Without getting into whether an outing policy exists/applies here, please bear in mind that if redaction is required, it is rather difficult to do it on a mailing list, especially a mailman mailing list like this one.
i.e. Please avoid posting something here which may need redaction. On Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 16:00 Isaac Olatunde <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mario, > > I don't think it will be considered harassment if the information is posted > here. I believe the WP:OUTING applies to the English Wikipedia and this is > not English Wikipedia mailing list. > > Regards, > > Isaac > > On Jul 22, 2018 5:43 PM, "Mario Gómez" <[email protected]> wrote: > > There, is at least, one user that works for Go Fish Digital with a > sockpuppet account in English Wikipedia and has denied conflict of interest > or paid editing disclosure even if he was asked too, since some user was > suspicious. Should I send this privately? I don't want to incur in spurious > ousting/doxxing. > > Best, > > Mario > > On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 12:24 AM, MZMcBride <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > Go Fish Digital is a company that whitewashes Wikipedia. From its own > site: > > > > >The primary platforms that define your online reputation include: > > > [...] > > > * Wikipedia > > > [...] > > > > > > With Online Reputation Management, we work hard to make all of the > > >positive information easy to find. At the same time, we use many > > >different strategies and tactics to diminish the visibility of negative > > >content, or in some cases, remove it from the web altogether. The end > > >result is a positive online reputation because when people search your > > >name or brand, they immediately find positive content. > > > > Source: https://gofishdigital.com/online-reputation-management > > > > Wikimedia Foundation Inc. has been working with this company on search > > engine optimization: <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T198970>. I > have a > > few questions about this work. > > > > How was this vendor chosen? Which other vendors were considered? > > > > Why is this work being undertaken? At least the English Wikipedia has > some > > of the best search engine results placement of any site on the Web, so > I'm > > curious to know who's prioritizing Wikipedia's search engine optimization > > and for what reason. > > > > How is it appropriate for Wikimedia Foundation Inc. to work with a > company > > that is, by its own admission, whitewashing Wikipedia? Doesn't this give > > Go Fish Digital a ton of legitimization by now being able to say it works > > directly with Wikimedia Foundation Inc. ("with Wikipedia")? > > > > Is it appropriate to give a company that sells whitewashing Wikipedia > > services access to private user data, as was done in > > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T192893> and > > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T193052>? The Wikimedia Foundation > Inc. > > legal department apparently approved this access, but I'm curious to know > > why, given the company's role in selling an "Online Reputation > Management" > > product. This looks bad to me. > > > > MZMcBride > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > <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>
