Hey Anthony, Apologies for the delay on this.
To the best of our knowledge, this ad isn't being run by the Wikimedia Foundation nor any vendor of the Wikimedia Foundation. Regards Seddon On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 7:12 AM, Anthony Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > That Google ad (describing Wikipedia as the fact-checked encyclopedia) is > still the top result when I search for “wikipedia” in Australia. > > On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 at 8:57 pm, Isaac Olatunde <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Leigh, I disagree that all projects are hostile to outsiders. When > someone > > edit in a language they do not speak and use machine to translate > contents > > for example and refused to stop after multiple warnings, a block in such > > case may not be considered an "hostile" response. That being said, I > > completely agree with Rob that fact-checked encyclopedia is more > > appropriate considering the hostility in some language Wikipedia, notably > > the English Wikipedia. How do you describe a Wikipedia where someone > create > > their first article and got deleted and when the page creator approached > > the deleting admin on why their article got deleted and the response they > > received is "Kindly have the decency to create a decent article ", "count > > yourself lucky, I don't talk to IP address "? > > > > Regards, > > > > Isaac. > > > > > > On Apr 15, 2018 3:21 PM, "Leigh Thelmadatter" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Not just English Wikipedia. All of the projects are hostile to > > "outsiders" > > > Those not in English might even be worse for several reasons > > > > > > Enviado desde mi LG de Telcel > > > > > > ------ Original message------ > > > From: Robert Fernandez > > > Date: Sun, Apr 15, 2018 9:17 AM > > > To: Wikimedia Mailing List; > > > Cc: > > > Subject:Re: [Wikimedia-l] The fact-checked encyclopedia > > > > > > Considering the barriers to entry, growing thicket of policies, > > > organized group harassment, and open hostility on the English > > > Wikipedia, I'm not sure we can even call it "the encyclopedia anyone > > > can edit" anymore. So I'd say fact-checked is a more accurate and > > > relevant claim these days. > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 8:53 AM, Anthony Cole <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > I just googled “wikipedia” and the first result was a Google ad > linking > > > to > > > > wikipedia.org.[1] It calls Wikipedia the fact-checked encyclopedia. > We > > > used > > > > to call it the encyclopedia anyone can edit. The latter seems more > > honest > > > > than this new formulation which to me implies a degree of reliability > > and > > > > oversight I'm not sure we can ethically assert. I missed the > discussion > > > > about this new self-description. Did it happen on meta? Is anyone > else > > > > uncomfortabe with this? > > > > -- > > > > Anthony Cole > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > > New messages to: [email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/ > mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > New messages to: [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > New messages to: [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > -- > Anthony Cole > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Seddon *Community and Audience Engagement Associate* *Advancement (Fundraising), Wikimedia Foundation* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
