Re: [Foundation-l] The 'Undue Weight' of Truth on Wikipedia (from the Chronicle) + some citation discussions

2012-02-19 Thread Sarah
problematic, and it has led, for years, to significant-minority viewpoints being excluded -- on the grounds that the views are not sufficiently well-represented by reliable sources; or that the reliable sources, even if peer-reviewed, belong to the wrong field. Sarah _

Re: [Foundation-l] The 'Undue Weight' of Truth on Wikipedia (from the Chronicle) + some citation discussions

2012-02-22 Thread Sarah
pedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:No_original_research&oldid=478167288#Primary.2C_secondary_and_tertiary_sources Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] The 'Undue Weight' of Truth on Wikipedia (from the Chronicle) + some citation discussions

2012-02-22 Thread Sarah
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Achal Prabhala wrote: > Thank you Tom, and Sarah, for your very helpful explanations - they are > extremely useful. > > There's a discussion on at the reliable sources notice board, for instance, > which highlights some of the interpretiv

Re: [Foundation-l] The 'Undue Weight' of Truth on Wikipedia (from the Chronicle) + some citation discussions

2012-02-23 Thread Sarah
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Achal Prabhala wrote: > > > On Thursday 23 February 2012 12:58 AM, Sarah wrote: >> >> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Achal Prabhala >>  wrote: >>> >>> Thank you Tom, and Sarah, for your very helpful explanations - the

Re: [Foundation-l] Author "Wikimedia Foundation" at Barnes&Nobles shop on Nook

2012-03-05 Thread Sarah
tm=1&usri=marshalsea The byline apart, it's disturbing that someone might be conned into paying $77 for it, when they can download it for free. Sarah On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 6:24 PM, RYU Cheol wrote: > You can find that at this link. > http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wikibooks-w

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: New editor engagement experiments team!

2012-03-24 Thread Sarah
rastic changes all at once. > Does anyone know what kind of experiments we're talking about? Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

[Foundation-l] Pages very slow to load since March 21

2012-03-24 Thread Sarah
getting to the point where it's quite hard to edit. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Pages very slow to load since March 21

2012-03-24 Thread Sarah
On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Erik Moeller wrote: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Sarah wrote: > >> Could someone from the Foundation confirm that they're looking into >> it? It's getting to the point where it's quite hard to edit. > > Tim's inv

Re: [Foundation-l] Pages very slow to load since March 21

2012-03-24 Thread Sarah
igating. > > Erik > -- > Erik Möller > VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation > Erik, I've just tried loading some of the pages I was having problems with. They're loading well, and preview is working well again. Many thanks to everyone who helpe

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

2011-06-10 Thread Sarah
a little-used alternative account of mine, one that's obviously mine from the name. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

2011-06-10 Thread Sarah
en.wiki than in pt.wiki) > _ I also received two invitations to vote, including to a little-used alternative account, one that is obviously mine from the name. This suggests among other things that the minimum voting requirements must be pretty low. Sarah _

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

2011-06-10 Thread Sarah
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:49, phoebe ayers wrote: > Hey Sarah -- the voting requirements are here -- > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2011/en#Requirements > > 300 edits, 20 recent ones -- the requirements were roughly halved from > the last elections. There

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

2011-06-10 Thread Sarah
he software must be sending out multiple invitations to quite a few people. I can't see how it benefits the project to have multiple accounts voting that only need to have made 300 edits and 20 recent ones, and a kind bot that reminds them of all the eligible account names. We

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

2011-06-10 Thread Sarah
> On 10 June 2011 22:19, Sarah wrote: >> I've received two invitations to vote -- also both at the same e-mail >> address -- so all I'd have to do now (if it were a user name that >> didn't make it obvious it was mine) is go somewhere else to vote. And >>

