Re: [Wikimedia-l] Legal victory for Wikipedia in Italy

It's pretty remarkable that Italian Court is keeping in mind the real nature of Wikipedia as a sui generis collaborative project and not like a web site in a traditional sense. This new legal definition might influence other courts or laws. The most of law traditions in Latin America follow closely

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Legal victory for Wikipedia in Italy

The blog has been already posted in the Italian mailing list and I would say that this is an excellent result. The justice in Italy is really slow in general, but in this case the timeline has been short and the result of the court of justice really good for the future. The definition that the pr

[Wikimedia-l] Legal victory for Wikipedia in Italy

Hi All, I am very happy to announce a favorable decision we have recently received in an Italian defamation case brought against the Wikimedia Foundation by former Italian Minister of Defense and Berlusconi advisor, Mr. Cesare Previti. You can read more about it in our latest blog post

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia Zero in Google search result

(cross-posted on mobile-l) Okay, looks like the index of zero.wikipedia.org pages in Google has shrunk by some 20 million entries. Nonetheless, a number of really old pages (e.g., going back to 6-May-2013) are still in the Google index with article text. I'll set a reminder to check on the Google

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia Zero in Google search result

On 06/18/2013 06:35 PM, Adam Baso wrote: > Update: > > We've added an enhancement to Wikipedia Zero so that if a user who isn't on > a participating carrier network navigates to a Wikipedia Zero page on > .zero.wikipedia.org, such as > http://en.zero.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muse_%28band%29 , the user w

[Wikimedia-l] Recognizing the GLAM-Wiki U.S. Consortium as a Wikimedia User Group

Hi all, It is my pleasure to draw your attention to the resolution adopted by the Affiliations Committee yesterday [1] that recognizes the GLAM Wiki U.S. Consortium[2] as the fifth Wikimedia User Group. The GLAM-Wiki US Consortium will bring together cultural organizations, Wikipedians, Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] OSM Funding Drive success, extension

2013/6/26 Richard Symonds : > Their bitcoin address is listed at the bottom of the donate page: it's > 1J3pt9koWJZTo2jarg98RL89iJqff9Kobp Thanks, I hadn't scrolled all the way down :) Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimedia-l] OSM Funding Drive success, extension

Their bitcoin address is listed at the bottom of the donate page: it's 1J3pt9koWJZTo2jarg98RL89iJqff9Kobp Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] OSM Funding Drive success, extension

2013/6/26 Tom Morris : > You can also donate via Bitcoin. It's not immediately obvious to me how I can do that. Care to elaborate? Thanks, Strainu ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/

[Wikimedia-l] OSM Funding Drive success, extension

Yesterday, the OpenStreetMap Foundation completed a funding drive of £40,000 ($60,000) to buy two new servers. Because of the success of the fundraising, they have decided to extend the campaign to raise another £32,500 ($50,000). See http://blog.openstreetmap.org/2013/06/26/extending-funding-d

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia CH is looking for a temporary project manager for Wiki Loves Monuments 2013

Project manager for Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 Contractor for a temporary position 50 % Reporting directly to the board and working in close collaboration with the Community managers and Wiki Loves Monuments working group, the project manager will be responsible for the implementation of Wiki Lo