2012/1/16 David Gerard
> On 16 January 2012 20:21, emijrp wrote:
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> > But I know what I have to do the next time I see a dangerous cultural
> > situation that need help. I won't give a damn.
>
>
> If you post about it in a manner that doesn't come across like an
> abusive idiot, you may get fur
On 16 January 2012 20:21, emijrp wrote:
> But I know what I have to do the next time I see a dangerous cultural
> situation that need help. I won't give a damn.
If you post about it in a manner that doesn't come across like an
abusive idiot, you may get further. It's worth a try!!
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2012/1/16 David Gerard
> On 16 January 2012 18:40, emijrp wrote:
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> > If I write that post, I will post it on my blog. Making WMF work is not
> my
> > interest. My interest is to remark the biased behaviour of them and post
> > some suggestions.
>
>
> Handy hint for the future: this is voluntee
On 16 January 2012 18:40, emijrp wrote:
> If I write that post, I will post it on my blog. Making WMF work is not my
> interest. My interest is to remark the biased behaviour of them and post
> some suggestions.
Handy hint for the future: this is volunteer land. If you really want
something to
2012/1/16 David Gerard
> On 16 January 2012 17:31, emijrp wrote:
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> > WMF reply to this thread
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Field_cricket_Gryllus_pennsylvanicus.ogg
> > Step 1 was not taken yet.
>
>
> As I noted, you want it to happen, you would be the person to write the
> post.
>
>
On 16 January 2012 17:31, emijrp wrote:
> WMF reply to this thread
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Field_cricket_Gryllus_pennsylvanicus.ogg
> Step 1 was not taken yet.
As I noted, you want it to happen, you would be the person to write the post.
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2012/1/7 emijrp
> 2012/1/7 David Gerard
>
>> On 7 January 2012 20:12, emijrp wrote:
>>
>> > The Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina holds 400,000 artifacts.
>> > Any National Cultural Institution closing is a disaster.
>>
>> Yes, it is. So what's the game plan?
>>
>>
> I'm not sure. If
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 10:23, David Gerard wrote:
> On 8 January 2012 09:09, Milos Rancic wrote:
>> Structural help is not Wikimedia's task [yet]. There are a lot of
>> other institutions which could give them money for daily operations or
>> artifacts preservation and not require from them knowl
2012/1/8 David Gerard :
>
> So it sounds like the first thing we (in this case, local Wikipedians)
> should do is approach them and say "We don't have money, but is there
> anything else we can positively help with? What's the programme?"
It's not so simple - you might very well find that there is
On 8 January 2012 09:09, Milos Rancic wrote:
> Structural help is not Wikimedia's task [yet]. There are a lot of
> other institutions which could give them money for daily operations or
> artifacts preservation and not require from them knowledge liberation.
> In other words, it's presently bette
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 02:42, Craig Franklin wrote:
> I might just be a crypto-American chauvinist (and really, that sort of
> inflammatory message is completely unnecessary on this list), so I
> apologise for any ignorance on the situation, but would Wikimedia
> Serbia really be the best organisa
On 7 January 2012 20:12, emijrp wrote:
> I'm not implying that you are American. I'm just saying that you are an
> ignorant chauvinist.
Oh no nothing so nice I'm afraid. I'm a person who takes a genuinely
internationalist view.
> The Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina holds 400,000 art
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> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:25:33 +0400
> From: "Yaroslav M. Blanter"
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Bosnia's Top Cultural Institutions
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On 7 January 2012 21:30, David Gerard wrote:
> You realise that having raised it, you're the volunteer who gets to do
> the coordination and heavy lifting ;-)
>
> Are there any nearby local Wikimedia chapters/groups or similar groups
> (CC, librarians, etc) reading this who can help?
Wikimedia Se
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 00:36, Kevin Gorman wrote:
> Although the problem has not been solved, it appears that it has at least
> been staved off:
> http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9S3I7DO1.htm
Obviously, cultural institutions are in bad situation and not just in
Bosnia, but in the wh
Although the problem has not been solved, it appears that it has at least
been staved off:
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9S3I7DO1.htm
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On 7 January 2012 21:13, emijrp wrote:
> I'm not sure. If the WMF goals are to collect/preserve/disseminate
> educational content, they can start with the holdings in endangered
> cultural institutions. It is not my work, but some suggestions, from low to
> high involvement:
> * blog post exposin
On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 22:13:58 +0100, emijrp wrote:
> 2012/1/7 David Gerard
>
>> On 7 January 2012 20:12, emijrp wrote:
>>
>> > The Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina holds 400,000
>> > artifacts.
