Re: [Foundation-l] It's not article count, it's editors

2009-10-01 Thread Ziko van Dijk
what does that actually mean. It is often not said whether they have a business access at work or a flatrate at home. Without that, the information loses a lot of its worth. Kind regards Ziko -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde ___ foundation

[Foundation-l] Comparison of Chinese Wikipedia, Hudong and Baidu Baike

2009-10-20 Thread Ziko van Dijk
following questions: * how the collaboration process differs * how good is the content * how liberal is the content (not contamined directly or indirectly by the government) Does someone of you knows more? Kind regards -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde

Re: [Foundation-l] Comparison of Chinese Wikipedia, Hudong and Baidu Baike

2009-10-20 Thread Ziko van Dijk
g can freely share in > the sum of all knowledge.  Help us make it a reality! > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > > On Oct 20, 2009, at 8:20 AM, Ziko van Dijk wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Having read >> http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/14/wiki.ch

Re: [Foundation-l] RFC: A Wikipedia/etc.-like Web Directory (e.g: dmoz.org, the old dir.yahoo.com , etc)

2009-10-27 Thread Ziko van Dijk
editor over the external links section. > > I tend towards the "argh, no, not another project" view on things. I > think because, and perhaps this is unfair, I dislike that they may > drain talent and resources away from the encyclopedias. > > _______

Re: [Foundation-l] Comparison of Chinese Wikipedia, Hudong and Baidu Baike

2009-11-01 Thread Ziko van Dijk
> access [[:zh:六四事件]] (which is *very* "sensitive") you will see > "Connection was reset" and you'll be unable to use the Wikipedia in 90 > seconds. That also produced a bad impression like oh, the site is > down. Clearly, you are not able to see any information ab

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Strategic Planning Office Hours

2009-11-04 Thread Ziko van Dijk
g list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Whither, video tutorials?

2009-12-05 Thread Ziko van Dijk
of minutes. Anyone else find that? > > Sorry, I meant *seconds*. > > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk

Re: [Foundation-l] LiquidThreads almost ready for deployment

2009-12-19 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Hi all, > > LiquidThreads has been in alpha testing on Wikimedia Labs [2] for > several months, and, more recently, it's been used in a production > context on the strategy wiki, where it has been quite well-received. -- Ziko

Re: [Foundation-l] LiquidThreads almost ready for deployment

2009-12-19 Thread Ziko van Dijk
orking yet. Is there a decent turorial, anyway? Sorry, but I am not a software specialist. Kind regards Ziko 2009/12/19 David Goodman : > mysterious codes? All that is needed is knowing how to indent and sign. > > David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG &

Re: [Foundation-l] strategic planning office hours tomorrow

2009-12-30 Thread Ziko van Dijk
tp://xri.net/=eekim > Blue Oxen Associates http://www.blueoxen.com/ > == > > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation

Re: [Foundation-l] strategic planning office hours tomorrow

2009-12-30 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Ups - sorry and thank you! Ziko 2009/12/30 lyzzy : > Hi Ziko, > > Am 30.12.2009 um 21:12 schrieb Ziko van Dijk: > >> Hello, >> I cannot see any messages, has anyone a clue why? I use firefox and >> also tried iron. >> Kind regards >> Ziko >>

Re: [Foundation-l] Boing Boing applauds stats.grok.se!

2010-01-08 Thread Ziko van Dijk
; Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Where do our readers come from?

2010-01-14 Thread Ziko van Dijk
English (swing 8.9%) > > United Arab Emirates: Arabic 66.8% UNDER English (swing 5.4%) > > Egypt: Arabic 18.5% UNDER English (swing 11.3%) > > Lithuania: Lithuanian 9.3% UNDER English (swing -6.4%) - vernaculars > > 9.3% under English (swing -6.6%) > > Iran: Persian 0.6% UNDER English (swing 0.5%) > > > > -- > > André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com > > > > ___ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org

2010-01-16 Thread Ziko van Dijk
--- >> >> R: Mark Williamson >> >> Two main factors influencing choice of Wikipedia language: >> # Fluency of the Internet-using population of a country in English. >> # Quality of the native Wikipedia. >> >> A: >> Like you say. Man

Re: [Foundation-l] 10th birthday edit drive?

