I will not post actual evidence to this mailing
list. My notes as of
Sunday are already sent to functionaries and I'm sure they will act on it
themselves. As I collect more evidence, I might open a sockpuppet
investigation on English Wikipedia anyway if there is enough of it to
continue even without personal data, which is just a small part.
On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 11:29 AM, <jayvdb(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Without getting into whether an outing policy
exists/applies here, please
bear in mind that if redaction is required, it is rather difficult to do
it
on a mailing list, especially a mailman mailing list like this one.
i.e. Please avoid posting something here which may need redaction.
On Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 16:00 Isaac Olatunde <reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi Mario,
I don't think it will be considered harassment if the information is
posted
here. I believe the WP:OUTING applies to the
English Wikipedia and this
is
not English Wikipedia mailing list.
Regards,
Isaac
On Jul 22, 2018 5:43 PM, "Mario Gómez" <mariogomwiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
There, is at least, one user that works for Go Fish Digital with a
sockpuppet account in English Wikipedia and has denied conflict of
interest
or paid editing disclosure even if he was asked
too, since some user was
suspicious. Should I send this privately? I don't want to incur in
spurious
ousting/doxxing.
Best,
Mario
On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 12:24 AM, MZMcBride <z(a)mzmcbride.com> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Go Fish Digital is a company that whitewashes Wikipedia. From its own
site:
>
>> The primary platforms that define your online reputation include:
>> [...]
>> * Wikipedia
>> [...]
>>
>> With Online Reputation Management, we work hard to make all of the
>> positive information easy to find. At the same time, we use many
>> different strategies and tactics to diminish the visibility of
negative
>> content, or in some cases, remove it from
the web altogether. The
end
>> result is a positive online reputation
because when people search
your
>> name or brand, they immediately find
positive content.
>
> Source:
https://gofishdigital.com/online-reputation-management
>
> Wikimedia Foundation Inc. has been working with this company on search
> engine optimization: <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T198970>. I
have a
> few questions about this work.
>
> How was this vendor chosen? Which other vendors were considered?
>
> Why is this work being undertaken? At least the English Wikipedia has
some
> of the best search engine results placement of any site on the Web, so
I'm
> curious to know who's prioritizing Wikipedia's search engine
optimization
> and for what reason.
>
> How is it appropriate for Wikimedia Foundation Inc. to work with a
company
> that is, by its own admission, whitewashing Wikipedia? Doesn't this
give
> Go Fish Digital a ton of legitimization by
now being able to say it
works
> directly with Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
("with Wikipedia")?
>
> Is it appropriate to give a company that sells whitewashing Wikipedia
> services access to private user data, as was done in
> <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T192893> and
> <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T193052>? The Wikimedia Foundation
Inc.
> legal department apparently approved this access, but I'm curious to
know
> why, given the company's role in selling
an "Online Reputation
Management"
> product. This looks bad to me.
>
> MZMcBride
>
>
>
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