* Geoff Brigham wrote:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/06/14/prism-surveillance-wikimedia/
You are not making a good case there as to what to do and why and how
this community is affected and needs to act. An immediate question seems
to be whether the Wikimedia Foundation should become signatory
Speaking as an individual and not on behalf of the chapter (and not as an
American obviously) I think this seems a proportional response but would
encourage everyone in the UK community to share their thoughts.
I think it would be naive to think this was not aimed at US citizens as
well, despite
Hoi,
From my perspective ... I live outside the USA, PRISM only brings the
American people the same surveillance the rest of the world has had for a
long time. The only difference is that the pretence that the US populace is
not watched is known to be a fiction.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 15 June
The reporting in the UK is that it is aimed at 'foreigners'. I think that
is us! Of course that may be for domestic US consumption.
On 15 June 2013 17:56, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi,
From my perspective ... I live outside the USA, PRISM only brings the
American
The reporting in the UK is that it is aimed at 'foreigners'. I think that
is us! Of course that may be for domestic US consumption.
Yes, the thing is, we are an international organization, and, frankly, we
don't vet people politically before they can create an account or edit.
Our trust system
Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
* Geoff Brigham wrote:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/06/14/prism-surveillance-wikimedia/
You are not making a good case there as to what to do and why and how
this community is affected and needs to act. An immediate question seems
to be whether the Wikimedia Foundation
To try and keep the discussion in one place it would be great if
people could put their comments on the meta talk page (either as well
as the mailing list or as well as) I'm going to try and copy some
responses there (and from the blog) as well but possibly not
discussions as that gets more
Geoff,
I'm a bit lost here now that I've read that translation notice more
carefully — are you really saying you want to have this post translated
into German, French, Spanish and Japanese by Tuesday, June 18, and then
for the local communities to comment on it by Friday, June 21?
There is
Thank you Geoff, it is excellent to see this public statement of
intent and discussion.
And thank you Tomasz for getting the word out to our translators!
SJ
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 9:19 PM, Tomasz W. Kozlowski
tom...@twkozlowski.net wrote:
Geoff,
I'm a bit lost here now that I've read that
