[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Wiki Vandalism

2012-01-22 Thread Thehelpfulone 
Hi all,

I was doing some SWMT and saw some changes on
http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Example_child_protection_policy&action=history.
I reverted the IP's contributions, but can an admin block and indef semi
protect  that page (it seems to have happened before in July too)?

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Wiki Vandalism

2012-01-22 Thread Thehelpfulone 
You're welcome, thanks for the fast response! :)

THO

On 22 January 2012 23:16, HJ Mitchell  wrote:

> Done! Thanks for bringing it up here.
>
> Harry
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> Hi all,
>
> I was doing some SWMT and saw some changes on
> http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Example_child_protection_policy&action=history.
> I reverted the IP's contributions, but can an admin block and indef semi
> protect  that page (it seems to have happened before in July too)?
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Broken link

2012-01-24 Thread Thehelpfulone 
On 24 January 2012 22:49, Andy Mabbett  wrote:

> On 24 January 2012 18:43, Michael Peel 
> wrote:
>
> >
> http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Pigsonthewing&diff=18652&oldid=11220
>
> Thank you.
>
> Mwahaha!
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>
> ... and who said admins weren't in the evil cabal? ;)

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[Wikimediauk-l] Suggestion at https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Staff_Policies

2012-02-19 Thread Thehelpfulone 
Hi all,

I've left a suggestion for a minor change at
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Staff_Policies.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] List archives

2012-03-29 Thread Thehelpfulone 
On 29 March 2012 21:59, Thomas Dalton  wrote:

> On 29 March 2012 21:43, Gordon Joly  wrote:
> > On 29/03/2012 13:29, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> >>
> >> I've just noticed the list archives for this list (accessible via the
> link
> >> in the footer) are restricted to subscribers only (although there is no
> >> restriction on who can subscribe). Is that intentional and, if so, why?
> >
> > There are (public) clones of the archives
>
> And it takes all of a few seconds to subscribe and get access to the
> official ones. That's why I'm struggling to see the point of having
> them restricted.
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So just to confirm, if I sign up to this mailing list and click the
confirmation email link, I'm subscribed? There's no moderation by a list
admin or anything like that? If that's the case, then I agree that there's
no point having a private list archive.
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?

2012-04-03 Thread Thehelpfulone 
It's not easy I'm afraid - I've run it through a couple of automatic
converters, but the PDF format is horrible such that each individual letter
is made up of more than one graph bit, where as a "proper" pdf would be
each letter is only one graphic. Unless someone else has some elite super
powers, it looks like it'll need a manual re-create if you can't find the
original...

You could try
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/pdfimport  to see if
that will import it - there's no harm in trying, and I imagine if that was
made using OpenOffice you might have a bit more luck using that. I don't
have OpenOffice so I haven't tried that.

THO

On 3 April 2012 16:14, Jon Davies  wrote:

> Probably impossible but can anyone take this table and convert it back
> into something editable - open office by preference.
> :(
>
> http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/**index.php?title=File:**
> FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.**pdf&page=1<http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.pdf&page=1>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] List archives

2012-04-09 Thread Thehelpfulone 
On 7 April 2012 12:48, Gordon Joly  wrote:
>
> Yes, and the archives are cloned elswhere.
>
> Gordo


Consensus seems to be relatively clear - can a list admin make the
appropriate tweak?

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[Wikimediauk-l] Thehelpfulone wants to chat

2012-04-16 Thread Thehelpfulone 
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[Wikimediauk-l] Oops..

