On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:23 AM, Newyorkbrad newyorkbrad@gmail.com wrote:
The activity you describe is obviously unacceptable. However, the amount of time and effort that out associated with tracking down and returning a particular $20 contribution would not be worth it.
Newyorkbrad
Newyorkbrad, it wouldn't be all that difficult, given that the person's name is known, it was clearly done with Paypal, we have the date the donation was made, etc, etc.
Furthermore, as the WMF have publicly spoken on these edits,[1] it would be amiss to condemn the edits but not disavow donations made as part of those edits.
The WMF should be refunding the donation.
Even more worse, the Kremlin is using the English Wikipedia to support a misinformation campaign around the shoot down of MH17 by Russian separatists in Ukraine.[1] Thankfully we have these new watchdog Twitter bots to spot interference by unsophisticated government actors, of both the playfully harmless and the dangerously harmful varieties.
Nathan, it is fantastic that Jen Psaki wishes to engage with the Wikimedia community, but could you please in future ask her to send her brainfarts from her own account. :)
Cheers
Scotty
[1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/07/24/wikipedia-block...