On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Tim Starling wrote:
> Gregory Maxwell wrote:
>> I'm interested in knowing the nature of the error (understanding is
>> the key to avoidance in the future!)
>
> It was my fault, and it was pretty much identical to the error I made
> in 2007, where certain kinds of ed
Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> I'm interested in knowing the nature of the error (understanding is
> the key to avoidance in the future!)
It was my fault, and it was pretty much identical to the error I made
in 2007, where certain kinds of edits were double-counted and so the
effective edit count thresh
2009/8/12 Gregory Maxwell :
> I too agree that there is an obligation to contact, hopefully with
> enough time to respond and point out an error, but I don't believe
> that the the contact must be absolutely immediate.
I agree that there is no real need for it to be immediate, but in most
cases I
2009/8/12 Sue Gardner :
> I definitely sympathize with people wanting to be connected and aware of
> what's going on with the staff. I'd be curious to know what kinds of
> information people find most useful of what we publish today, and what you'd
> like to see more of -- and also what you thin
(Adding to what Michael said.)
Yes, we're trying to catch up. May will be posted tomorrow, and June is being
worked on right now.
These reports started off as simple staff activity reports (when I joined the
Foundation two years ago), and when the staff was small they were fairly easy
to put t
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> 2009/8/12 Gregory Maxwell :
>> It is my understanding that the parties incorrectly stricken
>> previously were not contacted. I believe that an attempt should be
>> made to contact stricken parties, even if it means delaying the
>> results.
>
On Aug 11, 2009, at 10:58 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
>
> I am interested in the specific nature of the coding error, for
> example "The script applied the wrong cutoff date" or "edits across
> multiple projects for the 600 edit criteria were merged based on UID
> rather than username" or "users f
2009/8/12 Gregory Maxwell :
> It is my understanding that the parties incorrectly stricken
> previously were not contacted. I believe that an attempt should be
> made to contact stricken parties, even if it means delaying the
> results.
Really? That amazes me. Surely everyone that has their vote s
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Philippe
Beaudette wrote:
>> I'm interested in knowing the nature of the error (understanding is
>> the key to avoidance in the future!)
>>
>> I'd also like to know if any users were denied the ability to vote who
>> should have been permitted on account of this er
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Philippe
Beaudette wrote:
>> [Greg]
>> I'm interested in knowing the nature of the error (understanding is
>> the key to avoidance in the future!)
>>
>> I'd also like to know if any users were denied the ability to vote who
>> should have been permitted on account
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Philippe Beaudette <
pbeaude...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> >>
> >
> > I'm interested in knowing the nature of the error (understanding is
> > the key to avoidance in the future!)
> >
> > I'd also like to know if any users were denied the ability to vote who
> > should
>>
>
> I'm interested in knowing the nature of the error (understanding is
> the key to avoidance in the future!)
>
> I'd also like to know if any users were denied the ability to vote who
> should have been permitted on account of this error?
>
>
It wa
Betsy Megas wrote:
> Due to an error in a script that was used to generate the list of
> authorized voters for this election, roughly 300 votes were cast by
> users who were not qualified based on the posted election rules
> (requiring that voters have made at least 600 edits before 01 June
> 2009
Forwarded from Betsy Megas, who's subscribed under a different
address. Please read.
Austin
-- Forwarded message --
From: Betsy Megas
Date: Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Subject: Election vote strikes
To: "foundation-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org"
Due to an error in a script t
Tom and I don't agree on everything. In fact he's been the most vocal
critic of the disputes-l idea. The important difference being that he
doesnt just whine about other people's ideas/discussions/issues,
rather he tries To compose reasoned and sound objections and
alternatives.
-Steven
On 8/10/09
Thomas Dalton wrote:
> 2009/8/12 Benjamin Lees :
>
>> I really like these reports, but they'd be more useful if they came sooner
>> after the events they describe. Will you be able to catch up to a <1-month
>> delay in the near future? (I wouldn't mind if the reports for May, June, and
>> July
2009/8/12 Benjamin Lees :
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Sue Gardner wrote:
>
>> Report to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
>>
>> Covering: April 2009
>> Prepared by: Sue Gardner, Executive Director, Wikimedia
>> Foundation
>> Prepared for: Wikimedia Founda
Samuel Klein wrote:
> I think we agree on what needs to happen. The only thing I am
> not sure of is where you would like to see the work take place.
I'm not so sure we agree. I think we're talking about two
different things.
