In a message dated 2/23/2008 2:13:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,
swatjester(a)gmail.com writes:
but may even be complicit in it, especially
given the current political leanings on Muhammad images by the
Egyptian government.
I would not go that far. The Egyptian government has no interest whatsoever
in supporting violent actions. In fact, the people that commit them are just
as opposed to the current regime as they are to Wikipedia, probably much more.
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In a message dated 2/23/2008 2:11:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,
dgerard(a)gmail.com writes:
On 23/02/2008, daniwo59(a)aol.com <daniwo59(a)aol.com> wrote:
> The Egyptian government is not going to allow tourists to get killed
> by anyone. Have you any idea what it would do to their economy?
Countries that rely on tourism often aren't good at this joined-up
thinking thing, e.g. ask Cat Le-Huy, guilty of being Oriental and
having long hair:
http://thetruthaboutdubai.com/
- d.
Clarification, the quote was from Geni.
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In a message dated 2/23/2008 1:47:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
geniice(a)gmail.com writes:
And how many places in Egypt are frequented by isrealis? Doesn't
narrow the target list very much does it?
Actually, thousands of Israelis visit Egypt regularly, either Sinai, where
the hotels and hash are both cheap, or the standard tourism venues of Cairo,
Luxor, etc. It is considered an inexpensive vacation, though after Ras Burqa,
Turkey really picked up. Many also go to the Delta, particularly people with
family roots there, though there isn't quite a much to see (i.e., no pyramids
and no funky beach huts)
Danny
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Hi all,
Just a quick reminder to all that are interested in the planning for Wikimania 2008 that the next general planning meeting will be held in #wikimania2008 (Freenode IRC Network) on Sun, Feb 24 @ 20:00UTC. Hope to see you there and please do forward this message on to any local mailing lists. http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC - choose Wikimania 2008 Planning from the list if you do not have a IRC client that can connect to irc.freenode.net.
Thanks
-James
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In a message dated 2/20/2008 12:54:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,
geniice(a)gmail.com writes:
A primary goal of the Foundation is to see material such as audio
recordings which have fallen into the public domain used to enrich
associated Wikipedia articles in addition to other use and on related
projects. To that end, the Foundation opposes any extension of
copyright terms that could compromise these goals.
No, that is not good. The reason we oppose the extension of copyright is not
so that we can make Wikipedia pretty and have lots of cool sound bytes and
images. I would hope the reason we oppose the extension of copyright is far
more principled than that.
Danny
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At Wikizine 91, tech news that pages with more than 5000 edits can't
be deleted got published.
However, they also publish:
Also a result of this is that need for users who have "oversight"
status becomes higher on the projects who have not yet those. This
because you can not longer deleted and restore selective editions if
that pages has more then that 5000 versions.
And in some translatinos "higher needs" even got translated as "necessity".
Now, there are only 3 approved uses of oversight as described on
Foundation's wide policy at m:Oversight_policy:
This feature is approved for use in three cases:
1. Removal of non-public personal information such as phone
numbers, home addresses, workplaces or identities of pseudonymous or
anonymous individuals who have not made their identity public, or of
public individuals who have not made that personal information public.
2. Removal of potentially libellous information either: a) on the
advice of Wikimedia Foundation counsel or b) when the subject has
specifically asked for the information to be removed from the history,
the case is clear, and there is no editorial reason to keep the
revision.
3. Removal of copyright violations on the advice of Wikimedia
Foundation counsel.
The fact that a page can or cannot be deleted is nor relevant to
oversight, be it on the case of vanilla vandalism (which CAN NOT be
oversighted) nor in the case where the policy applies (since it can be
applied regardless of the page being deleted or not)
Therefore it's a fallacy to say that the need for oversighters is
higher (unless the wikizine is implying that common vandalism is
usually oversighted, which is a a serious mislead then).
Since wikizine cannot be easily "edited" (it's sent via email, and
also published offsite), it's important that an errata gets published,
and that it be made clear that foundation's wide policy doesn't allow
simple vandalism to be oversighted unless it falls on those 3 cases
(and then it's irrelevant that a page has more than 5000 edits).
Given that some translations of wikizine got so far as stating that
wikis now have a "necessity" for oversighters, I guess I should
mention it publicly so either the policy is modifified or wikis don't
get mislead.
Hi all,
Today we posted the mid-year financial statements on the WMF wiki:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Finance_report
These statements reflect the new fiscal year, from November 2007 to July
2007. We plan to do this mid-fiscal year moving forward. Note that
these are not 'audited' statements - those are prepared and posted at
the end of the fiscal year.
Part of our commitment to keep the public informed of our ongoing
activities.
You'll also find accompanying the statement (in pdf format) an FAQ.
Thanks,
jay
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Hi All
I am a new member of this mailing list. i joined because i am doing a class
project on wikipedia and my goal is to get some indepth knowledge of
wikipedia and how it works. its been a month i am reading all the emails
from 4 mailing list. i think here is the right place for me to forward my
questions. if not, please let me know where can i post my questions.
first i like to know how many people are actively involved in wikipedia.
i like to know about its organizational chart if there is any.
so who makes the big decisions and who has oversight.
thank you
Aslan