On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 10:34 PM, John Mark Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com
wrote:
Andreas' idea should be written
up as an IdeaLab project, or research grant proposal, etc.
Thanks. For those interested in getting involved, I've added it on IdeaLab:
On 19 March 2015 at 14:55, Oliver Keyes ironho...@gmail.com wrote:
We have a vested interest, as a community, in having as diverse a
group of people behind our content as possible, because we have a
diverse group of readers. People who can't afford a lunch out
whenever they want is a
On the low or zero-cost element, the one bit I'd question is 'editathons
work well when attendees can buy their own food or attend a social where
they pay their own costs'.
This is certainly convenient for the chapter/volunteers/delete as
applicable, but I don't think we should have it as an
On 19 March 2015 at 14:33, Oliver Keyes ironho...@gmail.com wrote:
...
expectations. So, yes, editathons work well when attendees pay their own
way - but they work /best/ when they don't.
I believe there is no verifiable evidence that editathons work best
when attendees have all their costs
I can attest that there are indeed many cases where $50 or $75 in bus or
gas money can make a big difference for volunteers, even in the United
States.
There is long way between intercontinental plane tickets and offering no
financial assistance at all.
Thanks,
Pharos
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at
On 15-03-19 08:19 AM, Fæ wrote:
after that it started to become impossible to organize an editathon
without first having an employee agreeing it
That seems... wrong.
For one, that experience may be WMUK's but it's certainly far from
universal. WMCA organizes monthly editathons in Montréal,
We have a vested interest, as a community, in having as diverse a
group of people behind our content as possible, because we have a
diverse group of readers. People who can't afford a lunch out
whenever they want is a demographic: a big one, depending on the
country in question. Coming up with
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 1:16 PM, James Salsman jsals...@gmail.com wrote:
when ticketed, this is usually to control numbers when
space is limited. This model works pretty well and makes them
popular events; indeed, they're one of our most visible public activities.
I don't see where the benefit
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 1:16 PM, James Salsman jsals...@gmail.com wrote:
when ticketed, this is usually to control numbers when
space is limited. This model works pretty well and makes them
popular events; indeed, they're one of our most visible public
activities.
I don't see where the
Hi there,
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 11:33 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:
Keegan Peterzell wrote:
Single-user login[1] finalization will be taking place next month.[2]
[...]
All accounts that will be affected by this will be contacted on their talk
page within the next couple of
BabuG has made remarkable contribution to the Malayalam Wikipedia.
Heartfelt condolences for his family, friends and the Malayalam Wikipedia
community.
Regards,
Tanweer
Wikimedia Bangladesh
On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 12:08 AM, Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Viswa, thank you for
My condolences to BabuG's family.
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 1:59 AM, Josh Lim jamesjoshua...@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi Viswa,
Thank you for this stirring tribute. Wikimedia Philippines and the
Filipino Wikimedia community would like to share its deepest condolences
and we hope that his family will
Dear Wikimedians,
You have not yet registered for the Wikimedia Conference 2015 in Berlin?
You want to shape the future of the Wikimedia movement? You want to meet,
exchange and mingle with other movement enthusiasts from around the world?
Then please be kindly reminded to register until Monday,
Dear Wikimedians,
This is to bring to your notice the proposed change in leadership of the
CIS-A2K Program. The current Program Director, T. Vishnu Vardhan will be
transitioning by June 2015, due to health and personal concerns.
As many of you know, Vishnu has led the A2K Programme since
WMPL rocks! Maybe it's time to translate it to English :p
On 9 March 2015 at 12:22, Tomasz Ganicz polime...@gmail.com wrote:
We have created such a policy several years ago:
https://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rozliczenie_koszt%C3%B3w_wyjazdu
:-)
--
*Szymon Grabarczuk*
Free Knowledge Advocacy
Thank you for sharing these! I'm sure they would be quite useful for other
groups.
A.
