May I suggest using MailChimp? On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:41 PM, EN Wikizine <info...@wikizine.org> wrote:
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Send us suggestions for the name! > > === Contents === > > Editorial > Personal perspective > In the news > From Wikipedia > > === Editorial by Milos === > > As you could read in Wikizine 127 [1], I took initiative and began a > Wikizine revival. You may notice some changes and I can say that there > will be more changes, as such changes keep all of us alive. > > Editorial is one of those changes and it will have two main parts: (1) > presentation of one of the Wikizine feature and (2) analysis of the > most important event from the previous week or two. Opinion or Talk > Edition of Wikizine will be published on Friday and ?previous week? > means approximately Friday-Thursday time frame. > > Last week had begun with such intensity, I thought I could close this > edition by Monday. > > [1] http://en.wikizine.org/2011/09/year-2011-week-36-number-126.html > > ==== (Un)acceptible Foundation influence on chapters ==== > > On August 27th, almost 20 days before the conclusion of this edition, > CasteloBranco, a member of the initiative for Wikimedia Brazil, sent > an email to foundation-l [1] with the description of agreement inside > of Brazilian Wikimedian community about chapter creation. That was the > main obstacle toward formalizing the chapter, as Brazilian Wikimedians > didn?t feel comfortable with the idea of having a formal organization. > > That day five more Wikimedians discussed the outlines of this > agreement on foundation-l, including a note from Ray Saintonge that > it?s not the best idea to have a Wikimedia Foundation appointee in > chapter?s Board (as suggested by WM Brazil?s agreement). > > For five days discussion was dead, when Jimmy Wales said that having a > WMF appointee is, actually, a good idea. That sparked long discussions > on both foundation-l and internal-l (the latter one is a non-public > list of the core of Wikimedia movement). A number of chapters > representatives felt offended by the idea of having a WMF appointee on > their boards. > > [1] http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/246958 > > ==== Image filter retrospective (from spring 2008 to early 2011) ==== > > For those who have forgotten what?s behind the image filter > ?referendum?, here is a retrospective. > > The initial point of the drama started on 7 May 2008 [4]. Because of > religion, of course. US-based ?social conservative? site WorldNetDaily > reported Wikipedia [5] because of the cover art for the Scorpions? > album Virgin Killer [6]. According to Concerned Women of America, > another ?social conservative? group, ?Wikipedia is helping to further > facilitate perversion and pedophilia.? > > On 5 December 2008, in the moment of madness, worthy of the best of > surreal poetry, Internet Watch Foundaiton (IWF) [7], the association > of UK internet providers, listed Wikipedia as a child pornography site > [8] because of the same album cover [6]. It seems that IWF needed just > four days to find someone who knows what Wikipedia is. IWF reversed > their blacklisting on 9 December. > > In a moment of desperate need for self-promotion, Larry Sanger [9], > known because he didn?t believe that his project (Wikipedia, for which > has sometimes been described as a co-founder), would succeed and not > so known because of a number of failed projects, reported Wikipedia to > the FBI [10] on 10 April 2010 because, of course, ?child pornography?. > > Just a short 17 days later, Fox News discovered the hot news and > published it [11] in a well known form of spreading FUD to everything > which doesn?t fit to their retarded worldview. > > The action of the IWF prompted discussions on Wikimedia Commons in > 2008. However, just after the Commons community declined to change > well defined policy toward images, which are handled based on their > quality, not the biased opinion on content, on May 6th, 2010 Jimmy > Wales started to delete not just poor quality Second Life animated > pornography, but artworks, as well. That sparked a huge revolt among > editors [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. At the other side, the > action was praised by Fox News, of course [21]. > > Between May 6th and May 9th, the most striking event was the fact that > smart people from the Board were talking nonsense just to stand behind > Jimmy?s irrational behavior. > > The Board?s statement from May 7th [22] was actually quite good. Note > that part of the statement says ?In saying this, we don't intend to > create new policy, but rather to reaffirm and support policy that > already exists.? Yet as it could be seen, in around one month the same > Board changed their mind and pushed development with the aim to > implement new policy. > > After that the Kafkaesque parody started. Jan-Bart de Vreede, a Board > member, interpreted Board?s statement as supporting Jimmy?s deletion > of artworks [23]. Ting Chen, Board chair, also supported deletion of > artworks [24]. Stuart West thinks that some deleted artworks are > ?hardcore pornography?, as well [25]. > > Digression about artworks for the complete picture. Jimmy deleted > [28], among others, the next images: > > Painting [27] by Édouard-Henri Avril, a 19th and early 20th century > French painter [28]. > Graphics [29] by Franz von Bayros, a late 19th and early 20th century > Austrian illustrator [30]. > Graphics [31] by Félicien Rops, a 19th century Belgian artist [32]. > > What is interesting with all of those artists is that they belong to > the Decadent movement in art [33]. Which, by the way, says that you > can create the most important educational resource in the history, but > not be able to make distinction between pornography and art. And no > matter of your ignorance, you would be supported by your fellow Board > members,. > > On May 9th, 2010, by concluding his regular behavioral iteration -- > first makes a problem, then does the right thing to fix it --, Jimmy > abandoned his permissions [34]. > > But, of course, that wasn?t the end of the drama. On June 24th, 2010 > Board commissioned the Executive Director to find a way to satisfy Fox > News and those who take Fox News seriously. [35] > > I had personal conversation with Robert Harris, the person employed by > the WMF to ?solve? the problem. It was a very surprising discussion. > During the first iteration of our communication, at the time when he > presented some facts, including a perspective of one Canadian > librarian [36], which clearly stated that libraries do not mark > ?objectionable? content in any particular way, it was a real pleasure > to hear his insights. > > But a month or two later it was clear that he wasn?t employed to make > a decent suggestion, based on our values. He was employed to make a > decision which would satisfy Fox News adherents. Instead of mentioning > anywhere that it is not usual to mark sexually explicit content, > instead of giving a multicultural perspective by adding at least > Muhammad depictions to the list, he just produced a conclusion to > please those to whom it is much more problematic that their daughter > educate herself in sexual hygiene and contraception, then to see her > pregnant at the age of 15. Of course, by mentioning ?multiculturalism? > just when it is in favor of those, exclusively American right-wing > views [37]. > > Then the Censorship workgroup [not able to find public link; it was > likely announced on internal-l] was created. The task of the group was > to articulate what the censorship would look like. I offered, > hesitantly, to participate in it, as a part of the responsibility > which I had as one of the most vocal opponents of that task. Not > unexpectedly, all of us were happy without me on the workgroup. > > After a period of workgroup work, it presented the design of > censorship software [38]. To be honest, it is not bad at all. People > are able to click on ?show image?, nothing is cemented. In an ideal > world, such an image filter would be a very good option. However, we > don?t live in an ideal world. > > I?ll describe current events (the second part of 2011) after enough > time passes and some distance from the current events would be created. > > Milos > > :[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image_filter_referendum > :[2] http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Controversial_content > :[3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image_filter_referendum/Results/en > :[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Killer#Internet_censorship > :[5] http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=63722 > :[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Killer > :[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Watch_Foundation > :[8] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Watch_Foundation_and_Wikipedia > :[9] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Sanger > :[10] > > http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/04/11/018255/Larry-Sanger-Tells-FBI-Wikipedia-Distributes-Child-Pornography > :[11] > > http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/27/wikipedia-child-porn-larry-sanger-fbi/ > :[12] > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Sexual_content/Archive_1 > :[13] > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Sexual_content/Archive_3 > :[14] > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Sexual_content/Village_pump/2010-5-6 > :[15] > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Sexual_content/Village_pump/2010-5-7 > :[16] > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-May/057789.html > :[17] > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-May/057791.html > :[18] > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Remove_Founder_flag > :[19] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Petition_to_Jimbo > :[20] > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Undeletion_requests/Archive/2010-05 > :[21] http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/05/07/wikipedia-purges-porn/ > :[22] > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaannounce-l/2010-May/000008.html > :[23] > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-May/057795.html > :[24] > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-May/057827.html > :[25] > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-May/058026.html > :[26] > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=Jimbo+Wales&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= > :[27] > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C3%89douard-Henri_Avril_%2827%29.jpg > :[28] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard-Henri_Avril > :[29] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franz_von_Bayros_016.jpg > :[30] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Bayros > :[31] > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F%C3%A9licien_Rops_-_Sainte-Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se.png > :[32] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9licien_Rops > :[33] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decadent_movement > :[34] http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/195612 > :[35] > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Commissioning_Recommendations_from_the_Executive_Director > :[36] > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:2010_Wikimedia_Study_of_Controversial_Content&ldid=2103910#The_Librarians.27s_Perspective > :[37] > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2010_Wikimedia_Study_of_Controversial_Content:_Part_Three > :[38] > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image_filter_referendum/en#What_will_the_image_hider_look_like.3F > > ==== Song of the week ==== > > For the end of the editorial, here is the song of the week: > http://tinyurl.com/6vaxls > > Milos > > === Personal perspective === > > This week we have personal perspective from Salmaan Haroon, > User:Theo10011 [1]. > > Theo is from India. He is originally from English Wikipedia but mostly > active on Meta these days. He worked extensively on the WMF strategic > plan on Strategy Wiki [2] a couple of years ago. He has been involved > in Movement roles since early this year. He wrote for the Signpost > briefly. > > He worked for WMF for 3 months last year during the fundraiser, and > got the chance to interact with chapters and see the fundraising issue > from different perspectives. > > Wikimedia chapters council [3] is his proposal. > > :[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Theo10011 > :[2] http://strategy.wikimedia.org/ > :[3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters_council > > ---- > > I was invited to write about my perspective on the recent chapter and > fundraising issues that have been doing the rounds. Let me first start > out by making this disclosure- I am not affiliated with any chapter > beyond a regular membership acquired a few weeks ago, I never sat on a > chapter board, attended a general meeting, and neither do I plan on > starting any time soon. Given a different set of circumstance, I am > not sure if my perspective would be deemed completely neutral in the > following matter. > > Previously, as an outsider to the internal working of Wikimedia and > chapter relations, I viewed the idea of chapters as a regular > unaffiliated community member would i.e. with a mix of ignorance and > skepticism. Chapters are viewed in some circles as legal organizations > formed in different countries by a handful of people who then use > Wikimedia trademarks and fundraising to raise funds to just exist and > occasionally serve as a local outreach point. Somewhere during the > last year, I actually started meeting some of these people. I began to > see the other side, how chapters perceive themselves and each other. > True, there is an entire spectrum where each chapter falls and how > close they actually are to what they want to be. Some of these people > became my friends, I started seeing things from their perspective. > > Over the last year, I saw chapters organize and take on activities > like Wiki Loves Monuments, something the foundation never tried to do. > I saw them do local GLAM outreach and activities in Germany and > France, again, something that the foundation could not take on > directly. They all do their own thing individually in their part of > the world whether it be some open-license lobbying to their local > institutions or outreach to a local exhibition. I can not in good > conscience accept that our movement would be any better off without > them being independent. They are completely decentralized, and do > their own thing independently, I love that model. A few dozen > organizations doing their own things in tandem in different parts of > the world is an unmatched model when it comes to productivity. > > Lately however, there have been overtures that this model might be > under threat. The distance and the relation between the foundation and > the chapters has been getting more and more strained. The fundraising > issue and the board letter that started the recent debate at the core > placed concerns, that really no one disagreed with. I am yet to talk > to a single person who thinks that most of those concerns aren't > legitimate or there isn't a need for a sustained model of > accountability. Almost every chapter in private and public, agrees > that the issues are serious and require some action on everyones part. > > The biggest issue is however how these concerns are being addressed. > Some of the foundation's recent actions are being perceived as a > heavy-handed towards chapters and the community