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

2011-06-10 Thread Sarah
f the accounts the software is reminding them of. This is just not a good idea. Sarah > > 2011/6/11, Sarah : >>> On 10 June 2011 22:19, Sarah wrote: >>>> I've received two invitations to vote -- also both at the same e-mail >>>> address -- so all I&#x

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

2011-06-11 Thread Sarah
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 21:03, Marc A. Pelletier wrote: > On 10/06/2011 5:55 PM, Sarah wrote: >> [...] that the software is actively inviting all accounts that meet >> those requirements, it means we're alerting all the socks that they're >> able to vote. The

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections email

2011-06-11 Thread Sarah
Also, looking at the elections e-mail again, it links to a page that, so far as I can see, doesn't tell people where to go to vote, except for those most active on meta. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubs

Re: [Foundation-l] en.wp HACKED?

2011-06-17 Thread Sarah
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 22:08, Chris Lee wrote: > It lasted only a minute. I apologize for the urgent email sent out; wanted > to make sure that it was taken care of What was it that lasted only a minute, Chris? ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation

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

2011-07-27 Thread Sarah
edians of notable primary sources. It would make our articles significantly more interesting and reader-friendly, and would tie in directly with efforts to record oral histories. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Uns

Re: [Foundation-l] Personal Image Filter results announced

2011-09-07 Thread Sarah
ious readers, this kind of thing is obviously very off-putting. So we risk limiting our reach by not dealing with it. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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

2011-09-14 Thread Sarah
ing and editing Wikipedia will appeal to a broader range of people if they are given more personal options over what they see when they first look at a page. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] On Wikinews

2011-09-14 Thread Sarah
ences, etc. It has been discussed a few times, and I know David Shankbone did some good ones, but for some reason it has been limited. Adding some original videos to our articles (adding them to Wikipedia articles, supplied by Wikinews) would be very attractive to readers, I think. Sarah __

Re: [Foundation-l] On Wikinews

2011-09-14 Thread Sarah
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 12:34, Andrew Lih wrote: > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Sarah wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 12:02, Andrew Lih wrote: >>> of Wikipedia principles. Wikis depend on eventualism: given an >>> infinite timeline, pages eventually get bet

Re: [Foundation-l] On Wikinews

2011-09-14 Thread Sarah
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 13:10, Andrew Lih wrote: > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Sarah wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 12:34, Andrew Lih wrote: >>> And, in Wikipedia's crowdsourced way, potentially a re-oriented, >>> mobilized Wikinews could produce in o

Re: [Foundation-l] On Wikinews

2011-09-14 Thread Sarah
here is no inherent POV issue there, so long as we observe NPOV, just as we do with text. Primary sources are already allowed, so long as used descriptively and not interpreted. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org

[Foundation-l] Free Credo Reference accounts for Wikipedians

2011-03-20 Thread Sarah
ome, first served. The list will open on Wednesday, March 23 at 22:00 UTC, and will remain open for seven days. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CREDO Feel free to add your name even if you're lower on the list than the 400th, in case people ahead of you aren't eligible. Go

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

2011-03-27 Thread Sarah
User X, for whatever reason, and become User Y for a while. Did the study do anything to correlate number of accounts with number of people? Sarah ___ 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

2011-03-27 Thread Sarah
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 17:27, Sarah wrote: >> It says: "Between 2005 and 2007, newbies started having real trouble >> successfully joining the Wikimedia community. Before 2005 in the >> English Wikipedia, nearly 40% of new editors would still be active a >> ye

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

2011-03-27 Thread Sarah
't be saying it's the most important issue we face based on that survey alone. Sarah ___ 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 Sarah
he survey is that it highlights the need to attract new editors, based on some doubtful figures, without addressing that experienced editors are becoming disillusioned. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

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

2011-03-28 Thread Sarah
ally written, we'll be astonished by the very small number of people who created, wrote and maintained this project. And every time one of those people leaves, real damage is inflicted on Wikipedia's future. I wish the Foundation would focus on nurturing those people. The differe

