He said Wikipedia should not allow such words and descriptions to be
added without an editing process.
Eish.
This will certainly have no effect on Wikipedia itself, but I like your idea of using the mild fuss as an opportunity to teach the greater public about our efforts.
On Thu, 14 Dec 2017, 17:44 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-embarr...
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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