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Subject: Wiki Podcast from India!
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 19:29:29 +0100
From: The Wikipedia Documentary <info(a)wikidocumentary.org>
To: anthere(a)anthere.org
Hi there, documentary fans-
Currently traveling the world shooting the documentary "Truth in
Numbers: The Wikipedia Story", director Nic Hill makes it to Chennai,
India, where he and his small crew from Underdog Productions meet up
with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. There they rock the first ever
Indian WikiCamp (http://wikicamp.in), an "UnConference" where wiki
enthusiasts from all over the country gather to "harness the power of
Wikis."
In the spirit of that harnessing, check out the 'making-of' podcast and
join in on the first-ever "crowd-sourced" documentary here:
www.wikidocumentary.org
Thanks!
-WikiDoc
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Subject: Prix Ars Electronica 2007 - Extended Deadline
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 16:42:11 +0100 (CET)
From: communities(a)prixars.aec.at
Reply-To: communities(a)prixars.aec.at
To: 00000035(a)bender.aec.at
Dear friends and participants of Prix Ars Electronica!
Prix Ars Electronica 2007 is considering several requests of artists and
submitters and has extended the deadline for the online registration
until March 16, 2007.
NEW Submission Deadline: March 16, 2007
Details about entering are available online only at http://prixars.aec.at/
The 21st Prix Ars Electronica 2007 - International Competition for
Cyberarts has a few new features. The new Hybrid Art category, a new
prize for Media.Art.Research, and the integration of Net Vision into
Digital Communities are the most visible signs of the intensive work
that is being done on the definition of the competitions categories. As
always, the aim is to continually keep the Prix Ars Electronica updated
in line with leading-edge developments in the dynamic field of cyberarts.
Computeranimation / Film / VFX, Digital Musics, Interactive Art, Hybrid
Art,
Digital Communities, u19 - freestyle competition, [the next idea] grant,
Media.Art.Research Award
Contact
Ingrid Fischer: communities(a)prixars.aec.at
Your Prix Ars Electronica 2007 Team
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In follow-up to previous discussion, here's the current draft of the
resolution for an official WMF licensing policy. We would appreciate
comments and suggestions.
This is a DRAFT and not an invitation for any unusual deletion
actions, nor an official announcement of any kind. :-)
==Applicable definitions==
; Project
: the combination of a Wikimedia Foundation project, such as Wikipedia
or Wikisource, and a language.
; Free License
: a license which meets the terms of the ''Definition of Free Cultural
Works'' specific to licenses, as can be found at
http://freedomdefined.org/Definition version 1.0.
; Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP)
: a project-specific policy that, in accordance with United States law
and the law of countries where the project content is predominantly
accessed (if any), recognizes the limitations of copyright law
(including case law) as applicable to the project, and permits the
upload of copyrighted materials that can be legally used in the
context of the project. Examples include:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fair_use and
http://pl.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Dozwolony_u%C5%BCytek
==Resolution==
Whereas the mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to "empower and
engage people around the world to collect and develop educational
content under a ''free license'',"
# All projects are expected to host only content which is under a Free
License, or which is otherwise free as recognized by the Definition
referenced above.
# In addition, with the exception of Wikimedia Commons, each project
community may develop and adopt an EDP. Non-free content used under an
EDP must be identified in a machine-readable format so that it can be
easily identified by users of the site as well as re-users.
# Such EDPs must be minimal. Whenever possible, content used under an
EDP should be replaced with a freely licensed work if it carries
equivalent information content. Media used under EDPs are subject to
deletion if there is rough consensus that they lack an applicable
rationale. They must be used only in the context of other freely
licensed content, and may not be arranged in galleries.
# For the projects which currently have an EDP in place, the following
action shall be taken:
#* As of February XX, 2007, all new media uploaded under unacceptable
licenses (as defined above) and lacking an exemption rationale should
be deleted, and existing media under such licenses should go through a
discussion process where it is determined whether such a rationale
exists; if not, they should be deleted as well.
# For the projects which currently do not have an EDP in place, the
following action shall be taken:
#* As of February XX, 2007, any newly uploaded files under an
unacceptable license shall be deleted.
#* The Foundation resolves to assist project communities in need of an
EDP in the process of developing it. The General Counsel is directed
to coordinate this process.
