Re: [Foundation-l] chapter board seats (was: Greg Kohs and Peter Damian)

2010-10-21 Thread Joan Goma
> > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:52:11 +0200 > From: Gerard Meijssen > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] foundation-l Digest, Vol 79, Issue 65 > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List > > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hoi, > The fact that nobody inf

Re: [Foundation-l] Ban and moderate

2010-10-21 Thread John Vandenberg
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 12:58 PM, K. Peachey wrote: > I don't remember seeing any comments or discussion on that matter, > care to point them out? They are mostly in the thread 'Greg Kohs and Peter Damian' http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-October/061638.html -- John Vanden

Re: [Foundation-l] Ban and moderate

2010-10-21 Thread phoebe ayers
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Virgilio A. P. Machado wrote: > Three days after the announcement made by Austin Hair on behalf of > this list administrators, which also includes Ral315 and > AlexandrDmitri, that Greg Kohs was banned and Peter Damian moderated, > this much has been accomplished b

Re: [Foundation-l] Ban and moderate

2010-10-21 Thread K. Peachey
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Virgilio A. P. Machado wrote: > Three days after the announcement made by Austin Hair on behalf of > this list administrators, which also includes Ral315 and > AlexandrDmitri, that Greg Kohs was banned and Peter Damian moderated, > this much has been accomplished

[Foundation-l] Ban and moderate

2010-10-21 Thread Virgilio A. P. Machado
Three days after the announcement made by Austin Hair on behalf of this list administrators, which also includes Ral315 and AlexandrDmitri, that Greg Kohs was banned and Peter Damian moderated, this much has been accomplished by about 41 posts on that subject: 1) Austin Hair, Ral315, and Alexan

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposal for new project

2010-10-21 Thread Robert S. Horning
On 10/21/2010 08:21 AM, Ziko van Dijk wrote: > I wouldn't say that a "how-to" is necessarily NPOV, although there are > more ways to do something. But such a project can be realised already > within Wikibooks. > Kind regards > Ziko > > How-to books are on Wikibooks mainly due to the long-ago v

[Foundation-l] Page views

2010-10-21 Thread Erik Zachte
A quick update on our inflated page view stats: Ryan's hypothesis that deployment of the new CentralNotice banner loader had something to do with it has been confirmed. So those extra page views were actually internally generated requests, which accessed just two new special pages in huge amoun

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: Mike Godwin leaves the Wikimedia Foundation

2010-10-21 Thread Robert Rohde
I would also like to add my gratitude to Mike for his years of useful service. It is hard to imagine who could be a suitable replacement. -Robert Rohde On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Ting Chen wrote: > Again Kat found the right words. Thank you very much Mike for all the > works you have don

Re: [Foundation-l] chapter board seats (was: Greg Kohs and Peter Damian)

2010-10-21 Thread phoebe ayers
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 3:30 AM, John Vandenberg wrote: > While I am a man with many issues, I'm sure it won't surprise anyone > to learn that I am a single issue voter. ;-) > > "How much has the candidate done, on the ground, for the projects > other than Wikipedia?" > > Over the years there ha

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: Mike Godwin leaves the Wikimedia Foundation

2010-10-21 Thread Ting Chen
Again Kat found the right words. Thank you very much Mike for all the works you have done. I cannot remember how often I had to ask you about problems from copyright issues to BLP issues alone related with zh-wp. And all best wishes from me. Ting At 20.10.2010 18:39, wrote Kat Walsh: >> On 19

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposal for new project

2010-10-21 Thread Ziko van Dijk
I wouldn't say that a "how-to" is necessarily NPOV, although there are more ways to do something. But such a project can be realised already within Wikibooks. Kind regards Ziko 2010/10/21 Marcus Buck : > An'n 20.10.2010 20:30, hett Leonardo Oña schreven: >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiFix

Re: [Foundation-l] subtitles for Wikimedia videos

2010-10-21 Thread KIZU Naoko
Agreed to use the same labels in interlang, for the target non-English speaking audience, labels in a foreign language (in this case English) may work not every time. On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Marcus Buck wrote: > An'n 04.10.2010 21:32, hett Erik Moeller schreven: >> 2010/10/3 Marcus Buck:

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposal for new project

2010-10-21 Thread WJhonson
In a message dated 10/21/2010 6:52:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time, m...@marcusbuck.org writes: > I think your proposal is a good idea and that that wiki could develop > into a very useful resource. However it does not fit into Wikimedia. > Wikimedia is strictly about educational content and "neut

