[Foundation-l] Learning about cultural diversity from US diplomacy

2011-09-03 Thread Milos Rancic
Contrary to the widespread meme that Americans are ignorant, [some of the] US diplomatic cables are precious material for studying cultural diversity. Building global movement requires reading documents about societies, like this one [1] is. Analysis is fully accurate, although 7 years old and som

[Foundation-l] Personal Image Filter results announced

2011-09-03 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Ladies and Gentlemen, The committee running the vote on the features for the Personal Image Filter have released their interim report and vote count. You may see the results at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image_filter_referendum/Results/en. Please note that the results are not final: although

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Brasil + WMF

2011-09-03 Thread Risker
On 3 September 2011 19:22, Ray Saintonge wrote: > On 09/03/11 4:06 AM, Milos Rancic wrote: > > > > Just a bit of different perspective: I could make a list of chapters, > > besides WM RS, which would be happy to get a representative from WMF > > (but from any other bigger chapter, as well) in the

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia creator Jimmy Walker - wikileaks

2011-09-03 Thread Ray Saintonge
On 09/03/11 1:45 PM, Jimmy Wales wrote: > I was mentioned in a leaked US diplomatic cable - with my name spelled > wrong! > > http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2008/11/08SANTIAGO1015.html > > Hilarious. > > Treat the name as coded. If the cable put Wikipedia's creator in danger you can feel safe that they

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Brasil + WMF

2011-09-03 Thread Ray Saintonge
On 09/03/11 3:03 AM, David Gerard wrote: > On 3 September 2011 10:51, Ray Saintonge wrote: >> The organization itself is not the objective. > +1 > > What things could WMF do to make itself obsolete as quickly as > possible, in as many individual areas as possible? > > We shouldn't wait for or ex

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Brasil + WMF

2011-09-03 Thread Ray Saintonge
On 09/03/11 4:06 AM, Milos Rancic wrote: > > Just a bit of different perspective: I could make a list of chapters, > besides WM RS, which would be happy to get a representative from WMF > (but from any other bigger chapter, as well) in their Board, if that > means that the representative would real

Re: [Foundation-l] Tragedy: videos and slides from presentations Wikimanias (lately 2011 in Haifa)

2011-09-03 Thread Itzik Edri
Hi, As I said before - all Wikimania sessions had been recorded (in HD format!). As everyone who work with video know, to produce 120 hours of HD videos, is not an easy thing at all. We had to finish a lot of administrative work which related to Wikimania, and we just back to take care for this i

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia creator Jimmy Walker - wikileaks

2011-09-03 Thread David Gerard
On 3 September 2011 21:45, Jimmy Wales wrote: > I was mentioned in a leaked US diplomatic cable - with my name spelled > wrong! > http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2008/11/08SANTIAGO1015.html You'd think the founder of Wikileaks would be better known - d. __

[Foundation-l] Wikipedia creator Jimmy Walker - wikileaks

2011-09-03 Thread Jimmy Wales
I was mentioned in a leaked US diplomatic cable - with my name spelled wrong! http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2008/11/08SANTIAGO1015.html Hilarious. --Jimbo ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedi

[Foundation-l] 10th anniversary of the Polish Wikipedia -- a short announcement

2011-09-03 Thread Daniel ~ Leinad
Dear All, I am delighted to announce that the Polish Wikipedia community, supported by Wikimedia Polska, is going to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the project (founded on September 26, 2001) with a conference to be held on September 24-25, in Poznan, Poland. We will start with a great exhibiti

[Foundation-l] Gervase Markham of Mozilla blogs on his visit to #wikipedia-nl

2011-09-03 Thread Marcin Cieslak
Gervase Markham - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gervase_Markham_(programmer) is recently dealing with the security breach caused by the generation of fradulent SSL certificates using keys of the DigiNotar, a Dutch PKI certifiation authority. This is a pretty hot topic in the Web community. He post

Re: [Foundation-l] Improving links between chapters and the Foundation

2011-09-03 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 3 September 2011 19:43, Ziko van Dijk wrote: > Indeed. And it is actually a good thing that the WMF board can invite > new board members also from without the Wikimedia movement. One can > argue about the numbers, but the principle by itself is good. I agree. The expert seats are a good thing.