#* By February XX, 2008, all existing files under an unacceptable
license must either be used under an EDP, or shall be deleted.
--
Peace & Love,
Erik
DISCLAIMER: This message does not represent an official position of
the Wikimedia Foundation or its Board of Trustees.
"An old, rigid civilization is reluctantly dying. Something new, open,
free and exciting is waking up." -- Ming the Mechanic
> For those of us that had our bots cloaked only recently, do we need to worry
> about this?
It'd be helpful if you sent it in as I intend to produce a pretty
tabulated information page on meta. Also, if you are using
yourcloak/bot/botnick then this needs to be changed.
On 3/5/07, Peter M Dodge <twicescorned(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 04/03/07, Sean Whitton (Xyrael) <sean(a)silentflame.com> wrote:
> >
> > For clarification, I refer to freenode bots only, not any of the other
> > IRC-related things we are involved in. Sorry for the confusion :-)
> >
> > On 3/4/07, Christian Thiele <apper(a)apper.de > wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Am 04.03.2007, 18:32 Uhr, schrieb Sean Whitton (Xyrael)
> > > <sean(a)silentflame.com>:
> > >
> > > > * That all operators of IRC bots contact me via e-mail telling me
> > > > their bot nickname, what is does and what it is cloaked with, as well
> > > > as a note if it uses an o:line. I can then recloak them with your
> > > > assistance. This also has the purpose of weeding out inactive bots (no
> > > > action being taken yet, though).
> > >
> > > could you please precise this? You wrote you're a freenode staffer, so
> you
> > > only mean IRC bots in freenode? I think most people (especially on the
> > > toolserver mailing list) have their bots in irc.wikimedia.org (where
> > > current changes in wikimedia projects are posted). Am I right, that
> these
> > > are not meant? Or do you also maintain irc.wikimedia.org?
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Christian Thiele
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > —Sean Whitton (Xyrael/xyr)
> > sean(a)silentflame.com
> > http://xyrael.net/
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Toolserver-l mailing list
> > Toolserver-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l
> >
>
>
> For those of us that had our bots cloaked only recently, do we need to worry
> about this?
>
> - Peter M Dodge aka Wizardry Dragon
>
> _______________________________________________
> Toolserver-l mailing list
> Toolserver-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l
>
>
--
—Sean Whitton (Xyrael/xyr)
sean(a)silentflame.com
http://xyrael.net/
If you've devoted much of your life to the Wikimedia Foundation and
its projects, and you enjoy interacting with our international
community, this is an opportunity for you to turn your hobby into a
profession. Effective immediately, the Wikimedia Foundation is looking
for a Volunteer Coordinator who will lead in opening up new
opportunities for volunteers to contribute to the mission and
day-to-day work of the Foundation.
Ideally, you will work in the Wikimedia Office in St. Petersburg,
Florida. Please also specify whether you would prefer part-time or
full-time work.
Please send applications, including a Curriculum Vitae, to:
<jobs at wikimedia dot org>.
== Responsibilities ==
As Volunteer Coordinator, your responsibilities will include:
* maintaining a global, public list of tasks across different work
areas, through communicating with committees/officers, which would
indicate which areas need volunteer work the most critically at any
given time.
* advising the Board and ED during the setup of new volunteer groups
and committees
* ensuring that all volunteer groups in the WMF are operational and
reporting their activities on a regular basis; evaluating performance
(cat herding experience and international diplomacy skills will help ;-)
* being a first personal point of contact for people who wish to do
volunteer work for the organization, but don't know where to start
* organizing and advertising regular online events and tutorials to
educate people about different areas of volunteering
* reporting when existing volunteer groups such as committees or
workgroups are apparently dysfunctional, and recommending structural
changes where needed
* collecting and documenting best practices for volunteer management,
partially based on communicating with other non-profits and studying
research on the topic
* representing Wikimedia at events where we might find useful
volunteers from a specific background.
In short, you will be responsible for achieving what is absolutely
critical for the long term sustainability of the Foundation: involving
volunteers in every part of our mission.
