Internally, absolutely. I was more responding to it having been placed into an actual article (the one on Wikipedia itself) with the only source being a diff and tweet. An internal website log and a tweet wouldn't be enough for inclusion of something like that in an article about any other website.
Hence my suggestion for those involved to get in touch with news outlets. It's something very cool, and it certainly should be something we see reporting on. It would make a great feel-good/human interest piece, so I'm sure someone would be interested in publishing on it. And once that happens, we can put it in articles too. Todd On Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 12:12 AM Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > I saw that user creation log and that does seem to me to be persuasive > evidence, but persuasive evidence may not be conclusive proof. Carl Sagan > said that "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagan_standard>", and I understand if > people > would like evidence that is more verifiable to the public than a CU's > testimony, especially keeping in mind that hoaxes have been a problem on > English Wikipedia > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_hoaxes_on_Wikipedia>. > However, I also think that "assume good faith > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith>" applies here, > and I am mindful of another user who said that people made demands for > proof of their authenticity in a way that sounded to me like the > interrogators' primary motivation was harassment. Perhaps "Trust, but > verify > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust,_but_verify>" fits how I'm thinking > about this. The currently available evidence wouldn't be enough for me to > feel comfortable with sending out a press release, but internally (in > Wikimedia spaces) I would be happy to celebrate good news if this person is > able and willing to publicly associate the Wikipedia account with their > identity as an astronaut. > > Pine > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) > _______________________________________________ > 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>
