Re: [Foundation-l] FlaggedRevs on Hungarian Wikipedia still not working

2009-09-06 Thread Birgitte SB
I checked on it today and saw that this bug is marked resolved. Tisza, is it working to hu.WP's satisfaction now? Birgitte SB --- On Fri, 8/28/09, Tisza Gergő wrote: > From: Tisza Gergő > Subject: [Foundation-l] FlaggedRevs on Hungarian Wikipedia still not working > To

Re: [Foundation-l] Use of moderation

2009-09-08 Thread Birgitte SB
t on to the list. So he has been left blindly guess what they might find appropriate enough to send through. Whether it might be his tone (which I found so problematic), or the subject, or perhaps even the position taken on a subject. Moderation can be useful tool, when those who cross the lines are given adequate information on what we find acceptable and how we expect them to change. It is an inappropriate tool to use to suppress anyone's contributions without explanation and requires better communication than has happened here. Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Moderate this list

2009-09-11 Thread Birgitte SB
f this is not equally spread across cultures. So it hurts our outreach and it hurts our general purpose because we end up hearing thoughts from a much less diverse group than we might. Two examples of the tone I find to be such a problem http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2009-

Re: [Foundation-l] Announce: Brion moving to StatusNet

2009-09-28 Thread Birgitte SB
o Wikimedia will be a hard act to follow. I hope I will still see you around here (foundation-l). Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Charity Navigator rates WMF

2009-10-09 Thread Birgitte SB
er in the past we found out it was standard to count these areas as "admin" in such evaluations even though such things are an integral part of the WMF program. I don't think the past discussion was specifically about Charity Navigator. So do we know how they are categorizing these

[Foundation-l] The state of Foundation-l (again) was: Recent firing?

2009-11-03 Thread Birgitte SB
luded more than just those participants similar to yourselves, Wikimedia will be sorrier for it. On a personal note, last week I have gone to having the responsibilities of three people jobs, instead of only those two I have been handling for most of

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

2010-06-07 Thread Birgitte SB
ng > silly). Bear in mind that only 0.55 % of the world > population are > sensitive about lyncing. That post can only being seen as an example of "agressive disrespect of other cultures" by people who think happening to be born in the USA is an agressive disrespect of other

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

2010-06-10 Thread Birgitte SB
and developers (both staff and volunteer). Although I don't think I would describe it as "the customer is always right"; technical vetos by developers are common. The suggestion here is to eliminate the barriers between two groups of developers. There will always be some kind of barrier between the largely non-technical community and developers. There are a alot of rough edges to that customer-vendor relationship, but the volunteer developers have had alot of experience with the pitfalls there and can help staff developers navigate them. Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikisource and PGDP

2010-06-24 Thread Birgitte SB
art from scratch with a file we can more easily put through the Proofread Page extention. Their more rigid structure makes edition verification after release unnecessary for them, but it is very important for us since our structure is so open. It is difficult to see how we might help one another given s

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

2010-06-24 Thread Birgitte SB
your ability to work on content. I would advise this group that as exciting as having their own Wikipedia must sound, they might be more successful as a project within de.WP or de.WB And even if they are dead-set on an independent w

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

2010-06-25 Thread Birgitte SB
trong labeling of the goals and make-up of this group wishing to work on a Medical Encyclopedia for Children really needs to be supported by some evidence. Especially as I don't believe they are participating in this conversation and therefore unable to clarify. I am afraid I don'

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

2010-06-25 Thread Birgitte SB
10 at 8:59 PM, > Milos Rancic > wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 8:41 PM, Birgitte SB > wrote: > >> Such strong labeling of the goals and make-up of > this group wishing to work on a Medical Encyclopedia for > Children really needs to be supported by some evid

Re: [Foundation-l] Self-determination of language versions in questions of skin?

