They've actually asked us to post that to FB. I'm a bit concerned that the link they've asked to send it to is only in Russian, which makes it difficult for anyone else to comment easily.
I sense they're logically wanting to make sure they both reach editors and also let people know that this is an issue that matters. I don't think we've done this before on our SM channels, but it's worth a try if it's not too technically complex. On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:20 AM, James Alexander <[email protected]>wrote: > Are we planning to post that directly or just link to a copy on their fb/ > on wiki? > > James Alexander > Legal and Community Advocacy > Wikimedia Foundation > (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur > > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Carlos Monterrey < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> *Hello,* >> >> *Please take a moment to read and review the updated SM calendar which >> has a message which we plan to post today on behalf of Wikimedia Russia >> regarding the Crimean crisis and Wikipedia editors. * >> >> *Thanks! * >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar#March_25 >> >> *f/g: >> The following post is from Wikimedia Russia. >> >> Most people know what the Crimea crisis is and everybody has their own >> opinion about who's right and who's wrong. Unfortunately, such situations >> happen, but what should we, editors of Wikipedia (and especially Russian >> Wikipedia), do? >> >> It's important to state the following principles to understand this >> question better: >> >> 1. Russian Wikipedia is Wikipedia in the Russian language, not Wikipedia >> of the Russian Federation. We have active editors and sysops not only from >> Russia, but also from Europe, Asia and America. Due to this fact we have >> different opinions that help us produce neutral point of views. >> >> 2. Wikipedia isn't looking for absolute truth; it should represent >> "fairly, proportionately, and, as far as possible, without bias, all of the >> significant views that have been published by reliable sources on a topic." >> That means that we are not stating, for example, that Crimean referendum >> was legitimate or not, we provide different points of views: what Ukrainian >> view is, what Russian view is, what other countries do and think, according >> to reliable sources. >> >> 3. Wikipedia describes disputes but doesn't engage in them. We want to >> state once more, that we are not looking for absolute truth and we won't >> agree with personal attacks from one group of editors to another group of >> editors: all of them have equal rights. >> >> 4. We don't encourage mass edits in such a hot topic without prior >> discussion with other editors: that's why a lot of articles of this >> category are protected from editing - propose your adjustments at the talk >> page and discuss them with other editors, that's the most constructive and >> effective way of editing. >> >> 5. We admit that such articles require additional attention and that's >> why our community is discussing nominations for the new mediators of this >> topic. Nevertheless, even now editors and sysops invest much time and >> effort to keep Wikipedia neutral and true. >> >> 6. Wikipedia already had some similar situations. Our previous >> experiences prove that "discuss, then edit" is the best practice. For >> example, the similar disputes are connected with Nagorno-Karabakh, Kosovo, >> etc. >> >> We kindly ask editors to stay calm, show respect to other editors and >> discuss all edits based on reliable sources. Wikipedia has rules and >> policies, we hope that our editors and readers are able to cope with this >> accordingly. >> >> -- >> Carlos Monterrey >> Communications Associate >> Wikimedia Foundation >> +1.415.839.6885 ext 6881 >> www.wikimediafoundation.org >> blog.wikimedia.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- Jay Walsh WikimediaFoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org @jansonw
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