Most people can understand English there, so there shouldn't be any problem in posting the message in English. Otherwise, I can translate the message in Urdu, if required.
--heema
----- Original Message ---- From: Sean Whitton sean@silentflame.com To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@wikimedia.org Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 7:48:24 PM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Quran in Sitenotice
That sounds sensible, how about something along the lines of (after translation by a kind soul): Discussion on the [[foundation-l]] mailing list about the Urdu Wikipedia's sitenotice has come to the conclusion that according to policy the sitenotice should not be used <perhaps a quote from Jimbo here>. We'd like to hear the opinions of the users of this wiki before we take any action over this issue.
Sound okay?
On 13/07/06, Oldak Quill oldakquill@gmail.com wrote:
I think we should tell the community before it is removed; present them with the Foundation's position and allow members of the community who are for the message to respond before anything is done. We don't want to seem like distant bureaucrats unfamiliar with custom and lacking diplomacy.
On 13/07/06, Sean Whitton sean@silentflame.com wrote:
So, we are in agreement that it should be removed? If I'm right here, would a steward care to do it?
On 13/07/06, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
Elisabeth Bauer wrote:
Quran quotes (or any other, btw) in the sitenotice are an abuse of the tool and should be removed immediately.
The "or any other" bit is extremely important. This is not about religion, it is just that the sitenotice is to be used for announcements of upcoming events, news, fundraisers, things of that nature, not for quotes.
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