[Foundation-l] Wikipedia crashes browser
Wikipedia crashes Google chrome every time it logs me out. It appears to log me out every hour even though I have requested that it keep me logged in for 30 days. Has anyone else had this problem and does anyone know how to get it fixed. I posted to couple of places on Wiki a few months ago with little response. -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia crashes browser
Does this happen with other browsers too? Does it happen on a specific wiki (page) only (e.g. en, de, commons, ...)? Since when started this behaviour? Which google browser, OS are you using? You could try to make another account to see if it perhaps account related? ... more questions actually but let's wait for the answers On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 9:49 AM, James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com wrote: Wikipedia crashes Google chrome every time it logs me out. It appears to log me out every hour even though I have requested that it keep me logged in for 30 days. Has anyone else had this problem and does anyone know how to get it fixed. I posted to couple of places on Wiki a few months ago with little response. -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- Find me at: LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/yilmazerkan XING https://www.xing.com/profile/Erkan_Yilmaz2 personal blog http://IaskQuestions.com ** This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorised copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. Diese eMail enthaelt vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschuetzte Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese eMail irrtuemlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet. ** ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia crashes browser
I am using Chrome 17beta, not detect this. My home wiki: vi.wikipedia.org 2012/1/20, James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com: Wikipedia crashes Google chrome every time it logs me out. It appears to log me out every hour even though I have requested that it keep me logged in for 30 days. Has anyone else had this problem and does anyone know how to get it fixed. I posted to couple of places on Wiki a few months ago with little response. -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- --Minh Huy (Minata Hatsune) ---volunteer and Vietnamese translation coordinator of the Wikimedia Foundation--- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia crashes browser
On 20 January 2012 10:22, Minh Huy (WMF) minhhuyw...@gmail.com wrote: I am using Chrome 17beta, not detect this. My home wiki: vi.wikipedia.org You are using a beta release of a browser? Yeah, I'd rather wait for the stable release before we start dealing in unfinished software support. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia crashes browser
Yes, it's beta version for Chrome. 2012/1/20, Svip svi...@gmail.com: On 20 January 2012 10:22, Minh Huy (WMF) minhhuyw...@gmail.com wrote: I am using Chrome 17beta, not detect this. My home wiki: vi.wikipedia.org You are using a beta release of a browser? Yeah, I'd rather wait for the stable release before we start dealing in unfinished software support. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- --Minh Huy (Minata Hatsune) ---volunteer and Vietnamese translation coordinator of the Wikimedia Foundation--- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] iBooks vs. wBooks?
(This mail is focused on books, but the topic is of more general interest IMHO, thus foundation-l) Hi all, I just saw the iBooks Author news: http://www.macrumors.com/2012/01/19/a-closer-look-at-ibooks-author-textbooks-and-exclusivity/ Of course, all these pretty books will be only available in the Apple paywalled garden. So I thought: As they use basically HTML5 (plus a few proprietary libraries), could we produce such interactive, tablet/phone-enabled e-books (wBooks as in Wikimedia:-) from free content? I believe the answer is yes, though it might be quite a push technologically (just to be clear, I am speaking of the books here, not of the authoring software). Also: Should we? I believe the answer is yes as well, for two reasons. One, Apples work here might (yet again) set a new standard, which means everything falling short of that standard will be neglected by the target audience, which runs counter to our declared goal of disseminating free knowledge; standing still might well mean falling behind. Another reason is the opportunity that Apple creates for us here: Once such e-books become accepted as general teaching tools in schools, it will be much easier to switch from Apple-only, costly books to run-everywhere, free books; they might just win the technology battle for us. What do you think? Cheers, Magnus ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] iBooks vs. wBooks?