2012-04-16 Thread Thehelpfulone 
Of course it wasn't my intention to spam the whole mailing list, I was
trying to add those that aren't frequently on IRC who I can chat to on
Google Talk, but Gmail is far too fast with sending out these invitations!
Feel free to add me nonetheless. :)
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Listadmin wanted for wikimediauk-l

2012-06-01 Thread Thehelpfulone 
On 1 June 2012 10:04, David Gerard  wrote:

> Who'd have thought being a listadmin would be so popular? Must be the
> stupendous capacity for bribery and corruption [citation needed].
>
> We counted the bribes^W^W^Wtossed a virtual coin and picked
> thehelpfulone as the latest recipient of a daily list of really weird
> penis spam to clear. Thank you to all who also volunteered, someone
> will doubtless think of good things for you to do ;-)
>
>
> - d.
>
>
Thank you for the lovely welcome, now that I know which bribery method is
best, I'll be sure to add that to my black book. ;-)

I've gone ahead and made some tweaks as the newbie eager to do some work
already, and copied over some spam filters from other mailing lists of
which I am a list admin, which should reduce the overall workload for the
admins. (David, James, Richard  and Mike:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/admin/wikimediauk-l/privacy/spam if
you're interested).

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Underground gets Wi-Fi, but....

2012-06-08 Thread Thehelpfulone 
On 8 June 2012 08:40, Andy Mabbett  wrote:

> Perhaps we could ask for Wikipedia to be included in that free access,
> post-Olympics?
>
>
Sounds like a great idea, so who's got a contact at Virgin Media?
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Draft WMUK communications strategy for input

2012-07-04 Thread Thehelpfulone 
On 4 July 2012 09:17, Gordon Joly  wrote:

> I would prefer HTML (wiki) rather than a PDF.
>
> Gordo
>

+1. In addition, there are links to the internal office wiki and some
private Google Docs pages. Is this intentional if we presumably want to
keep communications and strategic plan as open as possible?

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK

2012-07-31 Thread Thehelpfulone 
On 31 July 2012 09:22, Thomas Morton  wrote:

> The Telegraph seem to have picked this up...
>
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9439046/Chairman-of-Wikipedia-charity-banned-after-pornography-row.html
>

At the end of the article, it states "*Wikimedia UK said it did not have an
official view on pornography on Wikipedia as it does control the content or
have responsibilty for it"*.  (I added the emphasis). Stevie can you ask
The Telegraph to fix this error?

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Request for comment - 2012 Donor Newsletter Review - Updated

2012-08-02 Thread Thehelpfulone 
On 2 August 2012 11:31, Katherine Bavage
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I have now updated in detail the section on this Wiki regarding the survey
> questions that we would like to ask donors. I am keen to resolve these and
> look to open the survey by the end of next week if possible.
>
> I would be grateful if you could have a look and make changes/leave
> comment by mid-next week (Wednesday 8th August) so I can then aim to get
> the survey live and the link emailed to donors at the beginning of the
> following week.
>
>
Katherine, some people (myself included), may have not come across the
survey page yet, so it's best practice to provide a link to the page (
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012_Donor_Newsletter_Review#Survey) to make
it easier for people to find it, read it, and comment on it. :-)
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Admin help needed to whitelist URL on en.WP

2012-08-12 Thread Thehelpfulone 
On 7 August 2012 14:54, Andy Mabbett  wrote:

> P.S. I've added a whitelist request:
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki_talk:Spam-whitelist&pe=1&#maketheshift.uservoice.com
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Added to the whitelist, please check that it works for that exact URL
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Admin help needed to whitelist URL on en.WP

2012-08-14 Thread Thehelpfulone 
As Richard mentioned, it's on the Global blacklist at Meta-Wiki, so you would 
need to add that link manually to the local whitelist of each wiki that you 
wish to use the link. The whole domain was added quite a while ago because it 
was being used for presumably abusive URL shorteners from what I remember 
looking at the Meta blacklist history.

