[WikiJA-l] Fwd: [Announce-l] Wikizine - number: 69

Wikizine 69　より 主なニュース * ユーザ名とパスワードが同一のアカウントは使用できなくなりました。 * MediaWiki のバージョンアップにより「更新数の少ないページ」リストがみえるようになりました。 * ウィキメディア財団は「ミッションステートメント」と「ヴィジョンステートメント」を改訂しました。 * Advisory board のウィキができました（内容はないよう） * Wikimania 2007 の発表応募は5月15日までに延長されました。またあらたにCISとアフリカを対象とする旅費補助プログラムを募集しています。Wikimania ではスポンサーを引き続き募集中です。 以下全文です。http://en.wikizine.org　でもお読みいただけます。 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Wikizine &lt;info(a)wikizine.org&gt; Date: May 2, 2007 7:42 AM Subject: [Announce-l] Wikizine - number: 69 To: announce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org ****************************************** __ __ _ _ _ _ / / /\ \ (_) | _(_)___(_)_ __ ___ \ \/ \/ / | |/ / |_ / | '_ \ / _ \ \ /\ /| | <| |/ /| | | | | __/ \/ \/ |_|_|\_\_/___|_|_| |_|\___| .org Year: 2007 Week: 18 Number: 69 ****************************************** An independent internal news bulletin for the members of the Wikimedia community ////////////////////////////////////////// === Technical news === [Login] - Passwords that are the same as the user name can no longer be used. Affected accounts can reset their password by e-mail to something more secure. If you do not have an email address provided in your account you have no access any more. The only hope to keep your account is to go to #wikimedia-tech and convince a developer that you are who you say you are. In general providing an email address for your account, and the same for all accounts, is a good idea. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.misc/29945 http://www.spammotel.com -- if you do not trust Wikimedia with your email address http://www.spamgourmet.com [Special] - New special page [[Special:Fewestrevisions]] . It lists .... yes ....pages that have very few revisions, other versions. Because it also includes redirects its usefulness is limited. The results are cached. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Fewestrevisions === Request for help === [Wikimania2007] - Call for Participation deadline extended until May 15. http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call_for_Participation [ENDS] - WMF Chair Anthere is asking for comments about a draft governance model for Wikimedia Foundation Board Policy. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/16587 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy_governance_manual === Policy === [Who Are You?] - The WMF approved a resolution making it required that people who have access to confidential information identify themselves to the Wikimedia Foundation. This seems only to apply to access to information that falls under the Wikimedia Privacy policy. This does not seem to include the private mailing lists and wikis. People who do need to identify themselves and prove that they are at least 18 years old (or older if the legal age is higher in your country) are: # All stewards # All holders of the "checkuser" and "oversight" rights # All OTRS volunteers # And all developers with access to any electronic records which contains non-public information Sysop and bureaucrats are excluded from this. All users who fall under this category need to comply with this resolution or their user rights can be revoked. In the resolution 60 days are given to comply but it is not clear from what date you need to count. Board member Kat Walsh writes in a posting to Foundation-l: "Those affected by this resolution should contact Cary Bass, WMF volunteer coordinator, at <cbass AT wikimedia DOT org>. We will also attempt to contact everyone individually who will need to do this; however, please spread this message to those in your communities." http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Access_to_nonpublic_data http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/16598 [Closed] - A proposal has been made for a procedure to close wikis. This is for wikis who are de facto dead. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Closure_of_WMF_projects http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.misc/30011 === Foundation === [Mission] - The WMF approved a new "Mission and Vision statement". The Vision statement is "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment." The mission statement is a bit too long to include it. See on Meta and Wiktionary to translate it. http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Mission_and_Vision_statement http://en.wiktionary.org/ [Scholarship] - To come to Wikimania 2007 are still available for people coming from Africa and the Commonwealth of Independent States (parts of the ex-USSR) http://wm07schols.wikimedia.org/apply.php [Sponsor] - The WMF is looking for sponsors for Wikimania 2007. This is for large sponsors who can donate tens of thousands of dollars. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/0/0b/Wikimania_sponsorship… [wiki] - The WMF advisory board has now its own wiki. It is a public wiki. http://advisory.wikimedia.org -- nothing to see there http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Advisory_Board === Community === [Wild Sysop] - On EN Wikipedia an sysop has deleted several pages including the Main Page and blocked some users and unblocked himself after being blocked because of local policy violations. After being de-sysopped the user was blocked again. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2007-04-23/Robdur… === Media === [Virginia Tech] - The article of the EN Wikipedia about the shooting at the university in Virginia, USA was for a few days the most popular page of the EN Wikipedia and is praised by traditional media as a very good source for information about this event. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2007-04-23/Virgin… http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/23/america/wiki.php -- The Latest on Virginia Tech, From Wikipedia [Citizendium] - One Month Later http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/citizendium_one.php === Stats === [fur.wp] - Friulian Wikipedia reaches 2000 articles with [[w:fur:Laurenzi]] (the chimical element). Friulian is a language spoken mainly in northern Italy. http://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurenzi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friulian_language [SuperStats] - Dynamic and recent statistics of all Wikipedias. A must see for stats lovers. http://s23.org/wikistats/wikipedias_html.php [Study] - More than a third of American adult internet users (36%) consult Wikipedia, according to a new nationwide survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. And on a typical day in the winter of 2007, 8% of online Americans consulted Wikipedia. http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Wikipedia07.pdf -- Sorry about the pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2007-04-30/Statis… === Other news === [Correction] - In Wikizine 67 it was reported that 0.5 CD of the English-language Wikipedia is produced by the Wikimedia Foundation and LinterWeb. This is not correct. The CD was not produced by the Wikimedia Foundation, it has been produced by Linterweb. http://www.wikipediaondvd.com/ === Weird shit === According to various observers there are many parallels between communist ideology and practices, and the economic and political system in The Smurfs .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smurfs_and_communism === Quote === "The problem with Wikipedia is that it only works in practice. In theory, it can never work." -- Unknown attribution === Editorial === In Wikizine 68, the English and German edition and in a posting to Foundation-l I have asked for assistance with Wikizine. The response was less than pathetic. It was non existent. So it looks like I will remain the only one working on Wikizine. I have decided to give Wikimedia related things and Wikizine in particular a lower priority in my life. Wikizine will continue but in a even more erratic publication frequently then now. Also you can expect reduced editions who are more basic between normal editions. This depending of I feel like giving priority in going to the park or so or sitting in front of the computer. Walter Vermeir, the editor ////////////////////////////////////////// Number of subscribers: 648 Unique Visitors website last week: 346 Editor(s): Walter Corrector(s): Gary Kirk Thanks to: Klenje, Schiste Contact: reply or http://report.wikizine.org Website: http://en.wikizine.org Wikizine Auf Deutsch: http://de.wikizine.org ////////////////////////////////////////// Wikizine.org makes no guarantee of accuracy, validity and especially but not limited to, correct grammar and spelling. Wikizine.org is published by [[meta:user:Walter]], and is not a publication of the Wikimedia Foundation. 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