Yeah! regards, southpark On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Magnus Manske magnusman...@googlemail.com wrote: (This mail is focused on books, but the topic is of more general interest IMHO, thus foundation-l) Hi all, I just saw the iBooks Author news: http://www.macrumors.com/2012/01/19/a-closer-look-at-ibooks-author-textbooks-and-exclusivity/ Of course, all these pretty books will be only available in the Apple paywalled garden. So I thought: As they use basically HTML5 (plus a few proprietary libraries), could we produce such interactive, tablet/phone-enabled e-books (wBooks as in Wikimedia:-) from free content? I believe the answer is yes, though it might be quite a push technologically (just to be clear, I am speaking of the books here, not of the authoring software). Also: Should we? I believe the answer is yes as well, for two reasons. One, Apples work here might (yet again) set a new standard, which means everything falling short of that standard will be neglected by the target audience, which runs counter to our declared goal of disseminating free knowledge; standing still might well mean falling behind. Another reason is the opportunity that Apple creates for us here: Once such e-books become accepted as general teaching tools in schools, it will be much easier to switch from Apple-only, costly books to run-everywhere, free books; they might just win the technology battle for us. What do you think? Cheers, Magnus ___ 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] Resolution:Developing Scenarios for future of fundraising
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Pronoein prono...@gmail.com wrote: Why does the Board of Trustees think that WMF should raise the «maximum possible amount of money»? Why not ask for what is needed and nothing more? I agree. A no profit association should raise the opportune amount otherwise there a profit. Ilario ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Announcement: Maggie Dennis to continue with WMF
Hi all, I'm thrilled to announce that Maggie Dennis, our community liaison, has agreed to transition to a permanent role with the Wikimedia Foundation. You may recall that Maggie was hired on a temporary contract, with the idea of rotating through community liaisons. We still intend to hire another community liaison - in fact, her work has proven the value of the program to such an extent that we'll be expanding it - but Maggie will stay on to provide continuity. Maggie has been a godsend to me... she's a fount of knowledge, and incredibly hard working. Most importantly, she is able to fluently speak Philippe and translate that to real-people talk. As User:Moonriddengirl, she is the maven of copyright for English Wikipedia, and has well over 100,000 edits. In short, she's a rock star. Maggie will continue to report to me. Best, pb ___ Philippe Beaudette Head of Reader Relations Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 415-839-6885, x 6643 phili...@wikimedia.org ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Announcement: Maggie Dennis to continue with WMF
+1 to all of that. Maggie is a rock, and always keeps me pointing in the right direction; since I started contracting for the WMF, she's probably the person I've relied on the most for advice. She's smart, she's good with people, and she constantly makes me feel bad about only working 10 hour days. Glad to know I can keep picking her brain in the future ;) On 20 January 2012 19:55, Philippe Beaudette phili...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi all, I'm thrilled to announce that Maggie Dennis, our community liaison, has agreed to transition to a permanent role with the Wikimedia Foundation. You may recall that Maggie was hired on a temporary contract, with the idea of rotating through community liaisons. We still intend to hire another community liaison - in fact, her work has proven the value of the program to such an extent that we'll be expanding it - but Maggie will stay on to provide continuity. Maggie has been a godsend to me... she's a fount of knowledge, and incredibly hard working. Most importantly, she is able to fluently speak Philippe and translate that to real-people talk. As User:Moonriddengirl, she is the maven of copyright for English Wikipedia, and has well over 100,000 edits. In short, she's a rock star. Maggie will continue to report to me. Best, pb ___ Philippe Beaudette Head of Reader Relations Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 415-839-6885, x 6643 phili...@wikimedia.org ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- Oliver Keyes Community Liaison, Product Development Wikimedia Foundation ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] (PRESS RELEASE) Statement from the Wikimedia Foundation regarding developments in Washington on SOPA and PIPA
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Statement_on_Jan_20_events_in_Washington *Statement from the Wikimedia Foundation regarding developments in Washington on SOPA and PIPA* San Francisco, CA -- January 20, 2012 -- On January 18, millions of people called their Congressional representatives to denounce SOPA and PIPA as attacks on the free and open Internet. This morning, leaders in the House and Senate announced consideration of the bills would be indefinitely postponed, after many members of Congress, including some supporters of the bills, issued statements disassociating themselves from the legislation over the past two days. Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, said: The Wikimedia Foundation welcomes these developments. This is another step towards the ultimate destruction of these two pieces of proposed legislation. But let’s be clear, these bills are not dead. They will return, and when they do, they must not harm the interests of the hundreds of millions of people who contribute to the free and open Internet. The blackout was led by millions of ordinary Internet users, and the people who make projects like Wikipedia possible - writers, photographers, editors and illustrators. They sent a clear message to Congress: don’t mess with free expression, don’t destroy the free and open Internet, don’t do the bidding of traditional corporate interests. This is a moment in history when the people who create and share works on the Internet as part of the free knowledge movement, and the people who depend on access to those works, are asking to be heard and to have their freedom of speech protected. *About the Wikimedia Foundation* http://wikimediafoundation.org http://blog.wikimedia.org The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix, Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive more than 474 million unique visitors per month, making them the fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, November 2011). Available in 282 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 20 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. Media Contact: Jay Walsh Head of Communications Wikimedia Foundation Tel. +1 415 839 6885 x 6609 jwa...@wikimedia.org ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] (PRESS RELEASE) Statement from the Wikimedia Foundation regarding developments in Washington on SOPA and PIPA
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Statement_on_Jan_20_events_in_Washington *Statement from the Wikimedia Foundation regarding developments in Washington on SOPA and PIPA* San Francisco, CA -- January 20, 2012 -- On January 18, millions of people called their Congressional representatives to denounce SOPA and PIPA as attacks on the free and open Internet. This morning, leaders in the House and Senate announced consideration of the bills would be indefinitely postponed, after many members of Congress, including some supporters of the bills, issued statements disassociating themselves from the legislation over the past two days. Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, said: The Wikimedia Foundation welcomes these developments. This is another step towards the ultimate destruction of these two pieces of proposed legislation. But let’s be clear, these bills are not dead. They will return, and when they do, they must not harm the interests of the hundreds of millions of people who contribute to the free and open Internet. The blackout was led by millions of ordinary Internet users, and the people who make projects like Wikipedia possible - writers, photographers, editors and illustrators. They sent a clear message to Congress: don’t mess with free expression, don’t destroy the free and open Internet, don’t do the bidding of traditional corporate interests. This is a moment in history when the people who create and share works on the Internet as part of the free knowledge movement, and the people who depend on access to those works, are asking to be heard and to have their freedom of speech protected. *About the Wikimedia Foundation* http://wikimediafoundation.org http://blog.wikimedia.org The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix, Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive more than 474 million unique visitors per month, making them the fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, November 2011). Available in 282 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 20 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. Media Contact: Jay Walsh Head of Communications Wikimedia Foundation Tel. +1 415 839 6885 x 6609 jwa...@wikimedia.org (to be unsubscribed from this list, please reply with unsubscribe in the subject line) ___ 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
[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] (press release) Wikipedia blackout affirms overwhelming support for free and open Internet
(Also posted at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikipedia_blackout_supports_free_and_open_internet ) *Wikipedia blackout affirms overwhelming support for free and open Internet *Millions “Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge” and act to oppose SOPA/PIPA San Francisco, CA - January 19, 2012 -- Over the course of 24 hours on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 162 million people experienced the Wikipedia blackout landing page -- an unprecedented, historic shuttering of the largest repository of free knowledge in the world. More than 8 million U.S. readers looked up their Congressional representatives through Wikipedia to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) -- proposed U.S. legislation that, if passed, will harm the free and open Internet. The protest drew worldwide attention to SOPA and PIPA, legislation that had previously been cast as a battle between powerful corporate interests. Before the blackout, the bills were poised to sail through Congress with bi-partisan support. But after the public joined the debate on Wednesday, members of Congress on both sides of the aisle declared their opposition and made passage of the current bills much less likely. “The Wikipedia blackout is over and the public has spoken,” said Sue Gardner, Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director. “162 million of you saw our blackout page asking if you could imagine a world without free knowledge. You said no. You shut down the Congressional switchboards, and you melted their servers. Your voice was loud and strong.” Immediately after the blackout started, #factswithoutwikipedia, #sopastrike, and “Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge” trended worldwide on Twitter. In the first hour of the blackout, #wikipediablackout constituted 1% of all