I'd get back to the guy, and ask him to make the necessary corrections. It's not paper, and he's already realised that Gibraltar is not an island. :)
Andreas On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 7:01 PM, User Panyd <wikipa...@gmail.com> wrote: > I gave Slate an interview in the hopes of being the first non-crazy person > to talk about what Roger is *actually doing* - which, yes, I still have > problems with - but which isn't being Scrooge McDuck using WMUK to grab all > the money in the land whilst writing all the articles about Gibraltar > himself under the watchful gaze of the Tsar of Tourism. That is the only > reason I gave those people the time of day. They have now quoted me as > saying that Roger was writing and promoting the articles himself. They > completely contradict themselves at the end of the paragraph, which is a > hell of a lot closer to what I actually said, but...whatever, they can't > write. > > For the record, no. No I did not say that. Yes, I have issues. You know > what? I asked the community about them and they shrugged their shoulders > and said: "Eh, you're wrong." That's that then. If there are further > discussions about what I feel are relevant issues, then I'll join them in a > manner that AGF, because that is the Wikipedian way. People can be wrong, > right or somewhere in between but thorough, open and civil discussion from > *both* sides is required to help address the situation. (No > Wikipediocracy, I don't just mean you, people are talking about this > on-wiki too from multiple sides) Hopefully with a view to looking forward > and adapting to these situations, whether it's to welcome or deny them. > > I don't think this has anything to do with Wikimedia UK whatsoever, and > I'm sorry you're even having the discussion here. It should've stayed on > Wikipedia, where it belongs, and where there are appropriate channels for > people to discuss issues of paid editing, COI, impact on the project etc. > I'm also sorry to Roger, because differences of opinion regarding on-wiki > behaviour should not result in such incivility, or knee-jerk reactions. He > added much to WMUK, gave so much of his time and love to help the chapter > go forward, and to lose him is a great shame. For my part in that, I can > only apologise to Roger and the community. > > Fiona > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >
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