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On 14 Aug 2012, at 20:12, Michael Peel  wrote:

> Local blacklist. Fixed thanks to the amazing Rock Drum. :-)
> 
> Mike
> 
> On 14 Aug 2012, at 20:07, Richard Symonds  
> wrote:
> 
>> Global blacklist...
>> 
>> Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK
>> 
>> On Aug 14, 2012 7:50 PM, "Michael Peel"  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> On 12 Aug 2012, at 17:04, Andy Mabbett  wrote:
>> 
>> > On 12 August 2012 16:38, Thehelpfulone  wrote:
>> >> On 7 August 2012 14:54, Andy Mabbett  wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> P.S. I've added a whitelist request:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki_talk:Spam-whitelist&pe=1&#maketheshift.uservoice.com
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> Added to the whitelist, please check that it works for that exact URL
>> >> provided.
>> >
>> > Working fine, thank you.
>> >
>> > It's not too late for people to add support at:
>> >
>> >   
>> > http://maketheshift.uservoice.com/forums/168487-ideas-submission/suggestions/3032206-wolvopedia-make-wolverhampton-a-wikipedia-city
>> 
>> This link also seems to be blocked from being posted to uk.wikimedia.org - 
>> does anyone know why?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Toolserver-l] Future of the toolserver

2012-09-24 Thread Thehelpfulone 
Something for Wikimedia UK to consider as it plans to give £10,000 to WMDE for 
the Toolserver's operations as per 2013 Annual Plan: 
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2013_Activity_Plan#Toolserver

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> From: "DaB." 
> Date: 24 September 2012 23:51:50 BST
> To: toolserve...@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Toolserver-l] Future of the toolserver
> Reply-To: Wikimedia Toolserver 
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> in these days WMDE (the chapter that finance the toolserver) is discussing 
> the 
> budget for the next year (2013); you can find it at [1]. At the moment there 
> is 
> no money for new toolserver-hardware in this budget and the CEO Pavel Richter 
> is unwilling to change this ([2] in german) – because he fears that there 
> will 
> be a Wikilabs in 2014. It is not possible for me to run the toolserver for 
> another year with the current hardware – you all know why. For this reason I 
> will request a change of the budget at the general meeting at November, so 
> there will be a vote about. If this vote should fail (and we get no money for 
> new hardware), I am going to retire from my job as root at 30. December 2012.
> I'm not longer able to tolerant the behavior of the german chapter and the 
> WMF 
> in matter of the toolserver; I do this for free and for fun, and it is not 
> longer fun.
> 
> Sincerely,
> DaB.
> 
> P.S: If you are in a board of a chapter that gives money to WMDE for the 
> toolserver: Make sure that it will be spend for hardware. 
> 
> [1] 
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland/2013_annual_plan_draft/en
> [2] 
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mobile uk.wikimedia.org still failing

2012-10-29 Thread Thehelpfulone 
The 'mobile view' link at the bottom of the pages still fails though, a minor 
problem though - maybe we can hide that link through editing a MediaWiki: page 
on the wiki?

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On 29 Oct 2012, at 21:53, Thomas Morton  wrote:

> And me
> 
> Tom Morton
> 
> On 29 Oct 2012, at 21:52, Andy Mabbett  wrote:
> 
>> Working for me, now.
>> 
>> On 29 October 2012 20:43, Michael Peel  wrote:
>>> I think that this issue has now been resolved for uk.wikimedia.org, or at
>>> least it works on my phone now. Could someone confirm whether that is the
>>> case or not please?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mike
>>> 
>>> On 24 Oct 2012, at 15:02, Richard Symonds 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'll make some more noise on this, but I've already made quite a bit. if
>>> anyone knows any of the developers well, please let them know. This
>>> genuinely affects outreach, and the effectiveness of the
>>> staff/trustees/volunteers, for various chapters worldwide.
>>> 
>>> Richard Symonds
>>> Wikimedia UK
>>> 0207 065 0992
>>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
>>> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
>>> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
>>> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
>>> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
>>> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>>> Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over
>>> Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 24 October 2012 20:29, Harry Burt  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> The assignment feature is rarely used on Wikimedia's bugzilla
>>>> installation per se, in fairness. But yes, no developer seems to have
>>>> taken a keen interest in it yet.
>>>> 
>>>> Harry
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Harry Burt (User:Jarry1250)
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Andy Mabbett 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Thank you. That was closed as a duplicate of
>>>>> 
>>>>>  https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38799
>>>>> 
>>>>> which was raised in July this year, and yet is still unassigned.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 23 October 2012 23:21, Michael Peel 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> I've raised this on bugzilla at:
>>>>>> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41334
>>>>>> Please add any clarifying comments there that you think would be
>>>>>> useful.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 23 Oct 2012, at 19:46, Damokos Bence 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I think this issue affects all *.wikimedia.org addresses (at least the
>>>>>> ones
>>>>>> of chapters hosted by the WMF); a workaround is to change the
>>>>>> user-agent
>>>>>> setting in your mobile browser, if possible.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>> Bence
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Stevie Benton
>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I'm still having problems too.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Stevie
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Oct 23, 2012 7:09 PM, "Andy Mabbett" 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> It appears that this is still an issue.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 5 October 2012 12:57, Richard Symonds
>>>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Have just chased this up with the WMF. Thanks for reminding me
>>>>>>>>> Andy!
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 5 October 2012 12:49, Andy Mabbett 
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> It's difficult to promote events like:
>>>>>&

