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245:, where discussions are 7 days to allow editors who can only edit on certain days to participate; to increase participation and decrease complaints about unfair closes; and for fairness in discussions that may require research or extra effort to determine the best outcome. Arguments against included the potential increased workload, with more AFDs open at any given time; that it might increase early closings and that relisted AFDs would be open for as long as two weeks; and that the proposal was unnecessary as AFDs with no consensus after 5 days are already routinely relisted, and the majority of AFDs are resolved within only 3 days. 82: 476: 109: 99: 33: 119: 79: 129: 89: 339:
saying in part "As I have said many times, I think the entire 'controversy' is silly....Larry didn't make Knowledge, and neither did I. It was made by the community, and lots of people played interesting roles. If other people feel a burning need to discuss this, please do so elsewhere other than my
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to consider that individuals who support overly broad IP protection might favor established distribution models at the expense of technological innovators, creative artists, writers, musicians, filmmakers, and an increasingly participatory public. Overzealous expansion and enforcement of copyright,
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Membership in Wikimedia UK is open to all, and is not restricted by age or location; current membership fees are £12 a year. This is the second time Wikimedia UK has been formed; it was first formed in 2006, then dissolved and re-formed in 2008.
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that on 2 April the Wikimedia Foundation, together with 18 other "public interest groups, library associations, and trade associations representing the technology, consumer electronics, and telecommunications industries" (among them the
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for example, can quash innovative information technologies, the development and marketing of new and useful devices, and the creation of new works, as well as prohibit the public from accessing and using its cultural heritage.
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several of your appointees to positions that oversee the formulation and implementation of IP policy have, immediately prior to their appointments, represented the concentrated copyright industries
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The issue of Sanger and Wales' respective roles in the founding of Knowledge, particularly whether they should be considered co-founders of the site, has been a source of contention in the past.
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has been changed to 7 days, instead of the current 5. The discussion was carried with 45 supports to 16 opposes. Arguments in favor of the change involved bringing AFD in line with
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The lengthy letter was removed by Wales from his talk page with a brief edit summary of
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Wikimedia Foundation joins protest against Obama's RIAA appointments
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last week, outlining his dispute with Wales over the issue of who
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who were appointed to two of the highest ranking positions in the
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hail this as an important victory, further appeals are expected.
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that a U.S. federal court issued a ruling on the copyright case
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talk page; I'm not interested in discussing it at this time."
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Scale-free topology of the interlanguage links in Knowledge
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to U.S. President Barack Obama expressing concern that
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WMF petitions Obama, longer AFDs, UK meeting, and more
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