2010-02-08 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Ziko 2010/2/8 Philippe Beaudette : > Can you imagine, finding places that have WP articles and projecting > the logo globe on them? > > That would be an amazing public visibility thing.  In SF alone, for > instance, Grace Cathedral, Coit Tower, the Transamerica Pyramid.... -- Ziko

Re: [Foundation-l] At school

2010-02-16 Thread Ziko van Dijk
>> foundation-l mailing list >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > > > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] list o' image donations?

2010-03-16 Thread Ziko van Dijk
arge donation to Commons? > Anyway, that's the kind of page I was looking for -- it just needs to > be updated! Thanks. > > -- Phoebe > > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://li

[Foundation-l] Ideas from Limburg

2010-03-31 Thread Ziko van Dijk
m: maintaining a Wikipedia language edition means also doing a lot of technical stuff. The gals from Limburg would love to see users from other language editions supporting them with MediaWiki extensions, geolocalisation and the not so easy aspects of categorization. http://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebroek

Re: [Foundation-l] Ideas from Limburg

2010-04-02 Thread Ziko van Dijk
which I was still going to ask you questions - you are more experienced still. Kind regards Ziko 2010/4/2 phoebe ayers : > Ziko, > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Ziko van Dijk > wrote: >> When he told me about, I looked up again what I had written about >> (small) Wik

Re: [Foundation-l] Jimbo Wales acting outside his remit

2010-05-08 Thread Ziko van Dijk
ll of the world's knowledge. > Jimbo's actions make that consensus deeply problematic. > > There is a petition for Wales' founder flag to be removed, which  has gained > widespread support since his actions. ( > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Remove_Founder_flag ) > > > -A. C. >

Re: [Foundation-l] Appropriate surprise (Commons stuff)

2010-05-13 Thread Ziko van Dijk
iven the importance of Commons for all projects, with at the same time an inherent weakness of Commons because many Wikipedians use it but do not engage in it specifically. Kind regards Ziko van Dijk [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_175-04413,_KZ_Auschwitz,_Einfahrt.j

Re: [Foundation-l] deployment of Vector to other languages -

2010-05-19 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Hello Naoko Thank you for the explanations, by the way I find it interesting to read the feedback, the users' comments. Sometimes it is difficult for me to follow things because Vector has changed or is displayed in various projects differently. Kind regards Ziko -- Ziko van Dijk Nieder

Re: [Foundation-l] Renaming "Flagged Protections"

2010-05-22 Thread Ziko van Dijk
were a betting man, I'd say the next > "deadline" will be "before Wikimania!" When that passes, everyone can get > distracted spending six months focusing on the annual fundraiser and we'll > see you in

Re: [Foundation-l] Renaming "Flagged Protections"

2010-05-24 Thread Ziko van Dijk
> Combining the two, and removing the potential bad bits (i.e. "double" and > "review") how about "Checked Revisions"? > > Mike Peel > ___________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.or

Re: [Foundation-l] Renaming "Flagged Protections"

2010-05-24 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Well, what James Alexander says - maybe we can make up something of "edit". "Checked edit". Ziko 2010/5/24 William Pietri : > On 05/24/2010 01:41 AM, Ziko van Dijk wrote: >> In German Wikipedia, our word "gesichtet" is a little bit strange. >> &q

Re: [Foundation-l] Strategic Planning Office Hours

2010-06-01 Thread Ziko van Dijk
edia.org > > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk Niederlande ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Creating articles in small wikipedias based on user requirement

2010-06-12 Thread Ziko van Dijk
gt;> > foundation-l mailing list >>> > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >>> > >>> >>> ___ >>> foundation-l mailing list >>> foundation-

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

2010-06-17 Thread Ziko van Dijk
2006 use is the first. > > > > -- > geni > > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk Niederlande ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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

2010-06-17 Thread Ziko van Dijk
r >> can't be worthwhile.  Only that I think you're fighting an uphill >> battle against a number of _natural_ (not human originated) biases, >> and I wish you luck! >> >> >> >> [*] A while back I wrote up a longer and highly technical version of >> this explanation as part o

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

2010-06-24 Thread Ziko van Dijk
create online encyclopedias in "simple language", in and outside the Wikimedia world. Wouldn't it be suitable to reconsider and try to give those initiatives a place? Who else is more capable to create and support such encyclopedias than we are? Kind regards Ziko van Di

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

2010-06-24 Thread Ziko van Dijk
ko, > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Ziko van Dijk > wrote: > >> In the discussion, the question of creating a Wikipedia in simple >> German came up. > > This would be useful. > >> As we know, to-day Wikimedia language committee policies prohibit a >