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] PR industry blames 'cumbersome' Wikipedia (Andreas Kolbe)

2012-11-14 Thread Thehelpfulone 
Richard: a slight correction, the processes for obtaining OTRS access have 
changed - I think in 2009/2010. 

Instead of the full 'identification' to the WMF (where you send in a copy of 
your ID to prove you're >18), OTRS access only requires you to send an email 
with your full real name and age (OTRS access can be given to people >16) to 
the OTRS admins.

If people aren't required to send their full identification documents perhaps 
that could reduce that stumbling block slightly?

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On 14 Nov 2012, at 14:36, Richard Symonds  
wrote:

> For what it's worth, my opinion (as some who has had access to a fair few 
> OTRS queues for a fair number of years) is that we need more OTRS volunteers. 
> Lots more. At the moment, Wikimedia UK has about a dozen semi-active 
> volunteers for its queue, and we have reasonable response times (48 hours 
> ish). I'm not sure how many the WMF has for the global queues, but to answer 
> every email within, say, 48 hours, would require (in my opinion) at least 
> several hundred volunteers, with several dozen being active daily.
> 
> Wikimedia UK did run an OTRS workshop, which was useful, but it turned into 
> more of an OTRS planning weekend, with only a few new people trained to use 
> OTRS. It's a very slow way of training people - it's not just the OTRS 
> software, but customer service skills which are needed. Most Wikipedians 
> can't reliably answer emails from OTRS because they don't have the needed 
> levels of WIkipedia experience, OTRS system experience, and customer service 
> experience. There's the added (necessary) stumbling block of identifying to 
> the WMF.
> 
> 
> Perhaps OTRS access to the English Wikipedia courtesy queue could be given to 
> English Wikipedia admins who are willing to identify to the WMF? That would 
> free up the experienced OTRS agents to handle the more important 'quality' 
> queue. 
> 
> Richard Symonds
> Wikimedia UK
> 0207 065 0992
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and 
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered 
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. 
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia 
> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who 
> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
> Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over 
> Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.
> 
> 
> 
> On 14 November 2012 12:53, Charles Matthews  
> wrote:
>> On 14 November 2012 12:42, Andreas Kolbe  wrote:
>> > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Charles Matthews
>> >  wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On 14 November 2012 00:00, Andreas Kolbe  wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > And there is. Oliver's revamp of the Contact Us pages has made a huge
>> >> > difference, because previously, PR professionals would pass three
>> >> > invitations to fix the article themselves before they would come to the
>> >> > OTRS
>> >> > e-mail address.
>> >> >
>> >> > But there is still room for improvement. OTRS e-mails should be
>> >> > responded to
>> >> > the same day, not up to four weeks later. Is anyone collecting data on
>> >> > how
>> >> > quickly OTRS mails are responded to? Are those data public? If not,
>> >> > there is
>> >> > another potential area for improvement.
>> >>
>> >> What WSQ said.
>> >>
>> >> Also, rethinking the "contact us" route is one thing, encouraging more
>> >> people to use it early is another. The first may well be helpful, the
>> >> second in current circumstances is not going to improve things. Some
>> >> of your questions here are clearly for the WMF.
>> >>
>> >> Charles
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > For better or worse, Wikipedia is the number one Google link for pretty 
>> > much
>> > everything and everyone. With that comes a responsibility to get things
>> > right; a responsibility we cannot live up to, given the open editing system
>> > we've got, and the number of articles and editors we've got.
>> 
>> The trouble is ... we have no power over Google, do we? It is a
>> familiar argument that you are putting.
>> 
>> The actual solutions are (1)  to grow the community (and I mean
>> growing it with responsible, well-

