Re: [Foundation-l] ru-Wikiversuty
On 22 August 2010 00:06, Victor Vasiliev vasi...@gmail.com wrote: He removed Foundation banners from site, made an edit war with stewards on its removal, insulted several stewards and Foundation as a whole. His desysop was not only because of his blocks. [snip] Are you blackmailing us? It's no use. Do you have any opinion on the matter that is actually at hand? AGK ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Announcing my departure from the Wikimedia Foundation
On 2 August 2010 23:01, Cary Bass c...@wikimedia.org wrote: I enjoy working with each and every one of you. Likewise. Thanks for everything you've done for us, Cary, and good luck with your studies. AGK ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Foundation-l
-- Forwarded message -- From: Jeffrey Peters 17pet...@cardinalmail.cua.edu Date: Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 4:45 PM Subject: Foundation-l To: adh...@gmail.com I already removed my access from foundation-l and filed an official protest as the lead operator at Wikiversity against political advocacy, the promotion of piracy that undermines our credibility, and your inability to appropriately moderate. Your actions and behavior, as others on that list, are shameful. Sincerely, Jeffrey Peters aka Ottava Rima What precisely is a lead operator, and who appoints one into that position? It is a phrase that is new to me, Ottava Rima. AGK ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] QA regarding board resolution
On 24 Jun 2010, at 11:10, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Michael Snow wikipe...@verizon.net wrote: Does the board have consensus on what to do about potentially-objectionable materials in the projects? No. So far, board members have exchanged several hundred e-mails on this topic, and we will continue to discuss it in the coming months. Currently, board members have expressed quite different views, and there is no consensus on how to resolve the issue. We think that's completely fine though: it's complicated, and it's worth a lot of thought and discussion. That's why we've commissioned a study: to see what we can learn from other similar discussions that have taken place within other organizations. Happy to see that Board is consisted of humans, not clones :P Resolution looks very good. +1 AGK ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Donation of Encyclopedic Entries on Famous Poems
On 22 June 2010 01:05, Jeffrey Peters 17pet...@cardinalmail.cua.edu wrote: My name is Jeffrey Peters, a professional researcher who is currently working on my dissertation (dealing with Romantic poetry) and in addition Masters in Classical Lit [snip] Both rewrites/expansions can be found on Simple Wikipedia, a project that is noble and deserves more involvement by the community as a whole: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ottava_Rima/Ode:_Intimations_of_Immortality http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ottava_Rima/Kubla_Khan So are Jeffrey and Ottava the same people? The message is written as if from an outsider, but Ottava is far from that. AGK ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Country portals
On 17 June 2010 22:39, Casey Brown li...@caseybrown.org wrote: country portals a while ago (things like wikipedia.de) Oh, I didn't know they existed. Not a bad idea at all! Are they all hosted externally or by the WMF? AGK ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Creating articles in small wikipedias based on user requirement
On 14 Jun 2010, at 09:05, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: Is it just me, then, that finds it easier and quicker to read top post replies than to search through large amounts of text to find the response? Inline posting makes sense if you're replying to an email that makes its point in the space of a few lines, but otherwise it seems easier to me to top-post and to leave the previous email below for context. That is all true. But I wouldn't dignify the top-posting perverts comment with a reply, if I were you. AGK ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Creating articles in small wikipedias based on user requirement
On 14 Jun 2010, at 10:22, Jon Harald Søby jhs...@gmail.com wrote: Tell me, how is top-posting worse than derailing a productive thread with an off-topic rant? :-) How true. AGK ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Communication
On 6 Jun 2010, at 22:54, Keegan Peterzell keegan.w...@gmail.com wrote: Let's start a meta page where people can register thoughts/complaints/grievances/joy/sorry to WMF staff. If it is a serious concern, the staff can respond after someone consults with them and receive either a you can handle it or I can handle it response. I always thought that the mailing lists filled this role, albeit off- wiki and in a less rigid way. AGK ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Renaming Flagged Protections
On 22 May 2010 02:09, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: While that is true, making up names without any real thought is what has resulted in the mess we have now where most people have no idea what the differences are between Wikipedia, Wikimedia and MediaWiki, since the names are all so similar. I think taking a little bit of time to come up with a sensible name is a good idea. Not to mention Wikia. But really, only those unfamiliar with Wikipedia get confused between the three. And as this really is only a background/editorial process, the name isn't _as_ significant. Admittedly, it's new editors who are most likely to not figure out why their edits haven't appeared yet (I was told anybody could edit this site. So why hasn't my improvement showing up? Do I need to refresh the page? … Argh!!!… rage quit; we lose an editor). But I don't know if they're going to care which name we choose, so long as it's understandable to the layman. YMMV. AGK ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Amidst all the chaos...
2010/5/21 Delphine Ménard notafi...@gmail.com: ...we should not forget, that there are on Commons some of the most beautiful images I've ever seen in my entire life. Well said. AGK ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] drive-by site updates
On 16 May 2010 14:50, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: In Vector, search for begin. You'll get to the page Begin. There's no way to actually search Wikipedia for the word begin using this search box. Oh wow. That is a really big bug… AGK ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