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 4:22 AM, Tomasz Ganicz polime...@gmail.com wrote:
We have created such a policy several years ago:
https://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rozliczenie_koszt%C3%B3w_wyjazdu
:-)
Dear movement fellows,
After our Board handbook, we are pleased to share with you the
Wikimédia France Travel policy (this time, in French and English!):
(en) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimédia_France/Politique_de_voyage/en
(fr)
Hoi,
I applaud this action. Great.
The next step is making it not so easy for the NSA to harvest their ill
gotten gains. We could and should share our data from cache servers that
are much closer to our users ie outside the USA. The benefit would not be
so much in frustrating the NSA but more in
for an organization taking on the NSA for spying..why are we using
https? doesn't that show that we are already scared of them and
running with our tail between our legs?
On 3/10/15, Dariusz Jemielniak dar...@alk.edu.pl wrote:
this sounds exactly as a thing we, as a movement, need institutional
this sounds exactly as a thing we, as a movement, need institutional
support of WMF for. Thanks for doing that.
dariusz pundit
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Michelle Paulson mpaul...@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Hi All,
I’m writing to let you know that today the Wikimedia Foundation[1] is
filing
This is great, Emeric! We’d be glad to take a look at this. :)
For our part, Wikimedia Philippines has a travel policy as part of our Expense
Policy, and it’s been working well for us for the last 3-4 years now. We’ll be
glad to share our policy as well.
I created draft of the article about the case
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Wikimedia_v._NSAin English Wikipedia.
I'm not sure it's not too soon to move this draft to the main namespace.
Please add content and then move it to main ns when you think it's ready.
Best
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at
2015-03-10 13:26 GMT+01:00 Comet styles cometsty...@gmail.com:
for an organization taking on the NSA for spying..why are we using
https? doesn't that show that we are already scared of them and
running with our tail between our legs?
(For non-technical readers: the HTTP protocol is the
Not with WMUK. most of our reimbursements are travel-related, but they fall
under the expense policy as the others do.
Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
0207 065 0992
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.
Greatly done!
This is not just news. It is a mark that will be recorded in bold letters
in the history of human's quest for knowledge.
-user:ViswaPrabha
https://ml.wikipedia.org
On 10 March 2015 at 18:15, Tomasz Ganicz polime...@gmail.com wrote:
https is generaly increasing privacy of the
https is generaly increasing privacy of the users. http can be listen by
anyone. It is like using walkie-talkie - anyone with radio-scanner can
listen :-)
2015-03-10 13:26 GMT+01:00 Comet styles cometsty...@gmail.com:
for an organization taking on the NSA for spying..why are we using
Personally I am not convinced this is an optimal action in order for us
to reach our goals, mission and vision. To attack the Intellectual
property laws would be more spot on and this action can put our
image/brand at risk (but also strengthen it).
From a tactical viewpoint, I personally have
Excellent. I think that the Commons 25 million files milestone calls for a
post in the Wikimedia Blog and/or the Signpost.
Pine
On Mar 12, 2015 12:47 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter pute...@mccme.ru wrote:
Dear all,
I am not sure why it so far got little publicity, but yesterday the 25
millionth
Dear all,
I am not sure why it so far got little publicity, but yesterday the 25
millionth file was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.
The image itself is a cityscape, a depiction of the courtyard of the
Mevlid-i Halil Mosque, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
On 3/11/15 12:03 AM, MZMcBride wrote:
snip
But more to the point: even if by some miracle, this case were resolved in
2015 with a very explicit federal court order instructing the National
Security Agency to cease mass surveillance, is there anyone who believes
that this will end mass
I agree that it is good for someone to stand up to the NSA, though I am
also very sympathetic to the point that taking legal action may require the
WMF to devote considerable time and money to this project, and distract
from other goals. Perhaps the ACLU and the other plaintiffs are going to
Dear Viswa,
Thank you for letting us know, and for writing such a beautiful text in
memory of your friend. Please send my condolences to his son.
Much love,
Andreas
On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 3:07 PM, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) vp2...@gmail.com
wrote:
Dear Wikimedians all over the world,
One of
Thank you for this tribute and for sharing more about BabuG. I appreciated
the chance to learn about him, how he came to Wikipedia, and the depth of
his experience on the sites. His story inspires me.
