Wikimedia-l September 2008

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[Foundation-l] Can anyone really edit Wikipedia?
by Delphine Ménard 28 Sep '08

28 Sep '08

I tried to correct a sentence on the article MySpace in the English Wikipedia today. Well, I never got around to doing it. Here is what I'm hit with when I click the edit button. I really tried to change the stuff I wanted. I gave up. ====Beginning of madness====== {{pp-semi-protected|small=yes}} {{Infobox Dotcom company |company_name = MySpace |company_slogan = A Place for Friends |owner = [[Fox Interactive Media]] |company_logo = [[Image:MySpace logo.svg|225px]] |company_type = [[Subsidiary]] |foundation = 2003 |location_city = [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]], [[California]] |location_country = U.S. |key_people = [[Tom Anderson (MySpace)|Tom Anderson]], President<br>[[Chris DeWolfe]], CEO |num_employees = 300 |url = [http://www.myspace.com/ MySpace.com] |registration = Required |launch_date = August, 2003 |current_status = Active |language = [[MySpace#International sites|15 languages]] |advertising = [[Google]], [[AdSense]] |website_type = [[Social network service|Social networking]] }} [[Image:Foxinteractivemediaheadquarters.jpg|thumb|260px|Fox Interactive Media headquarters, 407 North Maple Drive, [[Beverly Hills]], California, where MySpace is also housed]] '''MySpace''' is a popular [[social network service|social networking]] [[website]] offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos for teenagers and adults internationally. Its headquarters are in [[Beverly Hills]], [[California]], [[USA]],<ref>[http://www.laobserved.com/biz/2006/08/my_space_is_not_thei.php My Space is not their space anymore] - Article on the move to [[Beverly Hills]]. Retrieved March 16, 2007.</ref> where it shares an office building with its immediate owner, [[Fox Interactive Media]]; which is owned by [[News Corporation]], which has its headquarters in [[New York City]]. In June 2006, MySpace was the most popular social networking site in the [[United States]].<ref>[http://mashable.com/2006/07/11/myspace-americas-number-one/ MySpace, America's Number One]</ref> According to [[comScore]], MySpace has been overtaken by main competitor [[Facebook]] in April 2008, based on monthly unique visitors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Facebook_Largest_Fastest_Growing_Social_Network/551-92134-643.html |title=Facebook: Largest, Fastest Growing Social Network |accessdate=2008-08-14 |author=Techtree News Staff |date=2008-08-13 |work=Techtree.com |publisher=ITNation |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> The company employs 300 staff<ref name="CNNMoney-MyspaceCowboys">{{cite news | url=http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/09/04/83847… | publisher=CNN | title=MySpace Cowboys | last=Sellers | first=Patricia | date=2006-08-24 | accessdate=2006-08-28 }}</ref> and does not disclose [[revenue]]s or [[profit]]s separately from News Corporation. The 100 millionth account was created on August 6, 2006<ref name="MySpace100Millionth Profile">{{cite news |url=http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=100000000 |publisher=MySpace |title=100,000,000th Account |date=2007-02-25 |accessdate=2007-02-21 }}</ref> in the [[Netherlands]]<ref name="Murdochcomments">{{cite news | url=http://internet.seekingalpha.com/article/15237 | publisher=SeekingAlpha | title=Rupert Murdoch Comments on Fox Interactive's Growth | last=Murdoch | first=Rupert | date=2006-08-09 | accessdate=2006-09-12 }}</ref> and approximately 106 million accounts on September 8, 2006,<ref name="ElReg-MySpaceMusic">{{cite news | url = http://go.theregister.com/feed/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/08/mysp… | title = MySpace music deal poses multiple threats | date= 2006-09-08 | accessdate = 2006-09-08 | publisher = The Register }}</ref> and the site attracts 230,000 new users per day.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sellers|first=Patricia|title=MySpace cowboys|url=http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/09/… (magazine)|Money]]|publisher=CNN.com|date=2006-09-04|accessdate=2008-04-13}}</ref> =======End of madness====== If we're really to bring knowledge to the world, it's becoming urgent that we work on accessibility, because even experienced users (I consider myself one) just can't do it. In any case, if anyone wants to (can?) make the change, here is what I wanted to change: Change the sentence "The 100 millionth account was created on August 6, 2006[5] in the Netherlands[6] and approximately 106 million accounts on September 8, 2006,[7] and the site attracts 230,000 new users per day.[8]" Which does not make sense, to something like: "The 100 millionth account was created on August 6, 2006 [5] in the Netherlands [6] and the site counted approximately 106 million accounts on September 8, 2006 [7]. MySpace.com attracts 230,000 new users per day. [8]" Which actually makes sense. Delphine -- ~notafish NB. This gmail address is used for mailing lists. Your emails will get lost. Ceci n'est pas une endive - http://blog.notanendive.org

