Re: [Foundation-l] Ban and moderate
On 10/22/2010 09:27 AM, Muhammad Yahia wrote: I wonder if the couple of points he was making were even worth it, we do have people who are capable of presenting criticism in a civil manner, so it's not about 'opinion'. I believe WP:POINT and WP:GAME should apply to any medium we are trying to constructively work together. Muhammad, I found this part of your email especially compelling. There is no lack of people on our public email lists with a variety of opinions, and have no hesitation in sharing them, who don't otherwise engage in abusive or disruptive behavior. Cary ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Announcing my departure from the Wikimedia Foundation
It is with deep regret that I tell you I will be leaving the staff of the Wikimedia Foundation at the end of December. I'm leaving the staff, but I will continue to be involved with the Wikimedia movement as a volunteer, both as a contributor and in the organization of the annual Wikimania conference. Much of my work with Wikimedia will continue, except now I will be doing it as a volunteer rather than as a paid staff person. The Wikimedia Foundation is not planning to hire another volunteer coordinator to look after the specific range of work I've been doing, so if you are unsure about who will handle things I have been responsible for, please feel free to ask me, and we'll work it out over the next several months. I have decided to continue my education and have begun the process of enrolling in post-graduate studies to pursue a theological path that I've been considering for many years. I have very much enjoyed my time with the Wikimedia Foundation, and I look forward to continuing to work alongside you all, as a Wikimedia volunteer. I enjoy working with each and every one of you. Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Private Wiki
On 7/20/2010 7:27 PM, James Heilman wrote: Not sure were to ask this... A group of 20 of us from Wikiproject Medicine are working on a paper to explain the usage of Wikipedia to the medical community. We were working on it in Google documents but they have made some changes to their software that makes it nearly unusable. We wish to return to working in the wiki environment but need to do so in a closed environment until after publication. Anyone here able to set something like this up for us? Or have suggestions were we may do so? We were using a private wiki for a bit but its reliability was limited. Thanks Hi James, Have you checked out http://www.wikimatrix.org/ ? Cary ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] [TODAY] Office Hour for Thursday, July 15, featuring Frank Schulenburg Pete Forsyth
Hey everyone, and my sincerest apologies for the late notice, I've been recovering from Wikimania this week and only now got a chance to notify you. Today, on Thursday, July 15, the Wikimedia Office Hours will be hosted by Frank Schulenburg, Head of Public Outreach and Pete Forsyth, Public Outreach Officer. Office hours are from 1600 to 1700 UTC (9:00 AM to 10:00 AM PST). If you do not have an IRC client, there are two ways you can come chat using a web browser: First is using the Wikizine chat gateway at http://chatwikizine.memebot.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi. Type a nickname, select irc.freenode.net from the top menu and #wikimedia-office from the following menu, then login to join. Also, you can access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning, which you can click to accept. Please feel free to forward (and translate!) this email to any other relevant email lists you happen to be on. -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] ASCAP comes out against copyleft
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/30/2010 05:44 PM, wjhon...@aol.com wrote: I shouldn't use the work luck however in this case, since it implies you didn't bring it upon yourself. How about this counter-offensive. Threaten to repeal copyright to the point, where any holder *only* gets ten years. That's it. Ten years to make your money then it's public domain. We can call it the Knock it off or else proposal. Ten years is an awfully short time[1]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthumous_fame_of_Vincent_van_Gogh - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwtD/kACgkQyQg4JSymDYnXbgCgwX28KX4aB8Yi+AYJJyi3HPrc 1ioAoJo0cRQ6h28IaSGQ6Mx9u00QBRBj =gbcF -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Gmail - List messages flagged as spam
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/17/2010 10:17 AM, Risker wrote: I can confirm that Gmail has been marking at least some mail as spam from *every* Wikimedia or Wikipedia list to which I subscribe, and has been doing so since June 11. This includes messages from the OTRS notification system. I recently sent a rather important message about a scholarship to one of the awardees. I sent the email from my Thunderbird, but the from address was not mine, but the default scholarship address. I asked him why he hadn't responded, this person fished it out of their spam folder. So it's not just listmail and otrs; it's also mail coming from the Foundation's mailserver directly. - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwboSwACgkQyQg4JSymDYkRgACdGLTnSvl7tV6Tf7GCiOWPl1SM Uu4An24/4M3a1OxwWMgfRST6WdDOse/s =+sbs -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Office Hour for Friday, June 11, featuring Mike Godwin
Hey everyone! On Friday, June 11, the Office Hour will once again be hosted by Mike Godwin, Legal counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation, who you can read about at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Mikegodwin Office hours are from 2230 to 2330 UTC (3:30 PM to 4:30 PM PST). If you do not have an IRC client, there are two ways you can come chat using a web browser: First is using the Wikizine chat gateway at http://chatwikizine.memebot.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi. Type a nickname, select irc.freenode.net from the top menu and #wikimedia-office from the following menu, then login to join. Also, you can access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning. It should be all right. Please feel free to forward (and translate!) this email to any other relevant email lists you happen to be on. -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Volunteer translators needed for Vector rollout
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all! In advance of the Vector rollout to the remaining top ten languages, the UX team can use some help translating some pages from the English Wikipedia; including central notice, a local PR page, and not least, a local feedback page. Languages still needing at least some work are: German, French, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Thanks to Marco 27 for the work he put in on the Italian Wiki. The central coordination page is located here, on the Usability wiki: http://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/Releases/Default_Switch One thing I beg you to remember, is that translating these pages does not necessarily imply endorsement with the Vector switch! One comment I received on IRC when I asked about it was: But I don't like Vector, I'm switching right back to Monobook when it rolls over. Well, we understand and appreciate that--and even more reason to help out with putting a feedback page on your wiki, and permitting people who don't read or write English (or Italian :) ) to be able to provide their own comments about the Vector rollout. Thanks in advance for all your help! - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwGig4ACgkQyQg4JSymDYlKVwCffb3DsR1Ux/hqtJtgsU6V+uVY HrAAnR/KES7TnxZLrGbugY66GqxFoTQk =VaOS -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Chris Clayton
Alex Mr.Z-man wrote: http://www roulette-casino-en-ligne.com/home.php If it hasn't been said yet... someone's email got a trojan. Don't click. -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Wikimania 2010 Scholarship sign-up ending April 11
Hi everyone! This is a friendly reminder that the period for acceptance of Wikimania 2010 Scholarship Applications is ending on *April 11, 2010* at 23:59:59 UTC. After that time, applications will not be accepted. You can read all about scholarships here at http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships, as well as find a link to the application page. Thanks! Cary Bass ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Copyrighted maps and Derived works from copyrighted sources.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dan Rosenthal wrote: (This is meant as a reply to GerardM, not WJhonson) Pure data such as longitude and latitude, in the US, is treated significantly differently from the act of creation and determination of a map, particularly one that involves inherent pictorial or photographic nature. It is true that maps are factual compilations insofar as their subject matter is concerned. Admittedly, most maps present information about geographic relationships, and the accuracy of this presentation, with its utilitarian aspects, is the reason most maps are made and sold. Unlike most other factual compilations, however, maps translate this subject-matter into pictorial or graphic form Since it is this pictorial or graphic form, and not the map's subject matter, that is relevant to copyright protection, maps must be distinguished from non-pictorial fact compilations A map does not present objective reality; just as a photograph's pictorial form is central to its nature, so a map transforms reality into a unique pictorial form central to its nature. See Mason v. Montgomery Data, 967 F.2d 135 (5th Cir. 1992). http://openjurist.org/967/f2d/135 I'm not familiar with the particular project/maps/geodata in question, but a blanket statement that claiming copyright on a map is absurdity is itself wrong. -Dan If I'm not mistaken, the thread is not about the copyrightability of maps themselves, but the copyrightability of location data pertaining to digital maps, i.e. the very non-pictoral fact compilations mentioned in the statement you provided. - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkuzrj8ACgkQyQg4JSymDYlH7QCgr1DgqtHsBTSwjTDXI9OqB+qS Y3UAn0a3klujZC32BwatqspcFE8WxOjP =yBeQ -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Copyrighted maps and Derived works from copyrighted sources.