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A thesis Coordinating the Internet (Linköping University Electronic Press - December 2019) by Swedish scholar Fredrik Lindeberg is available for free download. It includes a brief section on ISOC, and several further references elsewhere. It is useful in that digests many other reputable sources and includes a comprehensive bibliography. Wwwhatsup ( talk) 15:45, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi all, I have read through the relevant section (pages 136-138) and do not see any material that would make a useful addition to this page. In my opinion it really just reiterates what is already in this article under the "History" section. Ferdeline ( talk) 20:09, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I am not sure who added the section "Support to United Nations Internet Governance Initiative" to the article, but I believe the current language is not adding value to this article. It reads like a press release and does not outline precisely how ISOC contributes to the IGF. I believe there is something here and the section can remain - ISOC has been a major funder and supporter of the IGF, and started the IGF Support Association - but we need better evidence. Ferdeline ( talk) 15:50, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello! Here with a request to make History clearer. I am the Internet Society's official representative on Wikipedia. With this conflict of interest in mind, I will work with Wikipedia's dedicated community of volunteers to propose Wikipedia-appropriate improvements here on the discussion page.
Will editors review the draft History section here to replace the live version? This removes content that is either unsourced or relies solely on primary sources; adds sourcing where possible; eliminates some topics now covered in Activities to limit redundancy; and adds some new content (such as Facebook partnership and the MANRS Observatory).
In 2002, the Internet Society successfully bid for the .org registry and formed the Public Interest Registry, to manage and operate it in conjunction with Afilias, a domain name registry. [4] [5]
On June 8, 2011, the Internet Society mounted World IPv6 Day to test IPv6 deployment. [6]
In 2012, on the Internet Society's 20th anniversary, it established the Internet Hall of Fame, an award to publicly recognize those who made significant contributions to the development and advancement of the Internet. [7]
Following the success of World IPv6 Day in 2011, on June 6, 2012 the Internet Society organized the World IPv6 Launch, this time with the intention of leaving IPv6 permanently enabled on all participating sites. [8]
In December 2017, the Internet Society acquired the Online Trust Alliance (OTA), the standards body that produces an annual Online Trust Audit, a Cyber Incident Response Guide, and an Internet of Things (IoT) Trust Framework. [9]
In January 2018, the New York Times reported on an Internet Society community network project to increase access to the Internet in the Caucasus Mountains. [10] Also in 2018, the Internet Society partnered with Facebook to create Internet exchange points in an effort to increase Internet access across continental Africa. [11]
In 2019, the society launched the MANRS Observatory to provide statistics related to routing security and compliance with the MANRS norms. [12] By May 2020, the initiative included more than 500 Network Operators, IXPs, CDN and Cloud providers worldwide. [13]
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Thank you. Neville at Internet Society ( talk) 13:04, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered. |
Hello! I am posting this request to update the section in the Internet Society article on the proposed sale of the Public Interest Registry. I am the Internet Society's official representative on Wikipedia. With this conflict of interest in mind, I am requesting Wikipedia-appropriate improvements to the article here on the discussion page.
It is my hope that editors will consider this draft an improvement. It contains some minor copy edits and changes wording since the deal is no longer on the table; removes an unsourced sentence; adds the exact date ICANN halted its final decision; and adds a sentence saying that Internet Society President and CEO Andrew Sullivan said neither PIR nor any of its operations are for sale following the rejection of the proposal to sell PIR to Ethos Capital.
The sale was met with significant opposition, since it involved the transfer of what is viewed as a public asset to a private equity investment firm. [4] On January 30th, 2020, ICANN halted its final approval of the sale after the Attorney General of California requested detailed documentation from all parties, citing concerns that both ICANN and the Internet Society had potentially violated their public interest missions as registered charities subject to the laws of California. [5] [6] In February, the Internet Society's Chapter Advisory Council (which represents its membership) began the process to adopt a motion rejecting the sale if certain conditions were not complied with. On April 30th, 2020, ICANN rejected the proposal to sell PIR to Ethos Capital, effectively ending the proposed deal. [7] [8] Following the decision, Internet Society President and CEO Andrew Sullivan said PIR nor any of its operations are for sale now. [9]
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Thank you. Neville at Internet Society ( talk) 09:22, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I hope editors will consider my draft introduction. While my draft intro does not contain major changes, it is a bit more precise and accurate. I am the Internet Society's official representative on Wikipedia. With this conflict of interest in mind, I am requesting Wikipedia-appropriate improvements to the article here on the discussion page.
The draft I put forward here changes "American nonprofit organization founded in 1992" to "a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1992 and incorporated in the U.S." as it is more specific. It also updates the mission statement quoted. Lastly, my draft includes a sentence on Internet Society's vision. When I first created my draft, that sentence was meant to update a sentence in the intro at the time that said "the Internet is for Everyone" was Internet Society's "motto". That sentence has since been removed from the intro, so I'll defer to editors if they think restating it correctly as Internet Society's "vision" is appropriate.
