Re: [Foundation-l] help.wikimedia.org - Q&A site

2012-04-07 Thread Jan Kučera
FD seem to collect lots of crappy feedback... Why WMF promis always think a wiki interface will save the world? It definitely will not, because newbies will never touch this interface... and this is a BIG BIG problem nobody wants to acknowledge. We do need services that are easier to use than a wi

Re: [Foundation-l] help.wikimedia.org - Q&A site

2012-04-06 Thread Jan Kučera
egory Varnum > wrote: >> I would be interested in helping with this project from a third-party wiki >> and MediaWiki developer perspective. >> >> -greg aka varnent >> >> >> >> On Apr 6, 2012, at 2:26 PM, Samuel Klein wrote: >> >>>

Re: [Foundation-l] help.wikimedia.org - Q&A site

2012-04-06 Thread Jan Kučera
April 6, 2012, K. Peachey wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Jan Kučera > >> wrote: >> > new projects suck, because there are (close to) none >> >> Well propose a non sucky one then? >> >> TBH I don't class a Q&A site really a

[Foundation-l] help.wikimedia.org - Q&A site

2012-04-06 Thread Jan Kučera
Hi there, new projects suck, because there are (close to) none asked some time ago already with few positive replies bug was already filled at https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29923 is there someone who can help move on? not really expecting tremendous action(s), but just giving

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: New editor engagement experiments team!

2012-04-05 Thread Jan Kučera
n action which is completed before those affected > by it are in a position to query or reverse it.  (I know English can > difficult enough even when don't decide to rob other languages for concepts > we are lacking.  For all I know this might mean something slightly different

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: New editor engagement experiments team!

2012-04-05 Thread Jan Kučera
You are still doomed as WMF with your new job probram unless you allow remote work or start a reasonable grant-program to general public... you will never find the best talents in a limited space... (mainly US now) go to the full globe instead... 2012/3/28 : > It seems to me that there has been a

Re: [Foundation-l] A fundraiser for editors

2012-01-03 Thread Jan Kučera
Full support here! 2012/1/3 Pharos > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Przykuta wrote: > >> > > >> I agree cities are probably better, but I don't think that's really the > >> best place to start editing Wikipedia either, because it's an area where > >> it's really easy for new users to mistakenl

[Foundation-l] Wikimedia's secret wikis

2011-12-30 Thread Jan Kučera
I see following wikis hold secred information: http://internal.wikimedia.org http://office.wikimedia.org http://board.wikimedia.org Imagine a world in which every single human being can NOT freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. __