Re: [Foundation-l] A discussion list for Wikimedia (not "Foundation") matters

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 4:14 AM, Erik Moeller wrote: > We currently have this public list for Wikimedia Foundation matters, > as well as a private list called "internal-l" which in practice is in > large part used for WMF/chapters discussions, because chapter board > members are added to it by defa

Re: [Foundation-l] Call for nominations: chapter-appointed seats on the WMF Board of Trustees

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Stuart West wrote: > The hope was to attract/identify Board candidates who could add a lot of > value to the movement but who, for one reason or another, would NOT typically > be candidates in election.  That might be because they aren't well-known in > the edit

Re: [Foundation-l] Vendetta?

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Robin McCain wrote: > I've just been subjected to a rather bizarre bunch of activity by > Mythpage88, who seems anxious to delete everything I've written over the > years in WP on the basis that it isn't "notable". It looks like he nominated one article which you e

Re: [Foundation-l] Blanking a Wikipedia, a very bad idea

On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Mathias Schindler wrote: > Then can you specify the threshold for the community-ratio that is in > your opinion required for some Wikipedians to vandalize a language > edition of Wikipedia in such way? Unless the WMF decides it should intervene, the de facto thresh

Re: [Foundation-l] Inviting some 'outsider candidates' into the movement in the way they wanted

On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > Don't forget that we do already have routes onto the board > (chapter selected and expert seats) other than the elections for > precisely the reason that the elections don't necessary get the > breadth the board needs. And now http://wikimed

Re: [Foundation-l] Big problem to solve: good WYSIWYG on WMF wikis

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 6:50 AM, David Gerard wrote: > So, the payoffs could be ridiculously huge: eight times the number of > smart and knowledgeable people even being able to *fix typos* on > material they care about. Jan Paul Posma's inline editor seems pretty promising. It's not exactly WYSI

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Executive Director?

On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Benjamin Lees wrote: > I admit I haven't been following the fundraiser process very > carefully, but is there any place where people can see and comment on > fundraising banners before they go live?  I've only been able to find > such a pa

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Executive Director?

On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Michael Snow wrote: > much of the community feels that in order to maintain a basic > level of accuracy, it's worth it to forgo whatever additional money we > might raise by giving it up. To phrase it differently, this is not a > messaging decision that should be le

Re: [Foundation-l] should not web server logs (of requests) be published?

On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Domas Mituzas wrote: > Logs cannot be read by wikipedia owners or us government because they don't > exist. There aren't any raw logs? On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 2:30 PM, wrote: > Each web server, of which the WMF has a few, collects details on the > behaviour of

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Survey about recent ban

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > It does not work for me. The poll that is.. The ban of Mr Kohs works for me. > Thanks, >     GerardM Pressing "Enter" doesn't work as you'd expect on that site (it seems to activate the "Sign In" button, rather than "Continue"). __

Re: [Foundation-l] Reconsidering the policy "one language - one Wikipedia"

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On 24 June 2010 15:04, Ziko van Dijk wrote: > > - Scope and name: Maybe it would practically make no big difference > > whether the project is called "simple" or "for kids". Poor readers and > > adult beginning readers (natives or not) tend

Re: [Foundation-l] Community, collaboration, and cognitive biases

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Aryeh Gregor > wrote: > 2) Make sure that every paid developer spends time dealing with the > community. This can include giving support to end users, discussing > things with volunteers, reviewing patches, etc. They should be doing > this on paid time, and they

Re: [Foundation-l] Jimbo's Sexual Image Deletions

On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Amory Meltzer wrote: > This is nuts. Literally, nothing has changed. Stuff on Wikimedia > sites needs to be either educational or aimed at furthering the goals > of the project and the foundation. We don't host articles about my > her breasts or his penis, and we

Re: [Foundation-l] Jimbo's authority (on "global bans")

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 4:33 PM, George Herbert wrote: > > There has been no organized or widespread attempt to either ask Jimmy > to give it up or to take it away. I can name a number of individuals > who assert that should happen, but there's no poll, no project, no > policy proposal to do so.

Re: [Foundation-l] How to kill a mailing list

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:32 AM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen < cimonav...@gmail.com> wrote: > Anthony wrote: > > August 2009: 1030 > > September 2009: 791 > > October 2009: 326 > > November 2009: 513 > > December 2009: 234 > > January 2010: 207 > > February 2010: 213 > > March 2010: ??? > > > > And you

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia and Environment

On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Teofilo wrote: > How about moving the servers (5) from Florida to a cold country > (Alaska, Canada, Finland, Russia) so that they can be used to heat > offices or homes ? It might not be unrealistic as one may read such > things as "the solution was to provide ne

Re: [Foundation-l] Pedophilia and the Non discrimination policy

es *"This policy may **not be circumvented, eroded, or > ignored on local Wikimedia projects."* > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Benjamin Lees > wrote: > > > > > I don't think the non discrimination policy should be construed to apply > to > > the c

Re: [Foundation-l] Pedophilia and the Non discrimination policy

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Jake Wartenberg wrote: > It's > my personal view that in general these kinds of situations fall pretty > clearly under the Non discrimination policy of the > Foundation >as > it is written now. > > I d

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposal: foundation-announce-l

On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Anthony wrote: > I propose the foundation-announce-l mailing list be set up with the > following posting rules: > 1) One post per person per thread. That includes the initiator of the > thread. That's not how announcement lists work. The whole point of an ann

Re: [Foundation-l] Report to the Board April 2009

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Sue Gardner wrote: > Report to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees > > Covering: April 2009 > Prepared by:Sue Gardner, Executive Director, Wikimedia > Foundation > Prepared for: Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees > I really

Re: [Foundation-l] Upcoming tech hiring: CTO position split

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Brion Vibber wrote: > With the increase in administrative and organizational duties, I've been > less and less able to devote time to the part of the job that's nearest > and dearest to me: working with our volunteer developer community and > end users -- Wikimedia

Re: [Foundation-l] Voluntary self-regulation of multimedia service providers

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 8:59 PM, private musings wrote: > Hi all, > > Just wondering what folk think about the WMF heading towards compliance > with > things like this; > > http://www.gsmeurope.org/documents/eu_codes/fsm_code_en.pdf > > This is a german code of conduct - but there are many more (I'

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: How do you fully consult the community consensus?

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Brian wrote: > Sorry, where I said AbuseFilter I meant to say FlaggedRevisions. I'm not > sure on how AbuseFilter came to be agreed on. > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Brian wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Jennifer Riggs >wrote: > > > >> > >> I'm