Re: [Foundation-l] New Project Process

2012-04-04 Thread Lodewijk
every year :) Best, Lodewijk No dia 4 de Abril de 2012 05:53, Pharos escreveu: > On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Samuel Klein > wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 3:38 AM, David Gerard wrote: > >> On 3 April 2012 07:47, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: > >> >

Re: [Foundation-l] A discussion list for Wikimedia (not "Foundation") matters

2012-04-04 Thread Lodewijk
I don't know if this makes sense, so I beg your patience for my ignorance. But would it be an option to duplicate the archive? Then both the old and the new links will work. It would be a Great Pity if the new list would not contain the archive of the old list. Best, Lodewijk No dia 4 de

Re: [Foundation-l] A university partner for Wikimania

2012-03-26 Thread Lodewijk
And if memory serves me well 2007 was co-hosted by the Academica Sinica and 2008 by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (which probably can be categorized as academic albeit not university). Kind regards, Lodewijk No dia 26 de Março de 2012 11:04, Ray Saintonge escreveu: > On 03/25/12 12:34 PM, Ja

[Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments - will your country participate?

2012-03-15 Thread Lodewijk
parties are involved. We would be delighted to help you out in any way possible to pull off this event. Best, Lodewijk (on behalf of the international coordinating team) ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://li

Re: [Foundation-l] Copyright and cakes...

2012-03-05 Thread Lodewijk
eating the cake would damage the moral rights of the logo author. Since he cannot give general permission to violate moral rights, eating the cake would be illegal. No dia 5 de Março de 2012 23:08, David Gerard escreveu: > On 5 March 2012 22:07, geni wrote: > > On 5 March 2012 20:40, Chris Keat

Re: [Foundation-l] Copyright and cakes...

2012-03-05 Thread Lodewijk
clause to make things complicated). That way everyone with permission of the WMF can reuse the design if wanted. Lodewijk No dia 5 de Março de 2012 15:54, Richard Symonds < richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> escreveu: > Silly question for you all: > > Is > http://commons.wi

Re: [Foundation-l] Oral Citations Sourcing

2012-02-25 Thread Lodewijk
Hi Castelo, just to make the discussion clearer: could you just give say 5 or 10 examples of topics where you believe oral citations are unavoidable? Then I hope that Ziko in his turn can explain how we can write about those examples without using them. Best regards, Lodewijk No dia 25 de

Re: [Foundation-l] Movement roles letter, Feb 2012

2012-02-14 Thread Lodewijk
s, and consider its impact rather than its source. Best, Lodewijk No dia 14 de Fevereiro de 2012 14:23, Ziko van Dijk escreveu: > Lodewijk, > I remember the session in Haifa very well. The audience found it > extremely difficult to understand the texts and do anything with them > - t

Re: [Foundation-l] Movement roles letter, Feb 2012

2012-02-14 Thread Lodewijk
that whole learning process all over again. So yes, lets be critical, and constructive as much as possible. best, Lodewijk No dia 14 de Fevereiro de 2012 00:57, Ziko van Dijk escreveu: > Hello, > > I am afraid that the letter takes over the "results" of the MR group > that w

Re: [Foundation-l] Movement roles letter, Feb 2012

2012-02-13 Thread Lodewijk
, the details and what solutions do not work in their case. Warmly, Lodewijk No dia 13 de Fevereiro de 2012 15:29, marcos escreveu: > There is a simpler solution: to dissolve the current structure of chapters > and to leave everything in hands of the magnificent professionals of San > Fr

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: Building a new Legal and Community Advocacy Department & Promotion of Philippe Beaudette

2012-02-10 Thread Lodewijk
ecome what you pick it to become. I can't suggest changes to team or actions if I am unable to grasp behind the very broadly stated goals. Right now it is clear who is in the team, but honestly I don't know you guys well enough to derive from that what you should be doing. Lodewijk No dia 10 d

[Foundation-l] Community Advisory Board / Volunteer Council

2012-02-09 Thread Lodewijk
too that this wouldn't hold back people from keeping asking for a 'real' volunteer council. Best, Lodewijk ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: Building a new Legal and Community Advocacy Department & Promotion of Philippe Beaudette

2012-02-09 Thread Lodewijk
Wikimedia Foundation? Will you be working on guiding the community involvement processes Geoff handled so well with the Terms of Use? Thanks, Lodewijk No dia 10 de Fevereiro de 2012 07:46, Theo10011 escreveu: > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Erik Moeller wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 9,

