Mahama blocks wikipedia? Haha nka I go browse using VPN still, tweaaa, who said mahama?
Contacting admins is the sure way forward. Rexford | Africa Center | wikiafrica.net | sent from Tab On Mar 5, 2014 7:52 PM, "Sandister Tei" <[email protected]> wrote: > I think at least you and Enock agree on the same matter about leaving it > alone. I am almost falling into that peer p. But imagine: Planning > Wikimedia GHANA and we can't do anything for the GHANA article, it's a > shame. > > But we will see how it plays out. What I know is that the article will get > protected sooner or later. Ghanaian admin or no Ghanaian admin. We have to > move our efforts from the talk pages into contacting admins we know because > it's getting tiring. > > Or maybe when Mahama calls for Wikipedia to be blocked in Ghana perhaps > someone will listen. > > Regards, > Sandister Tei > ----- > Cardiff University > JOMEC -- International Journalism > www.sandistertei.com | +447448223686 > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Nkansah Rexford > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Well, sandister, unfortunately I didn't understand most of then terms you >> used in the email. Brofo no aba! >> >> By the way, this Ghana article, I personally wouldnt waste time on for >> obvious reasons. >> >> I will rather reach thee level I can get admin, and in that position I >> will be good to enforce such restrictions on pages that have high vandalism >> but for again obvious reasons, non African admins avoid to protect. >> >> Etua wo y)nko a etua duam. Until we get an African admin who understands >> contents from Africa, it'll be hard to make these protections. >> >> Asa! Minni hwee ka >> >> Rexford | Africa Center | wikiafrica.net | sent from Tab >> On Mar 5, 2014 7:14 PM, "Sandister Tei" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> During the usual vandalism and edit warring party on the Ghana article >>> in the past weeks, I passed by the talk page to warn members protesting >>> certain changes to be careful they don't get blocked. Whatever they had to >>> offer, should be done in accordance to Wikipedia laws. You could be >>> fighting for the right thing but an admin can have you thrown off Wikipedia >>> and it will shock you. A member of this community misunderstood and gave a >>> sarcastic response to the warning. He further came to this mailing list to >>> say how disappointed he is of my comments on blocking. >>> >>> Now the context of my warning was, a Ghanaian account Rex and I saw >>> online before we even thought of PWMGH had 1000s of edits but was blocked. >>> Many of you don't know this. Now just because you can now type Wiki markup >>> and you are building your edits and editing confidence fast, doesn't mean >>> you know better than those of us who invited you on board. Well maybe you >>> do. But if that demeanour will not earn the group more members to help us >>> meet our foundation target, but might cost you your account and waste our >>> investments in outreach, or be a nuisance to a community manager's work, >>> there is the door. >>> >>> Wikimedia Foundation is meritocratic. It works with individuals as well >>> as teams. Planning Wikimedia Ghana prefers the team approach. We do >>> outreach but really after one is confident in their knowledge, once again >>> there is the door. When someone doesn't understand what I say around here, >>> you might as well get clarification. I don't mind strong opinions but for >>> snarky comments and innuendos, I am not a fan. >>> >>> >>> Sandister Tei >>> ----- >>> Cardiff University >>> JOMEC -- International Journalism >>> www.sandistertei.com | +447448223686 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-GH mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-GH mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-GH mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > >
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