Fixed link: https://twitter.com/wikisignpost/status/639581325532495872
Thanks folks! Just happened to hear this tweet read out aloud about
half an hour ago on a local Bay Area morning radio show: "Wikipedia
didn't respond directly, but they retweeted ..."
("Sarah and Vinnie", a gossip/comedy format on Alice 97.3 - don't
judge me, it's on the dial of my radio alarm clock as something that
makes you get up quickly and turn the radio off ;)
A nice reminder that even if a tweet doesn't get a lot of engagement
on Twitter (this one is at 2 RTs and 2 faves currently), it can still
serve to get the message out to tens of thousands of people.
On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 4:28 PM, Ed Erhart <eerhart@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> +Rob, so he's aware of all this. :-)
>
> --Ed
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Michael Guss <mguss@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>
>> Rt-ed from @wikipedia:
>> https://twitter.com/wikisignpost/status/639580078431694848
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 4:21 PM, James Alexander <jalexander@wikimedia.org>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> WFM
>>>
>>> James Alexander
>>> Community Advocacy
>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>> (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Michael Guss <mguss@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I like we can quietly endorse this with a RT from @wikipedia?
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 4:09 PM, Ed Erhart <eerhart@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> FYI, the Signpost has now been published.
>>>>>
>>>>> --Ed
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 3:45 AM, Ed Erhart <eerhart@wikimedia.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +1 agreed, that's a good compromise
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --Ed
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 9:41 PM, Victor Grigas <vgrigas@wikimedia.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> +1 Tilman
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sep 2, 2015, at 9:26 PM, Tilman Bayer <tbayer@wikimedia.org>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gamaliel wrote up an analysis for the upcoming Signpost that explains
>>>>>>> in fairly accessible terms what Ja Rule's misconception seems to have been:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-09-02/In_the_media#In_brief
>>>>>>> We could use that (preferably after the Signpost is out officially):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> @JaRule There was no height mentioned in the article. Looks you were
>>>>>>> looking at Google, not at Wikipedia
>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-09-02/In_the_media#In_brief
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (also, for those wondering about this thread's topic, it's about
>>>>>>> https://twitter.com/Ruleyork/status/639117219314704384 )
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 6:04 PM, Katherine Maher
>>>>>>> <kmaher@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Oh I would not suggest apologizing! Anyway, no need for us to strain
>>>>>>>> for make it work :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> mobile.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sep 2, 2015 4:05 PM, "James Alexander" <jalexander@wikimedia.org>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yes, and if there is a way to say it while making it clear that it
>>>>>>>>> was never our fault in the first place then I'm all for it ;) but I'm
>>>>>>>>> against apologizing for something we never did :P especially if everyone is
>>>>>>>>> entrenched already into thinking we did (which they may or may not be yet to
>>>>>>>>> be fair).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> James Alexander
>>>>>>>>> Community Advocacy
>>>>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>>>> (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Heather Walls
>>>>>>>>> <hwalls@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Plenty of stories are not *really* stories :) but they are
>>>>>>>>>> entertaining.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:47 PM, James Alexander
>>>>>>>>>> <jalexander@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> meh, I'd be against tweeting about it. SOOOOO not a story. As far
>>>>>>>>>>> as I can tell (may have missed something for sure) the first time in the
>>>>>>>>>>> past couple months his height was mentioned at all was in this edit (which,
>>>>>>>>>>> along with the edit after that, actually put him at what I think? is his
>>>>>>>>>>> desired 5'9 (sorry I'm assuming he didn't like being called short :) ).
>>>>>>>>>>> After that there was a collection of edits going back and forth a couple
>>>>>>>>>>> areas, most of which were reverted in short order and then protection. The
>>>>>>>>>>> entire incident (which resulted in it basically just going back to how it
>>>>>>>>>>> was before without any mention of his height at all) was less then an hour.
>>>>>>>>>>> It screams either a manufactured story or friends playing around probably in
>>>>>>>>>>> the very same room as him :).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> James Alexander
>>>>>>>>>>> Community Advocacy
>>>>>>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>>>>>> (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Michael Guss
>>>>>>>>>>> <mguss@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Google still says he is 5'6 .
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I can't find height anywhere on his page though.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> His page is semi-protected - some action confirmed from his
>>>>>>>>>>>> revision history.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> We already have 5 media mentions about his beef with Wikipedia,
>>>>>>>>>>>> including TIME.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> https://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=db3O3S4XqhTnYaMbvmTzUgpskUH2M&q=ja+rule+height&lr=English&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB8QqgIwAGoVChMI9cylz6_ZxwIVFSuICh38sg9E
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Katherine Maher
>>>>>>>>>>>> <kmaher@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Might make a funny tweet.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> mobile.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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