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:45 PM, wjhon...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 3/31/2010 1:30:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com writes: (e) use the Products in a manner that gives you or any other person access to mass downloads or bulk feeds of any Content, including but not limited to numerical latitude or longitude coordinates, imagery, and visible map data; ---Well if I import all the points from wikipedia, it is equivalent to such a mass import. Yes we have examples where a legitimate copyright holder over-extends their claimed rights. Regardless the USGS provides these exact same lat/long points. If you're concerned than use them. I have imported all the geonames for the areas that I am interested in. That is not the issue. The issue is the location of things that are only visible using high quality sat images from googlemaps and co. We don't have those positions for many of the locations and they are only available from non free sources. Because wikipedia does not have a problem with them being submitted in mass, it makes the total collection in effect not usable for openstreetmap. Now once you start to include points from google mapmaker it even gets more interesting. The content that is not available freely are things like business listings, touristic points of interest, locations of interesting buildings etc. I am sure there are a large number of those points that are not available from any free source, except to go there with a gps and record the location itself. I think the best thing would be for wikipedia to really think hard about this, and to make a policy that ensures the locations and maps are also free from copyright issues so that we can use the information in osm. Given the incredible user base, you might be able to collect more unique points and have the truly usable. If wikipedia were to call out to people to do some real mapping work and not just copying points out of questionable sources, it would be a great benefit to the total human knowledge. thanks, mike Use of Google Maps website to derive data does not convey copyrightability. That would be like saying that Adobe has copyright of a graphic design you created in Photoshop, wouldn't it? Cary -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkuzuhYACgkQyQg4JSymDYndtwCfUFduLVHh2WGq7oiT0IpdzTy6 8PgAmwTwfhXguPstBCMWHZbU7BRFnd7a =NziO -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Swedish Wikipedians removes Wikimedia logos
George Herbert wrote: On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Kwan Ting Chan k...@ktchan.info wrote: Marcus Buck wrote: The Swedish Wikipedia decision is consequent and logical. Logos are copyrighted. Copyrighted material cannot be included. So no logos. It's plain and simple. The problem is not the reasonable decision of the Swedish Wikipedia, but the unreasonable decision of the Foundation to claim copyright for the logos. The foundation did that because they thought that would make it easier to defend the brand. But that's just intermingling trademarks and copyright. Trademark protection does everything we need. No need for additional copyright protection. The Coca Cola logo is PD-old (and in many jurisdictions also PD-ineligible) and they have no problem defending their brand. Why should Wikimedia logos be any different? Just release the logos under a free license and the problem will be gone. Or just use common sense that it's silly for a Wikimedia project to say it's not allowed to use a logo own by Wikimedia Foundation KTC If this was the English Wikipedia, the response would be somewhere between please do not be silly and Stop this or we will block you for disrupting Wikipedia to prove a point ( [[WP:DISRUPT]] ). I don't know Swedish Wikipedia's local standards and policy - but as Dave Gerard and Ting say, this is at the very least silly. We can't stop you from being silly, but it's not constructive in building an encyclopedia. If you want to play legal games or fight intellectual property law reform fights, this may not be the project for you. It's amazing that Swedish Wikipedia is fighting tooth and nail to get rid of the Wikipedia logo, while the English Wikipedia is having the same battle over keeping the Goatse.cx image (which is receiving 800 hits a day from people receiving shock image links). -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Call for Wikimania Scholarship Applications
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Isabell Long wrote: On 24 March 2010 22:41, Cary Bass c...@wikimedia.org wrote: The call for applications for Wikimania Scholarships to attend Wikimania 2010 https://wm10schols.wikimedia.org/in Gdansk, Poland (July 9-11) is now open. The Wikimedia Foundation offers Scholarships to pay for selected individuals' round trip travel, accommodations, and registration at the conference. I just noticed that! Wow! Is there any lower age limit for Wikimania? I mean, do you have to be a certain age to attend? I might well apply if that's not the case or I'm old enough (16) - it is in Poland after all and I have never been to Poland, fascinating country and for a Wikimedia conference as well - wow! Thanks, There is not an age limit set for Wikimania as a whole. Essentially, anyone who is eligible for attendance is eligible for scholarship. People who are not of the age of majority in the country of citizenship will undoubtedly require their guardians' permission to travel, and if those people are considered by the scholarship committee, the committee will want to see that proof. As far as the minimum age for attendance, the local team has not set any criteria. It should be considered that this criteria may be different for citizens of the host country to travel in the country than it is for non-Polish citizens. I don't know if being a citizen of an EU country makes a difference for minors traveling across borders. Past Wikimanias have seen scholarship recipients as young as 15 years of age; but the one I remember specifically also traveled with a guardian, who attended the conference as well. There may be other considerations involved in the host country with regards to liability that have to be taken into account when granting a scholarship to someone of that age. Ultimately, there are no restrictions on /applying/ for scholarship so you should feel free to apply. However, the application was designed to allow only for years that start with 19, so people born 2000 or later will have to contact us separately to apply. - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkursMcACgkQyQg4JSymDYmlrgCeIWi87UNANUNzvw6Lbjk2OOiW TBYAoIs70xQEgoBDXIDgpLsaBgS5eaTM =tVBk -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Call for Wikimania Scholarship Applications
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The call for applications for Wikimania Scholarships to attend Wikimania 2010 https://wm10schols.wikimedia.org/in Gdansk, Poland (July 9-11) is now open. The Wikimedia Foundation offers Scholarships to pay for selected individuals' round trip travel, accommodations, and registration at the conference. To apply, complete and submit the application form: https://wm10schols.wikimedia.org/ For additional information, please visit the Scholarships information and FAQ pages: http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships/FAQ Please share this announcement with your mailing lists. Thank you. - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkuqlScACgkQyQg4JSymDYkexACffxr57jQrvsYhu6iTDGHKWdSd ojwAni3Kdmc742iZn93DZGAGXg3WcDvf =2R8g -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] [Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Flagged Protection: ready for more testing]
For anyone not following wikien-l. -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Office Hour for Thursday, February 25
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bod Notbod wrote: On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: I was there when Cary asked for someone to do it and Mike was the only volunteer. I suspect the rest of the staff think they are too boring and nobody would want to talk to them. If you suggest a specific person that you would be interested in asking questions of then Cary might stand a chance of getting them to agree to it. Oh, it's a shame if the staff don't feel there's much interest. The ones I've attended don't get many folk in terms of numbers but there always seems to be enough questions to keep an interesting discussion going for an hour. I'd like Tim Starling to do one; I have some questions about the impact of the Strategy process on Mediawiki. Sadly, because of a misunderstanding on my part, today's office hours were postponed until another to be decided date and time. As far as Tim is concerned, I'll ask him and tell him that there's some interest (if he doesn't see it here first!) - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkuGuV0ACgkQyQg4JSymDYn3BACeNJ2zQjsGyDYSCuUvZGXYIuYx DDoAmwb7XAyhb2EALHranH+x2rJcUM51 =Im6I -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Office Hour for Thursday, February 25
Hey everyone! On Thursday, February 25, the Office Hour will once again be hosted by Mike Godwin, Legal counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation, who you can read about at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Mikegodwin Office hours are from 1800 to 1900 UTC (9:00 AM to 10:00 AM PST) so that those of you who had to sleep last week while he was on may be around this time. If you do not have an IRC client, there are two ways you can come chat using a web browser: First is using the Wikizine chat gateway at http://chatwikizine.memebot.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi. Type a nickname, select irc.freenode.net from the top menu and #wikimedia-office from the following menu, then login to join. Also, you can access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning. It should be all right. Please feel free to forward (and translate!) this email to any other relevant email lists you happen to be on. -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Call for Volunteers, Wikimania 2010 scholarships