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welcome to our latest employee, Richard Nevell

2012-11-22 Thread Thehelpfulone 
Welcome Richard, just one thing that's missing from that blog post (although I 
read it from my phone so may have missed it) - what's your username? :-)

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On 22 Nov 2012, at 17:40, Stevie Benton  wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> I'm really happy to welcome our latest employee, Richard Nevell. Richard 
> joins us to provide some valuable admin support and is an experienced 
> Wikipedian.
> 
> Please do take a look at our blog where Richard introduces himself in his own 
> words - 
> http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/11/introducing-richard-nevell-our-latest-wikimedia-uk-staff-member/
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> 
> Stevie
> 
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Governance review

2013-02-09 Thread Thehelpfulone 
Thanks Andreas for that. A few comments in-line for some corrections -
Stevie can you contact them?


On 8 February 2013 17:20, Andreas Kolbe  wrote:

> Press coverage:
>
>
> http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/Governance/article/1170282/review-urges-major-overhaul-governance-wikimedia-uk/
>
>
1) Using the WMF logo instead of Wikimedia UK one (do we allow use of logos
for press purposes?)

2) "The review, commissioned by Wikimedia UK and its sister charity in the
US, theWikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>, " -
the WMF and WMUK are independent organisations, is sister charity
appropriate?




>
> http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/14428/wikimedia_uk_trustees_have_been_too_involved_to_govern_the_charity
>

1) This logo is cropped at the bottom slightly - again do we allow use of
logos for press purposes, and should they be full logos?

2) "or editing of the UK Wikipedia site." - I believe this should be
English Wikipedia?

3) The article links to
http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/directory/company/3377/wikimedia_foundation which
gives the WMUK logo and address, but the Foundation's name and website (see
the Description tab too)

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] when qrpedia and qrwp domains will be transferred?

2013-03-08 Thread Thehelpfulone 
On 8 March 2013 10:38, Roger Bamkin  wrote:

> The domains have not been transferred yet. You can find out when they are
> with the whois request. I think the "any minute" quote above was a tadge
> optimistic. A contract has to be written for one and that typically takes
> weeks if it doesn't involve volunteers and meetings.
>
> Roger


Seriously? This is taking far too long and appears to be dragged out
unnecessarily. Please could you explain what has been done since the
announcement almost a whole month ago?  Chris/Jon if you could give some
details about what WMUK has done and Roger what have you done on your end
to help facilitate the transfer, that would be very much appreciated.
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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement *please read*

2013-03-27 Thread Thehelpfulone 
Cross-posting.

-- Forwarded message --
From: Sue Gardner 
Date: 27 March 2013 22:00
Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement *please read*
To: Wikimedia Announce Mailing List 


Hello Wikimedia community members,

This is not an easy e-mail to write, and it’s been a very hard
decision to make. But I’m writing to tell you that I’m planning to
leave my position as the Executive Director of the Wikimedia
Foundation.

My departure isn’t imminent -- the Board and I anticipate it’ll take
at least six months to recruit my successor, and I’ll be fully engaged
as Executive Director all through the recruitment process and until we
have a new person in place. We’re expecting that’ll take about six
months or so, and so this note is not goodbye -- not yet.

Making the decision to leave hasn’t been easy, but it comes down to two
things.

