I suspect that the ad in question is a freebie, donated through Google's
giveaway to nonprofits. If so there is a point person at wmf (maybe in the
advancement team?) Who would know for sure.
Philippe
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 5:10 PM Anthony Cole <ahcoleecu(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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
wikipedia.org 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.
https://instagram.com/p/BhpnGuehzhw/
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?
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