Re: [Foundation-l] inquiry about paid prject support by WMF

2011-01-30 Thread Dan Rosenthal
Yeah, I was confused about the page as well, so I got in touch with the research team. They're going to build out their page a bit better first, it'll explain more what they mean. -Dan On Jan 31, 2011, at 12:58 AM, John Vandenberg wrote: > All mention that this is supported by the have been rem

Re: [Foundation-l] inquiry about paid prject support by WMF

2011-01-30 Thread John Vandenberg
All mention that this is supported by the have been removed and Swatjester is looking into this. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Dynamics_of_Online_Interactions_and_Behavior On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 5:37 AM, Pedro Sanchez wrote: > I just found > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dynamics_of_Onl

Re: [Foundation-l] Making wikimediafoundation.org more open to contributions

2011-01-30 Thread koteche mcintosh
NO ADS just KNOWLEDGE! On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 8:35 PM, koteche mcintosh wrote: > Better put!!! > > Except for the ads, it's an excellent idea. Transparent, online access > to accounts and a permanently donating community. > > It does not mean that there will be a change in the business modal (

Re: [Foundation-l] Making wikimediafoundation.org more open to contributions

2011-01-30 Thread koteche mcintosh
Better put!!! Except for the ads, it's an excellent idea. Transparent, online access to accounts and a permanently donating community. It does not mean that there will be a change in the business modal (free and accessible) but it will give the wiki community (all people that use and contribute e

Re: [Foundation-l] Making wikimediafoundation.org more open to contributions

2011-01-30 Thread Noein
On 30/01/2011 13:10, koteche mcintosh wrote: > People choose to donate just like before. But on a regular basis. everyone > can see the fund. Everyone is part of the story. this GALVANIZES > support. Shoes governments the POWER of public opinion. Creates a virtual > community striving for infor

Re: [Foundation-l] Ombudsman Commission

2011-01-30 Thread Casey Brown
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Philippe Beaudette wrote: > They will serve for a term of one year. When does their term begin? If it's now then we need to ask a steward to remove the old ones from the global group and add in the new ones, but if it's not until later then we can wait. We also

Re: [Foundation-l] Making wikimediafoundation.org more open to contributions

2011-01-30 Thread Stephanie Daugherty
I think one thing that would help tremendously would be to decide on a convention, be it subpages, or pseudo-namespaces, or a combination of the two for grouping related content on meta and stick to it. When a separate wiki is needed for technology demonstration, figure out (probably through an ext

Re: [Foundation-l] Making wikimediafoundation.org more open to contributions

2011-01-30 Thread koteche mcintosh
How realistic is that? Things change and this is completely voluntary. It just means Wiki can branch out into-film making supporting initiatives and communities in places where light needs to shine. Gets people motivated. At the moment Wiki stands for everything!!! People are looking up to it as

Re: [Foundation-l] Making wikimediafoundation.org more open to contributions

2011-01-30 Thread David Gerard
On 30 January 2011 16:00, Sage Ross wrote: > On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 11:28 AM, David Gerard wrote: > > Suggested principle: stuff should go on meta unless there's a very > > good reason for it not to. The strategy and usability stuff should > > have been on meta or mediawiki.org in the first pla

Re: [Foundation-l] Making wikimediafoundation.org more open to contributions

2011-01-30 Thread Sage Ross
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 11:28 AM, David Gerard wrote: > Suggested principle: stuff should go on meta unless there's a very > good reason for it not to. The strategy and usability stuff should > have been on meta or mediawiki.org in the first place, for example. A > wiki for every little thing is

Re: [Foundation-l] Making wikimediafoundation.org more open to contributions

2011-01-30 Thread Samuel Klein
Thank you MZM, for making those long-needed changes! That made my day. On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 3:33 PM, phoebe ayers wrote: > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Pharos wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Aaron Adrignola >> wrote: >>> Erik Moeller wrote: I agree that the edit re