Re: [Foundation-l] User talk templates

2012-03-22 Thread Michael Snow
with bad penmanship? More seriously, while a wiki may not be a social network for its own sake, I do think it's worth emphasizing that collaboration depends on some sort of human connection. Bots can be great tools to facilitate work, but they do nothing to facilitate conn

Re: [Foundation-l] English Wikipedia considering declaring open-season on works from countries lacking US copyright relations

2012-02-23 Thread Michael Snow
e could be indiscriminately republishing works acceptable to the regime while taking a much more restrictive approach to works from a dissident perspective. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscr

Re: [Foundation-l] A fundraiser for editors

2012-01-03 Thread Michael Snow
have bigger issues, but it strikes me that adding "Mark as Helpful" specifically to user talk messages could be a good addition as well, assuming that the current implementation indicates the feature has a positive impact. --Michael Snow

Re: [Foundation-l] c6e7b72d1e1d565603d3d7b0a77e00ba17a7d306

2011-12-01 Thread Michael Snow
On 12/1/2011 11:15 AM, Dan Collins wrote: > The sum total of human knowledge, and we can't find a decent spam filter. No, that really is the sum total of human knowledge, expressed in hexadecimal. I was pretty sure it would add up to more than 42. --Mich

Re: [Foundation-l] Ideas for newbie recruitment

2011-10-31 Thread Michael Snow
y highlight any portion of an article and open an edit window for just that portion, could be helpful. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Community consensus for software changes (Re: Show community consensus for Wikilove)

2011-10-31 Thread Michael Snow
uld only happen if requested by community consensus. At some level, it would not make sense to insist that consensus is required prior to conducting any experiment, as that effectively defeats the ability to experiment. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] The image filter: Thoughts on the German/English question

2011-10-13 Thread Michael Snow
n inclusion/deletion and notability. In all respects, this was a very insightful analysis of the situation. It's interesting to consider some of the unexpected tradeoffs involved in taking different approaches to making an encyclopedia. --Michael Snow __

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia

2011-10-05 Thread Michael Snow
On 10/5/2011 9:45 AM, emijrp wrote: > 2011/10/5 Michael Snow >> On 10/5/2011 7:03 AM, Domas Mituzas wrote: >>> Editor strike means not editing, it doesn't mean full service downtime. >> When labor unions go on strike, they do more than not show up for work. >> Th

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia

2011-10-05 Thread Michael Snow
a community, that it is in the best position to judge whether this protest is needed, what measures are appropriate to the situation, and how long to carry on with it. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsu

Re: [Foundation-l] Blog from Sue about censorship, editorial judgement, and image filters

2011-09-30 Thread Michael Snow
verse its manifestations are. But I suspect that if we were substantially closer to a neutral approach in our coverage of these topics, there might be much less pressure around the principle of resistance to censorship. --Michael Snow ___ fou

Re: [Foundation-l] Board resolutions on controversial content and images of identifiable people

2011-09-21 Thread Michael Snow
r people of a certain era, maybe it also didn't help that the books were popular in the USSR). It's possible that somebody somewhere did question its inclusion once, which could be true of just about any book. Even if so, nothing suggests that the concern had anything to do with enco

Re: [Foundation-l] board meeting minutes: Aug 3 2011

2011-09-12 Thread Michael Snow
. It's not a normal practice with any organization in their experience, and to them it's akin to an attorney letting a client publish the attorney's work product. I would guess that similar reasoning might apply to the Fusco report. --Michael Snow _

Re: [Foundation-l] On curiosity, cats and scapegoats

2011-09-09 Thread Michael Snow
t that the board lacks the ability to deal with other issues and focuses on Wikipedia as a result - I think it reflects the uncertain position of the community generally, which hasn't coalesced much around any particular answer to those questions. I do hope the board contin

Re: [Foundation-l] Hypothetical project rebranding Wikimedia

2011-09-09 Thread Michael Snow
the organization to have value. That makes it more work for the branding agency, while simultaneously being less able to claim what their contribution was. It may make more sense to develop that capacity internally, which is one thing the foundation

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Brasil + WMF

2011-09-02 Thread Michael Snow
something like appointing Jan-Bart as the observer for all European chapters, or Barry for all Asian chapters (not that observers would necessarily have to be Wikimedia board or staff). Again, I don't know that this is really the best solution, but it's not completely i

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Brasil + WMF

2011-09-02 Thread Michael Snow
erable to the foundation, and it could be fairly easy to argue that they are an agent of the foundation. It undermines the organizational independence much more dramatically. If the point is to improve communication, then a more practical approach might be