Hello everyone! Cross posting this to several lists, forgive me if you get it a number of times. Wikimania 2010 is going to require will be requiring a number of volunteers to handle scholarship applications. Details of the Volunteer commitments are at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Volunteering:Wikimania_scholarships_reviewer, http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Volunteering:Wikimania_scholarships_communications_coordinator and http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Volunteering:Wikimania_scholarships_technical_coordinator We are looking for people to fill these volunteer positions soon! Any questions may be presented to me directly at my email address. Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Office hours for Friday, February 12
Hey everyone! On Friday, Office Hour will be hosted by Mike Godwin, Legal counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation, who you can read about at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Mikegodwin Office hours are from 2330 to 0030 UTC (3:30 PM to 4:30 AM PST). If you do not have an IRC client, there are two ways you can come chat using a web browser: First is using the Wikizine chat gateway at http://chatwikizine.memebot.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi. Type a nickname, select irc.freenode.net from the top menu and #wikimedia-office from the following menu, then login to join. Also, you can access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning. It should be all right. Please feel free to forward (and translate!) this email to any other relevant email lists you happen to be on. -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Office hours *right now* Thursday, February 4
Hello all! Apologies for the very short notice! Today's office hours are featuring Guillaume Paumier, and Neil Kaandalgaonkar, who are Project Manager and Software Developer for the Multimedia Usability Project. Read more about them at: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Guillom and http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:NeilK Office hours are from 1700 to 1800 UTC (9:00 AM to 10:00 AM PST). If you do not have an IRC client, there are two ways you can come chat using a web browser: First is using the Wikizine chat gateway at http://chatwikizine.memebot.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi. Type a nickname, select irc.freenode.net from the top menu and #wikimedia-office from the following menu, then login to join. Also, you can access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning. It should be all right. Please feel free to forward (and translate!) this email to any other relevant email lists you happen to be on. -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Office hours very shortly
Hello all! Sorry about the lack of email list notice--I'm trying to not barrage the email lists constantly with the same message. If you want longer notice, just be sure to keep your eyes on the page on meta: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours The first office hours for 2010 are from 1700 to 1800 UTC (9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST) today and will feature once again, Rand Montoya, to talk about the annual fundraiser. If you do not have an IRC client, there are two ways you can come chat using a web browser: First is using the Wikizine chat gateway at http://chatwikizine.memebot.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi. Type a nickname, select irc.freenode.net from the top menu and #wikimedia-office from the following menu, then login to join. Also, you can access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning. It should be all right. Please feel free to forward (and translate!) this email to any other relevant email lists you happen to be on. -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Wikimania 2011 Jury announcement
Dear all, I am pleased to announce (a day late) the members of the jury for the 2011 Wikimania bids. The complete page with links can be found at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011/Jury: Voting members of the jury * Delphine Ménard (Wikimania 2005, 2006 2008 organisation, chapters, Wikimédia France) * Austin Hair (Wikimania 2005 2006 organisation, chapters) * Mariano Cecowski (Wikimania 2009 organisation, Wikimedia Argentina) * Joseph Seddon (Wikimedia UK Wikimania 2010 Oxford bid team) * James Owen (Wikimedia Foundation Executive assistant to Sue Gardner Wikimania 2010 planning) * Stuart West (Wikimedia Foundation Board) * Teemu Leinonen (Advisory Board) * Benjamin Mako Hill (Advisory Board) Advisors * Michael Snow (Wikimedia Foundation Board Chairperson) * Sue Gardner (Wikimedia Foundation - executive) Moderator Note that Moderators are neutral aides and will not act as representatives. * James Forrester (Perennial Wikimania attendee) * Phoebe Ayers (Programme and Wikimania 2006 organisation) Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Office hours Thursday, December 17
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This Thursday's office hours will feature Sara Crouse, the Wikimedia Foundation's Head of Partnerships and Foundation Relations. Sara's biography is available at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Sara_Crouse. Office hours on Thursday are from 1700 to 1800 UTC (9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST). *Please note: This will be the last office hours of 2009. Office hours will start back after the New Years!* If you do not have an IRC client, there are two ways you can come chat using a web browser: First is using the Wikizine chat gateway at http://chatwikizine.memebot.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi. Type a nickname, select irc.freenode.net from the top menu and #wikimedia-office from the following menu, then login to join. Also, you can access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning. It should be all right. Please feel free to forward (and translate!) this email to any other relevant email lists you happen to be on. - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAksoGyQACgkQyQg4JSymDYk5ZgCgh8JyDfpDhEOf9PR8TzddWwyq CW4AnjRCzEoptTBvpm2h2V25hKp0/bjv =V6KW -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Office hours next Friday, December 11
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello all! Next Thursday's office hours will feature Frank Schulenberg, the Wikimedia Foundation's Head of Public Outreach. If you don't know Frank you can learn all about him at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Frank_Schulenburg. Office hours on Friday are from 2330 to 0030 UTC (3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PST). If you do not have an IRC client, there are two ways you can come chat using a web browser: First is using the Wikizine chat gateway at http://chatwikizine.memebot.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi. Type a nickname, select irc.freenode.net from the top menu and #wikimedia-office from the following menu, then login to join. Also, you can access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning. It should be all right. Please feel free to forward (and translate!) this email to any other relevant email lists you happen to be on. - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAksf+UgACgkQyQg4JSymDYnTqgCdHYQde2Ihm+BhaQEOnteMPGbE /AQAoMPzapFkeimtSijqas9hDpLDvpc7 =4HdT -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Office hours next Friday, December 11
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I hope my inability to send these out without one single mistake is amply entertaining. The day is Friday (as indicated in the subject and the second paragraph), not Thursday (as carelessly left in the first line). Cary Cary Bass wrote: Hello all! Next Thursday's office hours will feature Frank Schulenberg, the Wikimedia Foundation's Head of Public Outreach. If you don't know Frank you can learn all about him at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Frank_Schulenburg. Office hours on Friday are from 2330 to 0030 UTC (3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PST). If you do not have an IRC client, there are two ways you can come chat using a web browser: First is using the Wikizine chat gateway at http://chatwikizine.memebot.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi. Type a nickname, select irc.freenode.net from the top menu and #wikimedia-office from the following menu, then login to join. Also, you can access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning. It should be all right. Please feel free to forward (and translate!) this email to any other relevant email lists you happen to be on. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAksgAgwACgkQyQg4JSymDYkreACgzoSw3Y3K+qM+rgU6c0/+flJG 3ggAoOUVXpd3/f5runSOeNXVWopEDU73 =67cZ -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Office hours next Thursday, December 3
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello all! Next Thursday's office hours will feature Jay Walsh, the Foundation's Head of Communications. If you don't know Jay you can learn all about him at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:JayWalsh. Office hours on Thursday are from 1700 to 1800 UTC (9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST). If you do not have an IRC client, there are two ways you can come chat using a web browser: First is using the Wikizine chat gateway at http://chatwikizine.memebot.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi. Type a nickname, select irc.freenode.net from the top menu and #wikimedia-office from the following menu, then login to join. Also, you can access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning. It should be all right. Please feel free to forward (and translate!) this email to any other relevant email lists you happen to be on. - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAksVtagACgkQyQg4JSymDYlSTACfTd7zJwdm3Ja533jkQyFdIOqr m64An32bBAid2M4HpqANERYGFJehzeyc =+G24 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Office hours next Thursday, November 19
