Re: [Foundation-l] Changes in Language committee practice: ancient and constructed languages

2010-03-07 Thread Aphaia
A pure question: is there any means we have a multilingual website for those Classical language rather than saying the default is English? On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 2:58 AM, Milos Rancic wrote: > This issue was discussed a number of times here. As some changes has > happened, you should know that. >

Re: [Foundation-l] Is the consensus to the policy necessary?

2010-03-07 Thread Aphaia
Hi, I reviewed his contribs to Japanese Wikipedia and found him post raw (not translated yet) EnWP policy without any effort to building any consensus of the community, before posting to this list. Just for your information. Best, On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Fred Bauder wrote: >> Does Wikip

Re: [Foundation-l] Is the consensus to the policy necessary?

2010-03-07 Thread Fred Bauder
> Does Wikipedia's principles need consensus of the community? > There is not consensus of the community, but does somebody pass if > filled out the page with "Policy"? They do. A recently created policy page is only a proposal. Fred ___ foundation-l

[Foundation-l] Is the consensus to the policy necessary?

2010-03-07 Thread kigen2700...@gmail.com
Does Wikipedia's principles need consensus of the community? There is not consensus of the community, but does somebody pass if filled out the page with "Policy"? ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.w

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is fun

2010-03-07 Thread Brian J Mingus
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 6:37 PM, geni wrote: > On 8 March 2010 00:14, Tyler wrote: > > That's not what I asked. I said, in 2001, Wikipedia was founded, right? > The earliest edit in >edit history is 2002. What was the home page in 2001 > then? > > > > Nope oldest edit is 2001: > > http://en.wik

[Foundation-l] Is the consensus to the policy necessary?

2010-03-07 Thread kigen2700...@gmail.com
Does Wikipedia's principles need consensus of the community? There is not consensus of the community, but does somebody pass if filled out the page with "Policy"? ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.w

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is fun

2010-03-07 Thread Brian S
It seems that instead of IPs, they used hostnames. On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 7:37 PM, geni wrote: > On 8 March 2010 00:14, Tyler wrote: >> That's not what I asked.  I said, in 2001, Wikipedia was founded, right? The >> earliest edit in >edit history is 2002.  What was the home page in 2001 then? >

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is fun

2010-03-07 Thread geni
On 8 March 2010 00:14, Tyler wrote: > That's not what I asked.  I said, in 2001, Wikipedia was founded, right? The > earliest edit in >edit history is 2002.  What was the home page in 2001 then? > Nope oldest edit is 2001: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:UuU&oldid=291430

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is fun

2010-03-07 Thread Austin Hair
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Tyler wrote: > How come, when I go to the edit history of the main page, I can't find a > revision from 2001? Only 2002.  Is it because of that software change? You hit the nail on the head. Revisions from the UseModWiki days are sketchy at best; many of them wer

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is fun

2010-03-07 Thread Liam Wyatt
Very early on in the history of the project, there was only one server and it was shared with the parent company (Bomis). Once it filled up it was simply cleared out. Unfortunately, this means that the earliest edits to the English Wikipedia are now lost :-( Ward Cunningham did the same thing with

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is fun

2010-03-07 Thread Chad
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Tyler wrote: > That's not what I asked.  I said, in 2001, Wikipedia was founded, right? The > earliest edit in edit history is 2002.  What was the home page in 2001 then? > > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is fun

2010-03-07 Thread Svip
On 8 March 2010 01:14, Tyler wrote: > That's not what I asked.  I said, in 2001, Wikipedia was founded, right? The > earliest edit in edit history is 2002.  What was the home page in 2001 then? Since you are talking about the software, MediaWiki, maybe you ought to look that up. http://en.wikip

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is fun

2010-03-07 Thread Tyler
That's not what I asked. I said, in 2001, Wikipedia was founded, right? The earliest edit in edit history is 2002. What was the home page in 2001 then? ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is fun

2010-03-07 Thread K. Peachey
The main page is generally generated with templates, so there are little to none direct edits to the page. -Peachey ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is fun

