I say let stuff like this play out in the public sphere (which includes
Jimmy and on wiki as well as elsewhere) but no need for us to chime in as
an organization or greater movement.

James Alexander
Legal and Community Advocacy
Wikimedia Foundation
(415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Fabrice Florin <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hey social media team,
>
> What is our current policy regarding controversies like these?
>
> Harvard Doc To Wikipedia: You’re Not Playing Fair On Alternative Trauma
> Therapy
>
> http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2014/11/harvard-doc-to-wikipedia-youre-not-playing-fair-on-alternative-trauma-therapy
>
> The journalist in me says we should cover them because they are part of
> our movement’s news.
>
> The business man in me says it’s best to not stir the flames if it doesn’t
> serve your goals.
>
> What do we think as a communications team?
>
> I have not researched this at all, so have no factual evidence to cite
> about the validity of the author’s claims that he was unfairly scrubbed in
> this "energy psychology" article.
>
> But the reasoned tone of his article doesn’t make him sound like
> a “lunatic charlatan” at first glance, even if his medical methods are
> unorthodox.
>
> Again, please let me know if I am contributing too much or inappropriately
> to this list. I thrive on feedback :)
>
>
> Fabrice
>
>
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>
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>
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