Re: [Foundation-l] Fundraising Letter Feb 2012

2012-02-09 Thread Lodewijk
decision would be made, but rather an inventory, which would allow for a real life discussion in Paris/Berlin with other stakeholders. Lodewijk No dia 9 de Fevereiro de 2012 09:11, Ting Chen escreveu: > The Board approves the following letter to be sent to the community: > > Dear membe

Re: [Foundation-l] Journal Boycott

2012-02-01 Thread Lodewijk
, Lodewijk No dia 1 de Fevereiro de 2012 17:32, Andrea Zanni escreveu: > I don't know if it's the case, > but it would be very interesting to have the Foundation > support officialy the campaign (single scholars can do decide to boycott, > of course). > But "universal acc

Re: [Foundation-l] ACTA signed but not ratified Re: ACTA analysis?

2012-01-27 Thread Lodewijk
Apparently the ambassador of the Netherlands did not get permission in time to sign the agreement. It seems nobody really knows yet why that was, but it is expected that the signature will follow. Also the signature of Spain, Slovenia and Cyprus seems to be missing yet. Source: http://webwereld.nl/

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Nederland reports

2012-01-22 Thread Lodewijk
Hi Ziko, I appreciate your email, but it seems you forgot the link. Also, I personally strongly prefer it if you could include the actual reports in the email. It makes searching & finding much easier, as well as offline reading. Best regards, Lodewijk No dia 22 de Janeiro de 2012 22:32,

Re: [Foundation-l] RESCHEDULED: Mailing lists server migration today

2012-01-18 Thread Lodewijk
as explained in another email: it was actually sent today, with the wrong datestamp. L No dia 18 de Janeiro de 2012 16:35, Huib Laurens escreveu: > gmail is having troubles the last few weeks... I miss e-mails daily that > arrive much later... > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Thomas Dalton

[Foundation-l] Just cruel (was: January 18: Nick Drake)

2012-01-18 Thread Lodewijk
This is just cruel... "read the rest" yeah right :P -- Mensagem encaminhada -- De: English Wikipedia Article of the Day < daily-articl...@lists.wikimedia.org> Data: 18 de Janeiro de 2012 01:05 Assunto: [Daily article] January 18: Nick Drake Para: daily-articl...@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Foundation-l] Spanish website blocking law implemented

2012-01-04 Thread Lodewijk
We should be careful to start calling all copyright related laws evil (at least you seem to suggest that) because then that would devaluate very quickly. At least what I see quickly (but IANALawyer and IANASpaniard) this law is not thát evil: the government can ask to close a website that is actual

Re: [Foundation-l] Reminder: IRC office hours with the Head of Reader Relations, Thursday Dec. 22nd

2011-12-23 Thread Lodewijk
Hi Jürgen, I didn't mean to specify a format, but rather how I would like to use it. If the same can be achieved in a way that is also open source etc (an can be used on multiple platforms) that deserved of course preference. Hence the "some kind of" :) Best, Lodewijk No dia 22

Re: [Foundation-l] Reminder: IRC office hours with the Head of Reader Relations, Thursday Dec. 22nd

2011-12-22 Thread Lodewijk
Hi Steven, is there some kind of Google Agenda of this type of meetings that I could load into my own? Then I could use that as a reminder as well. Best, Lodewijk No dia 22 de Dezembro de 2011 00:29, Steven Walling escreveu: > This is happening in about 30 minutes. > > --

[Foundation-l] Thanking volunteers

2011-11-16 Thread Lodewijk
is * What are the best practices and the coolest ideas * Whether physical or online methods are used primarily Thank you for your help! Lodewijk ps: oh yes, of course: you can share this with everybody you like. I hope someone can send this to the cha

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia India Program Trust

2011-11-16 Thread Lodewijk
rst place. It is no attack, it has mainly been a set of questions which have gotten answered in many different ways throughout this discussion. That alone leaves me to believe that there are ways to improve. Best regards, Lodewijk No dia 16 de Novembro de 2011 04:08, Bishakha Datta escreveu

Re: [Foundation-l] [Internal-l] Fwd: Wikimedia India Program Trust

2011-11-12 Thread Lodewijk
eers are brave enough to step up and out this criticism, I become even more careful. Best regards, Lodewijk No dia Sábado, 12 de Novembro de 2011, Liam Wyattliamwyatt@gmail.comescreveu: > On 12 November 2011 06:53, Bishakha Datta wrote: > > > This thread started out with questions abou

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia India Program Trust

2011-11-11 Thread Lodewijk
the chapter and the trust be competing with each other or collaborating? Thanks for helping me seeing the situation more clearly, Lodewijk No dia 11 de Novembro de 2011 09:29, Gautam John escreveu: > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Liam Wyatt wrote: > > > Can you elaborate on the

Re: [Foundation-l] Who *doesn't* suffer from adminitis these days?

