Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: A2K, its lies and irresponsibilities

2013-11-20 Thread Nathan
I feel like there is some context missing from this thread To me it looks like five replies to an e-mail from a few weeks ago that wasn't sent to the list? ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] September 11 wiki

2013-11-20 Thread Nathan
I think it would be better to reformulate it into book format and make it available as an e-book, for free download either directly from Wikimedia or other outlets like iTunes or Amazon. That would be searchable, and I don't know that hosting it in wiki form provides any benefits. Certainly as a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Copyright infringement - The real elephant in the room

2013-11-13 Thread Nathan
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 4:53 AM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgwrote: Marco: I agree, we had also issues on the Dutch Wikipedia - these have been around for ages, the English Wikipedia is just less aware of them. Not sure if you meant this how it sounds, but the English Wikipedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Copyright infringement - The real elephant in the room

2013-11-13 Thread Nathan
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Michael Snow wikipe...@frontier.comwrote: On 11/13/2013 10:39 AM, Nathan wrote: On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 4:53 AM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Marco: I agree, we had also issues on the Dutch Wikipedia - these have been around for ages

[Wikimedia-l] First Wikimedia-related contributor Kickstarter?

2013-11-01 Thread Nathan
A post is live on Gizmodo today about a Commons contributor (Evan-Amos) who takes high quality photos of video game systems and hardware.[1] Towards the end it mentions that Evan started a Kickstarter to fund his efforts to buy and photograph more systems as part of an online museum.[2] Anyone

Re: [Wikimedia-l] First Wikimedia-related contributor Kickstarter?

2013-11-01 Thread Nathan
I think this particular campaign seems to be really well structured, which is clearly part of why it has such substantial support. But as a general rule, not all Kickstarters are created equal - yet many attract money regardless. Now that this new trend is kicked off, I'm a little concerned about

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Office hours for VisualEditor

2013-10-30 Thread Nathan
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.orgwrote: On 10/30/2013 11:20 AM, Risker wrote: Just to clarify, since UTC is a confusing time for most of us {{cn}} I've heard that said very often (that 00:00 is somehow confusing to many people), but I've yet to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Attention needed for Croatian Wikipedia issue

2013-10-28 Thread Nathan
a request?). Thanks, Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New access to non-public information policy, re-ID requirements and data retention

2013-10-26 Thread Nathan
On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.comwrote: As for I, I have totally given up with the idea of preservation of confidential data when the US are somehow involved (if the NSA is already involved in recording German president phone conversations or French

Re: [Wikimedia-l] letter from the FDC to the WMF

2013-10-22 Thread Nathan
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Craig Franklin cfrank...@halonetwork.net wrote: Hi, I've been aware of this brewing, but can only say that I'm pleased to finally reach the surface. There is no good reason for part of the WMF's budget to be privileged or quarantined from the same scrutiny

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New access to non-public information policy, re-ID requirements and data retention

2013-10-15 Thread Nathan
would engage while members of the community are also engaged, so that it is truly a discussion and not people talking past each other at different moments in time. Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New access to non-public information policy, re-ID requirements and data retention

2013-10-14 Thread Nathan
Thanks for the pointer, Tomasz. I made a couple of points I'll reiterate here: 1) Under Secure and Confidential Storage this is a sentence describing how the WMF will share / release the information submitted by volunteers. Part A allows the WMF to disclose the information to third parties with a

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

2013-10-09 Thread Nathan
I think saying these two individuals is meant to point up the fact that they aren't representing a bloc or group or organization in the movement; they are individuals. I don't see it as depersonalizing. People should focus on the core debate here, and not get distracted going down every avenue of

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

2013-09-21 Thread Nathan
Doesn't it seem a little unnecessarily confusing to have the same discussion copied, piece by piece, on to two separate talk pages? ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Who will host Wikimedia Conference 2014? Bidding process is open!

