Re: [Foundation-l] Iran plans to turn off Internet

Unfortunately, the kind of political action editors wished to promote in situations like Italy or the USA wouldn't have the same effect in more restrictive countries like China or Iran. On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Gregory Varnum wrote: > Given the conversations about Bosnia and SOPA, I felt

Re: [Foundation-l] Blink tag jokes are now obsolete.

Seriously, get over it. On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 8:47 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On 31 December 2011 15:36, Federico Leva (Nemo) > wrote: > > Thomas Dalton, 31/12/2011 15:58: > >> On 31 December 2011 14:42, Zack Exley wrote: > >>> Hi everyone - > >>> > >>> It's a trade off between doing things t

Re: [Foundation-l] Ideas for newbie recruitment

I don't think simple text or link changes will really do the trick. I think popup bubbles could be more successful. On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 4:55 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: > David Gerard, 31/10/2011 12:29: > > I’ve been into Wikipedia for several years, and all my friends know > > this. I *s

Re: [Foundation-l] WMF is planning to install a video player that harms creator attribution and ties between Wikipedia and Commons

If the video player actually worked for anything, it would be a problem. But it doesn't and therefore it isn't. On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Lodewijk wrote: > I assume that you, before sending this email to a mailing list that is not > exactly technical in nature, have submitted bug reports a

Re: [Foundation-l] Meta main page

Might make sense. 2011/9/26 とある白い猫 > Meta main page seems to be not very multi-lingual because it appears to be > difficult to update. Each translation is more or less outdated and often > with an outdated/older style. I propose a template structure where style > info is "removed" into a templat

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikizine Opinion - Year: 2011 Week: 38 Number: 128 BIS

May I suggest using MailChimp? On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:41 PM, EN Wikizine wrote: > ** > Wikizine.org's >___ _ _ > /___\ _ __ (_) _ __ (_) ___ _ __ > // //| '_ \ | || '_ \ | | / _ \ | '_ \ > / \_// | |_) || || | | || || (_) |

Re: [Foundation-l] The Signpost – Volume 7, Issue 37 – 12 September 2011

Email me. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Abigor Account

I'm sure someone would be willing to post a message on your behalf if you reply here. On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Huib Laurens wrote: > Hello, > > On WikiMania it was brought to my attention by a user that there is a > account Abigor langcom. He asked me why I created that account... > > Si

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

Look, Pending Changes was and still is doomed. On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Keegan Peterzell wrote: > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter >wrote: > > > > Did the idea of the second trial get any momentum in the end of the day? > > As a en.wp newbie, I could only find the poll

Re: [Foundation-l] SEOs :((((

One moment please... I'm writing a how-to guide for sinking that website to the bottom. It involves many of their own techniques. I'll post it soon. On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Rui Correia wrote: > The responses so far are encouraging! ;-) > > 2011/8/1 Chris Keating > > > > Someone just

Re: [Foundation-l] Merge wikis

A bot could do it, but that's not completely relevent. On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Steven Walling wrote: > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 3:34 PM, . Courcelles >wrote: > > > I couldn't agree more, now that the date has passed, so should > > ten.wikipedia. Outreach and Strategy have a mission, but n

Re: [Foundation-l] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

Ah ok. On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:17 PM, James Heilman wrote: > Sorry not sure how that happened. > > James > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Mono mium wrote: >> Please don't spam the list. Kthxbai. >> >> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:44 PM, James Heilma

Re: [Foundation-l] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

Please don't spam the list. Kthxbai. On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:44 PM, James Heilman via LinkedIn wrote: > LinkedIn > > > > > >    James Heilman requested to add you as a connection on LinkedIn: > > -- > > Srikant, > > I'd like to add you to my

Re: [Foundation-l] EFF & Bitcoins

Supposedly the Bitcoins system was just hacked. On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:11 AM, Thomas Morton wrote: > As a follow up to the discussion about Bitcoins (during the board elections) > & accepting them as donations... I thought this article by the EFF > explaining why they no longer accept BC sets

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Editor and Google Chrome

Really? That's never happened for me. On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:29 PM, James Heilman wrote: > We need to make sure that people using Google Chrome are able to > edit seamlessly. Currently this is not the case. Extra spaces are added. And > when the "Cite" tool built into the browser is used it de

Re: [Foundation-l] YouTube and Creative Commons

No, we don't. Our video support is laughable. On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 8:09 AM, David Gerard wrote: > On 3 June 2011 15:45, Tanvir Rahman wrote: > > > We have uploaded images from Flickr, and Commons supports image formates > > like, jpg, png, svg, and others, but for videos it supports only ogv

Re: [Foundation-l] OTRS

Hi there, I believe all data sent to OTRS is covered by the Wikimedia Foundation privacy policy. It should be treated as sensitive, however, by posting to this publicly read and archived mailing list, it seems that the data revealed was not sensitive. I agree that this is unacceptable behavior for

Re: [Foundation-l] CentralNotice use

The POTY banner was announced on this list with no objections. On Thursday, May 19, 2011, church.of.emacs.ml wrote: > Hi all, > > Do we have any guidelines limiting the use of CentralNotices? I noticed > there are a lot lately (fundraising, wikimania and most recently board > elections and comm

Re: [Foundation-l] [Fwd: Re: Do WMF want enwp.org?]