2011-11-07 Thread Lodewijk
I don't, and if you disagree, you are trolling and I'll block you! Lodewijk No dia 2 de Novembro de 2011 21:52, Kim Bruning escreveu: > > In reference to people wanting to be nicer to newbies, (and next to the > obvious step of us really needing > to make it more frellin

Re: [Foundation-l] Global Fundraiser Test

2011-10-24 Thread Lodewijk
pect to happen at this moment, and it could change every day/week. Best, Lodewijk No dia 24 de Outubro de 2011 09:04, Till Mletzko escreveu: > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fundraising_2011#When_does_the_fundraiser_start.3F > > Best, > Till > > > Am 1

Re: [Foundation-l] IMDb sued for revealing actresses age

2011-10-19 Thread Lodewijk
Why is it that after reading such a message, I only get more curious who this actress is ;) No dia 19 de Outubro de 2011 14:49, Yaroslav M. Blanter escreveu: > On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:40:18 +0100, Thomas Dalton > > wrote: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15360864 > > > > I'm not sure

Re: [Foundation-l] Global Fundraiser Test

2011-10-19 Thread Lodewijk
Hi Charles, all, maybe I'm missing it - but I don't seem to be able to find an actual timeline (or planned timeline) for this year's fundraiser. Could you please point me to it? Thanks a lot, Lodewijk No dia 18 de Outubro de 2011 22:45, Charles A. Barr escreveu: > The glob

Re: [Foundation-l] Is random article truly random

2011-10-18 Thread Lodewijk
the random article button? Best, lodewijk No dia 18 de Outubro de 2011 16:00, Fae escreveu: > Rather than filtering the unreferenced, I had in mind articles such as > [[Human penis]] and [[Vagina]] where the lead may be NSFW (Tom's main > thrust) or unstable articles that are cu

Re: [Foundation-l] WMF is planning to install a video player that harms creator attribution and ties between Wikipedia and Commons

2011-10-11 Thread Lodewijk
I assume that you, before sending this email to a mailing list that is not exactly technical in nature, have submitted bug reports about this on bugzilla so that the technical magicians can actually fix it? I'm confident they would appreciate any constructive input. Best regards, Lodewij

Re: [Foundation-l] Letter to the community on Controversial Content

2011-10-09 Thread Lodewijk
some discussions, it seems some people are all too eager to steer into that direction, hoping that 'the others' will steer away first. Perhaps we should just slow down a bit and map the situation a bit better. Best regards, Lodewijk No dia 9 de Outubro de 2011 19:05, Nathan

Re: [Foundation-l] Given that we have won, can we turn Italian Wikipedia back on now?

2011-10-06 Thread Lodewijk
The WIki is back online already. But the village pump page was (at least for the last day) available. Lodewijk No dia 6 de Outubro de 2011 18:17, teun spaans escreveu: > As I understand, the change has only been proposed. > > Possibly another interesting issue will develop: the italian

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-06 Thread Lodewijk
point, so perhaps another statement by someone else clarifies better. Thanks a lot, Lodewijk No dia 6 de Outubro de 2011 15:20, Federico Leva (Nemo) escreveu: > Lodewijk, 06/10/2011 14:24: > > No dia 6 de Outubro de 2011 14:01, Federico Leva (Nemo) > > escreveu: > > > &

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-06 Thread Lodewijk
s of > the proposed law for a long time before. > it's not that I dont trust you - but several people have asked me for such opinions. Is there somewhere an overview of legal experts interpreting this? Lodewijk ___ foundation-l mailing list fo

[Foundation-l] Image filter again (was: WMF blog post...)

