On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 06:23, wrote:
> Would he, his heirs, or his estate object if the photo of the poem was
> modified to be used in a fast-food ad or for a hate group?
What does this have to do with the poem being engraved verbatim in a
public monument?
> And while en.wiki does allow fair u
David Gerard wrote:
> 2009/7/25 Apoc 2400 :
>
>> This is not published by the "real" Merriam–Webster, but Icon Group
>> International. That is company that computer generate enourmous numbers of
>> useless books that fill up Google Books. These "Webster’s Quotations, Facts
>> and Phrases" books
All over a children's story statue...
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2009/7/26 Daniel R. Tobias :
> The Wikipedia it's parodying seems to be an alternate-universe one
> which has ads, corporate sponsors, and intrusive offers to get its
> readers to purchase enhanced access levels.
I felt that was a minor detail for dramatic license. They did after
all give it a d
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:56:32 +0100, David Gerard wrote:
> > From: Sage Ross
> > Date: 2009/7/22
> > Subject: [Wikitech-l] Watchlistr.com, an outside site that asks for
> > Wikimedia passwords
> > To: wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org
>
> > I'm not sure what to do about this; it seems like a good id
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:52:51 +0100, David Gerard wrote:
> http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/922216/BBC-Radio-4-launches-Wikipedia-parody/
>
> "LONDON - BBC Radio 4 is launching a "broadwebcasting" show parodying
> the internet by mocking pop-ups, search boxes and other aspects of
> online activit
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 11:04 AM, David Gerard wrote:
> 2009/7/26 stevertigo :
>
>> Well, you may be right about that, in a certain way. But nevertheless
>> I did get Cary to finally respond, and, according to his response -
> He's at this moment in NYT for the wiki conference. Don't expect huge
>
2009/7/26 stevertigo :
> Well, you may be right about that, in a certain way. But nevertheless
> I did get Cary to finally respond, and, according to his response -
> mostly decrying the fact that I was making him look a bit too
> administrative - we now have exactly one more day to rally support
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Fred Bauder wrote:
> I think, although I was his ally in the cause, creating a dispute
> resolution mailing list, that it is quite clear what the reason for
> blocking is -- continuing repeatedly to post on that subject when he was
> told it was an inappropriate to
Nathan wrote:
> Are you sure you were moderated? Austin only mentioned that the thread was
> killfiled.
Yeah, well. I could not post that ASCII-art nude of myself to the
list, so I guess I was blockified, as well.
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Thomas Dalton wrote:
> 2009/7/26 stevertigo :
>> I have been blocked from posting to foundation-l. No explanation has
>> been given. It is my understanding that when individuals are blocked
>> from an open list, the list moderator must give some kind of
>> explanation. In an open discussion forum,
Are you sure you were moderated? Austin only mentioned that the thread was
killfiled.
Nathan
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> 2009/7/26 stevertigo :
>> I have been blocked from posting to foundation-l. No explanation has
>> been given. It is my understanding that when individuals are blocked
>> from an open list, the list moderator must give some kind of
>> explanation. In an open discussion forum, it is appropriate to
2009/7/26 stevertigo :
> I have been blocked from posting to foundation-l. No explanation has
> been given. It is my understanding that when individuals are blocked
> from an open list, the list moderator must give some kind of
> explanation. In an open discussion forum, it is appropriate to give
>
The Cunctator wrote:
> Seriously?? Are you arguing this kind of article shouldn't be in Wikipedia?
> Sheesh.
>
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 8:21 AM, David Gerard wrote:
>
>
>> Point them at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_%28dog%29
>>
>>
>>
The argument worth having is that reliable sources a
It has to do with license compatibility - Commons has a strict policy that all
material be available under a free license that includes commercial use. Would
he, his heirs, or his estate object if the photo of the poem was modified to be
used in a fast-food ad or for a hate group?
And while en.
2009/7/25 Apoc 2400 :
> This is not published by the "real" Merriam–Webster, but Icon Group
> International. That is company that computer generate enourmous numbers of
> useless books that fill up Google Books. These "Webster’s Quotations, Facts
> and Phrases" books that are made from excerpts of
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Al Tally wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 1:43 PM, FT2 wrote:
>
> > Rename to "Wikipedia:Administrator help requests" or "Requests for
> > Administrator assistance"?
> >
> > Sometimes a name can have an effect.
> >
> > FT2
> >
>
> I have never really liked the str
2009/7/25 David Gerard :
> My point is that despite media publicity about "deletionists" and
> people on the fringes of Wikipedia getting annoyed at not being
> considered article-worthy ... we still include a wider range of stuff
> than (I think) any general encyclopedia ever before us, and no-on
> No, it just pushed my personal "wtf" button
Here's something that pushed my WTF button:
Why was a photograph of a public monument of Martin Niemoeller's poem
"First they came", removed from Wikipedia?
Here is a small version of the photograph:
http://www.oicu2.com/afc/Martin_Niemoeller.jpg
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