I think at least you and Enock agree on the same matter about leaving it
alone. I am almost falling into that peer p. But imagine: Planning
Wikimedia GHANA and we can't do anything for the GHANA article, it's a
shame.
But we will see how it plays out. What I know is that the article will get
protected sooner or later. Ghanaian admin or no Ghanaian admin. We have to
move our efforts from the talk pages into contacting admins we know because
it's getting tiring.
Or maybe when Mahama calls for Wikipedia to be blocked in Ghana perhaps
someone will listen.
Regards,
Sandister Tei
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On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Well, sandister, unfortunately I didn't understand
most of then terms you
used in the email. Brofo no aba!
By the way, this Ghana article, I personally wouldnt waste time on for
obvious reasons.
I will rather reach thee level I can get admin, and in that position I
will be good to enforce such restrictions on pages that have high vandalism
but for again obvious reasons, non African admins avoid to protect.
Etua wo y)nko a etua duam. Until we get an African admin who understands
contents from Africa, it'll be hard to make these protections.
Asa! Minni hwee ka
Rexford | Africa Center |
wikiafrica.net | sent from Tab
On Mar 5, 2014 7:14 PM, "Sandister Tei" <sandistertei(a)gmail.com> wrote:
During the usual vandalism and edit warring party
on the Ghana article in
the past weeks, I passed by the talk page to warn members protesting
certain changes to be careful they don't get blocked. Whatever they had to
offer, should be done in accordance to Wikipedia laws. You could be
fighting for the right thing but an admin can have you thrown off Wikipedia
and it will shock you. A member of this community misunderstood and gave a
sarcastic response to the warning. He further came to this mailing list to
say how disappointed he is of my comments on blocking.
Now the context of my warning was, a Ghanaian account Rex and I saw
online before we even thought of PWMGH had 1000s of edits but was blocked.
Many of you don't know this. Now just because you can now type Wiki markup
and you are building your edits and editing confidence fast, doesn't mean
you know better than those of us who invited you on board. Well maybe you
do. But if that demeanour will not earn the group more members to help us
meet our foundation target, but might cost you your account and waste our
investments in outreach, or be a nuisance to a community manager's work,
there is the door.
Wikimedia Foundation is meritocratic. It works with individuals as well
as teams. Planning Wikimedia Ghana prefers the team approach. We do
outreach but really after one is confident in their knowledge, once again
there is the door. When someone doesn't understand what I say around here,
you might as well get clarification. I don't mind strong opinions but for
snarky comments and innuendos, I am not a fan.
Sandister Tei
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Cardiff University
JOMEC -- International Journalism
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