2011-10-05 Thread Lodewijk
ball parks here. Lodewijk No dia 5 de Outubro de 2011 10:53, Thomas Morton < morton.tho...@googlemail.com> escreveu: > On 5 October 2011 09:26, Jalo wrote: > > > > > > > If you don't even think that is a comparable situation, then you > clearly > > >

Re: [Foundation-l] WMF blog post on Italian Wikipedia

2011-10-05 Thread Lodewijk
If you even think that is a comparable situation, then you clearly don't understand at all what this law is all about. Lodewijk No dia 5 de Outubro de 2011 09:39, emijrp escreveu: > "The Wikimedia Foundation supports the rights of all people to access our > free knowledge conte

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia

2011-10-04 Thread Lodewijk
The WMF has not taken a stance even at this - individuals at the WMF did, and the WMF did decide so far that it will not break the strike. That is something else than the WMF taking an active stance. Which it maybe should, maybe shouldn't (that depends on the wordings etc). Lodewijk No dia

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia

2011-10-04 Thread Lodewijk
, for all those foreigners who might be visiting it.wikipedia as well. An alternative could be to use a really huge sitenotice, so that people are forced to scroll down a lot every time - which is very frustrating, but doesn't deprive you of the actual contents. Best, Lodewijk No dia 4 de

[Foundation-l] We need more information (was: Blog from Sue about ...)

2011-09-30 Thread Lodewijk
ut not just for themselves? Hoping for a constructive discussion and more data on what our 'readers' actually want and/or need... Lodewijk No dia 30 de Setembro de 2011 11:40, Béria Lima escreveu: > I'll go by pieces in your mail Erik. > > *The intro and footer of

Re: [Foundation-l] 86% of german users disagree with the introduction of the personal image filter

2011-09-19 Thread Lodewijk
rther, categorization of images will be happening likely on Commons (my guess) - so even if you opt out as German Wikipedia (although personally I think it would be more interesting to do a reader survey inside the German langauge visitors before deciding on that) it would not help that specific scenario. Lod

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcome to Wikimedia D.C.

2011-09-13 Thread Lodewijk
the linked bylaws (which is what is defining the entity) explicitely state the legal name, even in the link. There is no confusion possible therefore, also from a very formal point of view. Best regards, Lodewijk Am 13. September 2011 15:17 schrieb Béria Lima : > Tomasz, > > Some chapters

Re: [Foundation-l] On Wikinews

2011-09-13 Thread Lodewijk
e same time it might bring the apparently needed changes for some, and make them work - I do hope though that both communities will quickly figure out what methods work best, and join together again to make it more likely to pass this threshold of activity. Lodewijk __

Re: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments (Was: On curiosity, cats and scapegoats)

2011-09-13 Thread Lodewijk
Yes, there is (thanks Béria for linking) - however I think I speak for many on that list that it would be appreciated if you can hold off the more general 2012 discussions until October :) Just to state the obvious. Best regards, Lodewijk Am 13. September 2011 12:28 schrieb Béria Lima

Re: [Foundation-l] board meeting minutes: Aug 3 2011

2011-09-12 Thread Lodewijk
utes :) Thanks, Lodewijk Am 12. September 2011 19:27 schrieb phoebe ayers : > FYI: the minutes from the August 3rd, 2011 Board meeting in Haifa (the > Wikimania meeting) are now posted: > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2011-08-03 > > Regards, > Phoebe Ayers > >

Re: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments (Was: On curiosity, cats and scapegoats)

2011-09-12 Thread Lodewijk
ut most likely unused, because the monument is not clearly identified etc. Anyway, lets have this discussion more in depth later on, after we can see some more clearly the final results of the 2011 edition in all countries. Best regards, Lodewijk ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

[Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments (Was: On curiosity, cats and scapegoats)

2011-09-12 Thread Lodewijk
rding improvements for next years in our post-mortem after September. Best regards, Lodewijk Am 12. September 2011 07:49 schrieb Yaroslav M. Blanter : > On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:51:33 +0900, KIZU Naoko wrote: > > Off topic alert: > > > > I haven't given a closer look to yo

Re: [Foundation-l] EU Consultation on Open Access (deadline coming soon)

2011-09-09 Thread Lodewijk
Hi, just to be clear: was this submitted /on behalf/ of the wmf? or as a community effort? lodewijk Am 9. September 2011 22:44 schrieb Daniel Mietchen < daniel.mietc...@googlemail.com>: > The Wikimedia response has been submitted, based on > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/

