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Brian

28 Mar 28 Mar

11:45 p.m.

That's an awfully exclusive group :) On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 5:27 PM, Florence Devouard <Anthere9(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

A wikipedian asked me recently if I could allow him to join the Wikipedia network on Facebook. This network requires to have a valid email address from Wikipedia (whatever that might be... wikimedia.org does not constitute a valid address). Any idea who created that network ? http://www.facebook.com/networks/50432512/Wikipedia/ Ant _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list Wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l

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Matthew Brown

29 Mar 29 Mar

8:51 a.m.

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Florence Devouard <Anthere9(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

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A wikipedian asked me recently if I could allow him to join the Wikipedia network on Facebook. This network requires to have a valid email address from Wikipedia (whatever that might be... wikimedia.org does not constitute a valid address). Any idea who created that network ? http://www.facebook.com/networks/50432512/Wikipedia/

Facebook company or school networks are reserved for people actually associated with that company or school, which Facebook generally enforces by requiring an email address at that institution's domain. The Wikipedia network would be for employees from Wikipedia - I'm not so sure how many people that would actually be. Facebook probably created it themselves, possibly by request from someone. -Matt

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Milos Rancic

20 Apr 20 Apr

10:47 a.m.

I have @wikimedia.org email and I was not able to join the network. On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 8:37 PM, Michael Bimmler <mbimmler(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 12:27 AM, Florence Devouard <Anthere9(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

A wikipedian asked me recently if I could allow him to join the Wikipedia network on Facebook. This network requires to have a valid email address from Wikipedia (whatever that might be... wikimedia.org does not constitute a valid address).

For the record, it requires a @wikipedia.org email address (every @wikimedia.org address should also work with @wikipedia.org, just make sure to add an email address like 'fdevouard(a)wikipedia.org' to your account email addresses). Oh, and, if you feel your life would be enrichened by joining this exclusive network (which is at the moment that small, that it had not even an automatic overview page created for it), try to become a list administrator somewhere, I was told to get into the network via foundation-l-owner(a)wikipedia.org, and see, it worked... Now back to relevant things, Michael _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list Wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l

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White Cat

11:23 a.m.

Maybe the software doesn't like you. :) - White Cat On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Milos Rancic <millosh(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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I have @wikimedia.org email and I was not able to join the network. On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 8:37 PM, Michael Bimmler <mbimmler(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 12:27 AM, Florence Devouard <Anthere9(a)yahoo.com>

wrote:

> A wikipedian asked me recently if I could allow him to join the > Wikipedia network on Facebook. This network requires to have a valid > email address from Wikipedia (whatever that might be...

wikimedia.org

does not constitute a valid address).

For the record, it requires a @wikipedia.org email address (every @wikimedia.org address should also work with @wikipedia.org, just make sure to add an email address like 'fdevouard(a)wikipedia.org' to your account email addresses). Oh, and, if you feel your life would be enrichened by joining this exclusive network (which is at the moment that small, that it had not even an automatic overview page created for it), try to become a list administrator somewhere, I was told to get into the network via foundation-l-owner(a)wikipedia.org, and see, it worked... Now back to relevant things, Michael _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list Wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l

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Michael Bimmler

3:22 p.m.

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On 20/04/2008, Milos Rancic <millosh(a)gmail.com> wrote:

But, it works with foundation-l-owner(a)wikiPedia.org. BTW, is there an alias @wikiPedia.org for @wikiMedia.org email accounts?

Email yourself and find out!

As far as I know, @wikipedia.org and @wikimedia.org are 'equal' as they can be mutually substituted For the record: The facebook network "Wikipedia" can only be joined giving a @wikipedia.org address, so instead of writing your @wikimedia.org address, just write the same with @wikiPedia.org [I don't know who created this rule...probably some Facebook employee or else the one who submitted the Wikipedia network in the first place] Michael

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