Hi,
I don't know why I missed it but sometime between the end of July and
the end of August (so early or mid August?) we reached 70K articles in
total.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote&diff=654293&oldid=635…
On August 25, Wikiquote as a whole had 70,113 articles. Just for the record :)
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For your information. :-)
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From: Sean Whitton <sean(a)silentflame.com>
Date: Aug 28, 2007 12:28 PM
Subject: [Foundation-l] ComProj needs your help - call for volunteers
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>,
wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, English Wikipedia <
wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedians,
The Communication Projects Group or ComProj was set up some months ago
to provide a venue for collaboration between Wikimedians who want to
help with communication work. We do all sorts of things: preparation
of PR material, reaching out to specific groups to get them involved
in our projects, and encouraging inter-project communication.
While the group was started up by Sandra Ordonez, the Wikimedia
Foundation's Communications Manager, it could in its present form have
been started up by any Wikimedian - Sandy is always there to offer
guidance but she has made it clear she is not in charge and wants the
group to run itself. We do that.
How we work is that communication projects are put forward on our
mailing list, and people can volunteer to take them on in groups or
individually. These can come from all members and, unsurprisingly,
Sandy and Cary Bass, Wikimedia's volunteer co-ordinator at the office.
We also have weekly IRC meetings to discuss our projects.
At the moment we are struggling for members due to August dragging
many people away. Projects are not getting done as fast as they should
be and we could really do with more members. So, if you have an
interest in communications, please drop by
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communication_Projects_Group/Membership>.
All that we require is that you are willing to put a decent amount of
time into our projects, prioritising it amongst your other valuable
work.
Please distribute this to individual project mailing lists that I may
not be subscribed to, as ComProj is not just for Wikipedia.
Yours,
Sean Whitton
ComProj chair
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Hello,
this proposal mainly mean to the English Wikiquote and Japanese, where
I'm active, but I'd like to hear opinions from more wider audience
and write to this list. If you have a similar problem or rules already
on your project, please let us share in this occasion.
My proposal is modification of Blocking policy with two new additional thoughts.
* Cross project vandalism
* blocking based on CU investigation
Currently two projects have some similarity on those Blocking policy.
The English version, Wikiquote:Blocking says
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/WQ:BP#Vandalism
> Vandalism
> Sysops may, at their judgement, block IP addresses that vandalise Wikiquote. For dynamic IPs, such blocks should last 24 hours. For static IPs, such blocks should initially last 24 hours, but repeat violators may be blocked for a maximum of one month; there are various rules of thumb that sysops follow in how much to extend the blocks of habitual vandals, none of which are formal policy. In general, casual vandals should be warned twice before being blocked, though warnings are not usually given for deliberate vandalism intended to discredit Wikiquote or serve an activist agenda. See dealing with vandalism for overall policy.
My proposals aim to let us take a proactive blocking for possible
vandal IP addresses/accounts.
For cross project vandalism, my proposal is the addition as the below:
If an IP address is detected vandalizing at least two Wikimedia
projects, and it is likely this IP address will be used to vandalize
the other project, sysops may block this IP address on their project.
Also they have not to limit the blocking term within 24 hours, but may
determine a reasonable duration.
As for CU investigation, currently the maximum length of blocking on
English Wikiquote is one month, but I heard some sysops argue IP
addresses determined as vandals may deserve much longer blocking.
Personally I am inclining to this opinion. I therefore propose to add
a new clause about CU investigation, as following:
IP addresses which are determined to be used for vandalism as a result
of Checkuser investigation may be blocked up to X months, exceeding
the normal limitation of one month.
The substitution of X could be arguable ... I think six months could
be an opinion, but I am open to other opinions.
Cheers,
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KIZU Naoko
Wikiquote: http://wikiquote.org
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Aphaia and I were discussing on IRC earlier that it would be a good idea to
ask local projects what they currently do for policies. Things like how
"references are necessary" for French Wikiquote. We could share our own
policies and analyze what's a good idea and help make the individual
projects better. :-)
Please e-mail in with your comments on this and how it works on your local
wiki! :)
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:(
For your information.
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From: shi zhao <shizhao(a)gmail.com>
Date: Aug 22, 2007 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] wikipedia, metawiki, wiktionnaire
restricted from China AGAIN?
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Now, only zh.wikipedia.org and zh.wikiquote.org blocked in China.
Other wikimedia site is unblock in China.
2007/8/22, Vincent Mandrilly <vmandrilly(a)hotmail.com>:
> Hello,
>
> 2 days ago, everything was ok, but from then yesterday or the day before yesterday, I started not being able to see the following websites :
>
> www.wiktionary.org
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/
> www.wikipedia.org
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/
>
> (Note : But www.wikimedia.fr/ is accessible)
>
> Note : The access was just fine from both 2 chinse internet providers in Guangzhou, China, and all the sudden, I couldn't access them on both at home and at work.
>
> - Could you please confirm that it is not the websites that are down ?