2010-06-29 Thread Birgitte SB
king only of what the de.WP community wants. Self-governance is the only option for running the wikis, but it will only serve the mission of WMF if they can each remember to govern themselves as an individual collaborator in a larger project. Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] 2010-11 Annual Plan Now Posted to FoundationWebsite

2010-06-30 Thread Birgitte SB
, it would be nice if they could highlight some other things that secure what has already been accomplished. The endowment is not about just about funding, I think it is probably also symbolic of endurance to many people. There is a worry about the content remaining available in the long term. If th

Re: [Foundation-l] 2010-11 Annual Plan Now Posted to FoundationWebsite

2010-07-01 Thread Birgitte SB
is harmful to the WMF. If the WMF is often an outside party to the volunteers for all practical purposes, at least is an outside party well aligned with goals of the volunteers. And if that ever fails to be true it is not the volunteers tha

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

2010-07-14 Thread Birgitte SB
tter than human. Given a large enough sample, people will do what they do; what they have always done. It shouldn't be controversial to ask for a system to be put in place to mitigate the harm from people behaving in such a reliably predictable fashion as becoming corrupted by money or power.

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy concerns

2011-07-12 Thread Birgitte SB
race, identification numbers, etc. is only seen by the notary who puts a seal on the document to verify that the signature was made by the person with that name. Birgitte SB - Original Message > From: Lodewijk > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List > Cc: r...@slmr.com > Sent: Mon, J

Re: [Foundation-l] roadmap for WM affiliation ; a name for self-identified affiliation

2011-07-15 Thread Birgitte SB
GLAM organizations that want to affiliate with the movement. Some is needed more along the lines of "Dedicated to Emancipating Culture - we are committed the licensing all internally owned copyrights under [favorite free license] and to forthrightly advertising the most accurat

Re: [Foundation-l] roadmap for WM affiliation ; a name for self-identified affiliation

2011-07-15 Thread Birgitte SB
- Original Message > From: Nathan > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List > Sent: Fri, July 15, 2011 2:07:33 PM > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] roadmap for WM affiliation ; a name for >self-identified affiliation > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 2:27 PM

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters

2011-08-09 Thread Birgitte SB
- Original Message - > From: Yaroslav M. Blanter > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 10:48 AM > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters > >> It is true however that many chapters do important work for the local >> projects, and serve their lo

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters

2011-08-11 Thread Birgitte SB
> >From: Jimmy Wales >To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List >Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 7:49 AM >Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters > >On 8/10/11 7:22 PM, birgitte...@yahoo.com wrote: >>  As for the rest I encourage you to exercise your >> moral duty by

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters

2011-08-12 Thread Birgitte SB
> >rom: phoebe ayers >To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List >Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 8:13 AM >Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters > >On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Michael Snow wrote: > >> On 8/11/2011 7:08 PM, phoebe ayers wrote: >> > Anyway, thanks

Re: [Foundation-l] Board resolutions (chapters)

2009-01-20 Thread Birgitte SB
as an article on Freemasonary, the "lodges" within that are should very similar to use of chapters of a greek letter society as that was all modeled on freemasonary. I don't if there is a general concept in German for the way "lodge" is used in Freemasaonary, but

Re: [Foundation-l] FW: [Wikinews-l] Increased incivility at wikinews [en]

2009-02-05 Thread Birgitte SB
ow consistently higher standards, then I think that extreme cases will improve also. That sort of approach should be more successful than making blocks stick for the extreme cases. Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Report a problem link

2009-03-02 Thread Birgitte SB
ave a banner on that page saying "If you have a problem with information about yourself that is on Wikipedia report it here." And send it to a specific email address. Birgitte SB --- On Mon, 3/2/09, Robert Rohde wrote: > From: Robert Rohde > Subject: [Foundation-l] Re

Re: [Foundation-l] Request for your input: biographies of living people

2009-03-03 Thread Birgitte SB
t be any different because it was requested. It will only lead to false hopes and greater disappointment if we have a special rule for "per request". Personally I support defaulting to delete on all BLPs 3) I disagree with the notion that other Wikipedias should shift t

Re: [Foundation-l] Request for your input: biographies of living people

2009-03-03 Thread Birgitte SB
r not a thread has been resolved. I frankly don't do much work in this area, but I occasionally stumble across something and report it there. The lack of feedback about whether the issue I reported was significant is discouraging. I imagine casual reporters who do not see the issue

Re: [Foundation-l] Biographies of Living People: a quick interim update

2009-03-10 Thread Birgitte SB
ce if they have a chance being deleted. And if they are obvious cases where they will be kept, simply tell the person we don't delete on request. Putting these articles at AfD with a note that the subject requested deletion is going to make things worse most of the time. It will attract people to the discussion who are interested in putting on a show for the announced audience and who would not show up at a basic AfD. I don't think listing an AfD as a subject request will change the overall result of the discussion, but just make the path to that result more difficult for the subject. Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Pissed off at en:Wikisource

