LSS/foundation-l-archives/2009 March 16-31

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  • What is this? A summary of the topics discussed on the mailing list foundation-l, grouped roughly by topic & chronological thread.
  • Time period: March 16-31, 2009
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Summary[edit]

  1. Announcements and reports
    1. Fred Vassard hired for the tech team [1]
  2. Chapters and community
    1. Depth of the ksh (and other) wikipedias [2]
    2. Divergent logos in different language Wiktionaries [3]
    3. Fundraising data analysis [4]
    4. Wikibook participant survey [5]
    5. abuse filter and privacy concerns [6]
    6. flaggedrevs on the English Wikipedia [7]
  3. Languages and localization
    1. Greek Wikinews proposal [8]
  4. Licensing
    1. Licensing: we need opposing viewpoints to be written up [9]
    2. Board position on the licensing proposal [10]
  5. Miscellaneous/other
    1. Project to create an offline Wikipedia dvd reader [11]
    2. Move to repeal NIH open access mandate in US [12]
    3. code updates going live [13]
    4. About being a creative commoner [14]
    5. NY Times article: "Exploring Fact City", about The Wikipedia Revolution [15]
    6. Talking to museums about their cooperation [16]
    7. Encarta is dead, long live Encarta [17]
    8. Keysigning at the Berlin developers meeting [18]
    9. interview with the Wikipedia usability director (perhaps this belongs in the April 1 archive ;) [19]