Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Right to be Forgotten

2012-02-11 Thread Fred Bauder
> On Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:25:56 -0700 (MST), "Fred Bauder" > wrote: >> I think the biggest problems might involve users who have been trashed >> for one reason or another, justified or not. >> >> Fred >> > > My understanding is that the legislation is not so much about users > (which > we can handl

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Right to be Forgotten

2012-02-11 Thread Yaroslav M. Blanter
On Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:25:56 -0700 (MST), "Fred Bauder" wrote: > I think the biggest problems might involve users who have been trashed > for one reason or another, justified or not. > > Fred > My understanding is that the legislation is not so much about users (which we can handle anyway), but

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Right to be Forgotten

2012-02-11 Thread Fred Bauder
I think the biggest problems might involve users who have been trashed for one reason or another, justified or not. Fred > Is the worry primarily around article-space, or around Wikipedia users? > There's already > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing, though it > would have

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Right to be Forgotten

2012-02-11 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Risker, 11/02/2012 18:45: The greatest challenge with the entire notion of vanishing is that it is intended to be permanent. That is, the person who wants to vanish should not return in the future, under any guise. [...] I don't think it's useful to discuss this. It's certainly not to the poin

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Right to be Forgotten

2012-02-11 Thread Risker
The greatest challenge with the entire notion of vanishing is that it is intended to be permanent. That is, the person who wants to vanish should not return in the future, under any guise. I cannot speak for any other project here, but I know that there has been a non-negligible amount of disruptio

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Right to be Forgotten

2012-02-11 Thread Delirium
Is the worry primarily around article-space, or around Wikipedia users? There's already http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing, though it would have to be made somewhat more rigorous (and no longer a mere courtesy) if it were an actual legal obligation. As a non-lawyer, I w

Re: [Foundation-l] Waste of money, Wikipediacentrism. - Brazil

2012-02-11 Thread Mathias Damour
Le 25/01/2012 14:51, Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton a écrit : Dear all, Well as you know, Brazil is a priority, but when spending is a waste. We have a volunteer group that operates in Brazil since 2008 in direct contact with the problems of Brazil, know much about the free national culture, know a lot

Re: [Foundation-l] New project: WikiMake - library of free 3D models?

2012-02-11 Thread Ray Saintonge
On 02/09/12 10:39 AM, Chris Lee wrote: The largest problem I see with this is offering a 3D modelling software that is free and (somewhat) easy to use. I know some exist, but they are not nearly as friendly as Solidworks or Pro e. secondly, we would need to offer a free viewer, so that they could