Re: [Wikiversity-l] Management of this mailing list

2012-10-01 Thread Cormac Lawler
Abd ulRahman Lomax abdlo...@yahoo.com wrote: The sequence reveals that no moderator is both monitoring this list and willing to respond to the request, and possibly the listserver is not working properly. Erkan Yilmaz wrote: afaik: Cormac is mod of the mailing list, he should be able to do

Re: [Wikiversity-l] (no subject)

2011-03-30 Thread Cormac Lawler
Apologies for the spam - I've put that email address on moderation. Cormac On 29 Mar 2011, at 09:58 pm, elibeth matute wrote: ___ Wikiversity-l mailing list Wikiversity-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia logo on University Challenge?

2010-08-04 Thread Cormac Lawler
On 4 August 2010 20:44, Hampton Catlin hcat...@wikimedia.org wrote: I apologize to everyone in the group for so blatantly violating the copyright of the BBC. The clip has been removed. I shall notify staff-l of the removal. Next time, I should begin negotiations with the content owners

Re: [Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup

2010-07-05 Thread Cormac Lawler
There's already some useful info on living costs at: http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Practical_information Cormac 2010/7/5 Juliana da Costa José juli...@wikimania2010.pl Hello, I prepare a list and will share it here. Best Juliana Wikimania 2010 Gdansk ++

[Wikimania-l] Wikimania conference fee

2010-05-17 Thread Cormac Lawler
Hi all, Has there been a decision on the conference fee this year? Also, are there details on the cost of accommodation options? Some of us have budgets. ;-) Cormac On 4 May 2010 20:43, Casey Brown li...@caseybrown.org wrote: This should probably be sent to the general planning lists, since

Re: [Wikiversity-l] Sandbox Server

2010-05-13 Thread Cormac Lawler
On 13 May 2010 14:00, Daniel Kinzler dan...@brightbyte.de wrote: So, is the €50 limit a monthly bill for server rental, or an up-front total cost of something? This is monthly, for server rental. If a 2 or max 3 month commitment is required, WMDE would guarantee the cost for that amount of

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikiversity

2010-03-18 Thread Cormac Lawler
On 18 March 2010 16:33, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote: 2010/3/18 Anthony wikim...@inbox.org: For what it's worth, I think it's probably a good idea to shut down Wikiversity. Wikiversity hasn't to my knowledge achieved anything of note. To be fair, I don't think that's equally

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia, Critical Point of View conference in Amsterdam

2010-03-14 Thread Cormac Lawler
On 13 March 2010 23:31, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: ... is apparently happening later this month, with participation from a number of people from the UK: http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/cpov/program/amsterdam-program/ Does anyone know anything about this? Yes, it's a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC Content 'n' Commons

2010-03-03 Thread Cormac Lawler
Context below - yes, I'm top-posting. Just to point out that, in the consultation form which I've just filled out in an attempt to save BBC 6 Music from the axe [1], there's a box to give comments about access to the BBC archive. I used this to give a brief advocacy for BBC content to be made

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Access to older wikipedia dumps

2009-11-20 Thread Cormac Lawler
2009/11/20 Delip Rao delip...@gmail.com Hi, How do I get access to older wikipedia dumps? In particular, I am looking for the dump from 9/11/2006. Any help is much appreciated. I had thought all dumps were archived at download.wikimedia.org - but clearly not. Internet Archive have some

Re: [Foundation-l] Everything okay?

