Re: [Gendergap] Resolution:Images of identifiable people

2011-09-13 Thread Arnaud HERVE
On 13/09/2011 03:31, phoebe ayers wrote: > there are > images in debatable circumstances (beach: public or not?) In France there is a jurisprudence regarding photos of monuments and other public places worthy of photography. It states that you are allowed to have non consenting people on your

Re: [Gendergap] Nudity vs Islam in Western Europe

2011-09-13 Thread carolmooredc
Couple thoughts: *A few moderate Muslim editors chiming in on some of the things we don't like either on Wikipedia wouldn't hurt. *It would be nice if the most obvious of "corruption" of liberal or libertarian views wasn't lascivious female nudity; but even the Christian Conservatives have com

Re: [Gendergap] Resolution:Images of identifiable people

2011-09-13 Thread carolmooredc
Anyway they can italic or bold this Phrase: " in a private place or situation without permission." ?? On 9/12/2011 10:53 AM, Sydney Poore wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Sarah Stierch mailto:sarah.stie...@gmail.com>> wrote: I have no clue how I missed this (and perhaps it's been p

[Gendergap] Kaja Foglio

2011-09-13 Thread Sarah Stierch
Hi all, A fellow woman who Wikis sent me a link to Girl Genius Webcomic's facebook page. Carol, a staff member there, posted that artist Kaja Foglio's article isn't that great and needs work, asking for help! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Girl-Genius-Webcomic/28371352860?sk=wall (I don't know if

Re: [Gendergap] Kaja Foglio

2011-09-13 Thread Michael J. Lowrey
Unfortunately, I've known Phil and Kaja for years, so I'm a little reluctant to touch it. Still, I'll see what I can do. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote: > Hi all, > > A fellow woman who Wikis sent me a link to Girl Genius Webcomic's facebook > page. Carol, a staff member th

[Gendergap] CBC Radio on Wikipedia's Gender Gap

2011-09-13 Thread Sue Gardner
Hey folks, http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2011/09/sue-gardner-on-wikipedias-gender-gap/ This is me being interviewed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation about our gender gap. It's raw (uncut) tape so it's long -- I am guessing about 20 minutes. But you will probably find it interesting, due to the

Re: [Gendergap] CBC Radio on Wikipedia's Gender Gap

2011-09-13 Thread Sarah Stierch
Awesome! I love how you compared the beginning of the list to the second stage movement <3 Preaching the importance and social impact of the work we are doing - I'm really glad you touched on this. I noticed when I did my interview with the WMF storytellers that I got very emotional about the impa

Re: [Gendergap] CBC Radio on Wikipedia's Gender Gap

2011-09-13 Thread Sydney Poore
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Sue Gardner wrote: > Hey folks, > > http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2011/09/sue-gardner-on-wikipedias-gender-gap/ > > This is me being interviewed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation > about our gender gap. It's raw (uncut) tape so it's long -- I am > guessing about

Re: [Gendergap] Consent for photographs on Commons

2011-09-13 Thread Ryan Kaldari
I have created the new consent template: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Consent Here is an example of it in use: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Splitting_logs_with_a_gas_powered_log_splitter.JPG I also added a new section to the Commons:Photographs_of_identifiable_persons gu

Re: [Gendergap] Gendergap humor

2011-09-13 Thread Emily Monroe
Oh, funny wife. From, Emily On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Michael J. Lowrey wrote: > I recently attended a Wikipedia Campus Ambassador training, in which > almost all the experienced Wiki hands were male and bearded, and the > newbies were both female and not. When I recounted this to my wif

Re: [Gendergap] Consent for photographs on Commons

2011-09-13 Thread Sarah
That looks good, Ryan. Would it make sense to add something about the release of the image? For example, "I personally created this media. All identifiable persons shown specifically consented to this photograph or video being taken and released under a free licence." Sarah On Tue, Sep 13, 201

Re: [Gendergap] Consent for photographs on Commons

2011-09-13 Thread Toby Hudson
I agree. As you wrote this email, I was altering it to include the phrase "consent to publish". Your wording is better, I'll change to that. Toby/99of9 On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Sarah wrote: > That looks good, Ryan. Would it make sense to add something about the > release of the image?

Re: [Gendergap] Consent for photographs on Commons

2011-09-13 Thread Sydney Poore
I like the template and added it to a few of my uploads to see how it works. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simon_Planting_%28bassist%29_of_the_John_Jorgenson_Quintet-1.JPG I like the change in wording Sarah suggests. Sydney On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Sarah wrote: > That looks g

Re: [Gendergap] Consent for photographs on Commons

2011-09-13 Thread Ryan Kaldari
I added a new parameter to the template for indicating full consent. If you use {{consent|full}} it outputs: "I personally created this media. All identifiable persons shown specifically consented to publication of this photograph or video under a free license, granting unrestricted rights to re

Re: [Gendergap] Gendergap humor

2011-09-13 Thread Ryan Kaldari
Another blatant violation of the Principle of least astonishment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhombic_drive Ryan Kaldari ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

Re: [Gendergap] Gendergap humor

2011-09-13 Thread Sarah Stierch
hehehe. classic. :) On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Ryan Kaldari wrote: > Another blatant violation of the Principle of least astonishment: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhombic_drive > > Ryan Kaldari > > ___ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists

Re: [Gendergap] Consent for photographs on Commons

2011-09-13 Thread Sarah Stierch
I think this is really great, thank you Kaldari for taking the time to create this. The n00b in me asks : 1) Is this trackable? That is, a hidden category or anything? and the rest: 2) I think we should solidify the policy documentation (i.e. the recent board passing, etc), and complete that w

Re: [Gendergap] Gendergap humor

2011-09-13 Thread Andreas Kolbe
:)) A. --- On Wed, 14/9/11, Ryan Kaldari wrote: From: Ryan Kaldari Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Gendergap humor To: gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Wednesday, 14 September, 2011, 2:04 Another blatant violation of the Principle of least astonishment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhombic_drive

Re: [Gendergap] Consent for photographs on Commons

2011-09-13 Thread Tracy Poff
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Ryan Kaldari wrote: > I added a new parameter to the template for indicating full consent. If > you use {{consent|full}} it outputs: > "I personally created this media. All identifiable persons shown > specifically consented to publication of this photograph or vid