Re: [Foundation-l] Vector, a year after

2011-04-01 Thread Sarah
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 09:10, David Gerard wrote: > I've been using it on our work intranet for new wikis. It's gained > unsolicited positive comment. Vector looks nice. > Do we know how many editors still use Monobook? Sarah ___ f

Re: [Foundation-l] Wiki-revolution

2011-04-03 Thread Sarah
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 23:14, Dan Rosenthal wrote: > > On Apr 3, 2011, at 1:02 AM, Virgilio A. P. Machado wrote: > >> intelectual > > > *cough* > > -Dan > I hope the next time I write in Portuguese, the only mistake I make is a typo! :) ___ foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: A lack of newbies that stick

2011-04-03 Thread Sarah
at reason is there to suppose that's meaningful in terms of numbers of people? It can only be the basis of concern if we have reason to attribute meaning to it. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org U

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: A lack of newbies that stick

2011-04-03 Thread Sarah
On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 11:51, Isabell Long wrote: > On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 06:33:32PM +0100, Phil Nash wrote: >> We've not had SUL (Single User Login) for that long, and my impression is >> that this will tend to inflate the number of registered accounts compared >> with the number of active acco

Re: [Foundation-l] Request for moderation of Dan Rosenthal and Andrew Garrett

2011-04-04 Thread Sarah
ment at you, so that part of things was just a misunderstanding. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Request for moderation of Dan Rosenthal and Andrew Garrett

2011-04-05 Thread Sarah
I missed the sarcasm in that. I thought it was a genuine compliment about the intelligent discussion on this list. If it was a personal attack that puts things in a different light. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolution: Openness

2011-04-09 Thread Sarah
ncredibly off-putting to new people too. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolution: Openness

2011-04-09 Thread Sarah
ve their eye teeth to secure for free. And yet we see so little focus on how to stop those volunteers from leaving. My own view is that if we focus on quality, new editors will continue to arrive, because they'll see this as something worth being part of. Sarah

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolution: Openness

2011-04-10 Thread Sarah
it's pretty easy, and I say that as someone with a template phobia. We work on a complex website that caters to lots of different needs and skill levels, so there's a limit to how simple these processes can be made. Sarah ___ foundation-l mail

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolution: Openness

2011-04-10 Thread Sarah
t's that precision of mind that makes the project a success in many ways. But it can go too far. The thing is, you can't turn it on and off as needed. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolution: Openness

2011-04-10 Thread Sarah
editors can choose whichever style they feel comfortable with (so long as they're not changing a pre-existing style). A lot of the problems stem from established editors not following the policies and guidelines -- and not only about sourcing, but everything. We get endless in

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolution: Openness

2011-04-10 Thread Sarah
and. Then we had templates introduced as options. Then the manual options were removed. If you try to open an article RfC manually nowadays, the RfC bot reverts you when you add it to the list. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikime

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolution: Openness

2011-04-10 Thread Sarah
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 16:45, MZMcBride wrote: > Sarah wrote: >> What is the problem with allowing editors to do this kind of thing >> manually -- open AfDs and RfCs, and the like? Why does there always >> have to be a template, just as a matter of interest? > > Well,

Re: [Foundation-l] Plea for candidates: WMF Movement Communications Manager

2011-04-15 Thread Sarah
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 10:36, wrote: > In a message dated 4/5/2011 6:08:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > bnewst...@wikimedia.org writes: >> Another quick note on the Movement Communications Manager posting that we >> are hoping to fill at WMF.  We have a number of applicants, but very, very >> few

Re: [Foundation-l] Plea for candidates: WMF Movement Communications Manager

2011-04-15 Thread Sarah
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:42, Fred Bauder wrote: >> I understood that they wanted someone who was ideally *not* a native >> English speaker. That was something that concerned me when I read it, >> because it looked as if the intention was to disadvantage applicants >> who had English as a first l