Forgive my poor math (in addition to my poor self-proofreading skills) but 3:00 PM Pacific time is actually 2300 and not 2100. Office hours are in 1:45 hours. Cary Cary Bass wrote: Hello all! Next Thursday's office hours will feature Véronique Kessler, the Foundation's Chief Financial Officer. If you don't know Véronique you can get to know her at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/V%C3%A9ronique_Kessler. Office hours on Thursday are from 2100 to 2200 UTC (3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT). If you do not have an IRC client, there are two ways you can come chat using a web browser: First is using the Wikizine chat gateway at http://chatwikizine.memebot.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi. Type a nickname, select irc.freenode.net from the top menu and #wikimedia-office from the following menu, then login to join. Also, you can access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning. It should be all right. Please feel free to forward (and translate!) this email to any other relevant email lists you happen to be on. Also note, this is Veronique's first foray into IRC, so lets show her how welcoming we can be! :-) ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Office hours next Thursday, November 19
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello all! Next Thursday's office hours will feature Véronique Kessler, the Foundation's Chief Financial Officer. If you don't know Naoko, you can get to know her at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/V%C3%A9ronique_Kessler. Office hours on Thursday are from 2100 to 2200 UTC (3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT). If you do not have an IRC client, there are two ways you can come chat using a web browser: First is using the Wikizine chat gateway at http://chatwikizine.memebot.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi. Type a nickname, select irc.freenode.net from the top menu and #wikimedia-office from the following menu, then login to join. Also, you can access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning. It should be all right. Please feel free to forward (and translate!) this email to any other relevant email lists you happen to be on. Also note, this is Veronique's first foray into IRC, so lets show her how welcoming we can be! :-) - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAksDQcwACgkQyQg4JSymDYl+wACcCsTgIUtThC4agEUwC9533olx 61cAn1titMJqMmNt4GESgoQ9U5sQMFM7 =1DvA -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Office hours next Thursday, November 19
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Cary Bass wrote: Hello all! Next Thursday's office hours will feature Véronique Kessler, the Foundation's Chief Financial Officer. If you don't know Naoko, you can get to know her at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/V%C3%A9ronique_Kessler. delete Naoko insert Véronique *blush* - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAksDQosACgkQyQg4JSymDYk9AgCgoaQ/4BT7OsT/gkjt333D2Fa0 bdIAoKLFjqVqZNsHlUpPcpzG+X4MeGg/ =ZXON -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Office hours starting in 30 minutes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Just a quick reminder about today's office hours with Naoko Komura and the usability team (from 1700 to 1800 UTC). If you do not have an IRC client, there are two ways you can come chat using a web browser: First is using the Wikizine chat gateway at http://chatwikizine.memebot.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi. Type a nickname, select irc.freenode.net from the top menu and #wikimedia-office from the following menu, then login to join. Also, you can access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning. It should be all right. - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support free knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Support_Wikipedia -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkr8N4YACgkQyQg4JSymDYmiqACeLNvaipOSpav4QRey+hJl4Gji RDkAoJUCeaN6Xyv3rm1wo+NtSMRkAbke =qcZn -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] [Fwd: Annual Fundraiser starts November 10th, UTC]
Hi all, Rand asked me to forward this email for him as his client is presenting difficulties getting it to the list. -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] [Fwd: Annual Fundraiser starts November 10th, UTC]
Trying one more time. Seems to have disconnected from my previous message. Original Message Subject:Annual Fundraiser starts November 10th, UTC Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:42:00 -0800 From: Rand Montoya rmont...@wikimedia.org To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Wikimedians-- As some of you know, the 2009 Annual Fundraiser has a projected start date of November 10th, 2009 UTC. You can find a general time line here (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2009/Timeline). This fundraiser has messaging and tone that is part of an overarching public relations plan that was approved by the Board and WMF management, and was developed with a reputable non-profit/cause-focused marketing and PR firm, Fenton Communications. You can read more about the partnership with Fenton here: http://www.fenton.com/intelligence-report/2009/08/wikimedia-selects-fenton-for-two-pronged-marketing-task.html. You can see some of the designs for this year's fundraiser at the following: http://dev.donate.wikimedia.org/index.php/2009/Donate http://dev.donate.wikimedia.org/index.php/2009/Donate-Chapter/en http://dev.donate.wikimedia.org/index.php/2009/Donate/Thankyou/en http://dev.donate.wikimedia.org/index.php/2009/Donate/Support/en http://dev.donate.wikimedia.org/index.php/2009/Donate/WaysToGive/en Banners and Site Notices (a sampling): http://dev.donate.wikimedia.org/index.php/2009/Notice1/en http://dev.donate.wikimedia.org/index.php/2009/Notice2/en http://dev.donate.wikimedia.org/index.php/2009/Notice3/en http://dev.donate.wikimedia.org/index.php/2009/Notice11/en http://dev.donate.wikimedia.org/index.php/2009/Notice12/en http://dev.donate.wikimedia.org/index.php/2009/Notice22/en http://dev.donate.wikimedia.org/index.php/2009/Notice23/en http://dev.donate.wikimedia.org/index.php/2009/Notice27/en http://dev.donate.wikimedia.org/index.php/2009/Notice28/en And see parts of the messaging and phases through the translation process: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2009/core_messages/en There is currently lots of valuable feedback at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fundraising_2009/Website_Design from the community. I appreciate that feedback and encourage more.I will be monitoring feedback there and on this list. It's worth keeping in mind that there is no single message for this campaign. As you can see we're going to test a number of new messages that, backed with some valuable research by the contractor we're working with, we feel will engage a new audience of donors to the Wikimedia cause. We are currently working several ambitious technical upgrades to this year's campaign: GEO IP localization for chapter messaging, local processing of credit cards, and project specific integration of the donation pages.Like all other fundraisers, we appreciate your patience as we work to bring these pieces together. I'm happy to answer any questions that you might have. -Rand -- Rand Montoya Head of Community Giving Wikimedia Foundation www.wikimedia.org Email: r...@wikimedia.org Phone: 415.839.6885 x615 Fax: 415.882.0495 Cell: 510.685.7030 “At some future time, I hope to have something witty, intelligent, or funny in this space.” -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Office hours this Friday, November 6
There's one Thursday in my previous message. It's going to definitely be on Friday, sorry if it caused any confusion. (Thanks James!) Cary Cary Bass wrote: Hello all! This Friday's office hours will once again feature Rand Montoya, Wikimedia Foundation's Head of Community Giving. If you don't know Rand, you can read about him at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Rand_Montoya. Office hours on Thursday are from 2230 to 2330 UTC (3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT). If you do not have an IRC client, there are two ways you can come chat using a web browser: First is using the Wikizine chat gateway at http://chatwikizine.memebot.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi. Type a nickname, select irc.freenode.net from the top menu and #wikimedia-office from the following menu, then login to join. Also, you can access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning. It should be all right. Please feel free to forward (and translate!) this email to any other relevant email lists you happen to be on. -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Office hours this Friday, November 6
Hello all! This Friday's office hours will once again feature Rand Montoya, Wikimedia Foundation's Head of Community Giving. If you don't know Rand, you can read about him at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Rand_Montoya. Office hours on Thursday are from 2230 to 2330 UTC (3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT). If you do not have an IRC client, there are two ways you can come chat using a web browser: First is using the Wikizine chat gateway at http://chatwikizine.memebot.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi. Type a nickname, select irc.freenode.net from the top menu and #wikimedia-office from the following menu, then login to join. Also, you can access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning. It should be all right. Please feel free to forward (and translate!) this email to any other relevant email lists you happen to be on. -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Office hours in 30 minutes (2009-10-29)
Greetings! Just a reminder that today's office hours will feature Kul Wadhwa, Wikimedia Foundation's Head of Business Development. If you don't know Kul, you can read about him at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Kul_Wadhwa. Office hours today are from 1600 to 1700 UTC (9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PDT). If you do not have an IRC client, there are two ways you can come chat using a web browser: First is using the Wikizine chat gateway at http://chatwikizine.memebot.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi. Type a nickname, select irc.freenode.net from the top menu and #wikimedia-office from the following menu, then login to join. Also, you can access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning. It should be all right. Please feel free to forward (and translate!) this email to any other relevant email lists you happen to be on. (Kul is able to speak English, Japanese and Portuguese with some degree of competancy!) -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Office hours next Thursday, October 29.