== Prior experience ==
You should have some familiarity with the Wikimedia Foundation, its
processes, and its projects (Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikisource,
Wikimedia Commons, and so on). Prior experience in online and real
world volunteer organizing is a definite advantage, as is work
experience in project management, scheduling, and communications.
Please send applications, including a Curriculum Vitae, to:
<jobs at wikimedia dot org>.
If you have questions about this job description, please respond on
the list or to me privately. Feel free to forward this message to other
lists.
Erik Möller
Executive Secretary, Wikimedia Foundation
For clarification, I refer to freenode bots only, not any of the other
IRC-related things we are involved in. Sorry for the confusion :-)
On 3/4/07, Christian Thiele <apper(a)apper.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Am 04.03.2007, 18:32 Uhr, schrieb Sean Whitton (Xyrael)
> <sean(a)silentflame.com>:
>
> > * That all operators of IRC bots contact me via e-mail telling me
> > their bot nickname, what is does and what it is cloaked with, as well
> > as a note if it uses an o:line. I can then recloak them with your
> > assistance. This also has the purpose of weeding out inactive bots (no
> > action being taken yet, though).
>
> could you please precise this? You wrote you're a freenode staffer, so you
> only mean IRC bots in freenode? I think most people (especially on the
> toolserver mailing list) have their bots in irc.wikimedia.org (where
> current changes in wikimedia projects are posted). Am I right, that these
> are not meant? Or do you also maintain irc.wikimedia.org?
>
> Sincerely,
> Christian Thiele
>
--
—Sean Whitton (Xyrael/xyr)
sean(a)silentflame.com
http://xyrael.net/
Today we got a nice new image on the English Wikipedia--see [[Dennis
Johnson]], a star of the NBA, who died recently. The image has a story, and the
story has a moral. I want to tell it.
The creator is an established sports photographer who has worked for the NBA
professional as a photographer. He is also one of the many thousands of
uknown (to us) fans of Wikipedia who visit teh site regularly. When Johnson died,
he went to the article, and noticed there was no picture, so he decided to
donate one that he took. He called the office to ask how to do it.
After speaking with him briefly, I realized that we have a potential
treasure trove of FREE images here, which he was willing and eager to share with us,
from the NBA and many other areas. I asked Greg Maxwell to speak with him
about licensing, and the rest is history. He selected an image and released it
under the GFDL license. Hopefully, there will be more to come.
As for the moral of the story: we were missing an image, and someone decided
to release one of his own--a high quality professional image at that. As for
now, I can only wonder at the argument that we keep fairuse images until we
find free ones. The fact that we did not have an image encouraged someone to
"fix the problem" and provide a free one. There will likely be many more to
come.
So, I just want to say thank you to the photographer, who understood the
value in what we are doing, and to Greg Maxwell, for spending time with him and
explaining the free license philosophy. And I also want to thank all the
contributors who did NOT rush to post a fairuse image. Because of that, a
magnificent image is now free.
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I can't help thinking morerover that
the lisrt administrator of "unvlock-en-l", Essjay and Mindspillage have
had many sockpuppets beyond "Luna" and "Predego"
and abused admin's power.
What can you do for people(Wikipedians) besides listen to them?
On 02 Mar 2007, unblock-en-l-owner wrote:
>You are not allowed to post to this mailing list, and your message has
>been automatically rejected. If you think that your messages are
>being rejected in error, contact the mailing list owner at
>unblock-en-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org.
By what reasons?
"Luna", who is suspected strongly the sockpuppet of the list administrator
of "Unblock-en-l",
said, "You can request to re-join the list at any time".
So, I have already requested it to the list administrators and the trustees.
Therefore, I have no need to be ordered by Lunacy-like persons.
Please don't reject my message "automatically", Essjay and Mindspillage.
>From: "Christoper Russel" <criticize_antijapanese_racism(a)msn.com>
>To: lunasantin(a)gmail.com, foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org,
>wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, unblock-en-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org,
>wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, unblock-en-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>CC: info(a)wikimedia.org, board(a)wikimedia.org
>Subject: RE: Important notice -- please confirm your unblock-en-l
>subscription
>Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:08:31 -0500
>I have to suspect strongly:
>Luna = Prodego = Essjay = "Ryan Jordan" = other many admin's sockpuppet's
>accounts
>= inappropriate admin's accounts group abusing sockpuppets and amin's power
>= Chinese and/or Korean group with anti-Japanese racism and facism.