Re: [Foundation-l] Plea for candidates: WMF Movement Communications Manager

2011-04-15 Thread Sarah
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 13:07, Béria Lima wrote: > Is not a Bias Sarah. Anyone can apply, but they have to know english (if not > as 1º language as 2º one) and another language (if english is the 1º one). > If this person is american, chinese, brazilian or african (i imagine) that >

Re: [Foundation-l] Plea for candidates: WMF Movement Communications Manager

2011-04-15 Thread Sarah
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 13:29, Risker wrote: > On 15 April 2011 15:17, Sarah wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 13:07, Béria Lima wrote: >> > Is not a Bias Sarah. Anyone can apply, but they have to know english (if >> not >> > as 1º language as 2º one) and

Re: [Foundation-l] Plea for candidates: WMF Movement Communications Manager

2011-04-15 Thread Sarah
t of the world involved." That would be an unfair hiring practice, not to mention shooting the Foundation in the foot in terms of cutting off a large number of potential applicants. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Plea for candidates: WMF Movement Communications Manager

2011-04-15 Thread Sarah
cause they were born in a country that did not make them a native English speaker. That is discrimination. Try to imagine an ad that said: "Ideally your native language is not Urdu." Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lis

Re: [Foundation-l] Plea for candidates: WMF Movement Communications Manager

2011-04-15 Thread Sarah
obal organization hires globally, hiring people who have experience and > skill in communicating globally. > Right, I understand that. But my question is whether an employment ad in America could lawfully say (or imply), "Ideally your native l

Re: [Foundation-l] Plea for candidates: WMF Movement Communications Manager

2011-04-15 Thread Sarah
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 16:30, David Gerard wrote: > On 15 April 2011 23:24, Sarah wrote: > >> Right, I understand that. But my question is whether an employment ad >> in America could lawfully say (or imply), "Ideally your native >> language is not Urdu." &g

Re: [Foundation-l] Plea for candidates: WMF Movement Communications Manager

2011-04-15 Thread Sarah
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 16:53, Risker wrote: > On 15 April 2011 18:36, Sarah wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 16:30, David Gerard wrote: >> > * Should you have been consulted? >> > >> But here we see something that happens on this list a lot. Someone &g

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Copyright problems of images from India

2011-05-10 Thread Sarah
use -- forcing us to claim fair use, then saying they're not covered by the bizarre way Wikipedia interprets fair use. It's a situation people have tried to draw attention to for years, with no success. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing li

[Foundation-l] Very slow load time for the last few days

2011-05-18 Thread Sarah
e has any idea why it's happening, or whether it's being looked into. I would link to the discussion, but I can't get the page to open. Does anyone on the list have information about it? Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Very slow load time for the last few days

2011-05-18 Thread Sarah
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:20, Sarah wrote: > > The English Wikipedia has been experiencing painfully slow load times over > the last few days, and lots of error messages when trying to save, to the > point where the site has become difficult to use. There's discussion a

Re: [Foundation-l] Very slow load time for the last few days

2011-05-18 Thread Sarah
ow where it's hard to do anything. Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Very slow load time for the last few days

2011-05-19 Thread Sarah
Could someone from the Foundation or one of the developers say whether this is being looked into? Sarah On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:28, Thomas Morton wrote: > Yeh, that was when it was turned on. So maybe :) > > On 18 May 2011 19:27, Sarah wrote: > > > On Wed, May 18, 2011 a

Re: [Foundation-l] Very slow load time for the last few days

2011-05-19 Thread Sarah
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:59, Erik Moeller wrote: > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 6:23 AM, Sarah wrote: >> Could someone from the Foundation or one of the developers say whether this >> is being looked into? > > I've requested an assessment of the current situation and will

[Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-20 Thread Sarah
er-privacy Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-20 Thread Sarah
> On 20 May 2011 17:37, Chris Keating wrote: >> It won't be too long before a reputable news source covers the whole issue - >> or indeed a British Parliamentarian raises it under parliamentary privilege. > I'm thinking it will be interesting to see how Twitter's position is handled, namely that i

