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... 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...
(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 > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ja_Rule&diff=next&oldid=679131363 > (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 >> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ja_Rule&action=history >> . >> >> We already have 5 media mentions about his beef with Wikipedia, >> including TIME http://time.com/4020782/ja-rule-wikipedia-height/ >> . >> >> >> https://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=db3O3S4XqhTnYaMbvmTzUgpskUH2M&q=j... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Katherine Maher < >> kmaher@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >>> Might make a funny tweet. >>> >>> mobile. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Michael Guss >> Research Analyst >> Wikimediafoundation.org >> mguss@wikimedia.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > >
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