[Foundation-l] The Signpost – Volume 7, Issue 39 – 26 September 2011
Opinion essay: The global mission, the image filter and the German question http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-09-26/Opinion_essay Recent research: Top female Wikipedians, reverted newbies, link spam, social influence on admin votes, Wikipedians' weekends, WikiSym previews http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-09-26/Recent_research News and notes: WMF strikes down enwiki consensus, academic journal partnerships, and eyebrows raised over minors editing porn-related content http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-09-26/News_and_notes In the news: Sockpuppeting journalist recants, search dominance threatened, new novels replete with Wikipedia references http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-09-26/In_the_news WikiProject report: A project in overdrive: WikiProject Automobiles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-09-26/WikiProject_report Featured content: The best of the week http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-09-26/Featured_content Arbitration report: Broadly construed explained, voting begins on Senkaku Islands case, invitation to comment on CU/OS candidates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-09-26/Arbitration_report Technology report: 1.18 deployment on track, mythical Git migration scheduled, editor decline statistics improved http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-09-26/Technology_report Single page view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single PDF version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-09-26 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
Re: [Foundation-l] Dead Sea Scrolls
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 5:55 AM, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote: Finally, the Dead Sea Scrolls[1] have copyright[2]. Courtesy of The Israel Museum. Congratulations. If the Dead Sea Scrolls were divinely inspired, like other Biblical texts, then there is an argument that the author is still alive ;-) (c) God, 2011 ;-) Are there any jurisdictions where a religious texts have been refused a copyright for reason of being divine? There are a few legal cases about copyright of religious texts where the copyright has been given to the 'medium' / 'channeler'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_on_religious_works And there is the crown hold copyright on KJV, in perpetuity. -- John Vandenberg ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
The Signpost – Volume 7, Issue 39 – 26 September 2011
Opinion essay: The global mission, the image filter and the German question //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-09-26/Opinion_essay Recent research: Top female Wikipedians, reverted newbies, link spam, social influence on admin votes, Wikipedians' weekends, WikiSym previews //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-09-26/Recent_research News and notes: WMF strikes down enwiki consensus, academic journal partnerships, and eyebrows raised over minors editing porn-related content //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-09-26/News_and_notes In the news: Sockpuppeting journalist recants, search dominance threatened, new novels replete with Wikipedia references //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-09-26/In_the_news WikiProject report: A project in overdrive: WikiProject Automobiles //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-09-26/WikiProject_report Featured content: The best of the week //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-09-26/Featured_content Arbitration report: Broadly construed explained, voting beings on Senkaku Islands case, invitation to comment on CU/OS candidates //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-09-26/Arbitration_report Technology report: 1.18 deployment on track, mythical Git migration scheduled, editor decline statistics improved //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-09-26/Technology_report Single page view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single PDF version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-09-26 http://identi.ca/wikisignpost / https://twitter.com/wikisignpost -- Wikipedia Signpost Staff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects. For more information about Foundation-L: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Dead Sea Scrolls
Is the copyright claim on the scroll or the image. I would expect the latter and they are perfectly entitled to claim copyright on the image, the issue is that in various countries it could be held true by the courts that it is in copyright, and in others it isn't. Truth in copyright claims is like truth in advertising. ;-) Regards, Andrew On 27 Sep 2011 at 0:57, emijrp wrote: OMG ISRAEL IS OUT OF USA? REALLY? Come on. The point here is that originality is a common requirement for claiming copyright. 2011/9/27 Anthony wikim...@inbox.org On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Ray Saintonge sainto...@telus.net wrote: On 09/26/11 12:27 PM, emijrp wrote: If originals don't have copyright, how can The Israel Museum claim any copyright for scans which lack originality?[1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgeman_Art_Library_v._Corel_Corp. The cited case is a US case, and not necessarily binding in other countries. It's not even binding on other districts within the US. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Dead Sea Scrolls
Looks like you don't know the meaning of common word. I also know how to paste cool links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan_and_copyright_issues 2011/9/27 Anthony wikim...@inbox.org On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 6:57 PM, emijrp emi...@gmail.com wrote: OMG ISRAEL IS OUT OF USA? REALLY? Come on. The point here is that originality is a common requirement for claiming copyright. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweat_of_the_brow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Three short films about Wikipedia
