"If you contribute to the Wikimedia projects, you are publishing every
word you post publicly."
german translation:
"Wenn Sie zu den Wikimedia-Projekten beitragen, veröffentlichen Sie
jedes Wort, das sie abschicken, öffentlich."
That's the second sentence of our privacy policy, to be found on
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy
and inspires me to loose a few words on how policy writing should be
handled in a multilingual project:
* Decide on the core principles of the policy - the essential rules
* Create a nice, elaborate page in english which you place on the
Foundation wiki as the official policy
* Ask the community to create inofficial translations based on the
essential rules - they may want to phrase a few things differently, some
things may need longer or shorter explanations depending on culture,
country or project. They may translate the english version word by word
but are free to formulate the essential rules in their own words if they
prefer.
* Each translation should have a note on top that in doubt the english
version is the valid one.
In the case of the privacy policy, I decided to act on these principles.
The german privacy policy at
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Datenschutz tries to say the same
as the english one but in own words. Some paragraphs and sentences which
are not part of the core rules were shortened for the sake of clarity
and readability.
If you disagree with this you may want to find community members who
will create a literal translation. My feel for language and style
doesn't allow me to do so.
greetings,
elian
Hi,
the 1st sunrise period for .eu domain registration is going
to begin soon - 7 December 2005
only domain names which are registred EU community/national
trademarks will be registered.
I'm not sure about the status of Wikimedia trademarks, but
guess at least Wikipedia a Wikimedia are suitable. IMO
"we" should apply at least for wikipedia.eu and wikimedia.eu.
Because of trademark issues and eu regulations concernig
who can apply for .eu, I'm affraid it will be a bit
complicated. I hope someone from the foundation can take care
of it.
(If the process is allready going, sorry :-)
Jan Kulveit ([[USEr:Wikimol]])
Just FYI :-)
The German Verein has just received a legal opinion they ordered some
time ago, concerning various legal issues for wikipedia and German law.
It turns out that, according to the legal opinion, German law prohibits
the collection of quotes, or quotes as such, if they are not used in a
context.
That would mean the German wikiquote project's legal status is shaky at
best. (IANAL)
The German PDF with the legal opinion is at [1], and as wiki code at [2].
Magnus
[1] http://www.wikimedia.de/files/Rechtsfragen_Maerz_2005.pdf
[2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rechtsfragen_M%C3%A4rz_2005
Nature has a special report at
http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051212/full/438900a.html , detailing
the results of an accuracy comparison between WP and EB. While the
Wikipedia articles often contained more inaccuracies than Britannica's,
they don't look at the article sizes in each case. With Maveric149's
help, I did:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28news%29#Nature_follo…
Result: Average article size for Wikipedia: 6.80 KB; Britannica: 2.60
KB. Number of errors per 2KB for Wikipedia: 1; Britannica: 6.
Put another way: Wikipedia has 4 errors to their 3; our articles were
also 2 1/2 times longer on average.
Can someone please check my math, I did this pretty fast, and was half
asleep :) It's not 100% accurate, but I was only going for a ballpark
estimate. Note: we copied the displayed WP text, not the edit box text,
and removed the TOC, See also, references, external links, and any other
big tables or lists. The WP text came from just before the Nature
article was published.
Raul654 and I separately submitted stories to Slashdot, and I would
suggest anyone willing do something similar. The more requests they have
for this, the more likely they are to accept it.
brian0918
I have totally had it with the dutch wikipedia so in a reactio today I
let myself go and told them how I felt. I expect the quite large
political correct brigade on nl.wikipedia to desyssop me soon. In which
case I will voluntarily step down from all my work in wikimediaprojects.
I am getting sick and tired of the debateclimate that seems to become
more and more common. To spoil the fun of the political correct brigade
here is the dutch original and english translation of what I said:
/English:
The guidelines suck they leave us no room to deal with pissheads like
Verrekijker/Versieck. And on top of that someone threatened to desyssop
me. Walter please mail that person that they have to do what they cannot
let go. Please. I am sick and tired of the threatening behind my back,
No one can blackmail me. I am doing everything that I feel is necessary
to keep nl: wiki a good place voor the users that come here to edit and
write an encyclopedia (99,99% of the users) and that they have
discussions every now and then ... that is normal, it goes with the
territory. I do not give a flying fuck though for the ruleinterpreters,
the talkpage knights who only discuss because they like to discuss and
the trolls. I hope that their computers will give them a deadly
powershock. We have only one rule as far as I am concerned and that is
that we are writing an encyclopedia and everyone who is not helping with
that can go to hell as far as I am concerned.
