[Education] Wikipedia and Education: Wikimania in Haifa

Thu Apr 14 06:00:00 UTC 2011

With all due respect, if you believe something is an issue and that people
can help rectify it, it's probably not the best idea to single them out for
the blame when they have had no part in shaping the situation. If you
clarified what exactly the issue is with regard to the project in question,
people might actually be able to investigate your complaint and see what can
be done.

Sonia

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Virgilio A. P. Machado <vam at fct.unl.pt>wrote:

> Great idea. It will not be ready for Wikimania in Haifa, this year,
> but I just added to my list of case studies: "The crusaders against
> education in the Brazilian Wikipedia." Right now it is an unfinished
> case because the crusade is still raging at full throttle in the
> Brazilian Wikipedia, thanks to... YOU. That's right, YOU. It is all
> happening under your very noses, using the resources that the
> Wikimedia Foundation makes available to the gang that runs the
> Brazilian Wikipedia. A word of warning, also, to all the donors to
> the Wikimedia Foundation whose money is unwittingly being used to
> support that big sham called Portuguese Wikipedia. Sounds dramatic,
> exaggerated, overblown? I wouldn't believe it myself if I were not
> there, right on top of the list of those blocked to infinite for
> daring, for trying such foolish endeavor. My worst sin, I'm very
> sorry to say: being a Portuguese university professor trying to run a
> successful higher education project in a Wikipedia dominated by
> Brazilian highschoolers. In the mean time, have fun in Haifa, patting
> each other on the back for a job well done.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Virgilio A. P. Machado
>
>
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