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
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From: Sean Whitton <sean(a)silentflame.com>
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)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(a)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(a)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(a)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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