Re: [Foundation-l] Improving links between chapters and the Foundation

2011-09-03 Thread Ziko van Dijk
2011/9/3 Ilario Valdelli : > On 03.09.2011 18:55, Jon Huggett wrote: > The members selected in the WMF's board by chapters are not > "representatives" of the chapters. > Indeed. And it is actually a good thing that the WMF board can invite new board members also from without the Wikimedia movemen

Re: [Foundation-l] Tragedy: videos and slides from presentations Wikimanias (lately 2011 in Haifa)

2011-09-03 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Actually, in Haifa I did not visit a lot of presentations, intentionally, because I thought they were recorded and going to be uploaded. I used the time in Haifa to talk to people and make new friends... Ziko -- Ziko van Dijk The Netherlands http://zikoblog.wordpress.com/ ___

Re: [Foundation-l] Tragedy: videos and slides from presentations Wikimanias (lately 2011 in Haifa)

2011-09-03 Thread phoebe ayers
On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Andrea Zanni wrote: > Well, it seems that every year we choose locations that for one reason or > the other are likely not to be accessible to some groups or nationality (I > hear complaints every year about these issues)(no judgements, just a fact). > So I agree th

Re: [Foundation-l] Improving links between chapters and the Foundation

2011-09-03 Thread Ilario Valdelli
On 03.09.2011 18:55, Jon Huggett wrote: > On Sep 3, 2011, at 09:25 , WereSpielChequers wrote: > >> Increasing the mutual overlap of boards is a tried and tested way of >> reducing such tension, it doesn't always work, (in wiki speak it isn't magic >> pixie dust) and we are in this situation despite

Re: [Foundation-l] Improving links between chapters and the Foundation

2011-09-03 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 3 September 2011 17:55, Jon Huggett wrote: > > On Sep 3, 2011, at 09:25 , WereSpielChequers wrote: > >> Increasing the mutual overlap of boards is a tried and tested way of >> reducing such tension, it doesn't always work, (in wiki speak it isn't magic >> pixie dust) and we are in this situatio

Re: [Foundation-l] Improving links between chapters and the Foundation

2011-09-03 Thread Jon Huggett
On Sep 3, 2011, at 09:25 , WereSpielChequers wrote: > Increasing the mutual overlap of boards is a tried and tested way of > reducing such tension, it doesn't always work, (in wiki speak it isn't magic > pixie dust) and we are in this situation despite having two WMF members > nominated by the ch

Re: [Foundation-l] Tragedy: videos and slides from presentations Wikimanias (lately 2011 in Haifa)

2011-09-03 Thread Béria Lima
Just for your information: I did not go to Wikimania 2011 (or any of the previous one), so please don't put anyone in the list of "people with the luxury to attending international conferences every year." _ *Béria Lima* (351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a q

Re: [Foundation-l] Tragedy: videos and slides from presentations Wikimanias (lately 2011 in Haifa)

2011-09-03 Thread M. Williamson
A bit disappointed to see posts like this. Most of us don't have the luxury of attending international conferences every year, but that doesn't mean we're not interested to know what happened there. Videos should be uploaded and most popular presentations should be subtitled into the most popular l

Re: [Foundation-l] Tragedy: videos and slides from presentations Wikimanias (lately 2011 in Haifa)

2011-09-03 Thread Andrea Zanni
Well, it seems that every year we choose locations that for one reason or the other are likely not to be accessible to some groups or nationality (I hear complaints every year about these issues)(no judgements, just a fact). So I agree that this uploading issue should be faced once for all, setting

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Brasil + WMF

2011-09-03 Thread Milos Rancic
On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 11:51, Ray Saintonge wrote: > On 09/02/11 12:11 PM, Florence Devouard wrote: >> ... >> >> We are facing rather severe challenges right now. Let's say it straight, >> Wikimedia Foundation is simply trying to absorb/control the chapters as >> is they were simple bureaux of the

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Brasil + WMF

2011-09-03 Thread David Gerard
On 3 September 2011 11:14, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On 3 September 2011 11:03, David Gerard wrote: >> On 3 September 2011 10:51, Ray Saintonge wrote: >>>  The organization itself is not the objective. >> +1 >> What things could WMF do to make itself obsolete as quickly as >> possible, in as many

Re: [Foundation-l] Tragedy: videos and slides from presentations Wikimanias (lately 2011 in Haifa)

2011-09-03 Thread K. Peachey
On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2011/9/3 Béria Lima : > That would seem to be a problem. If you are making separate bugzilla > requests for each video, you need to come up with a better process. > Either make one request for all the videos, or make a request to be > given th

Re: [Foundation-l] Tragedy: videos and slides from presentations Wikimanias (lately 2011 in Haifa)

2011-09-03 Thread Thomas Dalton
2011/9/3 Béria Lima : > No one of the videos can go to Wikimedia Commons without a bugzilla request. That would seem to be a problem. If you are making separate bugzilla requests for each video, you need to come up with a better process. Either make one request for all the videos, or make a reques

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Brasil + WMF

2011-09-03 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 3 September 2011 11:03, David Gerard wrote: > On 3 September 2011 10:51, Ray Saintonge wrote: > >>  The organization itself is not the objective. > > > +1 > > What things could WMF do to make itself obsolete as quickly as > possible, in as many individual areas as possible? All sorts of thing

Re: [Foundation-l] Tragedy: videos and slides from presentations Wikimanias (lately 2011 in Haifa)

2011-09-03 Thread Béria Lima
You know how many videos are there to be uploaded? How big those videos are? And you know what the organizers are doing since Wikimania ends? No one of the videos can go to Wikimedia Commons without a bugzilla request. And btw, all presentations can be uploaded in commons by the speakers. _

Re: [Foundation-l] Tragedy: videos and slides from presentations Wikimanias (lately 2011 in Haifa)

2011-09-03 Thread Kozuch
I knew about these links. What I say is its a tragedy that people have to upload files by themselves and there is no streamlined process of: 1) creating the media centrally (in case of video) 2) getting it online all at once That is all. > Původní zpráva > Od: Béria Lim

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Brasil + WMF

2011-09-03 Thread David Gerard
On 3 September 2011 10:51, Ray Saintonge wrote: >  The organization itself is not the objective. +1 What things could WMF do to make itself obsolete as quickly as possible, in as many individual areas as possible? - d. ___ foundation-l mailing lis

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Brasil + WMF

2011-09-03 Thread Ray Saintonge
On 09/02/11 12:11 PM, Florence Devouard wrote: > ... > > We are facing rather severe challenges right now. Let's say it straight, > Wikimedia Foundation is simply trying to absorb/control the chapters as > is they were simple bureaux of the WMF locally and chapters kind of > disagree with WMF idea

Re: [Foundation-l] Tragedy: videos and slides from presentations Wikimanias (lately 2011 in Haifa)

2011-09-03 Thread church.of.emacs.ml
On 09/03/2011 11:07 AM, Béria Lima wrote: > Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/WikimediaIL Only very few videos are online (actually only 5 sessions). Most of the presentations are missing. Regards, Tobias signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature __

Re: [Foundation-l] Tragedy: videos and slides from presentations Wikimanias (lately 2011 in Haifa)

2011-09-03 Thread Béria Lima
not that difficult to find. Slides: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2011_presentation_slides Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/WikimediaIL _ *Béria Lima* *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecim

[Foundation-l] Tragedy: videos and slides from presentations Wikimanias (lately 2011 in Haifa)

2011-09-03 Thread Kozuch
Hi there, I think WMF should set up some "quality measures" to make sure there actually is some reasonable online output from every Wikimedia conference. There might be thousands of editors not being able to attend but wanting to watch what was going on. Now you have to dig and beg for any slid

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Brasil + WMF

2011-09-03 Thread Ray Saintonge
On 09/02/11 12:25 PM, Theo10011 wrote: > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Jimmy Wales wrote: >> On 8/28/11 1:00 AM, Ray Saintonge wrote: >>> I think that developing such a legal entity should be a high priority >>> for Brazilian Wikipedians to ensure that Wiki activities in Brazil are >>> controlle

[Foundation-l] Improving links between chapters and the Foundation

2011-09-03 Thread WereSpielChequers
As someone who is neither a WMF or a chapter board member it seems clear to me that there is some tension between the chapters and the Foundation. Increasing the mutual overlap of boards is a tried and tested way of reducing such tension, it doesn't always work, (in wiki speak it isn't magic pixie

Re: [Foundation-l] Consultant, Communications - India Programs and Compensation

2011-09-03 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Hi all, For all those who aren't aware, the Wikimedia Foundation is in the process of hiring a Communications Consultant for its India operations. More information is available here: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/RFP/Consultant,_Communications_-_India_Programs The section on compensation s