2009-03-11 Thread Birgitte SB
a RFC on Meta for anything remotely like this situation. And I would say that if were regarding any wiki (I am sure I have said that for similar situations on other wikis in the past). The wikis are autonomous on these issues. If someone has reason why en.WS adminship rules are incompatible

Re: [Foundation-l] Pissed off at en:Wikisource

2009-03-12 Thread Birgitte SB
--- On Thu, 3/12/09, Ray Saintonge wrote: > From: Ray Saintonge > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Pissed off at en:Wikisource > To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" > Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 3:03 AM > Birgitte SB wrote: > > Sorry but there is no r

Re: [Foundation-l] Licensing transition: opposing points of view

2009-03-23 Thread Birgitte SB
ys been reasonable attribution as Erik's arguments describe. But from the license migration forward, we are offering greater flexibility in attribution options in order to be to be more compatible with free content developed externally. Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Licensing transition: opposing points of view

2009-03-23 Thread Birgitte SB
this as pro-transition vs anti-transition is misleading. It really is more a matter of the transition forcing to light all sorts of issues we did not spend time thinking on before even though they existed. The arguments that are anti-transition

Re: [Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Flagged revs poll take 2

2009-03-31 Thread Birgitte SB
nting a > proposal for quite significant change on the English > Wikipedia based on a > poll with only 320 participants. > I am afraid this one is serious. Asking Foundation staff to overrule a community decision is not going find support

Re: [Foundation-l] Non-free content on Commons

2009-03-31 Thread Birgitte SB
e to spare the rest of us on Dec 28. Follow David's example and ignore those who actually choose to waste your time and spare the rest of us your stereotyped rant. Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Non-free content on Commons

2009-04-01 Thread Birgitte SB
--- On Wed, 4/1/09, Marcus Buck wrote: > From: Marcus Buck > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Non-free content on Commons > To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" > Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 10:16 AM > Birgitte SB hett schreven: > > Right, it obviousl

Re: [Foundation-l] Court: Congress can't put public domain back into copyright

2009-04-06 Thread Birgitte SB
hose wanting the rest of the story: > http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/court-congress-cant-put-public-domain-back-into-copyright.ars > While this is definitely encouraging news, we might want to hold off on changing our evaluation of URAA restoration

Re: [Foundation-l] Court: Congress can't put public domain back into copyright

2009-04-06 Thread Birgitte SB
hose wanting the rest of the story: > http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/court-congress-cant-put-public-domain-back-into-copyright.ars > While this is definitely encouraging news, we might want to hold off on changing our evaluation of URAA restoration

Re: [Foundation-l] Court: Congress can't put public domain back into copyright

2009-04-06 Thread Birgitte SB
--- On Mon, 4/6/09, Andrew Gray wrote: > From: Andrew Gray > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Court: Congress can't put public domain back into > copyright > To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" > Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 12:39 PM > 2009/4/6 Birg

Re: [Foundation-l] Compulsory policies for all Wikipedias

2009-04-09 Thread Birgitte SB
> local > community. I don't think this is a common thing, but maybe > it worth > thinking about this now rather when we face this problem. > Those are not situations which would be covered by any Compulsory policy across projects. Community governance does depend only on

Re: [Foundation-l] Problems with the new license TOS

2009-04-14 Thread Birgitte SB
to use something like: http://markmail.org/search/?q=cc-by-sa#query:cc-by-sa%20list%3Aorg.wikimedia.lists.foundation-l+page:1+state:facets Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Foundation policy on linking to website that violates copyright

2009-04-14 Thread Birgitte SB
cases and always following the law is easier for the entire community to accept without fracturing. But those are my personal thoughts. You probably won't get an actual straight answer here. Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Problems with the new license TOS

2009-04-17 Thread Birgitte SB
al to me. I cannot agree that vote for a change in licensing can be interpreted as support for the current attribution model. It only means you believe the change in licensing is a net benefit over no change. Birgitte SB ___ foundat

Re: [Foundation-l] Principle and pragmatism with nudity and sexual content

2009-04-20 Thread Birgitte SB
I second this. Does anyone really believe it is even possible to set one standard of what it means to be 'collegial' and 'collaborative' for all cultures? These things are not absolute values and each community needs to work out what standards are most pragmatic

