Re: [Wikimedia-l] Requiring the interlinking of accounts involved with paid editing

Everything being discussed here seems to have already been publicly posted by the relevant users? No private information seems to be being shared... Thanks, Mike > On 13 Sep 2017, at 22:43, John Erling Blad wrote: > > If I go to somebody's employer and make wild claims about

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Requiring the interlinking of accounts involved with paid editing

No one is proposing going to anyone's employer. The proposal requires no sharing of private account deals with Upworks or anyone else. These comments do not appear to have any relation to what is being proposed. James On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 7:43 PM, John Erling Blad wrote: >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Requiring the interlinking of accounts involved with paid editing

If I go to somebody's employer and make wild claims about a person, like he does something irregular or illegal, then it is pretty much identical to this. I seriously doubt WMF will be willing to share user account details with Upwork or any other, and I seriously doubt Upwork (or any other) will

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Requiring the interlinking of accounts involved with paid editing

> On 13 Sep 2017, at 22:19, John Erling Blad wrote: > > Sorry, but this is a horribly bad idea, and anyone that try to do what you > propose runs a serious legal risk. {{citation needed}} > I guess you will have a few support, but I really hope this will newer be >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Requiring the interlinking of accounts involved with paid editing

Sorry, but this is a horribly bad idea, and anyone that try to do what you propose runs a serious legal risk. I guess you will have a few support, but I really hope this will newer be implemented. John On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 3:01 AM, James Heilman wrote: > I am wanting to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Requiring the interlinking of accounts involved with paid editing

I am wanting to protect Wikipedians from being impersonated. I am also wanting to protect those on Upworks and other sites from hiring people who are community banned or editing in breach of policy but pretending they are legit. This proposal will help with both of those. That people sometimes

[Wikimedia-l] Requiring the interlinking of accounts involved with paid editing

Have started a meta RfC regarding the above* here .* This is to help address issues of impersonation of established Wikipedians by paid editors. Further thoughts

[Wikimedia-l] Should we plan anything regarding Mozilla’s "Talk" open-source commenting platform

Hi, I'm just discovering this blog post Mozilla and the Washington Post Are Reinventing Online Comments and thought it might worth talking about its relevancy for the Wikimedia movement. For those

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia France short update

Hi Florence, thank you for keeping the international community up to date. I am glad to hear that the AG was successful. Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 - http://www.wikimedia.nl/ -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* *Postadres*: