Re: [Wiki-research-l] [Wikimedia-l] "Can Wikipedia save the internet?": Wikipedia and political neutrality

Hoi, Pine, thanks for sharing this article. I found the entire article very interesting. I am glad that Wikipedia is not seen as a vehicle for political campaign. Sometimes, people create account on Wikipedia with the aim to use the encyclopedia for political campaign and a good number of them end up getting blocked either for POV pushing or other disruptive editing/behavior. BTW....I have a few question. Is it a good idea to protect a page from creation if there are indications that the overall intention of the creator is to use Wikipedia as a platform for political campaign? If yes, how is such protection necessary if the page is neutrally written? There was an incident that happened sometimes last year when an article on "Akinwunmi Ambode" was protected from creation and unprotected after his election. Is this really a good idea? Best, Isaac Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile. -----Original Message----- From: Pine W &lt;wiki.pine(a)gmail.com&gt; Sender: "Wikimedia-l" &lt;wikimedia-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt;Datet;Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 20:31:59 To: Wikimedia Mailing List&lt;Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt;rg>; Wikimedia Education&lt;education(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt;rg>; Wiki Research-l<wiki-research-l@ lists.wikimedia.org> Reply-To: Wikimedia Mailing List &lt;wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; Subject: [Wikimedia-l] "Can Wikipedia save the internet?": Wikipedia and political neutrality Hello colleagues, Some of you might be interested in this news article: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/ can-wikipedia-save-the-internet-a7380786.html When we know that we have countless shortcomings in Wikimedia, I found it refreshing to hear that some aspects of our content and community are performing well and, on the whole, are serving the public interest. Regards, Pine _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>