Hello,
I just wanted to share my feelings: I went to en.wikipedia.org today and
I saw this message on top:
Happy Birthday Wikipedia!
15% off merchandise today at the Wikimedia Shop
My first impression was: I think I mistyped the URL...
//Saper
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On 14 January 2013 10:04, Marcin Cieslak sa...@saper.info wrote:
Hello,
I just wanted to share my feelings: I went to en.wikipedia.org today and
I saw this message on top:
Happy Birthday Wikipedia!
15% off
Yes there is some data on templating in a research paper somewhere, and
some more on a/b template runs. But the solution is not trivial. I have
stuck up for a few editors who appear to be children, suggesting that we
treat them a little more gently, only to be told that they are in fact
Marcin Cieslak wrote:
I just wanted to share my feelings: I went to en.wikipedia.org today and
I saw this message on top:
Happy Birthday Wikipedia!
15% off merchandise today at the Wikimedia Shop
My first impression was: I think I mistyped the URL...
I primarily contribute to Wikipedia, so I
Aye, I know it's something new and not that not all
together uncontroversial. I posted about my thoughts and proposed plan on
enWP last week (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(miscellaneous)#Wikimedia_Shop_Central_Notices_and_Sale_for_Wikipedia_Birthdaywith
a pointer on WP:AN)
Yes, of course - why didn't we think of that? Actually the lack of
rules and lack of punishments means (meant) it was bloody hard to game
the system. Now we have a calcified set of rules and an oligarchy,
passive-aggressives have a field day. Rules-lawyers abound, polite
requests to the
James Alexander, 14/01/2013 10:44:
The test planned for tomorrow (for Anonymous users in North America,
without a discount) is mostly to see the potential for this to fund the
Giveaway program we've been running (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Merchandise_giveaways ) that is a
run away
On 14 January 2013 10:34, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote:
James Alexander, 14/01/2013 10:44:
The test planned for tomorrow (for Anonymous users in North America,
without a discount) is mostly to see the potential for this to fund the
Giveaway program we've been running (
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:34 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.comwrote:
James Alexander, 14/01/2013 10:44:
The test planned for tomorrow (for Anonymous users in North America,
without a discount) is mostly to see the potential for this to fund the
Giveaway program we've been running
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:46 AM, James Alexander
jalexan...@wikimedia.orgwrote:
The survey today is worldwide
And by survey I obviously mean banner...clearly time for sleep
James Alexander
Manager, Merchandise
Wikimedia Foundation
(415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
Socialization is usually best achieved through rewards rather than
through punishments. The principle reward is a sense of achievement when
good editing is done or good administrative work done. In the case of
editing the reward, absent trouble, is instantaneous as your work is
published.
Fred
James,
Do be careful about using FedEx for stuff that has to be there by a
particular day. When the WMF has posted things to me in the past, FedEx
have refused to deliver on weekends, leaving me with a trip to the airport
in the snow to pick up the packages!
Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
0207 065
Hello,
Here in the Netherlands the banner can be seen e.g. on
de.wikipedia.org. I don't know what to think about it, it makes a
commercial impression similar to an advert (which it actually is).
Kind regards
Ziko
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This is rather silly - we have people complaining about the name Wikimedia
being near Wikipedia (oh no!) and complaining about FedEx and airports. The
real question is below.
*Is it appropriate to risk the very real risk of banner blindness for the
shop?* Where do we draw the line?
On Mon, Jan
Hi James,
Firstly kudos for trying to get an alternate revenue stream going as
opposed to donations. I'd be surprised if you could get merchandising to
the point where it funds core operations, but it is certainly worth trying.
If you are facing high international transport costs then I'd
*I sent this to the staff list and am sending it to wikimedia-l now as
well. I didn’t know Aaron Swartz, but many friends and colleagues that I
respect and admire were influenced and impacted, by both his life and
death. I’m sad for those who knew him, and I carry the sense that the
world is a
On 14 January 2013 14:02, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.comwrote:
snip
But if you really want me to get excited about the shop, try stocking flip
flops with modified soles. I'm sure I'm not the only person who'd like to
walk along the beach leaving a trail of [citation needed]
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote:
On 14 January 2013 14:02, WereSpielChequers
werespielchequ...@gmail.comwrote:
snip
But if you really want me to get excited about the shop, try stocking flip
flops with modified soles. I'm sure I'm not the only person
First of all, I'm glad there's a Wikimedia Shop. I don't think it'll
make big money, but even if it's only self-sustaining it's totally worth it.
I also think that generally we should be happy to try stuff out and use
banners to advertise new services.
However, I share with Mono the worry
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Tobias
church.of.emacs...@googlemail.comwrote:
First of all, I'm glad there's a Wikimedia Shop. I don't think it'll make
big money, but even if it's only self-sustaining it's totally worth it.
I also think that generally we should be happy to try stuff out and
When Wikimedia projects volunteers in Brazil were organizing a
challenge for the Portuguese Wikipedia [1], there were some ideas of
making personalized Wikipedia objects [2] adapter for the local
context for the prizes, like flip flops, among others, mainly because
of our famous [citation needed]
It is worth to listen professor Lessig interview on Democracy now
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/1/14/an_incredible_soul_lawrence_lessig_remembers#.UPRn4_WqvF0.twitter
An Incredible Soul
--
Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom)
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more
Of course any effort to make article source more readable meets with
opposition - in the case of references in particular. And not only from
those who cite CITEVAR legitimately, but from at least one admin who
will block for putting references in numerical order. These are the
sorts of
On 11 January 2013 16:45, Anders Wennersten m...@anderswennersten.se wrote:
Inspired by the botgenerated articles of species made on nl:wp in late
2010 a colleague of mine, User:Lsj, started a similar project on sv:wp
early 2012. By October 2012 his bot had generated some 65 000 articles,
with
(For the first time I am finally posting on the Wikimedia-l list. :P)
Thanks for posting this, Everton. It is extremely moving and, somehow, this
should remind us of why we are all still here, and what we are fighting for.
With that said, I have said on Meta (and privately) that it's time for
Don't worry, Richard, this news is now hot, but the situation din't
progress that much from what it could be.
We have the Busapest Open Access Initiative since 2002
http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/openaccess/read. We can find
videos of professor Jean-Claude Guédon, one of the person who
There is also Access2Research
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Access2Research about free research
articles in the Us.
On 2013-01-14 21:06, Everton Zanella Alvarenga ezalvare...@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Don't worry, Richard, this news is now hot, but the situation din't
progress that much
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