> - Is this due to a move of host IP to a IP range restricted by chinese internet providers ?
> - Or is this due to a new dark age for wikipedia in China ? For the last 3 or 4 months, Chinese pages were restricted but not the other langueges pages....
>
> Sincerely,
>
> (Tired of this stupid government who blocks just everything without reason, and they won't even bother to write "sorry, this website is against the law, we restricted access" they just let you believe the page doesnt exists.)
>
> And my software to get through the Internet Great Wall is not working for now.... :-((
>
> V.
>
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> foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
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Hi!
This message only to inform you that it.wikiquote has reached the number of 5000 articles with Monogamia (monogamy), created by OrbiliusMagister at 22:31, 19 ago 2007.
Nemo
Admin of it.wikiquote
For your information, from foundation-l.
P.S. I'm back, and now in the Kansai int'l airport. My laptop doesn't
work as for wireless connection, so I'm afraid I have to send it to
the factory for repair. My availability will be low until this
technical trouble is fixed.
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From: Klaus Graf <klausgraf(a)googlemail.com>
Date: Aug 9, 2007 10:22 AM
Subject: [Foundation-l] Wikiquote
To: foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
I had a look at
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Simpsons
Can anybody from the foundation board explain to me why these bulk of
copyrighted quotes is "fair use"?
There is the general opinion at Wikiquote that the Exemption Doctrine
Policy (EDP) resp. the Licensing policy is referring only to image or
multi-media use. But browsing Wikiquote one has the impression that
the most part of Wikiquote can only be justified with "fair use".
Klaus Graf
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Hello,
thank you for your support to the project as well as the Election. It
was my pleasure to see some editors vote, who are active on this
project.
I am now on my wikibreak and rather inactive until the end of
Wikimania. I'll be in Taipei or around until August 9. At least in the
next week I think I'll take a full break.
So ...
* Bureaucratship on enwikiquote
** I expect Kalki handle tasks as same as he has been done. Well, I
think it would make a sense we have more 'crat too ...
* moderation of this list
** Thanks, Casey (Cbrown1023), for your moderation :)
* OTRS info-en-wq
** It is my great pleasure now we see Cbrown1023 serve this role too.
Also I noticed some info-en people help our queue and reply basic
inquiries. Casey is still new in this task and will set up some
elementary templates for inquiries which we lack currently. Setting up
is not required OTRS access in the most part, so please help him to
develop our contact department. Drini is not active on enwikiquote but
he is an experienced staff on OTRS, so if you face complicity about
OTRS , I expect he be your mentor :)
** Also I heard some editors are willing to help. Please consider to
enroll you on OTRS team, if you think yourself as nice and
knowledgeable. As for niceness ... a legendary inquiry warned us we
had a security hole since "anyone can edit your website!". If you
think you are capable to treat this kind of people nicely and
friendly, you will be the right staff to the team :)
Cheers,
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Wikiquote: http://wikiquote.org
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Hello!
As you know, now we are holding the 4th Election for Wikimedia Board
of Trustees. On meta there is the official election platform and all
candidates have question pages. There Drini of Spanish Wikiquote gave
an interested inquiry:
What's your stance regarding Wikiquote and copyrights? As it is, most
wikiquotes depend and extensively use fair use content, which is
contrary to the philosophy of most other projects. What are your views
on this? Should wikiquotes move to only free content? Should
resolution on fair use have a special exemption for wikiquote? Should
fair use be removed from Wikiquote after deadline for the resolution?
drini [es:] [commons:] 16:06, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
I scanned several candidates' answers, and found those suggestive. I
recommend you (so, you!) to read them. It may help for us to work on
required EDP for fair use. You are also invited to learn their idea
closely and vote who you think good for the Board :) Votes open till
July 7.
URL:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2007/Candidates (in
many languages)
# Each question page is accessable from that page.
Cheers,
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I'm posting it on behalf of Election Committee. -- Schiste
Hi Wikimedians,
As you may know, we are currently holding the Board of Trustees
elections. We are very grateful to your collaborations for sharing the
info, through translations, forwarding and other several ways.
Last Sunday, June 17, the Board Election has entered its second phase:
call for endorsements from the community to the candidates. Only
candidates who get 12 or more endorsements in the following week will
be able to run in the election.
For further information, please see m:Board
elections/2007/Endorsements. (
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2007/Endorsements )
We would appreciate your translation of this message as well as other
Election related information. If you'd like to offer further help,
just contact your language coordinator and regularly check the list of
candidate statements.
If there's no coordinator for your language, please consider joining
our translations team. Please contact User:Schiste or User:Aphaia on
meta if you have any question.
Cheers, Wikimedia Election Steering Committee
Usefull links:
* http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees The page about
the Board of Trustees on the Wikimedia Foundation website.
* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2007 Board of
Trustees elections 2007
* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2007/Translations#Coordinato…
Translations Coordinators
* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2007/Candidates
Candidates Statements
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