Yes. Slayer, Sabbath, Metallica, Maiden, Melvins. Those are my go-to bands.

I'm constantly using the site for everything. I actually edit the encyclopedia very rarely anymore, though, since I don't have much time. And I've edited many other wikis.

I think they're both right and wrong. It's a great source for sources, and a great place to learn an overview. But you shouldn't write a paper directly off it.

That one's pretty good.

Image memes - I'm not entirely sure how they make me feel, to be honest. Some are pointlessly cruel but others are pretty funny.

I've decided only to care about the funny and good ones and let it ride.

I think the number of times I've been called a pedophile is probably the low point. But you know: it's an easy joke to make. Not clever. So I can mentally dismiss it.

Well. I hadn't thought of it in that context before. Now I'm kind of overwhelmed.

I actually switch shampoos and conditioners about every 40 to 60 days. A trick an ex taught me, many years ago.

It's possibly an superstition but I was told that it prevents your hair from getting too much of the same chemicals bound up in it. I am not a chemist nor am I a beautician, but my girlfriend at the time was.

Beautician.

I'm a big fan of fantasy and fiction, so I guess it's alright.

Let's be clear: I didn't code Wikipedia. Wikipedia was programmed by a host of people, mostly volunteers. The primary developers, though, are Brion Vibber, Tim Starling, and Magnus Manske.

Absolutely. Running ads would introduce bias to the articles. We can't do that: "The Deepwater Horizon Disaster", sponsored by BP Energy. If you saw that you'd think that BP had paid for better press, even if they hadn't.

People know its them. Or the facts don't check out. Or there's no citations. Somethings smells fishy, that sort of thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_cats_and_other_felines is probably my favorite.

Yes, we have. You can actually see the donations accumulate here: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics

That doesn't distinguish between who's banners and appeals make how much, and I don't think that data is going to be available until a while after the fundraiser is over.

That's me!

Uhm, I ran out of money is what happened. I couldn't afford to continue running it, and my contract with EA pretty much said that if I added new content, they'd own it.

Well. What do you do? We're hiring.

We seem to always need more operations people, so yah, probably. You can check the job openings on http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/

Probably. Check the job openings at http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/

We're nearly entirely Linux based, so probably.

I think they're funny. I mean, some aren't, but they're also ignorable.

I don't think it's very clever to do the obvious and mean, which is why I can ignore the images that are like that.

Thanks! It's tomorrow, actually, my time.

Paypal okay?

Well, I started doing minor edits and typo corrections a long time ago. 2006, I think.

As far as working there, I was recruited by Danese Cooper, the former CTO. I had worked with her husband in the past at Sun Microsystems and Elemental Security.

Mostly I mean fixing typoes and other mspellinks.

My personal homepage is at http://www.gaijin.com/

The going rate is one million USD. I've shaved it before - in 2000 - after a trip in Nepal.

When my mom got cancer I offered to shave my head in solidarity with her but she forbade me to do so.

Well! She's fully recovered.

Thanks for asking!

s/playing for/playing/;

I play Dethklok all the time! In fact, I'm going to listen to it now.

"Bloodlines" is one of my "go-to" tracks when I need to get shit done.

Good question.

I'm going to have to say "not really", if we take it as "wish didn't exist". I think we wish that certain attitudes about articles didn't exist, or that some were written better. I think we'd like to see better editorial restraint in some issues.

But otherwise, no.

Frozen? Wait. You mean Protected?

Protected articles are just that: protected. People still have discussions on them, and reach consensus, and those changes are then brought back into the article. The article itself is protected to prevent massive vandalism or edit warring.

Yes. There are times when the "vision of the mission" settles and there's this really weird sense of peace and purpose. Like, an understanding of the full implications of "making the sum of human knowledge available to everyone for free."

It's a pretty epic feeling. I can't describe it other than "it's one of those emotions where you feel the edges of your eyes start to tear up".

I kind of live for those moments, to be honest.

You can't live like that all the time, mind you. The practicalities of what we do always bubble up.

Well, in theory, you shouldn't be using Wikipedia as your primary source - just the place you go to to find the primary sources. Every fact is supposed to have a citation and reference.

There was a study done that said that Wikipedia has about the same error rate as the Brittanica, which is interesting.

People inject false facts into articles all the time but they usually only stay there for about .5 seconds before they're caught and reverted.

I believe the banners turn off if you donate. If not, you can just click the X in the corner.

I have not. Aside from the tests that were run earlier in the year, I've been out of town or stuck in my house during the time they've been running.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean here.

You mean, like, to try to get job offers? No.

It's intentional, but I don't believe it was actually designed that way from the start. There have been many experiments over time as to the optimal position of the photos, and it just so happens that the left side is where it's got to be.

The green background is new, by the way. That turns out to be a good effect as well.

We actually can't do that because of some weird technical reason that I can't remember off-hand. Something about not being able to determine available payment methods on the initial screens or somesuch.

I'm pretty sure that's exactly what it is. But don't quote me on it.

