I will not post actual evidence to this mailing list. My notes as of Sunday are already sent to functionaries and I'm sure they will act on it themselves. As I collect more evidence, I might open a sockpuppet investigation on English Wikipedia anyway if there is enough of it to continue even without personal data, which is just a small part.
On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 11:29 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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