Hi,
Angola is not alone. Bangladesh also started the practice. :-P Now there is a good number of Facebook groups and pages to do this kind of piracy related works through Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:NahidSultan/Bangladesh_Facebook_Case
They are even creating manuals in different Facebook groups on how to download movies even if get blocked by admins. * https://www.facebook.com/groups/1683585148563391/permalink/1695000264088546/ * https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1173773462655208&id=10...
Phabricator link to deal with this - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T129845
Regards, Bodhisattwa
On 28 March 2016 at 03:30, David Emrany david.emrany@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Teles
I am exercising my right of reply, anticipating that.a list mod may censor it or delay it till it is infructuous
You are imposing "modern" 1st world standards on these poor people. Many I remind you to remember how many 1st world Commons bureaucrats and admins were doing something similar / identical [1] only a few years ago at Commons.Do we collectively recall how many years.it took to ban them and delete their files ?
So give these Angolans time and respectfully equitably treat them as unequals when you deal with them.
Dave
[1] http://www.britannica.com/topic/Wikipedia " .. in 2010 it was revealed that there was a cache of pornographic images, including illegal depictions of sexual acts involving children, on Wikimedia Commons, a site maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation that served as a repository of media files for use in all Wikimedia products."
On 3/26/16, Lucas Teles teleswiki@gmail.com wrote:
Yeah, I am definitely watching users that violate any Wikimedia project
and
I talk about it with other users publicly. What should be done different? Should we let this users go and ignore they are violating important
rules?
I will be paying atention to suggestions. And trying to do something different is the reason I created this thread. I am pretty sure that the regular measures won't be enough. I would never blame regular editors though. That would be too much easy and counterproductive.
Yeah, Wikipedia Zero is a good thing. That goes without saying. And I am not saying that because I expect something in return from the users of Wikipedia Zero. I actually don't think many of them will improve wiki as they use cellphones to edit and there is not yet an app for easily
editing.
Other than reading, doing anything else on cellphone is too much painful. The best thing of WP Zero is that it *provides* information for too many people in need.
Teles
Em quinta-feira, 24 de março de 2016, Gerard Meijssen < gerard.meijssen@gmail.com> escreveu:
Hoi, So what are you saying? It is ok for people to do dastardly things and abuse Commons and it is even worse when people at Commons use the environment they know, the Internet, to do some research and expose what they find?
Really? And I must be impressed when Mr Kolbe asks attention for it?? Because what! It a Dutch proverb the best sailors are ashore. The same
can
be said by Mr Kolbe who is proficient in telling other people what to do and why he objects. That is his prerogative as it is mine to be underwhelmed.
Be serious. When issues arise, we may work towards an understanding and
a
solution and sometimes hands get dirty. I will always support people who actually make a meaningful difference over people who cannot be faulted. Mistakes are made and when that is a problem go elsewhere. When there
is a
meaningful discussion anything is on the cards. So far this is not one. Thanks, GerarddM
On 24 March 2016 at 09:04, David Emrany <david.emrany@gmail.com javascript:;> wrote:
Dear Gerard
Correspondingly, what I find unconscionable for us is that a small group of Commons editors /admins congregated on the talk page of 'Teles' and discussed how to secretly spy on these new Zeropaid enabled editors and monitor their Facebook-basic pages [1], [2].
IMO had this been more widely discussed at Commons seeking solutions, we would not be seeing unfortunate news articles like the one Andreas Kolbe has linked to
Regards
Dave
[1]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ATeles&type=r...
[2]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Teles/Angola_Facebook_C...
On 3/20/16, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen@gmail.com
wrote:
Hoi, Realistically. Wikipedia is very much an enabler.
Your ease to consider "simply" disabling mobile edits or uploads I find appalling. People in countries like USA or UK are very fortunate.
Nobody
would ever argue to disable their edits or uploads. At the same time
as a
movement we desperately need more and more diverse involvement.
While
you
may say what you want, it is unconscionable for us to do as you suggest
as
it is fully contrary to what we aim to achieve.
What we are experiencing is a bump in the road. We have to deal with it
but
throwing the baby with the washing water? REALLY !! Thanks, GerardM
On 19 March 2016 at 15:03, David Emrany <david.emrany@gmail.com
javascript:;> wrote:
Hi Adele
Can we have a clear picture of Wikimedia's ‘complicated’
relationship
with net neutrality - 1year on from the Washington Post story [1]
Can we also have specific figures on how much of WMF's traffic has been lost / gained from key markets in Latin America and Asia after regulators have blocked zeropaid schemes due to local concerns.
WMF's "complicated" stance has also turned off many like-minded support groups who stand for pure net neutrality - and not WMF's or Facebook's ersatz versions [2]
Lastly, if the primary aim of Wikipedia Zero is to gain readership, why not simply disable all mobile edits / uploads from these accounts.
David
[1]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/11/25/wikipedias-comp...
[2]
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/08/01/wikipedia-zero-and-net-neutrality-prot...
On 3/19/16, Adele Vrana <avrana@wikimedia.org javascript:;>
wrote:
> Hi Teles, > > As the head of the Wikipedia Zero program, I would like to
respond
and
> provide more context to the important challenges you are bringing
up.
> > Last year, the Foundation increased our security and privacy by > requiring > HTTPS to access all Wikimedia projects. That change has greatly
impacted
> the Wikipedia Zero program, and most importantly has also allowed > editing > (and not only reading) and extended the scope of zero-rated
access
from
> just Wikipedia to all Wikimedia projects. However, our banners do
not
> reflect this additional zero-rating, but still only appear on
Wikipedia.