2013-09-18 Thread Nathan
Simple solution - until someone else volunteers to host the conference, just have it in the same place every year. You can work out distribution of funding independently from where it is actually held. Since WMDE seems to be in the driver seat, having a backup plan of a conference in Germany seems

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Radiological images

2013-09-17 Thread Nathan
Maybe they don't own the images outright from a legal perspective, but certainly ethics (and particularly medical ethics) is moving in the direction of securing permission from the subject of the images before they are used for purposes other than treatment. Documenting this kind of permission in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Radiological images

2013-09-17 Thread Nathan
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Joseph Chirum sundog...@yahoo.com wrote: If it were Art, the copyright would be clearly defined. If it is technical craft in the medical field, such images fall unto another category all together. Any display of such images would need the patient consent to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Radiological images

2013-09-17 Thread Nathan
I think the question of who owns the copyright is just plain unsettled law. Debating it here isn't going to resolve an issue that is, in the legal realm, unresolved. My own guess is that the organization employing the people performing the imaging likely owns the copyright barring agreements

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia blog moving to WordPress.com

2013-09-05 Thread Nathan
On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 2:51 PM, rupert THURNER rupert.thur...@gmail.com wrote: Personally i think this is a bad idea, especially with respect to all the nsa discussions. If wmf is not able to host it might be hosted by one of the chapters, or wikinews might accept a new article type blog, what

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia blog moving to WordPress.com

2013-09-05 Thread Nathan
On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 6:44 PM, Dan Collins en.wp.s...@gmail.com wrote: At least OTRS and mailman belong inside our security bubble of control, where the only people with access are ops and they can be properly secured. The security risk of those applications potentially introducing and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Block evasion might be a federal offense

2013-08-21 Thread Nathan
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 4:09 AM, Peter Gervai grin...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Martijn Hoekstra martijnhoeks...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 21, 2013 8:56 AM, Peter Gervai grin...@gmail.com wrote: The account and/or underlying IP is blocked. That is the technical

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Block evasion might be a federal offense

2013-08-20 Thread Nathan
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: http://feedly.com/k/14WeLcY I wish I was grossly misrepresenting the situation here. If I am, please do set me straight. You're not wrong, but getting the attention of a federal prosecutor would be easier for

Re: [Wikimedia-l] An idea that may improve Wikipedia's fundraising

2013-08-14 Thread Nathan
YMMV, but I'd prefer if the solid value returned from my donation went to someone in more dire need of it - i.e. if my donation could be used to directly improve access for others who may not enjoy it. Indirectly any donation to Wikimedia fits into the vein of sustaining access to project content,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Communication plans for community engagement

2013-08-06 Thread Nathan
You argued that a North American bias, or differences between American culture and that of Europe and elsewhere, might be part of the problem in why the VE is getting a backlash on projects for European languages. I'll take on faith that anti-Americanism doesn't explain why you jump to this

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Visual Editor temporary opt-out

2013-08-05 Thread Nathan
the option to edit in the traditional manner. ~Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe

Re: [Wikimedia-l] NSA

2013-07-31 Thread Nathan
What surprises me is that anyone is surprised by any of this information. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] NSA

2013-07-31 Thread Nathan
On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Matthew Walker mwal...@wikimedia.org wrote: What surprises me is that anyone is surprised by any of this information. It's one thing to have suspicions and theories about it; but if the third party is constantly denying the allegations and with no recourse

Re: [Wikimedia-l] NSA

2013-07-31 Thread Nathan
traffic isn't exempt from a dragnet that catches literally everything else. ~Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ

Re: [Wikimedia-l] NSA

2013-07-31 Thread Nathan
And another thought - you know what unites most of the other companies represented by the logos in that image? Leaks have confirmed that most of them are the subject of secret orders to turn over huge amounts of raw data to the government. They are all bound to secrecy by law, so without

Re: [Wikimedia-l] NSA

2013-07-31 Thread Nathan
On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Michael Snow wikipe...@frontier.com wrote: On 7/31/2013 3:31 PM, Nathan wrote: And another thought - you know what unites most of the other companies represented by the logos in that image? Leaks have confirmed that most of them are the subject of secret

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Changes at the Wikimedia Foundation Fundraising Team

2013-07-29 Thread Nathan
Thanks Zack for your hard work over the last few years. There's no questioning the fantastic success in fundraising the WMF has seen during your tenure, and I know I've appreciated your willingness to engage and discuss fundraising issues with members of the community. Good luck with whatever

Re: [Wikimedia-l] About the concentration of resources in SF (it was: Communication plans for community engagement

2013-07-24 Thread Nathan
David, do you have experience managing a fully distributed organization with offices and staff concentrations spread around the world? If so, can you outline how you resolved the various challenges (HR, coordination between teams and managers, effective oversight and mission management, insurance

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Feedback for the Wikimedia Foundation

2013-07-23 Thread Nathan
. It boggles my mind, to be honest, that the WMF continues to run into these PR crises without having thought through deeply engaging communication plans and feedback loops. ~Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