Re: [Foundation-l] NPOV as common value? (was Re: Board statement regarding biographies of living people)

2009-04-22 Thread Birgitte SB
w NPOV is defined; it simply doesn't hold up for other projects. The real value behind this issue if the "sum of all human knowledge". Bias in the form that excludes other information or interpretations is taboo, yet bias itself is not excluded. Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Moderation? (was: Board statement regarding biographies of living people)

2009-04-22 Thread Birgitte SB
Are all your emails showing up at http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2009-April/author.html Birgitte SB --- On Wed, 4/22/09, Gregory Kohs wrote: > From: Gregory Kohs > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of living > people > To:

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is not the Karma Sutra, was Re: commons and freely licensed sexual imagery

2009-05-14 Thread Birgitte SB
ould be better focused making all of our content better suited for re-usability by different tastes and then letting third-party work out exactly which tastes need to be targeted. Rather than creating a mirror ourselves for "No Nudity" and leaving the whatever existing stumbling blocks are in place for general re-purposing of the content. Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is not the Karma Sutra, was Re: commons and freely licensed sexual imagery

2009-05-15 Thread Birgitte SB
rious different things unacceptable? Birgitte SB --- On Thu, 5/14/09, Aryeh Gregor wrote: > From: Aryeh Gregor > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is not the Karma Sutra, was Re: commons > and freely licensed sexual imagery > To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" >

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is not censored (was Wikipedia is not the Karma Sutra, was Re: commons and freely licensed sexual imagery

2009-05-15 Thread Birgitte SB
sults. In fact the next thread that PM starts about a particular image that is *an example of a problem* rather than a thread about a proposal to address a problem is going to put him on my personal ignore list. Because I am finding the unproductive sensationalist approach very annoying. List traffic is not predictive of results. It might even be inversely related, after a certain level. Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is not the Kama Sutra, was Re: commons and freely licensed sexual imagery

2009-05-15 Thread Birgitte SB
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 9:33 AM, > Birgitte SB > wrote: > > Your really didn't address my question.  Why do you > think WMF resources are best used to create and support a > mirror for people who are disgusted by sexuality rather than > making easier for third-parties to c

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is not censored (was Wikipedia is not the Karma Sutra, was Re: commons and freely licensed sexual imagery

2009-05-15 Thread Birgitte SB
ay, May 15, 2009, 1:46 PM > On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 1:44 PM, > Birgitte SB > wrote: > > I think this email really shows a misunderstanding of > "Wikipedia is not censored" is about; so I am starting a new > thread to discuss the issue. > > Well, for my p

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is not the Kama Sutra, was Re: commons and freely licensed sexual imagery

2009-05-15 Thread Birgitte SB
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 2:40 PM, > Birgitte SB > wrote: > > Well you now snipped it all, but someone suggested > creating mirror under a different domain name for schools. >  I replied to that saying how I thought resources were best > spent.  Then you replied to me. > > &

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is not censored (was Wikipedia is not the Karma Sutra, was Re: commons and freely licensed sexual imagery

2009-05-15 Thread Birgitte SB
--- On Fri, 5/15/09, Birgitte SB wrote: > From: Birgitte SB > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is not censored (was Wikipedia is not > the Karma Sutra, was Re: commons and freely licensed sexual imagery > To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" > Date: Frid

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is not censored (was Wikipedia is not the Karma Sutra, was Re: commons and freely licensed sexual imagery

2009-05-17 Thread Birgitte SB
tstantly changed. If we advertise that we have such a feature and people sign-up for it and it is only 80% effective, we may suffer more loss of goodwill then if we don't offer a "safe" option at all. Passively not meeting people's expectations

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposals re : sexual content on wikimedia

2009-05-22 Thread Birgitte SB
7;t talk about them publicly. That is your best chance to actually move forward on anything. It still takes months, but you really don't have a hope of getting people to help you until focus on one thing of a manageable size. Birgitte SB __

Re: [Foundation-l] Licensing resolution

2009-05-25 Thread Birgitte SB
he language you're talking about :) > en.WS is like commons. I imagine most WS are. The editors are not the copyright holders 95% of the time there, so the license is not up to them. The background stuff on the site and any notes written by editors to introduce the texts, will be re