First, the movement and the Wikimedia Foundation are in a strong place
now. When I joined, the Foundation was tiny and not yet able to
reliably support the projects. Today it's healthy, thriving, and a
competent partner to the global network of Wikimedia volunteers. If
that wasn’t the case, I wouldn’t feel okay to leave. In that sense, my
leaving is a vote of confidence in our Board and executive team and
staff --- I know they will ably steer the Foundation through the years
ahead, and I’m confident the Board will appoint a strong successor to
me.

And I feel that although we’re in good shape, with a promising future,
the same isn’t true for the internet itself. (This is thing number
two.) Increasingly, I’m finding myself uncomfortable about how the
internet’s developing, who’s influencing its development, and who is
not. Last year we at Wikimedia raised an alarm about SOPA/PIPA, and
now CISPA is back. Wikipedia has experienced censorship at the hands
of industry groups and governments, and we’re --increasingly, I
think-- seeing important decisions made by unaccountable
non-transparent corporate players, a shift from the open web to mobile
walled gardens, and a shift from the production-based internet to one
that’s consumption-based. There are many organizations and individuals
advocating for the public interest online -- what’s good for ordinary
people -- but other interests are more numerous and powerful than they
are. I want that to change. And that’s what I want to do next.

I’ve always aimed to make the biggest contribution I can to the
general public good. Today, this is pulling me towards a new and
different role, one very much aligned with Wikimedia values and
informed by my experiences here, and with the purpose of amplifying
the voices of people advocating for the free and open internet. I
don’t know exactly what this will look like -- I might write a book,
or start a non-profit, or work in partnership with something that
already exists. Either way, I feel strongly that this is what I need
to do.

I feel an increasing sense of urgency around this. That said, I also
feel a strong sense of responsibility (and love!) for the Wikimedia
movement, and so I’ve agreed with the Board that I’ll stay on as
Executive Director until we have my successor in place. That’ll take
some time -- likely, at least six months.

Until then, nothing changes. The Wikimedia Foundation has lots of work
to do, and you can expect me to focus fully on it until we have a new
Executive Director in place.

I have many people to thank, but I’m not going to do it now --
there’ll be time for that later. For now, I’ll just say I love working
with you all, I’m proud of everything the Wikimedia movement is
accomplishing, and I’m looking forward to our next six months
together.

Jan-Bart’s going to write a note in a couple of minutes with
information about the transition process. We’ll be hosting office
hours this weekend as well, so anybody with questions can ask them
here or turn up to talk with us on IRC.

Thanks,
Sue



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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Privacy Policy - please comment and edit

2013-04-11 Thread Thehelpfulone 
On 12 April 2013 00:35, Deskana  wrote:

> Have you involved the LCA team from the WMF in the drafting of this
> privacy policy? No doubt they would have some helpful comments. I could get
> in touch with Geoff and Luis about this, if you'd like me to?
>

" It is based on legal advice and following review of the Wikimedia
Foundation's Privacy policy<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy>
." - not sure if that's WMF LCA, but yes, they would have some useful
comments. I'd suggest finishing the basic Privacy Policy off first before
asking them to read it though, as there are basic problems such as the link
for "please click this link for further details" not existing.

"This policy describes what happens to personal information obtained
through the websites hosted at uk.wikimedia.org and wikimedia.org.uk. This
policy will be updated periodically." - WMUK wiki is currently on the
Foundation's servers so is subject to the Foundation's privacy policy - not
this one if I understand correctly?

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Privacy Policy - please comment and edit

2013-04-12 Thread Thehelpfulone 
On 12 Apr 2013, at 07:34, Katie Chan  wrote:

> Ultimately? As far as I understand, the board, based on recommendation.
> 
> Staffs & our lovely technology contractor have been looking into the 
> technical details over such a move, what it entails etc. The technology 
> committee is due to meet on 18th to discuss this (among other topics) - 
> <https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/IT_Development/Progress_meetings/18_April_2013>.
>  Feel free to join in and take part in the discussion! :)

Thanks for sharing that link - one of the biggest problems I see with moving 
off the Foundation servers is the lack of SUL. 

