Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why don't we have a warrant canary?

James Salsman wrote: >Are there any disadvantages to a warrant canary which would outweigh the >corresponding expected increase in improvements from anonymous editors? This question is presented in such a way that it's difficult to answer, in my opinion. You'll need to provide additional context.

[Wikimedia-l] Why don't we have a warrant canary?

Are there any disadvantages to a warrant canary which would outweigh the corresponding expected increase in improvements from anonymous editors? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/05/canary-watch-one-year-later https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Personal Update

In case my blanket "I disagree" left doubt, let me state very clearly -- I'm not seeking anybody's resignation here. (Just reread Dan's message and realized it's possible the beginning of my response could be read that way, though I think I'm pretty clear further down.) -Pete On Wed, Nov 2, 2016

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Personal Update

The mere potential that a conflict of interest may arise in the future is not necessarily a reason to resign from the board. This is why we have legal counsel such as Stephen and Michelle to determine whether such conflicts are serious enough to be inappropriate. We should all be satisfied with

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Personal Update

Congratuations to Kelly Battles on her new job at Quora. I believe I'm correct in saying that this is a company whose business is to make a profit by pursuing its "mission is to share and grow the world’s knowledge". Surely that means that in general the more and better the Wikimedia projects

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer

Victoria, This is great news! I believe your talent, knowledge, and insight will boost and elevate the WMF community, and I know your positive personality will be warmly welcomed. Yours faithfully, Damon Sicore https://damon.sicore.com 6E98 FBFB D192 D325 B85D

Re: [Wikimedia-l] DEITYBOUNCE and reader logs (was Re: Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer)

A similar thought crossed my mind regarding MediaWiki software. I believe that a number of USG agencies use MediaWiki, and that some of them use it for classified purposes. This is a bit of a two-edged sword; I imagine that they'd want to support the continued development of MediaWiki (which is

[Wikimedia-l] DEITYBOUNCE and reader logs (was Re: Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer)

It's great that the CTO position was filled. The blog announcement's biography omitted these details: "As Director for Security Initiatives for Intel’s Digital Enterprise Group [Victoria Coleman] was responsible for defining the company’s security technology roadmap and translating it to product

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer

Welcome, Victoria. I've been struck by your career maturity, the way you have honored the talents and insights of the tech team, your openness and candor, and your obvious competence. I'm looking forward to your contribution. Warmly, /a On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Patricio Lorente <

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer

Thank you for joining us, Victoria. We've been waiting for a VPT for a long time. Looking forward to all good things, Pine Pine On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Katherine Maher wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I’m excited today to introduce the Wikimedia Foundation's new

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer

Welcome, Victoria! Looking forward to having you as a part of the wikimedia movement! Sydney Poore User:FloNight Sydney Poore User:FloNight On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 2:33 PM, Patricio Lorente wrote: > Great news! Welcome, Victoria! > > El mié., 2 de nov. de 2016 a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Can Wikipedia save the internet?": Wikipedia and political neutrality

Craig, That was what I was thinking. After the election, when there is little reason to have a article in that shape, would be a good time to extensively review it. Fred On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 12:59:09 -0400 Craig Newmark wrote: Fred, thanks! Worth reviewing, after

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer

In case the link didn't work for anyone else: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/11/02/victoria-coleman-chief-technology-officer/ -Sage On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Katherine Maher wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I’m excited today to introduce the Wikimedia Foundation's new

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer

+1 to Cheristophe and Katherine: Welcome Victoria :) Best regards, antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv *NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal working hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend. You should not feel obligated to answer it during your

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer

\o/ Welcome Victoria! Really really glad to have you joining us! Welcome again! And thank you to everyone that contributed to make this search successful! :) Le 2 nov. 2016 7:23 PM, "Katherine Maher" a écrit : > Hi everyone, > > I’m excited today to introduce the

[Wikimedia-l] Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer

Hi everyone, I’m excited today to introduce the Wikimedia Foundation's new Chief Technology Officer, Victoria Coleman. Victoria’s first day is November 7, and she will be based in the Foundation's office in San Francisco. Victoria comes to us with more than 20 years of experience in consumer and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Technical Design Intern Search | Job description

Thanks Maria. On a related subject, in the term (as in, probably not this fiscal year) something that I would like to see is an update of the Meta main page to make finding a variety of commonly-requested resources easier, and to change links from rarely used or little-maintained pages to pages

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Can Wikipedia save the internet?": Wikipedia and political neutrality

Craig, I don't expect you to do anything about it, but Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016 has been so much an object of political editing by Clinton supporters that it looks more like an ad for Hillary than a Wikipedia article. Fred Bauder On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 11:43:32 -0400 Craig

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Can Wikipedia save the internet?": Wikipedia and political neutrality

Wikipedia is where facts go to live. It helps that folks on US Capitol Hill are receptive to quiet suggestions that Wikipedia avoid becoming a partisan battleground. Craig Newmark founder, craigslist On Nov 1, 2016 7:35 PM, "Olatunde Isaac" wrote: > Hoi, > > Pine,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Personal Update

Errrh, Welcome to Quora! More seriously I was thinking of putting together a submission for Montreal along the lines of "Cultural Learnings of Quora for Make Benefit Glorious Website of Wikipedia." Any one who wants to get involved in that please contact me off list. WSC On 2 November 2016 at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Technical Design Intern Search | Job description

Hi Pine, I agree with Dan here. I also wanted to send an update on the job search. After receiving some feedback, we have adjusted the job description to say the following: *We’d like you to have these skills:* The Technical Design Intern should have the following experience and personal