Dutch original:/
/De richtlijnen zuigen en laten ons totaal geen ruimte om adequat met
etterbakken als Verrekijker/Versieck en anderen te dealen. En dan is er
iemand die gedreigd heeft met een desysopprocedure voor mij. Walter mail
die persoon dat ze vooral hun gang moeten gang. Alsjeblieft. Ik ben het
eeuwige achter mijn rug gedreig zat. Ik ben niet chanteerbaar. Ik doe
alles wat ik nodig acht om de nl: wiki een goede plaats te houden voor
de gebruikers die hier serieus komen om te editten (dus 99,99%) en dat
die wel eens een discussie hebben ach wat dat is normaal dat hoort
erbij!..... ik geef echter geen ene malle moer om de
regeltjesinterpreteerders de overlegridders die overleggen voor het
plezier en de trollen. Ik hoop dat die allemaal een dodelijke
stroomschok krijgen vanachter hun computer. We hebben hier maar een
regel en dat is dat we een encyclopedie aan het schrijven zijn en
iedereen die daar niet aan meedoet kan wat mij betreft naar de hel lopen.
Waerth/Walter
/
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=Wednesday 28 December=
A total of 287 donations were made through PayPal on '''Day 13''', yielding the equivalent of
$9,139.82 USD; an increase of $806.73 over Day 12. The average donation this day was $31.85
(second highest in the drive so far).
Mail donations since the last update amounted to an amazing $7,788, bringing that total to
$8,508.00 and the day's overall total to $16,927.82.
:Grand total at end of day: '''$139,324.11'''
Breakdown of Day 13 PayPal donations:
AUD 76.24 (57.22 USD)
CAD 185.39 (152.56 USD)
EUR 1,561.37 (1,896.58 USD)
GBP 310.32 (556.50 USD)
JPY 75,224.00 (679.65 USD)
USD 5,797.32
Total 9,139.82 USD
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==Special thanks to those who gave large donations==
An anonymous donor gave a $2000 USD donation this day! There were also many donors who gave the
equivalent of about $100 or more (listed in no particular order); Raymond Maceiras, Prof J G
Malone-Lee, Armando Ferreira, Masayoshi Sakaguchi, John Lehmann, Seshadri Ramani, Mark Svendsen,
Dennis Maki, Henry Gurr, Carlan Met, and 6 anonymous donors.
:<small>Note: While large donations are great, it should be noted that about 70% of all the money
donated to the Wikimedia Foundation comes from donations that are the equivalent of $50 or less
and the average donation is about $25.</small>
==Selected donor comments==
Let's all thank everybody who donated on this day by reading their comments.
:Full listing at: http://fundraising.wikimedia.org/2005q4/index.php/2005-12-28/detail/
*"Thank you! An interactive encyclopedia is a great idea! We use Wikipedia quite a lot and we like
it as it is now, without ads, collaborative, and independent." by Carola and Miguel Andrade
*"Travailler en communauté et pour la Communauté. Merci pour ce bel idéal." by anonymous
*"Sorry, you can't edit this donation!" by Roberto Frangi
*"Wiki is an excellent encyclopedia." by Masayoshi Sakaguchi
*"Geniales, weltveraenderndes, offenes Projekt. Ich moechte da was zurueckgeben." by Björn Kuhlen
*"thanks for the great infomation. I am a Fine art student and this is such a great site for a
wealth of infomation. i use it almost everyday!" by jordan wolff
*"perchè portate nelle case la conoscenza....grazie" by carlo bernardini
*"An impressive and valued intellectual and cultural resource" by Dennis Maki
*"I refer to you amost daily - keep it up!" by anonymous
*"May this site be an example for others to follow in social participation" by Seshadri Ramani
*"wikipedia!!! la miglior enciclopedia del mondo!!!! fantastca!!!!! se ognuno donasse un euro o un
dollaro, si arriverebbe facilmente alla quota prefissata..." by anonymous
*"I'm just sharing a part of what you've saved me. Thank you." by Dennis Storm
*"With the stones of the past we build our future, and knowledge is how to use those stones." by
Daniel Scallon
*"Thank you. This is the power of internet." by anonymous
*"A very valuable resource. Thank you." by anonymous
Some of my personal favorites:
*"After I become a billionaire, count me in for 10 million" by anonymous
*"Thank you! The most reliable and comprehensive source I've found yet. Keep up the great work!"
by anonymous
*"A few years ago, I thought corporations would take over the Internet. Wikipedia is an example of
community ownership that amazes me." by Mark Svendsen
*"WikiPedia is a great progect that helps all humanity. I'm impressed by how good you are and in
such a short time! Keep up the good work!!!!!!" by Henry Gurr
*"Wikipedia got me an A this semester." by Matthew Harrison
*"Thanks to everyone who has contributed" by Daniel Cardenas
*"Don't be a hippo! Donate now like me!" by John Devor
-- Daniel Mayer
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=Tuesday 27 December=
A total of 293 donations were made through PayPal on '''Day 12''', yielding the equivalent of
$8,333.09 USD; an increase of $2520 over Day 11. The average donation this day was $28.44.
