On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Casey Brown wrote:
> Bot accounts will probably be excluded in the future, since they are
> explicitly not allowed to vote.
I think that it shouldn't be so complicated to do one "sort -u" over
emails. As I said, some of my bots don't have bot flags and because of
th
Keep in mind that this election didn't go off as well as it could
have, we all know that, the important thing was getting the e-mails
out before the vote ended. It was already too late, so it's better to
get more people notified than less. It wasn't perfect, last year was
better because there was
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> I have just received an email telling me I am eligible to vote in the
> board elections when I have already voted. Please don't send
> untargetted mass emails - they are spam.
Ah, I may imagine how your reaction would be in my case :) I have a
My favorite is "Chief Handshaker". :)
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On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Brion Vibber wrote:
> On 8/7/09 2:35 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> > By containing the magic words "senior" and "architect" the proposed
> > "Senior Software Architect" is, in my experience, not inconsistent
> > with industry naming practice for the most important t
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Chad wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Brion Vibber wrote:
>>
>> * ensure that the developers have what they need and are coding smoothly
>>
>
> Personally, I'm just waiting for Mediawiki to become self-aware and start
> coding itself :)
If SkyNet is PHP base
2009/8/9 Kat Walsh :
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Brion Vibber wrote:
>
>> Now, if we really think of a _totally badass title_ before we get the
>> business cards printed up I'm open to changing it, but honestly I like
>> it and it fits the role I see for myself just fine. :)
>
> Or you could
Somehow I'm not disappointed that we're having a problem trying to
find a title to describe how incredibly awesome Brion is.
Congrats.
-Dan
On Aug 8, 2009, at 8:45 PM, Jim Redmond wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 19:32, Kat Walsh
> wrote:
>
>> Or you could have two sets of business cards. :-)
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 19:32, Kat Walsh wrote:
> Or you could have two sets of business cards. :-)
>
And here I was going to suggest a slashed title: "Senior Software
Architect/Lead Hacker". (Maybe "Senior Software Architect/Sourceror" if
he's the eighth son of an eighth son.)
Congratulations
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Brion Vibber wrote:
>
> * ensure that the developers have what they need and are coding smoothly
>
Personally, I'm just waiting for Mediawiki to become self-aware and start
coding itself :)
-Chad
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On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Brion Vibber wrote:
> Now, if we really think of a _totally badass title_ before we get the
> business cards printed up I'm open to changing it, but honestly I like
> it and it fits the role I see for myself just fine. :)
Or you could have two sets of business card
2009/8/7 Brion Vibber :
> On 8/7/09 2:35 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
>> By containing the magic words "senior" and "architect" the proposed
>> "Senior Software Architect" is, in my experience, not inconsistent
>> with industry naming practice for the most important tech guru who
>> isn't primarily a
Pavlo Shevelo wrote:
The list of users who have voted is available at
https://wikimedia.spi-inc.org/index.php/Special:SecurePoll/list/17
Some names/nicks there appeared crossed (by horizontal line).
Would somebody please explain what does it mean?
Those that are grey out (or at least slightl
Generally speaking, that means that the user appears to have voted
more than once, or from more than one username on more than one
project. The line denotes that vote has been struck.
Philippe
On Aug 8, 2009, at 3:03 PM, Pavlo Shevelo wrote:
>> The list of users who have voted is available
> The list of users who have voted is available at
> https://wikimedia.spi-inc.org/index.php/Special:SecurePoll/list/17
Some names/nicks there appeared crossed (by horizontal line).
Would somebody please explain what does it mean?
2009/8/8 Jon Harald Søby :
> 2009/8/8 John Vandenberg
>
>> On S
2009/8/8 Geoffrey Plourde :
> Although I had already voted, I was not bothered by one tiny email reminding
> me that I was eligible to vote. Thanks guys, hopefully this will get people
> to the polls.
If it was difficult to avoid emailing people that have already voted,
I wouldn't mind, but I do
Although I had already voted, I was not bothered by one tiny email reminding me
that I was eligible to vote. Thanks guys, hopefully this will get people to the
polls.
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2009/8/8 Casey Brown :
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
>> I have just received an email telling me I am eligible to vote in the
>> board elections when I have already voted. Please don't send
>> untargetted mass emails - they are spam.
>
> "telling me I am eligible" and "unt
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:42 PM, John Vandenberg wrote:
> Oh, I am not affronted.
>
> I am thrilled that the election committee decided that computer
> engineers should be rewarded for their ingenuity by allowing their
> fine opinion to be counted twice.
>
> This motivates me to write more bots for
2009/8/8 John Vandenberg
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:09 PM, private musings
> wrote:
> > No silly - it's a mistake! (don't be so grumpy. - or be aware that
> this
> > could come across as grumpy at least)
> >
> > I recall the grumbles when Greg sent something out last year or the year
> > befo
lolz
2009/8/8 Domas Mituzas
> Hi!
