Hi,<br><br>I was surprised when Fæ named me as the person who got reverted. Turns out it isn&#39;t me. The whole sequence of events should be summarised thus:<br><br><ol><li>Pharos added the original WLL (Wikipedia Loves Libraries) notice on 15 August <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Geonotice.js&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=444994376">http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Geonotice.js&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=444994376</a></li>
<li>Jalexander reverted on 16 August, citing a comment by Philippe. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki%3AGeonotice.js&amp;action=historysubmit&amp;diff=445104210&amp;oldid=444994376">http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki%3AGeonotice.js&amp;action=historysubmit&amp;diff=445104210&amp;oldid=444994376</a></li>
<li>Pharos reverted again on the same day. The geonotice stayed. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Geonotice.js&amp;diff=next&amp;oldid=445104210">http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Geonotice.js&amp;diff=next&amp;oldid=445104210</a></li>
<li>Aude updated the WLL notice on 6 September. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Geonotice.js&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=448767021">http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Geonotice.js&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=448767021</a></li>
<li>Philippe took down all WLL geonotices today. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki%3AGeonotice.js&amp;action=historysubmit&amp;diff=454347327&amp;oldid=454207279">http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki%3AGeonotice.js&amp;action=historysubmit&amp;diff=454347327&amp;oldid=454207279</a></li>
</ol><b>No UK geonotices were involved in this incident</b>. However, since the UK community is a major user of en.wp geonotices, I do recommend that we participate in the discussion Fæ initiated on the talk-page.<br><br>
Deryck<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 7 October 2011 09:13, Fae <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:faenwp@gmail.com">faenwp@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi,<br>
<br>
Philipe (WMF head of reader relations) recently reverted a :en<br>
geonotice added by Deryck Chan. This appears to run counter to the<br>
previous position held by the WMF that they leave the decisions to the<br>
Wikipedia community and would not interfere (presumably unless there<br>
was a legal issue).<br>
<br>
Raising on this email list in consideration of previous debate on this<br>
topic when the chapter wanted to use a geonotice to encourage<br>
applications from our Wikimedia UK community for the WMUK CEO position<br>
and as most people will not follow WP:GN.<br>
<br>
Link: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Geonotice#WMF_veto_of_geonotices" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Geonotice#WMF_veto_of_geonotices</a><br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Fae<br>
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