On Thursday 25 December 2008 03:34, Ray Saintonge wrote:
> Kurt Maxwell Weber wrote:
> > I fail to see how simply presenting a list of peoples' names and telling
> > their stories constitutes "taking partisan sides in political disputes."
> > It's educatin
On Thursday 25 December 2008 03:30, Ray Saintonge wrote:
> One doesn't become truly educated when someone is playing games with
> one's emotions. That just breeds true believers and more victims of
> patriotic folly. Stalin died in 1953, and while there might have been
> some justification for su
On Wednesday 24 December 2008 20:30, David Gerard wrote:
> 2008/12/25 Fred Bauder :
> > Hard to keep things straight isn't it when the object is to make a point.
> > I speak of Red China, still controlled by Mao's heirs.
>
> Well, yes. (Who thankfully are not gross incompetents at the actual
> mana
On Wednesday 24 December 2008 19:53, you wrote:
>
> I posit that the "memorial project" is not essential. I think it
> would drain resources from our mission.
>
> Jon
As I explained in the proposal (again, did you read the proposal?) it is an
essential part of the WMF's mission.
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Kurt Weber
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On Wednesday 24 December 2008 19:25, Jon wrote:
>
> I don't think it is something we should focus on. Let us focus on our
> existing projects, perfect them. Reference my earlier rationale.
Given that these are all volunteer projects, those more interested in
improving existing projects will do
On Wednesday 24 December 2008 18:43, Phil Nash wrote:
> Geoffrey Plourde wrote:
> >> Well where will it stop? If we have a project, we should have a
> >> memorial project for all disasters. I echo Mr. Bimmler in his
> >> concerns about the motives behind this proposal.
>
> I'm in some agreement her
On Wednesday 24 December 2008 18:12, Geoffrey Plourde wrote:
> Well where will it stop? If we have a project, we should have a memorial
> project for all disasters.
And what, in principle, is wrong with that?
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Kurt Weber
http://blog.kurtweber.us
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On Wednesday 24 December 2008 11:02, David Gerard wrote:
>
> Yes. However, it could be a valuable wiki to create privately. Generic
> hosting is (a) really cheap (b) often includes MediaWiki out the box.
> The wiki is unlikely to be vastly overloaded, so cheap hosting would
> do for a start.
>
> Se
On Wednesday 24 December 2008 03:10, Delirium wrote:
> Kurt Maxwell Weber wrote:
> > I have submitted a new project proposal, at
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Victims_of_Soviet_Repressions_Memorial
>
> Isn't this the sort of thing we've been in the business o
I have submitted a new project proposal, at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Victims_of_Soviet_Repressions_Memorial
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Kurt Weber
http://blog.kurtweber.us
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