Today, the Canadian Supreme Court found that an online writer who used
external hyperlinks could not be held liable for the contents of the
hyperlinked materials:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1072362--supreme-court-ruling-bi…
Justice Rosalie Abella, who wrote the majority opinion, said, “Only when a
hyperlinker presents content from the hyperlinked material in a way that
actually repeats the defamatory content, should that content be considered
‘published’ by the hyperlinker.”[1]
It is reassuring to see the Canadian Court supporting this particular
principle, one on which the Wikimedia projects are heavily dependent. It
does, however, identify a boundary (repeating defamatory content) that bears
some watching.
Risker
[1]
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hyperlinking-doesnt-constitute…
(apologies for the cross posting)
This is just a quick note to alert you that we'll be having an IRC
Office Hours on Friday, October 22 at 02:00 UTC to discuss the India
Education Program [1].
The team working on the India Education Program will be present to
answer any questions about the program in #wikimedia-office on
irc.freenode.net. See the Meta page on IRC Office Hours for more
information on accessing the IRC channel and time conversions [2].
Hope to talk with you then.
LiAnna
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:India_Education_Program
[2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours
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LiAnna Davis
Global Education Program Communications Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
Forwarding on behalf of the Organizers.
Theo
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Hiya,
We are please to announce that WMF has granted a few scholarships (maximum
of 5) for persons outside of India to attend WikiConference India 2011 (WCI
2011 - http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011). WCI 2011
will take place in Mumbai, India between 18-20 November 2011.
WCI 2011 is the first conference of its kind being held in India and is
intended to become an annual national flagship event for Wikipedia/Wikimedia
in the country. It is meant to provide a common platform for all Indian
Wikimedians to meet and share their views, discuss challenges and exchange
useful tips, best practices and other information.
Anyone residing outside of India is eligible to apply, but since this is an
India specific conference they would need to demonstrate how by being
present at the conference they can help the movement in India or improvement
of indic languages. It is also necessary that those receiving the
scholarship present something at WCI 2011.
The scholarships will cover Travel to and Fro Mumbai (economy),
Accommodation (similar to what is being offered to Indian Scholars) and Visa
fees (if you need one).
Please do make your application as strong as possible given that there are
few scholarships and we expect a huge number of applications:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011/Call_for_Participa…
Kindly note given that there is less than a month to go and that Visa
applications etc. will take time, we have set an application deadline of
23:59 IST on Saturday 22nd October 2011. Only applications received before
the deadline will be considered.
Looking forward to hosting five of you at WCI 2011!
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Kind Regards,
Pranav Curumsey
Chairperson - Organising Committee
WikiConference India 2011
Just a reminder this is happening now in #wikimedia-office.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Steven Walling <swalling(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 11:16 AM
Subject: Office hours with Chief Community Officer Zack Exley, Weds. Oct.
19th
To: foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Hi all,
Just a reminder that there will be an IRC office hours on Wednesday the 19th
at 16:00 UTC. The guest is Chief Community Officer Zack Exley, and the topic
is the upcoming annual fundraiser. We'll be in #wikimedia-office, and as
usual there is info on Meta about how to join.[1]
See you there,
--
Steven Walling
Community Organizer at Wikimedia Foundation
wikimediafoundation.org
1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours
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Steven Walling
Community Organizer at Wikimedia Foundation
wikimediafoundation.org
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:16:47 +0100
> From: David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Is random article truly random
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Message-ID:
> <CAJ0tu1H2KGGB0WWKhOmoOW3YVNVKkbPQMs+Fq+V82R6E_jLNUQ(a)mail.gmail.com
> >
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> On 19 October 2011 14:14, Andrew Garrett <agarrett(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > Well, let's make sure that in any implementation of an image filter
> > that does go ahead, we've thought through and addressed each of those
> > consequences. You won't find any argument from me on that.
> > --
> > Andrew Garrett
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> > agarrett(a)wikimedia.org
>
>
> So from the Foundation side, what are the current plans? I assume this
> is a subject of internal discussion.
>
>
> - d.
>
>
>
>
I don't know what's being said in the Foundation or on the internal mailing
list. But we have a time out for three months before the developers will be
available, and Sue Gardner has accepted that solutions can't be based on our
category system.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:WereSpielChequers/filter#Thanks_fo…
WereSpielChequers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15360864
I'm not sure of the details of this case, but it looks like it would
be worth us keeping an eye on it since it could potentially have
repercussions for us. Hopefully, the case will either be thrown out or
it will turn out to depend on the existing relationship between the
site and the actress (she signed up to something called "IMDbPro"). I
can't really see how anything like this could be successfully brought
against us, but you never know.
[Cross-posting this to Translators-l, WikiEN-l and Foundation-l, because
there is a considerable amount of overlap, as you'll see. Volunteers from
several Wikipedias may be needed, and the Foundation could eventually be
involved if the project becomes an annual one. I apologize in advance to
those subscribed all three lists.]
Hello everyone,
(Note: For those who don't know me, I am [[User:Arria Belli]]. Former admin
and arbitrator over at fr:wp, and member of the LangCom. I met some of you
at Wikimania 2008 Alexandria, where I did a presentation called "Translation
in Wikimedia Projects" ex-aequo with [[User:Britty]].)
I've just started a master's degree at the ESIT (Ecole supérieure
d'interprètes et de traducteurs) in Paris, in English/French/Spanish
translation. It's quite a good school; a large percentage of the
interpreters and translators working in international organizations are
graduates of the ESIT.
My French-to-English translation professor has asked me to set up a project
for all the students in her class, translating Wikipedia articles. We're a
small group: there are only about 5 or 6 of us. What we'd be doing is taking
articles from fr: and translating them to en:. Students are free to choose
the articles they'll translate.
Since I'm mostly active over at fr:wp, I will need some help from people on
en:. Most notably, I think it would be wise to set up a small group of en:wp
volunteers who could guide the students on a one-on-one basis in case they
have trouble understanding wiki markup, references, etc. I would be
coordinating the project, but I don't think I could field all the students'
questions at once! Any volunteers?
I want to make this as positive an experience as possible for everyone
involved: the students, the professor and the institution. If the project is
successful enough, it might happen again next year or even next semester,
and become a regular thing.
As a very important aside: My professor told me that professors in other
language combinations might also be interested in Wikipedia projects of
their own. Therefore, there could be an English-to-Russian project, or a
French-to-Spanish one, or French-to-Korean, etc. I'll let you know as soon
as I'm told whether this could happen. Even if no other language
combinations are interested, they might be next year if this one is a
success.
Thank you, and happy editing.
Maria Fanucchi
[[User:Arria Belli]]
Hi all,
Just a reminder that there will be an IRC office hours on Wednesday the 19th
at 16:00 UTC. The guest is Chief Community Officer Zack Exley, and the topic
is the upcoming annual fundraiser. We'll be in #wikimedia-office, and as
usual there is info on Meta about how to join.[1]
See you there,
--
Steven Walling
Community Organizer at Wikimedia Foundation
wikimediafoundation.org
1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours