Wikipedia Weekly 34: $$$ (aka fundraising issues)
With….* Andrew Lih* Tawker* Witty lama* The Placebo Effect* Zach HardenAnd news of* The Fundraiser has started.o Gmaxwell on the foundation-l mailing list:”My agreement is tempered only by curiousity about what Wikimedia will do now that there is a nearly 5 million dollar budget for next year when the public will not donate more than 2 million during this fundraiser. Would selling Davis’ seat on the board to the highest bidder be more wise than ads?”* If Apple is now putting Wikipedia as an option for their dictionary tool in the new operating system (proof) has anyone from the foundation turned to them for a token of gratitude - i.e. money or hardware?o Is there donation matching by corporations this time? There’s been no mention of it.* Newbie biting - anthere going anon* Comic book deletions / people telling people not to donate* Chronicle of Higher ed. says the marking is tougher here than at unis  * Annonymous article creation will be reenabled due to inconclusive results from last test* self nominations have opened for the december Arbitration committee elections* ZScout De-sysopping* Previously interviewed on the show (ep.15) User:Rama’s Arrow has been de-sysoped and left the project following an arbitration case which he initiated: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Hkelkar 2.
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Has anyone noticed that wikipedeia has no real article on Truth in Numbers. Just a project.
Comment by U5K0 — November 3, 2007 @ 10:38 pm
why is the ogg 120MB, and the mp3 only 38MB?
Comment by quiddity — November 3, 2007 @ 10:53 pm
Nice. Would be nice if you maybe cover fewer issues and talk more in depth about the ones you do cover. For example issues about ZScout’s de-sysopping, newbie biting - is there anything that can be done besides just lamenting?
Comment by pfctdayelise — November 4, 2007 @ 12:45 pm
Also, the WikiCast link is dead.
Comment by pfctdayelise — November 4, 2007 @ 12:54 pm
Hi
I have an iPod Touch and found on iTunes your program and listen to it in my car driving to work. I have listen to back issus. i have edited wikipedia but in 2001 in New Zealand I started an on line club at university with an undergraduate academic journal. It was a blue print of wikipedia lol. I am interested in supporting your audio visual efforts. Roddy Young
Comment by Roddy Young — March 28, 2008 @ 11:50 am