Re: [Foundation-l] On curiosity, cats and scapegoats

2011-09-08 Thread Lodewijk
bias. You could even argue that forcing people to look at pictures and make them feel uncomfortable gives them in their specific interpretation a larger bias about the topic than you can ever induce by leaving the pictures out for that same group. Lodewijk Am 7. September 2011 20:38 schrieb Kim

Re: [Foundation-l] On curiosity, cats and scapegoats

2011-09-06 Thread Lodewijk
that. And the board clearly said yes. Lodewijk Am 6. September 2011 22:45 schrieb Béria Lima : > > > > *My boss (...) can't open the pregnancy article at work because the intro > > is NSFW our workplace. > > * > > > I'm sorry but i don't find the

Re: [Foundation-l] On curiosity, cats and scapegoats

2011-09-06 Thread Lodewijk
and when they would want to? The board clearly answered that question with yes. Do you think it is better to force people to choose between watching an article with an image they do not want to see, and not seeing the article at all? Lodewijk Am 6. September 2011 16:44 schrieb Dan Rosenthal : &

[Foundation-l] Wikimedians team up to make European Cultural Heritage Accessible to the World

2011-09-05 Thread Lodewijk Gelauff
Hi all, Several of you may have noted Wiki Loves Monuments - you can also find an article about it in the Signpost of this week. Please find below our International press release. Best, Lodewijk * * *== PRESS RELEASE ==* * * *Wikimedians team up to make European Cultural Heritage Accessible to

Re: [Foundation-l] Personal Image Filter results announced

2011-09-05 Thread Lodewijk
plemented (it seems dewp isn't too excited about it for example, others might be). Let us focus on having a good implementation rather than the things that (whether we like it or not) already seem to have been decided for us. Lodewijk Am 5. September 2011 18:00 schrieb Andre Engels : >

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters

2011-08-30 Thread Lodewijk
2011/8/30 Ray Saintonge > On 08/29/11 1:55 AM, Lodewijk wrote: > > > > It may be a logical consequence for the WMF giving out these grants (I > don't > > know but wouldn't be surprised if i.e. Ford Foundation has similar > > requirements), but it clearly

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters

2011-08-29 Thread Lodewijk
ing important voices). Is the reason really transparency? Is it about transferring money? Because that is important, but (sometimes easily) fixable. Or is the reasoning you don't like the projects the chapters work on? Because *then* we should have a discussion about that, and not hide behind non-r

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters

2011-08-26 Thread Lodewijk
sible. That organization is more likely to develop itself professionally. That does not leave out that there are many problems with the current distribution system (50/50 etc) but that is a whole other discussion. Lodewijk 2011/8/11 Jimmy Wales > On 8/10/11 8:51 PM, birgitte...@yahoo.com wrot

Re: [Foundation-l] Board resolutions on controversial content and images of identifiable people

2011-08-26 Thread Lodewijk
t they should change their filter, and choose other categories to hide/show. The only truely non-neutral part could be where we suggest which categories someone might want to hide. Or packages of categories. Lodewijk 2011/8/26 Kim Bruning > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 01:25:32PM +0530, Bishakha

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikilovesmonuments

2011-08-26 Thread Lodewijk
wikilovesmonuments.org (registered by WMDE) but didn't register the .com - we had to draw a line somewhere. For a possible intercontinental contest, we would have to rely on the .org domain. Lodewijk 2011/8/26 billy joel > > Yes, I understood that. > But I think its kind of stupid that

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Referendum 2011 mailout — issues

2011-08-20 Thread Lodewijk
Maybe we could catch this discussion on wiki - it is an ever returning issue, and the lessons could be valuable for other campaigns too. Lodewijk 2011/8/20 Milos Rancic > (It seems that mail server is not functioning properly. I've got > "local delivery failed". Try

Re: [Foundation-l] Genuine, Generous, and Grateful

2011-08-19 Thread Lodewijk
Of course there's the infamous @wikipedia_mk and @itwikiquote :) 2011/8/18 Andrew Gray > On 18 August 2011 17:39, Tom Morris wrote: > > More useful for smaller wikis. Tweeting new pages or recent changes > > for enwiki would probably destroy Twitter very quickly. > > > > When I was more involve

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia chapters' raison d'être?