My condolences and sympathies are with you, BabuG's family, and the
Malayalam community on this
Dear Viswa,
I am sorry for this loss that the Malayalam is experiencing.
Please transmit my condoleances to his family and friends if you have
the occasion to do so.
2015-03-05 16:07 GMT+01:00 ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) vp2...@gmail.com:
Yet, we feel, BabuG has made his life stamped immortal for
3
Thank you, Viswa, for posting this tribute and sharing this eulogy.
My heartfelt condolences to his wife Jagadamma, to his family, and to his
wiki community.
May his repose be blessed.
May his memory be eternal. [1]
Anna
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_Eternal_%28chant%29
--
From the editor: A sign of the timesâthe ''Signpost'' revamps its internal
structure to make contributing easier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-03-04/From_the_editor
Editorial: Conspiracy theories distract from real questions about grantmaking
report
Hi,
I am interested to know if there is a way to store the 360º panorama
(photosphere) photos in Wikimedia Commons. If it is possible to upload,
please send me the doc link. If there is no way to upload such images, can
you please let me know, is there any plan for this or not?
--
*Nasir Khan
Viswa, thank you for writing this lovely message and sharing the story
of BabuG.
His memory and edits will live on. Deepest condolences to the Malayalam
community.
Siko
On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 4:31 AM, Subhashish Panigrahi
subhash...@cis-india.org wrote:
Dear Viswa and the Malayalam Wikimedia
It certainly seem possible to upload 360 panoramics:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:360_panoramics
Just use the regular upload wizard at:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard
Or are you using some special file format, and if so, which?
*Med vänliga
On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 7:00 AM Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
Steven Walling has written an interesting answer on Quora about one aspect
of the New York Times op-ed, i.e. the threat NSA surveillance supposedly
poses to Wikipedians living under oppressive regimes:
I'm generally supportive of this legal action, but I am troubled by this
statement:
I trust our legal team to make decisions about what legal actions to
participate in.
In general I think highly of Michelle, but this statement fits a
long-running pattern I percieve in WMF governance of the board
On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm generally supportive of this legal action, but I am troubled by this
statement:
I trust our legal team to make decisions about what legal actions to
participate in.
In general I think highly of Michelle, but this
Oliver,
I have thought about running more than once (:
Perhaps I am reading more into that comment than was intended.
James,
I have mixed feelings about having discussions behind closed doors.
Sometimes it's convenient or emotionally easier to do so, but I worry about
losing our value of
Keegan: thank you, great news.SJ
On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Keegan Peterzell kpeterz...@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Hi all,
Single-user login[1] finalization will be taking place next month.[2] I
know this has been said before over the past two years, but it is actually
going to take
Excellent, thank you Keegan and all who have worked on this.
Pine
On Mar 13, 2015 1:07 PM, Keegan Peterzell kpeterz...@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Hi all,
Single-user login[1] finalization will be taking place next month.[2] I
know this has been said before over the past two years, but it is
Hi all,
Single-user login[1] finalization will be taking place next month.[2] I
know this has been said before over the past two years, but it is actually
going to take place after nearly a decade of waiting :)
I just posted an important announcement about the renaming process itself
on Meta.[3]
(Personal capacity)
Pine: I think you're reading far more into Phoebe's comment than it
actually contained. What she said was I trust our legal team to make
decisions about what legal actions to participate in. In other words,
to make evaluations about the probability of success, the necessity of
Pardon the mobile device mistype. A *move* toward more openness.
Pine
On Mar 13, 2015 12:49 PM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote:
Oliver,
I have thought about running more than once (:
Perhaps I am reading more into that comment than was intended.
James,
I have mixed feelings about
On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 3:16 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks very much for keeping us up to date, Keegan. When I look at
the Special:UsersWhoWillBeRenamed on enwiki, I note a large number of
accounts whose registration date is listed as today, even though I realise
that's not
On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 3:07 PM, Keegan Peterzell kpeterz...@wikimedia.org
wrote:
5. for example,
https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patikos:UsersWhoWillBeRenamedHmm
That should be https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patikos:UsersWhoWillBeRenamed
It does make you go hmm though.
