Re: [Wikimedia-l] Blocks which appear to demonstrate prejudice against minorities

Sorry, I meant to say Amharic, not Armenian. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 9:45 PM Pine W wrote: > Hi, > > My opinion is that the block should be lifted. However, to the best of my > knowledge, an appeal of a local block to the larger Wikiverse has

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Blocks which appear to demonstrate prejudice against minorities

I note that we are talking about the block of one single user on one single project; this particular account has thousands of edits over about a dozen projects, but is "attached" to hundreds of Wikimedia projects. The majority of these "attached" accounts are likely because the editor "visited"

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Blocks which appear to demonstrate prejudice against minorities

Hi, My opinion is that the block should be lifted. However, to the best of my knowledge, an appeal of a local block to the larger Wikiverse has never been successful. I am guessing that there are at least four factors here: 1. a lack of consensus for a process for appealing a local block to the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Is the death of Wikipedia imminent?

Interesting, but I don't really understand the implications. Is there an example of how such an article might be represented? Cheers, Peter -Original Message- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Amir E. Aharoni Sent: 31 December 2018 21:56

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to a "Wikimedia Café" casual online meetup

Hi, The next "Wikimedia Café" meetup will be on Wednesday the 23rd of January, on a time to be chosen via Doodle poll: https://doodle.com/poll/5mf5cfkuxpprk727. The plan is that for January's meetup we will focus on Wikidata. Bluerasberry , who

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Blocks which appear to demonstrate prejudice against minorities

Additional notes: The user's regular page can be viewed on en wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:QueerEcofeminist Queer may have to do with gender identity as opposed to being an indicator of 'sexual behavior', so the blockers didn't even get that right. Example: I am

[Wikimedia-l] Blocks which appear to demonstrate prejudice against minorities

Do we have cross project policies to govern or limit local policies for the use of sysop tools? I would like to pass on policy advice, and any past cases folks here would like to highlight that set a precedent. The case below is illustrative, though based on my recall of several complaints which