There's also the issue of keeping it updated etc, but that's less of a problem 
now that we have Tom and Emmanuel.

Sent from my iPhone

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Nice piece from another country.

2013-04-24 Thread Thehelpfulone 
Also, "It estimates that is has about 365 million readers worldwide." I thought 
we just crossed the 500 million mark for unique visitors?

Sent from my iPhone

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On 24 Apr 2013, at 12:50, Richard Symonds  
wrote:

> I believe so, if Stevie has time: he's currently in San Francisco so is 
> trying to get all the time he can with the WMF staff. 
> 
> Richard Symonds
> Wikimedia UK
> 0207 065 0992
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and 
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered 
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. 
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia 
> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who 
> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
> Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over 
> Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.
> 
> 
> On 24 April 2013 12:43, Harry Burt  wrote:
>> Seems well-informed. Is there any intention to ask for "Wikipedian" to be 
>> changed to "Wikipedian-in-Residence" in the prose if not the headline? I 
>> always thought the latter had quite a nice ring to it myself.
>> 
>> Harry Burt (User:Jarry1250)
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Jon Davies  
>> wrote:
>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22264118
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK.  Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169
>>> tweet @jonatreesdavies 
>>> 
>>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and 
>>> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered 
>>> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. 
>>> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia 
>>> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who 
>>> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>>> Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990.  
>>>  
>>> Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 5 year plan

2013-05-01 Thread Thehelpfulone 
On 1 May 2013 15:53, Mark Kelleher  wrote:

> jon,
>
> Sorry to be thick but when it says "So please add your contributions to
> the talk page for what should be in the plan" here :
> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Towards_a_five_year_plan_2013-18
>
> - how do you get to the talk page?
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>
> Mark Kelleher
> 07795 081044
> mark.f.kelle...@gmail.com
>

To add to Simon's message, you need to click on the Discussion "tab" which
is at the top of that page on the left hand side right next to the Page
"Tab". There's a bit more information about what talk pages are for (and
how we use them on Wikipedia) at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Training/Newcomers/Talk_pages.

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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2014: London

2013-05-01 Thread Thehelpfulone 
FYI, congratulations to Ed and everyone else on the Wikimania 2014 bid team!

-- Forwarded message --
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Dear Wikimedians,

On behalf of the Wikimania 2014 selection Jury, after review and
evaluation of the two final bids, we have awarded the conference to
London. Congratulations to the London team, and to the Arusha team who
also put forward a solid effort.

We were concerned this year to see that both bidding teams put forward
proposals which were costly and complicated, in contrast to the
Wikimania tradition. The Jury briefly considered re-opening the bid
for other teams, and asked both bids to present a simpler core budget
and lower-cost options for attendees.

The London team took our comments to heart and decreased their core
budget to 20% of their initial proposal, and have committed to finding
ways to reduce the cost for community attendees.

We encourage future bidding teams to not give up their dreams, to keep
aiming for the stars, but at the same time, to not forget the spirit
of Wikimedia: a volunteer movement that makes creative use of limited
resources. We look forward to the proposed Wikimania Committee setting
out clearer guidelines on these principles.

The process to bid for hosting Wikimania requires a substantial time
investment, and we thank both candidate teams for their submissions
and hard work.

Yours,

James Forrester
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Elections 2013

2013-05-02 Thread Thehelpfulone 
On 2 May 2013, at 09:57, Katie Chan  wrote:

> Do remember this there is *3* elections going on here, community seats for 
> the WMF Board, additional seats on the FDC and the FDC Ombudsperson.

But you can only be a candidate in one of the elections, so pick carefully.

(In an unofficial Election Committee helper role) 

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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Hiring Community Liaisons (Contract)

2013-05-18 Thread Thehelpfulone 
to function.
   -

   Self-motivated - they will be given important projects and expected to
   execute with little to no supervision.
   -

   Strongly empathetic - they excel at understanding the perspectives of
   others and bridging the gap between different approaches to the world.
   -

   Willing and able to remain resilient in the face of frustration from our
   users, in order to get the job done.


