Yes, and if there is a way to say it while making it clear that it was never our fault in the first place then I'm all for it ;) but I'm against apologizing for something we never did :P especially if everyone is entrenched already into thinking we did (which they may or may not be yet to be fair).
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Heather Walls <[email protected]> wrote: > Plenty of stories are not *really* stories :) but they are entertaining. > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:47 PM, James Alexander <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> meh, I'd be against tweeting about it. SOOOOO not a story. As far as I >> can tell (may have missed something for sure) the first time in the past >> couple months his height was mentioned at all was in this edit >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ja_Rule&diff=next&oldid=679131363> >> (which, along with the edit after that, actually put him at what I think? >> is his desired 5'9 (sorry I'm assuming he didn't like being called short :) >> ). After that there was a collection of edits going back and forth a couple >> areas, most of which were reverted in short order and then protection. The >> entire incident (which resulted in it basically just going back to how it >> was before without any mention of his height at all) was less then an hour. >> It screams either a manufactured story or friends playing around probably >> in the very same room as him :). >> >> James Alexander >> Community Advocacy >> Wikimedia Foundation >> (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur >> >> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Michael Guss <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Google still says he is 5'6 . >>> >>> I can't find height anywhere on his page though. >>> >>> His page is semi-protected - some action confirmed from his revision >>> history >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ja_Rule&action=history>. >>> >>> We already have 5 media mentions about his beef with Wikipedia, >>> including TIME <http://time.com/4020782/ja-rule-wikipedia-height/>. >>> >>> >>> https://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=db3O3S4XqhTnYaMbvmTzUgpskUH2M&q=ja+rule+height&lr=English&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB8QqgIwAGoVChMI9cylz6_ZxwIVFSuICh38sg9E >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Katherine Maher <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Might make a funny tweet. >>>> >>>> mobile. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Social-media mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Michael Guss >>> Research Analyst >>> Wikimediafoundation.org >>> [email protected] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > > -- > *Heather Walls *Wikimedia Foundation > annual.wikimedia.org <https://annual.wikimedia.org/2014/> > > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > >
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