Re: [Foundation-l] Licenses' biodiversity : my big disagreement with the Wikimedia usability initiative's software specifications
On 02/23/11 5:10 AM, Lodewijk wrote: If that is the case (As I understood this has never yet been tested in court, but I would appreciate any links to any jurisprudence, although we probably should start a new thread) then the point I tried to make still stands: a license should work in every medium. Whether the uploader makes restrictions to the applicability of the license does not matter, we should just avoid that merely because of the license the work cannot be used in a certain medium. The lack of jurisprudence is often because the costs of litigation far exceed the value of the infringement. Saying that a licence should work in every medium is shaky at best. A spoken version of a written work would raise the matter of performance rights. Extrapolations to other media cannot be evaluated without knowing what the new medium is. Ec ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Friendliness (was: Missing Wikipedians: An Essay)
2011/2/27 wjhon...@aol.com: The problem I see with free books is just that you really need something that says... this is WHY you, the contributor would put in this amount of effort here. With Wikipedia, I can contribute a word here, a sentence there, parse some grammar over there, fix a bad phrasing, add a source... all to seven articles and call it a day. A book takes an awful lot of effort. And then I give it away free to the world. Sorry I'm just not seeing that. This explains perfectly well why wikibooks has not been working very well from its beginning. However, it doesn't explain the decline of admins in the last years someone mentioned earlier in this thread. I was active a while in the german wikibooks, but eventually got frustrated by the lack of interaction with others. You're working alone on your book project, and all the satisfaction you get is from the work you put in - no feedback, no discovering somebody has improved your stuff while you were away, no discovery that someone has ruined everything in your absence and now you have to fight for your version... very peaceful and absolutely boring. greetings, elian ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] FCForum Declaration: Sustainable Models for Creativity
I think WMF should endorse it. Catalan Wikipedia already did. http://fcforum.net/sustainable-models-for-creativity/declaration ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] New members of Language committee
I am glad to announce that Language committee is stronger for three new members. By the time of getting their applications, the list is: Ζαχαρίας Διακονικολάου (Zaharias Diakonikolau) (meta:User:ZaDiak) * languages spoken: el, en-4, de-2, grc-2, pnt-1 * living in: Europe, Greece, Rhodes * reason for inclusion: A couple of months ago Language committee announced that it is searching for members from the [types of] projects which don't have Wikipedia-like dynamics. Zaharias has passed as an applicant from Wikiversity (he is admin at Beta Wikiversity and bureaucrat at Greek Wikiversity). However, his qualifications go further: he is actively working on creation, editing and promoting projects in various Greek languages. Knowing that he is young, he will be our long term investment, too. Oliver Stegen]] (meta:User:Baba Tabita) * languages spoken: de, en-4, sw-3 small style=color:gray;nl-1, fr-1/small * living in: Africa, Kenya, Nairobi (from Europe, Germany) * reason for inclusion: Oliver is a linguist who is working for SIL on East African languages. We'll have one ultra-relevant expert in LangCom thanks to Jon Harald Søby, one of the LangCom members, who met Oliver in Nairobi. Santhosh Thottingal]] (meta:User:Santhosh.thottingal) * languages spoken: ml, hi-3, en-3, ta-2, * living in: Asia, India, Chennai (Madras) * reason for inclusion: Santhosh is a free software guru interested in languages. He will help us in articulating projects for covering language-related needs of Wikimedia projects. I want to add one more point related to Santhosh. He has passed as a LangCom member not because he is from India, but because he has relevant expertise and right attitude. Although he speaks three Indian languages, he has become a member of LangCom because he is a free software guru interested in languages. Before Santhosh's application, we would have been happy to see anyone with this qualification and this attitude, no matter of location of birth or residence. However, Bishakha's question and subsequent conversation helped, as it gave impulse to Santhosh to submit the application. And that brings to my mind that it would be good to pass the whole world periodically and raise the geographical equality issue. And it is not a joke. That's obviously giving people courage, or at least the idea, that they have the same right to become members of any Wikimedia body, as any Westerner has. Sometimes the qualifications won't be relevant for particular position, sometimes they will. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] New members of Language committee
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: I am glad to announce that Language committee is stronger for three new members. By the time of getting their applications, the list is: Congratulations (or commiserations depending on your point of view I guess :) ) to all the new members, it looks like a good group. Will all of them be at the in person meeting coming up? James -- James Alexander jameso...@gmail.com ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] The Signpost – Volume 7, Issue 9 – 28 February 2011
News and notes: Newbies vs. patrollers; Indian statistics; brief news http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-02-28/News_and_notes In the news: Egypt and Jordan likely candidates for Wikimedia office; Sanger interview; brief news http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-02-28/In_the_news Arbitration statistics: Arbitration Committee hearing fewer cases; longer decision times http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-02-28/Arbitration_statistics WikiProject report: In Tune with WikiProject Classical Music http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-02-28/WikiProject_report Features and admins: The best of the week http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-02-28/Features_and_admins Arbitration report: AUSC applications open; interim desysopping; two pending cases http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-02-28/Arbitration_report Technology report: HTML5 adopted but soon reverted; brief news http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-02-28/Technology_report Single page view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single PDF version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-02-28 http://identi.ca/wikisignpost / https://twitter.com/wikisignpost -- Wikipedia Signpost Staff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
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Don�t be frigid, my sweet!. http://naaldendraadborduuratelier.nl/links.php?omaSID=404 ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] New members of Language committee
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 12:48 AM, James Alexander jameso...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: I am glad to announce that Language committee is stronger for three new members. By the time of getting their applications, the list is: Congratulations (or commiserations depending on your point of view I guess :) ) to all the new members, it looks like a good group. Will all of them be at the in person meeting coming up? Congratulations to all three new members - nice to see both Africa and Asia in the fray. And thanks for explaining the broader thinking behind the selections, Millosh. Am always a bit hesitant to make such suggestions for fear they will be (mis)read as pushing India's case, rather than making a larger point about geography and representation (which is meaningful only if other relevant criteria are met too, as happened in these cases). Cheers Bishakha ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
