[Foundation-l] Upcoming deployment of MediaWiki 1.19 to Wikimedia sites.

disruption and breakage. More information: * Announcement on the Wikimedia blog: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/02/11/mediawiki-1-19-deployment/ * The announcement in other languages: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.19/Deployment_announcement Thank you for your understanding. -- Guillaume

Re: [Foundation-l] AbuseFilter to be enabled on all Wikimedia wikis by default today

ll wiki, and we wouldn't know about it either unless someone reported it. Yet, this is not a reason for not giving all admins block, delete and protect rights by default. Globally enabling the extension is merely more convenient for users (who don't have to wait until their shell reque

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikitech-l] [Wikitech-ambassadors] AbuseFilter to be enabled on all Wikimedia wikis by default today

to the documentation on how we've used in on enwiki (given > that it's been active there for two years). This is correct. Admins will be the ones able to create and manage filters, and there will be no default filters. The full configuration file is at http://noc.wikimedia.org/conf

[Foundation-l] AbuseFilter to be enabled on all Wikimedia wikis by default today

Greetings, The AbuseFilter extension for MediaWiki, which helps prevent vandalism on wikis, will be globally enabled on all Wikimedia projects later today. More information is available at http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/08/24/filter-preventing-abusive-edits-all-wikis/ -- Guillaume Paumier

Re: [Foundation-l] Data Center Virginia

m still available to answer questions (or find the appropriate person to answer them). -- Guillaume Paumier ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Scheduled intermittent downtime on all Wikimedia projects on May 24

act, I started thinking about how to improve it a few weeks ago. If you're interested in this, I would welcome your help. Thanks, -- Guillaume Paumier ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

[Foundation-l] Scheduled intermittent downtime on all Wikimedia projects on May 24

inconvenience. -- Guillaume Paumier ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Editor Survey, 2011

g/wiki/Editor_survey_feedback -- Guillaume Paumier ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Editor Survey, 2011

ry-results-from-unu-merit-survey-of-wikipedia-readers-and-contributors-available/ As a sidenote, I agree a FAQ about the survey would be useful (and would be a good time investment). MZMcBride did half the work already by asking the questions :) -- Guillaume Paumier _

Re: [Foundation-l] Licenses' biodiversity : my big disagreement with the Wikimedia usability initiative's software specifications

e full list of licenses accepted by the Commons community is a planned feature of the upload wizard (and it has always been). More details are available at http://ur1.ca/3aw1k -- Guillaume Paumier Product manager - Wikimedia Foundation Support free knowledge: http://donate.wikimedia.org ___

Re: [Foundation-l] help on usability initiative sandbox wiki

t's not necessary to do so on the prototype wikis; they will be disposed of in the end anyway. -- Guillaume Paumier Product manager - Wikimedia Foundation Support free knowledge: http://donate.wikimedia.org ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@

[Foundation-l] [ResourceLoader] JavaScript may break on your wiki: Fix it before that happens

_hours [3] All timezones: http://ur1.ca/3819u -- Guillaume Paumier Product manager - Wikimedia Foundation Support free knowledge: http://donate.wikimedia.org ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://list

Re: [Foundation-l] [Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Planned 1.17 deployment on February 8]

ediatech http://twitter.com/wikimediatech -- Guillaume Paumier Product manager - Wikimedia Foundation Support free knowledge: http://donate.wikimedia.org ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wi

Re: [Foundation-l] [Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Planned 1.17 deployment on February 8]

;ve investigated these issues and are now in the process of deploying the new software version. -- Guillaume Paumier Product manager - Wikimedia Foundation Support free knowledge: http://donate.wikimedia.org ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lis

[Foundation-l] [Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Planned 1.17 deployment on February 8]

___ Wikitech-l mailing list wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- Guillaume Paumier Product manager - Wikimedia Foundation Support free knowledge: http://donate.wikimedia.org ___ foundation-l mailing list

Re: [Foundation-l] Usability wiki

o help paid developers "mix" more with volunteers developers. In a nutshell, the usability wiki is being replaced by the strategy wiki (for strategic product discussions, where Amir's and others' "dozen of ideas" will be most welcome) and mediawiki.org (for specific proj

Re: [Foundation-l] Greg Kohs and Peter Damian

ultimately answerable to the community. -- Guillaume Paumier ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Pending Changes development update: September 27

they would like to do a trial? I doubt it. The "issues" raised by the French Wikipedia are much more "philosophical" than they are technical. In other words, most of the people who opposed in this poll just don't like the feature. I don't think it has anything

[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Foundation Blog] Article feedback pilot goes live

e_feedback/Public_Policy_Pilot/Workgroup [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_States_Public_Policy/Assessment#Project_Evaluation -- Guillaume Paumier Product Manager, Multimedia Usability Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/D

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation Fellowship program

g. Specific, deep links are better for the archives :) http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2010/09/15/wikimedia-foundation-fellowship-program/ -- Guillaume Paumier Product Manager, Multimedia Usability Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org

Re: [Foundation-l] Sakha Wikipedia passed 7000 articles

appy with it, they're free to resign. We can hardly criticize someone for not opting in to disclose publicly what they write on a private mailing list. -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] http://www.gpaumier.org ___ foundation-l mailing lis

Re: [Foundation-l] hiding interlanguage links by default is a Bad Idea, part 2

f more users click on the language links. Instead, you chose to hide the list completely. I still fail to see how this decision could be an attempt at fixing the issue you had discovered. Maybe users don't think of a traffic jam as "a list of cars". But showing an empty road hardly makes

Re: [Foundation-l] Along with Vector, a new look for changes to the Wikipedia identity

I'd try to express it in Klingon; it was removed from the logo, so it would only be fair. -- Guillaume Paumier This message may contain traces of humor. Read responsibly. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Foundation-l] Towards actual clean-up...

tall MediaWiki. (Or I am missing some point?) > > There is no way for us to see if any external sources (such as for > example, your install) is using a file. Exactly; and it only works for MediaWiki websites. -- Guillaume Paumier Product Manager, Multimedia Usability Wikimedia Foundatio

Re: [Foundation-l] "Filtering" ourselves is pointless

and investigate possible ways to improve their experience on our websites. If a significant amount of our users wish to be able to filter out some parts of our content, we should do our best to empower them to do so, as a service to them. [1] I'm having a hard time using the oxymoron "

Re: [Foundation-l] Towards actual clean-up...

ot just in Wikimedia projects.. Not yet, but it is definitely a feature we're considering. There was a discussion about a "pinging" system during the Multimedia meeting in Paris last October, but we have more critical issues to address first. -- Guillaume Paumier Product Mana

Re: [Foundation-l] A Board member's perspective

d member to exercise editorial control under the pressure of another organization (however « fair and balanced » it might be). -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.

Re: [Foundation-l] Statement on appropriate educational content

any other project) "family-friendly." I believe that's called Conservapedia. -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Statement on appropriate educational content

, Wiktionary, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiversity and Wikispecies. Excuse me? -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Commons Usability

already in the documentation I linked above, feel free to add a new item to http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Usability_issues_and_ideas -- Guillaume Paumier Product Manager, Multimedia Usability Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___

Re: [Foundation-l] Dumb survey about Commons

Hi, Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2009/10/26 Guillaume Paumier : >> One thing I realized, though, was that two questions had an ambiguous >> wording: people wonder why they have to give reasons for not using >> Commons, or not participating, despite the fact that they said they d

Re: [Foundation-l] Dumb survey about Commons

I hope they will help you better understand the context of the survey. Thanks for your constructive feedback. We may continue the discussion off-list if you wish. -- Guillaume Paumier Product Manager, Multimedia Usability Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.o

Re: [Foundation-l] Charity Navigator rates WMF

al review. Of course you are. Nobody here would dare assume that you're trolling. We know you're only thinking about the best interest of the Wikimedia movement. Thank you for all your work and your dedication to making Wikimedia better, Greg

Re: [Foundation-l] Consensus on Meta for suspecting every volunteer of abuse ?

f, you're complaining about how a tool is named. I invite you to raise your concerns with the developers and to propose a better French translation at translatewiki.net. Any other wikilawyering or claim of assuming bad faith is completely unnecessary and unhelpful. -- Guillaume Paumier [

Re: [Foundation-l] Commons reaches 5 million files

ase for Wikisource and encourage libraries to provide high-quality scans! -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] http://www.gpaumier.org ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Omidyar Network Commits $2 Million Grant to Wikimedia Foundation

alprin himself personally. Simply replace my conclusion by « I had my company donate $2 million because I managed to convince them that this cause is worthy. How much will you or your company donate? » -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] http://www.gpaumier.org __

Re: [Foundation-l] Omidyar Network Commits $2 Million Grant to Wikimedia Foundation

some leverage if they can answer: « I donated $2 million because I think this cause is worthy. How much will you donate? » -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] http://www.gpaumier.org ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimed

Re: [Foundation-l] presentations and marketing @ events

ez (the foundation's previous Communications Manager) on a new one. When Sandra was replaced by Jay, Jay told me a new press kit wasn't his priority. As a consequence, I am working on it alone (as part of WMDOC), as a volunteer, and it takes a lot of

Re: [Foundation-l] How was the "only people who averaged two edits a week in the last six months can vote" rule decided?

Hello, On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Milos Rancic wrote: > > I think that mailing lists posts should be treated as edits. Thank you; this sentence made my day. -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] ___ foundation-l mailing list founda

Re: [Foundation-l] Usability study in progress

wikimedia-preview-the-future-part-1 http://brianna.modernthings.org/article/180/media-handling-on-wikimedia-preview-the-future-part-2 -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: http

Re: [Foundation-l] Request for your input: biographies of living people

ness, but I think it leads you to the wrong conclusion. I'd rather say that our high standards are one of the strengths of our response team. -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsu

Re: [Foundation-l] FW: [Wikinews-l] Increased incivility at wikinews [en]

vely > with one another so that important matters can be resolved. May I suggest that you try to follow this piece of advice of yours? I am sure you've got plenty of interesting ideas to solve this issue, unfortunately your anger is hiding them very efficiently. -- Guillaume P

Re: [Foundation-l] Are model releases required for 'Free' content? (was: Sexual Content on Wikimedia)

eliberate misinformation? Thanks, [1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2009-January/049571.html -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.or

Re: [Foundation-l] Commons and The Year of the Picture

ses to make (and I say "merely" because I'm not even sure they could refuse the donations anyway) and to send a press release, as for any other relevant news about Wikimedia projects. -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] ___ foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Commons and The Year of the Picture

any different from what we already do with PediaPress? -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Board resolutions (chapters)

've already been told, they're not sub-chapters, they're sub-national chapters. > If that's the case, I suspect that we will soon have to abandon this > annual meeting altogether, and will have to replace it by "region" meetings. Yes, and this was considered duri

Re: [Foundation-l] Commons and The Year of the Picture

one chapter employing a MediaWiki developer, and I know there are at least two other chapters considering sponsoring one. Perhaps a chapter-sponsored initiative could be devoted to some sort of "search layer" (in core or as an extension) that would implement these features. Perhaps this