[Foundation-l] the Foundation

[phoebe ayers]

:) Thanks Philippe. And yes, the WMF is getting a cut of the royalties
from "How Wikipedia Works", though at this point it's a pretty small
check. Apparently books about Wikipedia are something of a niche
market ;)

John: your confusion is understandable, as foundation-l is often noisy
(though less so than in the past!) and many messages go into depth on
topics that don't necessarily make sense out of context, and/or assume
that people understand the historical context of topics/past
discussions/who everyone is/etc. But of course you're welcome to hang
out. :)

All: I still think we need an announcements list, so people who are
curious about Wikimedia goings-on don't have to put up with f-l !

-- phoebe


On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Philippe Beaudette
<pbeaudette at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> The delightful authors of "How Wikipedia Works" are some of our very
> brightest and best.  It's a fantastic book, to which I refer people
> regularly.
>
> They include, by the way, the lovely and talented Phoebe.
>
> pb
>
>
> ____________________
> Philippe Beaudette
> Facilitator, Strategy Project
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
> philippe at wikimedia.org
>
>
> Imagine a world in which every human being can freely share in
> the sum of all knowledge.  Help us make it a reality!
>
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate
>
>
>
> On Feb 12, 2010, at 11:29 AM, John M. Sinclair wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Phoebe, thank you! I want to help but have been watching the emails in
>> this forum in stupid silence for weeks now, not knowing how the whole
>> thing was put together, or what anyone's role was.
>>
>> I just ordered How Wikipedia Works.  I hope the foundation is
>> getting a
>> cut.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
>> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of phoebe
>> ayers
>> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 10:40 AM
>> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] the Foundation
>>
>> Hi Tyler!
>>
>> The history of wikis is pretty well documented here:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_wikis
>>
>> And the history of Wikipedia and how it came to be is analyzed in
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wikipedia, and also at length
>> in the book "The Wikipedia Revolution", by Andrew Lih.
>>
>> If you're curious about the Wikimedia Foundation, which this is the
>> mailing list for, it's described briefly in the book "How Wikipedia
>> Works": http://howwikipediaworks.com/ch17.html
>>
>> cheers,
>> Phoebe
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Tyler <programmer651 at comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>> Is Jimmy Wales on this list? Jimmy, what inspired you to do a WIKI
>> pedia? Were you inspired by the earlier wiki encyclopedia known as
>> WikiWikiWeb (c2.com)? Were there any other wikis before you besides
>> that
>> c2 wiki?
>>>