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:38 PM, Lennart Guldbrandsson wikihanni...@gmail.com wrote: This year, we have prepared three short films about why the visitors should contribute to Wikipedia (roughly a minute each) that we will show continuously over the four days of the fair. But before we show them for the public, I'd like to show them to you. I'm a bit late replying and, even worse, I'm going to commit a cardinal sin. But here goes. Positives: I thought the videos looked very professional. And I can see that you went to some effort to make the videos make sense without sound, as you have people pointing at things in a very direct manner. Unfortunately, though (and I know it's frowned upon to be critical of others hard work) I still don't think they quite work as non-sound videos. I put myself in the position of the intended audience: someone at a busy fair. I will see on the videos lips moving without sound. I will assume there *should be* sound. Lips are moving = where is the sound? for me. With us on this mailing list you have told us not to expect it, but you surely aren't telling everyone at the fair that there isn't any to be heard. I would merely glance at the screen, see people talking and think oh, no sound and walk away or look elsewhere. Nevertheless, the first two would work on me if I had someone telling me just watch. The third one (with the grandchildren) failed for me. With the first two I could understand what they were trying to convey to a large degree. The third one I found totally obscure. Again, I know what was intended because you told us and the sign at the end seals the deal, but with the third one I didn't think the images really added anything to the end message. Again, sorry to be largely negative about them. They look professional in image quality and there's no hammy performances or stuff to make you go ugh! and I would certainly be glad to see you make more films... although I might suggest someone else had directorial control... With best intentions, Bodnotbod ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Welcoming Jon Davies as our new Chief Executive
Dear all, Wikimedia UK is very pleased to announce that after a very thorough recruitment process we have appointed Jon Davies as our first Chief Executive, starting next Monday. Jon has extensive experience in the non-profit sector in the UK, and this will be his first Wikimedia role. Many people in the UK community met Jon at the most recent London wikimeet, and the whole Wikimedia UK board is very pleased that he is joining us. I am sure Jon will be along to introduce himself in the next few days. More details from Andrew Turvey at; http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/welcoming-our-new-chief-executive/ Regards, Chris Keating (User:The Land) Wikimedia UK ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Dead Sea Scrolls
As far as law outside the U.S. is concerned, the Feist decision has had more of an impact than Bridgeman (probably because it was a Supreme Court decision). Since Feist (1991), many common lawhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law countries have moved towards applying the threshold of originality standard and away from the sweat of the brow standard.[1] Canada, for example, now largely follows Feist. Even UK jurisprudence is gradually transitioning (and is currently inconsistent). (Australia, however, is still decidedly sweat based). The enactment of database rights throughout Europe has made this transition easier, as even without sweat of the brow, database IP is now protected (independent of copyright) throughout Europe. Israel is both a common law and civil law country. I'm not aware of any court cases in Israel that have addressed this issue so far. It will be interesting to see how this issue plays out there. For the record, though, I would never trust a museum to give me a accurate assessment of the state of copyright law in a given country. 1. Gervais, Daniel J. (Summer 2002). Feist Goes Global: A Comparative Analysis of the Notion of Originality in Copyright Law. /Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A./ *49*: 949--981. Ryan Kaldari On 9/26/11 3:39 PM, Anthony wrote: On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Ray Saintongesainto...@telus.net wrote: On 09/26/11 12:27 PM, emijrp wrote: If originals don't have copyright, how can The Israel Museum claim any copyright for scans which lack originality?[1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgeman_Art_Library_v._Corel_Corp. The cited case is a US case, and not necessarily binding in other countries. It's not even binding on other districts within the US. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing Community Fellow Jon Harald Søby
Hi all, Our fellowships programhttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowshipsis growing, and I'm pleased to announce Jon Harald Søby http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by as our newest Community Fellow. Jon brings 6 years of experience in the Wikimedia community to his fellowship: he is an active editor, translator and vandal fighter for several Wikimedia projects, an admin and bureaucrat for Norwegian Wikipedia, and in the past has also been a steward, board member for Wikimedia Norge, member of the election committee for Wikimedia Norge and Wikimedia Sverige, and OTRS volunteer. Language and localization are a major area of interest for Jon. Not only does he help translate the MediaWiki interface and extensions, he's also a founding member of the Language Committee and is finishing up a BA degree in Linguistics from Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He has traveled widely is always thinking from a global perspective. All of this makes Jon a great fit for his fellowship project, which is focused on piloting a new model for volunteer translations in the 2011 Fundraiser. (Full disclosure: Jon started working with WMF earlier this summer as a Fundraiser Production Coordinator, but we just had to make him a Community Fellow when we saw how much potential there was for this project!). Jon's fellowship will run until February 2012. His project priorities include recruiting and coordinating more translators for more languages, building pages and processes that make it easier for new volunteers to get started, and improving systems for producing high-quality translations. To learn more about the project or volunteer to help, please visit the 2011 Fundraiser Translations pagehttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011/Translationand sign uphttps://sugar.corp.wikimedia.org/translators/translators.php?referrer=JonAnnounceto be a translator. Welcome, Jon! -- Siko Bouterse Head of Community Fellowships Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. sboute...@wikimedia.org ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects. For more information about Foundation-L: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Dead Sea Scrolls
