Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the UK

2014-12-05 Thread Nick Birse
I don't want to be seen to be taking sides and don't intend to become embroiled in WMUK internal politics (which is why I've never joined the chapter). I've never received an explanation as to why around $500,000 of Gift Aid is out of reach and unavailable to either WMUK or WMF, despite asking thi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner interfering with Google results

2014-12-07 Thread Nick Birse
Russavia asked me to check this to confirm it wasn't just him or his regional Google setup, and it's both correct and looking into it further it's hitting every single page on Wikipedia that Google has indexed. If you search for "DEAR WIKIPEDIA READERS: You're probably busy, so we'll get right to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons copyright extremism

2014-12-11 Thread Nick Birse
It would be nice to have a cross-wiki Echo notification when an image you've created or uploaded is used, I do hope such a system could be included when we eventually get cross-wiki Echo notifications. I'm disappointed you needed to call the users on Commons "fussy neckbeards" and I trust someone