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters

2011-08-29 Thread Michael Snow
On 8/28/2011 10:04 PM, John Vandenberg wrote: > On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Michael Snow wrote: >> On 8/28/2011 9:00 PM, Victor Vasiliev wrote: >>> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 7:24 AM, Nathanwrote: >>>> Which activities are these? >>> Copyright and inte

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters

2011-08-28 Thread Michael Snow
n for the popular misconception is that most nonprofits avoid lobbying altogether out of an abundance of caution. What the foundation actually cannot do is contribute to political candidates or support partisan activities, those are categorically prohibited

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters

2011-08-11 Thread Michael Snow
manage grants. At that point, it may not be any more helpful to these objectives than the model we are trying to move away from. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters and replacing the Audit committee

2011-08-09 Thread Michael Snow
on would be the place to start. I don't know if it's a meaningful difference in function, so I'm skeptical as to what the proposal would accomplish. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Board letter about fundraising and chapters

2011-08-06 Thread Michael Snow
On 8/6/2011 4:00 PM, Florence Devouard wrote: > On 8/6/11 1:36 AM, Michael Snow wrote: >> On 8/5/2011 4:26 PM, John Vandenberg wrote: >>> On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Michael Snow >>> wrote: >>>> .. Honestly, I must say that it >>>> is

Re: [Foundation-l] Board letter about fundraising and chapters

2011-08-05 Thread Michael Snow
fully predictable six months in advance, but things don't quite work out that way.) --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Board letter about fundraising and chapters

2011-08-05 Thread Michael Snow
On 8/5/2011 4:26 PM, John Vandenberg wrote: > On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Michael Snow wrote: >> .. Honestly, I must say that it >> is a colossal disappointment to find that with all the posts I've seen >> both here and on internal-l, nobody has yet made a single e

Re: [Foundation-l] Board letter about fundraising and chapters

2011-08-05 Thread Michael Snow
ople to resist subscribing. Honestly, I must say that it is a colossal disappointment to find that with all the posts I've seen both here and on internal-l, nobody has yet made a single edit to the talk page on Meta where the letter was posted. Doesn't anybody here know how to use a wi

Re: [Foundation-l] Oral Citations project: People are Knowledge

2011-07-29 Thread Michael Snow
uch things, but in the context of writing Wikipedia articles, our beliefs about the sources we use should not be religious, they should be based on analysis and editorial judgment. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wik

Re: [Foundation-l] Welcome Tilman Bayer to the Wikimedia Foundation

2011-07-08 Thread Michael Snow
On 7/8/2011 11:15 AM, Nathan wrote: > Michael Snow, Sage Ross, HaeB... I think the WMF is conspiring against > the Signpost :-P You could include Phoebe too, for that matter. I'm always impressed with how much has been accomplished with the Signpost that I could never have envisioned

Re: [Foundation-l] Nominating Committee

2011-06-25 Thread Michael Snow
ee may not have felt like it could fully step into the shoes of the board in evaluating candidates for what the board wanted. So I think there are unresolved issues in terms of how much of the process can be delegated, and how to more effectively delegate the parts that can be.

Re: [Foundation-l] Seat and Donations (SPLIT from: EFF & Bitcoins)

2011-06-23 Thread Michael Snow
aboveboard than it was. And I recall there was understandable displeasure that some of the targets being used to evaluate the grant were considered confidential at Omidyar's request. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] EFF & Bitcoins

2011-06-22 Thread Michael Snow
On 6/22/2011 10:14 AM, MZMcBride wrote: > Michael Snow wrote: >> I thought it was reasonably understandable, even without perfect >> grammar, that Ting was saying that since Matt is no longer at Omidyar, >> if your insinuation were true, when he left the foundation would have

Re: [Foundation-l] EFF & Bitcoins

2011-06-22 Thread Michael Snow
eeded to bring in someone new from Omidyar to fill "their" board seat. I figured that out, and honestly I wasn't even aware until now that Matt had left Omidyar. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

2011-06-17 Thread Michael Snow
that they are not done - I'm certain people are interested in seeing the full results matrix as well, so it would be appreciated if they can release that at some point. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Foundation-l] Board resolutions on controversial content and images of identifiable people

2011-06-01 Thread Michael Snow
e is > informational, not educational. I'm sorry, but I don't understand what distinction you're trying to make. In this context, those look like synonyms to me. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.o

Re: [Foundation-l] deleting old versions of fair-use files

2011-05-30 Thread Michael Snow
can be kept because they were used in previous revisions of articles. That's primarily an abstract theoretical response, and without some concrete examples to look at I don't really have much of an opinion on which direction we should resolve the question. Nor have I tried to conside

Re: [Foundation-l] Fundraising committee?