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 4:35 AM, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org wrote: (Australia, however, is still decidedly sweat based). Well, we recently confirmed that computers can't have sweat on their brows. So there's some progress! http://www.thenewlawyer.com.au/article/high-court-closes-book-on-telstra/531627.aspx -- Stephen Bain stephen.b...@gmail.com ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page
Oh, I was proposing something simpler than what I had on my commons userpage. Consider something like http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:White_Cat/Gen v http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:White_Cat/de Translators only /care/ about the text rather than the style issues and etc. It is difficult enough finding people who can translate but expecting them to understand complex use of html, templates and etc is just too much. The feature you mentioned would indeed be a positive thing to keep these pages up to date. We could also have generic translations. For example we expect steward elections frequently, likewise we expect a wikimania each year. It would only make sense if these current events are templated on their own. -- とある白い猫 (To Aru Shiroi Neko) 2011/9/27 Mono mium monom...@gmail.com Might make sense. 2011/9/26 とある白い猫 to.aru.shiroi.n...@gmail.com Meta main page seems to be not very multi-lingual because it appears to be difficult to update. Each translation is more or less outdated and often with an outdated/older style. I propose a template structure where style info is removed into a template and translations only deal with words. Feel free to comment at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#Templates -- とある白い猫 (To Aru Shiroi Neko) ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Three short films about Wikipedia
Hello Bodnotbod, Thank you for your input. They are not late at all. I have worked with writing and films for about ten years now, so I do not take your comments personally. The only comment that is new is that I should leave the director's chair to someone else. If you could be more specific about that, I would be grateful. Do you think the camera angles are wrong, the cutting is bad, the acting is hammy (it didn't appear so, but I include it for completeness sake), the interpretation of the script is shallow, the atmosphere is that the filming was rushed, the tempo is too slow or too fast, the stories are too bad, the characters are too uninteresting, the actors are too similar, the places are badly chosen, the rooms of the film are disturbed, or something else? Precision would certainly help. Thanks in advance. Just a clarification when it comes to the other point: the films were really too long for the average passerby, who passed the stand in about one to three second (there were around 900 stands there). What we were after were not only that people would stand and watch the entire films - it was to make the stand more lively than with only text, or worse, with computer code. Human movement on screens at the back of the stand were very effective at getting people to stop, but we tried to get them to start editing, not to get them to watch the films. The films are not *that* effective that we could rely on them to make the argument for us. But they were one of the ways in. Another method that worked well was to give people stickers with the Wikipedia globe and ask them how often they used Wikipedia. That does not, of course, negate your comments. I assure you that I take them seriously. But I need more information. Thanks. Best wishes, Lennart 2011/9/27 Bod Notbod bodnot...@gmail.com On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:38 PM, Lennart Guldbrandsson wikihanni...@gmail.com wrote: This year, we have prepared three short films about why the visitors should contribute to Wikipedia (roughly a minute each) that we will show continuously over the four days of the fair. But before we show them for the public, I'd like to show them to you. I'm a bit late replying and, even worse, I'm going to commit a cardinal sin. But here goes. Positives: I thought the videos looked very professional. And I can see that you went to some effort to make the videos make sense without sound, as you have people pointing at things in a very direct manner. Unfortunately, though (and I know it's frowned upon to be critical of others hard work) I still don't think they quite work as non-sound videos. I put myself in the position of the intended audience: someone at a busy fair. I will see on the videos lips moving without sound. I will assume there *should be* sound. Lips are moving = where is the sound? for me. With us on this mailing list you have told us not to expect it, but you surely aren't telling everyone at the fair that there isn't any to be heard. I would merely glance at the screen, see people talking and think oh, no sound and walk away or look elsewhere. Nevertheless, the first two would work on me if I had someone telling me just watch. The third one (with the grandchildren) failed for me. With the first two I could understand what they were trying to convey to a large degree. The third one I found totally obscure. Again, I know what was intended because you told us and the sign at the end seals the deal, but with the third one I didn't think the images really added anything to the end message. Again, sorry to be largely negative about them. They look professional in image quality and there's no hammy performances or stuff to make you go ugh! and I would certainly be glad to see you make more films... although I might suggest someone else had directorial control... With best intentions, Bodnotbod ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- Lennart Guldbrandsson Wikimedia Sverige ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Dead Sea Scrolls
