Re: [Wikimedia-l] Ending discrimination by language

2015-07-04 Thread James Salsman
James Heilman wrote: > We need to make our current Wikipedias simpler. Yes I know it is > an uphill battle but we just need more people working on it. That is why, as I have announced previously, I will soon begin raising money for the human fact-checkers and proofreaders necessary for the http:/

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Ending discrimination by language

2015-06-28 Thread Romaine Wiki
Hi! I do not think language discrimination is the only possible discrimination. I would prefer and consider it better if the international organisation would be located next to the office of a local chapter. Then a different perspective is possible. Also I would like to suggest to have an WMF off

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Ending discrimination by language

2015-06-28 Thread James Heilman
A few thoughts: 1) We do not need more simple language Wikipedias. We need to make our current Wikipedias simplier. Yes I know it is an uphill battle but we just need more people working on it. 2) It is the editors of content who have the greater authority. Editors are somewhat curtained by what

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Ending discrimination by language

2015-06-28 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Well when he does not have a better point of view, he has hardly any arguments at all. Just as if French students will not suffer for the lack of a freedom of panorama. Where does it say students have money to spend on "professional" pictures and where does it say they should? Thanks, Ger

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Ending discrimination by language

2015-06-28 Thread rupert THURNER
Wikimedia's current structure makes us vulnerable for beeing labelled as u.s. american monopoly by jeanmarie cavada, French member of the European Parliament: http://jeanmariecavada.eu/ma-position-sur-le-droit-de-panorama/ Best Rupert On Jun 28, 2015 5:42 PM, "Gerard Meijssen" wrote: > Hoi, > I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Ending discrimination by language

2015-06-28 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, I did not talk about language discrimination. I talked about preference for USA activities. That is what chapters are about. Thanks. GerardM On 28 June 2015 at 14:18, James Salsman wrote: > GerardM, > > Which do you think would end more language discrimination: a WMF > co-headquarters

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Ending discrimination by language

2015-06-28 Thread Richard Symonds
I worry that these three options are unecessarily exclusive and probably a bit simplistic. Why suggest these three? On 28 Jun 2015 13:27, "James Salsman" wrote: > GerardM, > > Which do you think would end more language discrimination: a WMF > co-headquarters in Belgium, moving the WEF to Germany,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Ending discrimination by language

2015-06-28 Thread Jane Darnell
Why not have a chapter that is physically close to the WMF in e.g. Tijuana? On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 2:18 PM, James Salsman wrote: > GerardM, > > Which do you think would end more language discrimination: a WMF > co-headquarters in Belgium, moving the WEF to Germany, or a Simple language > Wikipe