Mailing List Archive by Gossamer Threads http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/ en-us (c) Gossamer Threads Inc. All rights reserved. 26 Nov 2009 02:41:04 -0800 120 75 23 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/ http://www.gossamer-threads.com/images/lists/rss_logo.jpg Reminder: Strategic Planning office hours will happen at: 04:00-05:00 UTC, Wednesday 25 November. That is: Tuesday, 8-9 pm PDT Wednesday, 11pm - 12 24 Nov 2009 08:54:14 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183927 Hello folks, this is a suggestion to encourage more edits. It is both a topic for every of our projects but also of most of the foundation projects 24 Nov 2009 05:38:48 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183920 We started a new regular feature on the strategy wiki: Question of the week. Every Monday, the page will highlight some data and open up a question fo 23 Nov 2009 12:03:20 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183875 A reporter pal points out to me that the Wall Street Journal has a front page story on Wikipedia: "Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages". Alas, it' 23 Nov 2009 08:57:50 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183855 http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/7th/081296p.pdf This is a Seventh Circuit case decided earlier this month dealing with the copyright status 21 Nov 2009 12:33:51 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183758 A year or so ago I realized that it is better to make an auxiliary site to Wikipedia [in Serbian] than to spend a lot of time in explaining to student 21 Nov 2009 05:21:54 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183733 Hi all! The Wikipedia Usability Initiative conducted an evaluative study of our progress thus far in mid-October. Highlights are posted to the blog 18 Nov 2009 15:47:58 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183574 A fundraising update, forwarded from internal with Rand's permission. These regular updates are great (you could start your own topical wiki 'zine wi 18 Nov 2009 15:36:08 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183573 Erik suggested I post this to the list for further discussion. Sincerely, Laura Hale *Introduction* Fan History Wiki is a project dedicated to d 18 Nov 2009 10:53:53 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183528 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello all! Next Thursday's office hours will feature Véronique Kessler, the Foundation's Chief Financi 17 Nov 2009 16:37:35 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183489 Hi everyone, It's that time again. Strategic Planning office hours are today, November 18, from 20:00-21:00 UTC, which is: 12-1pm PST, 3pm-4pm EST. 17 Nov 2009 09:07:40 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183456 No posts in over half a day. Is everyone simply scared? MZMcBride public@mzmcbride.com _______________________________________________ foundation- 16 Nov 2009 19:18:36 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183418 Hi all, On Wikipedia Review, 'tarantino' pointed out that on WMF projects, self-identified minors (in this case User:Juliancolton) are involved in ro 15 Nov 2009 17:04:52 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183361 Hello! Hola! Ciao! Last week took place at Barcelona the First International Forum on free culture and access to knowledge (Oct 29 to Nov 1) with gre 14 Nov 2009 16:54:18 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183317 Hoi. I learned that Erik has published a well written article on the issues raised with the 2009 fundraiser. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fundr 14 Nov 2009 05:18:44 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183280 After reviewing the comments of foundation-l participants over the last few days, we've come up with a few changes that we hope will ultimately improv 13 Nov 2009 19:20:23 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183258 I am pleased to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation's audited financial statements for the years ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are available on th 13 Nov 2009 17:22:52 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183261 Hello folks, This morning (PST) the Foundation sent out the following news about the appointment of Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist.org, to the 13 Nov 2009 09:30:08 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183238 We're just about to start our board meeting, but before we do, I have a quick update for you. We have appointed two new members to the advisory boar 13 Nov 2009 08:41:39 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183239 It's interesting that this list has been effectively closed just before it would be getting a true storm of protest... But on the off-chance that it's 13 Nov 2009 06:31:19 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183260 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Just a quick reminder about today's office hours with Naoko Komura and the usability team (from 1700 to 12 Nov 2009 08:27:55 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183112 Hi! We have on pl wiki new sandbox/introduction/tutorial - with tests for newbies: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wst%C4%99p and with "Med 11 Nov 2009 12:19:07 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183262 Right now the list remains on moderation, and will remain so for the time being. Our goal is to reach a consensus on what changes to make over the ne 11 Nov 2009 10:49:13 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183060 The fundraising banners went live yesterday, but in spite of efforts to test them, there were serious issues with their basic functionality and IE6 an 11 Nov 2009 06:16:43 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183038 Now that the list is running again, here's a quick look at the board's agenda for the upcoming meeting, November 13-15. Friday, November 13 9:00 We 10 Nov 2009 22:12:11 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/183067