2011-08-17 Thread Lodewijk
r or (long distance) volunteer) or another non-chapter organizational group inside the movement. With kind regards, Lodewijk 2011/8/17 Teofilo > Wikimedia chapters are not only an example of what should not be seen > in Wikimedia projects (an "institution[...], of any kind, [...] > cla

[Foundation-l] disconnected

2011-08-11 Thread Lodewijk
easy to say that you're trying and will try even harder - but that won't be good enough. Lodewijk -- Forwarded message -- From: Dan Rosenthal Date: 2011/8/11 Subject: Re: [Internal-l] Board letter about fundraising and chapters To: "Local Chapters, board and officers c

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters

2011-08-09 Thread Lodewijk
it similarly good. But that is the idea of a chapter - it is not a fanclub organizing beer events only to have fun. Best regards, Lodewijk 2011/8/9 Yaroslav M. Blanter > On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 10:11:49 -0500, birgitte...@yahoo.com wrote: > >> And just to add to the argument, the projects

[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Chapters and some of their coolest activities

2011-08-09 Thread Lodewijk
n't accept any presentation format (.ppt, .pptx, .odp) so the layers within the slides are not visible. If you would like to see those too, just email me offlist and I'll send you the .odp I would like to encourage people to make any derivatives from it they think interesting. With kin

Re: [Foundation-l] Going to far

2011-07-19 Thread Lodewijk
privacy policy, the Ombudsman commission should be the right way to go. This list might be a proper forum if you identify that the ombudsman commission does not function at all though, but as I understand it, you have not yet explored the options there. With kind regards, Lodewijk 2011/7/19 Huib

Re: [Foundation-l] roadmap for WM affiliation ; a name for self-identified affiliation

2011-07-13 Thread Lodewijk
d you consider this to be similar to Wikimedian groups who want to have a slightly more formal relationship with the Movement? Lodewijk 2011/7/13 Samuel Klein > We're discussing setting up an "Affiliation committee" to oversee > simple, low-overhead wikimedia affiliate

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy concerns

2011-07-12 Thread Lodewijk
Sure it would reduce the amount of private data considered, but also the name&address could (should) be considered private, and hence it wouldn't take away the fundamental concerns as they are stated by several people. Best, Lodewijk 2011/7/12 Birgitte SB > A notarized statement w

Re: [Foundation-l] Welcome to new wikis

2011-07-12 Thread Lodewijk
I assume you mean Argentinian chapter, and not arabic? Best, Lodewijk 2011/7/12 Milos Rancic > We've got four new wikis: two for content and two for chapters: > * Mingrelian Wikipedia: http://xmf.wikipedia.org > * Argentinian Wikiveristy: http://ar.wikiversity.org > * Ara

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy concerns

2011-07-11 Thread Lodewijk
I am not sure if that would solve any of the problems that some people have with the current situation. Still the notarized statement (which includes all personal data) would end up with an individual if I understand correctly. It would only add quite a lot of costs... 2011/7/11 Peter Gervai > O

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy concerns

2011-07-10 Thread Lodewijk
robably be, that people who currently can choose to use this clause, would simply be blocked forever without a way of getting unblocked. Still not taking any stand or opinion, Lodewijk 2011/7/10 David Gerard > On 10 July 2011 10:55, Huib Laurens wrote: > > > Is mentioned in a offiic

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy concerns

2011-07-09 Thread Lodewijk
active on OTRS too, but it was explicitely chosen to make this a snail mail process. Just to state it once again: I do not intend to take *any* position on this, but rather to explain the facts as I understand them. With kind regards, Lodewijk 2011/7/9 Federico Leva (Nemo) > David Gerard, 09

Re: [Foundation-l] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2011-06-28 Thread Lodewijk
Perhaps one of the list admins could at least build in a filter for the linked in emails :) Possibly file a request with LinkedIn for change of the account details too? Best, Lodewijk 2011/6/28 Mohamed Ibrahim > basically, how can someone register on linkedIn with foundation-l address? &

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Lodewijk
2011/6/25 Milos Rancic > On 06/25/2011 11:20 AM, Lodewijk wrote: > > could someone perhaps explain why the board delegated closing policy to > > *individual language committee members*? Because as I read it, this > advice > > to the board is given by one individual,

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Lodewijk
-person-call). Also, I do not understand why the *language* committee has a role in this in the first place. Is closing projects often about whether or not it actually is a language (the expertise field of langcom)? Lodewijk 2011/6/25 Milos Rancic > Board has decided to make Closing projects