tweets. More than 12,000 people posted comments of support on the Wikimedia Foundation’s blog post announcing the blackout. For Wikipedia, this fight has never been about money, but about knowledge. As a community of authors, editors, photographers, and programmers, Wikipedians invite everyone to share and build upon the work already begun. In a little over a decade, Wikipedians have built the largest encyclopedia in human history. Wikipedia’s mission is to empower and engage people to document the sum of all human knowledge, and to make it available to all humanity, in perpetuity. The Internet has enabled creativity, knowledge, and innovation to shine. As Wikipedia and other websites went dark, readers directed their energy to protecting the free and open Internet. We thank our readers for their support. *About the Wikimedia Foundation *http://wikimediafoundation.org http://blog.wikimedia.org The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix, Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive more than 474 million unique visitors per month, making them the fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, November 2011). Available in 282 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 20 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. Media Contact: Jay Walsh Head of Communications Wikimedia Foundation Tel. +1 415 839 6885 x 6609 jwa...@wikimedia.org (To be unsubscribed from this list please reply with 'unsubscribe' in the subject line) ___ 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] Announcement: Maggie Dennis to continue with WMF
On 20 January 2012 19:55, Philippe Beaudette phili...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi all, I'm thrilled to announce that Maggie Dennis, our community liaison, has agreed to transition to a permanent role with the Wikimedia Foundation. Fab news. Congratulations, Maggie (or, rather, congratulations, WMF!). J. -- James D. Forrester jdforres...@wikimedia.org | jdforres...@gmail.com [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Announcement: Maggie Dennis to continue with WMF
I said to her when temporarily hired that the Foundation could not have chosen anyone better for the role :) She is superb. FT2 On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Philippe Beaudette phili...@wikimedia.orgwrote: Hi all, I'm thrilled to announce that Maggie Dennis, our community liaison, has agreed to transition to a permanent role with the Wikimedia Foundation. You may recall that Maggie was hired on a temporary contract, with the idea of rotating through community liaisons. We still intend to hire another community liaison - in fact, her work has proven the value of the program to such an extent that we'll be expanding it - but Maggie will stay on to provide continuity. Maggie has been a godsend to me... she's a fount of knowledge, and incredibly hard working. Most importantly, she is able to fluently speak Philippe and translate that to real-people talk. As User:Moonriddengirl, she is the maven of copyright for English Wikipedia, and has well over 100,000 edits. In short, she's a rock star. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Announcement: Maggie Dennis to continue with WMF
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Philippe Beaudette phili...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi all, I'm thrilled to announce that Maggie Dennis, our community liaison, has agreed to transition to a permanent role with the Wikimedia Foundation. Congratulations, Maggie--you have been doing great work and I'm glad that you're crazy enough to want to keep doing it! -Kat -- Your donations keep Wikipedia free: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate Web: http://www.mindspillage.org Email: k...@wikimedia.org, k...@mindspillage.org (G)AIM, Freenode, gchat, identi.ca, twitter, various social sites: mindspillage ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] RFC: local mirrors for cheaper and faster access
Apparently, in the Sakha Republic in Eastern Russia, browsing sites connected to the republic's network is cheap or free according to the plan's the ISPs offers, while browsing sites outside the republic costs more. So people often choose to read local news and forums and request information from external sites only when necessary. This is actually quite good for developing the local culture and fostering the local language, but it may be detrimental for an international project like Wikimedia. Is anybody familiar with other places in which Internet access works like this? Would it make sense to create some kind of a local mirror of Wikimedia Projects to facilitate participate in such areas? Creating a data center in every such place would probably not be cost-effective, but maybe there's some clever networking trick that could help people overcome these costs, a proxy or some such? Or collaborating with local Universities, Free Software groups or ISPs to host mirrors of content in a language relevant to that area, that would be editable, too? -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] RFC: local mirrors for cheaper and faster access
On 20 January 2012 22:19, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: Would it make sense to create some kind of a local mirror of Wikimedia Projects to facilitate participate in such areas? Creating a data center in every such place would probably not be cost-effective, but maybe there's some clever networking trick that could help people overcome these costs, a proxy or some such? Or collaborating with local Universities, Free Software groups or ISPs to host mirrors of content in a language relevant to that area, that would be editable, too? A local squid? - d. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] iBooks vs. wBooks?
