Thank you, Philippe and Joseph.
On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 at 8:22 am, Joseph Seddon <josephseddon(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hey Anthony.
These emails came in on a weekend and today is a WMF holiday so I suspect
it'll be another 24 hours or so before a response will get to you :)
Regards
Seddon
On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 1:15 AM, Philippe Beaudette <philippe(a)beaudette.me
wrote:
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
> >:
> > >
> > > >> 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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