Two years ago, the french wikipedia celebrated its upgrading on phase III software. We spent the day hunting bugs, fixing user accounts and generally making everything work again.
Two years later, we celebrate a rather happy time.
Little vandalism, no conflict, nearly 60 000 articles, new local associations, as well as pumpkins and cooking art on
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recettes_du_mois#Octobre_2004
(for all those complaining, we also celebrate Christmas, end of Ramadan, Carnaval and any other nice special days you can think of)
Happy Halloween to Kira as well ;-)
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I have no problem with halloween decorations, but is it even widespread in France, other than perhaps due to recent internationalism?
I know that in the US, many people find halloween offensive because they believe it's satanic (ha!), and for that reason I would not advocate using a halloween theme on en.wikipedia; however this might be different in the francophonie.
mw
On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 11:34:38 -0800 (PST), Anthere anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Two years ago, the french wikipedia celebrated its upgrading on phase III software. We spent the day hunting bugs, fixing user accounts and generally making everything work again.
Two years later, we celebrate a rather happy time.
Little vandalism, no conflict, nearly 60 000 articles, new local associations, as well as pumpkins and cooking art on
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recettes_du_mois#Octobre_2004
(for all those complaining, we also celebrate Christmas, end of Ramadan, Carnaval and any other nice special days you can think of)
Happy Halloween to Kira as well ;-)
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wait, what do you mean by "new local associations"? If you mean regional Wikipedia groups in France and elsewhere in the French-speaking world...
http://br.wikipedia.org/ http://oc.wikipedia.org/ http://wa.wikipedia.org/ http://ca.wikipedia.org/ http://als.wikipedia.org/ http://lu.wikipedia.org/ http://ht.wikipedia.org/ http://mg.wikipedia.org/ ...and other languages spoken along with French in parts of the Francophonie (I'm not sure what else I should add to the list)
Many smaller Wikipedias have a problem with awareness, and those capable of editing them may be editing a different Wikipedia in complete ignorance of their existance.
mark
On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 18:39:12 -0700, Mark Williamson node.ue@gmail.com wrote:
I have no problem with halloween decorations, but is it even widespread in France, other than perhaps due to recent internationalism?
I know that in the US, many people find halloween offensive because they believe it's satanic (ha!), and for that reason I would not advocate using a halloween theme on en.wikipedia; however this might be different in the francophonie.
mw
On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 11:34:38 -0800 (PST), Anthere anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Two years ago, the french wikipedia celebrated its upgrading on phase III software. We spent the day hunting bugs, fixing user accounts and generally making everything work again.
Two years later, we celebrate a rather happy time.
Little vandalism, no conflict, nearly 60 000 articles, new local associations, as well as pumpkins and cooking art on
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recettes_du_mois#Octobre_2004
(for all those complaining, we also celebrate Christmas, end of Ramadan, Carnaval and any other nice special days you can think of)
Happy Halloween to Kira as well ;-)
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Local association = Wikimedia France
To create an association, a minimum of interested people must be willing to make a group and work together.
There is not really a big enough group to work on the occitan wikipedia, let alone to create and maintain a legal structure.
Ant
As for alternative logos, the french wikipedia has been using them from time to time all along 2004. Though a few people complain sometimes, it is generally accepted, and in majority supported. The main argument against is that it could be a challenge to NPOV. This argument fades as long as we may propose logos for various events (for example, various religious big events).
Mark Williamson a écrit:
wait, what do you mean by "new local associations"? If you mean regional Wikipedia groups in France and elsewhere in the French-speaking world...
http://br.wikipedia.org/ http://oc.wikipedia.org/ http://wa.wikipedia.org/ http://ca.wikipedia.org/ http://als.wikipedia.org/ http://lu.wikipedia.org/ http://ht.wikipedia.org/ http://mg.wikipedia.org/ ...and other languages spoken along with French in parts of the Francophonie (I'm not sure what else I should add to the list)
Many smaller Wikipedias have a problem with awareness, and those capable of editing them may be editing a different Wikipedia in complete ignorance of their existance.
mark
On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 18:39:12 -0700, Mark Williamson node.ue@gmail.com wrote:
I have no problem with halloween decorations, but is it even widespread in France, other than perhaps due to recent internationalism?
I know that in the US, many people find halloween offensive because they believe it's satanic (ha!), and for that reason I would not advocate using a halloween theme on en.wikipedia; however this might be different in the francophonie.
mw
On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 11:34:38 -0800 (PST), Anthere anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Two years ago, the french wikipedia celebrated its upgrading on phase III software. We spent the day hunting bugs, fixing user accounts and generally making everything work again.
Two years later, we celebrate a rather happy time.
Little vandalism, no conflict, nearly 60 000 articles, new local associations, as well as pumpkins and cooking art on
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recettes_du_mois#Octobre_2004
(for all those complaining, we also celebrate Christmas, end of Ramadan, Carnaval and any other nice special days you can think of)
Happy Halloween to Kira as well ;-)
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Sure, but even a couple of new users are appreciated.