--
Keegan Peterzell
2015-03-13 10:36 GMT+01:00 Edward Saperia edsape...@gmail.com:
Education is apolitical.
I beg to differ.
Me too.
«Growing up, you know, I slowly had this process realizing that all
the things around me that people had told me were just the natural way
of things were, or the way things would
On 13 March 2015 at 19:04, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote:
In general I think highly of Michelle, but this statement fits a
long-running pattern I percieve in WMF governance of the board being
deferential to the ED and staff. This goes back to Sue's tenure and
possibly longer. I feel that
On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 12:34 AM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm generally supportive of this legal action, but I am troubled by this
statement:
I trust our legal team to make decisions about what legal actions to
participate in.
...WMF needs an activist board. All of the guidance
Hi Bishakha,
Pardon my forking the thread here.
I have previously asked about having more transparency and openness for WMF
Board meetings. From my skimming of Board minutes, it's difficult to
perceive what level of diligence is being done by the Board. I realize that
corporate notetaking
Hmm. It's more like we have little evidence that the former is happening,
perhaps because of the latter. Anyway, yes, I think I've made my point and
will let this thread get back on its main track.
Pine
On Mar 13, 2015 5:43 PM, Oliver Keyes ironho...@gmail.com wrote:
So we've now moved from the
So we've now moved from the board doesn't ask hard enough questions!
to the board doesn't tell us enough? Those are distinct concerns. If
you have them, I'd suggest spinning off a thread so we can keep this
one to what it's meant to be discussing.
On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Pine W
On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 6:40 AM, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote:
Let's hope so. A key point is that the extraordinary overreach of this
surveillance affects everyone.
I am absolutely delighted that the Wikimedia Foundation has taken this
courageous step - precisely because
That's great!
Pending for translation.
2015-03-10 10:21 GMT-06:00 Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com:
There's a relevant research project outlined on Meta, about HTTPS:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_referrer_policy
Here's the nutshell description:
Since we started
Since so many movement entities have some take on this document, I have
started listing them at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Travel_Policy
Feel free to expand. :-)
--
Jean-Frédéric
jean-frederic.berthe...@wikimedia.fr
___
Wikimedia-l mailing list,
Michelle and Geoff - thank you.
This is a big step; I am glad that WMF can help move this case forward.
Chris Keating writes:
I'm not American, but the other co-plaintiffs seem to be civil rights /
human rights organisations who are firmly at the left-wing/progressive end
of US politics, some
Probably a good time for everyone to know about EFF's HTTPS Everywhere:
HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox, Chrome, and Opera extension that encrypts
your communications with many major websites, making your browsing more
secure. Encrypt the web: Install HTTPS Everywhere today.
Kudos to the Legal Team on this important case!
-greg aka varnent
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 9:01 AM, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) vp2...@gmail.com
wrote:
Greatly done!
This is not just news. It is a mark that will be recorded in bold letters
in the history of human's quest for knowledge.
There's a relevant research project outlined on Meta, about HTTPS:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_referrer_policy
Here's the nutshell description:
Since we started switching to HTTPS and an increasing portion of inbound
traffic happens over SSL, Wikimedia sites stopped
Hi,
Thanks Subhashish for the update.
Thank you Vishnu, for your leadership of CIS-A2K team over the past two
years in growing the Wikipedia movement across India in various languages.
It is not an easy job to work in the open wikimedia movement as a staff
member of NGO funded by Foundation.
On 11 March 2015 at 08:37, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hoi,
The fact that law suits like this actually happen is a wonderful
improvement in and of itself.
Our aim is to freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Free has many
meaning, one of them is free to share without
Hoi,
Sigh ... being spied upon by the AIVD is not fine. However, they have a
duty to Dutch people and the argument that the NSA is benign to
US-Americans equally applies to the AIVD. We do serve Wikimedia content
from Amsterdam.
The notion that the AIVD is incompetent is based on what ? It is
Curious question, by the way: how controversial would you expect this move
to be domestically? From e.g. a Swedish perspective, the NSA is an
intelligence agency of a foreign power and the other mentioned
organizations are either largely uncontroversial and seen in a positive
light (Amnesty,
Aye, I also only have anecdotal evidince at this point (from my father who
has been messaging me and myself) but the comments I've seen in the
american press have been 10:1 (higher on tech sites) with generally more
thoughtful comments then usual and where there are critiques they are not
bad
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:15 PM, John Mark Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com
wrote:
Could we have an update on what is being done over the last year to protect
the privacy of user data sent between datacenters?
Someone in ops could add more detail on the actual work in progress, but
you can watch
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com
wrote:
I'm not American, but the other co-plaintiffs seem to be civil rights /
human rights organisations who are firmly at the left-wing/progressive end
of US politics
I am an American, and I'm not so sure about that
It's difficult to overstate how much people love us. We tell them
everything about everything, and we're mostly right and try to stay
neutral. But it's all written by just people! So it's cosy as well.
With SOPA, we discovered that: when Wikipedia says you suck, you *suck*.
So I'd expect that
On 01/01/2014 9:11 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote:
John Vandenberg, 30/12/2013 08:10:
Are the Wikimedia transit links encrypted, especially for database
replication?
MySQL has replication over SSL, so I assume the answer is Yes.
If not, is this necessary or useful, and
2015-03-10 8:53 GMT+01:00 Michelle Paulson mpaul...@wikimedia.org:
Hi All,
I’m writing to let you know that today the Wikimedia Foundation[1] is
filing suit against the National Security Agency
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency, the Department
of
Justice
Hoi,
The fact that law suits like this actually happen is a wonderful
improvement in and of itself.
Our aim is to freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Free has many
meaning, one of them is free to share without consequences.It is not only
about free of cost.In the past we implemented https
Thanks for the news, Michelle, and good luck to the Legal team as this case
moves forward. :)
That being said, I am concerned that the Foundation seems to give unequal
airtime to U.S.-specific issues, while not really doing much about similar
issues in other parts of the world. Much of my
Hoi,
Please read this article by the Volkskrant (in the translation of your
tools) and you see that a review by a judge can be extremely useful. It
also shows that organisations like the NSA can and do lose.
On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 10:12 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:
A page on Meta-Wiki
collecting information about this lawsuit might be nice to have.
When we were rolling out I put the FAQ at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_v._National_Security_Agency/FAQ
for
phoebe ayers wrote:
As for cost, remember that the ACLU is filing the suit on the
plaintiffs' (us) behalf. My understanding is our major investment here
is coordination time and our good name.
The fact that the Wikimedia Foundation is being used as a convenient
vehicle makes me feel a bit more
In answers to questions on Quora, Jimmy Wales responded to some of the
points from my earlier mailing list reply. (I didn't post any questions,
including the questions linked below, to Quora.) A page on Meta-Wiki
collecting information about this lawsuit might be nice to have.
MZMcBride wrote:
2015-03-12 20:50 GMT+02:00 Fæ fae...@gmail.com:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:BLP_overwrites
A quick reminder about this report which helps vandalism patrollers
for the English Wikipedia spot when images used in Wikipedia
biographies are being overwritten by newbie accounts. I
On 13 March 2015 at 09:06, Strainu strain...@gmail.com wrote:
Fae, you are aware that this is NOT the list for en.wp, right?
Perhaps you missed the part of Fae's email which read:
If there are other Wikipedias that may benefit from a
similar report, please drop me a note on Commons or
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:BLP_overwrites
It was chance that the English Wikipedia was the first noticeable
target of a revenge porn attack. The serious concern about potential
public impact started me looking at how to build a report to help
address the problem of image overwrites
Education is apolitical.
I beg to differ.
Saying that Wikipedia is apolitical is like saying democracy is apolitical.
Control of information is at the heart of politics, and the knowledge that
people have access to profoundly changes the way that they interact with
society over their
Hello everyone,
Apologies for cross posting.
