Hi folks,
I'm sorry to tell you that as of September 18, Jennifer Riggs will be
leaving the Wikimedia Foundation.
Since joining us last April, Jennifer has helped the Wikimedia
Foundation to improve in some important ways. She has helped Frank,
Cary and Jay better structure their work, and she su
2009/9/16 George Herbert :
> I have a specific question regarding the CTO role which has been
> floating around not yet completely defined. Brion announced the
> impending opening a while ago now and the formal definition of the job
> role (and possibly title, I suggest it's more of a CIO role tha
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Erik Moeller wrote:
> 2009/9/16 Sue Gardner :
> > 2009/9/16 Thomas Dalton :
> >> 2009/9/17 Daniel Phelps :
> >>> We look forward to the future in our new location and hope that we get
> >>> a chance to have you all visit us. We will do our best to post photos
>
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Erik Moeller wrote:
> 2009/9/16 Samuel Klein :
>> Putting aside the unnecessary bad faith and challenges to the
>> foundation's integrity: I find this all exciting - planning for
>> significant tech budget support, possible major sponsorships (I've
>> always hope
2009/9/16 Sue Gardner :
> 2009/9/16 Thomas Dalton :
>> 2009/9/17 Daniel Phelps :
>>> We look forward to the future in our new location and hope that we get
>>> a chance to have you all visit us. We will do our best to post photos
>>> as we settle in so that people can imagine us all in our new set
Repatriate the Usability Team - very nice. That looks like a lovely
part of town.
Thanks for the update, Daniel. Someone should tell the story of how
it was scouted just in the nick of time... SJ
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Daniel Phelps wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I'd like to announce
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Year: 2009 Week: 36 Number:
2009/9/16 Thomas Dalton :
> 2009/9/17 Daniel Phelps :
>> We look forward to the future in our new location and hope that we get
>> a chance to have you all visit us. We will do our best to post photos
>> as we settle in so that people can imagine us all in our new setting.
>
> This sounds very exc
That is lovely; thanks for the announcement, mike. sj
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Mike.lifeguard
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> Hello,
>
> I wanted to let folks know that WMF is decommissioning some 35 servers,
> and is willing to accept requests from users in
The only useful parking near there is at 3rd and Jessie, or southeast
of the building, but if everyone can commute in it's a safe walk from
BART.
Congrats!
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Daniel Phelps wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I'd like to announce the upcoming office move for the Wikimedia
2009/9/17 Daniel Phelps :
> We look forward to the future in our new location and hope that we get
> a chance to have you all visit us. We will do our best to post photos
> as we settle in so that people can imagine us all in our new setting.
This sounds very exciting! Until you get some photos,
Hello Everyone,
I'd like to announce the upcoming office move for the Wikimedia
Foundation. We have outgrown the current office space in the SOMA
district of San Francisco. This was a great space for us when we
first landed in SF, but it's small, and we've been over capacity for
several
That is great news - congratulations, Anya!
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Fellow Wikimedians--
In July of 2008, the WMF fundraising team was hired and established with
a planned team of four: Head of Major Gifts (Rebecca Handler), Head of
Partnerships and Foundation Relations (Sara Crouse), Head of Community
Giving (Rand Montoya), and a Development Associate (Anya Sh
On 9/16/09 11:33 AM, phoebe ayers wrote:
> LSS2RSS is srs bsns!
>
> A blog could work; in the meantime, I started an identi.ca account:
> http://identi.ca/listsummaryservice/
> Feel free to follow it or its feed
> (http://identi.ca/listsummaryservice/all/rss) for all your rss needs.
Spiffy!
Here'
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Samuel Klein wrote:
> Nice!
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 3:02 PM, phoebe ayers wrote:
>>
>> And a questions: I've gotten a couple requests for an RSS version of
>> the LSS updates. What would the most useful way to do this be?
>
> An LSS blog (LSS2RSS!) once a for
Nice!
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 3:02 PM, phoebe ayers wrote:
>
> And a questions: I've gotten a couple requests for an RSS version of
> the LSS updates. What would the most useful way to do this be?
An LSS blog (LSS2RSS!) once a fortnight would suit me just fine.
