[Foundation-l] Google Books settlement

2011-03-25 Thread Newyorkbrad
For anyone interested who hasn't already seen it, here's a link to Judge Chin's opinion rejecting the proposed settlement in the Google Books case: http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/cases/show.php?db=special&id=115 Newyorkbrad ___ foundation-l mailing list f

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation has been prosecution in HK / 維基媒體基金會在香港被起訴

2011-03-25 Thread George Herbert
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > I doubt there is any way the court in question can enforce its ruling, > which is probably why the WMF didn't bother responding. subscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l I am sort of curious as to what the substa

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation has been prosecution in HK / 維基媒體基金會在香港被起訴

2011-03-25 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 25 March 2011 17:55, Fred Bauder wrote: >> I doubt there is any way the court in question can enforce its ruling, >> which is probably why the WMF didn't bother responding. > > For all we know we have servers in Hong Kong. I think we know where we have servers... _

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation has been prosecution in HK / 維基媒體基金會在香港被起訴

2011-03-25 Thread Domas Mituzas
> For all we know we have servers in Hong Kong. not that I'm aware of :) Domas ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation has been prosecution in HK / 維基媒體基金會在香港被起訴

2011-03-25 Thread Fred Bauder
> I doubt there is any way the court in question can enforce its ruling, > which is probably why the WMF didn't bother responding. For all we know we have servers in Hong Kong. This stuff can bite if someone is clever and aggressive enough; default judgments can be a nightmare; ever hear of "sewer

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation has been prosecution in HK / 維基媒體基金會在香港被起訴

2011-03-25 Thread Thomas Dalton
I doubt there is any way the court in question can enforce its ruling, which is probably why the WMF didn't bother responding. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/founda

[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation has been prosecution in HK / 維基媒體基金會在香港被起訴

2011-03-25 Thread HW
The Oriental Press Group in Hong Kong prosecution the Wikimedia Foundation, see the news in their newspaper. *Translate by Google* Based in the United States in the online encyclopedia "Wikipedia", was revealed in the last published article in the Oriental Press Group defamation. Oriental Press

Re: [Foundation-l] How to get past a decision that nobody can take

2011-03-25 Thread GoEthe.wiki
We had a somewhat similar problem recently in the Portuguese Wikipedia with a user page paroding several users (especially administrators), that was formatted as a blog[1][2]. Even though we have a clear policy in respect to the use of user pages, [3][4] deletion was only possible after a second no

Re: [Foundation-l] How to get past a decision that nobody can take

2011-03-25 Thread Milos Rancic
BTW, if the point is to conclude discussion in such state, you could delegate any person outside community to do the job. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-

Re: [Foundation-l] How to get past a decision that nobody can take

2011-03-25 Thread Milos Rancic
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:33, Strainu wrote: > I personally enjoy the independence that each project has in the > Wikimedia universe. Therefore, I've given much thought on wether I > should write this email.  Bun in the situation I will present below, I > really don't know what more can be done a

[Foundation-l] How to get past a decision that nobody can take

2011-03-25 Thread Strainu
Hi, I personally enjoy the independence that each project has in the Wikimedia universe. Therefore, I've given much thought on wether I should write this email. Bun in the situation I will present below, I really don't know what more can be done according to the current policies in effect on my h

[Foundation-l] Movement roles notes on Meta

2011-03-25 Thread Samuel Klein
The movement roles working group met again yesterday, and the main meta pages are being updated as a result. One point of note -- Sue recently shared her long-form answers to some questions about the process (thank you!), which are worth reading: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_roles_pro