Majken - you may be referring to this, on the Mozillians Yammer: https://www.yammer.com/mozillians/#/threads/show?threadId=518381225&messageId=518381225
On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:57 PM, Majken Connor <[email protected]> wrote: > Reps portal uses OpenStreetMap. I believe before we had the user editable > fields you had to select a location on a map (though my memory could be > failing me on this). I have a memory of people complaining about it turning > up as Albania, but I couldn't find anything in my email history to confirm > that memory. It's possible that OpenStreetMap used to get this wrong, and > these Reps haven't updated their location since the portal was updated to > allow you to input the location yourself. > > I've added Pierros who can correct me on any of this. > > On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 7:49 PM, Michael Cooper <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I don't work on or with the Reps site, but I took a quick look at the > code > > for it [0]. The location fields on the Mozilla Reps site are arbitrary > text > > fields that users can enter whatever they like into. It was the users > > choice to enter this inappropriate location. This isn't a choice Mozilla > > actively made, nor any developer in the system, but likely something that > > the reps in question chose to enter in their profiles. I'd suggest > > contacting the people in question personally and directly about this > issue. > > > > [0]: > > > > > https://github.com/mozilla/remo/blob/master/remo/profiles/models.py#L101-L103 > > > > On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Vladimir Krstic <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Some people on Mozilla Reps have politically inappropriate City-State > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > I've noticed that there are some people on Mozilla Reps site who have > set > > > their location as "Prishtina - Kosovo - Albania". Won't point the > finger > > at > > > anyone because I'm not sure is this mistake on site form for setting > > > location or these guys did that intentionally. Still this is absolutely > > > inappropriate and has to be fixed as soon as possible. > > > > > > Let me explain why. Kosovo set as part of Albania undoubtedly presents > > > idea of Great Albania, in other words idea of separatism under radical > > > Islamic movement. Idea of tearing apart lands of Greece, Montenegro, > > > Macedonia and more lands of Serbia on top of Kosovo. Separatism is > "well" > > > regulated by UN conventions and world law after World War Two. That > being > > > said it's absolutely inappropriate that this kind of ideas are > presented > > > through Mozilla channels. Lot of people can be offended by it, for > > example > > > in Ukraine, Spain, United Kingdom, and of course Balkan countries I've > > > mentioned before. To evade any confusion because I'm from Serbia - I > > don't > > > say that Kosovo isn't independent or that is part of Serbia. I say that > > is > > > not part of Albania. > > > > > > There were various incidents with Albanian terrorist in Greece, > > Macedonia, > > > Montenegro and Serbia in last ten years and there are lot of articles > on > > > internet about Great Albania so this topic is easy to confirm. Right > now > > > when I write this Albanian terrorist from Kosovo are attacking > Macedonia > > > with call to tear apart these parts of Macedonia. > > > > > > Please work this out, investigate why these people have there location > > set > > > like so and fix it. > > > > > > Vladimir Krstic > > > _______________________________________________ > > > governance mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > governance mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > > > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > -- -Sheeri Cabral Manager, Data Team at Mozilla File a bug for the Data Team - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Data%20%26%20BI%20Services%20Team Find the Data team on #data on irc.mozilla.org _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