[Wikimedia-l] Communication plans for community engagement

2013-07-23 Thread Nathan
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Craig Franklin cfrank...@halonetwork.net wrote: As is usually the case, I'm not saying this to have a go at the developers or anyone else involved (who are obviously doing their best), but I think that some of the communication on this topic has been a bit

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Internal-l] 2013-2014 Round 1 FDC eligibility status IRC office hours

2013-07-16 Thread Nathan
or substantial funding to meet the requirements when they don't have the money to pay for administrative help. Perhaps chapters in that situation should ask for small grants for that purpose in the run up to FDC qualification, and then build future admin costs into the FDC proposal? ~Nathan

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Internal-l] 2013-2014 Round 1 FDC eligibility status IRC office hours

2013-07-16 Thread Nathan
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Thehelpfulone thehelpfulonew...@gmail.com wrote: Please could you explain why was this message only sent to Internal-l, given the discussions on this list in April about shutting down

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Swedish Wikipedia reach 1 million (with support of bots)

2013-06-18 Thread Nathan
, the topic has been debated for many years without real resolution. ~Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 'Periodic Table of Economics': Mapping the Global Economy

2013-06-18 Thread Nathan
Hi Alex, just curious - since you refer to yourself as an economist, what institution(s) are you affiliated with? And can you explain how writing Economy of X articles, no matter how detailed, will solve the problem of uneven resource distribution around the world? On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:13

Re: [Wikimedia-l] PRISM

2013-06-09 Thread Nathan
I think an official statement would be unnecessary and ill advised. It doesn't affect Wikimedia projects, there is no reason to think it does, and involving itself would be a mistake the WMF can and should avoid. On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Christophe Henner christophe.hen...@gmail.com

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Solving the China censorship problem

2013-06-08 Thread Nathan
Too bad mailing list posts don't count :-P My editing has been highly sporadic, and for the first time in six years, apparently I don't qualify to vote. On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 11:45 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 June 2013 23:16, James Salsman jsals...@gmail.com wrote: snip Who

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Proposed prohibition of local uploads and deletion of non-free-licence working documents of Wikimedia events

2013-05-29 Thread Nathan
Crossed to Wikimedia-l, see Deryck's e-mail below. On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Wikimania community, There are currently two discussions on Meta which will have a fundamental impact on the technical logistics of all future Wikimania bids. As

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thoughts on Admin Rights on WMF Wiki (and other things)

2013-05-28 Thread Nathan
Pine says no one suggested firing Gayle or Philippe; I think it's clear that whatever semantics are invoked, he did suggest just that. That's beyond inappropriate, in my view, and an example of the toxic environment that will lead to less fruitful communication from the WMF and not more. It's not

Re: [Wikimedia-l] AffComs $40,000 Hong Kong junket

2013-05-14 Thread Nathan
I think the point got lost that this is the budget (i.e. the maximum allotted), not the actual spending plan. It's highly probable that the actual costs will be something other than the maximum allowed amount. Perhaps we should restrain our outrage until then. Meanwhile, let's start another

Re: [Wikimedia-l] AffComs $40,000 Hong Kong junket

2013-05-13 Thread Nathan
should be asking isn't are the rates of expenses in Hong Kong too high but did the purpose of the travel justify the facially reasonable expenses. ~Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https

Re: [Wikimedia-l] AffComs $40,000 Hong Kong junket

2013-05-13 Thread Nathan
here. I can understand that for senior representatives of the US government on official business, since prestige seems to be an issue there, but for individuals on charity business? I'm not saying outrageous, but I am saying unreasonable…. Thanks, Mike On 13 May 2013, at 21:22, Nathan

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Go away, community (from WMF wiki at least)

2013-05-11 Thread Nathan
Argh, why do we have to keep going through this over and over again? I'm sure we're long past the point where Sue and many members of the staff are convinced that they will be attacked by someone in reaction to any decision they could make. Maybe that's true, but its no excuse for transforming

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Go away, community (from WMF wiki at least)

2013-05-11 Thread Nathan
If the conflict was primarily with MZMcBride (which seems to be the case), then it was a bit cowardly to overhaul the entire scheme on the site in order to avoid telling him to knock it off. On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 7:44 PM, Mono monom...@gmail.com wrote: There's been a long-term conflict with

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Go away, community (from WMF wiki at least)

2013-05-11 Thread Nathan
It's also worth noting this wasn't a last minute decision at all; its foreshadowed in a number of comments by Philippe going back to seemingly mid-March, and there may be warnings of it earlier. So the WMF staff have been discussing this change internally for at least 6 weeks or so. That's a long

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resignation announcement, and a parting remark to everyone

