I suspect that the ad in question is a freebie, donated through Google's giveaway to nonprofits. If so there is a point person at wmf (maybe in the advancement team?) Who would know for sure.
Philippe On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 5:10 PM Anthony Cole <ahcole...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just googled "wikipedia" again and that ad is still coming up. (Iβm in > Australia.) When you click the link in the ad it takes you (via 3 or 4 > redirects) to wikipedia.org with the word "paid" in the search field. [1] > When you click the Google maps link below the ad text it, strangely, takes > you to the location of a suburban Kmart store. I'm finding it harder to > believe this is sanctioned by WMF. Anyway, Iβd appreciate it if someone > from the WMF could chime in on this. > > 1. https://instagram.com/p/BhpnGuehzhw/ > > On Mon, 16 Apr 2018 at 9:48 pm, Robert Fernandez <wikigamal...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > "π₯ π₯ π₯ π₯The encyclopedia of evil people, by evil people, for evil > > people π₯ π₯ π₯ π₯" + a winking Baphomet as logo > > > > I think we should change this to our slogan just for April 1. > > > > On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 11:31 AM, Vi to <vituzzu.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > "π₯ π₯ π₯ π₯The encyclopedia of evil people, by evil people, for evil > > > people π₯ π₯ π₯ π₯" + a winking Baphomet as logo > > > > > > I find close to pointless derailing any discussion into a > > incircumstantial > > > series of tirades. > > > > > > Vito > > > > > > 2018-04-15 16:21 GMT+02:00 Leigh Thelmadatter <osama...@hotmail.com>: > > > > > >> Not just English Wikipedia. All of the projects are hostile to > > "outsiders" > > >> Those not in English might even be worse for several reasons > > >> > > >> Enviado desde mi LG de Telcel > > >> > > >> ------ Original message------ > > >> From: Robert Fernandez > > >> Date: Sun, Apr 15, 2018 9:17 AM > > >> To: Wikimedia Mailing List; > > >> Cc: > > >> Subject:Re: [Wikimedia-l] The fact-checked encyclopedia > > >> > > >> Considering the barriers to entry, growing thicket of policies, > > >> organized group harassment, and open hostility on the English > > >> Wikipedia, I'm not sure we can even call it "the encyclopedia anyone > > >> can edit" anymore. So I'd say fact-checked is a more accurate and > > >> relevant claim these days. > > >> > > >> On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 8:53 AM, Anthony Cole <ahcole...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > >> > I just googled βwikipediaβ and the first result was a Google ad > > linking > > >> to > > >> > wikipedia.org.[1] It calls Wikipedia the fact-checked encyclopedia. > We > > >> used > > >> > to call it the encyclopedia anyone can edit. The latter seems more > > honest > > >> > than this new formulation which to me implies a degree of > reliability > > and > > >> > oversight I'm not sure we can ethically assert. I missed the > > discussion > > >> > about this new self-description. Did it happen on meta? Is anyone > else > > >> > uncomfortabe with this? > > >> > -- > > >> > Anthony Cole > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > >> > 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> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> 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> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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> > > -- > Anthony Cole > _______________________________________________ > 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> -- Philippe Beaudette phili...@beaudette.me _______________________________________________ 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>