A total of about $37.62 was donated through MoneyBookers since the last update, bringing that
total to $810.30. Still no update on mail and Dexia donations.
:Grand total at end of day: '''$122,396.29'''
Breakdown of Day 12 PayPal donations:
AUD 138.84 (104.20 USD)
CAD 369.82 (304.33 USD)
EUR 1,652.61 (2,007.41 USD)
GBP 196.25 (351.94 USD)
JPY 49,128.00 (443.87 USD)
USD 5,121.35
Total 8,333.09 USD
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==Special thanks to those who gave large donations==
An anonymous donor gave the largest donation on this day; $500 USD. Denis Bider gave $365.24, the
second highest amount. There were also many donors who gave the equivalent of about $100 or more
(listed in no particular order); Emil Vlad, Roberta W. Orr, David Tam, John Gerbracht, Dwayne
Pelletier, S Page, Reg Handford, Dallan Quass, and 11 anonymous donors.
:<small>Note: While large donations are great, it should be noted that about 70% of all the money
donated to the Wikimedia Foundation comes from donations that are the equivalent of $50 or less
and the average donation is about $25.</small>
==Selected donor comments==
Let's all thank everybody who donated on this day by reading their comments.
:Full listing at: http://fundraising.wikimedia.org/2005q4/index.php/2005-12-27/detail/
*"Wikepedia is the most uesful site next to Google" by anonymous
*"les autres sources de savoir sont toues en train de devenir payantes" by anonymous
*"Macht weiter so! Es ist garnicht so einfach ohne Bezahlung richtige Informationen zu bekommen."
by Peter Hammerl
*"Because I know of no better place online" by anonymous
*"To the most important WWW project ever. Well thought and well made" by anonymous
*"If I have a question or an problem - Wikiedia is the solution!! Yes this is the best of the
web!!" by Andreas Galster
*"Il gesto e' piccolo ma trovo giusta dare una mano penso che anche una piccola offerta sia utile
speriamo che diventi sempre migliore .Continuate cosi'." by alessandro motta
*"Yeah, keep it going, keep it coming ! Support a great cause!" by Iain Davidson
*"THE best online source of knowledge; unsurpassed in quality and content!!" by Roberta W. Orr
*"Here's to the only medium that lets me fix other people's mistakes immediately." by denis bider
*"The technical information available on this site is incredibly thorough and useful." by Randall
Huggins
*"Wikipedia makes boring school assignments so easy!" by Marcus Kaplan
*"It's wonderful to be able to enjoy such quality information in such a clean free way. Thank you
all!" by anonymous
*"Roll out http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki !" by S Page
*"Happy to support this excellent project. You are fundamentally changing the way the world gets
its information. : )" by anonymous
*"One of the greatest sites ever. Wikipedia is the first place I go to learn about something." by
Jonathan Ryan
*"This may be the best thing ever." by Jason Fialkoff
Some of my personal favorites:
*"Wikipedia is better than corn chips, and I really like corn chips." by Chris Kilgour
*"Give until it hurts. That is the only way to free knowlege" by Tarek Fatah
*"Wikipedia is to the 21st Century what the library of Alexandria was to antiquity" by anonymous
*"Once we dreamed The Net would put knowledge at our fingertips. Now, finally, it's true." by Joe
Moross
*"Worth so much more than I could ever give..." by John Eubank
*"Together we can build something great." by anonymous
*"Love this thing" by Hiver F Ambroise
-- Daniel Mayer
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Here is a list of major credit card payment systems
the foundation could directly integrate with from a
discussion on the tech list last month:
http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2005-December/032824.html
I suspect many of them would have much lower
transaction amount % fees than PayPal; however, these
will likely never be lower than 2% due to the fact
that the payee receives the funds immediately while
the card holder has a 20-30 day no-interest grace
period in which to pay back the amount.
>
> Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 07:56:24 -0800 (PST)
> From: Daniel Mayer <maveric149(a)yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] fund drive, and e-gold
> revisited
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> <foundation-l(a)wikimedia.org>
>
[snip]
>
> There are dozens, if not hundreds, of other systems
> we could use. While Im not completely
> satisfied with PayPal (they need to give us a price
> break; fees in the 4 to 5% range are closer in
> value to point-of-sale taxes than normal transaction
> fees) or MoneyBookers (not the easiest
> service to use), I do think that the two together
> fit our current needs. Thus, IMO, there is no
> pressing need to add another payment option at this
> time.
>
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