Re: Happy new year

Folle lok en seine yn it nije jier!

Dennis Dikkerboom

Day 16 Fund Drive Report

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=Saturday 31 December=
A total of 420 donations were made through PayPal on '''Day 16''', yielding the equivalent of
$12,701.14 USD; a very modest increase over Day 15 (3rd highest so far in this drive). The average
donation this day was $30.24. 

MoneyBookers donations since the last update two days ago amounted to $140.69, bringing that total
to $1422.58. 

:Grand total at end of day: $162,472.86

 AUD    18.56     (13.93 USD)
 CAD 	364.98    (300.35 USD)
 EUR 	1,627.03  (1,976.34 USD)
 GBP 	456.24 	  (818.18 USD)
 JPY 	10,972.00 (99.13 USD)
 USD 	9,493.22
 Total 	12,701.14 USD

==Special thanks to those who gave large donations==
An anonymous donor gave the largest donation this day, $500.00. There were also many donors who
gave the equivalent of about $100 or more (listed in no particular order); Colin Rose, Ralph
Leighton, Neil Fred Picciotto, Kevin Griffin, Ray O'Donnell, Stuart Shay, Erik Anderson,
Christopher Potter, and 31 anonymous donors. 

:<small>Note: While large donations are great, it should be noted that about 70% of all the money
donated to the Wikimedia Foundation comes from donations that are the equivalent of $50 or less

Re: I expect a desyssoppingprocedure soon

well, besides the language used in there (damn you must be pissed) it 
sounds like the dutch wikipedia is starting to turn into the english 
wikipedia. Perhaps time to do some an audit of some sort?

Kyle12`

Walter van Kalken wrote:
> I have totally had it with the dutch wikipedia so in a reactio today I 
> let myself go and told them how I felt. I expect the quite large 
> political correct brigade on nl.wikipedia to desyssop me soon. In which 
> case I will voluntarily step down from all my work in wikimediaprojects. 
> I am getting sick and tired of the debateclimate that seems to become 
> more and more common. To spoil the fun of the political correct brigade 
> here is the dutch original and english translation of what I said:
> 
> /English:
> The guidelines suck they leave us no room to deal with pissheads like 
> Verrekijker/Versieck. And on top of that someone threatened to desyssop 
> me. Walter please mail that person that they have to do what they cannot 
> let go. Please. I am sick and tired of the threatening behind my back, 
> No one can blackmail me. I am doing everything that I feel is necessary 
> to keep nl: wiki a good place voor the users that come here to edit and 
> write an encyclopedia (99,99% of the users) and that they have 
> discussions every now and then ... that is normal, it goes with the 
> territory. I do not give a flying fuck though for the ruleinterpreters, 
> the talkpage knights who only discuss because they like to discuss and 
> the trolls. I hope that their computers will give them a deadly 
> powershock.  We have only one rule as far as I am concerned and that is 
> that we are writing an encyclopedia and everyone who is not helping with 
> that can go to hell as far as I am concerned.

Re: I expect a desyssoppingprocedure soon

Well whatever was your point of view Walter, I  can't really see why you
couldn't ignore assholes nor, at least, why you weren't able  to told them
how much their point of view was interesting and was a call for further
reflexion (and then, of course, you don't move at all). There's something to
improve regarding diplomacy, Walter, which is, extremely often, the art of
being deaf and mute. villy ~~ Jean-Christophe

2006/1/1, Kyle Lutze <kylelutze@...>:
>
> well, besides the language used in there (damn you must be pissed) it
> sounds like the dutch wikipedia is starting to turn into the english
> wikipedia. Perhaps time to do some an audit of some sort?
>
> Kyle12`
>
> Walter van Kalken wrote:
> > I have totally had it with the dutch wikipedia so in a reactio today I
> > let myself go and told them how I felt. I expect the quite large
> > political correct brigade on nl.wikipedia to desyssop me soon. In which
> > case I will voluntarily step down from all my work in wikimediaprojects.
> > I am getting sick and tired of the debateclimate that seems to become
> > more and more common. To spoil the fun of the political correct brigade
> > here is the dutch original and english translation of what I said:
> >
> > /English:
> > The guidelines suck they leave us no room to deal with pissheads like
> > Verrekijker/Versieck. And on top of that someone threatened to desyssop
> > me. Walter please mail that person that they have to do what they cannot
> > let go. Please. I am sick and tired of the threatening behind my back,
> > No one can blackmail me. I am doing everything that I feel is necessary

Re: Happy new year

Bonne annnée 2006 à tous ! Et pour Foundation, plus de transparence, plus de
sincérité et longue vie ! villy ~~Jean-Christophe

2006/1/1, Dennis Dikkerboom <dennisdikkerboom@...>:
>
> Folle lok en seine yn it nije jier!
>
> Dennis Dikkerboom
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Re: Happy new year