>
> > And I have to assume that's primarily due to your
> > efforts.
> >
> > Thanks Brion. Excellent work.
>
> Yes, thank you Brion! :)
>
> Domas
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Yes. And are doing so.
Philippe
On Aug 8, 2009, at 2:42 AM, John Vandenberg wrote:
>
> p.s. can the election committee ensure that votes from bot accounts
> are not counted??
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Hi!
> And I have to assume that's primarily due to your
> efforts.
>
> Thanks Brion. Excellent work.
Yes, thank you Brion! :)
Domas
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On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 5:40 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> I have just received an email telling me I am eligible to vote in the
> board elections when I have already voted. Please don't send
> untargetted mass emails - they are spam.
Well, one good thing came out of it.
I didn't receive such an ema
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Brion Vibber wrote:
> Now, if we really think of a _totally badass title_ before we get the
> business cards printed up I'm open to changing it, but honestly I like
> it and it fits the role I see for myself just fine. :)
Ah, hi Brion. I didn't realise you were on
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Robert Rohde wrote:
> Brion is also engaged in a
> significant amount of interaction with external communities...
Just so happens I got my first view of Brion only yesterday.
Here he is giving a talk to Google staff: seems like a lovely,
down-to-earth guy. Inform
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Cormac Lawler wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:05 AM, wrote:
>
>> I'm sorry you got an email that bothered you. Trust me, we try to make
>> sure no one is bothered by them. Sometimes people fall through the cracks,
>> and I'm sorry that was the case here and in a
Cormac Lawler wrote:
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:05 AM, wrote:
I'm sorry you got an email that bothered you. Trust me, we try to make
sure no one is bothered by them. Sometimes people fall through the cracks,
and I'm sorry that was the case here and in a few other cases.
I'm supposedly one w
Hello,
As far as I know the email users function doesn't show the emailadres to
people so you could email me with that function and you still doesn't
have my emailadres :)
Best regards,
Huib
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On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:05 AM, wrote:
> I'm sorry you got an email that bothered you. Trust me, we try to make
> sure no one is bothered by them. Sometimes people fall through the cracks,
> and I'm sorry that was the case here and in a few other cases.
I'm supposedly one who fell through the
Huib! wrote:
Hello,
Aren't we working to wrong way, I think it should be better to let
people opt-in, because we didn't release our e-mail addresses for this
kind of spam. I use different emails for private / mailinglist use and I
didn't give permission to use my private email.
Can I just p
Philippe Beaudette wrote:
Yeah, that one's noted for the post-mortem.
I'm going to add some notes for "future generation" that send this in 2
years time based on my experience sending this last year (and also
thinking about it this year) before I forget. I'm sure this year's
committee & Werdna
John Vandenberg wrote:
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:09 PM, private musings wrote:
No silly - it's a mistake! (don't be so grumpy. - or be aware that this
could come across as grumpy at least)
I recall the grumbles when Greg sent something out last year or the year
before, and feel the same abou
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:09 PM, private musings wrote:
> No silly - it's a mistake! (don't be so grumpy. - or be aware that this
> could come across as grumpy at least)
>
> I recall the grumbles when Greg sent something out last year or the year
> before, and feel the same about this as that -
Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi,
This is a huge improvement over the last election where not all projects
were targeted for this type of mail. As a result there is less bias in the
system. So you can opt out if you do not want to receive an e-mail for the
next election.
Huh? All eligible voters who
No silly - it's a mistake! (don't be so grumpy. - or be aware that this
could come across as grumpy at least)
I recall the grumbles when Greg sent something out last year or the year
before, and feel the same about this as that - the folk sending the email
are using an imperfect system, but ov
Hello,
Aren't we working to wrong way, I think it should be better to let
people opt-in, because we didn't release our e-mail addresses for this
kind of spam. I use different emails for private / mailinglist use and I
didn't give permission to use my private email.
Its kind of stupid that this
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Robert Rohde wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 12:34 AM, John Vandenberg wrote:
>> I had forgotten that my bot gave me a second vote.
>
> Is that a joke?
My bot, which has a bot flag on two projects, was sent an email asking
it to vote.
Is that a joke?
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On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 12:34 AM, John Vandenberg wrote:
> I had forgotten that my bot gave me a second vote.
Is that a joke?
-Robert Rohde
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On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Meno 25 wrote:
> and also please don't send e-mails to bot accounts.
I found that email quite helpful.
I had forgotten that my bot gave me a second vote.
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David Gerard wrote:
> 2009/8/7 Gregory Maxwell:
>
>> It's not bad to have an internal pattern, but I think it's more
>> important to match the practices in industry.
>> By containing the magic words "senior" and "architect" the proposed
>> "Senior Software Architect" is, in my experience, not in
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