Hello all! Next Thursday's office hours will feature Kul Wadhwa, Wikimedia Foundation's Head of Business Development. If you don't know Kul, you can read about him at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Kul_Wadhwa. Office hours on Thursday are from 1600 to 1700 UTC (9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PDT). If you do not have an IRC client, there are two ways you can come chat using a web browser: First is using the Wikizine chat gateway at http://chatwikizine.memebot.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi. Type a nickname, select irc.freenode.net from the top menu and #wikimedia-office from the following menu, then login to join. Also, you can access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning. It should be all right. Please feel free to forward (and translate!) this email to any other relevant email lists you happen to be on. (Kul is able to speak English, Japanese and Portuguese with some degree of competancy!) -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Reminder, office hours at 1600 UTC tomorrow (10/1/09).
Hi all, this is a reminder that office hours will be tomorrow, Thursday, October 1, at 1600 UTC (9:00 AM PDT) and feature Rand Montoya. The IRC channel that will be hosting Rand's conversation will be #wikimedia-office on the Freenode network. If you do not have an IRC client, you can always access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning. Go ahead. The channel is also available through the Wikizine site at http://chat.wikizine.org/ and picking one of the two gateways, while choosing wikimedia-office from the dropdown on the next page. -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Staff office hours
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello all! This Thursday, October 1, 2009 between 9:00 AM and 10:00 AM PDT (UTC 16:00 and 17:00) Rand Montoya, Wikimedia's fundraiser will be joining us for office hours. Rand will be online to answer your questions and talk about the role of fundraising for the Wikimedia Foundation and the upcoming Fundriaser. The IRC channel that will be hosting Rand's conversation will be #wikimedia-office on the Freenode network. If you do not have an IRC client, you can always access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning. It's fine. - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate PS: I'll be sending a follow up email to start a thread to discuss the times of the office hours. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkrBK7gACgkQyQg4JSymDYk3PACgzsGGLMJfXKqTETcZI1BW5fZd gnwAn0T+9iH+Jn1p32t3QdnOaCLPaI1K =JMir -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] REMINDER: Wikimedia Staff office hours
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Just a reminder about today's office hours with Sue Gardner. Just as a note, we're planning alternating the Friday 22:30 UTC office hours with Thursday 16:00 UTC, which is much easier on our European participants. Cary - As a result of the success of the Strategy planning office hours and the recent meet the board presentation on the #wikimedia channel on IRC, we've decided to do regular office hours featuring a Wikimedia Foundation staff member. And to kick things off, this Friday, September 25, 2009, between 15:30 and 16:30 PDT (UTC 22:30 to 23:30), Sue Gardner, the Wikimedia Foundation's Executive Director, will be online to answer your questions and talk about her role in the Foundation and plans for the future. The IRC channel that will be hosting Sue's conversation, and all future WMF staff office hours, will be #wikimedia-office on the Freenode network. If you do not have an IRC client, you can always access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning. It's fine. - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkq9ERgACgkQyQg4JSymDYk2WgCglG8tN6/MFEMRMDjTfeUN4CVi dWIAoMRnLCqxQsaPXVy+BQ93GaRS/ut0 =Lsrp -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Commons reaches 5 million files
-Original Message- From: foundation-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:foundation-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Nikola Smolenski Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 6:33 AM To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Commons reaches 5 million files Mathias Schindler wrote: From a PR perspective, taking this image as the 5millionth one is a desaster, the only positive aspect is that it is honest to take that one instead of a shiny picture. Perhaps not so much, as it happened to be a first page of the newspaper. And I guess it is still better than the 2millionth file ;) I would also like to note, this image is a shiny example of the new annotations feature! Cary ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] List moderation (was, Re: Stevertigo)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tim Starling wrote: I wrote: I'm taking Stevertigo off moderation. He has agreed by private email not to continue the dispute resolution mailing list thread. I also asked him to not make me immediately regret my decision, and to let this thing with Austin drop. I repeated this request in a second private email when he started posting in this thread, and he has ignored it. Cary has contacted me expressing an interest in adjudicating this case, and he is the relevant authority on this kind of thing. Thus I have put Stevertigo back on moderation pending his decision. -- Tim Starling I'm allowing Austin, as active list moderator, to work this out with Stevertigo, who can contact Austin directly or work things out with me. That being said, since Micheal Bimmler's retirement, and the fact that I'm not certain of Ral315's list moderation activity level; I leave the question with Austin, do you want someone to volunteer to help out with moderation? - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkp4Z2QACgkQyQg4JSymDYl1cQCfQgf4lvFh3bM6oVG83AlnWcDt TecAoKhb3SaMUg8AlzckB+K0utyQZ7J2 =JjcP -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] List moderation (was, Re: Stevertigo)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Cary Bass wrote: Tim Starling wrote: I wrote: I'm taking Stevertigo off moderation. He has agreed by private email not to continue the dispute resolution mailing list thread. I also asked him to not make me immediately regret my decision, and to let this thing with Austin drop. I repeated this request in a second private email when he started posting in this thread, and he has ignored it. Cary has contacted me expressing an interest in adjudicating this case, and he is the relevant authority on this kind of thing. Thus I have put Stevertigo back on moderation pending his decision. -- Tim Starling I'm allowing Austin, as active list moderator, to work this out with Stevertigo, who can contact Austin directly or work things out with me. I want to rephrase my unfortunate choice of words for clarification. I'm allowing... means, I'm not going to step in and decide for the moderator who is perfectly capable of making these decisions on his own. Anyone who is on moderation is perfectly welcome to contact me, however, I'll only serve as an intermediary between him/her and the list moderator. Ultimately, the public (and most of the private) lists are run by volunteers, who don't need my help or advice to run them. - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkp4auwACgkQyQg4JSymDYmeGwCg22OoPMCGlsMjuGgmYAP5n5IL ltgAoI9kOqzQZ6PSd//fLTX9m1YKjve1 =jh+V -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Dispute resolution mailing list
Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator Your continued donations keep Wikipedia running! Support the Wikimedia Foundation today: http://donate.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Phone: 415.839.6885 x 601 Fax: 415.882.0495 E-Mail: c...