Re: [Foundation-l] My public aplogies to Jan-Bart (was Movement roles letter, Feb 2012)

2012-02-16 Thread John Du Hart
Is this really something to get upset over? It's not as if he was calling you stupid, he simply misspelled your name (shortened it, really). On Feb 16, 2012 6:10 AM, "Joan Goma" wrote: > Jan-Bart, > > I am sorry. I didn’t know this is your name and present you publicly my > more sincere apologies

Re: [Foundation-l] Adding a comment section under every Wikipedia article

2012-01-24 Thread John Du Hart
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:31 AM, David Richfield wrote: > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 4:50 PM, FT2 wrote: > > Yes. I had thought about one option - a separate website entirely, purely > > for people to chat about Wikimedia articles. But at a first glance that > > dead ends for so many reasons. > > M

Re: [Foundation-l] Still wikipediocentric

2012-01-15 Thread John Du Hart
If you would like a wiki to be created on the beta, request it. I don't know why peter thought it was a good idea to create Wikipedias in every language, that wasn't the initial plan. It even says right on the front page: "The list of all projects now available can be listed below, in case you wan

Re: [Foundation-l] Software idea: a "Wikipedia Explorer" that lets you browse Wikipedia and more

2011-12-27 Thread John Du Hart
I personally would prefer to see such new features added directly to Wikipedia instead of focusing on another product. Remember, this is 2012, we don't need dedicated software for most things anymore. On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Yao Ziyuan wrote: > Remember there was MSN Explorer (desktop s

[Foundation-l] Wikimedia domains at GoDaddy

2011-12-23 Thread John Du Hart
This is currently on the reddit front page http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/nnv9l/wikipediaorg_is_with_godaddy_jimmy_if_youre/ Why we're using GoDaddy in the first place is beyond me, surely there's better options available (Like ones that don't support SOPA or have CEOs that shoot elep