I have also reached out to the chair of the WMF BoT, I don't know if it that will help speed up the process from the legal end.
Regards, Tesleemah. On Tue, 10 Sept 2024, 07:09 abdulkareem tesleemah, <[email protected]> wrote: > This article released by opindia is flawed in all angles. Continually > dragging editors is the highest of it and using the openness of the > community against it, or how many community can you access that much > information? This is a propaganda and a backlash on all Wikimedia editors, > not just the community in India. > > Looking forward to back up plans by the legal committee and the > administrators from india as I am sure this issue will be addressed soon. > > > > On Tue, 10 Sept 2024, 03:26 Jayantilal Kothari, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> https://www.opindia.com/2024/09/opindia-wikipedia-full-research-paper-left-bias-financial-links-india-law/?s=08 >> >> >> Hello, >> >> Please check this report, while I don't really agree with what's said >> here in any way, I am worried because we volunteers don't know what steps >> are being taken if any. I won't be surprised if WMF is more interested in >> collecting funds from fundraising and ignoring high court and the backlash. >> >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bkwkylx0KcfSGnyVkhEApeJfIkTwVdjf/view?usp=drive_link >> >> >> They are even writing on Google and Wikimedia Foundation and calling our >> editors anti-national. This needs to be stopped. >> >> Subhashish, while it may be easy for you to dismiss these issues while >> taking asylum in Canada, please see the emotional torture this takes on >> other sincere editors and volunteers in India. After years of passionate >> volunteering, they now find themselves unjustly shamed. This is absolutely >> ridiculous. >> >> I am loyal to both my country and to Wikipedia - they are intertwined in >> my heart. Yet, I find myself increasingly disappointed with the actions—or >> inactions—of certain Wikimedia employees. It is high time look beyond Wiki >> Conference India plans and take sensible meaningful actions. Our community >> deserves better. >> >> Regards, >> >> Jayantilal >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On Sat, 7 Sep 2024 at 3:36 AM, Yohann Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Contempt of court is a very serious matter. >>> >>> Generally, the WMF legal team is very prompt to handle such matters. In >>> the past, the legal team generally hires very good representatives to sort >>> such issues , but in this case , it looks it's got escalated a bit. >>> >>> Hope someone from the WMF legal team replies on the thread. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Yohann >>> >>> On Sat, 7 Sept 2024, 05:09 Jayantilal Kothari, <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, I am sure most of you have already read Delhi Court comments on >>>> Wikipedia. >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ani-wikipedia-defamation-case-if-you-dont-like-india-delhi-high-courts-tough-talk-for-wikipedia-6496462/amp/1 >>>> >>>> As a long time editor most of us don't like such things. We do edits >>>> based on referencing and not personal interest. There are pages on other >>>> language Wikipedia which are biased but not English. >>>> >>>> Even if someone tries to do it some other editor gets it corrected. Now >>>> as a Wikipedian I want to know what steps are staff members taking. >>>> There are so many staff members in India never in history but no one is >>>> replying. >>>> >>>> I have personally tried asking two of them. One person said he does not >>>> look into it while others told me she is more interested in doing >>>> WikiConference India 2025. Someone from staff please reply to this present >>>> situation and inform the volunteers on what steps you are taking. >>>> >>>> Please don't treat Indian Courts lightly. >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Jayantilal >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> WikimediaIndia-l mailing list -- [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikimediaindia-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> WikimediaIndia-l mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>> [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikimediaindia-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaIndia-l mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikimediaindia-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ > >
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