>> > Any National Cultural Institution closing is a disaster.
>>
>> Yes, it is. So what's th
2012/1/7 David Gerard
> On 7 January 2012 20:12, emijrp wrote:
>
> > The Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina holds 400,000 artifacts.
> > Any National Cultural Institution closing is a disaster.
>
> Yes, it is. So what's the game plan?
>
>
I'm not sure. If the WMF goals are to collect/pr
Thanks Kevin :) Yes, I am a professional librarian who follows such
things (and listens to NPR!) and I somehow missed this story. I don't
think it is a well known or reported on event. Thank you for bringing
it to everyone's attention, it sounds like a tragedy. Following David,
if anyone has sugges
The WMF isn't telepathic, at least to the best of my knowledge. Before you
sent this did you have any reason to believe that the WMF was already aware
of the situation and its significance? If not - this email chain probably
would have been more likely to be productive if your first email was
jus
On 7 January 2012 20:12, emijrp wrote:
> The Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina holds 400,000 artifacts.
> Any National Cultural Institution closing is a disaster.
Yes, it is. So what's the game plan?
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On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 9:12 PM, emijrp wrote:
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> I'm not implying that you are American. I'm just saying that you are an
> ignorant chauvinist.
And there ends my subscription to Foundation-L.
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2012/1/7 geni
> On 7 January 2012 16:53, emijrp wrote:
> > It is sure that LOC is in the top priorities for Americans, and the BNL
> for
> > Serbians, don't you think so? Thanks for showing your patent chauvinism.
>
> Never ever imply that I am American again.
>
I'm not implying that you are Am
I'm struggling to see *why* people are arguing over whose cultural
institution is larger/more important than the other's.
Surely the point, as Yaroslav suggests, is to see how the WMF might be able
to get involved ?
Alex
2012/1/7 Strainu
> 2012/1/7 geni :
> >> We can't say we care about all
On 7 January 2012 16:53, emijrp wrote:
> It is sure that LOC is in the top priorities for Americans, and the BNL for
> Serbians, don't you think so? Thanks for showing your patent chauvinism.
> Funding disputes can be sorted out in the same fashion SOPA disputes, if
> agents work to solve them an
2012/1/7 geni :
>> We can't say we care about all human knowledge when we give priority to
>> cases depending on our birthplace.
>
> Yes and I'm British. The reality is that museums and libraries close
> all the time for various reasons. There isn't much we can do about it.
>
> The National and Uni
> Yes and I'm British. The reality is that museums and libraries close
> all the time for various reasons. There isn't much we can do about it.
>
Well, just in this case a GLAM/GLAM-like initiative could help enormously,
taking the museum expositions online. The problem is that AFAIR we do not
ha
On 7 January 2012 16:53, emijrp wrote:
> It is sure that LOC is in the top priorities for Americans, and the BNL for
> Serbians, don't you think so? Thanks for showing your patent chauvinism.
Never ever imply that I am American again.
> Funding disputes can be sorted out in the same fashion SOPA
It is sure that LOC is in the top priorities for Americans, and the BNL for
Serbians, don't you think so? Thanks for showing your patent chauvinism.
Funding disputes can be sorted out in the same fashion SOPA disputes, if
agents work to solve them and show interest.
We can't say we care about all
On 7 January 2012 13:01, emijrp wrote:
> Dear all;
>
> Bosnia's top cultural institutions[1] (National Museum, Historical Museum,
> National Gallery) and the National Library which was burnt in 1992, are
> closing their doors for funding disputes.
>
> This is a disaster for the spreading of human
Dear all;
Bosnia's top cultural institutions[1] (National Museum, Historical Museum,
National Gallery) and the National Library which was burnt in 1992, are
closing their doors for funding disputes.
This is a disaster for the spreading of human knowledge, and I don't see
any blog post in the Wiki
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