Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing: The Wikipedia Prize!

2015-03-31 Thread Tim Starling
On 30/03/15 09:25, Brian wrote: I suspect this challenge will be very easy for anyone who is determined. Indeed, even if MediaWiki no longer displayed IP addresses, there would still be enough information to identify people. Completely getting rid of the edit history would largely solve the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Kourosh Karimkhany, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships

2015-03-31 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, With Wikipedia Zero people have access to knowledge that they would not have otherwise. It is well established that having information readily available is an important indicator for further development. Not having Wikipedia available is absolutely a worse situation than having it. Your

[Wikimedia-l] The Signpost, 1 April 2015

2015-03-31 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
News and notes: New edits-by-mail option will revolutionize Wikipedia and its editor base http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-04-01/News_and_notes Special report: Pictures of the Year 2015

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Kourosh Karimkhany, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships

2015-03-31 Thread Josh Lim
I’m sorry, Andreas, but I cannot in good conscience support your stance calling for the closure of Wikipedia Zero, coming from a country that has so far benefited from the program not only in terms of the number of new readers that we have, but also potentially pave the way for more users as