2009-11-17 Thread Cormac Lawler
2009/11/17 Ryan Lomonaco wiki.ral...@gmail.com That said, I would hope that no one is scared of posting here, and if you are, I hope you'll contact either myself or Austin and tell us why. I hope so too, but I would understand why they wouldn't say so. People might be nervous, scared or simply

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] School project

2009-11-12 Thread Cormac Lawler
2009/11/12 zeyi zeyi...@googlemail.com Hi, all, According to the school project we set up, (check here if you need more information http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Initiatives/Schools_project), I have discussed the possibility with the head of sixth forum, she suggested two things. one is we

Re: [Wikiversity-l] A little gift - Aravindh

2009-10-29 Thread Cormac Lawler
Yes, sorry, I've now put this address on moderation - let me know if there is something else anyone thinks I could do to guard against these kinds of emails being sent in the future (most of which I presume are not malicious). Cormac 2009/10/29 bawolff bawolff...@gmail.com

Re: [Foundation-l] Board election spamming

2009-08-08 Thread Cormac Lawler
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:05 AM, pbeaude...@wikimedia.org wrote: I'm sorry you got an email that bothered you. Trust me, we try to make sure no one is bothered by them. Sometimes people fall through the cracks, and I'm sorry that was the case here and in a few other cases. I'm supposedly

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Britain or Ukraine? What UK stands for in Wikimedia jargon

2009-07-22 Thread Cormac Lawler
Discussion on foundation-l... -- Forwarded message -- From: Teofilo teofilow...@gmail.com Date: Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 9:42 AM Subject: [Foundation-l] Britain or Ukraine? What UK stands for in Wikimedia jargon To: foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org Hello everybody; This is to say

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Open Source Schools conference, Nottingham, Monday 20th July

2009-07-15 Thread Cormac Lawler
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com wrote: I'm pleased to share with everyone that I've managed to get myself in as a speaker in the Open Source Schools unconference in Nottingham next Monday 20th July. Although it's primarily focused on open source

Re: [Wikimania-l] Buenos Aires - program? registration?

2009-07-09 Thread Cormac Lawler
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Austin Hair adh...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Cormac Lawlercormag...@gmail.com wrote: *Sigh* I'm not going to make it this year due to thesis commitments. It'll be my first non-Wikimania. :-( Aw, man—you were set for 5/5, and there

Re: [Wikimania-l] Buenos Aires - program? registration?

2009-07-08 Thread Cormac Lawler
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Brianna Laugher brianna.laug...@gmail.comwrote: I received word through Facebook that registration is now open for Wikimania. http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration *Sigh* I'm not going to make it this year due to thesis commitments. It'll be my

Re: [WikiEN-l] The London Review of Books on Wikipedia

2009-06-21 Thread Cormac Lawler
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: Andrew Gray wrote: Like Boiling a Frog, David Runciman. http://www.lrb.co.uk/v31/n10/runc01_.html From the last issue of the London Review of Books, a long and chewy article about Wikipedia;

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Using Wiki software in higher Education: Interview request

2009-06-02 Thread Cormac Lawler
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 12:17 AM, Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com wrote: Could Cormac travel to London do you think? Sorry, I should have clarified - I'm based in Manchester, so yes, I could travel to London. I'm a bit low on funds though, so I would probably need reimbursement for

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Using Wiki software in higher Education: Interview request

2009-06-02 Thread Cormac Lawler
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com wrote: [snip] We're looking for a volunteer who is familiar with the workings of Wikipedia and is willing to be interviewed. It was this line which initially put me off - I'm writing my PhD about the implications,

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] wikimania 2010 announcement

2009-05-07 Thread Cormac Lawler
-- Forwarded message -- From: phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com Date: 2009/5/7 Subject: [Foundation-l] wikimania 2010 announcement To: wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org, Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org Dear Wikimedia, The Wikimania venue

[WikiEducator] Re: wikinews

2009-04-10 Thread Cormac Lawler
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Phil Bartle cmpbar...@gmail.com wrote: WikiEductor is not cited on WikiNews See: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page Why *should* WikiNews have a link to WikiEducator? If you mean in the 'sister projects' box (at the bottom of Wikinews' main page),

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Manchester Wikipedians willing to do seminars?