@wikimedia.org -Original Message- From: foundation-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:foundation-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of stevertigo Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 11:13 AM To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Subject: [Foundation-l] Dispute resolution mailing list I started a thread on Wikien-l last month suggesting we start a dispute resolution mailing list: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2009-June/101428.html Responses were largely positive, and what little criticism the idea got (much of it from Thomas Dalton) was fairly easy to deal with. I filed bug report requesting the list's creation on June 27, which was assigned to C.Bass https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19414 . I also emailed C.Bass directly. I'm curious as to the status of this. Its been a month. I've gotten no response from C.Bass, and the bug report has been thus far untouched or ignored. I realize of course that people are very very busy, and that private emails, bug reports, and wikien-l discussions are not the appropriate avenues for discussing a new open email list. That's why I'm mentioning it here. -Steven Mailing lists don't get opened by mailing list discussions, and the largely positive responses you received were neither numerous nor meritorious of creating yet another list whose function has been duplicated in other locations. I could determine neither consensus based on your email nor a pressing need for this list. I also emailed the English functionaries-l list to see if someone would provide corroboration that the project merited such an email list. The only responses I have received were private ones suggesting it would result in another layer of bureaucracy, and nobody on list. I have rather left the bugzilla open to determine whether or not it would find additional support from any location. Since that point, you have not gained any additional support. If I see nothing more than this by July 27, I will close the bug as WONTDO for the very reasons I've outlined on this email. The appropriate thing for you to have done is to put a note on the bugzilla or advertised it on the wiki and asked people to make comments on the bug before you sent an email such as this to foundation-l. Since you did not, you've certainly placed me in a defensive position; and having to explain to you why your rather request has a lower priority than other things. C.Bass ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Britain or Ukraine? What UK stands for in Wikimedia jargon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pavlo Shevelo wrote: Hi Andrew, Could we take this offline and start a bilateral discussion rather than doing this via an open mailing list. Shure, we *have to* :) do so No sense to bother everybody by details. Pavlo Shevelo How about a new mailing list. Wikimedia-uk-uk-l ? - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkpnbbMACgkQyQg4JSymDYn7oQCeL+p3WSIU7rng9sqjvuBZlTOz eX0An1p00S90+NmF0D2IECmUz2iNYHbc =IcGA -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Britain or Ukraine? What UK stands for in Wikimedia jargon
Pavlo Shevelo wrote: How about a new mailing list. Wikimedia-uk-uk-l ? What for? (: To arrange mailing between two chapters? :) I meant for my post to be humours, but I failed to include my :-) ! -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Wikizine at foundaiton-l?
David Gerard wrote: 2009/6/28 Walter Vermeir wal...@wikipedia.be: Probaly useful for those who do not know it; an expamle It comes out infrequently enough that I suggest that posting it here regularly would be an excellent idea. Could generate discussion, too. And reader submissions! I am in favor of this. It's certainly relevant to this list. Cary ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Issues about Copyright
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andre Engels wrote: On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 5:38 AM, Jimmy Xuxu.jimmy@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, These days at the Village Pump of zhwiki, many wikipedians are arguing about whether Wikimedia project should apply to the US Copyright Law that is where the servers were placed, or the local ones, for us, that is the P.R. of China Copyright Law. These thread came from a disagreement of fair-use text of news in article, so I'm willing to find some (kind of) official resolution. Thanks a lot. It will have to comply with US copyright law because of the location of the servers, however, it would be good to have a policy to adhere to local (in your case I would say Republic of China as well as People's Republic of China) law too. That way, copyright problems are avoided not only for the foundation, but also for the users (the people who edit Wikipedia) and the reusers (the people who use Wikipedia material as is allowed to them by to the GFDL (or SS-BY-SA) license Let's not forget Singapore, where Chinese is the most frequently spoken language at home. Cary -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpDmn8ACgkQyQg4JSymDYlKRQCg1O2Jfr7pQ0HinJMKrKRPOzPI rLIAnR26EHiiVGc+citUTSU5bUJ1/AcV =VgOu -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Volunteer:Email response statistician
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, please see new volunteer position[1] for Email response (OTRS) statistician. This position is specific to the English Wikipedia group of email queues, but may be customized for other langauges/projects later. If you have specific questions, feel free to email me directly, but I'd like to keep general discussion on the lists to a minimum. Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation [1] http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Volunteering:Email_response_statistician -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkoywGkACgkQyQg4JSymDYmtxQCgxcXGEpseT0FRsljhIUvu+lSp P6gAn3xcIMEVe7q/br6ikutt/QU7OX1U =jlml -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Non-free content on Commons
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Levy wrote: Pedro Sanchez wrote: Of course, wasting resources on april 1st is very sensical. And who cares about purported reach to the whole world and all that fancy words let's bother them with our idiotic pranks becuase we are majority and thereforewe have the right to do so Very good attitude on the wikimedia foundation list (I don't care if you do so on english wikipedia list) Needless to say, I wholeheartedly agree with you, Pedro. Every year, I find myself disheartened by this Anglocentric rationale for deliberate disruption. I've even mentioned 28 December when trying to explain to people that April Fools' Day isn't a worldwide custom. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Innocents#Feast_days Here here! I'm also a fan of doing this on December 28 (and ignoring the fact that it's my birthday that day). Cary -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJ08I2yQg4JSymDYkRAtG8AJ9+/zwISvdVXI3LDDQnx80rKST3XgCgyPTk Ue8xhURlLyHGK+tAHeo/4L4= =73O+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] [Wiktionary-l] Divergent Wiktionary logos
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Casey Brown wrote: On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Cary Bass c...@wikimedia.org wrote: I'd also like considerable help in advertising it throughout the projects and managing the page, as well. CentralNotice on all wiktionaries? :-) When we get the discussion on a firm page and not refresh :-) Cary -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJymG7yQg4JSymDYkRAqRdAJ9OjB6pn2Fs3ciYlb4EivilvuKDhQCfWvjQ +bJxyW5kFpJahYE5p8h+hD4= =X2kj -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] [Wiktionary-l] Divergent Wiktionary logos
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dominic wrote: Gerard Meijssen wrote: When I read what is proposed, the impression is given that a process will start with a compulsory outcome. I understand the rationale for one shared logo and favicon. The problem is that it is people outside of Wiktionary that want to improve the Wiktionary brand and the last time it was very much these outsiders that made the selection. Exactly. Despite the fact that fr.wikt and a few others eventually adopted the logo, the logo debacle was not en.wikt's making. It wasn't a refusal to accept the the outcome of the proposal, it was a reluctance to be dictated to by people who weren't a part of the community. I'm afraid this will be interpreted the same way, if we're proposing to just slap a sitenotice on all the Wiktionaries telling them to discuss a new logo. There needs to be community impetus for the change, so that the meta discussion evolves out of actual community desire for a new logo. We should start at places like en.wikt's [[Wiktionary:Beer parlour]], fr.wikt's [[Wiktionnaire:Wikidémie]], and es.wikt's [[Wikcionario:Café]], not foundation-l. I have to respectfully disagree that a proposal that will affect all these projects has to originate in thirty different places. Since there is no central Wiktionary community, the Meta project, and Foundation-l as well as Wiktionary-l (which was cross-posted) is the place to get the discussion going. While the English Wiktionary community may or may not be satisfied with the logo as-is, in the interest of maintaining a visual identity, one logo has to be used across projects, whether or not the English Wiktionary wants it or not. The discussion has to get started, no matter where it is, and meta and the two mailing lists are, in fact, the appropriate place to start the discussion. I do expect (and have asked) that links to that discussion are made from those projects (and in the Central Notice as well) I would find it sad if the English Wiktionary were to choose not to involve itself in a process that will ultimately affect its appearance; however, I don't anticipate this will actually be the case. Cary -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJyqJryQg4JSymDYkRAu66AJ9r9a+40/NZGJbXYV0J0ETzcRDcqQCdFrtQ ljKyb5L0MwIDNM+M+oiCbEM= =SiCa -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Divergent Wiktionary logos
