

Re: [Wikimedia-l] How Wikimedia could help languages to survive

2014-04-26 Thread Seb35
Hei, As a supporter of language diversity, I’m a bit sad of this thread because some people find we should not engage in language revitalisation because: 1/ it’s not explicitely in our scope (and I don’t fully aggree: sum of all knowledge also includes minority cultures expressed in their

Re: [Wikimedia-l] How Wikimedia could help languages to survive

2014-04-26 Thread Samuel Klein
Seb, I agree with you 100%. We need to advertise more clearly how the current projects, without modification of scope and purpose, can be useful tools and platforms for linguists and preservationists to extend and share their work. In the US, we have had good relations with the Long Now