> > In your message you highlight two main concerns. One would be the
upload
of > copyrighted materials and overall abuse on Commons. The other
concern
> regards how the editing community should deal with an influx of
new
good
> faith edits and potential editors in Portuguese, with particular challenge > of the extra work this causes for existing community members. > > Regarding Commons, we have experienced abuse from a few
subscribers
of a
> Zero partner in Angola. Typically what happens is that the
pirates
> upload > copyrighted movies to Commons either directly or in a concealed > form (like > huge/split PDFs or JPEGs). Then they promote the links on
or
a
> similar public forum for others to download. When partners become
aware
of > this they have flagged it to us and we've, in turn, flagged it to Community > Engagement who has worked with editors to try and make sure it's > removed. > > We agree that this is not an ideal way to handle this problem,
and
we
would > prefer to catch it much earlier or simply prevent it outright
(without
> significant limits being placed on good faith editors). Last
fall,
we
> had > internal discussions on finding technical solutions for this
problem.
> However, we discovered that we could not widely identify traffic
from
zero > rated partners, and that ability was a prerequisite to address
this
issue. > As of December 2015, the Ops team was able to complete that work. > > With this task completed, our team, in coordination with
community
> engagement and engineering is working on finding the best
approach
to
> resolve this issue. Do you have suggestions or guidance? We are
eager
to
> examine multiple approaches and this is a great time to open the > discussion. As we evaluate different approaches, we can also
update
you
and > the list here. > > On the editing topic, the primary goal of Wikipedia Zero is to
increase
> readership. This is measured in potential reach (through
subscriber
counts) > and pageviews within regions with Wikipedia Zero partnerships.
There’s
not > enough information to show that Zero can also increase
editorship,
but
> it > is something we believe is furthered by expanding reading access. > So
if
> that is what is happening in Angola, we see that is a great
thing.
> > However, we understand that it’s challenging for our existing
editing
> community to handle a sudden influx of new editors. This seems to
be a
> crucial and important conversation for the movement at large to
have.
I
> hope we can figure out a way to turn this moment in Angola into
an
> opportunity to learn how to deal with new readers and editors. > > Best regards, > Adele > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 4:50 PM, Gnangarra <gnangarra@gmail.com
wrote:
> >> some of the issue stems form the copyright laws of Angola, which
are
>> really >> interesting to read -- read them in english -- >> https://www.copyright-watch.org/files/Angola.pdf of course I
dont
expect >> people to know their copyright laws in detail or to have read
them
but
>> they >> do know the principles of it and what they can do >> >> some points of interest >> >> - Non protected works Article 9 section c -- news of the day published >> by the press or broadcast >> - Chapter IV Uses lawful without Authorisation article 29
section
b
>> - >> reproduction by photographic process or process analogous to >> photographic >> process by <snip> documentation centres <snip> or teaching >> organisations >> ..... refers to minimum amount of copies necessary, but
wither
way
>> Wikipedia would fall into either of these definitions as
permitted
>> to >> reproduce >> - article 30 - is the key here it enables translation into >> Portuguese >> after 3 years without any real restrictions - hence why the
pt.wikis
>> are >> having so much of an issue and by extension commons where
they
>> encourage >> uploading of media >> >> >> Wikipedia zero implementation needs to also consider the
implication
of
>> local laws especially copyright on the projects where the laws
are
this
>> outdated and effectively enable copyright issues then WP Zero >> could >> provide >> a read only option for IP's or a no upload option, with a
rights
request >> process on commons >> >> On 19 March 2016 at 00:45, Lucas Teles <teleswiki@gmail.com
javascript:;> wrote:
>> >> > Hi, everyone. >> > >> > It is being recently reported on Portuguese Wikipedia and >> > Commons
(at
>> > least) the increasing ammount of improper editing coming from
IP
>> addresses >> > located in Angola. Some users believe that this may be related
with
>> > Wikipedia Zero and a partnership between WMF and a cellphone
company
[1] >> > that allows reading and editing at free cost. >> > >> > One of the first reactions to that is a large range block that
was
just >> set >> > on Commons in order to prevent these edits [2], as they are >> > being >> > done >> in a >> > way that volunteers can't handle. >> > >> > That seems to be some kind of "second wave" as the first that >> > hit >> > Commons >> > [3] had been already reported months ago [4] and seemed to be controled >> or >> > just paused for a while. On Portuguese Wikipedia, one thing
that
seemss >> to >> > be clear is that edits are done in good faith. However, they
end
by
>> > being >> > undone as they are incorrect for some reason, whether being >> > pages
of
>> files >> > about themselves or just test edits. One of the users
identified
>> > actually >> > confirm [5] that he is editing through Wikipedia Zero. >> > >> > Concerning that more partnerships may occur in future, I think >> > it
is
>> > time >> > for us to start talking about ways of dealing with that, other
than
>> > blocking. Sadly, I don't have an answer to that problem, but I
tend
>> > to >> > believe that some way of mass reaching these potential users
should
>> > be >> made >> > out. >> > >> > The current process is that editors will be the ones to notice
that
(as >> > I >> > am not aware of any kind of follow up by WMF on that) and they
will
try >> to >> > solve their way, which may cause too many collateral damage. >> > >> > I wonder if there is any kind of way to diminish the problem,
by
>> > using >> any >> > off-wiki strategy. >> > >> > Kind regards. >> > >> > Teles >> > >> > [1] - >> > >> > >>
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/movicel-offers-free-access-to-wikipedia--11...
>> > [2] - >> > >> > >>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Steinsplitter&...
>> > [3] - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Teles/Angola_Facebook_Case >> > [4] - >> > >> > >>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Forum&oldid=12835...
>> > [5] - >> > >> > >>
https://pt.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Usu%C3%A1rio_Discuss%C3%A3o:Darwi...
>> > >> > >> > *Lucas Teles* >> > >> > *+55 (71) 98290 7553Steward at Wikimedia Foundation.
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