Re: [Foundation-l] Jimbo's authority (on global bans)
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Ray Saintonge sainto...@telus.net wrote: Whether or not the use of the power is justified, it's use almost guarantees that drama will follow. That alone makes more diplomatic channels preferable. Drama is not always a bad thing. Where we have one Wikimedia project supporting disruption of another, decisive action doesn't seem entirely uncalled for. The message sent is pretty clear: this sort of behavior won't be tolerated. Is that a bad message to send? -- Luna Santin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Luna_Santin ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Great news! Google gives Wikimedia USD 2 million
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Sue Gardner sgard...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi all, I am delighted to tell you that Google is giving Wikimedia a grant of USD 2 million. It will come to us via the Google Fund at the Tides Foundation, which handles all of Google's philanthropic activity, and it is completely unrestricted. Wow! Many thanks to Google, and congratulations to Wikimedia! -- Luna Santin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Luna_Santin ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Election Results
Congrats to the winners, and thanks to all those who had the courage to stand up and offer themselves as candidates. -Luna ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Board election spamming
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Steven Walling steven.wall...@gmail.comwrote: I already voted when I got my email, and I didn't think it was spam. I smiled at the fact that Wikimedia is making sure everyone who can vote has the opportunity. Indeed. I had already voted, and got an email, but I'm not going to do any complaining. It's one email, for Pete's sake. That said, I have seen some good suggestions in this thread, that might be helpful for next year: - Consider excluding accounts that have already voted, or sending them a different email. - Consider excluding bot accounts - If possible, try to get these out a bit sooner. I know it's hard. Either way, thanks are due to those who handled this. So, thank you. -Luna ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Board election spamming
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 3:43 AM, Bod Notbod bodnot...@gmail.com wrote: OK, *ideally* an email wouldn't be sent to those who have already voted. But it's really not as if Wikimedia is a persistent spammer. I'd let it slide. Yeah, that's about where I sit on it. :) I wouldn't have said anything, if it weren't already under discussion -- I didn't mind it one bit. While I am tabulating suggestions, looks like one decent idea got lost in another thread, forked from this one: - Consider excluding blocked accounts from the email list. -Luna ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Is Apple censoring Wiktionary?
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Michael Snow wikipe...@verizon.net wrote: This sort of stuff has been circulating for several weeks, and my understanding is that it's a general policy Apple's app store is applying to all unfiltered internet content. That'd make sense, I think. From the article linked, it sounds like giving the application in question might be approved with a 17+ rating. That's probably reasonable where the application and its designer are drawing from unrated content beyond their control. I'm sure many of us are familiar with that game-rating euphemism, Experience may change during online play. This sounds like a similar idea to me. Accepting the article at face value, I'm just confused why it seems to have taken so much trouble to get Apple to say so. -Luna ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Policy Interlingual Coordinationn - WP:NOT
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 3:27 AM, Peter Coombe thewub.w...@googlemail.comwrote: Yes, there's nothing wrong with saying This policy from en.wp seems sensible, maybe we should have something similar? This is different from slavish imitation. Indeed -- I think Gerard expressed a similar idea. All wikis can and should keep an eye out for good ideas and practices on other wikis, even outside of the Wikimedia sphere, but in most cases there's nothing saying they *need* to adopt policy from elsewhere. A good idea is a good idea, but every wiki is different. The best people to make that decision are the people working on that wiki. -Luna ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Commons: Service project or not?
Someone (I believe David?) suggested actively encouraging some of your editors/admins to become more active on Commons. I think this is good advice for any project that finds itself using or depending on the services Commons provides. Just as the Commons community will become more aware of your needs, you will hopefully become more aware of their needs. Think of them as ambassadors of a sort, perhaps. I would likewise hope that Commons editors are active on other wikis, as well, for the same reason. Better participation and communication might help a lot of these problems. We can, I hope, meet the needs of all of our projects. -Luna ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