Hi all, The two largest Wiktionary projects (English and French) have two completely different logos. [1], [2] The reason for this, from what I understand, is that a vote was taken place about the logo fr.wiktionary currently has, on meta [3]; which the English Wiktionary community chose not to be bound by, because they, as a community, disagreed with the outcome. I understand that there are complaints that new logo has elements too closely resembling Scrabble pieces, or are otherwise too cartooned to some. The new logo does maintain some visual identity as a project logo, while the classic logo isn't really a logo at all, and diverges wildly from project to project. Of the top ten Wiktionary projects, four of them use the new version, while 6 of them use some variation of the classic version: fr: new en: classic tr: new vi: new ru: classic (a variation which little resembles the original) io: classic (English version) el: new zh: classic (divergent variation) pl: classic (divergent variation) fi: classic (English version) As a whole, I seem to remember that Wiktionary is the second most visited site of the Foundation's websites, and I really do think it should be appropriate that the site should reflect a common visual identity, one that the classic logo does a poor job of creating. The new logo, however, met with rather heavy resistance in, at the very least, the English Wiktionary community. I do, rather strongly, believe that the Wiktionary identity needs to be squared away, having some poll in general inclusive of, yet binding of all Wiktionary projects, and then if that fails, starting the process again, and succeeding to foment an individual logo like the recent successful Wikibooks logo revamp. Cary [1] http://en.wiktionary.org [2] http://fr.wiktionary.org [3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiktionary/logo ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Two new email system team leaders
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hay (Husky) wrote: On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:44 AM, Cary Bass c...@wikimedia.org wrote: I've appointed two new volunteers into the role of email system team leader (commonly known as OTRS admin), Daniel Bryant and Mark Wesbeeg. Unless he has been lying to me the last few years i think it's Wesbee_k_ and not Wesbee_g_ :) That is correct! I think my secretary needs to pay better attention to my emails before sending them out! Cary -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkm6hE0ACgkQyQg4JSymDYnTRACbBNaKdgaO0/xiSk+CTUGZLOXJ p94AnR30i7A1xkHABFcM7bDQTBb3/35P =24le -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Two new email system team leaders
Hi everyone, I've appointed two new volunteers into the role of email system team leader (commonly known as OTRS admin), Daniel Bryant and Mark Wesbeeg. Daniel is a longtime OTRS agent since March of 2007, an administrator on en.wikipedia, and a bureaucrat on meta. His unified account name is User:Daniel. Mark is an OTRS agent since the beginning of 2008, an administrator on nl.wikipedia, and a board member of Wikimedia NL. Mark's unified account is User:Mwpnl. I'd like to offer my thanks to everyone who expressed interest in applying and hope you all show your support for the two new administrators. Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] BBC News on BLP vandalism
Thomas Dalton wrote: 2009/3/6 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com: 2009/3/6 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com: 2009/3/6 Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com: When the English Wikipedia is the only Wikipedia with BLP issues, I completely agree. It's the only Wikipedia where BLP issues significantly affect UK politicians, which are the subject of the article. Note that en:wp is more British than might be expected - according to a 2007 statistics run (by Greg Maxwell?), 50% of edits on en:wp are from the US and 25% are from the UK, even though the population ratio is 5:1. So UK residents edit 2.5x as much as US residents per capita. (I use this stat to correct UK journalists who think of Wikipedia as an American thing.) That's interesting. We should try and get some more up-to-date stats on that - it would be useful for Wikimedia UK to have stats like that to throw around in negotiations, etc., to show how important we are. For that matter, just look at the contributors to this list alone :-) Cary ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Request for your input: biographies of living people
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ray Saintonge wrote: The English Wikipedia is probably the worst offender. Until that is sorted out a Wikipedia wide policy is premature. The qualities at the beginning of you paragraph are important, but a level of common sense also needs to be applied. In unbalanced criticism any individual comment may be perfectly valid when viewed in isolation. The problem is with the effect of restating details, or the injudicious use of adjectives in places where they don't enlighten. I would venture to say that some of our smaller Wikipedias in the range of 1000 to 1 articles may be worse offenders, on a per-biography basis, than the English Wikipedia; given that the community standards of inclusion are highly varied. The complaints I used to receive about the Yiddish Wikipedia, to just cite one example, were varied, and always involved biographies of people who would fail inclusion rather well on the English, and most other larger Wikipedias. Cary -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJrXgVyQg4JSymDYkRAmYvAJ9BVgkMvnsYZTQje9gR9VYYiaIogQCfSbjU ezPFIZEVW236OPSGManW6bc= =GEmc -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Steward elections confirmed
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, After confirming with the board, I am pleased to congratulate the following contributors on passing their recent steward elections: Meno25 Erwin Kylu Laaknor Mike.lifeguard Leinad Dorgan Alexanderps Mardetanha Thanks to all who participated, including those that did not meet the 80% community standard. I encourage all candidates, both those who passed and those who failed, constructively take a look at any helpful comments left at their steward elections, and continue doing the wonderful jobs that you all have been doing helping us and the projects. Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJqHIlyQg4JSymDYkRAn7fAJ9o4dzLfBIVfVwWsGnsvv4bUZvUtgCeM1rs REzmip6Vsx1wKSqc0ZRhIGA= =Pr13 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Volunteering positions : Email response team leader
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello all! In order to meet the Foundation's growing needs, we are searching for a couple more volunteers to help manage Wikimedia's email response system, commonly referred to as OTRS. The volunteer shall be responsible for accepting or declining requests for assistance and managing queues, helping with reporting and closing inactive accounts. This is a cross-project endeavor, and the candidate should be able to distinguish useful contributors who may be applying from multiple projects in different languages as well as responding to emails on his/her own. Details can be found at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Volunteering:Email_response_team_leader. The position has an official close date of 13.03.2009, but will remain open should no suitable candidates come forward. Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJqIZryQg4JSymDYkRAlH0AJ9VXH/xw9/L7LRck1d3LeuauazyvQCfVTE0 03sR0wMKpPMq7VyJ0DZf8Bs= =BRxR -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Top posters, special edition
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Wikipedia-l is still a good place to discuss Wikipedia related issues regardless of language. I've seen some interesting discussions take place there over the last couple of months. It's still quite useful. Cary Mark Williamson wrote: I still hold the crown on Wikipedia-l. Whatever happened to that list, anyways? skype: node.ue 2009/2/19 Nathan nawr...@gmail.com: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote: That's the result of having to write a master's thesis! Actually, I think that list is very positive - we have 25 people all posting at least an average of 5 posts a day. That's a large, active community. 753 emails is a frightening number (I don't know how I've sent that many...) but as a proportion of total emails sent, it's not that high. (I can't find the exact number of total posts - where is this list page of which you speak?) Your posts constitute 2.4% of the total number of posts to the list since its creation in 2004, according to this page. [1] There are six people that have posted more than you (including GerardM), but you began posting in Feb 07 while the next most recent of those six (GerardM) began posting in Jan of 2005. As for 25 people averaging 5 posts per day... Only the top 3 average more than one post per day. You mean as a whole, I suppose? Nathan [1] http://www.infodisiac.com/Wikipedia/ScanMail/foundation-l.html -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJneU6yQg4JSymDYkRAo/lAKCxju/9hNYCnGO2YRPPWDoJBiSIFwCghXIG f52eq5orPbhESd9Igq9PKlY= =VcoT -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Steward elections: summary, week one
