The activity you describe is obviously unacceptable. However, the amount of time and effort that out associated with tracking down and returning a particular $20 contribution would not be worth it.
Newyorkbrad On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Russavia <[email protected]> wrote: > On 23 July John Resig tweeted a challenge,[1] > > "I will donate $20 to a charity if someone can land an edit to > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptilians or > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Order_(conspiracy_theory) … in > @congressedits" > > Sure enough, someone took up Resig's challenge with this edit.[2] > Keeping with his challenge, Resig announced that $20 had been donated > to the WMF for the edit.[3] > > The IP used for the edit, sure enough, resolves to the US House of > Representative.[4] > > To make matters a little worse, the US House of Representatives IP has > taken to vandalising the Russian Wikipedia article for the Russian > national anthem,[5] replacing sheet music for the anthem with the > sheet music for Putin -- khuilo (Putin is a dickhead).[6] > > Question to the masses, should the WMF refund the $20 donation made to it? > > Russavia > > [1] http://www.webcitation.org/6RTt5jM9U > [2] https://twitter.com/congressedits/status/492027099499462657 > [3] http://www.webcitation.org/6RTtO0JMP > [4] http://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/143.231.249.138 > [5] > https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8&diff=64532570&oldid=63573625 > [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putin_khuilo! > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