2011-04-17 Thread Michael Snow
anded those that were no longer needed or inactive. The >> fundraising committee isn't mentioned specifically, but I'm sure it was >> no longer operational by that point. >> >> --Michael Snow > Indeed, the fundraising committee is mentioned in the "staff

Re: [Foundation-l] Fundraising committee?

2011-04-17 Thread Michael Snow
would consider all earlier committees dissolved unless their continued function was acknowledged in that resolution. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Foundation too passive, wasting community talent

2011-04-05 Thread Michael Snow
dering it. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Message to community about community decline

2011-03-28 Thread Michael Snow
I'd have to say the enjoyment of cutting sarcasm is an important way in which the community fosters the atmosphere we are concerned about. Certainly it's something where I would admit some personal guilt. --Michael Snow On 3/28/2011 3:17 PM, Virgilio A. P. Machado wrote: > Bes

Re: [Foundation-l] Remarks on Wikimedia's fundraiser

2011-03-09 Thread Michael Snow
t we needed to find the right person for that position on the board. I would generally agree with much of David's advice as a matter of theory, regardless of how familiar he is with actual current practice at the foundation. --Michael Snow ___ foun

Re: [Foundation-l] Remarks on Wikimedia's fundraiser

2011-03-08 Thread Michael Snow
is only hilights how disconnected are the elite from the > working community. > > Now, actual exchanges that have got a lot of publicity and results: > Kaltura: SF? No.. NY A big part of Kaltura's contribution was to sponsor the wo

Re: [Foundation-l] Changes to the CFOO department

2011-03-03 Thread Michael Snow
missed, and have my best wishes for your future endeavors. The one consolation is that as a movement built around online volunteers worldwide, we are easy to find and never far away, no matter where you go. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foun

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia "Storyteller" job opening

2011-03-01 Thread Michael Snow
ing a specific employer - demonstrate that you have the skills and experience that employer is looking for, or go get them, quite possibly by going elsewhere first. Experience in our particular community may figure as an advantage among similarly-qualified candidates, but it doesn't substitu

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia "Storyteller" job opening

2011-03-01 Thread Michael Snow
for someone to be the right fit for us, and how adaptable both we and the candidates have to be during the hiring process in how we think about the position. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia "Storyteller" job opening

2011-03-01 Thread Michael Snow
On 3/1/2011 2:41 PM, Pronoein wrote: > Le 01/03/2011 18:31, Michael Snow a écrit : >> On 3/1/2011 12:57 PM, Pronoein wrote: >>> If there is such a minority of ethical concerns, it could be one of the >>> reasons that volunteers are leaving the boat. >>

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia "Storyteller" job opening

2011-03-01 Thread Michael Snow
l also create and improve upon initiatives that lead to a better community environment, as that seems to be the dominant problem. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia "Storyteller" job opening

2011-03-01 Thread Michael Snow
projects for what they are, rather than creating drama about things they aren't. Then we could focus more on dealing with the drama on the projects themselves. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Criticism of employees (was VPAT)

2011-02-18 Thread Michael Snow
bly, as it might seem unprofessional. Personally, I prefer not to suggest that anyone is a troll, except for Domas (he likes it). --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Changes to the identification policies and procedures

2011-02-04 Thread Michael Snow
one of the Community department positions outlined in the annual plan would cover this, and if things follow the schedule I would hope to see such a position relatively soon. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: BBC "5 Live Investigates"

2011-02-01 Thread Michael Snow
ing is structured to avoid any hint that such a website exists, even to cover shipping terms or return policies. Unfortunately, this philosophy also makes Amazon.com quite bad at standard practices for giving credit where it is due. (And no, linking to IMDB doesn't count, since they own it.

Re: [Foundation-l] propuesta de proyectos

2011-01-19 Thread Michael Snow
tity to be built up for its own sake. Ask, rather, how your projects can help with sharing knowledge and free culture. (Since that aligns with the foundation's mission, I suppose it would help the foundation, but I don't think asking that way motivates quite the s

Re: [Foundation-l] Old Wikipedia backups discovered

2010-12-14 Thread Michael Snow
as easier in those days. Seriously though, this is absolutely fantastic news! --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Executive Director?

