[Foundation-l] IRC meeting to discuss fundraiser

Hi all, I'd like to have a meeting on IRC this week to discuss the 2010-2011 annual appeal/fundraiser. This will be an "anyone is welcome" type meeting, open to the broad community. During this, Zack Exley and I will take you through our inital thoughts about the fundraiser and its organ

[Foundation-l] The Signpost – Volume 6 Issue 3 2 – 9 August 2010

News and notes: FBI requests takedown of seal, Public Policy advisors and ambassadors, Cary Bass leaving, new Research Committee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-08-09/News_and_notes In the news: Wikinews interviews Umberto Eco, and more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W

Re: [Foundation-l] Organization on Wikipedia that deals with content issues.

On 9 August 2010 20:45, James Heilman wrote: > To address the comments made.  The mediation committee does not have formal > means of enforcement.  This is something maybe we should look at creating. > What is needed is a group of people who actively research the topic and come > to a tentative a

Re: [Foundation-l] Organization on Wikipedia that deals with content issues.

To address the comments made. The mediation committee does not have formal means of enforcement. This is something maybe we should look at creating. What is needed is a group of people who actively research the topic and come to a tentative and enforceable conclusion. The mediation committee is

Re: [Foundation-l] Organization on Wikipedia that deals with content issues.

--- On Mon, 9/8/10, Oliver Keyes wrote: > > Let's linky here, Oliver: > -- > > ~Keegan > > > > My bad. Anyway, to quote "The role of the Mediation > Committee is explicitly > to try to resolve disputes, especially those *involving > content*" (itali

Re: [Foundation-l] Organization on Wikipedia that deals with content issues.

>> Well, you're probably looking at it the wrong way; if something mediation > committee-like is being talked about, telling X or Z what to do is not the > purpose. Instead it's to get X and Z to (grudgingly) meet at Y. I agree > that > the general scope of this needs to be clarified, however. If

Re: [Foundation-l] Organization on Wikipedia that deals with content issues.

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote: > > On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 22:30:38 -0600, James Heilman wrote: > > A Committee to Deal with Content Issues > >. > For instance, would such committee (if ever created) tell Arabic Wikipedia > what > has to be written in the article Al-Quds/J

Re: [Foundation-l] Organization on Wikipedia that deals with content issues.

On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 22:30:38 -0600, James Heilman wrote: > A Committee to Deal with Content Issues > Is this intended to be a WMF- (cross-project-) issue, or English Wikipedia issue? If the latter is the case, then it should be sent to a different post. If the former is the case, the scope has t

Re: [Foundation-l] Organization on Wikipedia that deals with content issues.

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Keegan Peterzell wrote > > > Let's linky here, Oliver: > -- > ~Keegan > > My bad. Anyway, to quote "The role of the Mediation Committee is explicitly to try to resolve disputes, especially those *involving content*" (i