As for the logos - perhaps most of the challengers are concerned because it goes against their own POV, and when their own POV is included as well, they are silenced. However this is hardly NPOV.
anyhow, I personally think that, POV or not, it is harmless and basically a non-issue until there are large organisations accusing fr.wikipedia of worshipping Satan or something rediculous like that because of this.
--mark
On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 18:13:31 +0100, Anthere anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Local association = Wikimedia France
To create an association, a minimum of interested people must be willing to make a group and work together.
There is not really a big enough group to work on the occitan wikipedia, let alone to create and maintain a legal structure.
Ant
As for alternative logos, the french wikipedia has been using them from time to time all along 2004. Though a few people complain sometimes, it is generally accepted, and in majority supported. The main argument against is that it could be a challenge to NPOV. This argument fades as long as we may propose logos for various events (for example, various religious big events).
Mark Williamson a écrit:
wait, what do you mean by "new local associations"? If you mean regional Wikipedia groups in France and elsewhere in the French-speaking world...
http://br.wikipedia.org/ http://oc.wikipedia.org/ http://wa.wikipedia.org/ http://ca.wikipedia.org/ http://als.wikipedia.org/ http://lu.wikipedia.org/ http://ht.wikipedia.org/ http://mg.wikipedia.org/ ...and other languages spoken along with French in parts of the Francophonie (I'm not sure what else I should add to the list)
Many smaller Wikipedias have a problem with awareness, and those capable of editing them may be editing a different Wikipedia in complete ignorance of their existance.
mark
On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 18:39:12 -0700, Mark Williamson node.ue@gmail.com wrote:
I have no problem with halloween decorations, but is it even widespread in France, other than perhaps due to recent internationalism?
I know that in the US, many people find halloween offensive because they believe it's satanic (ha!), and for that reason I would not advocate using a halloween theme on en.wikipedia; however this might be different in the francophonie.
mw
On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 11:34:38 -0800 (PST), Anthere anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Two years ago, the french wikipedia celebrated its upgrading on phase III software. We spent the day hunting bugs, fixing user accounts and generally making everything work again.
Two years later, we celebrate a rather happy time.
Little vandalism, no conflict, nearly 60 000 articles, new local associations, as well as pumpkins and cooking art on
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recettes_du_mois#Octobre_2004
(for all those complaining, we also celebrate Christmas, end of Ramadan, Carnaval and any other nice special days you can think of)
Happy Halloween to Kira as well ;-)
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Mark Williamson a écrit:
Sure, but even a couple of new users are appreciated.
Of course Mark. But just a couple of new users can't create an association. One need a community of a certain size to start a legal organisation.
As for the logos - perhaps most of the challengers are concerned because it goes against their own POV, and when their own POV is included as well, they are silenced. However this is hardly NPOV.
anyhow, I personally think that, POV or not, it is harmless and basically a non-issue until there are large organisations accusing fr.wikipedia of worshipping Satan or something rediculous like that because of this.
--mark
Worshipping satan... (anthere is having a perplex gaze here...)
Well, that would not be worse/ridiculous than large organisations accusing en.wikipedia of being nazipedia I guess.
wait, what do you mean by "new local associations"? If you mean regional Wikipedia groups in France and elsewhere in the French-speaking world...
http://br.wikipedia.org/ http://oc.wikipedia.org/ http://wa.wikipedia.org/ http://ca.wikipedia.org/ http://als.wikipedia.org/ http://lu.wikipedia.org/ http://ht.wikipedia.org/ http://mg.wikipedia.org/ ...and other languages spoken along with French in parts of the Francophonie (I'm not sure what else I should add to the list)
Many smaller Wikipedias have a problem with awareness, and those capable of editing them may be editing a different Wikipedia in complete ignorance of their existance.
mark
On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 18:39:12 -0700, Mark Williamson node.ue@gmail.com wrote:
I have no problem with halloween decorations, but is it even widespread in France, other than perhaps due to recent internationalism?
I know that in the US, many people find halloween offensive because they believe it's satanic (ha!), and for that reason I would not advocate using a halloween theme on en.wikipedia; however this might be different in the francophonie.
mw
On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 11:34:38 -0800 (PST), Anthere anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Two years ago, the french wikipedia celebrated its upgrading on phase III software. We spent the day hunting bugs, fixing user accounts and generally making everything work again.
Two years later, we celebrate a rather happy time.
Little vandalism, no conflict, nearly 60 000 articles, new local associations, as well as pumpkins and cooking art on
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recettes_du_mois#Octobre_2004
(for all those complaining, we also celebrate Christmas, end of Ramadan, Carnaval and any other nice special days you can think of)
Happy Halloween to Kira as well ;-)
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