On 06.08.2013 20:03, Nathan wrote:
I'll take on faith that anti-Americanism doesn't explain why you jump
to this conclusion when there are many that make more sense, but how
do you explain then the fact that the English Wikipedia (which,
presumably, has a similar North American bias) is having
On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter pute...@mccme.ruwrote:
Not commenting on the topic of the thread, is there any data around to
show that the English Wikipedia is mainly written by North Americans (aka
residents of the US and Canada)? Seems to me that it is likely to be the
Yaroslav M. Blanter, 07/08/2013 13:27:
Not commenting on the topic of the thread, is there any data around to
show that the English Wikipedia is mainly written by North Americans
(aka residents of the US and Canada)? Seems to me that it is likely to
be the case but not 100% obvious.
Nathan
Ah, I believe these are editor's edit-measurements based on IP
address, which is something quite different from base of operation.
I tend to edit pages geo-located in the US when I visit those places,
and I imagine many others not based in the US do the same. The same
holds for all other countries
On 8/7/13 4:22 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote:
Yaroslav M. Blanter, 07/08/2013 13:27:
Not commenting on the topic of the thread, is there any data around to
show that the English Wikipedia is mainly written by North Americans
(aka residents of the US and Canada)? Seems to me that it is likely
: [Wikimedia-l] Communication plans for
community
engagement
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 2:08 AM, Romaine Wiki romaine_w...@yahoo.com
wrote:
In my opinion the liaisons failed very much with the
VE, as they act like a car salesman who gives much the
impression that communication is only in one
You argued that a North American bias, or differences between American
culture and that of Europe and elsewhere, might be part of the problem
in why the VE is getting a backlash on projects for European
languages.
I'll take on faith that anti-Americanism doesn't explain why you jump
to this
Nathan nawrich@... writes:
I think your anti-Americanism is misplaced. Let's look at some of the
key people involved in the VisualEditor project. Erik is German, James
F is British, Roan Kattouw is Dutch, Timo Tijhof is Dutch. If you were
to skim the list of the engineering staff, they are
In my opinion the liaisons failed very much with the VE, as they act like a car
salesman who gives much the impression that communication is only in one
direction: the community. They said they send our feedback to WMF but we
haven't seen any results at all from that. After a month still all
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Craig Franklin
cfrank...@halonetwork.net wrote:
As is usually the case, I'm not saying this to have a go at the developers
or anyone else involved (who are obviously doing their best), but I think
that some of the communication on this topic has been a bit
I think the Foundation is trying to make steps toward increased
communication with its constituent communities with its blitz of hiring
Community Liaisons. And that's a good idea, and liaisons can do a lot of
good. But I don't think that program is running at 100% effectiveness yet,
and back-end
How do you propose to get people to actally read the notices?
Peter
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