FYI :-)
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From: Erik Moeller
Date: Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 5:58 PM
Subject: Announcement: WMF engineering promotions and role changes
To: Wikimedia developers
Hi folks,
I’m pleased to announce the following promotions and role changes in
engineering, effect
Hi Wikimedians,
Just a quick note that this Thursday, June 23rd there will be an IRC office
hours with Sue Gardner at 17:00 UTC. We haven't set a topic yet, so please
feel free to come with your burning questions. As usual, documentation is on
Meta.[1]
We look forward to chatting. :)
--
Steven
Thanks for the detailed response. :-)
Milos Rancic wrote:
> As usual, discussion would be held on Meta. If there are serious
> arguments against creation of Simple French Wikipedia, we would consider
> them, of course. However, "arguments" like "I don't like simple
> projects" won't be counted.
W
Hello,
The case with Simple English WP is a little more complicated:
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Simple_English_Wikipedia
Basic English is only one standard they are looking at.
There should be also more consideration about the target group. If a
simple wikipedia meant to be a tool t
This was intended to be reply to the list.
Original Message
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Projects in simple languages
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:12:16 +0100
From: Michael Everson
To: Milos Rancic
On 06/20/2011 08:55 PM, David Gerard wrote:
> I have been around the Wikimedia proj
Totally,
Getting the platform in place is step one. Next we get to prioritize
surfacing more reading features vs. adding more editing features. I'll
add a calendar of what the current discussions have looked like so
that everyone can easily see them.
--tomasz
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 5:32 AM, S
On 06/20/2011 08:55 PM, Ziko van Dijk wrote:
> Maybe the case needs more consideration. I ackknowledge that it is a
> difficult thing and that we don't want every language version to exist
> in a second version.
So, please, give your arguments :)
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On 06/20/2011 08:55 PM, David Gerard wrote:
> On 20 June 2011 15:29, Milos Rancic wrote:
>> *: Yes, in principle. But two special criteria would need to be met: the
>> language should be a "world language" with many L2 users, and there must
>> be a reliable, published specification of the controll
Hello Milos,
Thank you for the elaboration. Indeed I am afraid that the concept is
a little too narrow. A language like Dutch is not really a "world
language", but it as a lot of speakers with Dutch as a foreign or
second language. Also, as far as I know Simple English Wikipedia
mentions Basic Eng
WIk
On 20 June 2011 15:29, Milos Rancic wrote:
> *: Yes, in principle. But two special criteria would need to be met: the
> language should be a "world language" with many L2 users, and there must
> be a reliable, published specification of the controlled language to be
> used. Examples are [[w:
On 06/20/2011 08:30 PM, Theo10011 wrote:
> The last request was a 2 line proposal added by an anon ip[1] in passing,
> their only edit. I wouldn't call that a community.
However, the first three were valid ones.
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The last request was a 2 line proposal added by an anon ip[1] in passing,
their only edit. I wouldn't call that a community.
Theo
[1]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Requests_for_new_languages%2FWikipedia_Simple_German_4&action=historysubmit&diff=2519024&oldid=2087184
On Tue, Jun 21
On 06/20/2011 08:23 PM, Milos Rancic wrote:
> The logical line of my thoughts was to allow *any* project in simple (or
> equivalent) language if there is a scientific basis. Mostly because
> there could be created valid communities around non-world-languages with
> large number of speakers (German
On 06/20/2011 07:25 PM, MZMcBride wrote:
> Milos Rancic wrote:
>> After a month of on-list talk -- sometimes very heated, sometimes very
>> quiet -- Language committee has agreed about the next wording of the
>> part of the new policy [1] related to the simple languages:
>>
>> * Can there be wikis
Milos Rancic wrote:
> After a month of on-list talk -- sometimes very heated, sometimes very
> quiet -- Language committee has agreed about the next wording of the
> part of the new policy [1] related to the simple languages:
>
> * Can there be wikis in "simple" languages?
> *: Yes, in principle.
On 06/20/2011 04:29 PM, Milos Rancic wrote:
> After a month of on-list talk -- sometimes very heated, sometimes very
> quiet -- Language committee has agreed about the next wording of the
> part of the new policy [1] related to the simple languages:
>
> * Can there be wikis in "simple" languages?
On 6/20/2011 10:29 AM, Milos Rancic wrote:
> After a month of on-list talk -- sometimes very heated, sometimes very
> quiet -- Language committee has agreed about the next wording of the
> part of the new policy [1] related to the simple languages:
>
> * Can there be wikis in "simple" languages?
>
After a month of on-list talk -- sometimes very heated, sometimes very
quiet -- Language committee has agreed about the next wording of the
part of the new policy [1] related to the simple languages:
* Can there be wikis in "simple" languages?
*: Yes, in principle. But two special criteria would n
Perhaps not. One of the weaknesses of flagged revisions is that it enshrines
vandalism. The required review of all changes and redaction of personal attacks
only adds more steps to the resolution of each episode of vandalism.
Semi-protection would be more likely to halt inappropriate edits to te
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