Re: [Wikimedia-l] Carbon footprints on Wikipedia.

2013-10-08 Thread Peter Southwood
Hi Geoff, You want it, go ahead and do it. That is how it works. Cheers, Peter Southwood PS. What is the point you wish to make by saying you make a monthly contribution to WMF? - Original Message - From: "Geoff Beacon" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 9:49 PM Subject: [Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] It's time to reclaim the community logo

2013-10-08 Thread James Alexander
The legal team have provided some background on the hiring on Jones Day in this action. Here is their comment: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Logo/Request_for_consultation#Legal_representation James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @j

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Carbon footprints on Wikipedia.

2013-10-08 Thread Tim Starling
On 09/10/13 06:49, Geoff Beacon wrote: > An authoritative and easy to used resource giving of the effect or > our everyday activities is essential if voters are to know enough > to influence politics. > > I cant find any entries on Wikipedia to match this. To some extent > I blame Wikipedia's over

Re: [Wikimedia-l] It's time to reclaim the community logo

2013-10-08 Thread tomasz
Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote on September 26, 2013, 15:22 UTC: Trademark don't self-enforce, they are "enforceable" as long as someone believes to you when you use them as threat tools. So yes, I suppose they might. ... and given that the WMF just hired the infamous Jones Day bullies as the

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Argentina report: September 2013

2013-10-08 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Dear Wikimedians, Here is the monthly report of Wikimedia Argentina for September 2013. You can read the full report (in Spanish and English) here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Argentina/Reportes/2013-09 Also, the full reports of past months are available at https://meta.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimedia-l] It's time to reclaim the community logo

2013-10-08 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
For those who missed them, the files were published at the announced URL: I'm attaching them for your convenience as published on the website. Nemo John Vandenberg, 26/09/2013 16:2

[Wikimedia-l] Carbon footprints on Wikipedia.

2013-10-08 Thread Geoff Beacon
An authoritative and easy to used resource giving of the effect or our everyday activities is essential if voters are to know enough to influence politics. I cant find any entries on Wikipedia to match this. To some extent I blame Wikipedia's over emphasis on peer review and official sources. Th

Re: [Wikimedia-l] : WMF resolution on neutral point of view

2013-10-08 Thread Fred Bauder
> I have posted 4 sentences, kind of a draft of a draft of a draft. > > It is very overwhelming for me to draft text with near-legal precision on > my own. > > -- とある白い猫 (To Aru Shiroi Neko) I've added a bit. I'll do some copyediting later. Fred __

Re: [Wikimedia-l] : WMF resolution on neutral point of view

2013-10-08 Thread Keegan Peterzell
After running a task force for BLP in two phases over six months back in '09-'10, everything pointed toward something MZMcBride wrote on meta. It covers this. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/BLP https://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Task_force/Living_People/Drafting_pages/Living_People_Policy It

Re: [Wikimedia-l] : WMF resolution on neutral point of view

2013-10-08 Thread とある白い猫
I have posted 4 sentences, kind of a draft of a draft of a draft. It is very overwhelming for me to draft text with near-legal precision on my own. -- とある白い猫 (To Aru Shiroi Neko) On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 11:53 PM, Asaf Bartov wrote: > I'd say "be bold" and start drafting. Many people respon