I just googled "wikipedia" again and that ad is still coming up. (Iβm in
Australia.) When you click the link in the ad it takes you (via 3 or 4
redirects) to
with the word "paid" in the search field. [1]
When you click the Google maps link below the ad text it, strangely, takes
you to the location of a suburban Kmart store. I'm finding it harder to
believe this is sanctioned by WMF. Anyway, Iβd appreciate it if someone
from the WMF could chime in on this.
1.
On Mon, 16 Apr 2018 at 9:48 pm, Robert Fernandez <wikigamaliel(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
"π₯ π₯ π₯
π₯The encyclopedia of evil people, by evil people, for evil
people π₯ π₯ π₯ π₯" + a
winking Baphomet as logo
I think we should change this to our slogan just for April 1.
On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 11:31 AM, Vi to <vituzzu.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
"π₯ π₯ π₯ π₯The encyclopedia of evil people, by
evil people, for evil
> people π₯ π₯ π₯ π₯" + a winking Baphomet as logo
>
> I find close to pointless derailing any discussion into a
incircumstantial
series of tirades.
Vito
2018-04-15 16:21 GMT+02:00 Leigh Thelmadatter <osamadre(a)hotmail.com>om>:
> Not just English Wikipedia. All of the projects are hostile to
"outsiders"
> Those not in English might even be worse for
several reasons
>
> Enviado desde mi LG de Telcel
>
> ------ Original message------
> From: Robert Fernandez
> Date: Sun, Apr 15, 2018 9:17 AM
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List;
> Cc:
> Subject:Re: [Wikimedia-l] The fact-checked encyclopedia
>
> Considering the barriers to entry, growing thicket of policies,
> organized group harassment, and open hostility on the English
> Wikipedia, I'm not sure we can even call it "the encyclopedia anyone
> can edit" anymore. So I'd say fact-checked is a more accurate and
> relevant claim these days.
>
> On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 8:53 AM, Anthony Cole <ahcoleecu(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> > I just googled βwikipediaβ and the first
result was a Google ad
linking
> to
> > wikipedia.org.[1] It calls Wikipedia the fact-checked encyclopedia. We
> used
> > to call it the encyclopedia anyone can edit. The latter seems more
honest
> > than this new formulation which to me
implies a degree of reliability
and
> > oversight I'm not sure we can
ethically assert. I missed the
discussion
> > about this new self-description. Did it
happen on meta? Is anyone else
> > uncomfortabe with this?
> > --
> > Anthony Cole
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