That *is* sad news. I believe I only met Filceolaire once or twice at
meet-ups, but he left an impression, and I remembered his name.
I Googled him to make sure I was matching the right face to the name, and
stumbled across his YouTube account. It said this was the last video he
liked:
On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Chris Keating
chriskeatingw...@gmail.comwrote:
Hi Andreas,
Yes, of course.
The delay has basically been down to the risk of patent litigation.
At least one Wikimedia chapter has received letters from people who
purport that QRpedia infringes on
Chris,
It is now almost four months since you posted the below. According to
whois, the domain transfers have not happened.
http://whois.domaintools.com/qrwp.org
http://whois.domaintools.com/qrpedia.org
Could you give us an update?
Andreas
On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Chris Keating
: User:Jayen466 is Andreas Kolbe, who is a Wikipedian in
good standing. That article is a draft that may or may not be in the
Signpost in Monday. Andreas is also an associate of Wikipediocracy, a
website that hosts contributions by people I wouldn't willingly be
seen dead with. On the other hand
I would oppose any support from Wikimedia UK for targeted use of the
Wikipedia main page to increase the visibility of projects like
Gibraltarpedia.
Beyond that, I believe it would also be extremely unwise for WMUK to offer
such support.
Andreas
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 5:41 PM, HJ Mitchell
content, but not as marketing ploys.
In terms of content generation, and getting people involved in Wikipedia,
these are good projects, and to that degree I support them.
Best,
Andreas
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote:
On 11 February 2013 17:52, Andreas
...@gmail.com wrote:
On 11 February 2013 17:52, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
I would oppose any support from Wikimedia UK for targeted use of the
Wikipedia main page to increase the visibility of projects like
Gibraltarpedia.
What do you count as projects like Gibraltarpedia? Are you
Press coverage:
http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/Governance/article/1170282/review-urges-major-overhaul-governance-wikimedia-uk/
http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/14428/wikimedia_uk_trustees_have_been_too_involved_to_govern_the_charity
Not from me, if that is what you are implying. I have not been in touch
with either publication. As for the Signpost piece, it is a fair summary of
what they wrote, which is the Signpost's job to deliver.
Andreas
On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 9:01 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
On 9
I would suggest that real-world discussions like this do not benefit *at
all* from quoting *editing* principles like Assume Good Faith.
It's weird and cultish. Besides, it is irrelevant. Good faith has nothing
to do with accuracy of judgment, or objective morality.
Andreas
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:48 PM, HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com wrote:
Tom,
I've a lot of respect for you, and I usually agree with you. In fact, I
mostly agree with you on this issue - I would like to see the report
published sooner rather than later because even if it is absolutely
There is an article on Wales Online today, Wikipedia: How a project
launched in Monmouth has gone global, that requires some corrections.
---o0o---
Roger Bamkin is director of Wikimedia UK. Wikimedia is the body that
operates Wikipedia.
Read more: Wales Online
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
On 16 November 2012 08:08, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com
wrote:
If they hire a lawyer it goes to legal@,which can be even slower and
usually ends up with a recommendation back to OTRS.
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 7:57 AM, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
On 15/11/12 12:18, Andreas Kolbe wrote:
CIPR CEO Jane Wilson added: 'I recognise that it can be a frustrating
process for any organisation with inaccurate information on the site.
'Wikipedia is working on the speed
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
On 16 November 2012 09:54, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
Charles, I really am a bit mystified here. First of all, I would echo
Tom's
point about the insider fallacy. In quality management
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 7:32 PM, Doug Weller dougwel...@gmail.com wrote:
It isn't a terribly rewarding role and burnout is common.
Triage won't solve the problem as there are so many complaints that aren't
simple to deal with satisfactorily, and we already have a system in place
for it which
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.ukwrote:
Thanks for the additional info; I'm familiar with the history. My
point is that - for whatever reason - the CIPR guidelines are stricter
than Wikipedia's own, and we need to be mindful of that.
Charles mentioned
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Stevie Benton
stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Hello everyone,
PR Week have published another story on this -
http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/1159715/wikipedia-defends-editing-processes-following-finsbury-clean-up/
Basically, it's a defence of
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:06 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
On 15 November 2012 11:36, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
Thanks for the additional info; I'm familiar with the history. My
point is that - for whatever reason - the CIPR guidelines are stricter
than
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Stevie Benton
stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Tom , I think that's a fair comment - but we have the problem that we
can't actually employ anyone to provide that service. An an OTRS volunteer
yourself, do you have any suggestions on how we can bring more
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Stevie Benton
stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Hello all,
I thought you might like to know that I spoke with the journalist from PR
Week yesterday about the story they published on this issue. They are keen
to include it in their print edition, which
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
On 14 November 2012 12:04, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
As I said in that discussion, the underlying problem seems to be that we
have a certain number of low-notability articles
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
On 14 November 2012 12:23, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
On 14 November 2012 12:04, Andreas Kolbe
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
On 14 November 2012 00:00, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
And there is. Oliver's revamp of the Contact Us pages has made a huge
difference, because previously, PR professionals would pass
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
On 14 November 2012 12:42, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
On 14 November 2012 00:00, Andreas Kolbe
at that article are aware of it.
