Re: [Wikimedia-l] Women in red

2017-10-16 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
sexism so much that even the way we talk about sexism is sexist. On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Vi to wrote: But just a note: using the same behavior of phenomena you're trying to contast is, per se, a clear defeat. To be more clear, blind -because you obviously don't know *nothing*

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New style banner - A heads up

2017-08-23 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
te it from the article text, so it doesn't look like an article section at first glance. Thanks, Mike +1 here as well. Some sort of clear separating border or shading to distinguish the banner from the article content is needed. - Pax aka Funcrunch -- Pax Ahimsa Gethen | p...@funcrunch.or

[Wikimedia-l] Of Wikipedia, fonts, and Pakistan

2017-07-12 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
ny" Wikipedia doesn't decide when pages are protected, nor under what circumstances protection is applied. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/13/fontgate-microsoft-wikipedia-and-the-scandal-threatening-the-pakistani-pm [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cali

Re: [Wikimedia-l] What's making you happy this week? (Week of 25 June 2017)

2017-06-26 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
many queries won't work because the visual interface only supports a subset of options: it's pretty hard to create user-friendly GUI representations of many of the complex SPARQL features. :) Anyway, i'd like to hear what you think. Bugs, feature request and pull requests are also welco

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [PRESS] Turkish authorities block Wikipedia

2017-04-29 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
l knowledge. That's our commitment! ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.o

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's go gender neutral

2017-04-06 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
ces to say "when a picture of a photographer is to be used, prior permission has to be asked" or whatever. Yes, it may please you but this practise is not taught in schools and given the size of the non-native community ... don't do this Thanks, GerardM -- Pax Ahimsa Geth

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let's go gender neutral

2017-04-05 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
nder. This is becoming an accepted practice in related forums and academic publications. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-people-are-using- the-term-latinx_us_57753328e4b0cc0fa136a159 Thanks, Fae Wikimedia LGBT+ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_LGBT/Portal -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Draft Code of Conduct for Technical Spaces

2017-02-26 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
will be serious unacknowledged problems. e.g. "You literally cannot pay me to speak without a Code of Conduct" http://rachelnabors.com/2015/09/01/code-of-conduct/ This is literally all well-worn discourse territory, but I'm sure if you both persist you can wear everyone down. - d.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Politics

2017-02-03 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
the WMF. It is the responsibility of the community to ensure that our projects remain apolitical. A neutral point of view is impossible if participating requires a certain political position. It is the responsibility of the mailing list administration and moder

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Passing of User:Danveg, and reminder about people in distress

2017-01-03 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
edia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Pax Ahimsa Gethen | p...@funcrunch.org | http://funcrunch.org ___ Wikimedia-l maili

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Implementing Katherine's Vision: "Discussing Discussions"

2016-11-18 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
e-to-fix-it/ Let's retake the lead on building and renewing a healthy collaborative community. We can't afford to be complacent or content with the status quo. Let's come up with new ideas, build them, find the problems, and try again. It starts with deciding that we can do better.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] LGBT+ safety considerations for conference venues

2016-11-10 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
o serve. I made my point before, it did not get any attention then and my argument now is that nothing changed. It is only the perception of the USA that has been dented by an unfortunate "democratic" choice by last night's election. Thanks, GerardM On 9 November 2016 at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] LGBT+ safety considerations for conference venues

2016-11-09 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
Thank, GerardM On 18 October 2016 at 16:00, Pax Ahimsa Gethen < list-wikime...@funcrunch.org> wrote: Gerard, this isn't about "holiday destinations", it's about human rights and dignity. That's why I emphasized in my original post that I'm concerned not only

Re: [Wikimedia-l] LGBT+ safety considerations for conference venues

2016-10-18 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
uld go to Russia, to China to India to South Africa. -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae -- Pax Ahimsa Gethen | http://funcrunch.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists

Re: [Wikimedia-l] LGBT+ safety considerations for conference venues

2016-10-16 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
help a lot and may give more useful and transparent material to the selection committee of Wiki conferences (because I have understood that your reasons would include the selection not only of Wikimania). Kind regards On 16.10.2016 19:20, Pax Ahimsa Gethen wrote: Thanks Anna. I forgot to in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] LGBT+ safety considerations for conference venues