2013-04-29 Thread Nathan
a recipe for, at an absolute minimum, good-faith mismanagement and waste of scarce donor resources. Avoiding this path was a very wise decision by the trustees, and I only hope they remain resolute despite criticism and Sue's impending departure. Nathan

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resignation announcement, and a parting remark to everyone

2013-04-29 Thread Nathan
Florence - my comments followed Erlend's in the thread, where he suggested sending resources around the world without regard to which chapters were the most developed. Outside of the paragraph where I referred to WMKH specifically, my comments were not directed at it. In any case, it's fictional

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resignation announcement, and a parting remark to everyone

2013-04-28 Thread Nathan
Asking for money to do something you are passionate about, and being subject to the scrutiny and criticism of your valued peers, was always going to be a wrenching and soul-sucking process. This is a good time to acknowledge that, and to think about how the FDC can make volunteers more comfortable

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why not everyone have the right to vote in the Board FDC elections?

2013-04-27 Thread Nathan
I would go the other way, and limit the participants in the election for the community seat to people who are members of the volunteer community. Presumably that would include most members of most organizational boards, but only include those staff and other paid workers who also participate as

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Lack of community involvement in WMF budget planning

2013-04-23 Thread Nathan
The necessity of public comment on a detailed budget is overblown. I don't think the Foundation should dedicate a lot of time or resources into getting input into the budget development process from members of the community. This is one area where expertise and the ability to dedicate a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Lack of community involvement in WMF budget planning

2013-04-23 Thread Nathan
- and the levers for those roles already exist. ~Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Biggest Fake Conference in Computer Science

2013-04-12 Thread Nathan
haha, that was awesome Oliver! On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Oliver Keyes oke...@wikimedia.org wrote: We are Wikimedians from different parts of the world and conducted a study on the world's longest piece of spammed mailing list notification, Biggest Fake Conference in Computer Science,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

2013-04-03 Thread Nathan
This back and forth is tangential to Mike's proposal. Maybe make it a separate thread? ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] questions on the use of banner space to promote a cause

2013-03-30 Thread Nathan
I too would say (A) no, (B) no, (C) no and never. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Will Beback, Arbcom and Community oversight

2013-03-23 Thread Nathan
of administrators will continue to perform the bulk of the work as they have been for a long time. When even the committee can't claim they are contributing solutions, it's clear not much will be lost if their role is discontinued while a replacement is sought. ~Nathan

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia (Foundation) endowment

2013-03-18 Thread Nathan
disruption in income, but avoid some of the challenges of a larger endowment and related campaign. ~Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Setting up a Wikimedia Trust (was: Endowment)

2013-03-15 Thread Nathan
be a good idea. ~Nathan On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: Creating a new thread because the other is apparently running in circles now. phoebe ayers, 14/03/2013 21:38: Yes. In an university context, which is what I'm most familiar with (and where

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Setting up a Wikimedia Trust (was: Endowment)

2013-03-15 Thread Nathan
to crowdsourcing and existing philanthropic organizations. On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Anders Wennersten m...@anderswennersten.se wrote: Nathan skrev 2013-03-15 15:24: no tangible benefit to separating a Trust from the actual ownership and management of the Wikimedia projects. I read the meta page

Re: [Wikimedia-l] בקשה למרואיין

2013-03-11 Thread Nathan
I too thought the gmail translate worked really well, until I saw Asaf suggest they stop using bad words - which I guess gmail stripped out, because I didn't see any! ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] fiction: WMF policy of paying less than market

2013-03-07 Thread Nathan
In fact, not one single non-anonymous person has ever said anything different than what Marc just posted (as far as I know). James Salsman is alone in his crusade; the people he believes he is fighting for evidently don't desire his help. My suspicion is that this all goes back to his attempt to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation's non-disclosure agreement

2013-03-06 Thread Nathan
Just out of curiousity, MZ, what is your interest in the text of the NDA? Anyone required to abide by one has seen it and knows what the terms are, and no one who hasn't seen it is bound by it. So other than just being curious, is there are particular reason you want to know more about it?