This thread started out with a discussion of why it is so hard to
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Sue Gardner wrote:
> Report to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
>
> Covering: April 2009
> Prepared by:Sue Gardner, Executive Director, Wikimedia
> Foundation
> Prepared for: Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
>
I really
I want to echo Thomas's remarks. It is certainly a fine line to
balance, and I am glad that the donor's concerns are on your mind. I
also want to reiterate my support for an endowment. I'm not going to
preach at anyone here (least of all you and Veronique) the benefits of
having one, but I'
2009/8/12 Veronique Kessler :
> Your comment is very timely. We are, and have been, thinking about the
> best solution regarding extra money. First, we want to consider an
> appropriate "reserve" amount, i.e. this can range from 3 months of
> expenses for some organizations to 2 years for others.
Your comment is very timely. We are, and have been, thinking about the
best solution regarding extra money. First, we want to consider an
appropriate "reserve" amount, i.e. this can range from 3 months of
expenses for some organizations to 2 years for others. So, we are
discussing this; ther
Hey All--
We've made some modifications to the process and time line for the
Donation Button Enhancement project.
You can find and comment on them here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2009/Donation_buttons_upgrade
I appreciate all the feedback so far.
-Rand
--
Rand Montoya
Hea
2009/8/11 Thomas Dalton :
> 2009/8/11 Sue Gardner :
>> FUNDRAISING, GRANTS, & PARTNERSHIPS
>>
>> During April, the Wikimedia Foundation received 922 donations, with a
>> combined total value of USD 78,453. Year-to-date, the Wikimedia
>> Foundation has raised USD 5,491415 in donations from individ
2009/8/11 Sue Gardner :
> FUNDRAISING, GRANTS, & PARTNERSHIPS
>
> During April, the Wikimedia Foundation received 922 donations, with a
> combined total value of USD 78,453. Year-to-date, the Wikimedia
> Foundation has raised USD 5,491415 in donations from individuals, 37%
> above the full-year t
Report to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
Covering: April 2009
Prepared by:Sue Gardner, Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation
Prepared for: Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
MILESTONES FROM APRIL
1.Berlin Board and Chapters meeting
1.Licensing update
On 8/11/09 2:13 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> Kudos to the WMF for avoiding gratuitous reader tracking. Other
> people *are* paying attention to the privacy implications of this kind
> of user-invisible behavior.
Yay!
Quick note: the only sort of user tracking that we would be interested
in doin
Onion sourcing. That would be a nice improvement on simple cite styles.
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Gregory Crane wrote:
> There are various layers to this onion. The key element is that books and
> pages are artifacts in many cases. What we really want are the logical
> structures that sp
This paper is making the rounds:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1446862
"This is a pilot study of the use of “Flash cookies” by popular
websites. We find that more than 50% of the sites in our sample are
using flash cookies to store information about the user. Some are
using i
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Mike Godwin wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Samuel Klein wrote:
>>
>> An interesting concept. It's hard to replace an open collaborative
>> process, but I think this is a subject worthy of a planning workshop
>
> This of course is why open democracies a
Google has put a preview online of a new version of their search
engine, with a new infrastructure:
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/08/help-test-some-next-generation.html
You can test it here:
http://www2.sandbox.google.com/
Things are a lot faster, and the results differ from t
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Magnus
Manske wrote:
> I see CC-NC...
>
> http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3atext%3a2003.02.0004
>
> Too bad.
Well, they can't copyright what is in the PD.
There is little about the XML in TEI format that can be called
"creative", and any non-f
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Samuel Klein wrote:
> The current active community is largely here for reasons of belief in
> our core mission. There are so many important and interesting
> projects that we don't have time as a community to address -- if some
> new group comes along and starts a
+1.
skype: node.ue
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:08 PM, The Cunctator wrote:
> Cmon, keep your whining prudishness for another thread. Sheesh.
>
> On 7/31/09, stevertigo wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Walter Vermeir wrote:
>>
>>> An other way would be that Wikimedia is funded by some
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 7:32 AM, John Vandenberg wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Samuel Klein wrote:
>>...
>> Let's take a practical example. A classics professor I know (Greg
>> Crane, copied here) has scans of primary source materials, some with
>> approximate or hand-polished OCR, wai
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Samuel Klein wrote:
>...
> Let's take a practical example. A classics professor I know (Greg
> Crane, copied here) has scans of primary source materials, some with
> approximate or hand-polished OCR, waiting to be uploaded and converted
> into a useful online resou
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