[Foundation-l] Nominating Committee

2011-06-25 Thread Lodewijk
o was there on the board at the time could clarify? Thanks a lot, Lodewijk 2011/6/25 Milos Rancic > On 06/24/2011 07:57 PM, birgitte...@yahoo.com wrote: > > I also sat on NomCom during this time period. I cannot agree that Matt's > appointment was more problematic than Stu'

Re: [Foundation-l] Simple Wikipedia: different projects

2011-06-24 Thread Lodewijk
much work that would be. Maybe someone with a better technical background and insight in what already exists (maybe other parties have developed something similar?) can give a fair estimate on that. Best, Lodewijk 2011/6/24 Milos Rancic > On 06/24/2011 01:42 PM, Lodewijk wrote: > > Let

Re: [Foundation-l] Simple Wikipedia: different projects

2011-06-24 Thread Lodewijk
tor. Best, Lodewijk 2011/6/24 Milos Rancic > On 06/24/2011 11:40 AM, Ray Saintonge wrote: > > On 06/22/11 1:46 PM, Milos Rancic wrote: > >> I have a friendly advice for you (and I hope that Michael and Gerard > >> wouldn't kill me because of that): If you are able to c

Re: [Foundation-l] Simple Wikipedia: different projects

2011-06-22 Thread Lodewijk
But... back to the original question: would you (yes, you who is reading this. No, don't look behind you, I really mean you!) see benifit & community potential for this? Are there people out there who would find it *fun* to write articles in a simple way explaining the

Re: [Foundation-l] Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain

2011-06-22 Thread Lodewijk
Thank you for sharing! This potentially has a big impact indeed, and the support of the WMF seems more than appropriate. Is this something the WMF will do more often in the future (or has done in the past) or is this an extreme exception due to its importance? With kind regards, Lodewijk 2011

[Foundation-l] Simple Wikipedia: different projects

2011-06-21 Thread Lodewijk
have to come up with artificial routes and explanations to allow our communities the creation of such wonderful projects. Best regards, Lodewijk 2011/6/21 Milos Rancic > On 06/21/2011 12:25 AM, MZMcBride wrote: > > Thanks for the detailed response. :-) > > > > Milos Rancic wrote: &

Re: [Foundation-l] content ownership in different projects

2011-06-17 Thread Lodewijk
aybe that helps people answering your question. Best, Lodewijk 2011/6/17 Strainu > 2011/6/17 Strainu : > > Think about a CC-BY-NC-ND wiki. Theoretically, one > > could only add content to that wiki, not edit what has already been > > written. > > Actually, I'm

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

2011-06-10 Thread Lodewijk
2011/6/10 Andrew Garrett > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Amir E. Aharoni > wrote: > > There are several technical issues with it: > > > > 1. I already voted. It may be a good idea to send this only to people > > who didn't. > > I don't think this is possible. > The list of accounts which ha

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

2011-06-10 Thread Lodewijk
://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Board_elections/2011#Email Best regards, Lodewijk 2011/6/10 Strainu > I think the system did NOT work for you :) It seems strange to send > the same email in several languages. I only received it in Romanian. I > think this is taken based on your language preferences

Re: [Foundation-l] IRC Group Contacts Chairship handover

2011-05-19 Thread Lodewijk
long times about "unimportant" thinks around the color of the bikeshed, and I think one of your helps has been that you have been able to keep thát to a minimum. With kind regards, Lodewijk 2011/5/19 Sean Whitton > I’m not a very active Wikimedian at the moment (though hopefully some

Re: [Foundation-l] CentralNotice use

2011-05-19 Thread Lodewijk
also because they simply devaluate. Lodewijk 2011/5/19 church.of.emacs.ml > Hi all, > > Do we have any guidelines limiting the use of CentralNotices? I noticed > there are a lot lately (fundraising, wikimania and most recently board > elections and commons POTY), some of which

Re: [Foundation-l] [Fwd: Re: Do WMF want enwp.org?]

2011-05-18 Thread Lodewijk
Maybe I should rephrase that into "a way to redirect nicely to..." because with the current layout I would not be very tempted to use it since it suggests one made an error. (maybe with good reason, but still) Lodewijk 2011/5/17 Casey Brown > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Lode

Re: [Foundation-l] [Fwd: Re: Do WMF want enwp.org?]

2011-05-17 Thread Lodewijk
someone finds a way to redirect en.wikipedia.org/Example to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Example . Best, Lodewijk 2011/5/11 Neil Harris > On 11/05/11 11:32, HW wrote: > > > > I think the advantage is that it would allow us to generalize the concept > > behind enwp.org, which is th

Re: [Foundation-l] For japan kids..