2010-12-09 Thread Michael Snow
On 12/9/2010 4:12 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > Michael Snow wrote: >> Assuming good faith, I think it crossed a line as far as accuracy goes, >> but being misguided or inartful hardly makes it sleazy. > Assuming good faith is what Newyorkbrad did when he suggested that it was > si

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Executive Director?

2010-12-09 Thread Michael Snow
ablish a charge or an accusation that can be defended against. By way of illustration, that is one of the reasons various advocates for a free press, free speech, and other civil libertarians are so outraged at some of the government and corporate tactics that

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Executive Director?

2010-12-09 Thread Michael Snow
an that. I've already indicated where I stand on this, but I find it embarrassing to have that position associated with debating tactics like this. It's a perfect example of why it's often so easy to dismiss our critics, when thei

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Executive Director?

2010-12-09 Thread Michael Snow
unications. We need to both make sense and be accurate. If it's accurate and doesn't make sense, it probably won't be effective, but also just because something makes sense to people doesn't make it accurate, and that's equally a problem. --Michael Snow ___

Re: [Foundation-l] Corporate Social Responsibility

2010-11-22 Thread Michael Snow
ses. Ryan may have been in error about whether payments to contractors were included in the figure quoted (he doesn't work in accounting). That doesn't change the point that the "and other compensation" includes rather significant expenses beyond simply base salary, which is why hiring contractors involves a different compensation structure. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Corporate Social Responsibility

2010-11-22 Thread Michael Snow
ractors might receive a higher rate than the salary for an equivalent employee, since contractors have to make other arrangements on their own. Converting them into employees wouldn't necessarily create the potential to save in terms of expenses for the Wikimedia Foundation. --Michael Snow __

Re: [Foundation-l] Donor comments?

2010-11-19 Thread Michael Snow
employee benefits, which can cover donations made at any time, even if they are not made during the current contributions campaign. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] PediaPress

2010-11-13 Thread Michael Snow
price for PediaPress, whether Brainbot would sell, or whether that would be an appropriate use of funds in the context of our mission and strategy - would people be okay with the current placement of the service, including continuing to charge people who order printed books? --Michael Snow

Re: [Foundation-l] Copyright terms, again

2010-11-10 Thread Michael Snow
ve dead period during which no works are added to the public domain. It's for similar reasons, albeit with a more complicated transition in its copyright regime, that the public domain in the US has been stuck at works created before 1923 for ages now. --Michael Snow _

Re: [Foundation-l] Left on the Table, vs. Google's serving portion

2010-11-07 Thread Michael Snow
nymore. I'm not sure what effect that might have on Wikipedia traffic in and of itself, but it means there are fewer algorithms to tweak, for good or ill. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Left on the Table

2010-11-06 Thread Michael Snow
;paper of record" to so many people. But in many other ways, Wikipedia is not a great proposition against which to sell advertising. Perhaps it should be no surprise that this is so, considering that Wikipedia was not designed or built for the purpose of being a great proposition against which to sell advertising. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Misplaced Reliance, was Re: Paid editing, was Re: Ban and...

2010-10-26 Thread Michael Snow
t much of Wikipedia was written with. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposal for new projects

2010-10-24 Thread Michael Snow
On 10/24/2010 4:30 PM, John Vandenberg wrote: > On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Michael Snow wrote: >> On 10/24/2010 4:12 PM, John Vandenberg wrote: >>> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 1:54 AM, Pharos >>> wrote: >>>> Perhaps an alternative strategy could be t

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposal for new projects

2010-10-24 Thread Michael Snow
uld the parallel processes require comparable levels of agreement for starting or shutting down a project? That would seem fair. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Has Wikipedia changed since 2005? How is it in other language projects?

2010-10-02 Thread Michael Snow
other disciplines, it should not be surprising if this leads to inferior coverage in the humanities. --Michael Snow ___ 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

2010-09-29 Thread Michael Snow
he notion of being an encyclopedia anyone can edit. For me, any attraction that developing a "flagged revisions" or "pending changes" feature has ever had is connected to the potential that it would lead to an environment in which we can restore that ability for unregistered con

Re: [Foundation-l] Agenda set by Sue? (was Re: Pending Changes development update: September 27)

2010-09-29 Thread Michael Snow
ut existing roles in the Wikimedia movement. It can also decline to pursue matters Sue has asked it to consider, though I must say that in my experience Sue was very good at maintaining an appropriate role relative to the board, and the idea of her diverting the board's agenda from wher