I looked into this once...the domain price was quite steep or I would have gotten it. However, a donation might be possible. On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Waldir Pimenta wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Béria Lima wrote: > >> I preffer wp.org (if is possible) to make internationaliza

Re: [Foundation-l] Picture of the Year 2010 global notice and translation

Since Phillipe posted his message to me, I suppose I should post my message to him. Hello Phillipe, The voting rules are very similar to last year's rules. I believe the goal > is and was to ensure that the voters were part of the Wikimedia community > and knew a little about our FP process. I

[Foundation-l] Picture of the Year 2010 global notice and translation

Hello, I'm Mono on the Wikimedia Commons. I'm helping to organize of the Fifth Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year. In case you haven't heard about it, it's a contest w

Re: [Foundation-l] January 15 retro?

There's always CSS. On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 5:24 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > Lodewijk wrote: > > wouldn't it be nice to change the logo of Wikipedia on January 15th back > for > > one day to those old logo's? Give people a retro feeling? (would love to > see > > enwiki go back to the american flag, bu

Re: [Foundation-l] January 15 retro?

or the wikix logo On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Lodewijk wrote: > Hi, > > wouldn't it be nice to change the logo of Wikipedia on January 15th back > for > one day to those old logo's? Give people a retro feeling? (would love to > see > enwiki go back to the american flag, but perhaps the round

Re: [Foundation-l] fundraiser suggestion

Perhaps you should work on establishing the Wikimedia brand... On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Erik Moeller wrote: > 2011/1/1 Stephen Bain : > > On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Erik Moeller > wrote: > >> > >> But to suggest that the choice of such > >> shorthand is tantamount to "lying to and

Re: [Foundation-l] fundraiser suggestion

popups, lightboxes, talking jimbos: Fundraising 2011 Happy New Year everyone! On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 1:56 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > Brian J Mingus wrote: > > I guess nobody cares if you top post or bottom post here, but it does get > > confusing when the two are mixed in the same thread. > > I ca

Re: [Foundation-l] fundraiser suggestion

Awesome! How about we add popups? Seriously, if you're going to do this, just add AdSense...it's a heck of a lot prettier. On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 1:10 AM, K. Peachey wrote: > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Domas Mituzas > wrote: > > now that we have blinking banners, > > Domas > Oh

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikitech-l] Big problem to solve: good WYSIWYG on WMF wikis

How about attacking the problem by using something that already exists... - The Wikimedia Foundation gets a lot of support from Google, financially. How about we ask for some technology support as well? Google has a completely plugin-independant JS-based editor in Google Docs, as well

[Foundation-l] Wikimedia, Mono mium has invited you to open a Gmail account

I've been using Gmail and thought you might like to try it out. Here's an invitation to create an account. You're Invited to Gmail! Mono mium has invited you to open a Gmail account. Gmail is Google's free email service, built on the idea that email can be intuitive

Re: [Foundation-l] Wiki[p/m]edia

See, we need to increase the visibility and role of the foundation. Instead of calling it a "Wikipedia account", call it a Wikimedia ID Promotion is key mono On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Birgitte SB wrote: > > > > > - Original Message > > From: "wjhon...@aol.com" > > To: foundati

Re: [Foundation-l] some worries about fundraiser and editor appeals boycotting it

Seriously...just get rid of it - it's pure spam. On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Arlen Beiler wrote: > After all, a person probably isn't going to donate ten times just because > ten different people appealed for funds. > > On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Peter Coombe >wrote: > > > I believe t

Re: [Foundation-l] Fundraiser statistics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emFZa6ghijk&feature=player_embedded On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Fajro wrote: > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Robert Stojnic > wrote: > > Don't know if anyone posted it before, but the current banner made it > > into "popular culture": > > > > http://www.coll

Re: [Foundation-l] Fundraiser statistics

We certainly do need a holiday push, though - there are plenty of great suggestions that would really bring things in. How about trying something different? Mono On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Brian J Mingus wrote: > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Przykuta wrote: > > > > > > > Hmm. We need

Re: [Foundation-l] Paid editing comes of age

I've signed up, for the heck of it - I wonder how big of a scam it is. On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 4:01 PM, John Vandenberg wrote: > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:53 AM, masti wrote: > > On 11/18/2010 12:30 PM, wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk wrote: > >> Any one signed up yet? > >> http://www.ereleases.com

Re: [Foundation-l] No, even a couple of Google ads on each page would be a fatally bad idea

C'mon - we've been promising "no ads" for as long as anyone can remember. People have given their money because of it... On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Fred Bauder wrote: > > > An interesting idea would be a standalone static copy of > > wikipedia that really tried their utmost to make the prod