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-20 Thread Sarah
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 18:01, Fred Bauder wrote: > >> 2) Regarding "Our BLP policy has worked.", that's a fascinating >> argument that the super-injunction *is* worthwhile. If Wikipedia >> defines verifiability in terms of major media sources, and the >> super-injunction inhibits those sources, t

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-21 Thread Sarah
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 20:19, Wjhonson wrote: > >  It is not up to us to decide that something is "private".  If it's been > published, then it is public. > If it's been published in a reliable source, than it's useable in our project. > But not everything that's usable has to be used. I'm incre

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-21 Thread Sarah
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 14:33, MZMcBride wrote: > Sarah wrote: >> I'm increasingly wondering whether we should be hosting any BLPs, because >> these are often difficult decisions to make -- at which point there is >> legitimate public interest in a person's pr

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-21 Thread Sarah
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 15:14, MZMcBride wrote: > Sarah wrote: >> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 14:33, MZMcBride wrote: >>> I think anyone who has been in the "BLP trenches" has had the same thought. >>> The reality is that an encyclopedia without a "Bara

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-21 Thread Sarah
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 16:01, Risker wrote: > As to the comments from MZMcBride and Sarah, I would like to see a > significantly higher minimal level of notability for BLPs.  In the past few > years of working with the Arbitration Committee, I have seen literally > thousands of BLPs

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-22 Thread Sarah
he Foundation would hand over the IP addresses of Wikipedians if asked by a British court because of these injunctions? Did he actually say that, and if so when did the Foundation decide this? Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.w

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-22 Thread Sarah
irely clear how grounded it is in fact. Sometimes we're told OTRS is overwhelmed by the number of BLP complaints, but no figures are given. Some hard stats -- X number of complaints concerning Y number of articles within time T, of which Z were actionable -- would be very useful. Sarah

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-22 Thread Sarah
On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 13:33, wrote: > On 22/05/2011 19:32, Sarah wrote: >> On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 11:00,  wrote: >>> On 22/05/2011 11:58, Chris Keating wrote: >>>> Also rather interestingly, it appears that a Scottish newspaper has >>>> re

Re: [Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

2011-05-22 Thread Sarah
On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 16:03, Andrew Gray wrote: > On 22 May 2011 19:58, Sarah wrote: > >> The BLP problem is a very divisive one on the English Wikipedia, but >> it's not entirely clear how grounded it is in fact. Sometimes we're >> told OTRS is overwhelmed by

Re: [Foundation-l] Identity of Anonymous Wikipedia Editors Not Protected by First Amendment

2011-05-28 Thread Sarah
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 19:50, Fred Bauder wrote: > > Identity of Anonymous Wikipedia Editors Not Protected by First Amendment > > http://ecommercelaw.typepad.com/ecommerce_law/2011/05/identity-of-anonymous-wikipedia-editors-not-protected-by-first-amendment.html > > Nothing unexpected. > > Fred R

Re: [Foundation-l] The Wikipedia-Ready Essay

2011-05-31 Thread Sarah
] says despite its faults, [Wikipedia] does promote solid values for its writers, including precise citations, accurate research, editing and revision." Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.

Re: [Foundation-l] The Wikipedia-Ready Essay

2011-06-01 Thread Sarah
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 02:46, Samuel Klein wrote: > Those who toil away in the depths of style guide subpages and cite > templates should be reminded from time to time of the tremendous > impact their work has on the rest of the world... > Speaking of which, David Gerard has just posted this to wi

Re: [Foundation-l] Global ban - poetlister?

