Hi On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 9:15 PM, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga < kcvel...@wikimedia.in> wrote:
> Greetings, > > Introducing myself, I am Krishna Chaitanya Velaga from Andhra Pradesh, > India. My user name is "Krishna Chaitanya Velaga", I've been actively > contributing to en Wikipedia and Commons since December 2014. I also form > the Executive Committee of Wikimedia Chapter (India). My mother tongue is > Telugu (te). > > A Telugu movie titled Paisa Vasool > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisa_Vasool_(2017_film)> was released on 1 > September 2017. In the movie, male lead boasts himself by referring to > Wikipedia. His statement in the movie is as follows: *"36 brawls, 24 > murders, 36 stabbings, This is visible record in Wikipedia" *(The same may > be observed from the trailer of the movie, between 0:22 to 0:32 at > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVUZ-jG_i3c). As far I am concerned I feel > this as serious defamation of the brand, the community and the work we do. > It really degrades the reality and the efforts we put to produce > encyclopedic content to the readers. > > In this context, I request the community to take interest in their to voice > their opinions, and also discuss any legal action to be enforced. > There is some misunderstanding. The character claims he has a record of brawls, murders etc as per Wikipedia. It does not say anything negative about Wikipedia. Regards Arjuna Rao Chavala _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
