Thanks for your help!

Frankly speaking, I want to ask you to share our post on Facebook (it's
copied from the message of Carlos), not directly post yourself.

https://www.facebook.com/russian.wikipedia/posts/10152112829598702?stream_ref=10

If it would be shared (not directly posted by you) I would be able to look
for comments and answer in English/any other language  if there are any
question. I would also help them to comment via wiki if editors want.

Russian text will be published on our Facebook page, too; but it's not
necessary to repost it, I think.

Best regards,

Linar
25.03.2014 22:26 пользователь "Jay Walsh" <[email protected]> написал:

> 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
>>>
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