at large. The > conceptual directives have been coming from the board, perceptually > overlooking an important distinction someone else made earlier- the > board is the Wikimedia Foundation's board, not the chapter's, > certainly not the movement's, the larger community is even less > inclined to agree. > > When the questions about the fundraising issue started, there were 2 > large concerns that took over after the board's announcement. One, if > the chapters that already agreed to participate in the fundraiser > being allowed to continue, and second, if new half-a-dozen chapters > that wanted to participate would be able to do so. The timing as > others pointed out was less than ideal, having the staff and the board > in person at Wikimania didn't help and instead compounded the > problems. The cross-talk between the board and staff at that stage > seemed minimal. Sue gave a lengthy explanation about the issues and > the board's concern, as did several board members who offered their > perspective, staff members however seemed to be on a different page. > Instead of giving any time to discuss and coordinate on how to address > these issues, the entire fundraising model was taken away in what some > perceive as a knee-jerk reaction and being replaced quietly by a > grants-only model. > > In hindsight, effective planning, and better timing might have avoided > the initial confusion. But springing such an important change on > chapters so close to the fundraiser, even after chapters attended an > entire 'fundraising summit' just a few weeks prior could not have gone > well. Chapters were told how to participate in the fundraiser by WMF > staff that attended the aforementioned 'summit'. They were now being > told to re-evaluate it all, and forget about fundraising and focus on > a grants-based model. With all the arguments and the questions that > ensued, the staff hasn't addressed most of the issues publicly. > > Delphine pointed out facts about WMDE, how the ideal independent > chapter, the only one who would be allowed to fundraise came to be. > How its independence, and the ability to stand on its own two feet > made WMDE an example to follow for others. The notion that independent > fundraising by chapters wouldn't affect the money needed by the > movement is a fallacy. The movement as a whole would lose millions > every year, if the chapters are not allowed to do this locally. At > some point, we have to realize - a one size fits all, global solution > doesn't work. Our movement is decentralized, I think it's only logical > that the fundraising be decentralized as well. > > There is also a general sense of questioning the ownership of the > fundraiser among the larger community. There are people who believe > that it is the foundation's prerogative to only allow anyone it wants > to fundraise or not, since it is the sole entity in charge of > everything related to the movement. This would inevitably lead to more > questions about ownership of the projects, and who is entitled to > raise money in the name of Wikipedia? > > Non-profits around the world use a decentralized model similar to the > one we might have. The current structure looks identical to theirs. if > someone were to visit Oxfam.com, they would be directed to the nearest > office in their region where they can donate to the cause. In our > case, the biggest identity would be our projects, a banner could serve > the same purpose locally. Why do we then question the same model that > already exist and work elsewhere? > > Around the time these discussions were going on, I recalled something > that we talked about during the Chapters conference in Berlin. An idea > about a Chapters council, composed of all individual chapters to say > "We, the chapters...." - The community itself is large enough that it > can never completely agree on any point together, an important > distinctions that chapters might not suffer from. The number of > chapters are not large, and some of the issues are so central that a > single unanimous voice is not hard to form. There are and have been > several iterations of this body, over the years and there is a clear > need for it now than ever before. I have no idea if it can bridge the > gap and address some of the concerns everyone has, but I do believe, > it is worth trying, now more than ever. > > Chapters, should ideally be the face of the movement- young, > hard-working, active and mostly unpaid volunteers that take the > good-nature and ethos of our movement, offline. Be it some small > project in their backyard, outreach to a local library or museum or a > small exhibition in their city, they should be given freedom to decide > what works for them locally and then the ability to do so. The > foundation should ideally, do its best to support and decentralize > this model as much as possible. When chapters work, they work > excellently. > > Salmaan Haroon, User:Theo10011 > > === In the news === > > [Jimmy Wales and Sue Gardner in US diplomatic cable] - Jimmy Wales was > mentioned in a leaked US diplomatic cable under the name Jimmy Walker. > Among many people with that name, one Jimmy Walker was the mayor of > New York City from 1926 to 1932. Another one is Jimmie Walker, > comedian. Sue Gardner