SJ
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Sage Ross writes:
>
> What case(s) settled this issue? I haven't been able to find anything
> credible one way or the other, but a number of organizations without
> an obvious financial interest in the issue seem to assume that
> restorations do create new copyrights.
The issue of whether origi
Samuel Klein wrote:
> Why are we revisiting something from 2007-08 financial planning two
> years after it happened and 15 months after the final report?
>
Planning with 20/20 hindsight is always s much more accurate? ;-)
Ec
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Mike Godwin wrote:
> Nathan writes:
>
>> Interesting. Although the Italian media also reported that I (and
>> Jimbo and various others) was being sued for 50 million euros, and I
>> haven't seen that lawsuit yet.
>>
> We've had a lot of experience of spurious reports of lawsuits originating
On Sep 16, 2009, at 6:23 PM, Samuel Klein wrote:
> Looks like a Nov spike, but such a steady rise in year to year traffic
> that the next Jan is already higher... was that similar last year?
yes, no, perhaps. always treat those graphs with grain of salt, it
could be simply additional objects
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Pharos wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Michael Snow wrote:
>> John Vandenberg wrote:
>>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Brian wrote:
>>>
I propose expanding the notion of the Wikimedia Incubator to include
entirely new projects that are very
2009/9/16 Samuel Klein :
> Putting aside the unnecessary bad faith and challenges to the
> foundation's integrity: I find this all exciting - planning for
> significant tech budget support, possible major sponsorships (I've
> always hoped we would one day find multiple sources for long-term
> in-
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Michael Snow wrote:
> John Vandenberg wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Brian wrote:
>>
>>> I propose expanding the notion of the Wikimedia Incubator to include
>>> entirely new projects that are very, very easy to create. They don't need to
>>> be approve
Looks like a Nov spike, but such a steady rise in year to year traffic
that the next Jan is already higher... was that similar last year?
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Domas Mituzas wrote:
>>
>> Cool; what's the best way to observe the high water mark, and how the
>> systems are holding up?
>
Hoi,
Your argument about the "mistakes made today" is so wrong. If we want to
move forward in a positive way, we have to particularly acknowledge what
does go well. That motivates people. The incessant carping about the past
does not help at all. Insisting on acknowledgement of mistakes only serves
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 6:03 AM, Sage Ross wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 1:51 AM, Robert Rohde wrote:
>>
>> It is settled case law in the US that restorations are not
>> copyrightable as they lack sufficient originality. The intent is to
>> create a slavish copy of the original work. Even if
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Chad wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Anthony wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 4:46 AM, Samuel Klein wrote:
> >>
> >> Why are we revisiting something from 2007-08 financial planning two
> >> years after it happened and 15 months after the final report
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Anthony wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 4:46 AM, Samuel Klein wrote:
>>
>> Why are we revisiting something from 2007-08 financial planning two
>> years after it happened and 15 months after the final report?
>>
>
> Because there isn't enough data on the mistakes
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 1:51 AM, Robert Rohde wrote:
>
> It is settled case law in the US that restorations are not
> copyrightable as they lack sufficient originality. The intent is to
> create a slavish copy of the original work. Even if it takes a great
> deal of skill and judgment to do that
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 4:46 AM, Samuel Klein wrote:
>
> Why are we revisiting something from 2007-08 financial planning two
> years after it happened and 15 months after the final report?
>
Because there isn't enough data on the mistakes that are being made today.
15 months ago, there was "oh,
>
> Cool; what's the best way to observe the high water mark, and how the
> systems are holding up?
it isn't 2007 or 2006 ;-)
http://wiki.wikked.net/wiki/Wikimedia_statistics/Yearly
Domas
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On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Domas Mituzas wrote:
>
> Now, for those who fail at reading comprehension, let me point out to
> the report from ED to board:
> "a desire to defer equipment purchases while various donations and
> spons
jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote:
> Sorry,
> But my question is not if we as a wikimedia group is violating the license,
> but if they as users are.
> I would like a professional opinion on the question :
>
> Is wikipedia non commercial or commercial non profit?
>
>
It's hard to say as l
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