I think it'd look pretty petty if we were to post something negative about the man. I'm under the impression that it's best to err on the side of being positive/nice unless the person we're posting about is objectively a bad person.
Joe On 7 October 2015 at 08:32, Tilman Bayer <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, but we still made a value decision in choosing to highlight a > positive fact from his bio that portrays him in a certain light, rather > than something about his downsides. I think the man deserves respect, and > of course there is a ton of things to learn from Apple's success, but in > several ways the values he stands for are indeed diametrically opposed to > Wikipedia's. > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If we're posting links to our content, I think we're on solid ground. >> People can have all sorts of feelings about Apple and Jobs and still want >> to know the facts about him. >> >> Jeff Elder >> Digital communications manager >> Wikimedia Foundation >> 704-650-4130 >> @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> >> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> >> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/> >> >> On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Ivan Martínez <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have the same feeling than Victor. Jobs represented a company with >>> some opposed values to our movement perhaps a lot of wikimedians are >>> AppleFans :P >>> >>> 2015-10-05 13:59 GMT-05:00 Victor Grigas <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> I'll just say this - >>>> Apple isn't exactly an open-source company. Is that an issue? >>>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > You're right! Will dehyphenate and post >>>> > >>>> > Jeff Elder >>>> > Digital communications manager >>>> > Wikimedia Foundation >>>> > 704-650-4130 >>>> > @jeffelder >>>> > @wikipedia >>>> > The Wikimedia blog >>>> > >>>> > On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Joe Sutherland < >>>> [email protected]> >>>> > wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> I like it. But isn't it "HP" (no dash)? >>>> >> >>>> >> J >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> On Monday, 5 October 2015, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Jump in there with this? >>>> >>> >>>> >>> When he was 13, Steve Jobs cold-called Bill Hewlett of H-P, who >>>> gave him >>>> >>> a summer job. http://buff.ly/1Q1Qmp2 #rememberingstevejobs >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Jeff Elder >>>> >>> Digital communications manager >>>> >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>>> >>> 704-650-4130 >>>> >>> @jeffelder >>>> >>> @wikipedia >>>> >>> The Wikimedia blog >>>> >>> >>>> >>> On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Michael Guss <[email protected]> >>>> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Social trend right now is remembering Steve Jobs; Wikipedia does as >>>> >>>> well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thoughts? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Michael Guss >>>> >>>> Research Analyst >>>> >>>> Wikimediafoundation.org >>>> >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> Social-media mailing list >>>> >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> -- >>>> >> Sent from a device with a small keyboard with big fingers :) >>>> >> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >>>> >> Social-media mailing list >>>> >> [email protected] >>>> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > Social-media mailing list >>>> > [email protected] >>>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Victor Grigas >>>> Storyteller and Video Content Producer >>>> Wikimedia Foundation >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://donate.wikimedia.org/ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Social-media mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Iván Martínez* >>> >>> >>> *Presidente - Wikimedia México A.C.User:ProtoplasmaKid @protoplasmakid* >>> >>> Hemos creado la más grande colección de conocimiento compartido. Ayuda a >>> proteger a Wikipedia, dona ahora: >>> https://donate.wikimedia.org >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > > -- > Tilman Bayer > Senior Analyst > Wikimedia Foundation > IRC (Freenode): HaeB > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- *Joe Sutherland* Communications Intern [remote] m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)>
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