The issue at hand here is that the linked-to Facebook page is not directly affiliated with the Wikipedia project. It might share some members, but Wikipedia has no control over its content. For a Wikipedia project that has had its share of misconceptions about its affiliations, I think it's inadvisable to link to a non-official page. Preferably, the page should meet some minimum requirements to become an official page of the project and be "anointed" as such before it's linked to from the project front page.
On Mon, Mar 5, 2018, 7:53 AM Trần Nguyễn Minh Huy <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, but can I understand this as a promotion link to Facebook pages > (managed by community) is recommended for outreach Wikipedia, even if it > isn't an "official Facebook page" managed by WMF or chapters/usergroups? > > > Trần Nguyễn Minh Huy > Supporter, Wikimedian > > 2018-03-01 4:43 GMT+09:00 Asaf Bartov <[email protected]>: > > > Facebook is a de-facto major venue of communication for a great majority > of > > Internet users. Many communities, user groups, and chapters have some > kind > > of formal presence on Facebook -- "groups" or "pages". Directing > visitors > > to your wiki to *your own wiki's* presence on this other major platform, > > i.e. a direct link to your group/page on Facebook, is absolutely fine. > It > > is *quite* different from, say, just linking to www.facebook.com or > > explicitly endorsing it as a platform ("Join Facebook! It's great!") in > > general. > > > > As you note, a number of communities have done or are doing this. > > Especially for smaller communities, the impact of such link placement can > > be a significant driver of traffic (i.e. readers!) to your community > > group/page on Facebook, which itself is important for outreach, > awareness, > > and volunteer recruitment, and therefore is mission-aligned. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Asaf > > > > On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 11:06 AM Jimmy Wales <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Speaking only for myself, not as a member of the board, I don't know of > > > any legal or other reason why this should not be done. I think we > > > should be very careful about links or appearance of endorsement > > > especially on article pages, but outreach to people in the world should > > > take place wherever we find a willing and useful audience. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2/28/18 6:29 AM, Minata Hatsune wrote: > > > > I know it based on local consensus, but what I mean here is: those > > > > consensus valid for WMF Term of Use and others policies or not? > Because > > > it > > > > same with Wikipedia have linked with 3rd party, which is a commerical > > > > website. > > > > > > > > Trần Nguyễn Minh Huy > > > > Vietnamese Wikimedian > > > > > > > > 2018-02-28 18:52 GMT+09:00 James Heilman <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > >> IMO this is based on local community consensus. It is not a global > > > policy. > > > >> > > > >> James > > > >> > > > >> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 9:14 AM, Minata Hatsune < > > > [email protected]> > > > >> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> Hello, I have a question: is it legal and valid for Wikipedia > > > communities > > > >>> put promotion links to their Facebook pages on public space as Main > > > Page > > > >> or > > > >>> Sitenotice? > > > >>> > > > >>> I see many of Wikimedia projects doing this, as Indonesia > Wikipedia, > > > >> Arabic > > > >>> Wikipedia, etc... Their Facebooks page also have blue checkmark of > > > >> Facebook > > > >>> as verified. > > > >>> > > > >>> All what I concern is: Facebook is a commerical website, we put a > > link > > > as > > > >>> "official" to them, will it same with Wikipedia biased for Facebook > > and > > > >>> violated the NPOV policy? And in finally: is it OK if other > projects > > > can > > > >> do > > > >>> that? Vietnamese Wikipedia also have a discussion about sitenotice > > > >>> promotion to Facebook at < > > > >>> https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Th%E1%BA%A3o_lu%E1% > > > >>> BA%ADn/Qu%E1%BA%A3ng_b%C3%A1_trang_Facebook_%22Wikipedia_ > > > >>> ti%E1%BA%BFng_Vi%E1%BB%87t%22 > > > >>>> . If this is OK, I think we have no reason to reject it. > > > >>> > > > >>> Thank you! > > > >>> > > > >>> Trần Nguyễn Minh Huy > > > >>> Vietnamese Wikimedian > > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > > >>> 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: [email protected] > > > >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/ > > mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > >>> <mailto:[email protected] > ?subject=unsubscribe> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> James Heilman > > > >> MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> 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: [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 and > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > > New messages to: [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 and > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > New messages to: [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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [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 and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