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

2010-06-25 Thread Ziko van Dijk
2010/6/25 Milos Rancic : > My first answer is that Wikipedia is good enough for children and that > we do not need a Wikipedia fork with dumb language. I wonder where such an attitude comes from. "Dumb"? Ziko -- Ziko van

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

2010-06-27 Thread Ziko van Dijk
y other >> project not marked as a "project for children". >> >> ___ >> 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 Foundation Website

2010-06-30 Thread Ziko van Dijk
>> >> It's true, and I want Wikimedia to be that stable. In fact, I want it >> to be *more* stable than most American universities are at the moment >> -- certainly more than mine! >> >> -- phoebe >> >> _

Re: [Foundation-l] small Wikipedia projects - follow-up to Jimmy Wales' talk

2010-07-21 Thread Ziko van Dijk
rica and Latin America. > > -- > אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > Amir Elisha Aharoni > > http://aharoni.wordpress.com > > "We're living in pieces, >  I want to live in peace." - T. Moore > > ___ > founda

Re: [Foundation-l] Is Google translation is good for Wikipedias?

2010-07-28 Thread Ziko van Dijk
up is mainly populated by computer specialists and natives of English. The second group consists of language specialists and non natives of English. But of course there are many exceptions. Kind regards Ziko van Dijk 2010/7/28 Shiju Alex : >> >> We welcome automation in translation, but n

Re: [Foundation-l] Is Google translation is good for Wikipedias?

2010-07-28 Thread Ziko van Dijk
to > improve their process should be the focus here? > > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk Niederlande

Re: [Foundation-l] Is Google translation is good for Wikipedias?

2010-07-28 Thread Ziko van Dijk
n. Could you report more about that, Mark? Kind regards Ziko -- Ziko van Dijk Niederlande ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Is Google translation is good for Wikipedias?

2010-07-29 Thread Ziko van Dijk
other > people to review or help. This was all missing from the effort and I think > what caused most of the problems. > > -- > Best Regards, > Muhammad Yahia > _______ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lis

Re: [Foundation-l] Umberto Eco's interview

2010-08-04 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Intervista_a_Umberto_Eco/Traduzione#_11 > > > > Nemo > > > > ___ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > &g

Re: [Foundation-l] Congratulations to Wikimedia Kenya!

2012-02-08 Thread Ziko van Dijk
stablished. But only after a couple of years, you'll already have your first notable anniversary (we had 5 years of WMNL in 2011), look back and cannot imagine that there was once a time without a chapter. Kind regards Ziko van Dijk Wikimedia Nederland 2012/2/8 phoebe ayers : > The Wikimedi

Re: [Foundation-l] Movement roles letter, Feb 2012

2012-02-13 Thread Ziko van Dijk
e etc. Kind regards Ziko --- Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland dr. Ziko van Dijk, voorzitter http://wmnederland.nl/ --- ___ foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Movement roles letter, Feb 2012

2012-02-14 Thread Ziko van Dijk
afraid that a new group at this point would bump into the > same problems as the old one did, and has to go through that whole learning > process all over again. > > So yes, lets be critical, and constructive as much as possible. > > best, > Lodewijk > > No dia 14 de Fever

Re: [Foundation-l] Movement roles letter, Feb 2012

2012-02-14 Thread Ziko van Dijk
: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- ------- Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland dr. Ziko van Dijk, voorzitter http://wmnederland.nl/ --- ___ foundation-l maili

Re: [Foundation-l] Movement roles letter, Feb 2012

2012-02-14 Thread Ziko van Dijk
ck, compared to the mails on a mailinglist or talk page comments, all done by people as individuals. Kind regards Ziko -- --- Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland dr. Ziko van Dijk, voorzitter ht

Re: [Foundation-l] Communicating effectively: Wikimedia needs clear language now

2012-02-19 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Wikinews > and Wikibooks and so on. Give them the opportunity to fix up the > language used by the Foundation and the chapters. > > Remember: how can community members support and become more deeply > involved with the work of the chapters and the Foundation if they > can'

Re: [Foundation-l] Oral Citations Sourcing

2012-02-24 Thread Ziko van Dijk
> info. > > Some companies sometimes hire external services (private historians) to > "clean up" their archives and some good stuff can get out of this, such a

Re: [Foundation-l] Oral Citations Sourcing

2012-02-24 Thread Ziko van Dijk
uncommon in the different Wikipedias.) Not everything has to happen *in* Wikipedia. Kind regards Ziko 2012/2/25 Castelo : > On 24-02-2012 07:48, Ziko van Dijk wrote: >> >> Leave the use of historical sources to historians, and then cite from >> their books. That's what h