has been presented as "Wikipedia's leading > editor". > http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2008/11/08SANTIAGO1015.html > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Walker > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Walker > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Walker > http://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/05/09TELAVIV982.html > > [Inventor of eBook died] - Michael Stern Hart, inventor of the eBook > concept and Project Gutenberg, has died at the age of 64. > http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Michael_S._Hart > > [Celebrities? Autographs] - Crushable reports (not quite) news that > Wikipedia has started including celebrities' autographs in articles > about them. In a related event, User:Hindustanilanguage uploaded ~300 > autographs on Wikimedia Commons in mid-August. > > http://crushable.com/entertainment/wikipedia-has-started-including-celebrities-autographs-on-their-profiles-394/ > http://tinyurl.com/4xxmepz > > ["How do i edit a page on wikipedia without it gettin removed?"] - A > classic high school question about editing Wikipedia appeared on Yahoo > Answers. > http://malaysia.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110902133937AAVW9a8 > > [Positive critique in Washington Post] - The Washington Post > journalist Valerie Strauss published article on "Wikipedia is not > wicked!" by The Daring Librarian, otherwise known as Gwyneth Anne > Jones, on her blog. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/the-daring-librarian-wikipedia-is-not-wicked/2011/09/06/gIQAYWSF8J_blog.html > http://www.thedaringlibrarian.com/ > > [Branding company plays with Wikipedia] - Branding company Moving > Brands, invited by Viewpoint magazine to showcase their process, > created a proposal for a new Wikimedia identity. While the value of > the final product could be debated, it is interesting that the company > has a clear understanding of Wikipedia, Wikimedia and Wikipedia's core > Five Pillars, which they included in their creative process. > http://www.movingbrands.com/ > http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/wikipedia_concept.php > http://www.movingbrands.com/?category_name=wikipedia-work > > [Wikipedia editors motivation] - Business life has published the > article "Why do people contribute to Wikipedia for free?" > > http://www.babusinesslife.com/Tools/Economics/Why-do-people-contribute-to-Wikipedia-for-free-.html > > [New York Times on Wikipedia and 9/11] - New York Times published an > article "On Wikipedia, Echoes of 9/11 ?Edit Wars?". > > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/12/business/media/on-wikipedia-911-dissent-is-kept-on-the-fringe.html?_r=1 > > [Jimmy Wales guest of Cambridge Network] - Jimmy Wales gave a lecture > to the Cambridge Network members. The Cambridge Network is a > commercial business networking organization for business people and > academics working in technology fields in the Cambridge area of the > UK. In response to his lecture, Cambridge Business Media published the > article "Running Wikipedia, possibly not as easy as Jimmy Wales makes > it look". > http://www.pr.com/press-release/352263 > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Network > > http://www.cabume.co.uk/blog/running-wikipedia-possibly-not-as-easy-as-jimmy-wales-makes-it-look.html > > [The worst Kindle eBooks] - "The worst Kindle eBooks ever written" is > a compilation of Wikipedia articles. > > http://www.beyond-black-friday.com/2011/08/30/the-worst-kindle-ebooks-ever-written/ > > [Copyright in EU] - Copyright on musical recordings extended by twenty > years in EU. > > http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Copyright_on_musical_recordings_extended_by_twenty_years_in_EU > > [WikiSweeper] - Ushahidi and Wikimedia Foundation joint initiative to > create a hot news tool for Wiki editors > > http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/wikipedia_to_add_research_mega-tool_for_hot_news_a.php > > http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2011/09/13/announcing-the-wikisweeper-project/ > > [Jimmy Wales in Indianapolis] - Jimmy Wales was talking to 3,000 > marketing experts in Indianapolis. > > http://www.indystar.com/article/20110913/BUSINESS06/109130390/Wikipedia-founder-shares-passion-Indianapolis-crowd?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|IndyStar.com|s > > [Columnist for Independent and Wikipedia] - The award-winning > Independent columnist Johann Hari has apologized for editing the > Wikipedia entries of people he had clashed with, using the pseudonym > David Rose. > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/sep/14/johann-hari-apologises-orwell-prize > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Hari > > [Campus paper The Bell Ringer on Wikipedia] - Columnist of The Bell > Ringer, the campus paper of the Augusta State University, published > text "In the Defense of Wikipedia". > http://www.asubellringer.com/2011/09/14/in-the-defense-of-wikipedia/ > > === From Wikipedia === > > [Hungry ghost] - Hungry ghost is a Western translation of an Eastern > phrase representing beings who are driven by intense emotional needs > in an animalistic way. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_ghost > > [Fenian raids] - The Fenian raids of the Fenian Brotherhood based in > the United States on British army forts, customs posts and other > targets in Canada were fought in order to bring pressure on Britain to > withdraw from Ireland, between 1866 and 1871. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenian_raids > > [Monte Cristo, Washington] - Monte Cristo is a ghost town northwest of > Monte Cristo Peak, in eastern Snohomish County in western Washington. > Prospecting in the region began in the Skykomish River drainage with > the Old Cady Trail used for access. In 1882 Elisha Hubbard improved > the trail up the North Fork Skykomish, from Index to Galena, then > north up the tributary Silver Creek. A boom shortly followed at > Mineral City. The mineral belt was traced in various directions, > including north over the divide between the Skykomish and Sauk River > drainages. ... > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Cristo,_Washington > > [Persin] - Persin is a fungicidal toxin present in the avocado. It is > generally harmless to humans, but when consumed by domestic animals in > large quantities it is dangerous. It has been suggested as a treatment > for breast cancer. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persin > > [Progress trap] - A progress trap is the condition human societies > experience when, in pursuing progress through human ingenuity, they > inadvertently introduce problems they do not have the resources or > political will to solve, for fear of short-term losses in status, > stability or quality of life. This prevents further progress and > sometimes leads to collapse. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_trap > > [Phosphene] - A phosphene is an entoptic phenomenon characterized by > the experience of seeing light without light actually entering the > eye. The word phosphene comes from the Greek words phos (light) and > phainein (to show). Phosphenes are flashes of light, often associated > with optic neuritis, induced by movement or sound. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphene > > [HD 85512 b] - HD 85512 b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star HD > 85512 approximately 36 light-years away in the constellation of Vela. > The planet was discovered by the scientists at University of Geneva, > Switzerland, led by the Swiss astronomer Stéphane Udry of the GTO > program of High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS), a > high-precision echelle spectrograph installed on ESO's 3.6 m telescope > at La Silla Observatory in Chile. HD 85512 b is one of the smallest > exo-planets discovered to be in the habitable zone. HD 85512 b is > considered to be the best candidate for habitability as of August 25, > 2011. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_85512_b > > [Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin] - Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (May 10, 1900 ? > December 7, 1979) was an English-American astronomer who in 1925 was > first to show that the Sun is mainly composed of hydrogen, > contradicting accepted wisdom at the time. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Payne-Gaposchkin > > [List of people claimed to be Jesus] - John Nichols Thom (1799?1838), > Cornish tax rebel who claimed to be the "saviour of the world" and the > reincarnation of Jesus Christ and his body temple of the Holy > Ghost[citation needed] in 1834. He was killed by British soldiers at > the Battle of Bossenden Wood, on May 31, 1838 in Kent, England. Arnold > Potter (1804?1872), Schismatic Latter Day Saint leader; he claimed the > spirit of Jesus Christ entered into his body and he became "Potter > Christ" Son of the living God, he died in an attempt to "ascend into > heaven" by jumping off a cliff.[citation needed] His body was later > retrieved and buried by his followers. Bahá'u'lláh (1817?1892), born > Shiite, adopted Bábism later in 1844, he claimed to be the prophesized > fulfilment and Promised One of all the major religions. He founded the > Bahá'í Faith in 1866. Followers of the Bahá'í Faith believe that the > fulfillment of the prophecies of the second coming of Jesus, as well > as the prophecies of the 5th Buddha Maitreya and many other religious > prophecies, were begun by the Báb in 1844 and then by Bahá'u'lláh. > They commonly compare the fulfillment of Christian prophecies to > Jesus' fulfillment of Jewish prophecies, where in both cases people > were expecting the literal fulfillment of apocalyptic statements. ... > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_claimed_to_be_Jesus > > > ////////////////////////////////////////// > @@@@@@@@ Wikizine seeks editors @@@@@@@@@ > °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° > Editor(s): Millosh, Theo10011, Kpjas > Corrector(s): Nathan > Support: Walter > Contact: http://report.wikizine.org > Website: http://www.wikizine.org > °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° > @@@@@@@@@ Wikizine seeks editors @@@@@@@@ > ////////////////////////////////////////// > > Wikizine.org makes no guarantee of accuracy, > validity and especially but not limited to, > correct grammar and spelling. 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