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[1]: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/ On 09/12/2010 19:39, Huib Laurens wrote: > Am I placed on moderation? all my previous emails seem to fail? > > > 2010/12/9 Austin Hair <adh...@gmail.com> > >> 2010/12/9 KIZU Naoko <aph...@gmail.com>: >>> I don't support this word choice: on twitter.com Japanese speaking >>> reader mistook it as "one of English Wikipedia admins" "someone who >>> writes articles" etc. >>> >>> Not only "smaller" projects but also on the Wikipedia, this factual >>> error is better to correct I think. I heard it placed only on enwiki >>> (in a downtime I haven't confirmed yet), but English is no mother >>> tongue of every reader of the English Wikipedia. Factual error and >>> language barriers may spread false information. >> >> Not to mention cultural barriers. In Wikipedia communities with (to >> me, uncomfortably) structured hierarchies―"Senior Editor," "Editor >> Second Class," "Senior Chief Petty Editor"―this is bound to confuse >> the heck out of people. As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, we >> have enough problems trying to differentiate between Wikileaks and >> Wikimedia; having to revisit Wikimedia vs. Wikipedia is understandably >> frustrating to those of us who've spent years explaining the >> difference. >> >> It's easy to point fingers at an almost exclusively North American >> staff and cry "cultural ignorance," but I'm not―I know that plenty of >> people on staff have years of experience working across cultures, even >> if it's talking to foreigners on IRC. >> >> I wonder, though, who on staff can name the editor ranks on zhwiki? >> >> Austin >> >>> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:55 AM, John Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Philippe Beaudette >>>> <pbeaude...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >>>>> FWIW.... >>>>> >>>>> The word Wikipedia wasn't supposed to make it to sister sites, and >> that's being fixed right now, so pardon my quick note... I'll write a bit >> more later about the term as being used on Wikipedia, but the error in >> pushing it out to sister sites is being corrected right now, so I wanted to >> acknowledge that... >>>> >>>> Wikipedia does not have an Executive Director, or anything of the >>>> sort. That title suggests that Sue has the final say over content. I >>>> don't think it should be used anywhere. >>>> >>>> But, thanks for at least removing it from the 'smaller' projects. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> John Vandenberg >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> foundation-l mailing list >>>> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> KIZU Naoko / 木津尚子 >>> member of Wikimedians in Kansai / 関西ウィキメディアユーザ会 >> http://kansai.wikimedia.jp >>> _______________________________________________ >>> foundation-l mailing list >>> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > > > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l