Re: [Foundation-l] Oral Citations Sourcing

2012-02-25 Thread Ziko van Dijk
gt; Best regards, >> Lodewijk >> > > > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/m

Re: [Foundation-l] Oral Citations Sourcing

2012-02-25 Thread Ziko van Dijk
{cite video}} and ii) facilitate translating. > > Castelo > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Dickinson#Singing_style > > > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundatio

Re: [Foundation-l] Oral Citations Sourcing

2012-02-26 Thread Ziko van Dijk
2012/2/26 Castelo : > On 25-02-2012 23:02, Ziko van Dijk wrote: >> >> As said, all the great things Oral history can be done - outside of >> Wikipedia. > > Yes, it "can be done" but it's not "been made". The information is there for > decad

[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Nederland reports for January and February 2012

2012-03-12 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Wikimedia Nederland dr. Ziko van Dijk, voorzitter http://wmnederland.nl/ --- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Stopping the presses:, Britannica to stop printing books

2012-03-14 Thread Ziko van Dijk
e questions I had, and I >> never happened t be looking up something with one of the longer >> articles... > > > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listi

[Foundation-l] Draft charter of the Wikimedia Chapters Association

2012-03-18 Thread Ziko van Dijk
/Draft_charter_of_the_Wikimedia_Chapters_Association -- --- Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland dr. Ziko van Dijk, voorzitter http://wmnederland.nl/ Wikimedia Nederland Postbus 167 3500 AD Utrecht

[Foundation-l] What 'movement role' for Esperanto?

2012-03-23 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Dear all, Here a little contribution to the discussion about new organizations for the Wikimedia movement. As far as I know, at this point there are not many groups who consider seriously about becoming such a new organization. Sometimes people mention the Esperanto Wikipedians because they cannot

Re: [Foundation-l] New Project Process

2012-04-02 Thread Ziko van Dijk
s. > > > Sam. > > > -- > Samuel Klein          identi.ca:sj           w:user:sj          +1 617 529 > 4266 > > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedi

Re: [Foundation-l] Wiki Travel Guide

2012-04-09 Thread Ziko van Dijk
both Wikipedia and the travel > site, and an increase in both contributors and images.* > > -- > James Heilman > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wik

Re: [Foundation-l] Wiki Travel Guide

2012-04-09 Thread Ziko van Dijk
ipedia and Wikivoyage). > > PS. I'll tell the German Wikvoyage community about this discussion. > > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundatio

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikis and the direction hardware is taking

2011-06-10 Thread Ziko van Dijk
onations, proper > licensing attribution, and other issues heard. There are lots more, but if > you have ideas please share. > > Steven > > 1. http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Product_Whitepaper > 2. http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mobile > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk The Netherlands http://zikoblog.wordpress.com/ ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] NPG still violating copyright

2011-06-13 Thread Ziko van Dijk
__ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk The Netherlands http://zikoblog.wordpress.com/ ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Projects in simple languages

2011-06-20 Thread Ziko van Dijk
or without specification. > > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk The Netherlands http://zikoblog.wordpress.com/ __

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Re: Projects in simple languages

2011-06-20 Thread Ziko van Dijk
000 words. > > Ogden's Basic English was published in 1940. It's unlikely that those > who asked for simple.wikipedia.org were unaware of it. > > Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/ > > > ___ > foundation-l mailing li

Re: [Foundation-l] Merge wikis

2011-07-01 Thread Ziko van Dijk
dians come to a sister project and don't learn immediately that the rules differ.) Kind regards Ziko van Dijk 2011/7/1 WereSpielChequers : > One thing I find irritating and complex about our structure is the > proliferation of small wikis. Now I've no objection to the idea that

Re: [Foundation-l] Merge wikis

2011-07-02 Thread Ziko van Dijk
lt;http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_wikis#Organizational_and_planning_projects> > > Ziko van Dijk, 02/07/2011 00:14: >> But in those sister projects communities, I have met fierce resistance >> to any new branding or technical rearrangement. They even tend to >> avoid to associate themselves with

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

2011-07-13 Thread Ziko van Dijk
imedia trademark and maybe abuse it. There must be an official recognition anyway from Wikimedia Foundation. Kind regards Ziko van Dijk 2011/7/13 Lodewijk : > I am not sure if this is about the same thing. I read Alec's questions as > being about content projects that want to affiliate th