Re: [Foundation-l] Donation Button Enhancement : Part 2

2009-07-21 Thread Birgitte SB
ey beat out the no message option by 10 to 1. Why can't we test messages that are actually clear and honest? Wikipedia will still be free for everyone if not a single further donation is ever made. Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l maili

Re: [Foundation-l] Dispute resolution mailing list

2009-07-24 Thread Birgitte SB
d what issues belong on this list. Why I have two . . . or now I should say three people on ignore for that reason alone. It saves a great deal of argument. Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Policy Interlingual Coordinationn - WP:NOT

2009-08-06 Thread Birgitte SB
in here they are often properly informed that it is a local matter and that the each wiki is self-governing. Frankly the autonomy of the wikis is hardly a choice, if you honestly consider the logistics of it. Birgitte SB ___ f

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Policy Interlingual Coordinationn - WP:NOT

2009-08-07 Thread Birgitte SB
There are always extreme situations that merit exceptional treatment. ja.WP, however, has a great deal more than 3 active users. Birgitte SB --- On Thu, 8/6/09, Mark Williamson wrote: > From: Mark Williamson > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Policy Interlingual Coordin

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Policy Interlingual Coordinationn - WP:NOT

2009-08-07 Thread Birgitte SB
know, etc. It is very touchy situation that leans towards misunderstandings even when everyone speaks the same language. Birgitte SB --- On Fri, 8/7/09, Mark Williamson wrote: > From: Mark Williamson > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Policy Interlingual Coordinationn - &g

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Policy Interlingual Coordinationn - WP:NOT

2009-08-10 Thread Birgitte SB
--- On Sat, 8/8/09, Ray Saintonge wrote: > From: Ray Saintonge > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Policy Interlingual Coordinationn - > WP:NOT > To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" > Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009, 1:31 AM > Birgitte SB wrote: > >

Re: [Foundation-l] Omidyar Network Commits $2 Million Grant to Wikimedia Foundation

2009-08-26 Thread Birgitte SB
have been able to share is experience with WMF throughout this year instead of just this short interm. This of course did not happen, but it should not seen a fault of Matt's that it was not the case. Birgitte SB --- On Wed, 8/26/09, Ting Chen wrote: > From: Ting Chen

Re: [Foundation-l] Omidyar Network Commits $2 Million Grant to Wikimedia Foundation

2009-08-27 Thread Birgitte SB
ould be to share informations before the official > report and > to work closely with local chapters ; but this is a more > wide problem > and slightly out-of-the-scope of this thread. > I don't completely understand what you are talking about here. What is the "american way" ? And what do you mean by "pedagogic"? Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] FlaggedRevs on Hungarian Wikipedia still not working

2009-08-28 Thread Birgitte SB
WP projects must be in WMF projects. Then hu.WP will find real answers and solutions. Or at least, they will find answers and solutions as well as anyone does. Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] FlaggedRevs on Hungarian Wikipedia still not working

2009-08-29 Thread Birgitte SB
--- On Sat, 8/29/09, Marcus Buck wrote: > From: Marcus Buck > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] FlaggedRevs on Hungarian Wikipedia still not > working > To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" > Date: Saturday, August 29, 2009, 4:36 AM > Birgitte SB hett schreven: &

Re: [Foundation-l] moderate this list

2009-08-29 Thread Birgitte SB
for a month how much he will continue to post. I understand why people want moderation, but I don't think it is practical. However, filters solve a majority of the problem. The biggest help would be people resisting the urge to reply when someone is obviously looking for a de

Re: [Foundation-l] Universal Library

2009-09-03 Thread Birgitte SB
ncies between your experiences. Birgitte SB --- On Thu, 9/3/09, David Goodman wrote: > From: David Goodman > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Universal Library > To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" > Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 2:19 PM > I have been re-reading t

Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011

2010-08-11 Thread Birgitte SB
over the executions of LBGT Egytians - People suggested Wikimania never be held in a country where LBGT folks are persecuted These issues are not really good arguments for never having Wikimania in certain countries. They are good arguments for rotating Wikimania amoung a large variety of diffe

[Foundation-l] How far off-topic can a thread go Was: Has Wikipedia changed since 2005?

