[Wikimedia-l] Announcing staff changes at the WMF

I have just noticed that Damon Sicore's account has been removed from the Foundation wiki[1] and that his global account has just been locked on Meta[2]. However, Damon is still marked as the Vice-President of Engineering at the Foundation's staff page at the time of this writing[3], which makes t

[Wikimedia-l] Moderation rules for this mailing list

So I have been on the moderation list for this mailing list for 10 months now. In the meantime, I have had perfectly valid e-mails sent to this list rejected without a reason, and my appeal not getting any response whatsoever from the moderators. If this were a wiki, everyone would be shouting th

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Superprotect user right, Comming to a wiki near you

On 11 August 2014 01:05, John Lewis wrote: > The people who were actually responsible were the community. Erik was > acting in a preventative role to prevent further disruption not punish > administrators. Erik was acting in a manner that is totally disgraceful. He should have never used his forc

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Superprotect user right, Comming to a wiki near you

The show must go on. To ensure that no German Wikipedia administrator deletes MediaWiki:Common.js to cancel the super-protection, the WMF has just merged and deployed it to Wikimedia wikis as a matter of emergency after a personal request from Erik Moll

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Superprotect user right, Comming to a wiki near you

This is, by far, the most disgusting and disrespectful action undertaken by the Foundation that I have ever witnessed. The 2012 mass desysopping of volunteer administrators on the WMF wiki and the past threats of desysopping users re: VisualEditor and MediaViewer do not even come close to this. It

[Wikimedia-l] Moderation of messages sent to this list

Earlier today, I used the Gmane.org gateway to send a message to this mailing list in response to the "Iraqi 2014 elections thread" started by GerardM. Here is the content of my message (typed from memory): Have you tried Google yet? It is a search engine that lets you search for informat

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

ible for community members to see the budget v. 1 and Sue's feedback on it? Also, if this is not possible, can we at least know why? -- Tomasz W. Kozłowski a.k.a. [[user:odder]] ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia

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

there any particular reasons why the WMF does not want community input on the budget, and drafts such a vital document in total privacy? Thanks, -- Tomasz W. Kozłowski a.k.a. [[user:odder]] ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.or

[Wikimedia-l] French intelligency agency forces removal of a Wikipedia article

php?diff=prev&oldid=91703508> * <https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=91705235> -- Tomasz W. Kozłowski a.k.a. [[user:odder]] ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Szkolenie w Instytucie Informacji Naukowej i Bibliotekoznawstwa, Wrocław - 5 IV 2013

nal! :-) Pozdrawiam! -- Tomasz W. Kozłowski a.k.a. [[user:odder]] ___ 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

ssing the Arbitration Committee at a mailing list require their permission? I think I might have missed something… -- Tomasz W. Kozłowski a.k.a. [[user:odder]] ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wiki

[Wikimedia-l] Free as in Wikimedia Foundation

at <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Logo>, and all comments are welcome. -- Tomasz W. Kozłowski a.k.a. [[user:odder]] ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

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

guess) what's usually covered by such documents, so it doesn't really make sense /not/ to publish that. Thanks -- Tomasz W. Kozłowski a.k.a. [[user:odder]] ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists

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

ered by such documents, why would the WMF not publish their NDA? -- Tomasz W. Kozłowski a.k.a. [[user:odder]] ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

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

ered by such documents, why would the WMF not publish their NDA? -- Tomasz W. Kozłowski a.k.a. [[user:odder]] ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

[Wikimedia-l] Equipment exchange forum on Wikimedia Commons

u feel it's worth the attention of your community. Congratulations to Derrick Coetzee (Dcoetzee) for coming up with this wonderful idea, and many thanks for his generosity towards another Wikimedia contributor (details on the page linked above). -- Tomasz W. Koz