I know we have a lot of issues with browser compatibility, too.

I have lots of meetings every day, mostly. Brainstorming sessions, etc. Actually "getting work done" - I have to do that at home, usually in the evenings for an hour or two. I put headphones on and sit on the porch and smoke a cigar or two while I do design work.

I'm a bit of both. And you know, this isn't really a "job"; it's more like a "lifestyle", I think.

Well, my title is actually "Senior Designer". The "programmer" in the banner is because it's easier to understand than "designer" which is a really esoteric job.

Mostly I design features and product. I am a programmer (been one for about 20 years now), and I commit code from time to time, but it's not my primary function.

My body of work can be read here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Jorm_(WMF)

Just start building things. Build small tools just for yourself, maybe. You have to build up a portfolio these days.

One of the best ways is to start coding in an open source project. That way you have things on your resume and you have code samples to show people.

Hey! Thanks for that!

You can track the amount of money we raise here: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics

I think people with long hair might always look intimidating to some people because it crosses a social norm and is/was associated with rebellion.

I don't consider myself intimidating at all. I just like metal.

According to my Last.fm, it looks like Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, and. . . Daft Punk? Huh. Slayer is also a heavy hitter there.

Oh, just look yourself: http://www.last.fm/user/jormosaurusrex

\m/

I don't have those numbers. The Foundation pays "bottom of scale", however, since they're non-profit. Actually even a bit below that.

I know how much I make but I'm not going to reveal that. Salaries are generally private matters.

One of our tax forms requires us to reveal the top three highest-paid people, so that's out there.

You can find the breakdowns on http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/ when the sites are back up.

You know, it's not about me. I'm not ashamed of it and it's nothing to brag about given my experience and skillset. It's just that revealing my salary will also reveal the salaries of my co-workers, and that's up to them to do.

Going to sleep feeling like I'm doing something, and not waking up thinking that what I do is ultimately meaningless.

Weirdly, I've been "recognized" more often as "that guy from that band" on the street far more often than for Wikipedia.

I don't think it's weird anymore. You kind of get used to it after a while.

Gaining major ground in India, Brazil, China, and the Middle East.

No, I don't think so.

China, I believe, has Baidu primarily.

I can't speak to this because Global Development isn't my forte. I know that (or I think I know that) Google pulled out of India.

Partnering with for-profit organizations always is a touchy subject. We tend to avoid it if at all possible.

Well, then we'd be beholden to the governments, right? What happens when the USA gives us tax money, and the congress votes to remove our articles about Abu Ghraib?

This would require us to pretty much shred our privacy policy. We don't sell (or even keep) any data about what you look at or anything else.

No, we wouldn't switch up to ads, I can guarantee that.

Sue Gardner, our Executive Director, has said that if it came down to it, she'd fire everyone except for the operations people and only pay for hosting. Try to keep the lights on as long as possible.

But we're a ways away from that right now.

Editors immediately go to the pages and make the changes. That's what they do: they watch and try to make sure things are as accurate as possible.

Линус Торвальдс (Linus Torvalds), LKML, воскресение, 4 Сентября 2011 16:27:25 UTC-7:

Прошла ещё одна неделя, и пришло время для ещё одного релиз-кандидата. Однако, master.kernel.org всё ещё не работает, и так как разработка не очень ведётся, то я решил пропустить эту неделю.

Но блин, вся суть (ну или почти вся) распределённой разработки заключается в том, что никакое место принципиально не отличается от любого другого, и так как я уже создал аккаунт на github ради divelog, почему бы не проверить, подойдёт ли оно мне, выложив туда весь мой репозиторий ядра?

Так что пока kernel.org отключён на аудит, давайте посмотрим, как будет пахать github:

https://github.com/torvalds/linux

ЗАМЕЧАНИЕ! Первое, что надо сделать, когда видите подобное заявление о любом новом публичном хостинге, это проверить, что да, его делает тот человек, о котором вы и думаете. Ну и как это сделать?

Можете выбрать любые пункты из списка:

1. Чёрт, это ж открытый код, какая разница, кто это выложил, я просто хочу новое ядро, и хотя нет обновлений с kernel.org, мне действительно нужно исправление из нового ядра. Я скачаю его, потому что мне надо тренировать мой процессор в сборке ядра с randconfig. А ещё мне нравится жить в опасности.
2. Да, письмо явно выглядит как от Линуса Торвальдса, и все знают, что SMTP не обманешь, так что это должен быть он.
3. Итак, я могу вытащить дерево исходников, и знаю, что у Линуса всегда тэги подписаны, и могу проверить, что тэг 3.1-rc5 подписан его известным публичным ключом GPG, который я где-то достал. Если всё сойдётся, то для меня неважно, кто анонсировал релиз, я просто верю, что дерево подписал Линус.
4. Я просто подожду, пока kernel.org прочухается.

Что вам больше подходит.

Ещё одно замечание — если вы просто сделаете

git pull https://github.com/torvalds/linux.git

git fetch --tags <...>