Thank you. Neville at Internet Society ( talk) 11:09, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi. The Infobox on this page says that the "Motto" of the organization is "The Internet is for Everyone". This is really the "Vision" of the organization, as outlined at: https://www.internetsociety.org/mission/ The organization does not refer to that as a Motto. Would someone please be open to changing the Infobox to say "Vision" instead of "Motto"? (I ask purely because I've been contacted by people who know of that phrase as our vision and wonder why Wikipedia calls it our motto.) I could make the change myself, but as noted elsewhere, I have WP:COI and so I won't. Thanks for the consideration, - Dyork ( talk) 20:34, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
This Talk page was getting way too long and it was challenging to figure out what open issues still needed resolution. It had many discussions on it that were either implemented or resolved. Following the manual process on H:ARC I created a first archive page at Talk:Internet_Society/Archive_1. All of that historical information about past implemented/resolved discussions can now be found on that page as well as in the Talk header at the top of this page. I have tried to keep all of the open / unresolved issues here on this page - if you think I archived too much, please leave a comment and sections can always be brought back from the archive page. - Dyork ( talk) 20:57, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi all. Would someone be willing to please update the intro paragraph to have the current mission of the Internet Society? The organization mission stated in the introduction paragraph is out-of-date. That was the mission up until 2017 when the organization's board worked with the community to arrive at a new mission statement. While the full mission statement is quite long, an abbreviated version that would be more in line would be this:
Note that I'm also suggesting changing the text to be more specific about being a 501(c)(3) and also clarifying that the organization's main office are in Reston and Geneva (it has other offices). Frankly I don't care as much about those changes - I would just like an updated mission there as members of our community have asked why this Wikipedia page is out-of-date.
As I am an employee of the Internet Society, I have COI and will not edit the page. I would greatly appreciate it if someone could please make this change.
Secondly, as I noted earlier on this page, is it possible to change the infobox to say "Vision" instead of "Motto"? When I hear "motto" I think of New Hampshire's "Live Free or Die!" or some statement like that. We don't ever talk about "The Internet is for everyone" as our "motto". It's our "vision". If there is no standard to use "motto" in an infobox, I would love it if it could be changed to "vision".
Thank you for your consideration on both of these points. - Dyork ( talk) 20:55, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
Hello! In the infobox I noticed that the date of formation is listed as "December 11, 1992". Per the referenced source the organization's formation date was January 1, 1992.
Could someone please update that? Or agree that I can go in and make that edit directly myself? Thank you - Dyork ( talk) 22:15, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
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A thesis Coordinating the Internet (Linköping University Electronic Press - December 2019) by Swedish scholar Fredrik Lindeberg is available for free download. It includes a brief section on ISOC, and several further references elsewhere. It is useful in that digests many other reputable sources and includes a comprehensive bibliography. Wwwhatsup ( talk) 15:45, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi all, I have read through the relevant section (pages 136-138) and do not see any material that would make a useful addition to this page. In my opinion it really just reiterates what is already in this article under the "History" section. Ferdeline ( talk) 20:09, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I am not sure who added the section "Support to United Nations Internet Governance Initiative" to the article, but I believe the current language is not adding value to this article. It reads like a press release and does not outline precisely how ISOC contributes to the IGF. I believe there is something here and the section can remain - ISOC has been a major funder and supporter of the IGF, and started the IGF Support Association - but we need better evidence. Ferdeline ( talk) 15:50, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello! Here with a request to make History clearer. I am the Internet Society's official representative on Wikipedia. With this conflict of interest in mind, I will work with Wikipedia's dedicated community of volunteers to propose Wikipedia-appropriate improvements here on the discussion page.
Will editors review the draft History section here to replace the live version? This removes content that is either unsourced or relies solely on primary sources; adds sourcing where possible; eliminates some topics now covered in Activities to limit redundancy; and adds some new content (such as Facebook partnership and the MANRS Observatory).
In 2002, the Internet Society successfully bid for the .org registry and formed the Public Interest Registry, to manage and operate it in conjunction with Afilias, a domain name registry. [4] [5]
On June 8, 2011, the Internet Society mounted World IPv6 Day to test IPv6 deployment. [6]
In 2012, on the Internet Society's 20th anniversary, it established the Internet Hall of Fame, an award to publicly recognize those who made significant contributions to the development and advancement of the Internet. [7]
Following the success of World IPv6 Day in 2011, on June 6, 2012 the Internet Society organized the World IPv6 Launch, this time with the intention of leaving IPv6 permanently enabled on all participating sites. [8]
In December 2017, the Internet Society acquired the Online Trust Alliance (OTA), the standards body that produces an annual Online Trust Audit, a Cyber Incident Response Guide, and an Internet of Things (IoT) Trust Framework. [9]
In January 2018, the New York Times reported on an Internet Society community network project to increase access to the Internet in the Caucasus Mountains. [10] Also in 2018, the Internet Society partnered with Facebook to create Internet exchange points in an effort to increase Internet access across continental Africa. [11]
In 2019, the society launched the MANRS Observatory to provide statistics related to routing security and compliance with the MANRS norms. [12] By May 2020, the initiative included more than 500 Network Operators, IXPs, CDN and Cloud providers worldwide. [13]
References
{{
cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)
Thank you. Neville at Internet Society ( talk) 13:04, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered. |
Hello! I am posting this request to update the section in the Internet Society article on the proposed sale of the Public Interest Registry. I am the Internet Society's official representative on Wikipedia. With this conflict of interest in mind, I am requesting Wikipedia-appropriate improvements to the article here on the discussion page.
