Hello everyone,
I also saw the same articles about Jooste and Niehause and also thought about drafting a letter to the press mentioning the exact three things Ian mentioned. Namely: "explain how Wikipedia works, Wikimedia ZA, Wikipedia exists in languages besides English" as well as the need for more South Africans to edit Wikipedia to ensure that vandalism like this is detected and corrected sooner.
Thank you David for starting a draft response. I am looking at it now.
I am very busy these past few days and for the next few days so I will not be able to send through the finished response to the media. Ian could you or one of the other directors please send through the media response today or tomorrow? I think it would be good to act on this ASAP as the news cycle changes quickly.
Regards,
Douglas.
On 14 December 2017 at 20:49, Helen Riding helenriding@gmail.com wrote:
You might want to include the recent Markus Jooste vandalism.
https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/business/2017-12- 08-what-wikipedia-is-saying-about-markus-jooste-its-not-pretty/
On 14 Dec 2017 8:46 PM, "David Richfield" davidrichfield@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for this alert!
I've started a draft response at http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/Response_to_Niehaus_vandalism . Everyone, please do the wiki thing and improve it as you see fit. Anyone who needs a login on the Wikimedia ZA wiki, let me know.
Bobby, in which forum do you think we should respond?
On 14 December 2017 at 16:44, Ian Gilfillan wikimediaza@greenman.co.za wrote:
Hi This article is one of the many locally that misunderstands how
Wikipedia
works: http://www.politicsweb.co.za/news-and-analysis/carl-niehaus-called-an-
embarrassment-to-the-human-
It would be good as WikimediaZA to respond to these kind of things.
Unfortunately I'm off very shortly and will have no internet access for about a week, but perhaps we can work on a template and rapid
response/press
release for these kind of situations in future. Ideally it should
- explain how Wikipedia works
- mention Wikimedia ZA
- mention that Wikipedia exists in languages besides English
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