>
>Why can't they allow IP address contributers to read "Unblock-en-l"?
(It is very useful!)
>Can "Luna"'s personal email below be actually valid?
>
>>From: Luna <lunasantin(a)gmail.com>
>>Subject: Important notice -- please confirm your unblock-en-l subscription
>>Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:52:37 -0800
>>
>>Dear unblock-en-l subscriber,
>>
>>We've recently decided to establish some membership criteria for this
>>mailing list,
>
>When?
>Where?
>what kind of "membership criteria"?
>
>>and are in the process of removing subscriptions which do not meet those
>>criteria.
>
>Why is there necessity to remove subscriptions of Unblock-en-l?
>Admins already admitted too many unfair blockings enforced by crazy admins?
>
>If so. you only have to unblock all the victims of the crazy admins
>and stop all the crazy persons' adminship.
>
>>In particular, we need to associate your email address with a particular
>>Wikipedia account or identity.
>
>I had not a Wikipedia account and Wikipedia's admins apparently have
>blocked
>too many IP address users with no understandable reason.
>
>This means, admins themselves have been forcing many IP address
>contributors
>to have to subscribe "Unblock-en-l".
>
>Of course, anyone have freedom not to log in Wikipedia
>and all Wikipedias have allowed IP address contributors to edit Wikipedias'
>articles
>since the beginning.
>
>I myself don't want to talk with crazy facism(and racism) admins of
>Wikipedia.
>Apparently Chinese, Koreans, etc. have occupied and controlled Wikipedia
>very unfairly.
>
>I have to think:
>Luna = Prodego = Essjay = "Ryan Jordan" = other many admin's sockpuppet's
>accounts
>are Chinese, Koreans, Mexican, etc.
>who have never understood the value to respect democratic procedures and
>human rights.
>
>
>?In order to do that, please click on this link:
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Emailuser/Prodego
>
>"Prodego"?
>Essjay, Mindspillage, Luna, Prodego, and any other admins have never
>explained
>the necessity to click on this link.
>They have been only showing their stupid contradiction and their being evil
>sockpuppeters.
>
>>PLEASE use "unblock-en-l identification" as your subject heading, to allow
>>faster processing of your email.
>
>"Identification"?
>If you want people to reveal their identification, you should do it first.
>but,
>even "Essjay"("Ryan Jordan"?), the admin of "unblock-en-l", have been only
>lying
>about his identity and apparently abusing sockpuppets.
>
>It is Essjay, Mindspillage, Luna, Prodego, and any other admins of
>Wikipedia
>to make public their real "identification" and only them.
>
>
>>Do not email the user directly
>
>Why?
>Because "Luna" is just the sockpuppet of "Essjay"?
>
>>-- you MUST use the Special:Emailuser feature, or your identity will not
>>be confirmed.
>
>Why does "Luna" say "MUST"?
>I don't know "Predego" at all. And "Predego" is not the list administrator
>of "Unvlock-en-l".
>And Luna" is one of the crazy (anti-Japanese-racism-)facism admins.
>Like this:
>>If you have not replied to this message within one week, your subscription
>>will be cancelled. You can request to re-join the list at any time.
>
>"You can request to re-join the list at any time"?
>Now, I request it.
>
>I have already requested it to the list administrators and the trustees.
>So, I have no need to be ordered by Lunacy-like persons.
>
>>We apologize for this inconvenience, but hope that you understand the need
>>for privacy and security, given the sensitive personal information that is
>>sometimes discussed on this mailing list.
>
>"the need for privacy and security"?
>If you say such a decent thing, never send such a crazy emai to people
>and never compel them to do such dangerous things for their "privacy and
>security".
>
>All admins should do is to make all admins reveal their real identity,
>esp. Essjay, Mindspillage, Luna, Prodego.
>
>
>>Thank you,
>>-Luna
>
>Why "Luna"?
>Why "Prodego"?
>Why not "Essjay"?
>Why not "Mindspillage"?
>
>I couldn't believe my eyes.
>
>The admin's term should be expired every year or every six months.
>
>Sincerly,
>"Mileshand"(Christopher A. J. Russel)
>
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