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Global bans RFC closed

2013-03-03 Thread Nathan
Hmm. There were 77 comments in support, and 68 comments in opposition, but it was closed as supporting the global bans policy in its current form. Interesting. On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 4:31 PM, ENWP Pine deyntest...@hotmail.com wrote: This RFC has previously been discussed on this list. The RFC is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Global bans RFC closed

2013-03-03 Thread Nathan
On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Steven Walling steven.wall...@gmail.com wrote: Note the comments for the second option were to support the position that the policy needed revision. Essentially it means not yet, not I oppose global bans . There were only 17 comments in favor of having no

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Info: Election for WCA Chairperson

2013-02-25 Thread Nathan
That means the only votes belong to those on the Council; this could be easily resolved by other chapters becoming members, as has been said, but presumably some who have refused so far... do so because they have to accept the rights, duties and obligations of a member. These include allowing the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation's support of OTRS

2013-02-21 Thread Nathan
In fairness to the WMF tech team, and without totally absolving them of delays, it looks like a lot of the delay has been related to problems contacting and exchanging information with the OTRS inventor. Not that the WMF couldn't have put more energy into staying in touch with him, but it's worth

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Loading remote resources on Wikimedia wikis

2013-02-08 Thread Nathan
MZ - The last time this came up was in the context of the Jobvite listings, and at the time I believe you directed people to the privacy policy. I don't have the exact quote handy, but I think you said something like the privacy policy of the site or service collecting information has to be

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Outcome of Wikimedia board discussion on the Chapters Association

2013-02-05 Thread Nathan
Presumably Round 1 disbursements have already been made, which means that the chapters in receipt of funds can choose to spend them how they see fit. But I don't recall seeing plans to donate money to the WCA in funding requests to the FDC, and I suspect that since the WMF has chosen not to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] COI versus OUTING

2013-01-21 Thread Nathan
Wikipedia's policies are meant to protect and further the goals of the project, and to offer what little safeguard they can against undue harm to good faith participants. People who try to undermine the project, or act in a way antithetical to its goals, or themselves attempt to cause harm to good

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikivoyage launch: why no blog post or press release?

2013-01-15 Thread Nathan
The objects of a press embargo are to, as I understand it, coordinate the release of information and make sure that staff are available to answer questions or react to developments after release. I'm sure the WMF has some flexibility within their normal business hours, but... as with any global

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Editor retention (was Re: Big data benefits and limitations (relevance: WMF editor engagement, fundraising, and HR practices))

2013-01-04 Thread Nathan
Tim and Erik's views aren't at all incompatible or mutually exclusive; they're just looking at opposite ends of the same problem, which stated fully is that experienced editors leave and the pace of new editors turning into experienced editors is too low to maintain a steady community size. Erik's

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF trustee activity levels

2012-12-28 Thread Nathan
The obvious point, which has been made many times on this list over the years, is that activity on mailing lists or meta is not a good proxy for measuring the activity of a member of the board. The best measure would be engagement with the duties of the board (which don't include posting on the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] deliberately lowered fundraising growth rate (was: Fundraising updates?)

2012-12-21 Thread Nathan
for the 12-13 fiscal year. That is an aggressive increase, even if less aggressive proportionally than we've seen in prior years. Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] deliberately lowered fundraising growth rate (was: Fundraising updates?)

2012-12-21 Thread Nathan
be wrong to raise money purely based on the amount you thought you could raise and without regard to what you plan to responsibly spend. Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Banners are too bright, too long

2012-12-04 Thread Nathan
The upshot is, vocal Wikimedians on mailing lists hate banners, and are quite willing to sternly lecture about their dire consequences! It's left to the Foundation, then, to choose between large numbers of donations from happy donors and unamused mailing list participants. Tough call. My own

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Banners are too bright, too long

2012-12-04 Thread Nathan
and pride in their work, and in the future take more care with comments that impugn their work, professionalism and character. Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser launch update

2012-11-26 Thread Nathan
? I don't really know if that would be easier on you, raise more money or be better for readers, but it's something to consider. Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board vote on narrowing focus

2012-11-02 Thread Nathan
of by it. ~Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Question for Board

2012-10-24 Thread Nathan
on the table. Or at least if it was, I certainly didn't hear about it. ~Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Real identifies when dealing with copyright issues

2012-10-19 Thread Nathan
Reporting the suspicion to the publisher should be enough, I wouldn't think of that as unethical. You aren't doing immediate harm to the author; presumably any reasonable publisher would ask the author about the situation before taking drastic action, giving the author the opportunity at that time

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Info: Recruitment process for Secretary General of the Wikimedia Chapters Association

2012-10-10 Thread Nathan
So there will be both a committee, with expenses covered, and a paid consultant all to identify candidates for a single position? Interesting. But you don't yet know where the WCA will be incorporated, which laws it will abide, the magnitude of its budget, or a host of other considerations? On

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia-blog] [Wikimedia Announcements] Joint statement from Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia UK

2012-09-28 Thread Nathan
Wow. I honestly didn't think the conflict of interest issue was this serious. What does giving up the next fundraiser due to the WM-UK budget? Does this change reflect a lack of trust between the WMF and the current WM-UK leadership? On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 4:20 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Naming for the Travel Guide project

2012-09-27 Thread Nathan
it sniped by someone with other interests? ~Nathan On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: thanks for the offer :) That was indeed the situation I was referring to. It would probably be good

Re: [Wikimedia-l] CNET News: Corruption in Wikiland? Paid PR scandal erupts at Wikipedia

2012-09-19 Thread Nathan
The concerns over Bamkin's involvement in WM-UK and GibraltarpediA seem a little overwrought, but the situation isn't helped by his minimalist approach to public communication - prompted perhaps in part by the accusatory, judgmental tone of his UK questioners. Still, it's too bad he's not more

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Travel Guide: Board statement

2012-09-09 Thread Nathan
On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 8:36 AM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 9 September 2012 12:25, FT2 ft2.w...@gmail.com wrote: Whatever the IB site publicly displays and requires, we can observe what IB considers adequate, plus the attribution requirements of CC-by-SA and any non-conflicting

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

2012-09-07 Thread Nathan
Reading through the IB filing, they aren't even bothering to structure a good case. It's all blather and no substance (claiming, for instance, that the defendants have been unjustly enriched by establishing a website with a name confusingly similar to WikiTravel; when of course no such site

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Travel Guide: Board statement

2012-09-07 Thread Nathan
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 4:11 PM, emijrp emi...@gmail.com wrote: When we use 1911 Britannica texts, we only attribute to the encyclopedia, not its authors, so we can put This text comes from Wikitravel. Anyway, if we are going to use Wikitravel texts, writing a script to scrape just the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

2012-09-06 Thread Nathan
The Wikitravel site seems to be declining in a hurry, even from what was evidently a sad state just several months ago. The main remaining administrator, an employee who goes by IBobi (IB as in Internet Brands), has limited his actions almost exclusively to arguing with other community members and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

2012-09-06 Thread Nathan
On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On Sep 6, 2012 7:27 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: Other than in the process of enforcing telecommunications law, is there any way to challenge the presumed immunity of a particular entity under Section 230

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Copyright on Xrays

2012-08-20 Thread Nathan
to information which is individually identifying. If it has been de-identified, which is presumably not that difficult for x-ray images, then distribution is permitted for other purposes without the patients' authorization. ~Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Copyright on Xrays

2012-08-20 Thread Nathan
them to Commons or providing them to medical image repositories). Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [WikiEN-l] Stocking personal details

2012-08-19 Thread Nathan
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 12:11 PM, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote: But there could be some grey areas, for example if no EU source is covering something then an EU editor sourcing a fact from a reliable source in the US might be in difficulty. Especially if that fact was

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

2012-08-17 Thread Nathan
No one will argue these days that the WMF is short of money, so this is a good opportunity for it to deploy some of that funding for a real impact. The main page on the English Wikipedia is an ideal starting point for a conscious effort at design evolution throughout Wikimedia. The Foundation

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

2012-08-16 Thread Nathan
Never having been to design school like Amir, I can't comment on what grade it might get. But I do like it a lot; I think it's a serious improvement over what we use now, and incorporates design principles that we should adopt even if we don't take the design itself. The visual elements, the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Policy and Political Affiliations Guideline

2012-08-03 Thread Nathan
Andreas makes a really important point below. Now that I read it from his perspective, it seems like what we're dealing with here is a surreptitious attempt by the General Counsel to hijack the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects to serve their covert corporate masters. Obviously the Bilderberg

Re: [Wikimedia-l] conversations between WMF and non-English projects

2012-07-29 Thread Nathan
On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote: On 29 July 2012 22:33, Steven Walling steven.wall...@gmail.com wrote: I can see how you would think this if you're not involved with these communities, but a clear majority of the active editors on Portuguese

Re: [Wikimedia-l] conversations between WMF and non-English projects

2012-07-29 Thread Nathan
On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote: On 29 July 2012 22:48, Steven Walling steven.wall...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: While I may not be involved in the Portuguese Wikipedia, I do

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Ratiopol

2012-07-24 Thread Nathan
The project is empty. It's recent changes feed shows no edits (not sure how that is even possible). All the links on the front page are redlinks. The point of the project is stated as influencing the decisions of politicians. I suspect few will dispute the conclusion that Ratiopol is not ripe for

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