Hello,
I am quite surprised that this number has been added to the spam list. I don't understand how it is related to spam... This is more related to free speech. There are already several millions Internet web sites posting this number. Why not Wikimedia projects?
Is Wikimedia starting to bend in front of Hollywood majors?
Regards,
Yann
PS: For those who may not know what is this about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD_encryption_key_controversy
On 5/6/07, Yann Forget yann@forget-me.net wrote:
I am quite surprised that this number has been added to the spam list. I don't understand how it is related to spam...
People were spamming it across a large number of articles.
This is more related to free speech.
Wikipedia is not a soapbox.
There are already several millions Internet web sites posting this number. Why not Wikimedia projects?
Are you offering to pay any legal costs?
Is Wikimedia starting to bend in front of Hollywood majors?
No dealing with sheep trying to spam that number across dozens articles requires certain steps. There is also the small issue of the US courts
Yann Forget wrote:
Hello,
I am quite surprised that this number has been added to the spam list. I don't understand how it is related to spam... This is more related to free speech. There are already several millions Internet web sites posting this number. Why not Wikimedia projects?
Is Wikimedia starting to bend in front of Hollywood majors?
Wikimedia started off on the basic principle of following the law. That's why we wrote our own encyclopedia rather than hosting a cracked copy of the Britannica DVD.
-- Tim Starling
I find it especially upsetting that you would spam this number by means of the subject header. Please do not even give the excuse that otherwise people would not know what you were talking about (or would know what you were talking about by posting the number in its entirety). If you wanted people to better understand what you were talking about, you could have just added the article title that you linked to the header instead of the number.
Although it has already been stated, the number was added because it was spam. Nothing more needs to be said. However, the number may in fact stay there because it is an "illegal number" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number).
Casey Brown Cbrown1023
-----Original Message----- From: foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Yann Forget Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 8:52 PM To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Subject: [Foundation-l] 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0
Hello,
I am quite surprised that this number has been added to the spam list. I don't understand how it is related to spam... This is more related to free speech. There are already several millions Internet web sites posting this number. Why not Wikimedia projects?
Is Wikimedia starting to bend in front of Hollywood majors?
Regards,
Yann
PS: For those who may not know what is this about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD_encryption_key_controversy
Yann Forget wrote:
Hello,
I am quite surprised that this number has been added to the spam list. I don't understand how it is related to spam... This is more related to free speech. There are already several millions Internet web sites posting this number. Why not Wikimedia projects?
Is Wikimedia starting to bend in front of Hollywood majors?
Regards,
Yann
PS: For those who may not know what is this about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD_encryption_key_controversy
Wikimedia projects are not an experiment in civil disobedience.
Please do not get us in court just to make a point.
Anthere
A relevant Wikipedia policy is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:POINT
Cbrown1023
-----Original Message----- From: foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Florence Devouard Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 10:44 PM To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] 09-etc
Yann Forget wrote:
Hello,
I am quite surprised that this number has been added to the spam list. I don't understand how it is related to spam... This is more related to free speech. There are already several millions Internet web sites posting this number. Why not Wikimedia projects?
Is Wikimedia starting to bend in front of Hollywood majors?
Regards,
Yann
PS: For those who may not know what is this about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD_encryption_key_controversy
Wikimedia projects are not an experiment in civil disobedience.
Please do not get us in court just to make a point.
Anthere
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