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

2011-07-27 Thread Ziko van Dijk
n poor countries, but maybe e-publishing is, and there are certainly at least some places on the internet that are suitable for new primary and also secondary sources. Wikipedia cannot solve all problems in the world, and even Wikimedia cannot. Kind regards Ziko -- Dr. Ziko van Dijk The Netherl

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

2011-07-27 Thread Ziko van Dijk
s and secondary sources. It is the utmost important distinction in history science. I am sure that any introduction to historiography will agree with me on that. Kind regards Ziko 2011/7/27 Achal Prabhala : > Dear Ziko, > > On Wednesday 27 July 2011 09:38 PM, Ziko van Dijk wrote: >>

[Foundation-l] Movement Roles: my suggestion of "Language Contact Persons"

2011-08-14 Thread Ziko van Dijk
such as Wikisource, Wikibooks etc. Please let me know what you think about the possibility and potential usefulness of Language Contact Persons. Kind regards Ziko -- Ziko van Dijk The Netherlands http://zikoblog.wordpress.com/ ___ foundation-l mailing

[Foundation-l] Global Wikipedian of the year 2011

2011-08-16 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Hello, Is there anywhere more information about the Global Wikipedian, introduced at Haifa? By chance, I got the business card of Rauan at the chapters meeting. Kind regards Ziko http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2011-08_Wikimania_ZVD_10.jpg -- Ziko van Dijk The Netherlands http

Re: [Foundation-l] Movement Roles: my suggestion of "Language Contact Persons"

2011-08-16 Thread Ziko van Dijk
foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk The Netherlands http://zikoblog.wordpress.com/ ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Movement Roles: my suggestion of "Language Contact Persons"

2011-08-17 Thread Ziko van Dijk
nto, at least 2-3 are no longer active. But there was noone who felt responsible (or authorized?) to remove those names. Ziko -- Ziko van Dijk The Netherlands http://zikoblog.wordpress.com/ ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.

[Foundation-l] The Yodeling diploma

2011-08-23 Thread Ziko van Dijk
w.youtube.com/watch?v=lliHC7QSiG8 Kind regards Ziko http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicco_von_B%C3%BClow -- Ziko van Dijk The Netherlands http://zikoblog.wordpress.com/ ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lis

Re: [Foundation-l] Tragedy: videos and slides from presentations Wikimanias (lately 2011 in Haifa)

2011-09-03 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Actually, in Haifa I did not visit a lot of presentations, intentionally, because I thought they were recorded and going to be uploaded. I used the time in Haifa to talk to people and make new friends... Ziko -- Ziko van Dijk The Netherlands http://zikoblog.wordpress.com

Re: [Foundation-l] Improving links between chapters and the Foundation

2011-09-03 Thread Ziko van Dijk
from without the Wikimedia movement. One can argue about the numbers, but the principle by itself is good. Kind regards Ziko -- Ziko van Dijk The Netherlands http://zikoblog.wordpress.com/ ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikim

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

2011-09-04 Thread Ziko van Dijk
useful feedback, > we could imagine something like an advisory board or scientific > committee (not executive), appointed by the local chapter (and which > could just be the chapter board of trustees, to start with), which would > assist and somehow oversee the local office, with frequent reciprocal

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

2011-09-04 Thread Ziko van Dijk
; The Foundation needs to be mature enough to admit that they've screwed up > this survey, apologise and try again. Next time, start by figuring out what > you want to achieve by asking the questions and then choose the questions > accordingly. -- Ziko van Dijk The Netherlands http

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

2011-09-04 Thread Ziko van Dijk
> *Historical, cultural & artistic research & advising.* > -- > http://www.sarahstierch.com/ > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk The Netherlands http://zikoblog.wordpress.com/ ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Sue Gardener, Wikipedia's leading editor - wikileaks

2011-09-06 Thread Ziko van Dijk
> _______ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk The Netherlands http://zikoblog.wordpress.com/ ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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

2011-09-06 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Sorry, I did not mean you, I should have deleted the previous text. Ziko 2011/9/4 Federico Leva (Nemo) : > Ziko van Dijk, 04/09/2011 14:26: >> I would like to know: Is the introduction of WMF people on national >> boards a serious idea, or is it just a whim, a piece of loud thinki

Re: [Foundation-l] Hypothetical project rebranding Wikimedia

2011-09-08 Thread Ziko van Dijk
ject". They grew to six later. In German, they were four, later five. In Dutch, at some times 3, but also 5. In Afrikaans, no real list. In Frisian, originally 3, later 4, the "four F's". Frisian, Facts, Free, ObjektyF. "But don't be too worried about rules. Contribut

Re: [Foundation-l] Hypothetical project rebranding Wikimedia

2011-09-08 Thread Ziko van Dijk
ars. And why should you? Kind regards Ziko -- Ziko van Dijk The Netherlands http://zikoblog.wordpress.com/ ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

[Foundation-l] "All human knowledge", by Jimmy Wales (?)

