[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation global ban policy
Hi. Within the past week, Philippe has posted the Wikimedia Foundation's global ban policy: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Global_Ban_Policy. The page itself is interesting, as is some of the related discussion on the talk page. I'm not sure if wiki bans strictly fall within security theater, but it seems fairly clear that these bans are for show and not much else. It's the Internet, after all, and anyone can edit. Under the current scheme, the best we can do is try to revert and prevent bad behavior alone. Attempting to ban individuals has proved impossible. MZMcBride ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Congratulations to MediaWiki Farmers User Group for being approved as a Wikimedia User Group
I was thinking of ways that farmers might use Wikipedia. Or maybe that a group of them had gotten together to improve our content in Ag. Or something. But no such luck... On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 4:59 AM, John Mark Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: *sigh* I was hoping the farmers had united but good luck to the virtual farmers of ~85% men On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Gregory Varnum gregory.var...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings, Please join the Affiliations Committee in congratulating the MediaWiki Farmers User Group on their official approval as a Wikimedia User Group: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/MediaWiki_Farmers_User_Group_-_Liaison_approval,_January_2015 The MediaWiki Farmers User Group is A user group of third-party developers who work on wiki farms. Our mission is to improve and standardize the way MediaWiki wiki farms are setup and run. Anyone interested in more information about the group can visit: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:MediaWiki_Farmers_user_group Again - congratulations on the recognition and best wishes for the group's future work! -greg aka varnent Vice Chair, Wikimedia Affiliations Committee ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation global ban policy
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 2:30 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Hi. Within the past week, Philippe has posted the Wikimedia Foundation's global ban policy: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Global_Ban_Policy. Raised it on the WMF board noticeboard, as I would expect they develop approve something like this with staff and community input. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard#WMF_Global_Ban_Policy (sorry if it has been mentioned in some published board minutes; I didnt look) -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation global ban policy
MZMcBride z at mzmcbride.com writes: I'm not sure if wiki bans strictly fall within security theater, but it seems fairly clear that these bans are for show and not much else. It's the Internet, after all, and anyone can edit. Under the current scheme, the best we can do is try to revert and prevent bad behavior alone. Attempting to ban individuals has proved impossible. Users banned by the Wikimedia Foundation who continue to edit in violation of their ban may be placing themselves in possibly legally unfortunate situations, per ToU §12[1]. A Foundation ban would almost certainly be viewed as a stronger demand to desist than bans imposed by the community. Regardless, the WMF is often better-positioned than the community to investigate certain types of issues, and as such it would make sense that they would be the entity to take the aforementioned action. The logic presented above, when taken to its logical conclusion, seems to be why bother banning ANYONE, ever, since they can just sock?. [1]: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use#12._Termination -- LFaraone ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia France] Creation of a scientific committee
Hi Everyone, Last Thursday, we held our onboarding meeting for our advisory board. Some pictures available there : http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Conseil_scientifique_de_Wikimedia_France A quick summary, we provided the membres with all the printed documentation we have about Wikimedia and Wikimedia France. During roughly two hours we explained to them what was Wikimedia as a whole, and the strategy of Wikimedia France. I must say I'm delighted by the outcomes. The members showed a deep interest for what we do. Not only did they show interest in reading and reviewing our quaterly reports, but they ask for complementary meetings to provide more insights on specific topic. The one that gathered the most interest being user retention and what can we, as a local organisation, do. We have yet to see how things will go, and if the interest of the first meeting lasts and becomes actions. As usual if you have any question, feel free to ask. All the best, -- Christophe On 13 January 2015 at 12:56, Christophe Henner christophe.hen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Pine, Yes that would be the best translation. I hesitated to use advisory board but wanted to keep a coherence between the french and the translated name to make it easier in the future to share what it brings to us :) -- Christophe On 13 January 2015 at 12:52, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Christophe, Thanks for this information. It took me a few minutes to figure out what the American equivalent to this committee is; at first I thought this announcement was about a research committee. I think our equivalent is what we would call an advisory board. Please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advisory_board; does this look like a good description of what WMFR intends for its scientific committee? I ask partly because at this very moment I am working on Cascadia Wikimedia User Group's budget and goals documents, and it is helpful to know what experiments other movement organizations are doing as we think about how we want to move forward with the Cascadia group. Thank you. (: Pine Pine *This is an Encyclopedia* https://www.wikipedia.org/ *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not know.* *—Catherine Munro* On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 3:36 AM, Christophe Henner christophe.hen...@wikimedia.fr wrote: Hi everyone, First of all, I wish everyone a happy new year. Even if the first days of 2015 were tainted by violence, we also witnessed people shouting how freedom is important. I hope 2015 will be at the image of the latter. Now, to the announcement. As you might know, Wikimedia France is working hard at improving its governance. A gap we identified month ago was that we lacked external point of views regarding our activities. In order to fix that, we created a scientific committee. This committee is a test, it doesn't exist in our bylaws. So, in 2015, we're trying this out to see if it can help us better do our work. This first committee is chaired by Rémi Mathis, my awesome and wonderful predecessor. It has 8 members, including Rémi : - *Dominique Cardon*, sociologist at Orange Labs laboratory and associate professor at Marne-la-Vallée university ( http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Cardon) - *Camille François*, Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society - *Laurent Le Bon*, Chief curator, director of Picasso-Paris national musuem (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Le_Bon) - *Frédéric Martel*, journalist, writer and producer at France Culture (French public radio) ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Martel) - *Rémi Mathis*, former Wikimédia France chair, historian, curator ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9mi_Mathis) - *Louise Merzeau*, associate professor at Paris Ouest university in information sciences (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Merzeau) - *Henri Verdier*, Etalab director , Chief Data Officer for France ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Verdier) - *Cédric Villani*, mathématician, Fields Medalist ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9dric_Villani) Those 8 persons will meet for the first time this week to better understand what Wikimedia is. For the coming year, we will ask their inputs and opinions on what we're doing and planning to do for free knowledge. As said earlier, this is a test. We will try to share as much as we can our feedback on how it goes and if it's useful for Wikimedia France. The announcement in french is available on our blog :
[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2015 Call for submissions
// Sorry for crossposting // Dear all: We would like to invite submissions[0] proposing presentations, panels, tutorials and workshops for Wikimania 2015 to be held in Mexico City in July 2015. Note that the deadline is the February 28; we hope to have final decisions about the program by early April 2015. Additionally, we would be delighted to have any additional volunteers for the program committee[1], which will be finalized shortly. [0] – https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions [1] – https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme_Committee Warmly, Deror Avi, James D. Forrester, and Ivan Martinez Wikimania 2014 Program Committee wikimania2015 (at) gmail (dot) com -- Hemos creado la más grande colección de conocimiento compartido. Ayuda a proteger a Wikipedia, dona ahora: https://donate.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
