[Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Chapter Registered

Just in case, this announcement didn't reach the foundation list. FYI Regards Tinu Cherian -- Forwarded message -- From: Arjuna Rao Chavala Date: Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:44 PM Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Chapter Registered To: "Discussion list on Indian language projec

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:21 PM, whothis wrote: > I assume you probably > had some say in selecting the current Board Member from India since you > announced his appointment Even though this is tangential to the main discussion, let me explain the process through which I was appointed to the B

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

Come on friend, History of India and many other civilizations of world started thousands of years even before that. As somebody already said earlier, It is not something that everyone can easily comprehend.. Every knowledge is NOT on the internet and Google searchable :) Sorry, No pun intended. R

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

On 21 January 2011 05:59, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > Knowledge in olden times of India are transferred orally from Gurus ( > Teachers) to students/disciples . They are not necessarily recorded. We are > talking about the ages even before manuscripts & paper are invented. Paper has been around

Re: [Foundation-l] Advertising on Wikipedia

Le 21 janvier 2011 23:06, Ashar Voultoiz > a écrit : > Il y a des outils permettant de filtrer les contenus gênants (POV) pour > les enfants / ados. Je ne connais que FreeAngel de Free : > > http://www.free.fr/adsl/pages/informations-legales/protection-de-l-enfance/free-angel.html > > Concernant

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

A few things to add to this thread: 1. Achal has been a very helpful advisor (among several) to me as I've launched WMF's work in India. In addition, he has been helpful in the formation of the chapter in India, the chapter formation process in South Africa and has shared some perspectives with Ch

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Erik Moeller wrote: > 2011/1/20 whothis : > > I hope others reading this realize the implication of your appointment. I > > had no idea who you were before this, and still don't > > I had no idea who you were before this. Then I checked my mail > archives and saw

Re: [Foundation-l] Advertising on Wikipedia

On 21/01/11 17:58, F.-F. Duron wrote: > Bonjour, > > J'espère m'adresser au bon endroit. > > Aujourd'hui, ma nièce m'a appelé à l'ordinateur en me disant que Wikipédia > faisait de la publicité pour un site pour adultes. Je lui ai dit que > Wikipédia n'affichait pas de publicité. Elle a insisté et

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

On 21 January 2011 21:11, MZMcBride wrote: To try to answer your concern, somewhat, as I understand it, rather than just tut at your tone (which is of course an annoying thing to do): The Advisory Board is basically specialist volunteers who’ve signed up to be bothered about stuff if the board

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

Birgitte SB wrote: > This isn't the first time someone who perceived your tone negatively has > written about it seeking a remedy. Perhaps the fault is not with David's nor > Nathan's perception skills. > > Perhaps you might find more success if you change your approach in the > following ways. >

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Florence Devouard wrote: > I really fail to see how being an advisory board member could in any > sense create a conflict of interest. As the term very well describes it, > advisory board members are merely advisors not decision makers. > Just as *any* communit

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

- Original Message > From: MZMcBride > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List > Sent: Fri, January 21, 2011 12:15:43 PM > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow > > Nathan wrote: > > Honestly, I don't see how you could expect a better set of answers > > given your ap

Re: [Foundation-l] Advertising on Wikipedia

The integration of this search engine into wikipedia (which seems to be a very lucrative deal for this company) is just one of the problems. The ads that I've mentioned are unacceptable (escort girl = prostitution). I will never see such kind of ads on Google. And there is a big difference between

Re: [Foundation-l] Advertising on Wikipedia

There are no such thing as a "partnership" whit Wikiwix (or Google, Exalead, Bing and Yahoo). They are there only to improve the results of a search in case you don't find anything in Wikipedia. _ *Béria Lima* Wikimedia Portugal (351) 963 953 042 *Imagine um mundo onde é

Re: [Foundation-l] Advertising on Wikipedia

I see the ads. And I don't see the value added provided by Wikiwix, which puts them on equal footing with Google or Bing. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-