2011-06-03 Thread Sarah
r was extremely good at exploiting that tendency. That's the long and short of it. The one good thing that could come of it is that we recognize in future when we're doing it again, but that will only happen if we remember and discuss it, and try to heal the division

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

2011-07-27 Thread Sarah Stierch
in regards to opportunities. Feel free to email me directly, again, right now I am unable to move quickly in any major projects due to my already big work load, but, I'm hoping that this will be large part of my career work as an advocate for Native rights, a scholar, and an open source-lover

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

2011-07-27 Thread Sarah Stierch
ia as a whole, and we must learn how to make the utmost use of that language in order to continue our mission to disseminate knowledge on a worldwide scale. -Sarah ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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

2011-07-27 Thread Sarah Stierch
oundation being a United States based organization focusing more so on international efforts. To be honest, your email was a slap in the face. Thank you again for sharing your thoughts, I take your letter very seriously. -Sarah On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Maria Alameda wrote: > > > Hello

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

2011-07-27 Thread Sarah Stierch
he United States coming from a female > > white-undergraduate student pursuing her masters, her comments on the > plight > > and the issues of an entire race would seem rather patronizing. Perhaps, > its > > just me. > > > Maria AlamedaM.A, Ph.d (Native American studies) > >

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

2011-07-29 Thread Sarah Stierch
Commercial Drive ;-)) -Sarah Sent via iPhone - I apologize in advance for my shortness or errors! :) On Jul 29, 2011, at 6:08 AM, Ray Saintonge wrote: > From the perspective of Wikimedia Canada, this sounds exciting. Many > of us believe that work with the First Nations is an important e

[Foundation-l] WikiChix Wikimania 2011 Report

2011-08-12 Thread Sarah Stierch
ating and Wikimania 2011 providing food and the venue. -Sarah -- GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for the Wikimedia Foundation<http://www.glamwiki.org> Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American Art<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch> and Sarah Stierch Consulting *His

[Foundation-l] "Minutes after Virginia earthquake, it was on Wikipedia (Washington Post)

2011-08-26 Thread Sarah Stierch
r for the Wikimedia Foundation<http://www.glamwiki.org> Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American Art<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch> and Sarah Stierch Consulting *Historical, cultural & artistic research & advising.* --

[Foundation-l] This Month in GLAM - August 2011

2011-09-02 Thread Sarah Stierch
seum. And a calendar of upcoming events! Members of the community write this publication, so if you have contributions to make, please participate. Translations encouraged. GLAM on! Sarah -- GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for the Wikimedia Foundation<http://www.glamwiki.org> Wikipedia

Re: [Foundation-l] Personal Image Filter results announced

2011-09-04 Thread Sarah Stierch
It's really fascinating how freely Wikipedians and Wikimedians love to throw around the word censorship. Someone should do a study on that. Sarah -- GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for the Wikimedia Foundation<http://www.glamwiki.org> Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American

[Foundation-l] A reminder about mission statements and vision statements.

2011-09-04 Thread Sarah Stierch
ository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content to all. It acts as a common repository for the various projects of the Wikimedia Foundation." However, I am beginning to think that Commons might have to change it's scope since "educational m

Re: [Foundation-l] Personal Image Filter results announced

2011-09-04 Thread Sarah Stierch
replies, eventually a lot of us just hit the delete button until something jumps out. Myself, and others, appreciate clarifications. Wikipedia and related sister projects are bad at explaining things, so it's always nice to have kind folks like you explain things to some of us (again!) :). Sarah

Re: [Foundation-l] Personal Image Filter results announced

2011-09-04 Thread Sarah Stierch
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 5:23 PM, David Gerard wrote: > On 4 September 2011 22:18, Sarah Stierch wrote: > > >> I really wish people would read previous discussions. > > > Don't be passive aggressive ;) > > > I think it's an entirely reasonable statemen

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

2011-09-06 Thread Sarah Stierch
7;t even live in America. I think you need to rethink your statements before you go around accusing supporters, including women, of this referendum as sexually dysfunctional conservatives. Sarah -- GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for the Wikimedia Foundation<http://www.gl

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

2011-09-06 Thread Sarah Stierch
here isn't a big giant penis in one's face upon opening it. I work in an educational environment (a museum institution, which has exhibits on sexuality, gender, etc) and I can't even look at these articles at work, take that as you will. Sarah who is totally grossed out by that photo

[Foundation-l] Personal Image Filter - Gender?

