Paid editing is addressed in the WMF terms of service and is a problem that has confronted or will confront most of the prominent projects in the movement. An alert to an RfC regarding principles of broader import, and a small amount of linked discussion, seems to be a perfectly reasonable use of the list. Wikimedia-L need not be only announcements, messages of thanks and congratulations, and grousing about etiquette or WMF internal politics.
On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 7:36 PM, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, it's a very quiet list. However, I'm an advocate of being mindful of scope. I've long advocated for wiki-specific discussions to happen on the wiki and/or mailing lists which are best suited to them rather than Wikimedia-l unless an issue is escalating to a meta-type discussion. This is one of those discussions that, from my perspective, is best suited for a different venue. I'm not a list moderator though, so this is just a request/suggestion.
Pine On Jul 1, 2016 16:20, "David Gerard" dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
Technically maybe, but wikien-l is pretty much long dead at this point.
On 2 July 2016 at 00:14, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Tomasz,
The Ombudsman Commission's scope, as I understand it, includes investigations of violations of the privacy policy under certain circumstances. So far as I know, the OC does not *create or modify* the policies that it is tasked to enforce, much like how most police departments don't create or modify the laws that they enforce. Please
see
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission
That said, because the scope of this RfC is specific to ENWP, I believe that the best list for an email discussion would probably be WikiEN-l.
Thanks,
Pine James,
The proper body to ask this question is Ombudsmen Commission.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission
Cheers,
2016-07-01 8:47 GMT+02:00 James Heilman jmh649@gmail.com:
Hey All
On the English Wikipedia we are having a RfC regarding what is allowed
when
trying to address undisclosed paid promotional editing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Harassment#Can_other_site_accou...
Specifically we are discussing if this statement is allowed "Here we
have
someone who is buying an article on Anthony LaPine. They have already bought an article on HipLink and this sock created it UserJuliecameo3
who
is already blocked."
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/No...
Or are no external links to other accounts allowed to be linked to Wikipedia?
Best
James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
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