> host of a series of community-built projects, not
a political activism
> organization.
>
> Regards,
> Vermont
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 5:12 PM Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I can confirm that I see the same also here in the Netherlands.
Which is
>> strange, there are no general elections
here before 2021...
>> An explanation about this link would be interesting.
>> Kind regards
>> Ziko
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Am Mi., 22. Apr. 2020 um 22:50 Uhr schrieb Yair Rand <
yyairrand(a)gmail.com
>>> :
>>
>>> The WMF corporate site (
wikimediafoundation.org) currently has a
>>> full-page ad with the text "We are watching Earth Day Live today.
Will
>>> you?". This links to an external
site with the text "Click here to
sign
>> on
>>> to the US Youth Climate Strike Coalition Earth Day Demands - From
>> congress
>>> and the next president, we demand a People’s Bailout, a Green New
Deal,
>> and
>>> Land Back for Indigenous Peoples", and prompting readers to
"Pledge to
>> vote
>>> for our future" and to subscribe to "US Climate Strike".
>>>
>>> Everyone here already knows how unacceptable this is, and why, so
I don't
>>> think this requires any further
explanation. The WMF should
immediately
>>> take this down, and make certain that
this kind of thing can't
happen
>>> again. They've failed yet again
at preventing inappropriate
>>> political activism in WMF's communications, and must take serious
action
>> to
>>> fix this constant stream of terrible failures.
>>>
>>> -- Yair Rand
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