2011-09-17 Thread Sarah Stierch
Hi everyone, I can't remember - was user gender a "question" in the survey? I don't remember... Thanks :) -Sarah -- GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for Wikimedia <http://www.glamwiki.org> Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American Art<http://en.wikipedia.or

Re: [Foundation-l] Personal Image Filter - Gender?

2011-09-17 Thread Sarah Stierch
Thanks Beria! :) A shame, it would have been really fascinating to see if there was a gender gap in this matter. -Sarah On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Béria Lima wrote: > No. > > You can see all the questions here: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image_filter_referendum/Vote_

Re: [Foundation-l] Personal Image Filter - Gender?

2011-09-17 Thread Sarah Stierch
rence and belief systems around the world and within small communities. -Sarah (Stierch) On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 1:32 PM, rupert THURNER wrote: > do you propose questions like the following? > > knowledge level o a-level o university o... > raceo african

Re: [Foundation-l] Image filter

2011-09-23 Thread Sarah Stierch
end of the world next yearat this point. Sarah Stierch Who is never bored and is surely not mainstream, but is happy to be called so right now. Sent via iPhone - I apologize in advance for my shortness or errors! :) On Sep 23, 2011, at 8:03 AM, m...@marcusbuck.org wrote: > After some t

Re: [Foundation-l] Image filter

2011-09-23 Thread Sarah Stierch
foundation every month for. That's why I donate my time to contributing to Wikimedia projects. I'm over commenting about this subject. I'm going to go back to thinking of ways to have more women and men create better sexual content for Commons as a project and go attend my "

Re: [Foundation-l] Dead Sea Scrolls

2011-09-26 Thread Sarah Stierch
As the British Museum. Hehehehe. --Sarah (Stierch) On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:27 PM, emijrp wrote: > If originals don't have copyright, how can The Israel Museum claim any > copyright for scans which lack originality?[1] > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgeman_Art_Libr

Re: [Foundation-l] Dead Sea Scrolls

2011-09-26 Thread Sarah Stierch
ASK THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. Damn. Joke fail. -Sarah On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote: > As the British Museum. > > Hehehehe. > > --Sarah (Stierch) > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:27 PM, emijrp wrote: > >> If originals don't have c

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

2011-09-30 Thread Sarah Stierch
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Milos Rancic wrote: > > > One more, but forgot her name and too lazy to search. German females > in discussion on German Wikipedia should be also checked. > > Up to now, all females from US (four of them) are in favor of filter > (though,

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

2011-09-30 Thread Sarah Stierch
ing his cum drenched biscuit on the [[Soggy biscuit]] article. Well it was quickly taken down! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Soggy_biscuit#Removing_the_article_image But at least we have plenty of other images of people in sexually deviant situations with their faces shown. :P -Sarah "

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

2011-09-30 Thread Sarah Stierch
ooking for some juicy image and videos and frankly you can't find that on Wikipedia (because we all know that Commons porn is really bad quality). And I'm sure there are plenty of other people, regardless of gender, nationality, sexuality or other demographics that probably would feel the sam

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

2011-09-30 Thread Sarah Stierch
't hide things from your kids. I was one of those kids - I was going to to the bookshop in 1989 looking for Dr. Ruth books, I was sneaking off to the art books to look at Nan Goldin books. But, again, that's just my personal experience. And as a side note (and this goes to a num

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

2011-09-30 Thread Sarah Stierch
ing I hope to develop here in the US in the future. I encourage people interested in developing these types of ideas further to stop by gender gap-l as well! https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap But it's great to see these projects developing elsewhere, of course :D -Sarah

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