Talk:Wikimedia Israel
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Excellent! [edit]
Excellent work so far, really glad to see that another part of the world (this time, the middle east) is moving forward with the creation of a chapter.
A question though:
What was the answer to the question to the several languages present in Israel? DamianFinol 17:17, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks :-)
- Most participants in the session thought it would be wise to limit the goal of the chapter to promoting activities in the official languages of Israel, i.e. Hebrew and Arabic, and maybe adding to them some language with special significance to Israel, such as Yiddish and Ladino. Nonetheless, we are waiting to hear the Chapters Committee's position about this issue. Dror_K 17:27, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
- I think whatever works better for you guys will be fine, either way I'll bring this question to ChapCom anyways :) DamianFinol 03:21, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- Please ask them also about the trademark registration issue. I'll feel much more secure if I know that WF is willing and able to protect its trademarks in Israel. A hostile takeover of "Amutot" (the Israeli non-profit model) is not common, but it happened in the past. Dror_K 08:36, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- I think the language issue is a non-issue. We can always leave it out and simply say something like "any Wikimedia related activities in the state of Israel". The most burning concern we'd like to discuss with the ChapComm is what happens if someone sues the Israeli chapter for what he thinks is libel against him on, say, the Hebrew WP. Can we just officialy reply with "the operator of Hebrew WP is Wikimedia Foundation Inc. of Florida, USA, talk to them"? We don't want to be an easy target for easily offended readers. Harel 10:45, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- Well, you guys can't get sued, because the projects aren't under your control (either direct or indirect), however, as I was told, in case of a lawsuit you guys have to set that jurisprudence in your country, and of course the WMF is willing to help legally any chapter that's under legal 'attack' DamianFinol 16:54, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- Also, regarding the question 6, we are already discussing if we should or shouldn't and how it would work.DamianFinol 17:33, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- I think the language issue is a non-issue. We can always leave it out and simply say something like "any Wikimedia related activities in the state of Israel". The most burning concern we'd like to discuss with the ChapComm is what happens if someone sues the Israeli chapter for what he thinks is libel against him on, say, the Hebrew WP. Can we just officialy reply with "the operator of Hebrew WP is Wikimedia Foundation Inc. of Florida, USA, talk to them"? We don't want to be an easy target for easily offended readers. Harel 10:45, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- Please ask them also about the trademark registration issue. I'll feel much more secure if I know that WF is willing and able to protect its trademarks in Israel. A hostile takeover of "Amutot" (the Israeli non-profit model) is not common, but it happened in the past. Dror_K 08:36, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- I think whatever works better for you guys will be fine, either way I'll bring this question to ChapCom anyways :) DamianFinol 03:21, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
Hurray [edit]
Hi there. I just saw this page and I would like to congratulate you on this one. Please continue to build up the Wikimedia Israel chapter. -- 84.177.25.214 14:16, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Great! [edit]
I'm glad to see that you're working on a chapter in Israel, and I'm really impressed how deep you already got into the whole process. Please, move on! -- Arne (akl) 10:55, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
Cleaning up [edit]
Please forgive me for taking my time cleaning up this page. I have quite a lot of tasks on my schedule. Dror_K 07:06, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Logo [edit]
Hi! Great work on the chapter (I love the idea of chapters myself)! One small thing though: the Foundation's "Wikimedia visual identity guidelines" say:
On the websites of the Foundation and local chapters, the following rules apply:[...]
- The subline can be localized (eg. name of the country in the relevant language/languages). It can consist of one or more lines and can be written in the relevant script/ideograms. The WIKIMEDIA part of the logo will not be localized.
On your website I noticed that the logo was fully localized. If this could be fixed or explained, I would be grateful. Thanks! Greeves (talk • contribs • Wikipedia) 00:19, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
Interwiki [edit]
Hi, you may be interested to know that an interwiki prefix for your website has been implemented (it's shorter, you don't need plainlinks class, it doesn't have nofollow attribute etc.). --Nemo 11:56, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
