Hi
On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 9:15 PM, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga < kcvelaga@wikimedia.in> wrote:
Greetings,
Introducing myself, I am Krishna Chaitanya Velaga from Andhra Pradesh, India. My user name is "Krishna Chaitanya Velaga", I've been actively contributing to en Wikipedia and Commons since December 2014. I also form the Executive Committee of Wikimedia Chapter (India). My mother tongue is Telugu (te).
A Telugu movie titled Paisa Vasool https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisa_Vasool_(2017_film) was released on 1 September 2017. In the movie, male lead boasts himself by referring to Wikipedia. His statement in the movie is as follows: *"36 brawls, 24 murders, 36 stabbings, This is visible record in Wikipedia" *(The same may be observed from the trailer of the movie, between 0:22 to 0:32 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVUZ-jG_i3c). As far I am concerned I feel this as serious defamation of the brand, the community and the work we do. It really degrades the reality and the efforts we put to produce encyclopedic content to the readers.
In this context, I request the community to take interest in their to voice their opinions, and also discuss any legal action to be enforced.
There is some misunderstanding. The character claims he has a record of brawls, murders etc as per Wikipedia. It does not say anything negative about Wikipedia.
Regards Arjuna Rao Chavala