Wikimedia-l October 2006

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[Foundation-l] Using wikipedia logo
by Erwin85 15 Oct '06

15 Oct '06

Babylon 6 ( http://www.babylon.com/ ) is using a wikipedia logo in a banner used on a Dutch site, https://www.surfspot.nl/surfspot/banners/images/kscwikipediabanner.gif . Is that allowed? Could someone please look into this? Erwin85 PS Since I didn't know who to contact, I sent this to the mailing list.

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[Foundation-l] [Fwd: Is There Life After Wikipedia?]
by Jeffrey V. Merkey 14 Oct '06

14 Oct '06

FYI. WebProNews mass article mailing about Wikipedia. Jeff

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[Foundation-l] Proposed guidelines in our IRC channels
by Sean Whitton 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Greetings, As some are aware, I recently started up #wikimedia-ops as an attempt to organise op activity across the network. I think what we have going works - although so far there have been few issues that have needed the co-ordination (that I've seen, anyway), the idea is there and the opportunity for help is being advertised. IRC is a powerful resource that as an organisation we use well, but there is room for improvement. When someone is kicked rem'med from a channel, there are usually arguments between the op and the user or publically in the channel over the validity of their removal. It was recently pointed out to me by a fellow freenode staffer that 'you can't keep chasing an unwritten [guideline]', and I decided to start an initiative to write one. Obviously, this will be a community effort, and so I created a page over on meta at [[m:IRC guidelines]], which I invite you to participate in. At the time of writing there isn't anything real there, but I invite people to build it up. For the moment, I have no idea how enforcable/!official these guidelines are going to be. I suggest that we worry about that after we actually have some, because the channel operations structure is too ad hoc to make assumptions on how it will work. This is just an idea, something that I hope people will adopt. There are several pages on the freenode website which may be of interest. WP:NPA, WP:CIVIL and a few others may also be of use. http://freenode.net/philosophy.shtml http://freenode.net/freenode_and_irc.shtml http://freenode.net/catalysts.shtml http://freenode.net/channel_guidelines.shtml I look forward to receiving comments on this through this list, IRC (#wikimedia-irc/#wikimedia-ops) or the talkpage of the guidelines page. Let's try and develop some rough standards to improve the IRC experience. Thank you for your time. S -- —Xyrael / Sean Whitton ~ Knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty sean(a)silentflame.com | xyrael.net

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Re: [Foundation-l] Ray Noorda, Founder of Novell Dies at 82
by rfrangi＠libero.it 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

He was deeply loved also by CNE/CNI all over the world. RIP. Roberto (Snowdog) > > Mr. Raymond Noorda, founder of Novell and pioneer of the networking > industry, passed away this morning in his home in Orem, Utah surrounded > by his close family. He was 82. He was deeply loved by all of us here > in Utah. > > Jeff > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l(a)wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > ------------------------------------------------------ BANCA MEDIOLANUM cerca Family Banker. Invia il CV a www.familybanker.it http://click.libero.it/mediolanum2

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Re: [Foundation-l] Fundraising season launch
by daniwo59＠aol.com 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Slow down a bit. Let's start with the basics. For various technical reasons, a fundraiser should not start at the beginning of the month. Befpre deciding that the fopcus shoudl not be servers, decide what the real needs are. If servers happen to be the primary cost, then that should be the focus. I am wary of turning this into an OLPC/Wikimedia fundraiser, even if just by tying the two organizations together. It may also run counter to our 501 c 3 status, but of this I am not sure. Will the money go to chapters or to the Foundation? Can the chapters transfer money to the foundation if needed? How will funds donated be processed? Who will process them? How will we recognize donors, both by what is required by law and by what is simply a nice way to recognize them? This is an enormous amount of work. Just some thoughts. Danny In a message dated 10/10/2006 3:27:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, erik(a)wikimedia.org writes: On 10/9/06, Anthere <Anthere9(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > As an individual (not board member), I would like to ask if it were > possible that the spin around the fundraising, focuses a bit on the > other projects, perhaps the notion of virtual library, with the > wikicommons and wikisource. We have the recent report of the german > digitization to show up as an example as how we could push things > forward in realm of digital libraries. Yes, it seems absolutely essential to me that the communication strategy is carefully planned _before_ we ask for money. What have the Foundation and the Chapters accomplished so far? What is the status of our work to bring Wikimedia to developing countries? What have our expenses been? (Get audited financial reports out.) What expenses do we foresee? What strategic projects are around the corner? What is the state of the projects besides Wikipedia, the small languages? The last thing I want is another "WE NEED MORE SERVERS" fundraiser. So, in order to do this properly: Brad - can we assume that the financial statements will be published before Nov 1? Can you work on outlining some expenses over the next 6 months you see as critical, in broad terms (staff, hardware, etc.)? Tim - when are the static dumps going to be ready? Samuel - can you pass on some promotional materials re: the OLPC partnership to the Fundraising Committee? Delphine - can you compile a report on chapter activity (max 10K, pictures would be nice)? What projects were completed, what chapters were set up? Jimmy, Florence - shall we prepare a detailed vision statement on Board Wiki? I volunteer to take a first stab at the structure. Sabine - could you write a little report regarding translation projects, and future activities you can envision in this area? I would suggest early November as a launch of the fundraising drive. I would like to see some new functionality implemented for this fundraising drive as well, e.g. the ability to donate directly from any Wikimedia project page, as well as a more prominent display of donor comments above a certain amount. Most importantly, however, I want us to start working very soon on a decent appeal for support and report of activity so far. I understand that donor attention is limited, so we need to have a very short general appeal, but those who care should be able to find detailed information about what we are doing and why we need support. Ideally, the information we compile here should be useful to approach organizations and wealthy individuals, beyond just a general appeal to the masses. Does that sound reasonable? :-) -- Peace & Love, Erik Member, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees DISCLAIMER: Unless otherwise stated, all views or opinions expressed in this message are solely my own and do not represent an official position of the Wikimedia Foundation or its Board of Trustees. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikinews-l] Wikinews language coordinator needed
by Erik Moeller 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