Pluses

Other positive attributes or areas of knowledge include:

   -

   Diverse language skills. While the Wikimedia Foundation communicates
   internally in English, we aim to be able to talk to our different
   communities natively.
   -

   Experience with the software development process. You will be thrown
   into teams that are actively working on new features; having a background
   that reduces the slope of your learning curve is a plus.
   - Familiarity with multiple Wikimedia projects is a major plus; we are
   about more than just Wikipedia.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia

2013-06-24 Thread Thehelpfulone 
Following up on this from earlier this month - it still appears that there
is a delay in the transfer of the domain. Chris, Jon or Roger, please could
you give an update? Thanks.

On 8 June 2013 09:48, rupert THURNER  wrote:

> hi chris, what will the solution be?
>
> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Andreas Kolbe  wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Chris Keating <
> chriskeatingw...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Andreas,
> >>
> >> Yes, of course.
> >>
> >> The delay has basically been down to the risk of patent litigation.
> >>
> >> At least one Wikimedia chapter has received letters from people who
> >> purport that QRpedia infringes on various patents.
> >>
> >> We do not believe this is the case and do not believe the probability of
> >> being involved in actual litigation is high. However if it did happen it
> >> could be very costly.
> >>
> >> So we have been taking advice on how to deal with this risk, and have
> >> reached a solution which will work.  Roger and Terence have been very
> >> patiently waiting for this to be sorted out - apologies to them, and
> >> everyone else waiting for an outcome, for the delay.
> >>
> >> Chris
> >
> >
> > Thanks, Chris.
> >
> > A.
> >
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Hillsborough page

2014-04-29 Thread Thehelpfulone 
There’s a typo of the Wikimedia Foundation - “Wikipedia Foundation” - can 
someone contact them to fix it?
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On 30 Apr 2014, at 01:04, Harry Burt  wrote:

> Some more today on the BBC (and probably others):
> 
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27203371
> 
> It's currently on the BBC homepage with the description "The charity that 
> represents Wikipedia in the UK has condemned edits made from government 
> computers after more insults and vandalism emerged."
> 
> Looks like a good write up (factually accurate) with some choice quotes from 
> Stevie.
> 
> Harry
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> 
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Stevie Benton 
>  wrote:
> Just for some context, it's been reported in the Liverpool Echo - 
> http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/hillsborough-wikipedia-insults-added-government-7029881
>  and the Telegraph - 
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/10786380/Insulting-revisions-to-Wikipedia-entry-on-Hillsborough-made-from-Government-computers.html
>  - so please be aware it's a live story for now. 
> 
> If you happen to receive any enquiries, please do feel free to send them my 
> way.
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> 
> Stevie
> 
> 
> On 24 April 2014 21:14, Jon Davies  wrote:
> Just to alert anyone a journalist has been in touch regarding some reported 
> vandalism to the article about the Hillsborough Disaster = 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster 
> We have explained how it is the community of editors who look after the 
> content and that we have faith in the sound judgement of the community
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> 
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> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. 
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia 
> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who 
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>  
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Moderation queue

2014-11-07 Thread Thehelpfulone 
Approved - it’s not a problem with something on the WMF side but rather 
sometimes Mailman doesn’t play nicely with Chrome and Safari, which is a known 
issue. If this happens, the workaround is to use Firefox or Internet Explorer!

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> On 7 Nov 2014, at 12:22, Richard Symonds  wrote:
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> All,
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> I can't currently access the moderation queue for the mailing list (it times 
> out when I try to action things) so if your email is stuck in the queue - and 
> I know two are - you have the moderator's apologies! Hopefully the WMF will 
> fix it shortly.
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Moderation of Fae

2015-05-25 Thread Thehelpfulone 
On 24 May 2015, at 21:21, Gordon Joly  wrote:
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> Please fix!
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> Gordo

Fixed, thanks. The anomaly was because the URL was hardcoded in the non-digest 
version of the footer, whereas in the digest version it’s using the generic: 
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