Glad to see WMF Legal is on this, I was just about to suggest we reach out
to them :)

On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Risker <[email protected]> wrote:

> Just copy-pasting this from another thread on Wikimedia-L, where similar
> events are happening in relation to members of that list:
>
> "
> > I think it will be better if most of us can "Report the Group".
>
>
> Yes, please do this. We're also talking with Google about trying to resolve
> the issue, but my understanding is that reporting that you've been
> fraudulently subscribed will help move that conversation along.
>
> [Same applies to the fake gender-gap list.]
>
> Thanks-
> Luis
>
> --
> Luis Villa
> Deputy General Counsel
> Wikimedia Foundation
> 415.839.6885 ext. 6810"
>
> On 9 January 2015 at 13:51, Sydney Poore <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> yes, I've been subscribed several time to it over the past few days.
>>
>> Sydney
>>
>> Sydney Poore
>> User:FloNight
>> Wikipedian in Residence
>> at Cochrane Collaboration
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Sarah Stierch <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Another trolling I think. A "Wikimedia Lesbians" group this time.
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: "toby.dollmann (Google Groups)" <
>>> [email protected]>
>>> Date: Jan 9, 2015 10:36 AM
>>> Subject: Google Groups: You've been added to Wikimedia-l
>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>> Cc:
>>>
>>>     Some disturbing news entered my mailbox the past days. The grant
>>> making team is going to shut down the grantmaking process for Project and
>>> Event Grants (PEG) and Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) for three full
>>> months!
>>>
>>> They have decided that they want to focus only on a specific strategic
>>> priority: the gender gap, and that all other good projects are refused for
>>> 3 months (February-April)
>>>
>>> Good projects to be ignored, just because the WMF think those are less
>>> important. They say this is a positive campaign, but this sounds as a
>>> negative campaign to me. This discourages many volunteers in doing
>>> projects.With increasing vandalism and disruption the WMF seems looking to
>>> close some mailing lists for lack of volunteers. This is a negative signal
>>> to all those volunteers who are currently working on project plans.
>>>
>>> As LGBT related proposals will presumably be amongst the first to be
>>> rejected, a small actively moderated external mailing list for action is
>>> formed of engaged Wikimedians.
>>>
>>> About this group:
>>>
>>> A group for Wikimedian Lesbians
>>>     The owner of the group has set your subscription type as "Email",
>>> meaning that you'll receive a copy of every message posted to the group as
>>> they are posted.      Visit This Group
>>> <http://groups.google.com/d/forum/wikimedia-l?hl=en>
>>>  [image: Visit Google Groups] <https://groups.google.com/?hl=en>
>>>
>>> Start your own group <http://groups.google.com/d/creategroup?hl=en>, 
>>> unsubscribe
>>> from this group
>>> <http://groups.google.com/d/forum/wikimedia-l/unsubscribe/P7gvqhQAAABonccx-O4-0bg_FUisIR3XFNjJ6aDtACudYo8Pf2wyCQ?hl=en>,
>>> or stop invitations like this <http://groups.google.com/d/optout?hl=en>.
>>> or report spam
>>> <http://groups.google.com/d/abuse/YQAAAKBXSy7zAAAAf5nKiUUAAABPi6LFT8Iru9AmBRmFMHh3EYnhZfs?hl=en>.
>>>
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