For the record, MZMcBride did let me know that he was sending a "nastygram". So while I disagree with his language choice, he checked first. \
pb On Dec 8, 2010, at 5:50 PM, Newyorkbrad wrote: > I agree that this factual error should be corrected (as we have told it is > being corrected), but raising what was perfectly likely to have been an > innocent error to the level of being morally wrong, without having even > asked first, seems rhetorically excessive. > > Newyorkbrad > > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 8:42 PM, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> The new banners and landing pages with Sue Gardner are using the phrase >> "Wikipedia Executive Director"; for example: >> http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?oldid=53090 >> >> I'm not a big fan of the smaller projects. On more than one occasion I've >> called for disbanding some of them. However, Wikimedia is made up of more >> than just Wikipedia. It is a spit in the face to editors of non-Wikipedias >> to put these banners on the top of any Wikimedia project (I saw this banner >> on mediawiki.org). It is the Wikimedia Foundation, not the Wikipedia >> Foundation. >> >> Calling Sue Gardner the "Wikipedia Executive Director" is simply wrong >> (factually and morally) and doing so is entirely unacceptable. Wikimedia >> ought to hold itself above lying to readers in order to solicit donations. >> These banners and landing pages are a violation of what Wikimedians strive >> to spread and strive to be and they should be changed immediately. >> >> MZMcBride >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