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[Foundation-l] PMS propaganda?
by Roberto Corda 27 Sep '08

27 Sep '08

taken from http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metapub#PMS_propaganda.3F I wonder how comes that [[http://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lese_%C3%ABl_piemont%C3%A8is_versio… this page]] is in wikipedia. (NB is a official page of pms.wiki and is blocked: I can't change it and I suppose content was written by local admins) {{quote|Una de las principales finalidades de esta obra es de difundir la capacidad de leer y escribir, y de acostumbrar la población piamontesa al multilinguismo, al vislumbrarse la próxima revolución lingüística, que ya esta imponiendo el ingles como idioma técnico y fundamental califica de trabajo.}} Traslate (rough): ''this essay want to fight general use of english in all world nations.'' {{quote|La única medida posible es preparar la población a utilizar mas de un idioma, confiriendo a todos y cada uno de ellos paridad de dignidad y respeto. [...]]La única manera de lograrlo bien y rápidamente es utilizar los idiomas locales, que están listos a ser utilizados, y para nada desaparecidos.}} Traslate (rough): '''we want to teach respect to all the language an we want that people start to use local languages.'' Personally I agree with that thesis, but I also think that is POV and it must be deleted from the page (and maybe published elsewhere) [[User:DracoRoboter|DracoRoboter]] 09:58, 27 September 2008 (UTC) -- Meno male che Silvio c'è

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[Foundation-l] WMF, and implications of non-discrimination on local projects?
by Joe Szilagyi 27 Sep '08

27 Sep '08

This is probably a tempest in a teapot, but it seemed like an interesting question. On a local "request for adminship" on English Wikipedia, an editor has stated he will not support anyone who is not Christian for Adminship, and the RFA in question is getting very intense. Would people opposing actions or volunteer positions based on religion, creed, race, or sexuality of a user run afoul of any local United States discrimination laws, or local San Francisco, California ones, where the WMF is housed? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incide… And the section immediately above it. - Joe

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[Foundation-l] See "Whois Lookup Tool" on your Google homepage
by ptw007＠gmail.com 27 Sep '08

27 Sep '08

Your friend, ptw007(a)gmail.com, has sent you the following Google Gadget and included this message: See "Whois Lookup Tool" on your Google homepage »

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[Foundation-l] Wikis Take Manhattan! October 4 photo event
by Pharos 27 Sep '08