It is my hope that editors will consider this draft an improvement. It contains some minor copy edits and changes wording since the deal is no longer on the table; removes an unsourced sentence; adds the exact date ICANN halted its final decision; and adds a sentence saying that Internet Society President and CEO Andrew Sullivan said neither PIR nor any of its operations are for sale following the rejection of the proposal to sell PIR to Ethos Capital.
The sale was met with significant opposition, since it involved the transfer of what is viewed as a public asset to a private equity investment firm. [4] On January 30th, 2020, ICANN halted its final approval of the sale after the Attorney General of California requested detailed documentation from all parties, citing concerns that both ICANN and the Internet Society had potentially violated their public interest missions as registered charities subject to the laws of California. [5] [6] In February, the Internet Society's Chapter Advisory Council (which represents its membership) began the process to adopt a motion rejecting the sale if certain conditions were not complied with. On April 30th, 2020, ICANN rejected the proposal to sell PIR to Ethos Capital, effectively ending the proposed deal. [7] [8] Following the decision, Internet Society President and CEO Andrew Sullivan said PIR nor any of its operations are for sale now. [9]
References
{{
cite web}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link)
Thank you. Neville at Internet Society ( talk) 09:22, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I hope editors will consider my draft introduction. While my draft intro does not contain major changes, it is a bit more precise and accurate. I am the Internet Society's official representative on Wikipedia. With this conflict of interest in mind, I am requesting Wikipedia-appropriate improvements to the article here on the discussion page.
The draft I put forward here changes "American nonprofit organization founded in 1992" to "a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1992 and incorporated in the U.S." as it is more specific. It also updates the mission statement quoted. Lastly, my draft includes a sentence on Internet Society's vision. When I first created my draft, that sentence was meant to update a sentence in the intro at the time that said "the Internet is for Everyone" was Internet Society's "motto". That sentence has since been removed from the intro, so I'll defer to editors if they think restating it correctly as Internet Society's "vision" is appropriate.
Thank you. Neville at Internet Society ( talk) 11:09, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi. The Infobox on this page says that the "Motto" of the organization is "The Internet is for Everyone". This is really the "Vision" of the organization, as outlined at: https://www.internetsociety.org/mission/ The organization does not refer to that as a Motto. Would someone please be open to changing the Infobox to say "Vision" instead of "Motto"? (I ask purely because I've been contacted by people who know of that phrase as our vision and wonder why Wikipedia calls it our motto.) I could make the change myself, but as noted elsewhere, I have WP:COI and so I won't. Thanks for the consideration, - Dyork ( talk) 20:34, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
This Talk page was getting way too long and it was challenging to figure out what open issues still needed resolution. It had many discussions on it that were either implemented or resolved. Following the manual process on H:ARC I created a first archive page at Talk:Internet_Society/Archive_1. All of that historical information about past implemented/resolved discussions can now be found on that page as well as in the Talk header at the top of this page. I have tried to keep all of the open / unresolved issues here on this page - if you think I archived too much, please leave a comment and sections can always be brought back from the archive page. - Dyork ( talk) 20:57, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi all. Would someone be willing to please update the intro paragraph to have the current mission of the Internet Society? The organization mission stated in the introduction paragraph is out-of-date. That was the mission up until 2017 when the organization's board worked with the community to arrive at a new mission statement. While the full mission statement is quite long, an abbreviated version that would be more in line would be this:
Note that I'm also suggesting changing the text to be more specific about being a 501(c)(3) and also clarifying that the organization's main office are in Reston and Geneva (it has other offices). Frankly I don't care as much about those changes - I would just like an updated mission there as members of our community have asked why this Wikipedia page is out-of-date.
As I am an employee of the Internet Society, I have COI and will not edit the page. I would greatly appreciate it if someone could please make this change.
Secondly, as I noted earlier on this page, is it possible to change the infobox to say "Vision" instead of "Motto"? When I hear "motto" I think of New Hampshire's "Live Free or Die!" or some statement like that. We don't ever talk about "The Internet is for everyone" as our "motto". It's our "vision". If there is no standard to use "motto" in an infobox, I would love it if it could be changed to "vision".
Thank you for your consideration on both of these points. - Dyork ( talk) 20:55, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
Hello! In the infobox I noticed that the date of formation is listed as "December 11, 1992". Per the referenced source the organization's formation date was January 1, 1992.
Could someone please update that? Or agree that I can go in and make that edit directly myself? Thank you - Dyork ( talk) 22:15, 24 March 2022 (UTC)