Wow, it looks like I may be wrong. Very good news from Australia! Thanks for the link. Ryan Kaldari On 9/27/11 11:57 AM, Stephen Bain wrote: On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 4:35 AM, Ryan Kaldarirkald...@wikimedia.org wrote: (Australia, however, is still decidedly sweat based). Well, we recently confirmed that computers can't have sweat on their brows. So there's some progress! http://www.thenewlawyer.com.au/article/high-court-closes-book-on-telstra/531627.aspx ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Dead Sea Scrolls
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Anthony wikim...@inbox.org wrote: By the common meaning of the word original, I'd say the photograph *is* original. OTOH, under US precedent it *probably* isn't within the US legal meaning of the term. I should add that, in my US analysis, I was making the assumption that there was no creative post-processing of the photograph, which on second thought is not a safe assumption. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page/Template/de http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page/Template/en http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page/Template/es Few examples of the new meta main page in its templated form which allows easier translation. Most translations are greatly outdated unfortunately making them essentially useless. A divide and conquer strategy was applied. -- とある白い猫 (To Aru Shiroi Neko) 2011/9/27 とある白い猫 to.aru.shiroi.n...@gmail.com Oh, I was proposing something simpler than what I had on my commons userpage. Consider something like http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:White_Cat/Gen v http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:White_Cat/de Translators only /care/ about the text rather than the style issues and etc. It is difficult enough finding people who can translate but expecting them to understand complex use of html, templates and etc is just too much. The feature you mentioned would indeed be a positive thing to keep these pages up to date. We could also have generic translations. For example we expect steward elections frequently, likewise we expect a wikimania each year. It would only make sense if these current events are templated on their own. -- とある白い猫 (To Aru Shiroi Neko) 2011/9/27 Mono mium monom...@gmail.com Might make sense. 2011/9/26 とある白い猫 to.aru.shiroi.n...@gmail.com Meta main page seems to be not very multi-lingual because it appears to be difficult to update. Each translation is more or less outdated and often with an outdated/older style. I propose a template structure where style info is removed into a template and translations only deal with words. Feel free to comment at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#Templates -- とある白い猫 (To Aru Shiroi Neko) ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Dead Sea Scrolls
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org wrote: As far as law outside the U.S. is concerned, the Feist decision has had more of an impact than Bridgeman (probably because it was a Supreme Court decision). Since Feist (1991), many common lawhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law countries have moved towards applying the threshold of originality standard and away from the sweat of the brow standard.[1] Canada, for example, now largely follows Feist. Even UK jurisprudence is gradually transitioning (and is currently inconsistent). UK requires originality. But it's not at all clear that a photograph of something out of copyright is unoriginal (even if that something is two dimensional). By the common meaning of the word original, I'd say the photograph *is* original. OTOH, under US precedent it *probably* isn't within the US legal meaning of the term. In any case, any copyright on the photograph of course does not extend to the text. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Dead Sea Scrolls
On Tue, 2011-09-27 at 20:07 -0400, Anthony wrote: UK requires originality. But it's not at all clear that a photograph of something out of copyright is unoriginal (even if that something is two dimensional). By the common meaning of the word original, I'd say the photograph *is* original. OTOH, under US precedent it *probably* isn't within http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/original?show=1t=1317181660 1 : of, relating to, or constituting an origin or beginning : initial the original part of the house The photograph does not constitute an origin or beginning. 2 a : not secondary, derivative, or imitative an original composition The photograph is secondary, derivative and imitative. b : being the first instance or source from which a copy, reproduction, or translation is or can be made The photograph is not the first instance. 3 : independent and creative in thought or action : inventive an original artist The photograph is not independent or creative. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Welcoming Jon Davies as our new Chief Executive
On 27 September 2011 10:30, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Wikimedia UK is very pleased to announce that after a very thorough recruitment process we have appointed Jon Davies as our first Chief Executive, starting next Monday. Fabulous! Welcome to Jon, and congratulations to the UK Board -- this is an important day for Wikimedia UK :-) Thanks, Sue -- Sue Gardner Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation 415 839 6885 office 415 816 9967 cell Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