みなさま新年おめでとうございます。
Frohes jeue Jahr zu uns allen und der ganzen Welt (knuddeln)
Buon nuovo anno a tutti (baccioni)

Aphaia / Kizu Naoko

On 1/2/06, Jean-Christophe Chazalette <aurevilly <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> Bonne annnée 2006 à tous ! Et pour Foundation, plus de transparence, plus de
> sincérité et longue vie ! villy ~~Jean-Christophe
>
> 2006/1/1, Dennis Dikkerboom <dennisdikkerboom <at> gmail.com>:
> >
> > Folle lok en seine yn it nije jier!
> >
> > Dennis Dikkerboom
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Day 17 Fund Drive Report

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=Sunday 1 January=
A total of 719 donations were made through PayPal on '''Day 17''', yielding the equivalent of
$22,694.77 USD. This is about $10,000 over Day 16 and an all time record for any day in any drive
the Wikimedia Founation has ever had! Much of the increase is likely due to Jimmy Wales' posting
of a [[Personal Appeal]]. The average donation this day was $31.56.

CafePress commissions from the start of the drive are $616.84. A total of $54.09 was donated
through MoneyBookers since yesturday, bringing that total to $1476.67. All these updates bring the
grand total above $200,000! 

Grand total at end of day: '''$202,786.72'''

Breakdown of Day 17 PayPal donations:

 AUD     312.64      (234.64 USD)
 CAD 	861.54 	    (708.97 USD)
 EUR 	2,972.57   (3,610.75 USD)
 GBP 	990.76 	    (1,776.73 USD)
 JPY 	9,947.00   (89.87 USD)
 USD 	16,273.81
 Total 	22,694.77 USD

==Special thanks to those who gave large donations==
Peter Hamilton gave the largest donation today, $1000. Three anonymous donors gave $500.00 each.
There were also many donors who gave the equivalent of about $100 or more (listed in no particular
order); Kyprianos Theocharides, Andries Krugers Dagneaux, Ajit Jaokar, Ethan Bradford, John Flynn,

MediaWiki Handbook, i.e. Help pages

I've been trying to find out the origin of a "policy" on Wikimedia 
projects, and I'd like some help to see just where the discussion about 
this is at and where the origins of the policy came from.  Most of the 
Wikimedia projects copy the help pages from Meta, usually with a strong 
disclaimer that you shouldn't edit the copied pages but instead try to 
contribute to the pages on Meta.

My question is this:  Why are the pages copied to the other projects at 
all?  Is there a strong technical reason to have this content duplicated 
multiple times across multiple projects?  Who made the decision to have 
all of this content duplicated?  Where is an appropriate forum for even 
discussing this policy and where is the policy even written down?

I got into an editorial dispute with another admin on Wikibooks, where I 
was having the help pages simply redirect to Meta (including the 
MediaWiki:Edithelppage location) to point users directly to the original 
source rather than trying to duplicate the content on Wikibook.  These 
changes were reverted back, so I started a VfD on Wikibooks over this 
whole thing to get community input on the concept.  So far, it is 
accepted as gospel fact that this content must be duplicated, but I am 
challenging that assertion and trying to find out why it is done in this 
manner.

My main argument for getting rid of these pages on Wikibooks (and 
perhaps other Wikimedia projects) is that not only do they take up 
server space, but they are also vandalism targets and seldom on the 
watchlist of any users.  In addition, because the editorial effort is 
taking place on Meta they tend to go stale rather quickly and don't the 
the attention of the active regular users on the project.  Making the 
help pages protected may be an option, but that keeps the pages "frozen" 

Re: Happy new year

Ευτυχισμένο το Νέο Ετος!
Feliz Ano Novo!

On 1/2/06, Aphaia <aphaia <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> みなさま新年おめでとうございます。
> Frohes jeue Jahr zu uns allen und der ganzen Welt (knuddeln)
> Buon nuovo anno a tutti (baccioni)
>
> Aphaia / Kizu Naoko

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Re: Happy new year

Jean-Christophe Chazalette wrote:
> Bonne annnée 2006 à tous ! Et pour Foundation, plus de transparence, plus de
> sincérité et longue vie ! villy ~~Jean-Christophe

Hmmm, speaking of diplomacy here... I think it best to do as if mute and 
deaf to your "kind" wishes. But please, in the future, address criticism 
in an appropriate language, such as english, that all board members and 
officers can understand.

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I will mostly wish for all wikipedians to keep full of energy, 
motivation and free time, to go on offering dedication to wikimedia 
projects with happiness.

I also hope to each of you to receive more thank you notes than criticism.

Along with health, friends, family and wealth, feeling useful should 
help each of you to have a really great new year 

ant