2016-10-16 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
Wikimania involves significant amounts of time and money, and I am hoping that WMF will develop ways to align Wikimania with WMF and community strategic goals. Pine On Oct 16, 2016 08:10, "Pax Ahimsa Gethen" wrote: Hello all. I had a positive experience at WikiConference North Amer

Re: [Wikimedia-l] LGBT+ safety considerations for conference venues

2016-10-16 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
x27;m happy to hear of your positive experience at WikiConference. +1 /a On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 8:10 AM, Pax Ahimsa Gethen < list-wikime...@funcrunch.org> wrote: Hello all. I had a positive experience at WikiConference North America last weekend, where I gave a talk on transgender

[Wikimedia-l] LGBT+ safety considerations for conference venues

2016-10-16 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
ences. Thank you. - Pax aka Funcrunch [1] http://funcrunch.org/blog/2016/10/12/making-connections-at-wikiconference-north-america/ [2] https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/1114259788621851/ -- Pax Ahimsa Gethen | http://funcrunch.org __

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Google returning outdated text snippet

2016-08-18 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
ering now if someone is manipulating the search results somehow. I have posted an update to the thread on the Village Pump: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Google_returning_outdated_text_snippet_for_Gender_page - Pax On 8/13/16 2:06 PM, Pax Ahimsa Gethen wrote

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Google returning outdated text snippet

2016-08-13 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
Update: The Google search results and cached page for Gender are now correct. I'll be keeping an eye on this search, as this problem was previously resolved and then reoccurred (as I mentioned at the start of this thread). - Pax On 8/13/16 7:39 AM, Pax Ahimsa Gethen wrote: Any news

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Google returning outdated text snippet

2016-08-13 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
ng your email to the Discovery mailing list. Pine On Aug 7, 2016 16:46, "Pax Ahimsa Gethen" wrote: In a recent thread about improving search, I posted a comment about a possible hazard of relying on Google to search Wikipedia.[1] I explained that Google had been displaying a te

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Google returning outdated text snippet

2016-08-07 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
Pine W wrote: Hi Pax, I believe that WMF Discovery is the team that is best suited to address matters like this, so I am forwarding your email to the Discovery mailing list. Pine On Aug 7, 2016 16:46, "Pax Ahimsa Gethen" wrote: In a recent thread about improving search, I pos

[Wikimedia-l] Google returning outdated text snippet

2016-08-07 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
- Pax [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-July/084890.html [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gender&oldid=722247975 [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Google_returning_outdated_text_snippet_for_Gender_page

Re: [Wikimedia-l] An example where search could be improved

2016-07-28 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
vandalism.) - Pax [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gender&oldid=722247975 -- Pax Ahimsa Gethen | http://funcrunch.org On 7/28/16 5:37 AM, Andrew Lih wrote: We recently had a thread in the Wikipedia Weekly Facebook group, where we pretty much concluded the reason why we don’t

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why are articles being deleted?

2016-06-27 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
Without weighing in on the specific's of Mitar's case, I think this is a good suggestion. I created my first Wikipedia article in 2009, after I'd been registered on the site for a few months but only had a few edits to my name. My article was on a living musician/composer, and was, rightfully I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Harassment and blaming the victim

2016-06-06 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wiki Project Med Foundation WikiWomen's User Group Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sydney.e.poore On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 9:56 PM, Pax Ahimsa Gethen < list-wikime...@funcrunch.org> wrote: Hi all, I'm Pax aka Funcrunch [1]. I've been a Wikipedian s

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Harassment and blaming the victim

2016-06-05 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
out of bounds. I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts about how we should define harassment, and how we should seek to reduce the frequency of it on Wikimedia sites. Thank you for speaking up. Pine On Jun 4, 2016 19:15, "Pax Ahimsa Gethen" wrote: Hi all, I'm Pax aka Funcrunc

[Wikimedia-l] Harassment and blaming the victim

2016-06-04 Thread Pax Ahimsa Gethen
Funcrunch [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Stop_%22Political_Correctness%22_as_gauge! [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Don't_feed_the_trolls [5] Queer, trans, and black, in my case. [6] https://medium