Introducing myself, I am Swapnil Karambelkar from Madhya Pradesh, India. My user name is "Swapnil.Karambelkar", I've been actively contributing to en Wikipedia and Commons,recently i and our hindi wiki community came to know about following link which is copy of Hindi wikipedia also using WMF logos,etc.it seems to be violating the norms,please comment and look into the matter .
https://hi.bywiki.com On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 3:50 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala <arjunar...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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> > _______________________________________________ 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>