2010-09-15 Thread Birgitte SB
Obviously the original e-mail belonged on wiki-en-l and was off-topic for foundation-l. But I can't understand why so many different people think it is a good idea to respond to off-topic posts in kind. Please stop participating in the off-topic contests. Birgitte SB --- On Tue, 9/

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

2010-09-28 Thread Birgitte SB
Especially as it isn't really necessary for them to be involved in achieving a negative result. Birgitte SB --- On Tue, 9/28/10, Erik Moeller wrote: > From: Erik Moeller > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Pending Changes development update: September 27 > To: "Wikimedia Founda

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

2010-09-28 Thread Birgitte SB
--- On Tue, 9/28/10, Risker wrote: > From: Risker > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Pending Changes development update: September 27 > To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" > Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 5:22 PM > On 28 September 2010 18:10, Birgitte > SB &g

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Help Beat Jimmy! (The appeal, that is....)

2010-10-12 Thread Birgitte SB
Not cutting off other forums. Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Greg Kohs and Peter Damian

2010-10-17 Thread Birgitte SB
afest that will occur in the near future when someone who has not been labeled as evil begins grappling with them. The foundation-l forum obviously has a broader population than wherever the adminstrators extensively discuss these things and none are mind reader

Re: [Foundation-l] Greg Kohs and Peter Damian

2010-10-19 Thread Birgitte SB
of gut-shot that hasn't been thought through. Moderate more people based on real criteria, rather than how you feel about them. Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] should not web server logs (of requests) be published?

2010-11-30 Thread Birgitte SB
be banned, but it is clear that trolling and personal attacks do not bring about moderation. Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] should not web server logs (of requests) be published?

2010-11-30 Thread Birgitte SB
r him. Your recent postings have definitely been foolish. You seem to be going out of the way to misinterpret everyone's words in the worst possible light. Why should you assume the phrase donor is meant to be restricted to monetary donations? Why must you approach responses that are

Re: [Foundation-l] Moderation (was: should not web server logs (of requests) be published?)

2010-11-30 Thread Birgitte SB
It would be really nice if the percentage of provocative messages could be lowered and I intend to try do my part in that. Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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

2010-12-10 Thread Birgitte SB
- Original Message > From: "wjhon...@aol.com" > To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 10:35:07 AM > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Wiki[p/m]edia > > In a message dated 12/10/2010 6:52:05 AM Pacific Standard Time, > zvand...@googlemail.com writes: > > > >

Re: [Foundation-l] About WM private policy

2010-12-25 Thread Birgitte SB
hows above this practice began as a reaction to the failure to protect Living Persons from defamation which happens to be one of the few types of failures which cannot be tolerated. If it does in fact turn out to be overreaction, I imagine it will be adjusted sooner or later. There are

Re: [Foundation-l] Template Overkill

2010-12-29 Thread Birgitte SB
What  project are you speaking of?  At en.WS the entire navigation structure of how to move between Chapters within a book is encoded in templates.  I can't imagine how they could be scapped. Birgitte SB - Original Message > From: "wjhon...@aol.com"

Re: [Foundation-l] Template Overkill

2010-12-30 Thread Birgitte SB
of > > how to move between Chapters within a book is encoded in templates.  I > > can't > > imagine how they could be scapped. > > > > Birgitte SB > > > > [[Moby Dick, chapter 2]] might work. > > Fred Bauder No it wouldn't.  You migh

Re: [Foundation-l] Template Overkill

2010-12-30 Thread Birgitte SB
that is not even started instead of making the project actually work with templates? Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Questions about new Fellow

2011-01-21 Thread Birgitte SB
n the past? Are you concerned that the work being done as part of the fellowship is not useful? Or do do you think the fellowship itself turned out decently, but are concerned that your input was not solicited when it was in the proposal stage? After reading all your questions which seem to

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

2011-02-04 Thread Birgitte SB
of the Wikimedia community and it's ability to integrate newcomers as to prefer ignorance. Birgitte SB ___ 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 Birgitte SB
But people can personally try to become gossip black-holes and/or work to shift the substance of the gossip to the appropriate channel. And WMF staff can certainly encourage the advertising of issues through more valid (i.e. any other) channels. At the very least, they should refrain from op

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

2011-02-17 Thread Birgitte SB
ommunities when the communities finally learn to stop operating in the manner they have always operated in. Comments like earlier ones that "staff may just stopping posting on foundation-l if you guys aren't nicer" miss the point. That would be WMF's loss much

