Re: [WikiEN-l] Call for image filter refrendum

2011-07-01 Thread Bob the Wikipedian
It's about time! Who's eligible to vote? Bob On 7/1/2011 3:15 PM, Casey Brown wrote: > /Please distribute this message widely/ > > *Call for referendum*: The Wikimedia Foundation, at the direction of > the Board of Trustees, will be holding a vote to determine whether > members of the community

[WikiEN-l] Call for image filter refrendum

2011-07-01 Thread Casey Brown
/Please distribute this message widely/ *Call for referendum*: The Wikimedia Foundation, at the direction of the Board of Trustees, will be holding a vote to determine whether members of the community support the creation and usage of an opt-in personal image filter, which would allow readers to

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deployments today

2011-07-01 Thread Erik Moeller
Hi folks, we're collecting some categorized examples of WL in use here, to better understand how it's being used and what the pitfalls may be. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WikiLove/Stories So far, we're seeing lots of examples of use exactly in the way it's intended -- new users thanking each o

Re: [WikiEN-l] Fundraiser testing

2011-07-01 Thread Peter Coombe
Hi all, Once again the Fundraising team will be testing some banners on the English Wikipedia today (1st July) for anonymous users only. These will be up from 17:30-18:30 UTC. If you're interested, you can see the results from our previous tests here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_20

Re: [WikiEN-l] WikiLove Extension on Prototype

2011-07-01 Thread Peter Coombe
It's nice, but is there a particular reason it's been implemented as an Extension? It seems like it would have been much simpler to use a Gadget (as I believe it was before) then other Wikimedia sites could pick it up easily without needing developers to make config changes. Pete / the wub On 25

Re: [WikiEN-l] WikiLove Extension on Prototype

2011-07-01 Thread Fred Bauder
> I really dislike it. Socialization should be an implicit function of the > website software, not an explicit one. NO SOUP FOR YOU! ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wiki

Re: [WikiEN-l] WikiLove Extension on Prototype

2011-07-01 Thread Ev. Jorgen.
I really dislike it. Socialization should be an implicit function of the website software, not an explicit one. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listin