2011-04-29 Thread Lodewijk
I'm not sure... is this supposed to be a real email or does everybody see a random string of characters? Lodewijk 2011/4/27 widiyanto > " > Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 01:52:57 + > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: A lack of newbies that stick

2011-04-03 Thread Lodewijk
ffers. Lodewijk 2011/4/3 Sarah > On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 11:51, Isabell Long wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 06:33:32PM +0100, Phil Nash wrote: > >> We've not had SUL (Single User Login) for that long, and my impression > is > >> that this will tend to inflate the

Re: [Foundation-l] Vector, a year after

2011-03-31 Thread Lodewijk
I did a preliminary measure, and it actually showed a decline, starting the exact week it was implemented on nlwiki :( However, this preliminary measure was unscientific, not precise and would need better testing/measuring. Lodewijk 2011/3/31 Amir E. Aharoni > The Vector skin, the main prod

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia, The Book

2011-03-31 Thread Lodewijk
This is already somewhat outdated - at least 2009. I wonder how it would look like nowadays. Lodewijk 2011/3/31 David Richfield > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 7:42 AM, teun spaans > wrote: > > If i interpret the link correctly, these are only featured articles? > > Exactly: I was

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] [Announce-l] Wikimédia France report for July - December 2010

2011-03-23 Thread Lodewijk
Wow Adrienne, thanks a lot for the helpful overview. It is very enlighting for understanding what WMFR has been doing! Best, Lodewijk 2011/3/23 Adrienne Alix > Dear Chapters, > > Please find below the chapter report of Wikimédia France for July, August, > September, October,

Re: [Foundation-l] multilingual mailing list

2011-03-15 Thread Lodewijk
want others to understand you ;-) Lodewijk 2011/3/15 : > > >> Fra: Milos Rancic >> Til: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List >> >> Dato: Tir, 15. mar 2011 04:19 >> Emne: Re: [Foundation-l] multilingual mailing list >> >> 2011/3/14 Lodewijk lode

Re: [Foundation-l] multilingual mailing list

2011-03-14 Thread Lodewijk
Het enige lastige van meertalige lijsten is dat spelfouten ineens veel grotere consequenties hebben. Met vriendelijke groet, Lodewijk 2011/3/12 Thomas Dalton : > On 12 March 2011 14:53, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: >> A really (and not only formally) multilingual list is the new ibe

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Amical: December-February Report

2011-03-09 Thread Lodewijk
pedia" ? Thanks! Lodewijk 2011/3/8 J. G. Góngora > Dear fellows, > > The following message is just to keep you informed about the activities > developed during the last three months by Amical. > > Kind regards, > > J. Gustavo Góngora > (As a member of Amical) &g

Re: [Foundation-l] [Announce] Brion Vibber to rejoin Wikimedia Foundation

2011-03-09 Thread Lodewijk
Mi ne havas kontraŭstaron pri Esperanto en ĉi tiu specifa temo. Bedaŭrinde mankas Google traduki en ĉi tiu lingvo! 2011/3/9 Domas Mituzas > > if this is true, then we should > > implement a better solution for foundation-level discussions in other > > major language families. > > I nominate SJ t

Re: [Foundation-l] [Chapters] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Chapter report Wikimedia Nederland, February 2011

2011-03-05 Thread Lodewijk
chatting and talking with current and former board members and exchanging information and experiences. Best, Lodewijk 2011/3/5 Juan de Vojníkov > Hey Lodewijk, > > it is interesting, I haven't red about Wiki Loves Monuments yet so I hope, > I'll get it in Wroclaw! > &g

Re: [Foundation-l] Genisis of WMF Identification policy?

2011-02-26 Thread Lodewijk
anonymous people - you can't run for the board without giving that up either, for example. But to make that decision you would need more information. Lodewijk 2011/2/26 Pronoein > Hello, > > I'm wondering one thing about this new policy applied with some haste, > but

Re: [Foundation-l] Genisis of WMF Identification policy?

2011-02-25 Thread Lodewijk
kind regards, Lodewijk 2011/2/25 Birgitte SB > I was looking for something unrelated in the archives and came across an > email > [1] that I believe people might find informative wrt to the Identification > Policy which I believe has had discussion tabled for the moment. It seems >

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