Re: [Foundation-l] Huge soapbox on foudantion-l tl; dr at bottom (was: Criticism of employees (was VPAT)

2011-02-17 Thread Birgitte SB
in through the process can refused by WMF. If that process is that everyone has three weeks to privately email Sue Gardner their thoughts on five different proposals and then she sits down on Friday morning with her notes and picks and announces whichever proposal she j

Re: [Foundation-l] Huge soapbox on foudantion-l tl; dr at bottom (was: Criticism of employees (was VPAT)

2011-02-18 Thread Birgitte SB
ng your name so carelessly (and obviously incorrectly). As they say "competence will excuse almost anything", but even if it had been accurate I would still have been wrong to be so careless. Sorry Birgitte SB ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Licenses' biodiversity : my big disagreement with the Wikimedia usability initiative's software specifications

2011-02-22 Thread Birgitte SB
en by people with narrow interests and sometimes based on ancient traditions that translate poorly into our modern world. It is not in any way universal. Not internationally speaking. Not over time. Not across mediums. Birgitte SB - Original Message > From: Lodewijk > To: Wikimedia

Re: [Foundation-l] Licenses' biodiversity : my big disagreement with the Wikimedia usability initiative's software specifications

2011-02-24 Thread Birgitte SB
well as we can realistically hope for. Birgitte SB - Original Message > From: Lodewijk > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List > Sent: Wed, February 23, 2011 7:10:44 AM > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Licenses' biodiversity : my big disagreement with >the Wikime

[Foundation-l] Genisis of WMF Identification policy?

2011-02-24 Thread Birgitte SB
WMF will require them to become a subject of the Identification Resolution? As new tools are developed, who will be responsible for keeping track of their existence and seeing that it is determined whether or not those who will be given access to them will need to become a subject of the Identification

Re: [Foundation-l] Genisis of WMF Identification policy?

2011-02-26 Thread Birgitte SB
From: Lodewijk To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Cc: Birgitte SB Sent: Fri, February 25, 2011 3:51:50 PM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Genisis of WMF Identification policy? It should be clear and transparant why the WMF is collecting this information

Re: [Foundation-l] Genisis of WMF Identification policy?

2011-02-27 Thread Birgitte SB
From: THURNER rupert To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Sent: Sat, February 26, 2011 7:48:36 PM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Genisis of WMF Identification policy? On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 23:58, Birgitte SB wrote: > >

Re: [Foundation-l] Genisis of WMF Identification policy?

2011-02-27 Thread Birgitte SB
From: David Gerard To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Sent: Sat, February 26, 2011 9:55:48 PM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Genisis of WMF Identification policy? On 26 February 2011 22:58, Birgitte SB wrote: I think we really need the actual threat and

Re: [Foundation-l] Moral rights

2011-02-27 Thread Birgitte SB
personally vigilant regarding those who might try to restrict the descendants of our collected content from others. What is it that you want to do? Birgitte SB From: Teofilo To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Sun, February 27, 2011 11:02:15 AM Subject

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

2011-03-01 Thread Birgitte SB
ly for vague jobs, and everyone wins because good hiring is all about fit. Narrow and well-settled duties = detailed description of opening. Wide-ranging and uncertain duties = ambiguous description of opening. Birgitte SB ___ 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 Birgitte SB
From: Birgitte SB To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Sent: Tue, March 1, 2011 4:46:10 PM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia "Storyteller" job opening From: MZMcBride To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing

Re: [Foundation-l] Moral rights

2011-03-04 Thread Birgitte SB
- Original Message > From: Teofilo > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List > Sent: Fri, March 4, 2011 5:05:11 AM > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Moral rights > > 2011/2/27 Birgitte SB : > > No one wants to attack French moral rights, or the attack the

Re: [Foundation-l] 2006-2011: Mexican, Argentinian, Brazilian governments distance themselves from freedomdefined 1.0

2011-03-07 Thread Birgitte SB
gt; ensure accuracy, or is there a more insidious reasoning. ND also rules out translations Birgitte SB ___ 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

2011-03-08 Thread Birgitte SB
ant improvement in the process. The recent effort was neither poor, nor was it ideal. It was a very nice step forward, which is right about where I believe we all should set our expectations. I find the whole "it was practically perfect" vs. "it was in opposition to ou

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