On 10/11/06, Anthere <Anthere9(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > But I am not so happy with the concept of a board member deciding to > delegate a task which is entirely under commmunity oversight. It was not meant to be a Board-level delegation, but a community hand-over the way you describe it. Sorry if that was unclear. -- Peace & Love, Erik Member, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees DISCLAIMER: Unless otherwise stated, all views or opinions expressed in this message are solely my own and do not represent an official position of the Wikimedia Foundation or its Board of Trustees.

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[Foundation-l] Unblock for English Wikiepdia in China
by mingli yuan 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Good news!! Many people reported that English Wikiepdia is unblocked in China. We are waiting for more infomation about the unblock. User:Mountain

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[Foundation-l] Pledge of personal commitment
by Erik Moeller 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

As required per the conflict of interest policy of the Wikimedia Foundation, I am hereby posting the pledge of personal commitment to foundation-l and wikimediafoundation.org: WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC. '''PLEDGE OF PERSONAL COMMITMENT''' As a member of the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, I, Erik Möller, am committed to Wikimedia Foundation's goal to establish and maintain the highest level of public confidence in its accountability. I have personally committed to follow the standards set out below, which represent the Wikimedia Foundation's conflict of interest policies: I will conduct my activities with the board of trustees of Wikimedia Foundation so that I do not advance or protect my own interests, or the private interests of others with whom I have a relationship, in a way that is detrimental to the interests of, or to the fundamental mission of, Wikimedia Foundation. In every instance in which I represent the Wikimedia Foundation, I will conduct my activities in a manner to best promote the interests of Wikimedia Foundation. In all matters that come before the board of trustees for a vote that may favorably impact my own financial interests, or the private interests of others with whom I have a financial relationship, or any organization of which I am a part, I will reveal that relationship and abstain from a vote in the matter. When a conflict of interest arises, or when a potential conflict of interest emerges, I will promptly disclose that conflict, or potential conflict, to the Executive Director of Wikimedia Foundation and to the Chairman of its board of trustees and seek a resolution of that issue. Entered into on this the 11th day of October, 2006. Erik Möller Member, Board of Trustees Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

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Re: [Foundation-l] Unblock for English Wikiepdia in China
by valdelli＠bluemail.ch 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

It's time for Chinese people to learn other language :) Ilario ----Messaggio originale---- Da: shizhao(a)gmail.com Data: 10.10.06 11.00 A: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List"<foundation-l(a)wikimedia.org> Oggetto: Re: [Foundation-l] Unblock for English Wikiepdia in China Yes. only zh wp blocked. 2006/10/10, mingli yuan <mingli.yuan(a)gmail.com>: > Good news!! > > Many people reported that English Wikiepdia is unblocked in China. > We are waiting for more infomation about the unblock. > > User:Mountain > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l(a)wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Chinese wikipedia: http://zh.wikipedia.org/ My blog: http://talk.blogbus.com CNBlog: http://blog.cnblog.org/weblog.html Social Brain: http://www.socialbrain.org/default.asp cnbloggercon: http://www.cnbloggercon.org/ [[zh:User:Shizhao]] _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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[Foundation-l] Fundraising season launch
by Anthere 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Hello, Last update from Michael (this summer) mentionned that we had about 550 k$ in bank. The technical team mentionned recently there was an urgent need for new application servers (apache/squids), to address the record traffic the site has been receiving. A couple of weeks ago, traffic reports indicated > 18,000 requests per second, far above our routine traffic of 12,000 requests per second earlier this summer. Consequently, a hardware purchase resolution has been very recently approved, which will significantly impact our reserves. http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution_Hardware_sept_2006 Michael reported that we purchased $425k of hardware last fiscal year and will purchase $400k more in just the first half of the current fiscal year. Rough estimate for this fiscal year hardware is between $750k-$1M. In short, it is high time to have our second fundraising of the year :-) A fundraising committee was set up not a long time ago for such purpose and will work with Brad for the success of the fundraising. The translation committee will naturally have to be heavily involved and coordination about press coverage will be under the responsability of the comcom. If you want to be involved, please say so. Florence Wikimedia Foundation -------- As an individual (not board member), I would like to ask if it were possible that the spin around the fundraising, focuses a bit on the other projects, perhaps the notion of virtual library, with the wikicommons and wikisource. We have the recent report of the german digitization to show up as an example as how we could push things forward in realm of digital libraries. Ant

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