Re: [Foundation-l] hiding interlanguage links by default is a Bad Idea, part 2

2010-06-05 Thread Waerth
Thirded. Waerth >> Or you could simply restore the one-line code modification that >> provided the default behavior requested by the community (pending >> evidence that an alternative setup is beneficial). >> > > Seconded. Just bring them back already. This is

Re: [Foundation-l] Where do our readers come from?

2010-01-14 Thread Waerth
least partially. And this is the part of the population with the best education. This would mean that unfortunately Wikipedia doesn't reach the part of the population it is meant for. The part whom have less access to education. Waerth/W

Re: [Foundation-l] advertising craigslist

2009-12-15 Thread Waerth
If I were a rich and famous person that wanted to help out the WMF I would get shitscared by this list and wouldn't touch the foundation with a 10 foot pole W ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://li

[Foundation-l] Bookshelf project

2009-10-07 Thread Waerth
editors, trainers, and evangelists.* The materials also provide models, > such as lessen plans, for how teachers, professors, and journalists > can use Wikipedia in their professional capacity. > I never new the goal of the wikimedia foundation was to evangelize the world. As an agnost

Re: [Foundation-l] Office hours ... the concept of time zones

2009-09-30 Thread Waerth
Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2009/9/30 Waerth : > >> Basically if there is room for two sets of office hours it should still >> be possible to please most of the world. There are times when >> Europe/Africa and the Americas overlap. And there are times when East >> A

Re: [Foundation-l] Office hours ... the concept of time zones

2009-09-30 Thread Waerth
Basically if there is room for two sets of office hours it should still be possible to please most of the world. There are times when Europe/Africa and the Americas overlap. And there are times when East Asia/Australia and the Americas overlap There are no hours that all 3 of these rough z

Re: [Foundation-l] Office hours

2009-09-30 Thread Waerth
Thomas Dalton wrote: Hmmm 22.30 UTC is a shitty time for people in Asia and Australia as well ... but why bother about them. It is all about Europeans and Americans isn't it? W > 2009/9/29 Angela : > 2130 UTC sounds a little late to me if we want Europeans there. We're on daylight

Re: [Foundation-l] Office hours

2009-09-30 Thread Waerth
There are people living in Asia and Australia as well actually ... you know! Oh wait they aren't "Western" people so why bother .. W > Best option would be to have two sets, one for Europe and one for the > Americas. > > > > > > From: Cary Bass > To: Wikim

Re: [Foundation-l] Announce: Brion moving to StatusNet

2009-09-29 Thread Waerth
Shame to see you go Brion, but good luck in your new job! Walter > I'd like to share some exciting news with you all... After four awesome > years working for the Wikimedia Foundation full-time, next month I'm > going to be starting a new position at StatusNet, leading development on > the open-s

Re: [Foundation-l] Board elections email adding insult to injury

2009-08-09 Thread Waerth
Chen Minqi wrote: > On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Waerth wrote: > > >> According to the wikimedia foundations rules someone whom is blocked is >> not allowed to vote. >> >> > > You are not eligible to vote on nlwp, but on other wikis you may be

[Foundation-l] Board elections email adding insult to injury

2009-08-09 Thread Waerth
he is blocking other people who do the same and have the honesty to admit it. And is also aggressively pursuing this stance on the deletion lists. Thus this mod is a hypocrite, doing what he haunts others for. But me telling this to the community was a blockable offence it seems. W

Re: [Foundation-l] Pictures of Bangkok riots

2009-04-14 Thread Waerth
rt a desysop against this mod. Waerth > In response to my own email, Google Translate gives me the impression that > you were blocked for flipping out [1] and becoming horrendously uncivil [2] > with your colleagues, in response to the deletion issue. > > *1: > http://translate.go

Re: [Foundation-l] Pictures of Bangkok riots

2009-04-14 Thread Waerth
ately put something up for deletion. Another wikipedian, Jojan asked me politely first so I did what he asked. Ciell put up for deletion first and only after I got angry she asked ... wrong order! Waerth And no I will not add the license myself, I am waiting for Ciell to do it. > On Tue, Apr

Re: [Foundation-l] Pictures of Bangkok riots

2009-04-14 Thread Waerth
And as a thank you for the pictures I am being blocked. Waerth > The 13th I took 70 pictures of the fight between the red shirts and the > army. I was in the first lines when the soldiers were shot at and > molotov cocktails were thrown. The 14th I took pictures of the situation

[Foundation-l] Pictures of Bangkok riots

2009-04-14 Thread Waerth
wikimedia foundation and I hope that they will be deleted. As Soon As Possible. And do not suggest Commons. That project is even worse. I would need a week just to study all of their idiocies. Waerth/Walter van Kalken ___ foundation-l mailing list

Re: [Foundation-l] Encarta is dead

2009-03-31 Thread Waerth
Tomorrow is April 1st ... > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Ziko van Dijk > wrote: > >> The Encarta people were very unprecise about what they are going to do in >> future... >> So, this means that there remains no big encyclopedia but ours? Except >> Britannica? And what about the situ

Re: [Foundation-l] Sexual images of questionable provenance

2008-12-10 Thread Waerth
Oh boy in comes the political correctness brigade . > Hi, > > I believe that we have a lot of images from flickr with sexual > content. And there is no way to make sure that the (Fe)male on the > photo agrees with the photo on commons or the licence it is under. > > I have tryed to nominate i

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [Commons-l] Making Wikimedia Commons less frightening

2008-12-09 Thread Waerth
ur at commons? Waerth > Hoi, > When people from other projects tell me that this is one of the reasons why > they do not bother with Commons, I have to disbelieve them? Try to find > "paard" and you will not be served in the same way as with "horse" the > search re

Re: [Foundation-l] wikipedia.de shut down

2008-11-17 Thread Waerth
>>> /09/1323220.shtml >>> >> Donations to WMDE are apparently coming in very fast because of this: >> http://wiwowo.blogspot.com/2008/11/internet-cannot-be-censured.html >> >> I'm reluctant to advocate upset politicians as a fundraising tool, but ... >> > > In addition to the very larg

Re: [Foundation-l] Fundraising banner on the french wikipedia

2008-11-13 Thread Waerth
procedures and rules they created :( The times of be bold and do something is long over. It is now pencillpushing all the way Waerth ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l