2011-09-16 Thread Ziko van Dijk
it is wrong what we have on our business cards. Am I the only one seeing a problem here? Kind regards Ziko -- Ziko van Dijk The Netherlands http://zikoblog.wordpress.com/ ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] A fundraiser for editors

2012-01-02 Thread Ziko van Dijk
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Re: [Foundation-l] A fundraiser for editors

2012-01-07 Thread Ziko van Dijk
> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- --- Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland dr. Ziko va

[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Nederland reports

2012-01-22 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Hello, Wikimedia Nederland is reporting monthly on its activities. We just completed December, and for convenience I send you here the link to the whole list of reports. Kind regards Ziko van Dijk president -- --- Vereniging Wikimedia

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Nederland reports

2012-01-22 Thread Ziko van Dijk
l Assembly --- Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland dr. Ziko van Dijk, voorzitter http://wmnederland.nl/ --- ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.o

Re: [Foundation-l] How to dismantle a language committee

2009-01-11 Thread Ziko van Dijk
s with this kind of expertise; or > * that some interested academician contacts us. > > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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

2009-01-20 Thread Ziko van Dijk
reserves the ability to > appoint and remove members and will still be informed of changes). > > --Michael Snow > > > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org

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

2009-01-20 Thread Ziko van Dijk
does it mean when English speaking Wikimedians talk about "local chapters"? Shouldn't it be "national chapters"? I consider Germany as a national, not a local entity... Ziko -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

[Foundation-l] The Entities in an International Movement. Was: Re: Board resolutions (chapters)

2009-01-20 Thread Ziko van Dijk
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Re: [Foundation-l] Board resolutions (chapters)

2009-01-21 Thread Ziko van Dijk
erican institutions and personalities in a way usually a chapter would. American Wikimedians have no reason to take effort for a WMUS if they see this and that they can have US states chapters. * The world is divided into countries, like it or not, and this has consequences for us. Ziko -- Ziko v

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikia leasing office space to WMF

2009-01-23 Thread Ziko van Dijk
iving here, and I am looking forward to the results of these splendid work conditions. Kind regards Ziko "Wer durch des Argwohns Brille schaut, sieht Raupen selbst im Sauerkraut." Wilhelm Busch -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde ___ foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Elections in the pontic wikipedia

2009-01-27 Thread Ziko van Dijk
6%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD_%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%82 > > > > Best wishes, > > ZaDiak > > > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https:

Re: [Foundation-l] Steward elections: summary, week one

2009-02-09 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Wikimedians should meet each other. > > Ting > > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde __

Re: [Foundation-l] Steward elections: summary, week one

2009-02-09 Thread Ziko van Dijk
> > > 2009/2/9 Ziko van Dijk : > > > >> If I understand it right, Wikimedia or other stewards can trace what a > >> single steward is doing. Even if a dictatorship forces a local steward > to do > >> something, there is the danger that this becomes pub

[Foundation-l] A kind of organisation for transnational Wikipedias

2009-02-13 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Sometimes it would be useful to have a kind of organisation for these language editions, not chapters, but something else, for PR purposes, contacts with language institutions etc. Kind regard Ziko -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde ___ foundation-l mailing list

Re: [Foundation-l] Flagged Revisions, Report on german WP

2009-02-21 Thread Ziko van Dijk
_ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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

2009-03-03 Thread Ziko van Dijk
al title, also interesting for a curriculum vitae (resumé) of the participating Wikipedians. Kind regards Ziko -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

[Foundation-l] Difficult words. was: Re: Request for your input: biographies of living people

2009-03-05 Thread Ziko van Dijk
know more English > words. > > > - d. > > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde ___

Re: [Foundation-l] Simple English Wikipedia on xkcd

2009-03-08 Thread Ziko van Dijk
lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > > -- > KIZU Naoko > http://d.hatena.ne.jp/Britty (in Japanese) > Quote of the Day (English): http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/WQ:QOTD >

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