[Foundation-l] Google Analytics on Wikimania site

Dan Rosenthal swatjester at gmail.com
Thu Oct 18 18:46:59 UTC 2007


I'm sure you are able to look it up, but you unfortunately looked up  
a different definition of non-sequitur than was the one intended here.

Your example may well be a non sequitur but my cat is still hungry.

-Dan
On Oct 18, 2007, at 2:36 PM, GerardM wrote:

> Hoi,
> I am as able to look this up as you are. It is imho not nice to use  
> one
> liners that do not say much using overly difficult vocabulary... The
> definition that I showed is equally valid.   Ehhh, what is a  
> deponent verb
> .. Yes I can look it up.
>
> A good example of a non sequitur: "*"Take my wife - please."* -- Henny
> Youngman"
>
> Thanks,
>     GerardM
>
> http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deponent
>
> On 10/18/07, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Non sequitur (IPA: /nɒnˈsɛkwɪtər/) is Latin for "It does not
>> follow," coming from the deponent verb sequor.
>>
>> -Dan
>> On Oct 18, 2007, at 2:09 PM, GerardM wrote:
>>
>>> Hoi,
>>> I love foreign langauges.. non sequitur: "A kind of pun that uses a
>>> change
>>> of word, subject, or meaning to make a joke of the listener's
>>> expectation"
>>> Lovely you are so smart. I do not get it.
>>> Thanks,
>>>     GerardM
>>>
>>> On 10/18/07, Austin Hair <adhair at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Regardless of what year it is, that's a total non sequitur.
>>>>
>>>> Austin
>>>>
>>>> On 10/18/07, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I retract my statement. Somehow I forgot what year we were in
>>>>> right now.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Dan
>>>>> On Oct 18, 2007, at 9:33 AM, Michael Bimmler wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 10/18/07, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Please remove this? I personally do not want my data being
>>>>>>> tracked in
>>>>>>> a manner that I did not opt into or was not offered the chance
>>>>>>> to opt
>>>>>>> out of. I do not trust these analytics to be used responsibly
>>>>>>> especially given the extensive safety concerns raised about
>>>>>>> Wikimania
>>>>>>> in Egypt.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We're talking about 07, let's keep Egypt out of the discussion  
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> once, okay?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Michael
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Dan Rosenthal
>>>>>>> On Oct 18, 2007, at 6:03 AM, Wikinews Markie wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> was added to http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/
>>>>>>>> MediaWiki:Copyright by
>>>>>>>> Alexsh <http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Alexsh> on
>>>>>>>> Februaury 9<http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?
>>>>>>>> title=MediaWiki:Copyright&action=history>.
>>>>>>>> this means that the code loads for all and is NOT opt in.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> mark
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 10/18/07, Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil at wikinewsie.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Just to clarify, this is on the '07 site
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>> From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
>>>>>>>>> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>>>>>> Brian
>>>>>>>>> McNeil
>>>>>>>>> Sent: 18 October 2007 11:31
>>>>>>>>> To: 'Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List'
>>>>>>>>> Subject: [Foundation-l] Google Analytics on Wikimania site
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am told Google Analytics is running on the Wikimania  
>>>>>>>>> wiki. I'm
>>>>>>>>> not sure
>>>>>>>>> where that would be put, and I'm also not sure that it is
>>>>>>>>> appropriate.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Who put it in? And was there discussion before it was done?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Brian.
>>>>>>>>>
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