Or, you could click a button. Why is making something easy a problem?
And more to the point; a very large number of people would become confused with the processes you're describing. You are somewhere in the top 0.1% of technically literate persons!! So judging what is possible or not based on your own skills/abilities introduces a critical bias. A lack of neutrality, if you will :) Tom On 18 April 2013 13:46, Mathieu Stumpf <psychosl...@culture-libre.org>wrote: > Le 2013-04-18 14:11, Stevie Benton a écrit : > >> [Speaking personally, not from WMUK] >> >> Not sure how advertisements came in to the discussion, it's totally >> different. If we agree we want to share the sum total of all human >> knowledge, then it makes sense that we make it as easy to share that >> knowledge as possible. Having small, discreet buttons that allow one / two >> click sharing removes some of the barriers that may exist. Just my >> opinion, of course. >> >> Stevie >> > > I really don't understand what's the supposed "barriers", you can save the > whole page to send it, copy/paste the whole page, send the direct URL. What > the use case where current possibilities would prevent one to share this > knowledge? > > > >> >> On 18 April 2013 13:04, Mathieu Stumpf <psychosl...@culture-libre.org** >> >wrote: >> >> Le 2013-04-18 11:43, Stevie Benton a écrit : >>> >>> [Speaking personally, not from WMUK] >>> >>>> >>>> I like the idea of sharing buttons, as long as they aren't too >>>> prominent. >>>> Wikipedia was a social medium before the term was really in widespread >>>> use. >>>> I think it also shows that our audience is important. Aren't we >>>> ultimately >>>> about sharing? >>>> >>>> Stevie >>>> >>>> >>> To my mind, it's not just about sharing, it's about sharing knowledge in >>> a >>> form which is as neutral as we can achieve to produce. If you stop to >>> "sharing", then you may just as well let "free to share" advertisments >>> invade wikipedia. >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 18 April 2013 10:37, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 18 April 2013 10:27, Mathieu Stumpf <psychosl...@culture-libre.org* >>>> ***> >>>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> > I didn't read the tweeter EULA, as I don't use it. Does it feet our >>>>> general >>>>> > policy[1]? If no, as one may easily expect, then you have a >>>>> definitive >>>>> > answer to your "why not". >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> You could tweet from a button without WMF sending data to Twitter, so >>>>> that's not a problem. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - d. >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________****_________________ >>>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list >>>>> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.****org >>>>> <Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.**org<Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >>>>> > >>>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/**** >>>>> mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l> >>>>> <h**ttps://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Stevie Benton >>>> Communications Organiser >>>> Wikimedia UK >>>> +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 >>>> @StevieBenton >>>> >>>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England >>>> and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. 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