2008-12-23 Thread Cormac Lawler
On 12/17/08, Cary Bass c...@wikimedia.org wrote: We did a workshop today and one of the participants was a professor visiting from Manchester, and asked if we had local Wikipedians willing to come to the University and do a workshop on how to contribute to and edit Wikipedia. She has my

[WikiEducator] Re: Wikipedia: The Missing Manual

2008-11-11 Thread Cormac Lawler
On 11/11/08, Leigh Blackall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wikipedia: The Missing Manualhttp://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/CoolTools/%7E3/jOBASt6hkqM/003282.php There's also the recently published How Wikipedia works, written by three seasoned Wikipedians, and which is available online (as well as

Re: [Wiki-research-l] WikiScience announce

2008-10-02 Thread Cormac Lawler
On 10/2/08, Felipe Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, the objective is to have an initial demo for December (hopefully, if travels and other work stuff let me dedicate enough time). The demo will include a CMS, integrating the wiki, as well as other tools for annotated Bibliography, a

Re: [Wiki-research-l] WikiScience announce

2008-10-01 Thread Cormac Lawler
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Daniel Kinzler [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Michael Reschke schrieb: a virtual space promoting interaction and interdisciplinary research among wiki researchers around the world http://en.wikiversity.org so what? Uh... from the front page: Wikiversity is

Re: [Wiki-research-l] [Foundation-l] Announcement: Erik Zachte, Data Analyst

2008-07-03 Thread Cormac Lawler
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 1:18 AM, Brion Vibber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is with great pleasure that I welcome Erik Zachte as a part-time contractor to the Wikimedia Foundation. Erik will start work with us officially on September 1. [snip] Fantastic news! Perhaps this is a good time to

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Announcement: Erik Zachte, Data Analyst

2008-07-03 Thread Cormac Lawler
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Gilad Ravid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Have anyone know how to contact Domaas Mituzas? The email address I have for Domas (from wmf mailing lists at least) is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; his en.wp user page is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Midom (though

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Announcement: Erik Zachte, Data Analyst

2008-07-03 Thread Cormac Lawler
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Dirk Riehle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On that note, maybe someone (from the board?) can clarify for us the role that research plays for the WMF. I've kind of lost track of the meaning of the changes from Erik M through James to Gregory now, I believe? Sue and

Re: [Wiki-research-l] using wikipedia to reenvisionthe term paper

2008-04-11 Thread Cormac Lawler
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 1:25 AM, phoebe ayers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?page_id=15031PRODUCT_CODE=ELI082/SESS07bhcp=1 To enhance the learning experience of a term paper, students were required to publish their papers in Wikipedia. Publishing for a large

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Dissertation: In Good Faith

2008-04-02 Thread Cormac Lawler
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Joseph Reagle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everyone, I thought some folks might be interested in: [[http://reagle.org/joseph/blog/culture/wikipedia/annc-in-good-faith Hearty congratulations, Joseph! It looks good from a quick skim - I hope to give more

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Research-Wiki

2008-02-15 Thread Cormac Lawler
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Dirk Riehle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know if this has been mentioned already, but there is a mailing list about wiki research at large (not just wikipedia research). [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks Alain! Do you think the two lists overlap much,

Re: [Wikimania-l] One-stop Wikimania information/participation

2007-07-20 Thread Cormac Lawler
about and participating in Wikimania? Cormac On 7/20/07, THD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This: http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Media_exposure Theodoranian 2007/7/20, Cormac Lawler [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Yes, that link should be http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org - but this was my

Re: [Wikimania-l] CfP deadline..

2007-04-29 Thread Cormac Lawler
,Academia Sinica, Taiwan E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile: +886-937835052 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: tcliou Cormac Lawler wrote: Hi all, I know that the CfP deadline is April 30th (ie Monday) - and I'm busily working towards finishing my submissions - but what I want to know

[R] loading packages - mac user

2005-10-18 Thread Cormac Lawler
Hi, I'm using a Mac, I've downloaded R (base), and I'm trying to download the package R Commander. I thought I had already done this (both from the web and from within R) but it doesn't seem to be working - it's not there as a search() reveals. However, there are plenty of files on my system

Re: [R] loading packages - mac user

2005-10-18 Thread Cormac Lawler
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cormac Lawler Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 11:46 AM To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [R] loading packages - mac user Hi, I'm using a Mac, I've downloaded R (base), and I'm trying