Re: [Foundation-l] ASCAP comes out against "copyleft"

2010-06-28 Thread jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 1:45 AM, Ray Saintonge wrote: > Andre Engels wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 12:17 PM, wrote: > > > > A video of an amateur singer trying to sing a song is also a copyright > > violation - they are publishing the song, and do not own the copyright > > on either text o

Re: [Foundation-l] Self-determination of language versions in questions of skin?

2010-06-28 Thread Tim Starling
On 29/06/10 09:11, Martin Maurer wrote: > The question is, what level of self-determination do the 260 language > versions of Wikipedia have as to the design of their user interfaces > (skins)? Can individual wikis choose independently modifications of > their skins, and which of the available skin

Re: [Foundation-l] final (*) strategy office hours on Tuesday

2010-06-28 Thread susanpgardner
I'm actually not sure if I managed to get scheduled for office hours anytime soon -- James has been a bit swamped with board meeting prep, so I haven't asked him. But I'll CC Cary and James on this note, and maybe they can get it fitted into my sked sometime pre-Wikimania. That'd be good, I th

Re: [Foundation-l] final (*) strategy office hours on Tuesday

2010-06-28 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 29 June 2010 01:50, John Vandenberg wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Eugene Eric Kim wrote: >> Our final (*) strategic planning office hours .. >> ... >> * Several people have discussed continuing the weekly office hours >> beyond the scope of this project, which I think is a wonderfu

Re: [Foundation-l] final (*) strategy office hours on Tuesday

2010-06-28 Thread John Vandenberg
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Eugene Eric Kim wrote: > Our final (*) strategic planning office hours .. > ... > * Several people have discussed continuing the weekly office hours > beyond the scope of this project, which I think is a wonderful idea. > I'm sure this will also be discussed tomorr

[Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Program Schedule

2010-06-28 Thread phoebe ayers
Fwd'ing to Foundation-l for those not on the Wikimania list. Jacek has managed to wrangle a great Wikimania schedule out of chaos :) -- phoebe -- Forwarded message -- From: Jankowski, Jacek Date: Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 4:21 PM Subject: [Wikimania-l] Program Schedule To: "Wikimania

Re: [Foundation-l] ASCAP comes out against "copyleft"

2010-06-28 Thread Ray Saintonge
Andre Engels wrote: > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 12:17 PM, wrote: > >> When I go to YouTube, the number of videos which are some bad amateur >> singer trying to sing some good song far outweigh the number of original >> videos >> of that song/group. The amount of free content in music, in gener

[Foundation-l] Self-determination of language versions in questions of skin?

2010-06-28 Thread Martin Maurer
Hello, I posted this yesterday at wikitech-l and was told to ask this question here at foundation-l. I'm a member of the German language Wikipedia community and have a question that no-one could give me a definite answer to so far. I hope someone here can answer it, or point me to where I should

[Foundation-l] final (*) strategy office hours on Tuesday

2010-06-28 Thread Eugene Eric Kim
Our final (*) strategic planning office hours will be on Tuesday, June 29, at 21:00-22:00 UTC. Local timezones are available at: http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2010&month=6&day=29&hour=20&min=0&sec=0&p1=0 As always, you can access the chat by going to https://webchat.freeno

Re: [Foundation-l] Reconsidering the policy "one language - one Wikipedia"

2010-06-28 Thread Ting Chen
Hello Ziko, speaking for myself. I am for such an approach. But I would also like to see such a project, because it is so important, to be prepared carefully. The suggestions is not made the first time, and last time when the suggetion was on meta, it was discussed until no one can give it a c

Re: [Foundation-l] ASCAP comes out against "copyleft"

2010-06-28 Thread Ray Saintonge
Jeffrey Peters wrote: > Dear David, > > I'm going to donate to their cause. > > Music lyrics, just like poems and novels, should not be stolen and published > everywhere, and yet it is. It is people like you that give the internet a > bad name. I produce my own content and donate it because I chose

Re: [Foundation-l] Reconsidering the policy "one language - one Wikipedia"

2010-06-28 Thread Samuel J Klein
Hi Ziko, On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Ziko van Dijk wrote: > It seems to me doubtless that there is a substantial number of active > Wikimedians who see the need in a simple or children-encyclopedia and > would like to invest some of their own sweat, blood and tears. Yes. This is happening

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Serbia billboard campaign

2010-06-28 Thread Ole Palnatoke Andersen
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Milos Rancic wrote: > Actually, we've been already discussing the idea how to spread this > all over Europe, as Alma Quatro has network in a number of European > countries where WM chapters exist. They appear to have connection to JCDecaux, who are pretty big in

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Serbia billboard campaign

2010-06-28 Thread Milos Rancic
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Mariano Cecowski wrote: > "Džimi Vejls"; makes me laugh every time. :) > Do the billboards on the street have anything written? There were a lot of discussions how to transliterate "Wales" in Serbian. As Jimmy's name is the same as the name for the country Wales

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Serbia billboard campaign

2010-06-28 Thread Milos Rancic
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:30 AM, James Alexander wrote: >  Cheers! They look great! Something like this is spectacular and I wish we > could see more around the world. I'd love to see some data on whether you > guys are getting a good jump in traffic. I'm sure I can find some for the > wiki in th

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Serbia billboard campaign

2010-06-28 Thread James Alexander
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 4:25 AM, Mariano Cecowski < marianocecow...@yahoo.com.ar> wrote: > > > --- El dom 27-jun-10, Milos Rancic escribió: > > > De: Milos Rancic > > Asunto: Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Serbia billboard campaign > > Para: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" < > foundation-l@lis

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Serbia billboard campaign

2010-06-28 Thread Mariano Cecowski
--- El dom 27-jun-10, Milos Rancic escribió: > De: Milos Rancic > Asunto: Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Serbia billboard campaign > Para: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" > Fecha: domingo, 27 de junio de 2010, 18:39 > On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 11:38 PM, > Milos Rancic > wrote: > > Now we hav