LSS/foundation-l-archives/2009 June 1-15

  • What is this? A summary of the topics discussed on the mailing list foundation-l, grouped roughly by topic & chronological thread.
  • Time period: June 1-15, 2009
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  • Important topics: Topics that generated a lot of discussion or that are especially important are bolded.
  • Announcements: Topics that are official WMF board, staff or chapter announcements or reports are also underlined.
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Summary

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  1. Announcements and reports
    1. Licensing update: final steps [1]
    2. Australian Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums & Wikipedia (GLAM) conference announced [2]
    3. IRC group contacts arrangements [3]
    4. Wiki-conference NYC announced (July 25-26) [4]
    5. en.wp OTRS statistician position - volunteer needed [5]
  2. Chapters and community
    1. One Wikipedia Per Person -- improving access to WP [6]
    2. summary of the One Wikipedia per Person thread on meta [7]
    3. Comparison of no.wp & major Norwegian encyclopedia in newspaper [8]
    4. better idea solicitation, strategic planning? [9]
    5. global BLP policy? [10]
    6. raising profile of privacy policy [11]
    7. Commons Village pump discussion: governance of commons [12]
  3. Languages and localization
    1. One WP per person, languages? [13]
    2. pt.wp policies, again [14]
    3. built-in support in Google translate for translating WP articles [15]
  4. Miscellaneous/other
    1. Google Wave & Wikimedia, continued [16]
    2. Google analytics/doubleclick in a couple wikipedias [17]
    3. why don't we reencode proprietary formats as OGG? [18]
    4. UN announces largescale free online university [19]
    5. China requires censoring software on new PCs [20]
    6. Digital Open contest seeks participants [21]
    7. Britannica using Commons photos (without attribution) [22]
    8. Google's OGG support issues [23]