Thanks,
Mike
Thanks Mike. Will do.
Andreas
On 13 Nov 2012, at 20:40, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
If this diff was the change:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alisher_Usmanovdiff=482553850oldid=481482592
When was this undone? The deleted
Along with MSN News, the Daily Mail is in fact the most read news source in
the English speaking world, according to this article:
http://www.nouse.co.uk/2012/11/12/the-daily-mail-lolcats-with-a-masthead/
I don't know whether that is just online, or the combined number of online
and print
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 10:14 PM, fab...@unpopular.org.uk wrote:
Hi all,
I found this a bit comical:
http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/1159206/pr-industry-blames-cumbersome-wikipedia-finsbury-editing-issue/
They don't get it that the COI policy affects everyone.
They think that just because
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Paul Wilkinson paul.wilkin...@pwcom.co.uk
wrote:
Dear Andreas
Francis Ingham is DG of the PRCA. Its fee-paying members include RLM
Finsbury (among other WPP companies), so, ultimately, it contributes to his
salary. Possible COI?
Paul
Come on, you are a
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
On 31/10/12 18:17, Andreas Kolbe wrote:
Is the information given by whois up to date?
Always.
Gordo
So is there going to be a change in ownership of qrwp.org at some point, or
have those plans been scrapped
What is the current status of qrpedia.org and qrwp.org please? Is the
information given by whois up to date?
http://whois.domaintools.com/qrwp.org
http://whois.domaintools.com/qrpedia.org
Andreas
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Has the independent reviewer been picked yet?
And if or when they have, could you publish the reviewer's name and contact
information?
Thanks.
Andreas
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Minutes have been posted of a 9Oct12 meeting discussing the appointment of
the independent reviewer:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Minutes_9Oct12
Just out of interest, where it refers to a preference to the ex-CC
candidate, am I correct in assuming that CC stands for Charity Commission
rather
Could someone be so kind as to answer John's question?
On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 12:25 PM, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote:
Was this resignation offer and decision minuted publicly?
John Vandenberg.
sent from Galaxy Note
On Oct 8, 2012 6:22 PM, James Farrar james.far...@gmail.com
The minutes of the meeting on 19 September, where Roger's resignation offer
was accepted, have been online since last Saturday:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Minutes_19Sep12#Part_2
There are no minutes relating to any previous resignation offers I can find.
Andreas
On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 1:36
This is the sort of discussion that should be had on-wiki, just to arrive
at some clarity about the fundamental issues.
I have raised the topic on Jimbo's talk page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Replacing_OTRS_with_a_commercial_consultancy_service
Andreas
On Wed, Oct 3,
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Craig Franklin
cfrank...@wikimedia.org.auwrote:
Good grief, the only way that someone could come to that conclusion
from what you've quoted is if they had a rather severe case of
paranoia or were overly fond of conspiracy theories. Teaching people
how to use
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 4:19 PM, James Farrar james.far...@gmail.comwrote:
On Sep 20, 2012 12:21 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
Regardless of whether there is impropriety or not, it is hardly possible
to claim that the appearance of impropriety has been avoided.
For someone
Here is a video of a presentation openly selling the SEO value of
Wikipedia, and Wikipedia front page appearances, in the name of Wikimedia
UK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO6ZrWJeaOM
Quotes:
Can we help put Bristol on the global map longer term, that's why we want
to talk to you today.
I'd get back to the guy, and ask him to make the necessary corrections.
It's not paper, and he's already realised that Gibraltar is not an island.
:)
Andreas
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 7:01 PM, User Panyd wikipa...@gmail.com wrote:
I gave Slate an interview in the hopes of being the first
this old (2007) we might not ask for a change
of name, but given the circumstances I think a name change might be a
good idea.
