Please don't use the "coronavirus pandemic" misnomer, at least in the version in Portuguese. "Coronavirus" is a group of virus, not the disease. It's proper name is COVID-19. Using that misnomer is akin as calling "retrovirus epidemic" to AIDS, and fertile ground for all kinds of fake news, such as the "coronavirus" interferons from Cuba and ppl caughting unrelated "coronavirus" (such as MERS-CoV) and using that to spread panic. We've already enough "coronavirus" disinformation around without that banner.
Thanks, Paulo Joseph Seddon <jsed...@wikimedia.org> escreveu no dia quinta, 19/03/2020 à(s) 20:27: > Dear list, > > Given the unfolding global events, the Wikimedia Foundations feels it is > important to reassure readers across the globe. > > We'll be displaying a short message at the top of the projects reaffirming > our commitment to keep Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects online, open > and free for all. Readers often turn to Wikipedia for neutral information > in times of stress. This is a critical moment for students who can't go to > school, people who have to stay home with their families, and anyone who > needs a trusted source of unbiased information. > > We also want to take a moment to acknowledge the invaluable work of all the > medical contributors on Wikipedia. Thank you for keeping a close watch and > keeping misinformation at bay. Coronavirus topics have received tens of > thousands of edits by thousands of editors since the start of the pandemic. > The article has been read more than 30 million times, in English alone. > > The message will be displayed just once to readers, and you can preview the > banner [1]. The draft is in English but we want this message to be > multilingual. If you have a moment, please help translate this banner into > your language [2]. Thank you all, for your work and efforts. > > Stay safe, and wash your hands! > > -- > Seddon > > [1] - Banner Preview: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA?banner=programmatic_mlWW_rsp_covid19&force=1&country=US > > > [2] - Translate link: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=Centralnotice-tgroup-Programmatic_translations_2020&task=view&filter=%21translated&action=translate > _______________________________________________ > 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>