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

2010-09-29 Thread Michael Snow
f window. I relayed it to Ting as part of our transition of responsibilities, so it has been passed along, and no doubt people are welcome to inquire as to its current status. But since I'm no longer privy to board deliberations, I can't provide mu

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

2010-09-28 Thread Michael Snow
On 9/28/2010 4:41 PM, Risker wrote: > On 28 September 2010 18:58, Ryan Lomonaco wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Michael Snow>> We would be better off with more people working >>> seriously to figure out the best answers to the issues this feature >>>

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

2010-09-28 Thread Michael Snow
duel about the significance of a set of polling statistics. It's like having politicians decide how to govern entirely based on opinion polls. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] How bureaucracy works: the example

2010-09-25 Thread Michael Snow
ot; status largely because of the connotations of the name. This despite the fact that I feel reasonably capable of navigating most bureaucracies (a skill that has far more to do with whether someone can "appreciate" bureaucracy than their nationality). --Michael Snow On 9/25/2010 8:53 AM

Re: [Foundation-l] Has Wikipedia changed since 2005?

2010-09-19 Thread Michael Snow
d likes to call Wikipedia's house style in the other direction. Another manifestation is that it's probably a bigger challenge for experts in the humanities, broadly speaking, to persuasively overcome objections from the uninformed. It's easier for someone to be obtuse and stubbornly fight ideas that are generally accepted, something that for scientific questions shows up primarily in the biggest-picture contexts where no one expert can demonstrate or defend every last conclusion, topics like evolution or global warming. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation Fellowship program

2010-09-15 Thread Michael Snow
x27;s a very good concept to try out. I'm excited that Zack is putting those ideas into practice and I look forward to seeing the work of Steven and future fellows. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe

Re: [Foundation-l] Organization on Wikipedia that deals withcontent issues.

2010-08-31 Thread Michael Snow
ent surrounding its projects, not just Wikipedia.) --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Organization on Wikipedia that deals withcontent issues.

2010-08-31 Thread Michael Snow
Peter Damian wrote: > Hoping I am not straying too far off-topic. You are. Are the Citizendium forum and mailing lists so completely dead that issues with its articles cannot be discussed there? --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundat

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

2010-08-27 Thread Michael Snow
ing at each other, acknowledge that it's unhealthy for either of them to be so disproportionately represented, and focus their energies on recruiting more people who add real cognitive diversity. That's part of what the board and the foundation are trying to do in the context of the stra

Re: [Foundation-l] Push translation

2010-08-06 Thread Michael Snow
hanges in the English version. The point of seed content is to provide a basis for new life and growth, which by necessity must outgrow and cast off the shell in which the seed came. At that point, trying to maintain or recreate the shell doesn't particula

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Michael Snow
use of many fits and starts in its overall development, it is for very good reason that knowledge works from a rather larger picture. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Push translation

2010-07-27 Thread Michael Snow
now that I'd hesitate to use them in languages that I've studied but am not particularly fluent in, like Spanish or Italian (not that those Wikipedias need this kind of contribution from me anyway). If the tools are being used indiscriminately, it might be best to persuade peo

Re: [Foundation-l] Money, politics and corruption

2010-07-14 Thread Michael Snow
and develops, we may find better ways of auditing that kind of performance. For now, it seems like the right thing for chapters to focus on figuring out what they should be doing, and learning from mistakes as they come up. --Michael Snow __

Re: [Foundation-l] ASCAP comes out against "copyleft"

2010-06-25 Thread Michael Snow
mentioned except the first part involving copyleft and Creative Commons. I think the length of that sentence ought to illustrate just how tenuous the connection is. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscri

Re: [Foundation-l] ASCAP comes out against "copyleft"

2010-06-25 Thread Michael Snow
es). I'm not sure it will be used to hire any actual lobbyists or mount a specific legislative campaign, although we should certainly keep an eye out for further developments in that regard. If that does materialize, I'd be happy to speak ou

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Board resolution commissioning study and recommendations

2010-06-24 Thread Michael Snow
Victor Vasiliev wrote: > On 06/24/2010 10:20 AM, Michael Snow wrote: > >> 4. We do expect material in our projects to be educational in nature, >> >>> and any material that is not educational should be removed. >>> > I still believe such a

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Board resolution commissioning study and recommendations

2010-06-24 Thread Michael Snow
Thomas Dalton wrote: > On 24 June 2010 19:08, geni wrote: > >> On 24 June 2010 07:20, Michael Snow wrote: >> >>>> 4. We do expect material in our projects to be educational in nature, >>>> and any material that is not educational should be remo

Re: [Foundation-l] Reconsidering the policy "one language - one Wikipedia"

2010-06-24 Thread Michael Snow
ikipedia.org . > I don't think we've even decided those are the only options. It could also use a namespace within the same domain, or take advantage of other technical features like subpages, or be set up like a portal or wikiproj

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Q&A regarding board resolution

2010-06-23 Thread Michael Snow
Replying for the purpose of forwarding the original message, part two. --Michael Snow On 6/23/2010 10:59 PM, Michael Snow wrote: > What is the purpose of the resolution? > > The Board is asking its Executive Director to conduct a study, with the > goal of figuring out what

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Board resolution commissioning study and recommendations

2010-06-23 Thread Michael Snow
ell. --Michael Snow On 6/23/2010 10:47 PM, Michael Snow wrote: > As a follow-up to the previous statement and discussion about > appropriate educational content, the board has passed a resolution > requesting a study of the issue of potentially objectionable content. We > have aske

Re: [Foundation-l] encouraging women's participation

2010-06-18 Thread Michael Snow
iously implicated, like locker-room-type banter or casual objectification of women. This is why I think it's so important for us to examine our culture and figure out what we need to do to improve it. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Floating a notion: permanent Wikimania committee?

2010-06-17 Thread Michael Snow
the board's immediate activity, and the current work of the governance committee is focused more on structures needed to organize the board's own functions. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] "The problem with Wikipedia..."

2010-06-17 Thread Michael Snow
/Raul%27s_laws I'd note that in the history of that page, it dates back to March 2006 and even then the original author was listed as unknown. That makes it exactly the sort of quote that is easily misattributed to Winston Churchill o

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: WikiLeaks inspired "New media haven" proposalpasses Parliament

2010-06-16 Thread Michael Snow
ished the job and made it "campain".) --Michael Snow susanpgard...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi Liam, > > We're not (looking to set up a new data centre in Europe). We're planning a > second US data centre, likely in Virginia. Mark Bergsma's in the office this &g

Re: [Foundation-l] Community, collaboration, and cognitive biases

2010-06-11 Thread Michael Snow
Aryeh Gregor wrote: > On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Michael Snow wrote: > >> The replies to my comment are missing the point. Sure, the developers >> themselves need to be able to handle public criticism of their work, >> just like wiki editors. But I was respondin

Re: [Foundation-l] Community, collaboration, and cognitive biases

2010-06-11 Thread Michael Snow
Chad wrote: > On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 2:49 AM, Michael Snow wrote: > >> ...if for example I was qualified to review a >> staff member's patch (which I'm not), I might want to think twice about >> what audience gets that feedback. >> >> --Michael

Re: [Foundation-l] Community, collaboration, and cognitive biases

2010-06-10 Thread Michael Snow
or contractors when you're in such a position. There are good reasons that work evaluations and other personnel matters are considered confidential. I don't mean to say that staff shouldn't be discussing code, roadmaps, or rationales as widely and open

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

2010-06-09 Thread Michael Snow
On 6/9/2010 12:12 AM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote: > Michael Snow wrote: > >> There have been a lot of red herrings brought up on all sides of that >> issue. Use of images in a context that is on-topic and educational is >> clearly one of those, although I would sugge

Re: [Foundation-l] Cultural awareness and sensitivity

2010-06-07 Thread Michael Snow
he overall health of our community in the long term, I don't think it's an overreaction to want to address it. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

[Foundation-l] Cultural awareness and sensitivity

2010-06-07 Thread Michael Snow
the intent of the person doing the "biting", it's about the impact on those who encounter it. We need to be more welcoming to people, and striving for more cultural awareness is part of that. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing l

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

2010-06-07 Thread Michael Snow
On 6/6/2010 9:03 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote: > Michael Snow wrote: > >> Similarly, we know that the community population skews young and male. >> That has important consequences, and some of those unfortunately >> reinforce our lack of diversity. It's be

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

2010-06-06 Thread Michael Snow
outreach forever to recruit underrepresented groups (whether it's ethnicity, age, gender, or other factors), and it would accomplish very little without significant improvements in our culture. --Michael Snow ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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

2010-06-03 Thread Michael Snow
for FlaggedRevs. The only relevant mental > association that comes to mind is "robot tongue". > As a sports fan, to me it looks like the backboard of a basketball hoop. I actually rather liked "Hyperion Frobnosticating Endoswitch", but such a wonderful name deserves to fi

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