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposal for new project

2010-10-21 Thread Marcus Buck
An'n 20.10.2010 20:30, hett Leonardo Oña schreven: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiFix > > WikiFix is aimed at explaining *HOW TO* repair different ítems such as > telephones, microwaves, autos, tables, furnitures, walls, decorations, > wears, etc. > > We should have in mind that each model of

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposal for new project

2010-10-21 Thread Leonardo Oña
Because is about the experience that the people have reparing items, news ideas that can be changing during the days A book would be writing for an expert. 2010/10/20 Mohamed Magdy > Why not just use Wikibooks for this project? if it works out, you can > easily > migrate the content to its

Re: [Foundation-l] foundation-l Digest, Vol 79, Issue 65

2010-10-21 Thread Nathan
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > The fact that nobody informed the "losers" that they had lost wins > definitely not the price for best practices. I know for a fact that the > person involved in the election process has been suggested to do so. People > do appreciat

Re: [Foundation-l] foundation-l Digest, Vol 79, Issue 65

2010-10-21 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, The fact that nobody informed the "losers" that they had lost wins definitely not the price for best practices. I know for a fact that the person involved in the election process has been suggested to do so. People do appreciate a word of thanks for being a candidate and a good loser. As far

Re: [Foundation-l] chapter board seats (was: Greg Kohs and Peter Damian)

2010-10-21 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
John Vandenberg, 21/10/2010 12:30: > If history is anything to go by, a single issue candidate is the best > chance that WMF will adjust its strategy to devote more energy towards > supporting the sister projects. Have we ever had a single-issue trustee who achieved something? > I'd hoped that th

Re: [Foundation-l] subtitles for Wikimedia videos

2010-10-21 Thread Marcus Buck
An'n 04.10.2010 21:32, hett Erik Moeller schreven: > 2010/10/3 Marcus Buck: >> I saw it unfolded now. Thanks! One small issue: 'nds' is not Dutch. It's >> Low Saxon. And I have no subtitle selection menu (just an on/off switch >> that gives me random language subtitles) with HTML5, but I guess that

Re: [Foundation-l] foundation-l Digest, Vol 79, Issue 65

2010-10-21 Thread Joan Goma
I think you are very generous saying “chapter selection process is not very transparent”, saying "absolutely opaque outside the chapters" perhaps is a bit more realistic. I have to say that according to the rules of the call in last election I presented a candidate to the chapter’s board selecte

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: Mike Godwin leaves the Wikimedia Foundation

2010-10-21 Thread Mayo FM
The best of luck and wishes for Mike, and a big thanks, Mayo 2010/10/20 Nathan > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Kat Walsh wrote: > >> On 19 October 2010 19:45, Sue Gardner wrote: > >> > >>> Hi folks, > >>> > >>> I want to let you know that as of this Friday, October 22, 2010, Mike > >>> God

Re: [Foundation-l] chapter board seats (was: Greg Kohs and Peter Damian)

2010-10-21 Thread John Vandenberg
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:52 AM, phoebe ayers wrote: >.. > Others can speak to this better than I can, but part of the rationale > behind chapter-selected seats was to help even out representation -- > to make sure that the elected seats on the board were not entirely > dominated by candidates fro

Re: [Foundation-l] chapter board seats (was: Greg Kohs and Peter Damian)

2010-10-21 Thread Ilario Valdelli
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:52 PM, phoebe ayers wrote: >> >> Three board positions (30% of the board) are elected by the community at >> large. They are the only members of the board who have a direct >> responsibility to the community, and there is no method for the community to >> revoke their re

Re: [Foundation-l] chapter board seats (was: Gre...)

2010-10-21 Thread Delphine Ménard
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 9:26 AM, phoebe ayers wrote: >> What about situations where a dozen or so people get together and decide to >> do the "chapter" thing for a geographic region/country, without actively >> seeking input from the majority of Wikimedians from their region? Once the >> name is

Re: [Foundation-l] chapter board seats (was: Greg Kohs and Peter Damian)

2010-10-21 Thread phoebe ayers
Hi Risker! On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Risker wrote: > > >> >> changing the subject line because I think we've ranged pretty far away >> from the original subject of moderation >> >> As the person who was selected via this process I feel the need to jump in >> :) >> >> I agree that the