Thanks Joseph. How weird. On Wed, 25 Apr 2018 at 3:01 pm, Joseph Seddon <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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> -- 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>
