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Foundation board election questions.

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Possible Signpost article.

I'm busy creating an article for the Misplaced Pages Signpost about the board election candidates' positions on certain topics, and was wondering if you'd like to answer some questions:

1. On the board, will you vote for ads on Wikimedia sites?
   1. yes
      1. pop-ups/flash/banners/graphics
      2. flash/banners/graphics in skin whitespace or at bottom
      3. company logos in site notices
      4. prominent text ads
      5. company names in site notices
      6. text ads in skin whitespace or at bottom
      7. opt out
      8. opt in
      9. other
   2. maybe
      1. only for a huge amount of money
      2. only during budget emergencies
      3. only if editors support it
   3. never
   4. other
2. What are your thoughts on Wikimedia branding?
3. What are your thoughts on the foundation's hiring of a business developer?
4. How would you vote on the board about the foundation reducing or offsetting anthropogenic greenhouse gases, e.g. power used by hardware, flights, etc.?

Thanks. ~

Answers.

• Oscar (1-3)
• WarX (1-4)

211: Fundamentalism or atheism reading list.

Fundamentalism or atheism. The possibility of religion in a scientific and secular culture.

1. Ward, Keith. God, faith and the new millennium: Christian belief in an age of science. Oxford: Oneworld publications. ISBN 1-85168-155-8. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |chapterurl= and |coauthors= (help)
2. Shutte, Augustine (2005). "The possibility of religion in a scientific and secular culture". South African journal of philosophy. 24 (4): 289–307. INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST: 24808, 35400013493003.0040. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)
3. McCabe, Herbert (2005). God still matters. London: Continuum. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |origmonth=, |month=, |chapterurl=, and |origdate= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
4. Swimme, Brian (1992). The Universe Story. San Francisco: HarperCollins. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |origmonth=, |month=, |chapterurl=, and |origdate= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
5. Sagan, Carl (1997) . The demon-haunted world: science as a candle in the dark. Ann Druyan. London: Headline book publishing. ISBN 0-7472-5156-8. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |chapterurl= and |coauthors= (help)

• Collins, Francis S. The language of God: a scientist presents evidence for belief (Free Press (Simon & Schuster), 2006)
• Dawkins, Richard The God delusion (Houghton Mifflin, 2006)
• Gingerich, Owen God's universe (Belknap Press (Harvard University Press), 2006)
• Roughgarden, Joan Evolution and Christian faith: reflections of an evolutionary biologist (Island Press, 2006)
• Sagan, Carl (edited by Ann Druyan) The varieties of scientific experience: a personal view of the search for God (Penguin Press, 2006)
• Wilson, E. O. The creation: a meeting of science and religion (W. W. Norton, 2006)

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Quotes.

"The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force. It is immaterial whether this force be founded upon ownership of the slave or ownership of the money that he must get to live." - Leo Tolstoy