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(a)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(a)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(a)greenman.co.za>
wrote:
> Hi
> This article is one of the many locally that misunderstands how
Wikipedia
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
_______________________________________________
WikimediaZA mailing list
WikimediaZA(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza
To unsubscribe, send an email to WikimediaZA-unsubscribe@lists.
wikimedia.org
--
David Richfield
Nabburgerstraße 19, 81737 München
+49 176 72663368
_______________________________________________
WikimediaZA mailing list
WikimediaZA(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza
To unsubscribe, send an email to WikimediaZA-unsubscribe@lists.
wikimedia.org _______________________________________________
WikimediaZA mailing list
WikimediaZA(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza
To unsubscribe, send an email to WikimediaZA-unsubscribe@lists.
wikimedia.org
--
Douglas Ian Scott
司道格
Skype: douglas0scott
South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727