Well, but we still made a value decision in choosing to highlight a positive fact from his bio that portrays him in a certain light, rather than something about his downsides. I think the man deserves respect, and of course there is a ton of things to learn from Apple's success, but in several ways the values he stands for are indeed diametrically opposed to Wikipedia's.
On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote: > If we're posting links to our content, I think we're on solid ground. > People can have all sorts of feelings about Apple and Jobs and still want > to know the facts about him. > > Jeff Elder > Digital communications manager > Wikimedia Foundation > 704-650-4130 > @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> > @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> > The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/> > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Ivan Martínez <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have the same feeling than Victor. Jobs represented a company with some >> opposed values to our movement perhaps a lot of wikimedians are AppleFans :P >> >> 2015-10-05 13:59 GMT-05:00 Victor Grigas <[email protected]>: >> >>> I'll just say this - >>> Apple isn't exactly an open-source company. Is that an issue? >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > You're right! Will dehyphenate and post >>> > >>> > Jeff Elder >>> > Digital communications manager >>> > Wikimedia Foundation >>> > 704-650-4130 >>> > @jeffelder >>> > @wikipedia >>> > The Wikimedia blog >>> > >>> > On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Joe Sutherland < >>> [email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> >> >>> >> I like it. But isn't it "HP" (no dash)? >>> >> >>> >> J >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On Monday, 5 October 2015, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Jump in there with this? >>> >>> >>> >>> When he was 13, Steve Jobs cold-called Bill Hewlett of H-P, who gave >>> him >>> >>> a summer job. http://buff.ly/1Q1Qmp2 #rememberingstevejobs >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Jeff Elder >>> >>> Digital communications manager >>> >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> >>> 704-650-4130 >>> >>> @jeffelder >>> >>> @wikipedia >>> >>> The Wikimedia blog >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Michael Guss <[email protected]> >>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Social trend right now is remembering Steve Jobs; Wikipedia does as >>> >>>> well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Thoughts? >>> >>>> >>> >>>> -- >>> >>>> Michael Guss >>> >>>> Research Analyst >>> >>>> Wikimediafoundation.org >>> >>>> [email protected] >>> >>>> >>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>>> Social-media mailing list >>> >>>> [email protected] >>> >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> Sent from a device with a small keyboard with big fingers :) >>> >> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> 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 >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Victor Grigas >>> Storyteller and Video Content Producer >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> [email protected] >>> https://donate.wikimedia.org/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *Iván Martínez* >> >> >> *Presidente - Wikimedia México A.C.User:ProtoplasmaKid @protoplasmakid* >> >> Hemos creado la más grande colección de conocimiento compartido. Ayuda a >> proteger a Wikipedia, dona ahora: >> https://donate.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 > > -- Tilman Bayer Senior Analyst Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB
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