Re: [Foundation-l] Volunteers Wanted: Funds Dissemination Process Advisory Group

2012-04-09 Thread Thomas Dalton
Can you explain why we need this proposed process? The decision has been made to form a committee to make recommendations to the WMF board about funds dissemination. The only decision still to be made, as far as I can see, is who should be on the committee. What questions do you want to answer wit

[Foundation-l] Volunteers Wanted: Funds Dissemination Process Advisory Group

2012-04-09 Thread Barry Newstead
Dear all, Following up on the Wikimedia Foundation's Board resolution on Funds Dissemination[1], we are launching work on the design of the Funds Dissemination Committee[2] To help in the design and implementation work ahead, we are creating an Advisory Group which will begin work very soon. Info

Re: [Foundation-l] Wiki Travel Guide

2012-04-09 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Hello, Possibly, what is educational in Wikitravel (-voyage) can go into Wikipedia, and what not, is not educational. One might get problems with policies such as NOR and NPOV. I suppose that they should be applied on Wiki Travel Guide, as on Wikipedia, Wikibooks and other Wikimedia sites. Kind r

Re: [Foundation-l] Wiki Travel Guide

2012-04-09 Thread Juergen Fenn
Am 9. April 2012 06:50 schrieb James Heilman : > The core group of editors at Wikitravel are interested in joining a WMF run > "Wiki Travel Guide". A proposal for creating such a project has been > outlined here http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Travel_Guide and would > develop from the content c

Re: [Foundation-l] Wiki Travel Guide

2012-04-09 Thread aude
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Dan Rosenthal wrote: > One of the most useful articles on Wikitravel that I've found is an outline > of different Bavarian beers, and which groups they are popular with in > Bavaria. I refer back to it regularly. I can't say I see the "not > educational" argument.

Re: [Foundation-l] Wiki Travel Guide

2012-04-09 Thread Dan Rosenthal
One of the most useful articles on Wikitravel that I've found is an outline of different Bavarian beers, and which groups they are popular with in Bavaria. I refer back to it regularly. I can't say I see the "not educational" argument. Dan Rosenthal On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Gerard Meijsse

Re: [Foundation-l] Wiki Travel Guide

2012-04-09 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Consider the number of links that are possible from a travel experience to an encyclopaedic experience .. !! Travelling has always been considered educational. Thanks, Gerard On 9 April 2012 18:39, Pharos wrote: > I think I would consider it educational. Travel itself is an > educatio

Re: [Foundation-l] Wiki Travel Guide

2012-04-09 Thread Pharos
I think I would consider it educational. Travel itself is an educational experience, and a fuller travel experience enabled by the sharing of Wikimedia-style free knowledge all the more so :) Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Patricio Molina wrote: > On Mon, Apr 9,

Re: [Foundation-l] Wiki Travel Guide

2012-04-09 Thread Patricio Molina
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Ziko van Dijk wrote: > I am not sure whether Wikitravel (or the content it provides) fit into the > scope of Wikimedia. Is it really 'educational' content? Hum... I thought this project was adequate for Wikimedia, but now I'm having some doubts. Could you please

Re: [Foundation-l] Wiki Travel Guide

2012-04-09 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Dear James, In general the idea sounds interesting, and Wikitravel is certainly one of the notable wiki community projects. But I am not sure whether Wikitravel (or the content it provides) fit into the scope of Wikimedia. Is it really 'educational' content? Kind regards Ziko 2012/4/9 James Hei