Re: [Foundation-l] Advertising on Wikipedia

On 21 January 2011 20:07, F.-F. Duron wrote: > Yes, but maybe you can control the partnerships you're making! Wikipedia is > one of the most visited websites in the world. Don't you think there is a > problem here?? Do we have a partnership with them? The French Wikipedia apparently links to thei

Re: [Foundation-l] Advertising on Wikipedia

Yes, but maybe you can control the partnerships you're making! Wikipedia is one of the most visited websites in the world. Don't you think there is a problem here?? 2011/1/21 Béria Lima > I did what he ask: > > http://fr.wikiwix.com/index.php?title=Sp%C3%A9cial%3ARecherche&redirs=1&action=sex&fu

Re: [Foundation-l] Advertising on Wikipedia

I did what he ask: http://fr.wikiwix.com/index.php?title=Sp%C3%A9cial%3ARecherche&redirs=1&action=sex&fulltext=Search&searchengineselect=wikiwix&ns0=1 But note that now you are not anymore in french wikipedia, but in Wikiwix. And we can't control what they put on their site. _ *Béria Lima* Wik

Re: [Foundation-l] Advertising on Wikipedia

Ah, I think I misunderstood. Wikiwix is integrated as a search engine in the French Special:Search function. If you use the Wikiwix search option, it redirects you to an external site (http://fr.wikiwix.com/index.php?title=Sp%C3%A9cial%3ARecherche&redirs=0&action=sex&fulltext=Search&searchengines

Re: [Foundation-l] Advertising on Wikipedia

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 2:52 PM, F.-F. Duron wrote: > No, it's not a mirror site. This french start-up is making all its business > with Wikipedia. This company has a cache system and some kind of search > engine that are both integrated by default in the french Wikipedia. I don't > know if other

Re: [Foundation-l] Advertising on Wikipedia

No, it's not a mirror site. This french start-up is making all its business with Wikipedia. This company has a cache system and some kind of search engine that are both integrated by default in the french Wikipedia. I don't know if other Wikipedias use it. Try doing a search on the word "sex" in W

Re: [Foundation-l] Advertising on Wikipedia

But why are you working with this small start-up that 1) is 100% commercial and 2) shows ads that are inapropriate for Wikipedia? Is that the philosophy of the "free" and "neutral" encyclopedia? Why don't you replace this with the Internet Archive (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive) whi

Re: [Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Wired on the Spanish mutiny

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-01/20/wikipedia-spanish-fork?page=1 Interesting. This article could be titled "Spanish Fork: In which Edgar Enyedy made Wikipedia what it is today." Who knew his unilateral decision to take things out of context and proportion was the crucial determining fa

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

2011/1/20 whothis : > I hope others reading this realize the implication of your appointment. I > had no idea who you were before this, and still don't I had no idea who you were before this. Then I checked my mail archives and saw that the only other thread you've been engaged in was a different

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

Nathan wrote: > Honestly, I don't see how you could expect a better set of answers > given your approach. You're not a prosecutor, and you have no right to > interrogate him about whatever "improprieties" you and your supposedly > like-minded (but anonymous and uncounted) associates perceive. You'r

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Florence Devouard wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 12:23 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > > > >> Hi. > >> > >> As Daniel noted in his earlier e-mail to the list, Achal Prabhala is now > a > >> Wikimedia Fellow.[1] I actually missed this announcement as it didn'

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

David Gerard wrote: > You started in attack mode and continued in attack mode. This is not a > good way to get anyone to bother talking to you. I made an effort to not start in attack mode, as it were. I asked questions and hoped that out of all the noise that would come in the replies, there migh

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

Nathan, I understand you don't know me, but can''t you see he is exactly the same as me, an anonymous and uncounted associate, who is as much a shareholder, auditor as I am. The only difference is I don't lead the Movement, I supposedly am lead by anonymous unknowns like him. E. On Fri, Jan 21, 2

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

> > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 12:23 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> As Daniel noted in his earlier e-mail to the list, Achal Prabhala is now a >> Wikimedia Fellow.[1] I actually missed this announcement as it didn't hit >> wikimediaannounce-l or this list (foundation-l), it apparently only go