I tend to agree - I also think these tools present new opportunities for how to create program guides for events like Wikimania that transform into conference yearbooks by including videos from the event in the weeks following. Perhaps releasing a developer handbook that updates every month or so (or maybe when a new version is released) to help with those education/outreach efforts, etc. Having a wBook open on my iPad with videos, audio, slides and documentation on how to use something like ResourceLoader would be very cool and helpful. In general, I agree these tools help set standards for interactive e-books (especially e-textbooks) supported by HTML5 that - while initially geared towards Apple platforms - is done in a way they will no doubt be made available and replicated on Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, etc. pretty quick. If this latest development means that education publications are transformed in the way that music was transformed by iTunes - I think it would be wise to investigate ways to utilize - or at least support - these new standards and tools. -greg aka varnent --- Gregory Varnum Lead, Aequalitas Project Lead Administrator, WikiQueer Founding Principal, VarnEnt @GregVarnum fb.com/GregVarnum On Jan 20, 2012, at 11:23 AM, Dirk Franke wrote: Yeah! regards, southpark On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Magnus Manske magnusman...@googlemail.com wrote: (This mail is focused on books, but the topic is of more general interest IMHO, thus foundation-l) Hi all, I just saw the iBooks Author news: http://www.macrumors.com/2012/01/19/a-closer-look-at-ibooks-author-textbooks-and-exclusivity/ Of course, all these pretty books will be only available in the Apple paywalled garden. So I thought: As they use basically HTML5 (plus a few proprietary libraries), could we produce such interactive, tablet/phone-enabled e-books (wBooks as in Wikimedia:-) from free content? I believe the answer is yes, though it might be quite a push technologically (just to be clear, I am speaking of the books here, not of the authoring software). Also: Should we? I believe the answer is yes as well, for two reasons. One, Apples work here might (yet again) set a new standard, which means everything falling short of that standard will be neglected by the target audience, which runs counter to our declared goal of disseminating free knowledge; standing still might well mean falling behind. Another reason is the opportunity that Apple creates for us here: Once such e-books become accepted as general teaching tools in schools, it will be much easier to switch from Apple-only, costly books to run-everywhere, free books; they might just win the technology battle for us. What do you think? Cheers, Magnus ___ 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 signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Policies on wikimediafoundation.org
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Policies#Policies lists policies of the Wikimedia Foundation. Would it make sense to sub-divide these policies into sub-lists? It seems very strange to place all of these policies next to each other in a single list. I thought about splitting between Board-approved and Otherwise. Then I considered splitting between Staff-related, Contributor-related, Meetings-related, etc., but I wasn't so sure how many of these policies actually (allegedly) apply to contributors (e.g., the whistleblower policy). Any thoughts on this? MZMcBride ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Announcement: Maggie Dennis to continue with WMF
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 11:55:40AM -0800, Philippe Beaudette wrote: Hi all, I'm thrilled to announce that Maggie Dennis, our community liaison, has agreed to transition to a permanent role with the Wikimedia Foundation. .oO(Who is Maggie Denn...) As User:Moonriddengirl Oh! Duh. Yes. Definitely keep her around. O:-) (Congratulations. Keep up the good work! :-) sincerely, Kim Bruning -- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Policies on wikimediafoundation.org
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 4:19 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Policies#Policies lists policies of the Wikimedia Foundation. Would it make sense to sub-divide these policies into sub-lists? It seems very strange to place all of these policies next to each other in a single list. I thought about splitting between Board-approved and Otherwise. Then I considered splitting between Staff-related, Contributor-related, Meetings-related, etc., but I wasn't so sure how many of these policies actually (allegedly) apply to contributors (e.g., the whistleblower policy). Any thoughts on this? MZMcBride I think it makes sense to better delineate what applies to different groups. I'd help, but considering I actually have probably as little clue as anybody else on the topic, I'm guessing it might be a good idea to ask legal at the WMF to give us the skinny. Steven ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