2010-03-07 Thread Tyler
How come, when I go to the edit history of the main page, I can't find a revision from 2001? Only 2002. Is it because of that software change? ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailm

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is fun

2010-03-07 Thread masti
On 03/08/2010 12:17 AM, Tyler wrote: > How do you edit Wikipedia anonymously? we do not. We are registered users When I click "edit this page", a blank edit box appears, and the page, including wiki markup, appears below the box. And, just for my info, how many of you on this list have heard o

[Foundation-l] Wikipedia is fun

2010-03-07 Thread Tyler
How do you edit Wikipedia anonymously? When I click "edit this page", a blank edit box appears, and the page, including wiki markup, appears below the box. And, just for my info, how many of you on this list have heard of Uncyclopedia? ___ foundation-

Re: [Foundation-l] foundation-l Digest, Vol 72, Issue 21

2010-03-07 Thread Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
Mike Godwin wrote: > Jussi-Ville Heiskanen writes: > >> I would be interested to hear from some knowledgeable person in a >> position of responsibility within the Foundation (perhaps Mike >> Godwin), whether routine reporting of these kind of notices to >> Chilling Effects Clearinghouse has bee

Re: [Foundation-l] Texas Instruments signing key controversy

2010-03-07 Thread Mike Godwin
Jussi-Ville Heiskanen writes: It should be noted that the Chilling Effects Clearinghouse - which > is the closest thing to a accessible public record of such notices - does > not appear to hold more than 3 (count them, three) notices that > deal with content on wikimedia sites. Notably it appears

Re: [Foundation-l] Hello Wikipedia

2010-03-07 Thread geni
On 7 March 2010 17:35, oscar wrote: > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Tyler wrote: > >> I heard that you have the biggest encyclopedia in the world.  Is it true >> that there are no other English encyclopedias with about 3,000,000 articles? >> And what are the top 7 MediaWiki wikis as far ar numb

Re: [Foundation-l] foundation-l Digest, Vol 72, Issue 21

2010-03-07 Thread Mike Godwin
Jussi-Ville Heiskanen writes: It should be noted that the Chilling Effects Clearinghouse - which > is the closest thing to a accessible public record of such notices - does > not appear to hold more than 3 (count them, three) notices that > deal with content on wikimedia sites. Notably it appears

[Foundation-l] Changes in Language committee practice: ancient and constructed languages

2010-03-07 Thread Milos Rancic
This issue was discussed a number of times here. As some changes has happened, you should know that. Requests for Wikisource in Ancient Greek and Coptic have became eligible, as well as request for Ancient Greek Wikiquote. The condition for those projects is to keep default interface in English.

Re: [Foundation-l] Hello Wikipedia

2010-03-07 Thread oscar
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Tyler wrote: > I heard that you have the biggest encyclopedia in the world. Is it true > that there are no other English encyclopedias with about 3,000,000 articles? > And what are the top 7 MediaWiki wikis as far ar number of articles? > > ___

[Foundation-l] Hello Wikipedia

2010-03-07 Thread Tyler
I heard that you have the biggest encyclopedia in the world. Is it true that there are no other English encyclopedias with about 3,000,000 articles? And what are the top 7 MediaWiki wikis as far ar number of articles? ___ foundation-l mailing list fou

Re: [Foundation-l] policy and the guideline wikipedia - ja

2010-03-07 Thread kigen2700...@gmail.com
Does Wikipedia's principles need consensus of the community? There is not consensus of the community, but does somebody pass if filled out the page with "Policy"? ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.w

Re: [Foundation-l] policy and the guideline wikipedia - ja

2010-03-07 Thread kigen2700...@gmail.com
2010年3月7日0:21 Tomasz Ganicz : > 2010/3/6 ksaka98 : > > Hi from jawp. > > > > > > 山吹色の御菓子(kigen2700nen) 's question is > > > > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/190708#190708 > > > > Wikipedia英語版にはWikipedia's principlesがあります。 > > これは、各言語版に於いて参加者の裁量で自由に変更することができるのですか? > > > > Wik