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jesse (Pathoschild) wrote: Hello, This is a summary of the steward elections and confirmations so far. The elections are open February 1 to 22, at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2009 and http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm respectively. 902 unique users have participated in the elections and 149 in the confirmations, already almost double last year's total participation of roughly 575 users. The current tendency is to remove 14 current stewards and elect 7 to 9 new ones. I would suggest that the current tendency to remove 14 current stewards is inaccurate--firstly, the retention requirement should not be the same as to pass initially, and this chart uses a 78% percentage to pass in both cases, whereas a 50% tendency should be sufficient for steward reconfirmation. Cary -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJkHzcyQg4JSymDYkRAtJRAKDRv5DzU7ZiR+Xre9r4eSXXtp0SdwCgsVro TRO14+J+UCzKSsHGhbSPtjQ= =J+SB -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] FW: [Wikinews-l] Increased incivility at wikinews [en] warning: contains rant
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Marc Riddell wrote: When will you people finally acknowledge that there is something terribly wrong with the deteriorating level of discourse occurring in the Projects? And this trend is certainly not confined to Wikinews. Take a good, objective look at some of the dialogue occurring on the English Wikipedia. The atmosphere is becoming angrier and more hostile by the day. And, Erik, when I broached this subject in a private email conversation with you, you never even acknowledged receipt of that email. What would you have done if we were speaking to each other in person - stare at me in silence? That, alone, speaks volumes. First of all, Erik may or may not have received your email, and the reasons he did or did not respond to you can be immense and varied. You should not make assumptions based on a lack of communication by anyone, staff or community member. Secondly, what gives you the impression that Foundation staff are able to sweep in and make everyone behave; or furthermore, why should you not assume that we've not already tried some way to encourage conviviality and discourage attacks. I have personally found myself in the predicament of trying to solve issues for people and getting my head bitten off by the very people I was trying to help! At least one of those individuals resorted to calling me denigrating names on lists cc'd to numerous folks, including coworkers, Jimmy Wales, and my boss; and his fellow complainants did nothing to object. The Foundation, as successful as the last fundraiser went, remains to having limited resources. Our volunteering model is next to impossible to define, given the enormity of our community. Discussions take place on IRC about the simple idea of removing admin access to anyone who uses ugly or rude block messages. This idea is met with huge opposition; by solid contributors. You're asking people to stop acting like people. Perhaps we should follow the Wikinews discussion more closely...even participate in it, rather than expanding it to include all of the Foundation projects in one fell swoop. Given that the community is much smaller there, a solution might take place that will result in people being more proactive about reducing ugliness and being kinder to one another and promoting an assumption of good faith. Maybe Wikinews can even come up with a model that can be adopted by other projects. Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJizBfyQg4JSymDYkRAt5IAKCKf41wFBKeOZg19zjZsFqLWSLrXACggzlb at4bw0uJgrFWEMPryewIs8Y= =K5tT -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] The reality of printing a poster
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gerard Meijssen wrote: Obviously I like it that my picture of a wild boar is used on a Russian website. They asked, nice. But I take more pride in KNOWING this than in having my name on their website. This point brings to mind my early days on the internet in the 90s, working side jobs creating simple websites and making ugly websites less ugly. I had all sorts of graphics creating packages that I somehow acquired in some fashion or another. Never having been a professional graphic artist (nor having any ambitions as such) I myself took pride that images I created were appearing (unattributed) on other people's websites. I neither made money from them nor intended to and wasn't suffering for the loss of income or attribution. Cary -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJg1EFyQg4JSymDYkRAvS4AJ4haygNIouthlQxikypZkFADz7lyACeMrH3 VWplp2msU4qeYn5LBTVD2iY= =MdxX -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Wikia leasing office space to WMF
Anders Wegge Keller wrote: Delirium delir...@hackish.org writes: Anders Wegge Keller wrote: Could you please keep the amount of crackpotish kookery at a minimum at this list In what respect is it crackpottish or kookery to suggest that even appearance of impropriety, even where none exists, is damaging to nonprofit organizations that depend on public goodwill? Except for being the umpteent person to continue the line of aggressive questioning, none. You just happened to be the unlucky roll of the dice. I'd like to respectfully ask the participants of this fork of the thread to immediately cease responding to it. Thanks. Cary ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Board resolutions (chapters)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Florence Devouard wrote: Michael Snow wrote: Florence Devouard wrote: For example, on meta, Wikimedia NYC is listed as chapters, not subchapters. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City. And the name does not clarify the difference either (it could have been mandatory that names used be of the type Wikimedia + Country + blabla). It is a chapter. ... http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Approval_of_Wikimedia_New_York_City So... the resolution stating that The Board of Trustees officially recognizes Wikimedia NYC as a Sub-National Chapter should actually be read as The Board of Trustees officially recognizes Wikimedia NYC as a Chapter ? J I fail to see the distinction. A sub-national chapter and a national chapter are both still full chapters; as opposed to something which would be considered a sub-chapter--which would be completely different. I don't see how the Board has to rephrase anything. Cary -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJdg2/yQg4JSymDYkRAlxGAKCQLW6F4DF3Bauer217fExL8y+mrgCgriCo THpeVBxX/ZUhlIfaAZYjX/c= =9WQb -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Call for Volunteers, Wikimania scholarship committees
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello everyone! Cross posting this to several lists, forgive me if you get it a number of times. Wikimania 2009 requires will be requiring a number of volunteers to handle the scholarship applications. Details of the Volunteer commitments are at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Volunteering:Wikimania_scholarship_reviewer and http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Volunteering:Wikimania_scholarship_technical_coordinator Any questions may be presented to me directly at my email address. Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJYqQSyQg4JSymDYkRAtCuAJ99k8YC2FDklSf6I0YNtUkmbHnP5ACgi/Dm TUxbWYqi/K9OXtZdO5Wd2hM= =62dZ -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Wikibooks ogo vote in progress
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I haven't seen this yet posted to the Textbook-l list or foundation-l so I wanted to make it known that Wikibooks is winding down its logo vote over the next couple weeks. While we're asking people not to specify color, text, and there may be some minor tweaks to style, the end logo will be look extremely similar to what we decide here. Thanks. Cary Bass Volco Wikimedia Foundation -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJId9LyQg4JSymDYkRAqULAKCjK7gbiVAnQUdXQ5QYtjREe4apQgCg1s+t V8NbsHZwzI4t88umr3dmwRc= =yS9a -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