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

I was going to drop this and fade away until your patronizing comments. First, I am not a gentleman, I would be a lady, according to the pseudo-chivalrous, patronizing tone you used in your last response. />/That's the spirit. And I've always felt that a waste is a terrible thing to mind. />/Sett

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

On 21 January 2011 17:36, MZMcBride wrote: > Your commitment to openness and transparency is ready to be transferred to a > Twitter account. You'll have to work with Erik to make all of his openness > and transparency fit. (In all seriousness, thank you, Erik, for the > reports.) You started in

Re: [Foundation-l] Advertising on Wikipedia

Bonjour François En fait, wikiwix n'est pas un site miroir de Wikipedia (une copie). C'est un peu plus compliqué. Le lien sur lequel vous avez cliqué fait partie des "liens de références" (c'est à dire des liens menant vers des sites web externes, qui sont utilisés comme sources de l'article).

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:36 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > Achal Prabhala wrote: >> In all these capacities and more. > > 33 > >> That's the spirit. And I've always felt that a waste is a terrible thing >> to mind. > > 81 > > [links shortened] >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=2284834#India

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

Achal Prabhala wrote: > In all these capacities and more. 33 > That's the spirit. And I've always felt that a waste is a terrible thing > to mind. 81 [links shortened] > http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=2284834#India_planning > http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=2284834#Indi

Re: [Foundation-l] Advertising on Wikipedia

On 1/21/11, F.-F. Duron wrote: > Bonjour, > > J'espère m'adresser au bon endroit. > > Aujourd'hui, ma nièce m'a appelé à l'ordinateur en me disant que Wikipédia > faisait de la publicité pour un site pour adultes. Je lui ai dit que > Wikipédia n'affichait pas de publicité. Elle a insisté et voilà

Re: [Foundation-l] Advertising on Wikipedia

Ce n'est pas Wikipedia, qui semble être Wikiwix. Il semble que vous voyez wikipedia par le biais d'un système de cache dont ils disposent, et dans le processus d'utilisation de la mémoire cache, il affiche des annonces (semblable à ce que google ne) That is not Wikipedia, that appears to be wikiwi

Re: [Foundation-l] Advertising on Wikipedia

This is a translation only per request from original poster: Hello, I hoping I'm contacting the right people: Today my niece called me to the computer saying that Wikipedia was advertising an adult site. I told her that Wikipedia doesn't show ads. She insisted and this is what I found: http://i

[Foundation-l] Advertising on Wikipedia

Bonjour, J'espère m'adresser au bon endroit. Aujourd'hui, ma nièce m'a appelé à l'ordinateur en me disant que Wikipédia faisait de la publicité pour un site pour adultes. Je lui ai dit que Wikipédia n'affichait pas de publicité. Elle a insisté et voilà ce que j'ai découvert : http://img204.image

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 1:26 AM, Achal Prabhala wrote: > > > On Friday 21 January 2011 07:26 AM, MZMcBride wrote: >> Achal Prabhala wrote: >>> Greetings, >>> >>> I'm happy to tell you a little more about myself and the scope of this >>> short-term research project I'm undertaking, and I'm as happy

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 4:24 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On 21 January 2011 06:36, whothis wrote: > >You can't be on an advisory board and tell a non-profit organization > > what to do as a pro-bono advisor to the board and then get paid by the > said > > foundation as a fellow a few years into yo

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

On 21 January 2011 06:36, whothis wrote: >You can't be on an advisory board and tell a non-profit organization > what to do as a pro-bono advisor to the board and then get paid by the said > foundation as a fellow a few years into your tenure, serving both positions > at the same time. I think yo

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

On 21/01/2011 03:36, whothis wrote: > Thanks for introducing yourself Achal after so many years on the Advisory > Board. Dare I suggest, you add part of that introduction to your Advisory > Board page on one of the wikis. About the 5 year plan, dare I suggest you > get around to reading that one of