Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in trouble /yet/ again

2013-07-10 Thread Fred Bauder
If you post a creative work on a website the purpose which is to share files you have assumed the rights of the owner, one of which is to determine the conditions which must be met to view or listen to the work. The owner can give his work away to the world but not third parties. Fred

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in trouble /yet/ again

2013-07-10 Thread David Gerard
On 10 July 2013 07:51, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: It is easiest to analyze if the work has never been published. Distributing it then is a taking of intellectual property regardless of whether the original is physically taken or only a copy. The theft is of the possible gain

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in trouble /yet/ again

2013-07-10 Thread Martijn Hoekstra
On Jul 10, 2013 8:59 AM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 10 July 2013 07:51, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: It is easiest to analyze if the work has never been published. Distributing it then is a taking of intellectual property regardless of whether the original is

[Wikimedia-l] [Language Engineering] Reminder: Office hour on July 10, 2013 at 1700 UTC/1000 PDT

2013-07-10 Thread Runa Bhattacharjee
Hello, This is a reminder that the Language Engineering team will be hosting an IRC office hour later today, i.e. July 10, 2013 at 1700 UTC/1000 PDT on #wikimedia-office (Freenode). Thanks Runa Agenda: == 1. ULS Rollout 2. Other updates 3. Q/A - We shall be taking questions during the

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Nederland in June

2013-07-10 Thread Sandra Rientjes Wikimedia Nederland
Our report for June is now available. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Nederland/201306 It is also included in this message as plain text. COMMUNITY: supporting and mobilising volunteers and editors - World War I Editathon As part of an international

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in trouble /yet/ again

2013-07-10 Thread Tomasz W. Kozlowski
Hi again, so I spent some time looking into the problem and wrote a short summary at http://twkozlowski.net/russian-wikipedia-under-threat-again/ (shameless promotion mode=off /) -- if anyone cares about what's happening outside of the US, that is. As described in the summary, there are

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in trouble /yet/ again

2013-07-10 Thread Yaroslav M. Blanter
On 10.07.2013 20:45, Tomasz W. Kozlowski wrote: Hi again, so I spent some time looking into the problem and wrote a short summary at http://twkozlowski.net/russian-wikipedia-under-threat-again/ (shameless promotion mode=off /) -- if anyone cares about what's happening outside of the US, that is.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in trouble /yet/ again

2013-07-10 Thread David Gerard
On 10 July 2013 21:20, Yaroslav M. Blanter pute...@mccme.ru wrote: I do not see any reaction whatsoever from Wikimedia.ru , but from our WLM experience you probably remember that they are ... hmm ... not the fastest to react, and usually only do it after other people start complaining that

[Wikimedia-l] How I got addicted to Wikipediocracy…

2013-07-10 Thread Tomasz W. Kozlowski
… writes Amanda Filipacci, the writer behind the recent Wikipedia novelists sexism scandal: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/07/10/my-strange-addiction-wikipedia/. I'm not sure if it's still funny or maybe already depressing. -- Tomasz

Re: [Wikimedia-l] How I got addicted to Wikipediocracy…

2013-07-10 Thread Matthew Roth
On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Tomasz W. Kozlowski tom...@twkozlowski.net wrote: … writes Amanda Filipacci, the writer behind the recent Wikipedia novelists sexism scandal: http://blogs.wsj.com/**speakeasy/2013/07/10/my-