27 Sep '08

WHAT Wikis Take Manhattan (http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/wikis_take_manhattan/project-home or http://www.wikis-take.org for short) is a scavenger hunt and free content photography contest aimed at illustrating Wikipedia and StreetsWiki (http://www.livablestreets.com/streetswiki/) articles covering sites and street features in Manhattan and across the five boroughs of New York City. The event is based on last year's Wikipedia Takes Manhattan, and has evolved to include StreetsWiki this year as well. LAST YEAR'S EVENT See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Manhattan/Spring_2008 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikipedia_Takes_Manhattan/Gallery WINNINGS? Prizes include a dinner for three with Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales at Pure Food & Wine, gift certificates to Bicycle Habitiat and the LimeWire Store, and more! WHEN The hunt will take place Saturday, October 4th from 1:00pm to 6:30pm, followed by prizes and celebration (originally it was set for this weekend, but we've rescheduled due to weather). WHO Wikis Take Manhattan is open to anyone who would like to participate.You can compete together in teams of up to three, but please only one camera and memory card per team. It is sponsored by The Open Planning Project (parent of StreetsWiki), Free Culture @ Columbia (the Columbia University chapter of Students for Free Culture) in cooperation with the NYU chapter Free Culture @ NYU, Wikimedia New York City, Creative Commons, and Wikipedia volunteers. Sponsors include Bicycle Habitat, Brooklyn Brewery, B's Bikes, Birdbath Bakery, LimeWire Store, O'Reilly Media, and Pure Food & Wine. All Wikimedians and non-Wikipedians are invited to participate in team of up to three (no special knowledge is required at all, just a digital camera and a love of the city). Bring a friend (or two)! REGISTER The proper place to register your team is here: https://freeculture.wufoo.com/forms/wikis-take-manhattan/ It's also perfectly possible to register on the day of when you get there, but it will be slightly easier for us if you register beforehand. WHERE Participants can begin the hunt from either of two locations: one at Columbia University (at the sundial on college walk) and one at The Open Planning Project's West Village office. Everyone will end at The Open Planning Project: 349 W. 12th St. #3 Between Greenwich & Washington Streets By the 14th St./8th Ave. ACE/L stop VOLUNTEERING TO UPLOAD If you want to volunteer to help with the uploading and scoring, you should be back at The Open Planning Project by 5:00, earlier than everyone else at 6:30. Volunteering to help with uploading will in no way preclude you from competing in the contest, but you will have a slight disadvantage by having to come back earlier. If you are interested in volunteering, please e-mail me personally with your details. WIKIMEDIAN TEAMS You might want to go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Manhattan for an informal sign-up of Wikipedians who are going, and you may want to organize teams among yourselves there. Already, someone on the talk page is recruiting the pedal-power "biker gang" team. I'd also be glad to answer any further questions you may have about this event. Thanks, Pharos

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[Foundation-l] Language proposal policy - Without Internet Access
by Crazy Lover 26 Sep '08

26 Sep '08

A lot of people, in the development world don't have a computer, also have no internet access. It isn't really realistic for a large number of languages with millions of native speakers (capable in sharing knowledge), think about starting a Wikimedia project, much less to succeed. unfortunately, in these circumstances, the purpose of the foundation will not be able to achieve, despite our wishes. it is absurd that the langcom insist on maintaining a policy highly inaccessible, when the world is already extremely restrictive C.m.l.

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[Foundation-l] Fwd: Video accessibility
by Michael Bimmler 26 Sep '08

26 Sep '08

forwarded per request ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Silvia Pfeiffer" Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:44:51 +1000 Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Video accessibility Hi all, Thanks a lot to Michael for doing this great introduction - and for cc-ing me on the email. May I add to Michael's expose that my work on video accessibility for Firefox 3 will most certainly include improvements and further implementations for ROE. It will also make sure we select subtitle/caption formats for Ogg and audio annotations for the blind, even if they may be specified to be text and rendered viat TTS. > == Call to Action == > > This is kind of a limited example since its only English... but hopefully > you get the idea... If someone has an ideal video media set with multiple > audio tracks & people that could work on multiple transcripts I am open to > doing more multi-language friendly development / experimentation / demo ;) I am also keen to set up a collection of files that can be used as examples. If we do that through Michael, that would be awesome! Best Regards, Silvia. -- Michael Bimmler mbimmler(a)gmail.com

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[Foundation-l] Video accessibility
by Gregory Maxwell 26 Sep '08

26 Sep '08

Some folks around here may have input to provide: http://blog.gingertech.net/2008/09/23/video-accessibility-for-firefox/

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Re: [Foundation-l] Language proposal policy
by Crazy Lover 25 Sep '08

25 Sep '08

What do you think, remains in the language proposal policy - community draft for its approval? remember, it does not matter our personal views as much, but the best arguments do. As Leigh Babbage said, "we can't afford to spend years bickering over and unimportant minor details". C.m.l.

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[Foundation-l] Mailing list
by Patrick Warren 25 Sep '08

25 Sep '08

Please send me a mailing list for the foundation Pat

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