Wikimedia UK, along with the Open Coalition http://open-coalition.org/
and Demos http://www.demos.co.uk/, are developing a project called From
ticks to clicks - understanding and building digital democracy.
We have just made a proposal
I think we can agree to disagree - I don't want to clutter other
people's inboxes even more.
Still, I'll hold you to this PoV next time I'll feel the need to
constantly remember other people about my initiatives.
Best regards,
Strainu
2015-03-13 15:30 GMT+02:00 Andy Mabbett
I think that making us not-a-source-of-referred-traffic might
be a good thing. (It disincentivises those
who should be disincentivised, while not harming
anyone else)
sincerely,
Kim Bruning
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 09:21:57AM -0700, Pete Forsyth wrote:
There's a relevant research
2015-03-13 11:56 GMT+02:00 Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk:
On 13 March 2015 at 09:06, Strainu strain...@gmail.com wrote:
Fae, you are aware that this is NOT the list for en.wp, right?
Perhaps you missed the part of Fae's email which read:
I did not. The place for such announcements
Steven Walling has written an interesting answer on Quora about one aspect
of the New York Times op-ed, i.e. the threat NSA surveillance supposedly
poses to Wikipedians living under oppressive regimes:
On 13 March 2015 at 11:36, Strainu strain...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm sure Fae will appreciate your apology.
There is nothing to apologize for. There is a place for such
announcements, and wikimedia-l is not that.
ORly?
From:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
quote
On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 5:03 AM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:
How does the Wikimedia Foundation intend to protect the rights of
users around the world when it will have a nearly impossible time of
protecting Americans, much less non-Americans? U.S. courts and the U.S.
Congress have
On 13 March 2015 at 14:32, Strainu strain...@gmail.com wrote:
I'll hold you to this PoV next time I'll feel the need to
constantly remember other people about my initiatives.
constantly?
How many times has Fae made such posts in, say, the last three months?
--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
No more, please. If needed, start a thread to discuss the scope of
wikimedia-l.
Regards,
Thyge
2015-03-13 16:57 GMT+01:00 Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk:
On 13 March 2015 at 14:32, Strainu strain...@gmail.com wrote:
I'll hold you to this PoV next time I'll feel the need to
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:BLP_overwrites
A quick reminder about this report which helps vandalism patrollers
for the English Wikipedia spot when images used in Wikipedia
biographies are being overwritten by newbie accounts. I recommend
more admins add the report to their
The Signpost – Volume 11, Issue 10 – 11 March 2015
Special report: An advance look at the WMF's fundraising survey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-03-11/Special_report
In focus: WMF to NSA: stop spying on Wikipedia users
If anyone wants to compare and contrast, you can find WMUK's expenses
policy (covering travel and other expenses) here:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expense_policy
Best regards
Michael
Michael Maggs
Chair, Wikimedia UK
Emeric Vallespi mailto:emeric.valle...@wikimedia.fr
9
Hi All,
I’m writing to let you know that today the Wikimedia Foundation[1] is
filing suit against the National Security Agency
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency, the Department of
Justice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice,
and the U.S. Attorney
On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 1:46 AM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 7:32 AM, Eduardo Testart etest...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi all,
I was thinking, it is possible to create some sort of hall of fame
from/for
Wikipedia? It would be nice that stories like this one
In the U.S., there is also a strong minority contingent of Libertarians,
who tend to be on the right-wing/conservative part of the political
spectrum. These are natural allies for both privacy governmental
non-intrunsion. I think that they would welcome WMF joining this legal
action.
Yours,
Hi,
Wow! I am proud to be a volunteer working with an organisation daring
to take such steps.
I hope that this will bring concrete results.
Best regards,
Yann
2015-03-10 8:53 GMT+01:00 Michelle Paulson mpaul...@wikimedia.org:
Hi All,
I’m writing to let you know that today the Wikimedia
Thank you for taking this action.
All the best,
Michael
Michelle Paulson mailto:mpaul...@wikimedia.org
10 March 2015 07:53
Hi All,
I’m writing to let you know that today the Wikimedia Foundation[1] is
filing suit against the National Security Agency
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