Re: [Foundation-l] Do we have a complete set of WMF projects?

I find projects to build large catalogs interesting; many of these are simply not done well online. If you have a free catalog, you can visaulize its elements on a map / with search; add reviews and images and comments to what was previously uncommentable. Some potential catalogs: Organizations

Re: [Foundation-l] Expert board members - a suggestion

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen < cimonav...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tim Landscheidt wrote: > > Given the fact that no candidate for the board seems to have > > campaigned prominently for this issue in this year's elec- > > tion and it does not even seem to have been mentioned

Re: [Foundation-l] Expert board members - a suggestion

Tim Landscheidt wrote: > Given the fact that no candidate for the board seems to have > campaigned prominently for this issue in this year's elec- > tion and it does not even seem to have been mentioned in the > two before, I do not see why the board should have decided > otherwise. > > As the re

Re: [Foundation-l] strategic planning process update

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Philippe Beaudette < pbeaude...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > I have wondered that, and do not know the answer. > > My GUESS - uneducated and probably wrong - would be that it's not an > account until they write something on SUL or create the account locally. > > > On Se

Re: [Foundation-l] strategic planning process update

I have wondered that, and do not know the answer. My GUESS - uneducated and probably wrong - would be that it's not an account until they write something on SUL or create the account locally. On Sep 14, 2009, at 7:03 PM, Brian wrote: > > Tx. Do you know what counts as a user account given SUL

Re: [Foundation-l] strategic planning process update

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Philippe Beaudette < pbeaude...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > I knew it would come in handy for something... :-) > > Tx. Do you know what counts as a user account given SUL? Someone who is logged on at another wiki merely visits, and now they are a new user account?

Re: [Foundation-l] strategic planning process update

I knew it would come in handy for something... :-) On Sep 14, 2009, at 6:59 PM, Brian wrote: > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Casey Brown > wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Brian >> wrote: >>> It's too bad Special:Statistics can't show you basic information >>> over >> tim

Re: [Foundation-l] strategic planning process update

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Casey Brown wrote: > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Brian wrote: > > It's too bad Special:Statistics can't show you basic information over > time. > > > > Thankfully, Philippe has been saving these statistics so you can see > the "over time" effect: >

Re: [Foundation-l] strategic planning process update

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Brian wrote: > It's too bad Special:Statistics can't show you basic information over time. > Thankfully, Philippe has been saving these statistics so you can see the "over time" effect: -- Casey

Re: [Foundation-l] strategic planning process update

>> the strategy that emerges from thoughtful interaction >> between the community and the foundation. > Not sure what your definition of "the community" is. There are lots of... It's misfit, isn't it? ... are Brian and Eugene speaking in different languages? -- Pavlo Shevelo [SUL] On Tue, Sep 1

Re: [Foundation-l] strategic planning process update

Hello Eugene, Thanks for heads up (two days before the D-day), > ... I wanted to point you to a few links that explain this > in more detail. > http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Process As to me, as to the best of my belief the nutshell is on the page http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Process

Re: [Foundation-l] strategic planning process update

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Brian wrote: > This is great to hear and I am very curious to see how it turns out. Me too. :-) > It's > too bad Special:Statistics can't show you basic information over time. To > facilitate before/after comparisons, as of now: 372 content pages; 4,118 > pages;

Re: [Foundation-l] Expert board members - a suggestion

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Tim Landscheidt wrote: > Thomas Dalton wrote: > > > [...] > > "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." is a good principle for maintaining > > the status quo, it isn't a good principle if you want progress. The > > job isn't done yet, so progress would be good. If you w

Re: [Foundation-l] strategic planning process update

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Eugene Eric Kim wrote: > Hi everybody, > > For those of you who don't know me, I'm leading the Wikimedia > strategic planning process. Our goal is to develop a five-year > strategic plan through an open community process that is going on > right now and that will

Re: [Foundation-l] Use of moderation

Henning Schlottmann wrote: > [...] > It is open to read worldwide without registration, first time posters > have to authenticate their mail address in the "from" with gmane. ... and to subscribe to foundation-l with "nomail" AFAIR. Tim ___ foundati

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimania-l] Thank you!

Bod Notbod wrote: > [...] > 2. On many videos, if not most, it is impossible to see the content of > the slides. Could videos be uploaded in higher resolution? Obvious > downsides: larger file size, more bandwidth required. Or maybe all > presenters could be encouraged to upload their presentatio

[Foundation-l] strategic planning process update

Hi everybody, For those of you who don't know me, I'm leading the Wikimedia strategic planning process. Our goal is to develop a five-year strategic plan through an open community process that is going on right now and that will go on through July 2010. We're trying to answer three questions: * W

Re: [Foundation-l] Expert board members - a suggestion

Thomas Dalton wrote: > [...] > "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." is a good principle for maintaining > the status quo, it isn't a good principle if you want progress. The > job isn't done yet, so progress would be good. If you want progress > you have to be willing to implement enhancements as w

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