Doug Weller
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com
wrote:
I've located some more information about Geovation now by myself:
https
Erik Möller has posted some comments on Wikimedia-l:
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2012-September/122066.html
---o0o---
Roger's been providing a couple of responses on the UK mailing list
(which is publicly archived):
I've located some more information about Geovation now by myself:
https://challenge.geovation.org.uk/a/dtd/119163-16422
Wales Coast Path only: What theme of the challenge does your idea address?:
3. Community engagement What problem are you trying to solve? : Green
tourism: what's around me?
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote:
Accidentally sent offlist...
Same thing happened to me yesterday ... I clicked Reply, and it went to a
list member's private mail account, rather than the list.
Is it possible to change the default behaviour of the
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
On 17/09/12 02:09, Andreas Kolbe wrote:
Jimbo has commented on his talk page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Gibraltarpedia
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Doug Weller dougwel...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
This is paid Wikipedia editing and paid Wikipedia-based PR work,
leveraging
a Wikimedia UK directorship. It looks terrible.
Take coverage
I understand the QRpedia software is freely reusable under the MIT License,
today. In other words – people in Brazil or India are able to use the
QRpedia technology too, aren't they? And they will always be able to use it
whenever they want, without ever having to ask the current rights holders
or
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Chris Keating
chriskeatingw...@gmail.comwrote:
I understand the QRpedia software is freely reusable under the MIT
License, today. In other words – people in Brazil or India are able to use
the QRpedia technology too, aren't they? And they will always be able
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote:
On Sep 17, 2012 8:34 PM, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com
wrote:
Dear all,
Though I should clarify a few issues. 4 different issues have been
raised in this thread and it's important that they don't
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com
wrote:
I understand the QRpedia software is freely reusable under the MIT
License, today. In other words – people in Brazil or India are able
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:26 PM, James Farrar james.far...@gmail.comwrote:
OK, here's a very quick first draft of the motion and election rules for
STV.
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LondonStatto/Proposed_EGM_Motion_on_Voting_System
Panyd raised some conflict-of-interest concerns related to Gibraltarpedia
that may merit discussion here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Potential_abuse_of_DYK
A.
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On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
On 16/09/12 20:02, Thomas Dalton wrote:
Since Roger is, I understand, being paid by the Government of
Gibraltar to work on GibraltapediA, I think this constitutes paid
editing.
And in no way conflicts with his legal
Jimbo has commented on his talk page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Gibraltarpedia.2C_Wikimedia_UK_and_concerns_about_paid_editing_and_conflicts_of_interest_within_Wikimedia_UK
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Thanks for the update, Joscelyn.
Andreas
On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 12:52 PM, joscelyn.upend...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions and views about whether/what sort of submission
WMUK should make to the consultation on the CDB.
There isn't a 'response' to comment on at the
I would be strongly opposed to endorsing political lobbying groups on this
or any other issues. I would like Wikimedia UK to be an educational
organisation that remains fastidiously neutral on these conflicts and does
not take any political sides, whether it is the side of the Pirate Party
to comment on.
Thanks for your input,
Jon Davies.
On 3 August 2012 13:54, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
I would be strongly opposed to endorsing political lobbying groups on
this or any other issues. I would like Wikimedia UK to be an educational
organisation that remains
On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
The point really is who actually cares about ArbCom decisions
I am really surprised to see a former member of ArbCom say this. Everybody
on this list cares about ArbCom decisions, most of the time, and so
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
On 27 July 2012 12:54, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
Everybody
on this list cares about ArbCom decisions, most of the time, and so does
the
entire body of administrators in the English
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com
wrote:
It didn't come to me (not worried; just noting)
Tom
Me neither (ditto).
Andreas
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On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
On 25/06/12 10:59, brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote:
Rather than nitpicking about this, I hope people are signing the
petition and sharing it via twitter and facebook.
I mean,_linking to_ online TV is considered a
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.ukwrote:
That must have been very unpleasant for both of you. However, I would
counter with the observation that it's also possible for someone to
slip an image cut from a pornographic magazine between the pages of a
library
2012 14:12, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 2:40 AM, Thomas Dalton
thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote:
On 29 April 2012 02:32, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
Does that make sense though? With an account called Starwarrior, say,
there is no way of knowing
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 2:34 PM, WereSpielChequers
werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote:
blocking is much quicker than having a quiet word.
By the way, I do think you've hit the nail on the head here.
Andreas
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On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 7:10 PM, WereSpielChequers
werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote:
That's a very different subject. The choice is not between pushing things
underground and allowing promotional usernames. People can declare a COI
without revealing who they are or putting things in their
Does that make sense though? With an account called Starwarrior, say,
there is no way of knowing who made the edit either.
Andreas
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 2:28 AM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote:
I thought it was just a matter of accountability. With a role account,
there is no
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