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This thread is getting very heated. From this point forward, all messages
to this mailing list are being moderated to address the increasingly strong
statements being made here.
This list is about the Wikimedia movement. It is not about the political
situation
An utterly shameful decision. I guess Israeli and Jewish lives aren't worth
standing up for, according to Arabic Wikipedia.
Dan Rosenthal
On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 8:18 PM Farah Jack Mustaklem
wrote:
> Greetings to all,
>
> Arabic Wikipedia editors have agreed to hold a day of action to
I would like to thank Farah, as well as Itzik and others, for their
messages and the explanation of their contexts.
I don't think further open-ended discussion on wikimedia-l would be
productive for this topic.
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 11:03 AM James Heilman wrote:
Hello,
I am most sure that 99,9% of German Wikipedians are aware what was
necessary to end World War II: destroying the National Socialist
German Workers' Party.
With Hitler or another party member being in rule, peace was impossible.
(I say this with my mother''s family having been refugees, and
This seems interesting at best when you provide links to articles in the
Arabic statement and did not do so at the translated statement in English.
The intention seems more interesting when there are no discussions and/or
something similar to a media pack/explanation note for an act of this size.
Itzik, this applies only to ar WP correct? Hebrew WP can of course take
actions as they see fit. Each project is somewhat independent of others.
J
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On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 05:38 itzik Edri wrote:
> Unfortunately, not only did Arabic Wikipedia go dark, but also the
First and foremost, let me just be clear that my message announcing the day
of action was entirely my own. I do not claim to represent the Arabic
Wikimedia movement in any way, shape, or form. In fact, the words "day of
action" and "going dark" was my own terminology for describing what has
Hello,
I think there are alternative methods of preventing others from editing, such
as using title blacklist. However, automatically logging everyone off without
any notification is annoying and can cause privacy issues as users may leak
their IP address when they are logging out.
Thank you.
Unfortunately, not only did Arabic Wikipedia go dark, but also the entire
movement. The day marks a sad day in the history of a movement that should
be neutral and respect the movement's readers, volunteers and donors around
the world. This was the day when one of our most important projects was
On Sat, 23 Dec 2023 at 01:18, Farah Jack Mustaklem wrote:
> Arabic Wikipedia editors have agreed to hold a day of action to highlight the
> plight of the Palestinian people and to call for peace. At 00:00 UTC on the
> 23rd of December, the Arabic Wikipedia "went dark", meaning that Wikipedia
>
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